Chapter 154: Third Soul Skill! Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix

Now the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower has already turned into a medicinal liquid, and it can't even be vomited out, so Li Xuan can only endure the intense pain from the burning in his meridians, continuously circulating his technique, hoping to quickly fuse the energy contained in the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower into his soul power.

But misfortune struck; just as Li Xuan accelerated the fusion of the medicinal potency and his soul power, the scorching Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower liquid in his abdomen suddenly changed, and the massive medicinal potency inside unexpectedly went out of control!

These medicinal potencies rushed into Li Xuan's limbs and bones, the scorching heat like raging fire burning his flesh.

Of course, this is not a drawback; the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower's medicinal potency continuously pummels Li Xuan's tendons, bones, and muscles.

Li Xuan feels his body beginning to become hot.

It's not just a whim.

It really ignites! All the pores on Li Xuan's body simultaneously spew a bright red flame, and the fierce fire instantly turns the clothes in front of him to ash.

Li Xuan feels this scorching energy like a great hammer, constantly striking his muscles and bones.

"Ah!" Li Xuan roars in pain, then grits his teeth and endures the intense scorching pain the fire in his body brings.

Soon, Li Xuan becomes a massive fireball, the scorching heat and fierce energy causing every inch of his skin, bone, and meridians to transform.

The intense pain makes subtle changes to Li Xuan's flesh.

Li Xuan's body suddenly generates a special force, continuously healing the damage caused by the scorching heat, and as the burning continues, the recovery speed accelerates, while Li Xuan's sense of pain gradually lessens.

…

Half an hour later, Li Xuan, his complexion pale and his face drenched in cold sweat, slowly opens his eyes.

"Condense!"

Li Xuan shouts angrily, and the soul power inside his body erupts all at once, while all the flames within him surge skyward.

The bright red flames coalesce into an elegant, noble red Fire Phoenix, which circles freely above Li Xuan's head.

"Screech!"

A sharp phoenix cry echoes through the entire space.

"Screech!"

Another phoenix cry sounds, the Fire Phoenix suddenly spreads its wings, and with a swift dive plunges into the illusory shadow of the Nine Hearts Nine Flame Lotus martial soul above Li Xuan's head.

"Ah!" Li Xuan roars in pain, feeling an overwhelmingly domineering energy pouring from the martial soul into his body.

Li Xuan grits his teeth and absorbs the energy within his body, exerting all effort to convert it into his soul power; this energy is not scorching—it must be the pure essence formed after the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower lost its flame, intended to boost his cultivation.

At the same time, the Nine Hearts Nine Flame Lotus begins to slowly emit a black energy, which gathers above Li Xuan's head.

Li Xuan tightly closes his eyes, fully absorbing the energy within his body.

The black energy gradually coalesces above Li Xuan's head into a black soul ring!

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring! As the soul ring becomes more concrete, it eventually forms a phoenix Soul Seal on the ring!

The moment the soul ring fully solidifies, it suddenly contracts, turning into a mass of soul power that darts into Li Xuan's body.

Li Xuan, eyes still shut, trembles sharply.

Then he begins to comprehend the soul skill brought by the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

The illusory shadow of the Nine Hearts Nine Flame Lotus martial soul slowly settles onto Li Xuan; the next second, Li Xuan's body gently lifts, steadily sitting upon the Nine Hearts Nine Flame Lotus.

Immediately after, the Lotus Petals of the Nine Hearts Nine Flame Lotus close, enveloping Li Xuan within the lotus. Li Xuan thus safely absorbs this soul ring originating from the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

Li Xuan now possesses his first Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

…

Two hours later, Li Xuan slowly opens his eyes, and his originally black pupils have turned into golden vertical pupils! These are the phoenix eyes of an avian king, not dragon eyes! "Finally finished absorbing," Li Xuan blinks, his pupils return to normal, then his body goes limp and collapses to the ground.

Absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring just now was extremely dangerous, and it also drained a great amount of Li Xuan's stamina and spirit.

Lying on the ground, Li Xuan suddenly feels a chill on his body; he looks down.

"Whoa!" Li Xuan exclaims, quickly opens the Kongming Crystal, takes out a set of clothes, and puts them on.

Although the phoenix holy fire is domineering, it does not completely burn the metal belt, nor does it damage the Kongming Crystal and Void Pearl within the belt.

After changing clothes, Li Xuan climbs up from the ground, closes his eyes, and his thoughts shift.

Two yellow and one black soul rings slowly rise from beneath Li Xuan's feet, hovering behind him.

"The Third Soul Ring of Ten Thousand Years, taking this risk is worth it," Li Xuan nods and says.

Li Xuan suddenly takes a deep breath.

"Third Soul Skill, Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix!"

Li Xuan lets out a light shout, and the fire energy released from his body coalesces behind him into hundreds of small fire phoenixes.

Under normal circumstances, a Fire Attribute Soul Master of thirty or forty levels can only control a dozen or twenty fireballs.

But Li Xuan can effortlessly control hundreds of fire phoenixes.

Moreover, these little phoenixes not only possess scorching heat but can also explode; Li Xuan's Third Soul Skill is a massive area-of-effect technique that can scorch the ground, and more importantly, after acquiring this soul skill, Li Xuan's control over fire becomes even more precise.

"Not bad, not bad, another attack method added," Li Xuan says, nodding with satisfaction, then waves his hand, and the fire little phoenixes behind him transform into soul power and return to Li Xuan's body.

Li Xuan doesn't want to destroy all the Immortal Grade spirit plants and Heavenly Material Earth Treasure in the Palm Heaven Bottle space just because he's testing his soul power effect; after all, the fire phoenix's ground‑sweeping can leave no grass standing.

After the fire phoenixes disperse, Li Xuan feels a pang of hunger in his stomach.

"Can't recover without eating two elbows," Li Xuan mutters irritably, patting his stomach, then emerges from the Palm Heaven Bottle space, having expended a large amount of stamina; he also needs to replenish.

Just after returning to the carriage compartment, Li Xuan pats the nearby railing and says a line to the people outside the carriage.

"Get Da Ya up and heat a few elbows for me," Li Xuan says weakly to the person outside.

"Yes, young master, I'll go make the elbows right away," Da Ya, standing outside the carriage, replies to Li Xuan and then turns to prepare the elbows.

Li Xuan takes out a blanket, lies down in the carriage, and rests for a while.

After a while, the aroma of sauce from the elbows wafts into Li Xuan's nose.

Li Xuan wrinkles his nose, then opens his eyes.

"Young master, the elbows are ready," Da Ya knocks on the carriage door and says to Li Xuan.

"Alright, I'll give you one elbow; you don't have much oil in your stomach anyway," Li Xuan opens the carriage's small door, takes the elbow, then throws one elbow to Da Ya.

Then Li Xuan could no longer care about his image; he grabbed the pork elbow and started gnawing it. In a short while a huge elbow went down his throat, and after eating his fill, he lay down in the carriage and fell asleep almost immediately.

(End of chapter)