"How do you feel?"
"Great!"
The noble Phoenix girl instantly shattered her dignified image the moment she spoke. Her fiery red hair was disheveled. Although she had been a bit shy with Senior Sister at first, once she adapted, she became like a blazing flame, her long, beautiful legs wrapped around An Zhen, hanging on him unwilling to come down, completely like a wild girl.
"Martial Uncle~ Master~ b…"
Her fiery red phoenix eyes were full of joy. Who would have thought that the Flame Maniac, Ma Xiaotao, had such a passionate side?
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Lexuan's eye.
…
The first round of elimination matches, which would eliminate nearly half of the academy teams, would take about three days. To survive this round and enter the subsequent round-robin matches, and avoid a one-day trip, almost all academy teams would send out their strongest lineups to ensure nothing went wrong. People of similar age can sometimes have vast differences, and sometimes very small ones, so overwhelming victories were quite rare.
Ning Tian's spirit ring had already been absorbed before the competition began, granting her the fourth Spirit Ability, spirit power Amplification. As an ancient Sect with a ten-thousand-year legacy, they had clear records of what abilities would appear from absorbing which Spirit Beast, and all aspects had a complete and mature process.
However, Wang Dong'er's fourth spirit ring could not yet be obtained. None of the merchant associations in Star Luo City had suitable Spirit Beasts. With Wang Dong'er's current physical condition, she could already absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring. Ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts are already difficult to capture, let alone rare light-attribute ones.
During this time, the commotion from the first elimination match seemed to be growing. It was too shocking; fire and dragon, a very powerful visual impact, especially since the defensive spirit tool on the arena was destroyed, causing the Star Luo Empire's competition officials to quickly issue a statement explaining the strong defensive power of that set of defensive spirit tools, stating that it wasn't a shoddy project on their part, but rather that the individual was simply too abnormal.
At the same time, various forces fully utilized their means, attempting to obtain information about An Zhen through various channels. Although An Zhen had also shown very shocking performances before, those were within the school and were basically suppressed by Shrek Academy. After all, An Zhen was young. If it were ten years later, Shrek Academy would definitely try every means to build momentum for him, but he still needed time to grow now. However, there are no airtight walls in the World. Although it was impossible to plant spies within Shrek, the students who entered Shrek themselves were excellent sources of information.
He was Yan Shaozhe, the Blazing Phoenix Douluo's junior brother.
He was simultaneously dating six female students.
He soloed a ten-thousand-year Darkgold Bear.
He had a profound background, was a philanderer, and possessed great strength.
Besides these, there were also reports of him defeating the outer court's twin stars, his dream space, and other news.
Star Luo City is not far from Shrek Academy. With the operation of the Empire, a colossal machine, a dossier quickly appeared in the Star Luo Emperor's hands.
"It seems there's an opportunity," Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei murmured softly. As a ruler, he wasn't afraid of people being greedy for wealth, lustful, or power-hungry; he was only afraid of those who were interested in nothing.
"Click~"
The door was pushed open.
"Brother, you were looking for me." Xu Jiujiu, still wearing her academy uniform, pushed the door open and entered.
"Take a look."
The Star Luo Emperor handed over the dossier.
Xu Jiujiu took it, and the words "An Zhen" came into view. This was the information about An Zhen that had been investigated.
Her fair teeth lightly bit her cherry lips. Having received royal education since childhood, Xu Jiujiu naturally knew what her imperial brother meant.
"The legend from two hundred years ago, Dragon God Douluo's disciple. There hasn't been any news about that esteemed Douluo for a long time, and I didn't expect him to have taken a new disciple."
The Star Luo Emperor's eyes flickered slightly, "Your brother isn't forcing you. A woman is old enough to marry. I'm just letting you get to know other proud children of heaven. Whether it's the power An Zhen displayed earlier in the competition arena, or his record of soloing a ten-thousand-year Darkgold Bear, it's enough to show his potential."
A ten-thousand-year Darkgold Bear.
If he hadn't personally witnessed An Zhen's performance earlier, Xu Jiawei wouldn't have believed that a young man could achieve such a feat.
"With his talent, as a disciple of the Dragon God Douluo, and his orphan status, it's very possible for him to reach that position in the future," Xu Jiawei said.
Xu Jiujiu knew what her imperial brother was referring to: that Supreme Emperor who was even more of an emperor—the Sea God Pavilion Master.
She understood her imperial brother's feelings. When encountering someone with such talent and background, as long as the two sides weren't mortal enemies, any normal person would immediately think of winning them over.
"A little interested." The words on the document were reflected in her crystal-clear, amethyst-like eyes, Xu Jiujiu said softly, recalling the figure like a Flame Monarch in her mind. Although she had a strong personality, her sexual orientation was very normal, and she naturally had a certain fondness for such a handsome, proud son of heaven.
But isn't this guy too much of a playboy?
He was simultaneously dating six girlfriends, and among them was even the eldest miss of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, according to clear historical records, only had one instance: Ning Rongrong, who ascended to the God Realm ten thousand years ago. Why would such a proud daughter of heaven be willing to share a husband with other women?
Hearing Xu Jiujiu's words, Xu Jiawei's face showed a faint smile.
He was very relieved about this sister, who was excellent in character, conduct, and cultivation talent.
…
After the first day of fighting, the next two days were a pleasant enjoyment for An Zhen. It wasn't that he didn't want to explore this ancient city that had stood for ten thousand years, but mainly because of Ma Xiaotao… Hiss, she was truly a "waist" demon. If he hadn't consumed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, An Zhen would have thought her Evil Fire had erupted. The passionate and uninhibited big sister was truly amazing. Unlike Senior Sister, who was very docile and preferred to be passive with An Zhen, Ma Xiaotao was much more active.
Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan.
Ma Xiaotao and Gu Yuena.
Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Gu Yuena.
At night, the number of "sneaky eaters" directly increased from one to two, and sometimes they could even cooperate.
As for Bi Ji, for now, it was limited to her mouth. Ma Xiaotao, having tasted the forbidden fruit, had been too clingy lately. Gu Yuena did want to bring Bi Ji along, but Ma Xiaotao was often present, and Gu Yuena didn't want to pretend to be Bi Ji's niece in that situation.
"Absorb this later."
An Zhen took out a fiery red transparent gel, about half the size of a fist.
crimson gel.
"Borrowed" from Blazing Apricot,嬌疏. Compared to low-grade Immortal Herbs, Reflection takes longer, and he's been busy reflecting another item recently.
The Evil Fire Phoenix was already a very powerful fire-attribute Spirit. The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was an extreme yang item, which not only cleared the evil fire in the Spirit but also elevated the Phoenix Fire's attribute to another level. Now, it was only one step away from Extreme Fire, but even if it was just one step, an extreme attribute was an extreme attribute, not something the current Phoenix Fire could compare to, so the assistance of crimson gel was needed.
"Achieving Extreme Fire might also allow you to complete this last half step and directly advance to a quasi-Spirit Saint at level seventy." An Zhen stroked Ma Xiaotao's hair. The Phoenix big sister was like a husky, after a bout of mischief, she docilely lay in An Zhen's arms.
"Martial Uncle~"
Her fiery red eyes looked at An Zhen with deep affection.
An Zhen raised his hand and let it fall on her snow-white roundness.
"Slap!"
A crisp sound rang out.
"Master~"
Ma Xiaotao changed her address. For her, besides the initial shyness, she felt it was more stimulating to use this address later.
A pair of fair, jade-like arms wrapped around An Zhen's neck, "I've already removed the Evil Fire. Wasn't this for your body tempering?"
Body tempering…
An Zhen felt his body's condition.
Soon, the Fire Dragon King Spirit Bone will be fully assimilated.
"I have others." An Zhen played with her long, beautiful legs wrapped in black silk, a pleased smile curving his lips. "This was originally prepared for you, Xiaotao."
"Eh?"
Ma Xiaotao was startled.
It was originally prepared for her?
"Senior Brother said early on that he would introduce Xiaotao to me, and I was already thinking about how to attract Xiaotao," An Zhen explained.
"Bad Master." Ma Xiaotao pounced on An Zhen, a resentful look flashing in her fiery red eyes. "So Martial Uncle had designs on me all along. I even thought Martial Uncle was a gentleman back then."
"But I really didn't lay a hand on you during the two times I suppressed your Evil Fire," An Zhen retorted.
Ma Xiaotao recalled, and it was indeed true. Moreover, their relationship could be described as entirely consensual; he merely offered her the choice, and she was the one who ultimately made the decision.
"I remember that pendant not only contained crimson gel but also a force of extreme cold." Her fiery red phoenix eyes suspiciously scrutinized An Zhen, who was pinned beneath her. "Is Martial Uncle interested in that Ling Luochen?"
The extremely hot part was the crimson gel, which could enhance fire-attribute Spirits, prepared for her. The extremely cold part was probably some treasure beneficial to ice-attribute Spirits. As for ice-attribute users, besides Huo Yutong, Ma Xiaotao only knew Ling Luochen, who she didn't get along with.
"A little."
"Playboy!" Ma Xiaotao condemned.
But it seemed that if Martial Uncle wasn't a playboy, she wouldn't have been involved. From a certain perspective, she wasn't even a "Little San"; she should be "Little Nine."
However, if Martial Uncle could take down Ling Luochen, seeing that constantly aloof person pinned beneath Martial Uncle, or even becoming "broken" like she was before.
It felt like it wouldn't be bad either.
Let that aloof Ling Luochen "fall" hard!
"Does Martial Uncle need my help?"
"How can you help?"
"Stimulate her!"
On the afternoon of the second day of the elimination rounds, Ma Xiaotao began her seclusion to absorb the crimson gel, trying to finish as quickly as possible so as not to delay the round-robin matches the day after tomorrow.
An Zhen's fingers reluctantly left the Phoenix big sister's beautiful legs wrapped in black silk. As soon as he arrived in the living room, ready to tease the little swan, a golden-haired, blue-eyed girl with a bright smile reached out and grabbed An Zhen's arm, "An Zhen, my father wants to see you."
Ning Tian's father?
"Now?"
"Mm." Ning Tian nodded gently, her face full of happiness. "Oh, and Wu Feng's grandmother."
"I'll tell Teacher Wang."
As the political, cultural, and economic center of the Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City naturally also had a Nine Treasure Pavilion. On the top floor of the nine-story magnificent pagoda-shaped building, when An Zhen arrived, a refined middle-aged man and a middle-aged beautiful woman with long red hair had already been waiting for a long time.