Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 109 The Dark Phoenix Under the Moonlit Night
In this era, the dragon race has dwindled.

Although dragon-type soul beasts still dominate the entire soul beast race, if we exclude the Silver Dragon King and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, there are actually only two known pure-blooded true dragons.

They are the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Beast God Di Tian, ​​who is ranked first among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, and the Hell Demon Dragon King Zi Ji, who is ranked ninth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

Aside from these two, the one with the purest dragon bloodline is probably the Crimson Dragon in front of us, which surpasses all sub-dragon and earth dragon soul beasts.

Even the Golden Earth Dragon King, who stands at the pinnacle of earth dragon-type soul beasts, cannot compare to it.

After spending so much time in the Star Dou Great Forest, everyone finally gained something commensurate with their efforts.

Vina immediately activated her shared mental detection, but within the domain of this crimson dragon, her outward-projected mental energy even felt scorched and distorted. As a result, the images appearing in everyone's minds became somewhat blurry.

That's what makes this domain so terrifying.

To break through the suppression of a domain, one must either crush it with an absolute difference in cultivation level or confront it head-on with another domain.

Among the group, the one who possesses a complete domain-type soul skill is not Zhang Lexuan or Ma Xiaotao, who have higher cultivation levels, but rather Ye Xixuan, who has just advanced to the fourth-ring Soul Master realm.

However, given Ye Xixuan's current cultivation level, it is simply unrealistic for him to contend with Chi Qiu Xiang Ting, who has 70,000 years of cultivation, in terms of domain.

Zhang Lexuan had clearly considered this beforehand and directly dispelled Ye Xixuan's concerns.

"Xi Xuan, just use your domain, I'll assist you."

"Yes, Sister Lexuan." Due to the tacit understanding between the two, Ye Xixuan nodded instantly.

As two purple and two black spirit rings emerged from beneath his feet, his fourth spirit ring, a ten-thousand-year-level ring, suddenly emitted a deep black halo.

Darkness descended once more, spreading rapidly across the sky from all directions.

The crimson dragon, which had been swooping down towards the crowd, raised its enormous head. As the sky above was swallowed by darkness, its wings suddenly flapped, and it hovered in mid-air.

It wasn't out of vigilance, but rather a disdainful arrogance; a hint of human mockery shone in its enormous crimson eyes.

Although Chi Qiu wasn't a pure-blooded true dragon, it valued the pride of the dragon race more than anyone else, which was why it hated humans. In its eyes, humans were as insignificant and lowly as ants, forever only fit to be food for noble dragons like itself.

"Roar—" A deep dragon roar came from the mouth of the Crimson Dragon. The curved horn on its head frantically gathered pure and rich fire element, which was then continuously fed back to its own domain, the Crimson Land, which clashed with Ye Xixuan's Dark Night Sky.

It wanted to see the expression of despair on the face of this human soul master, someone who could crush it head-on.

In the next instant, the mocking look in Chi Qiu's eyes froze.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red!

Eight spirit rings appeared around Zhang Lexuan, flashing one by one, and a faint silver mist enveloped her delicate body. Under the reflection of that silver mist, she possessed an extraordinarily cool and enchanting beauty.

A silver moon rose into the sky behind her, transforming from a crescent moon to a full moon.

Immediately afterwards, the black seventh spirit ring rose to Zhang Lexuan's chest, and her body had completely turned silver-white. The full moon in mid-air expanded at an astonishing speed, and in the blink of an eye, its diameter exceeded one hundred meters. Located at the highest point of the dark night sky, its incandescent silver moonlight illuminated everything within the dark night sky with crystal clarity.

Seventh Soul Skill: Silver Moon True Form!
The silvery moonlight and the dark aura of the night sky blended perfectly, creating a harmonious interplay. This sublime aura was exactly the same as when the three-headed wolf ape used the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

This is not a martial soul fusion skill that necessarily has one party as the dominant one, but the complementary effect of Ye Xixuan and Zhang Lexuan's martial soul abilities is no different from a true martial soul fusion skill.

A hint of astonishment appeared in Ye Xixuan's eyes. His aura was stronger than ever before, and his soul power was inexhaustible. After absorbing the effects of Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon True Body, his domain, Dark Night Sky, instantly reversed and suppressed the crimson dragon.

Zhang Lexuan's eyes shone with silver light, and the first, second, and third spirit rings around her flashed simultaneously.

The enormous silver moon in the sky also lit up at this moment, and countless silver beams as thick as water tanks shot out. The silver full moon was like a soul tool firing soul guide rays, with beams of moonlight pouring down wildly, all of them locking onto the red dragon.

While the Crimson Dragon, with its 70,000 years of cultivation, can be considered a top-tier soul beast powerhouse below 100,000 years old, Zhang Lexuan is no less a remarkably talented human soul master. With the addition of a 100,000-year soul ring and a 100,000-year soul bone, she possesses combat power comparable to a true Title Douluo.

Under the full force of Zhang Lexuan's Martial Soul True Body, Chi Qiu could only passively defend itself by flapping its dragon wings. Every ray of moonlight that fell on it caused its body to fall a little further, and its thick crimson scales were stained with the incandescent light of the dissipated moonlight.

Overwhelmed with fear, it roared repeatedly, its dragon eyes now devoid of any of their previous arrogance.

Zhang Lexuan should have been able to completely suppress this red dragon under normal circumstances, especially with the amplification from the Night Dawn Profound Domain.

"A perfect opportunity!" Ma Xiaotao's heart skipped a beat. Being a decisive person, she naturally wouldn't let such a good opportunity slip by. Intense golden-red flames erupted from her entire body, condensing behind her into magnificent phoenix wings.

Just as Ma Xiaotao was about to jump up, Ye Xixuan called out to her.

"Wait, Sister Xiaotao."

"You brat, what are you up to now?!" Ma Xiaotao stopped and glared at Ye Xixuan with annoyance.

"We can talk about it later, I can't wait!"

Knowing Ma Xiaotao's personality, Ye Xixuan simply showed his intentions through his actions.

Under Ma Xiaotao's impatient gaze, he suddenly stepped forward, reached out his right hand through her clothes, and pressed it against Ma Xiaotao's flat, smooth abdomen.

"You?!" Ma Xiaotao froze on the spot, thinking that this brat was getting more and more presumptuous, and her face was full of shame and indignation.

"Sister Xiaotao, activate its power." Ye Xixuan's reminder instantly calmed Ma Xiaotao down.

Feeling the demonic mark imprinted on her lower abdomen by Ye Xixuan, she experienced a wonderful sensation she had never felt before. This was because the demonic mark's power wasn't just affecting her evil fire, but was directly integrated into the origin of her evil fire phoenix martial soul within her lower dantian.

A resounding phoenix cry suddenly echoed across the sky, causing Zhang Lexuan, who was focused on suppressing the Crimson Dragon, to turn around. The golden-red phoenix flames that had been rising from Ma Xiaotao's body had abruptly transformed into an inky black. The eerie black flames exuded an aura of destruction, and behind her appeared a completely black phoenix.

Compared to the original Fiery Phoenix, this Black Phoenix was even smaller, but it contained a crazy and terrifying intent.

"A mutated martial soul?!" Zhang Lexuan exclaimed in surprise, then frowned solemnly.

"No, it was Xiao Tao who actively integrated the ultimate dark attribute of the Xi Xuan Martial Soul!"

Among phoenixes, the fire phoenix naturally possesses the purest bloodline. However, the fire phoenix is ​​not the only one.

Ma Xiaotao possesses a portion of the Fire Phoenix bloodline, but the Fire Phoenix bloodline within her is not pure; a trace of dark attribute always exists deep within her martial soul's origin.

If she cannot completely resolve this, she will never become a true phoenix.

However, it was precisely because of the trace of dark attribute aura deep within Ma Xiaotao's martial soul that she was able to accept the abilities of the Night Dawn Xuanwu Soul.

After the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, which was close to the ultimate fire, was activated by the extreme dark attribute aura contained in the Night Dawn Profound Heart Demonic Mark, her Martial Soul completely mutated into a Dark Phoenix with endless destructive and annihilating intent!

The combination of Phoenix Evil Flame and Dark Flame gave Ma Xiaotao the true power of ultimate fire.

Feeling this powerful force, Ma Xiaotao almost wanted to groan in relief. Although her eyes had turned into an eerie deep purple, she had not lost her mind; however, the evil thoughts in her heart were far stronger than before.

She instinctively gripped Ye Xixuan's wrist tightly, her eyes flashing with an eerie light, a light born from the most primal instincts and desires of the human body.

Fortunately, Ma Xiaotao managed to restrain herself, and then shook off Ye Xixuan's right hand that was pressed against her lower abdomen, barely managing to put aside other distracting thoughts.

Her six spirit rings rose around her, and her figure suddenly ascended into the sky. Following her second spirit skill, Phoenix Rebirth, and her third spirit skill, Phoenix Wings Soaring, her fifth spirit ring shone brightly.

The dark phoenix flames released from her body transformed into halos of fire that swept backward. Ma Xiaotao let out a sharp shout and accelerated her body to plunge into the black flames, truly transforming into a completely black dark phoenix.

The fifth soul skill, Phoenix Cloud Piercer!

While suspended in mid-air, Ma Xiaotao's feet spewed out blazing black flames. With the help of the Flame Tornado skill from her leg soul bones, her speed increased dramatically once again. She turned around and swooped down from the sky towards the Crimson Dragon that was being continuously suppressed by Zhang Lexuan.

With a deafening roar, the massive body of the Crimson Dragon was slammed to the ground and engulfed by a large swath of black flames imbued with terrifying destructive power.

Influenced by the dark and malevolent thoughts, Ma Xiaotao attacked without holding back this time; this was her strongest single-target attack to date. Moreover, because her martial soul attribute had undergone a transformation, it was also able to be amplified by the Night Dawn Profound Domain.

With the amplification of two spirit ring skills and two spirit bone skills, and Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike in its ultimate fire state, even an ordinary eight-ring spirit douluo would likely be severely injured if they were to take this attack head-on.

"Roar—" The Crimson Dragon, its body covered in crimson scales, struggled desperately in the black sea of ​​fire, flapping its wings in an attempt to extinguish the black flames clinging to its body. However, its own fire attribute was only close to its limit, and its attributes were inevitably suppressed.

The mere extinguishing of Ma Xiaotao's Dark Phoenix Ultimate Flame level of black flames further weakened it.

It was clear that many scales had fallen off the massive body of the Crimson Dragon, and it rose back into the air, its aura weakened.

Above its head was Ma Xiaotao, now back in human form, standing beneath the bright moon high in the sky, her jet-black phoenix wings giving her an alluring appearance.

Princess Vina, who witnessed all of this firsthand, had an unusually blank expression on her beautiful face.

Although she guessed that the relationship between Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao and Ye Xixuan was extraordinary, she never imagined that their martial souls would have such a deep connection with Ye Xixuan.

She was clearly Ye Xixuan's fiancée on the surface, but now she seemed to have become the only outsider.

However, given her current cultivation level, she is indeed not yet capable of intervening in a battle of this level. This princess is quite self-aware, so she simply stays here obediently, at least not causing trouble for Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao.

The single, ferocious horn on Chi Qiu's forehead suddenly flashed in the moonlight, and then it roared to the sky, unleashing an astonishing dragon's might.

The pitch-black night sky, as if eroded by flowing fire, turned completely crimson, reflecting the ground within the dark night sky in the same color.

One after another, enormous crimson fireballs hurtled through the crimson sky. Each fireball was over ten meters in diameter, like meteorites burning with crimson flames falling from the sky, completely covering the entire dark night sky.

Crimson Flame Blaze is the most powerful area-of-effect attack-type innate soul skill of the Crimson Dragon clan, inherited from the true pure-blooded fire-attribute dragon, the Blazing Fire Dragon. If they can break through to the 100,000-year level, they may be able to transform into true dragons.

Faced with the relentless and frenzied counterattack of this 70,000-year-old Crimson Dragon, even Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but change color slightly, which also meant that they had indeed driven it into a desperate situation.

Ma Xiaotao also landed beside Zhang Lexuan with a solemn expression.

"Sister Lexuan, Sister Xiaotao, please protect Vina." Ye Xixuan, however, eagerly released his Fallen Wings and soared into the air. Amplified by Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon True Body, his aura at this moment did not resemble that of a four-ring Soul Master at all.

Before the three could react, Ye Xixuan had already traversed the Shadow Realm and returned to the mortal world, taking Ma Xiaotao's place.

With the massive silver moon behind him, the dark magic sword materialized in his hands, and he then gripped the long, ornate hilt with both hands and raised it above his head.

"Bright and clear as the moon's radiance." A calm, soft murmur rang out from Ye Xixuan's lips, and his figure instantly resonated with the silver moonlight in a strange way.

Soft, silvery moonlight poured down, enveloping his entire body in a faint silver glow, and his aura continued to rise at an astonishing rate. Silver lines were also outlined along the edge of the dark demonic sword's blade; the deep darkness and the bright moonlight merged, transforming into a burst of dawn.

This dazzling brilliance even faintly overshadowed the countless red meteorites in the sky.

Just as Ye Xixuan was about to make a move, a large, crystal-yellow hand tore through the sky, crushing the crimson fireballs into dim sparks, and then raised its hand to firmly suppress the crimson dragon to the ground.

"Can't you give this old man a break? Are you really testing this old man's mental fortitude?"

(End of this chapter)