Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 371 Martial Soul Transformation (Daily 10,000 words)

Evil aura is itself part of darkness, and the Sword of Judgment was even more effective on her than on ordinary Soul Masters. Ma Xiaotao's eyes, which had been flashing with flames, instantly turned pitch black.

The black flames within Ma Xiaotao's body were surging wildly, devouring the phoenix flames within her, and Ma Xiaotao was unable to effectively suppress the black flames.

Ma Xiaotao possesses a portion of the phoenix bloodline, but it is not pure. Under the influence of that evil aura, she can never become a true fire phoenix.

With Huo Yuhao's help, that evil power might never have devoured Ma Xiaotao again in its lifetime. However, the light-dark conversion ability attached to the Sword of Judgment caused a violent change within Ma Xiaotao's body.

The burning power of light caused the evil fire within Ma Xiaotao's body to go berserk instantly, while the black light that had initially been injected into Ma Xiaotao's body became the nourishment for the evil fire to transform into black flames.

At this point, Ma Xiaotao faced only two possible outcomes: either allow her power to be completely devoured by the black flames, or have her body torn apart by the conflict between the power of the phoenix and the power of the black flames.

The only thing Xuan Lao and Huang Jinxu could do was to temporarily separate the two, but looking at Ma Xiaotao's extremely painful face, they were both helpless.

Ma Xiaotao had no third choice: either change her martial soul attribute or die.

"Xiao Tao, accept the change first, and the school will figure out what to do next."

Elder Xuan frowned, regretting that he hadn't realized Huo Yuhao's intentions sooner. Feeling the two forces within Ma Xiaotao that were almost tearing her apart, he had no choice but to make this difficult decision.

"No!"

Huo Yuhao was extremely anxious. He used the Flowing Water and Moon Steps technique to reach Ma Xiaotao's side in an instant, embraced her, and poured his soul power, which contained the ultimate light and flame attribute, into Ma Xiaotao's body. But it was too late.

Ma Xiaotao screamed in agony, nearly collapsing to the ground.

Elder Xuan's words were like the last straw, leading Ma Xiaotao to accept the change. The bloodline within her changed, transforming into a dark phoenix filled with despair and violence, possessing endless destructive and annihilating intent.

The dark side of the Fire Phoenix clan, the Black Phoenix, appeared in this world for the first time in the form of a martial spirit.

The black flames that were constantly dissipating into mist on Ma Xiaotao's body suddenly condensed inward, and then a huge figure appeared behind her.

It was a phoenix, entirely black, even smaller than the original Fiery Phoenix. However, its jet-black body emanated a terrifying aura, like that of an abyss. Especially its deep purple eyes, which were filled with despair and madness.

When Huo Yuhao's power was injected into Ma Xiaotao's body, it extinguished not the evil fire, but Ma Xiaotao herself.

If Ma Xiaotao hadn't made the decision to accept that her power would be completely devoured by the black flames, Huo Yuhao might have been able to turn the tide and completely annihilate the black flames. After all, the black flames were not of the ultimate dark attribute, and under the ultimate light flames within Huo Yuhao's body, they had no power to resist whatsoever.

However, if Huo Yuhao were to forcibly extinguish the black flames within Ma Xiaotao's body at this moment, Ma Xiaotao herself would be completely purified by the light flames and turned to ashes.

Seeing Ma Xiaotao in immense pain, Huo Yuhao made a resolute decision.

Since the black flames cannot be extinguished within Ma Xiaotao's body, then this power will be introduced into my own body, and I will use my own body as a battlefield to annihilate this power.

As long as there is still a trace of pure phoenix power remaining in Ma Xiaotao's body, perhaps this situation can be reversed.

"Elder Xuan, please suppress Sister Tao for me. Take the Sword of Judgment and let's go back to the hotel."

Although Huo Yuhao was so angry at Xuan Lao's choice that he didn't know what to say, to be precise, Xuan Lao hadn't done anything wrong.

Apart from himself, no one watching the battle on the Soul Arena would have thought that Ma Xiaotao, who was wielding the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, would suddenly encounter a problem.

When Huo Yuhao shouted that he was forfeiting, it was normal for Elder Xuan to be stunned for a moment. After all, even the referee, Huang Jinxu, failed to judge the situation immediately. It wasn't until wisps of black flames shot out from Ma Xiaotao's body that they realized something was wrong.

Elder Xuan signaled to Ma Xiaotao to give up resisting the black flames and accept the transformation because he sensed the conflict between the two forces within Ma Xiaotao's body. No one knew whether Ma Xiaotao would be torn apart by these two conflicting forces in the next moment.

Huo Yuhao could only blame himself for not thinking of the effect of the Sword of Judgment faster, or for not being faster enough to rush onto the Soul Arena and block the sword.

Elder Xuan then embraced her delicate body, and a strong yellow light burst forth from Elder Xuan, enveloping Ma Xiaotao. However, the black flames on the surface of Ma Xiaotao's body continued to surge violently, resisting the yellow soul power released by Elder Xuan, refusing to be suppressed no matter what.

When he jumped down and landed back in the waiting area, Elder Xuan's face was solemn and he looked somewhat powerless.

Despite everything he's been through, he still keeps making mistakes.

Elder Xuan's hands trembled slightly, his emotions fluctuating wildly. In the end, he simply waved his hand and drew the Sword of Judgment from Ma Rulong's hand.

"Senior, I'm counting on you guys for the rest of the competition."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly to Dai Yueheng, who then extended his right fist and bumped it with Huo Yuhao's.

"Go in peace, leave Ma Rulong to me."

Although Dai Yueheng was unhappy that Ma Xiaotao had taken his place as captain of the Shrek Academy's regular team, he felt wronged because he was less skilled than her, and it was just a competition within the school.

Seeing Ma Xiaotao's pained expression, Dai Yueheng's heart tightened.

Huo Yuhao nodded, and Elder Xuan no longer hesitated, taking Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao back to the hotel. The sudden change caused everyone at Shrek Academy to feel worried.

"Everyone, cheer up! Xiao Tao has taken down six people. We're just one step away from the championship. Don't let Xiao Tao down!"

Dai Yueheng slowly stood up and fulfilled the duties of the captain of the previous preliminary team.

"Win the last match beautifully, defeat Ma Rulong, and take Xiao Tao's share of glory to win the championship. As for Xiao Tao's situation, Elder Xuan and Yuhao are both here, so everyone doesn't need to worry too much."

Dai Yueheng's words calmed everyone down. If Ma Rulong really unleashed his full potential and defeated Dai Yueheng, they would still have to go on stage. Right now, the most important thing is not to let Ma Xiaotao's efforts go to waste and to win the game.

(End of this chapter)