This skeleton is Huo Wu.
At this moment, the extent of Huo Wu's physical damage was even more severe than yesterday.
Her brain, limbs, and all bones except for the Soul Bone were also incinerated.
However, the Fire Shadow beneath the water still maintained a distinct human form. Moreover, the originally blurry phantom had transformed into an opaque, solid orange-red light and shadow.
The light and shadow were in an inverted, cross-legged posture, quietly sitting on the boundary between the water surface and the air.
The incineration of her body, especially her entire brain, allowed Huo Wu to re-enter the interior of the Fire Shadow, establishing an even deeper connection with it.
At this moment, Huo Wu felt as if she were in a wondrous Space filled with Fire and shadows.
This Space gave her an extremely vast feeling. However, when she spread out her Mental Power, she discovered that it had boundaries and that its general shape resembled a human form.
Huo Wu knew that she was inside the Fire Shadow's world, or rather, that she had become the true Fire Shadow.
In this Space, Huo Wu lost all human senses except for mental perception.
Even the breathing that humans took for granted was meaningless here.
However, in exchange, Huo Wu's senses for certain special energies were amplified infinitely.
That was the perception of the Fire Element and of light and shadow.
Regarding the Fire Element, Huo Wu's current state seemed to be one of super-enhanced Fire Element affinity.
She seemed to have become a massive Fire Element, and the surrounding Fire Elements were like her close-knit family and partners.
When she tried to communicate with the surrounding Fire Elements through her Mental Power, they would rush to Huo Wu's location without hesitation.
Elemental Resonance.
Without expending too much Mental Power, Huo Wu formed a Fire Element storm around the Fire Shadow.
The calm Yang Spring formed a massive vortex centered on the Torso Bone.
If the Fire Shadow were not located at the bottom of the Spring Water, Huo Wu's unintentional action might have been swept away by the Fire storm.
Huo Wu was also startled by the sudden surge of the Fire vortex, but at the same time, she discovered that the originally unruly Supreme Hot Yuan Power appeared extremely affectionate in front of the Fire Shadow.
This degree of affinity was worlds apart from that of the Fire Shadow True Form state.
This also allowed Huo Wu to further understand the constraints and obstacles of her original body.
"In this state, I might truly be called the Flame Queen.
Even the energy of the Yang Spring must completely submit before 'me' in this state.
If I could cultivate in this state, my absorption of Source Power would definitely far exceed my cultivation in my original body state."
Thinking this, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Huo Wu's mind.
"That's right, the Fire Shadow is also my clone. Why can't I try to absorb the surrounding energy?"
The chest of the calm, orange-red figure outside began to rise and fall slowly, as if breathing and meditating beneath the water's surface.
Moreover, with the rise and fall of its chest, the Vermilion energy of the Yang Spring was drawn into the orange-red light and shadow, flowing through its body along a wondrous path.
Finally, after circulating for one cycle, the Vermilion energy quickly transformed into an orange-red luster, enhancing the brightness and density of the orange-red glow.
This figure was precisely the current residence of Huo Wu's soul.
At this moment, Huo Wu was controlling the Fire Shadow, imitating the flow of her original body's Meridians, and cultivating.
The large amount of Ultimate Fire inside the Fire Shadow came into contact with the Fire Element from the outside. During the continuous contact, it would quickly transform into the Fire Shadow's own energy.
Huo Wu could feel the Fire Power within her 'body' expanding rapidly. This transformation speed was dozens of times faster than in her original body state.
The enhancement of the Fire Power caused the internal Space to gradually expand, and it was expanding at twice the volume.
This was because the enhancement of the Fire Power would naturally drive the change in Shadow Power.
Shadow Power was another powerful force hidden within the Fire Shadow.
As mentioned earlier, in addition to the Fire Element, Huo Wu's perception of light and shadow was also enhanced.
Although Huo Wu was within a human-shaped 'framework', she discovered that her consciousness could break free from the framework and extend to a great distance.
Crowds, animals, buildings, everything tangible in the world—as long as a shadow remained, it could not escape Huo Wu's perception.
This feeling was similar to when Huo Wu entered the Shadow Space and, through the connection between shadows, perceived shadows within a distant range.
However, the difference was that Huo Wu was not emitting her own Fire, nor was she activating her Martial Soul.
Yet, she felt she could travel there, merge into it, and even alter her very existence through the shadows.
This was not her illusion, because the immense Shadow Power within her was like her hand, granting her the ability to 'touch' and 'change'.
Nothingness and existence.
This distinct boundary had completely ceased to exist in Huo Wu's eyes.
"Is this the true power hidden within the Fire Shadow?"
Huo Wu saw the world through the Fire Shadow's 'vision'.
In the past, Huo Wu's unconscious use of the Purgatory Shadow Flash Kill's Shadow Space and the Shadow Domain's Shadow Manipulation were simple applications of her Martial Soul abilities.
But now, Huo Wu had truly touched the origin of these abilities.
This was a terrifying power no less potent than the Ultimate Fire, and Huo Wu was undoubtedly delighted.
She was eager to fully master this ability.
Complete mastery meant being able to enter this Space on her own without completely incinerating her body, and to thoroughly grasp the original power of her Martial Soul.
Huo Wu maintained the circulation of her Meridians while projecting her consciousness inward.
She knew the true core was within, but previously, she had no experience and hadn't realized she should search for it.
This time, she intended to seize this opportunity to search thoroughly and strive to control the Fire Shadow.
In this void Space, Huo Wu's Mental Power rapidly swept through every corner.
Although the internal Space was extremely vast, the area Huo Wu's Mental Power could cover was even greater.
However, even so, she found nothing.
Huo Wu pondered for a moment, realizing that perhaps the externally remaining Soul Bone prevented her from fully merging with the Fire Shadow.
She glanced at the rich Phoenix Bloodline and Soul Bone, repeatedly destroyed and regenerated in the Yang Spring, and constantly purified in the process, and made a decision.
Huo Wu immediately manipulated the Soul Bone, ejecting golden Phoenix Flame to propel the bone to dive into the water.
This Soul Bone, surpassing three hundred thousand years in strength, was exceptionally sturdy even in the Yang Spring.
However, without Fire Immunity, even a Fire-attribute Soul Bone had a limit to the temperature it could withstand.
Ignoring the water pressure, Huo Wu rapidly descended nearly a thousand meters.
During this process, the Torso Bone, with its lower age, began to dissolve from its weakest parts.
Moreover, the extent of the bone's damage increased with each thousand meters crossed.
At a depth of five thousand meters, the Torso Bone was completely incinerated, and only a remnant of the Phoenix Bone Wings remained.
Huo Wu looked at the bottomless Spring Water, having barely reached five thousand meters by sacrificing her physical body and relying on the Soul Bone, and she immediately felt that the distance between her and Quan Yi was too far.
"Wait for me!"
The last trace of bone residue completely disappeared, leaving only a bright, orange figure in the Vermilion Spring Water.
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