hotmtlnovel Chapter 231 The Black Phoenix Saintess Awakens
Chapter 231 The Black Phoenix Saintess Awakens
Chapter 231 The Black Phoenix Saintess Awakens
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"Buhao! Xiaotao has gone out of control! Her Black Phoenix Martial Soul has gone berserk!!"
Lightning strikes at the opening ceremony.
A violent explosion suddenly came from a room on the third floor of the Sea God Pavilion, and a blazing black pillar of fire shot out of the window.
The extremely sticky black flames silently melted the metal and glass around the window, and then disappeared without a trace as they continued to burn. Only the Sea God Pavilion itself, relying on the power of the Golden Tree, managed to escape the disaster thanks to a thin layer of golden light.
Without this light film, it's hard to imagine what would have happened next.
Tang San's mother was burned at the stake by Ma Xiaotao because she was a witch? Why would I have such a dream?
Amidst the raging black flames, a pair of eyes with red-eyed special effects suddenly opened, accompanied by a shrill and mournful phoenix cry.
By the time the old men of the Sea God Pavilion reacted, Ma Xiaotao had already transformed into a black phoenix and darted out of the Sea God Pavilion.
It resembles a large black rat.
Of course, the old men of the Sea God Pavilion were not to be trifled with either. There was only one named Xuanzi at that long table. Before Ma Xiaotao could rush out of the Sea God Lake, the dazzling golden light stopped her.
A golden phoenix, several times larger than the black phoenix, grabbed Ma Xiaotao in its palm with a single claw, just like it would grab Xiao Kunzi.
"Xiao Tao!" Yan Shaozhe felt grief in his heart and carefully released his soul power, turning the light soul power into a light shield to control her inside.
Yan Shaozhe had actually known this day would come long ago. He had foreseen this moment when he saw Ma Xiaotao turn to the dark side and when he failed to find the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
You can't hide fire with paper; the more you suppress it, the stronger the backlash will be.
Although Ma Xiaotao has been asleep all these years, the place where she sleeps is the Sea God Pavilion, inside the main body of the Golden Tree. Even outstanding disciples of the inner court may not have many opportunities to enter the Sea God Pavilion to cultivate, but Ma Xiaotao has been sleeping in the Sea God Pavilion for four whole years.
During these four years, Ma Xiaotao was bathed in the pure primordial energy of heaven and earth gathered from the source of the plane every minute and every second, and she could also subtly absorb the original power of the Golden Tree to strengthen herself.
However, this growth is abnormal. The Dark Ultimate Flame is like a cancer cell; the more abundant the surrounding天地元力 (heaven and earth elemental energy) is, the more nutrients it can absorb, and the faster it grows.
Yan Shaozhe and his team had absolutely no way to control this situation, because they didn't have a miraculous herb like the Phoenix Sunflower.
Ma Xiaotao herself was powerless to help.
Because she couldn't kill herself.
Oh no, according to this theory, Yan Shaozhe and the others actually have a way, which is to directly destroy Ma Xiaotao's martial soul origin, dissipate all her soul power, and make her completely become an ordinary person.
But are they willing to give it up?
So what if we know Ma Xiaotao has fallen into darkness? So what if we know she might become an evil spirit master? This is the ultimate fire!
During these four years of slumber, Ma Xiaotao's ultimate fire has become even purer and more profound.
Originally, Ma Xiaotao's Evil Phoenix Flame was impure because of its evil energy. But now the situation has been completely reversed. When evil energy and darkness fill every corner of the flame, turning it completely black, then it is pure.
Now that things have come to this, even if a Phoenix Sunflower were placed in front of Ma Xiaotao, she would have no way to purify her flames.
Her flame was purer than could be.
Feeling the condition inside Ma Xiaotao's body, Yan Shaozhe felt so heartbroken that he almost suffocated, and his eyes gradually reddened.
"Xiaotao, it's all your fault, teacher!"
Is there any way to save Ma Xiaotao?
Some brothers, some. Ma Xiaotao's current situation is equivalent to her martial spirit gaining the upper hand over her will. It has reversed from the soul master controlling the martial spirit to the martial spirit controlling the soul master. This is a manifestation of insufficient mental will.
There are two methods. The first is to let Ma Xiaotao eat a Dew of Longing for Autumn Water to purify her spiritual origin and strengthen her spiritual sea. The second is to absorb a head soul bone that is at least 50,000 years old, preferably 100,000 years old, to directly increase Ma Xiaotao's spiritual and willpower values from the foundation.
Both of these methods are merely treating the symptoms, because they involve letting Ma Xiaotao fight against the backlash from her martial soul herself, rather than directly eliminating the backlash.
Despite Shrek Academy's constant threats and killings against Soul Masters with evil Martial Souls, anyone who awakens a Martial Soul leaning towards evil and darkness is immediately labeled an evil Soul Master by Shrek's Master Soup.
But in reality, they themselves know very well that the evil of the martial soul does not mean that the soul master is evil.
Some Soul Masters, even if they awaken a Martial Soul of the evil side, still act with integrity, uprightness, and magnanimity. Other Soul Masters, even if they awaken a Martial Soul of light, are still petty and treacherous at heart.
Do they not know the principle that a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions?
Of course I know, but so what? Is it easier to deal with a powerful evil soul master or a little Karami who has just awakened his martial soul?
Hunting down evil spirit masters?
Just take it with a grain of salt; it's nothing more than a tool for Shrek's Lord Soup to boost his reputation.
In order to maintain their image, they would never tear off their disguise unless absolutely necessary. Even if they knew that Ma Xiaotao could control herself, they would never make that move unless absolutely necessary.
Yes, you Shrek people yourselves know that you can make evil spirit masters control you, instead of killing all evil spirit masters in one fell swoop. But for us, this is cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots?
How could those old guys who value Shrek's honor more than their own lives agree to this?
Not only for this reason, but also because Yan Shaozhe always held onto the hope that he could find the immortal herb.
However, after experiencing several major setbacks and falling into Xian Lin'er's gentle embrace, he subconsciously ignored his disciple, Ma Xiaotao.
Ultimately, this caused Ma Xiaotao's martial soul to become a black phoenix from the core, with no chance of recovery. She is now a black phoenix soul master with the ultimate dark flame, a black soul for life.
Before long, all the elders of the Sea God Pavilion arrived at this place. Yan Shaozhe had already deactivated his Martial Soul True Body. He stretched out one hand and released his Light Soul Power to control Ma Xiaotao within the light shield.
However, Ma Xiaotao, trapped in the light shield, was not like the Black Phoenix when she first awakened, with a ferocious face and a frenzied aura, her will dominated by violence and destruction.
She was now eerily calm, her lifeless eyes glowing with a bloody red light, and her expressionless face revealing no emotion whatsoever.
However, her actions were not as calm as her emotions. Dark flames surged forth, scorching the light shield formed by Yan Shaozhe's light soul power. At this moment, her soul power and attributes were the superior attributes that most restrained Yan Shaozhe.
Yan Shaozhe is of the Light attribute and possesses the Flame of Light due to the characteristics of the Phoenix Martial Soul, while Ma Xiaotao is of the Dark attribute, and at its extreme.
Between mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining attributes, there is no doubt that the weaker one will be restrained.
He was now completely restrained by his disciple. Ma Xiaotao used a fraction of her soul power to burn his soul power shield, while he needed to use ten or even nine fractions of his soul power to maintain the integrity of the shield.
That terrifying burning and corrosive power, and its inextinguishable nature like a bone-deep infection, is the ultimate talent of Ma Xiaotao's martial soul, and also the ultimate secret of her Dark Ultimate Fire.
She is a walking natural disaster, the embodiment of destruction and annihilation. She doesn't need any extra emotions to vent her feelings, because that's who she is.
The other elders, being experienced and knowledgeable old men, quickly discerned Ma Xiaotao's current state and the extent of her martial spirit and attributes.
"This—" Old Song looked at Ma Xiaotao with some hesitation, his heart filled with great turmoil.
As the current master of the Sea God Pavilion, Song Yunzhi originally wanted to shatter Ma Xiaotao's martial soul immediately, turning her into an ordinary person, because cutting off the tail to save the body was the best option when things were beyond repair.
Ma Xiaotao now meets the conditions for cutting off her tail. Given that she has completely lost control, dealing with her, the one who caused the problem, is undoubtedly the simplest, easiest, and most efficient solution.
It's better to be an ordinary person than to become an evil spirit master.
But their desire to have both sides quickly returned; they couldn't bear to see such a powerful spirit master perish, especially since he was a true member of Shrek Academy, much purer than Huo Yuhao, that traitor with impure motives.
This is the true future of Shrek, the leader and pillar of Shrek's next era.
Especially in such a turbulent era on the mainland, and with Shrek Academy facing a generational gap, Ma Xiaotao's talent is all the more precious.
Shatter Ma Xiaotao's martial spirit?
No one could bear to do it, and no one had the heart to do it.
"Let's convene a meeting of the Sea God Pavilion and discuss how to handle Xiao Tao's problem," Yan Shaozhe sighed and said.
Of all the people here, he was closest to Ma Xiaotao. Since no one else spoke up, only he, as the teacher, could speak. Naturally, no one else had any objections. It wasn't good to just stay in the air. Ma Xiaotao had caused quite a stir this time. Not only people from the inner courtyard, but also many people from the outer courtyard began to gather, wanting to see what had happened.
Watching a spectacle is human nature, but these elders certainly don't want to become the spectacle for others to watch. Ma Xiaotao's matter also needs to be handled carefully.
The Sea God Pavilion meeting then began, with only one question on the table: how to deal with Ma Xiaotao – should her martial soul be shattered to end it all, or should they risk damaging Shrek Academy's reputation by trying to salvage the situation?
As expected, Shrek Academy contributed a 100,000-year-old spiritual head bone to help Ma Xiaotao strengthen her mental will and gain control over her martial soul.
No matter what, it is a power that has been passed down for ten thousand years and is located next to the Star Dou Great Forest. Although there are not many 100,000-year soul bones, there must be some.
This 100,000-year-old skull is one of the treasures of the Sea God Pavilion. It was left behind by a senior Douluo of the Spiritual Realm hundreds of years ago after his death.
When it comes to matters of inheritance, they are quite generous and not stingy. For them, even if Ma Xiaotao absorbs it, it's just internal digestion. After Ma Xiaotao dies, this soul bone will still belong to Shrek Academy.
This meeting of the Sea God Pavilion was merely a formality; while they were out, not a single official dared to speak out. What kind of interesting things could possibly come of a meeting?
Our Elder Xuan deserves the most credit. When everyone else was hesitant, it was Elder Xuan who made the final decision, thus securing a new life for Ma Xiaotao.
"Xiao Tao is, after all, a child of our academy. How can we not give her any chance and arbitrarily make a choice for her?" Elder Xuan criticized with a pained expression.
Despite his claims of not being involved and not taking over as the Sea God Pavilion Master, his influence within the Sea God Pavilion is actually not much weaker than Song Yunzhi's.
Since he said that, the others naturally had no objections.
That very night, Yan Shaozhe helped Ma Xiaotao absorb the head soul bone in the Sea God Pavilion.
Soul Masters have a deep-seated desire for Soul Bones. As long as they sense the fluctuations of Soul Bone's Soul Power, they will involuntarily crave it and want to integrate it into their bodies as soon as possible. Even someone like Ma Xiaotao, whose will is in disarray, is no exception. This is a Soul Master's instinct.
Yan Shaozhe helped Ma Xiaotao stabilize her mind during the process of fusing her soul bone, allowing her to gain the upper hand in the struggle against her martial soul as much as possible.
Only when she successfully suppresses her martial spirit and becomes the master and controller will she not be devoured by the martial spirit and lose her own will.
This process is not easy.
It was also thanks to Ma Xiaotao's original personality, which was somewhat stubborn and shrewish due to the long-term burning and tempering of the evil fire, and the help of Yan Shaozhe and the power of the golden tree.
After two and a half months of seclusion, Ma Xiaotao successfully absorbed the 100,000-year-old head soul bone, suppressed the backlash of her martial soul, and regained her consciousness.
When she opened her eyes again, Ma Xiaotao's eyes had changed from a bewitching fiery red to a deep black, and her hair, which used to be the same color as her eyes, had also turned black.
This means that her Black Phoenix Martial Soul is now irreversible.
As her gaze gradually focused, Ma Xiaotao looked at Yan Shaozhe, whose face was tired but whose eyes were full of relief. She opened her mouth after a long time, letting out a hoarse groan with a slight sob.
"Teacher, I feel like I slept for a long time—"
The words are divided into two parts.
Shrek Academy successfully awakened the Black Phoenix Saintess, and Lin Nuo's fusion gradually entered its most intense stage. The Evil Emperor's true form had been completely ignited by the sacrificial fire, and his figure had become illusory in the blood-red flames.
Lin Nuo's body was also filled with the immense primordial power of the Evil Emperor.
These forces split in two.
One portion converged into Lin Nuo's head, reshaping his skull, while the other portion flowed into his martial soul, making the phantom of his eighth-ranked crimson-gold soul ring gradually more solid.
During the process of condensing the head soul bone, Lin Nuo also forcibly controlled his body, took out the two external soul bones of the eyes, and integrated them into his eyes, allowing them to fuse together with the Evil Emperor's skull.
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