Extreme terror caused Xuan Zi to completely lose his reason.
He suddenly stood up, completely disregarding the poise of a powerhouse, and roared hoarsely at the ruins below the stage:
"Ma Xiaotao! Stand up!"
"You are the captain of Shrek! You are the leader of the monsters! How can you lose to a Sun Moon Empire Spirit King?!"
"Stand up! Win it back! No matter the cost, you must not lose!!!"
That thunderous roar, bolstered by spirit power, instantly spread throughout Star Luo Plaza, making the eardrums of countless spectators ache.
Everyone looked at Xuan Zi in bewilderment, their eyes filled with strangeness.
This... is this how a leading teacher should behave? To openly apply pressure during a match?
However, Xuan Zi's roar seemed to actually have an effect.
Deep within the ruins.
Ma Xiaotao, whose consciousness had already become somewhat blurred, heard that roar filled with despair and command.
"Cannot... lose..."
"I am... Shrek's glory..."
A strong obsession, combined with the madness inherent in being an Evil Fire Phoenix Spirit Master, completely erupted at this moment.
Her eyes, which had originally dimmed, suddenly reignited with flames, and they were more violent and scorching than ever before!
"AAAAAA—!!!"
A shrill and sharp Phoenix cry suddenly erupted from the bottom of the pit, soaring straight into the clouds!
Boom—!
A terrifying pillar of fire instantly broke through the burial of the ruins, melting all the surrounding rubble into lava.
Following that, Ma Xiaotao's heavily injured body slowly rose within the flames.
The seventh spirit ring on her body, that black Ten-thousand-year soul ring symbolizing the strongest power of a Spirit Saint, was currently emitting a heart-palpitating, eerie light.
"Liu— Yuan—!!!"
Ma Xiaotao's voice no longer sounded human, but was instead filled with a metallic texture and endless killing intent.
"Seventh Soul Skill— Martial Soul True Body!!!"
Accompanied by this roar, Ma Xiaotao's body instantly disappeared.
In its place was a giant fire Phoenix with a wingspan of over twenty meters!
This fire Phoenix was burning all over with dark red Evil Fire, every feather lifelike, as if carved from the purest fire crystals.
In its giant eyes, there was no longer a shred of reason, only the madness to destroy everything.
The scorching heat instantly swept across the field, and even the protective shield around the stage began to emit a strained "sizzling" sound, as if it would melt at any moment.
"Heavens! That is... Martial Soul True Body?!"
"The signature skill of a seven-ring Spirit Saint! A true qualitative change!"
"Taking the Incarnation of a Phoenix, her strength has skyrocketed several times over! Liu Yuan is in danger now!"
Another burst of exclamations erupted from the audience.
No one expected that Ma Xiaotao, who had been beaten to her last breath, would actually erupt with such terrifying power in a desperate situation.
A Spirit Saint in the Martial Soul True Body state and one in a normal state are completely different concepts; it is a leap in the level of life!
"Hahaha! Good! Well done!"
Seeing this scene, a glimmer of hope burst forth again in Xuan Zi's originally ashen eyes, and he waved his fist excitedly: "That's it! Xiaotao, crush him with the Martial Soul True Body! Let him know what true power is!"
On the stage.
Facing that giant fire Phoenix that blotted out the sun and emitted a destructive Aura, Liu Yuan still floated quietly in mid-air.
The violent heatwaves blew his hair, but they could not disperse the calm in the depths of his eyes.
"Martial Soul True Body, is it?"
Liu Yuan tilted his head slightly, looked at the fire Phoenix roaring at him, and curled his lips into a cold sneer.
"Unfortunately, it's useless."
If it were before he had stacked Dragon Dance, he might have needed to temporarily avoid the brunt of Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul True Body.
But now?
Six layers of Dragon Dance stacked! A limit increase to all attributes!
In his eyes, this so-called fire Phoenix was nothing more than a slightly stronger... wild chicken.
"Since you have already played all your cards, I will also let you witness what true despair is."
Liu Yuan slowly raised his right hand and pointed toward the sky.
The sky, which had originally been dyed red by Ma Xiaotao's flames, suddenly darkened.
A vast, ancient, and extremely overbearing Dragon Might descended upon the entire arena without warning.
In the face of this pressure, Ma Xiaotao's violent Phoenix flames actually began to tremble as if they had met a natural enemy, and the intensity of the fire was instantly suppressed!
That was absolute suppression from the source of the Bloodline!
Rayquaza, that is the sky overlord that soars above the ozone layer, the true Emperor of the Dragon Clan! A mere hybrid fire Phoenix containing evil Qi dared to show off its power before it?
"Fifth Soul Skill—"
Liu Yuan's voice was not loud, but it clearly echoed in everyone's ears.
Is it really over?
The captain of the Shrek Team, the seven-ring Spirit Saint Ma Xiaotao, after using her ultimate trump card, the Martial Soul True Body...
Had actually been knocked unconscious by Liu Yuan using a dazzling and terrifyingly powerful combo?!
Draco Meteor... Hurricane... Surf...
Is this... Liu Yuan's true strength?
"Won... he won?"
In the waiting area of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, although everyone had already guessed the result, Xiao Hongchen and the others still couldn't help but swallow hard when they actually saw this scene.
Too strong.
This kind of strength was the type that made one feel despair.
And on Shrek's side.
"Pfft—"
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