Chapter 142: I Will Climb to the Top Step by Step!
On the other side, the Shrek team was now led by three Soul Saints: Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji.
Furthermore, their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, led by Yu Xiaogang, could unleash combat power comparable to a Titled Douluo.
Therefore, in the Sunset Forest, helping those students obtain a suitable thousand-year spirit ring was not difficult at all.
They very easily found Soul Rings suitable for Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar.
Now, after absorbing their respective third Soul Rings, they had successfully become Rank 31 Soul Elders.
It was worth mentioning that Master Yu had originally planned for Zhu Zhuqing to also try absorbing a poison-attribute plant Soul Ring, just like Dai Mubai, to prove his theory.
After all, in his view, the theory that plant Soul Rings could be absorbed by Beast Soul Masters had already been proven through Dai Mubai, but there was currently no sign that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Netherworld White Tiger, could be performed.
There was clearly a major problem here.
Excluding the possibility that he, the Theoretical Master, didn't understand Martial Soul Fusion Skills or had made a mistake in Dai Mubai's training, the only remaining possibility was that the issue lay with Zhu Zhuqing.
The only way to resolve the current predicament was to have Zhu Zhuqing, who acted as an accessory for the Netherworld White Tiger, also Cultivate according to his shocking theory.
However, no matter what, Zhu Zhuqing was unwilling to absorb a poison-attribute plant-type Soul Ring according to Yu Xiaogang's theory.
In the end, it was only when Zhao Wuji couldn't stand it anymore and intervened that the matter was dropped.
At this time, the Shrek group had already successfully helped Ma Hongjun hunt a suitable Soul Beast, and a purple thousand-year spirit ring was rhythmically pulsing above the corpse.
Ma Hongjun eagerly stepped forward and summoned his Martial Soul, preparing to absorb it, but in the next second, he froze in place.
"Dean... Master Yu, my... my Martial Soul... why..."
The moment Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul possessed him, he discovered to his horror that his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had undergone a sudden change in form!
Not only had its appearance become unfamiliar, but even the ultimate high temperature he was so proud of seemed to have drastically declined along with the mutation.
Flender hurried forward to investigate; even if Ma Hongjun wasn't a complete man now, he was still his only disciple, someone he truly regarded as his successor.
Furthermore, after absorbing the " precious medicine " given by Yu Xiaogang, his Soul Power had skyrocketed, and the evil fire in his body had been removed in another way, making his future look limitless.
Nothing must go wrong!
"Xiaogang, come and take a look."
Flender looked at his old friend, his tone filled with an indescribable urgency.
As Yu Xiaogang was recognized by them as The Continents Number One Theory Master, now that Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul had undergone a negative mutation, he was the most qualified person present to speak on the matter.
Seeing that it was once again his area of expertise, Yu Xiaogang immediately returned to his previous composed manner. With his hands behind his back, he stepped forward to carefully observe the condition of Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul, then quickly compared it with the data he had read in his mind.
"Flender, according to This Master's conjecture, Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul has likely undergone a regression."
"His previous Martial Soul was less a Fire Phoenix and more an Evil Fire Phoenix."
"According to what you told me before, his initial Martial Soul was a positive evolution from a common chicken. Now that the evil fire in his body has been removed, it's only natural for this Evil Fire Phoenix to regress into the current firebird."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang say this, Flender felt quite uncomfortable.
There was a world of difference between a firebird and an Evil Fire Phoenix, not to mention that a negative Martial Soul mutation would inevitably affect a Soul Master's potential.
Following Shrek Academy's criteria for recruiting students, the current Ma Hongjun would certainly not meet the requirements.
"Then Xiaogang, is it possible for Hongjun's Martial Soul to evolve back into a Phoenix?"
Flender asked, unwilling to give up hope.
After years as master and disciple, Flender's feelings for Ma Hongjun were genuine.
In response, Yu Xiaogang almost rolled his eyes to the back of his head.
"Martial Soul evolution?"
Master Yu had pursued such a thing for half his life without a single clue. Even if Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul had regressed into a firebird, it still belonged to the rank of high-level Martial Souls. By the standards of the Soul Master World, he still had a talent of at least Rank 6 Innate Soul Power.
He should be secretly happy that he could still maintain such potential despite a negative Martial Soul mutation.
However, he, Yu Xiaogang, was The Continents Number One Theory Master; nothing was impossible with him. "Flender, if this child absorbs Soul Rings according to This Master's theory in the future, it might not be impossible for him to undergo another transformation when he becomes a Soul Saint."
Yu Xiaogang said proudly.
And his words weren't exactly a lie; once a Soul Master obtained a Martial Soul True Body, they generally underwent a powerful transformation.
Who knows, maybe Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul really could evolve again then?
Wouldn't that add another point to Master Yu's Eleven Great Core Competencies of Spirits?
Hearing this, both Flender and Ma Hongjun breathed a sigh of relief; in that case, the situation wasn't too bad.
After sorting out his emotions, Ma Hongjun guided the Soul Ring to himself and began to absorb it.
While everyone's attention was elsewhere, Yu Xiaogang quietly slipped away to the side and took out the best-looking blood ginseng from his storage soul tool—the one he had intercepted earlier, claiming he would take it back to Cultivate.
Cultivating it was feasible, of course, but who knew how long it would take for its age to exceed a thousand years.
He, Yu Xiaogang, had wasted so many years at the Rank 29 Bottleneck. Now, the chance to break through to Rank 30 was right before his eyes, and the other three from Shrek had all seen varying degrees of improvement after absorbing it!
And the one in his hand was the best in quality and the highest in age!
He didn't want to wait anymore; breaking through to Rank 30 and becoming a high-and-mighty Soul Elder would happen today!
The ambition in Yu Xiaogang's eyes burned fiercely!
He would climb to the top step by step; he would become the high-and-mighty Dragon God Douluo!
Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and wolfed down the blood ginseng. Then, after summoning Luo Sanpao, he sat cross-legged on the spot and began to refine the medicinal power within!
Feeling a strange power spreading from his stomach to his limbs and bones, even though Yu Xiaogang was currently in a meditative state with his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth curled up unnaturally.
Power! An endless stream of power!
Yu Xiaogang felt the Bottleneck of Rank 30 being pried open bit by bit!
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