Chapter 61: Salas Blocks the Way, the Phoenix Armor Appears for the First Time!

"For the final candidate, who should I choose?"

Ma Hongjun pondered.

Currently, the Phoenix Team had already gathered six people.

Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang.

They were one person short of seven, and seven people were required to participate in the competition.

He could completely just find someone at random to fill the spot, but he disdained doing so.

Because it was very low-class.

He wanted to cultivate the first batch of elites for Phoenix Academy, so naturally, he could not just make up the numbers.

Suddenly, he thought of Jiang Zhu from Lanba Academy.

This person was also a healing-type Spirit Master, and that was not much of a problem, because the Phoenix could grant her powerful combat strength.

And having an extra healing-type Spirit Master in the team who possessed strong individual combat qualities was also a good thing.

"Poison Elder, I want information regarding Jiang Zhu of Lanba Academy. Help me get my hands on it; she will be the seventh member of the Phoenix Team."

Ma Hongjun said to Dugu Bo, who was beside him.

"Very well." Dugu Bo nodded, then went to handle it.

For a Title Douluo, obtaining someone's information was still very easy.

During this period, Bai Chenxiang had already met with Zhu Zhuqing and the other three girls, and she was quickly accepted.

"Our Phoenix Academy, aside from Elder Dugu, is all female students. There isn't a second male besides the Principal. Does the Principal have some sort of fetish?"

The five girls gathered together and began to discuss this topic.

"Is the Principal trying to turn Phoenix Academy into his harem?" Dugu Yan brought it up, immediately causing the other four girls' faces to flush red.

"Don't think so much. The Principal has upright morals; how could he possibly do that?" Ye Lingling immediately shook her head.

Suddenly remembering that her father wanted to meet with him, she bid farewell to the girls first, sought out Ma Hongjun alone, and told him about this matter.

"Let her come to see me after the construction of Phoenix Academy is complete." This was Ma Hongjun's reply.

Ye Lingling nodded, intending to inform her parents of this news.

However, she was pulled away by the girls who had rushed over, and they went to the Soul Fighting Arena to practice their coordination.

The background of the Heaven Dou Spirit Arena was very strong, and it had ties with all factions; it was very chaotic and murky, and the waters ran deep.

As soon as they appeared, they attracted the attention of those with ulterior motives.

"The targets have appeared again; they came together."

"Now there is an extra girl; report it immediately."

Many factions had long wanted to win over these Phoenix Girls.

Although everyone wore masks, as long as one wasn't an idiot, they could judge from their figures that these Phoenix Girls were absolutely top-tier girls.

Especially the Spirit Hall, which placed great importance on geniuses; they had long since arranged for people to come and keep a close watch on them.

Recently, they discovered that these Phoenix Girls were all staying at the Rose Hotel.

Having this piece of information was also beneficial for their future actions.

The Pope, Bibi Dong, attached great importance to these Phoenix Girls.

The popularity of the Phoenix Girls' matches was very high, and many people had placed bets on them to win.

The odds were also very low.

A man in black left the area to report to his superior.

"Principal, this is the information on Jiang Zhu that you asked me to investigate. The locations of the other three single-attribute clans are also on here." Dugu Bo had returned, holding a document in his hand.

Ma Hongjun took it to look over and said, "I will make a trip over. You keep an eye on those girls; my intuition tells me that the recent period will not be peaceful. Some people are already restless." "I understand, Principal." Dugu Bo nodded: "As long as those fellows dare to have crooked thoughts, I will kill one for every one that comes!"

After Ma Hongjun finished checking the information, he left the Rose Hotel, and Dugu Bo also left at the same time to secretly protect the five girls.

He indicated that he was very busy right now.

As long as he waited for the academy to be built, it should be easier.

In front of a valley not far from Lanba Academy, Ma Hongjun was stopped by someone.

At the top of the valley ahead stood an old man wearing Platinum clothing.

On the old man's chest, he wore an exclusive badge of the Spirit Hall.

Ma Hongjun was very surprised; why did the other party know he was coming?

Could it be that Dugu Bo betrayed him? No, he understood Dugu Bo's character; it was absolutely impossible for him to betray him.

"Hello, Principal Ma. Truly a dignified and extraordinary person."

"I am the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall, Salas. On the orders of Pope Bibi Dong, I have come to invite you to accompany me to the Spirit Hall. Our Majesty the Pope appreciates you very much!"

Salas said slowly.

"How did you know I would take this road?" Ma Hongjun asked with a frown.

"I didn't know. Currently, in order to find you, the Spirit Hall has planted people in various places all over Heaven Dou City, just to wait for you and gamble on where you would appear. It seems I won the bet on this side." Salas shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Ma Hongjun finally understood; it turned out that no one had betrayed him, but rather they had just happened to bet correctly.

This world really had quite a few coincidences. Ma Hongjun's mouth twitched.

He said indifferently, "Why go to such lengths? To find me, wasting so much manpower?"

"You are worth it. We in the Spirit Hall are very willing to spend heavily for geniuses, provided, of course, that they are loyal to our Spirit Hall." Salas said, "Principal Ma, please tell me your choice. Are you coming with me to see Her Majesty the Pope, or are you refusing?"

"I can go see her, provided you can defeat me."

"I don't like wasting my breath on the weak."

Ma Hongjun spread his wings, Phoenix Possession, six fiery red Spirit Rings appeared on his body, a terrifying might spread to the surroundings, and the terrifying high temperature of the flames evaporated the air and shook space.

"Six Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings!?"

"You are already a Soul Emperor?"

"No, the aura of your Spirit Ring is very wrong."

Salas's pupils constricted, and his expression changed abruptly.

Then, he said with a grave and gloomy tone: "It seems that today, a fight is unavoidable. Since that is the case, this Bishop shall experience the prowess of you, a youthful Soul Emperor!"

He took a step, and eight of the most standard Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—appeared on his body, and a platinum-colored longsword appeared in his hand.

This was none other than his martial soul: the Platinum Earth Dragon Sword! A terrifying sword intent surged from his body.

However, in the eyes of Ma Hongjun, it was nothing, because he had already crossed hands with Chen Xin of the Sword Dao, and it was just like that.

Let alone a Spirit Douluo with only Eight-Rings.

"A mere Spirit Douluo dares to come and block me? Today, I shall let you know the prowess of this Soul Emperor!"

Blazing flames flickered in Ma Hongjun's eyes.

"It just so happens that I can use you to test my brand-new soul skill!"

"Sixth Soul Skill: Phoenix Armor!"

High above in the sky, fire clouds covered the heavens, and a Phoenix transformed into an extremely beautiful and perfect suit of Armor, descending from the sky and landing on Ma Hongjun's body, instantly completing the Armor fusion! The Phoenix Armor was primarily a beautiful fire-red color, with a pair of huge wings appearing behind his back, and the headpiece was also in the shape of a Phoenix; the entire body had an explosive metallic texture—it was handsome! The moment the Phoenix Armor appeared, all of his attributes soared by six hundred percent! This had already far surpassed the amplification brought about by others' Spirit Avatar!

Extremely awesome and powerful!

Ma Hongjun raised his hand, instantly firing a Phoenix Meteor Spear toward Salas! In the Phoenix Armor form, all attacks could simultaneously stack and enjoy this six hundred percent amplification effect! The power of this Phoenix Meteor Spear strike was also unprecedentedly terrifying! (End of chapter)