Below the Heavenly Fire Pool ,
Ma Hongjun, having absorbed the soul rings and soul bones, floated in the fire pool.
The Heavenly Fire Pool wasn't a lava pool, but a pool entirely formed of flames.
Ma Hongjun hovered within it.
The pool possessed a suction force, like a vortex, threatening to devour Ma Hongjun.
The heavenly fire continued to ravage his body, but Ma Hongjun's physical body had improved once again, now able to resist the burning of the heavenly fire.
The sacrifice of the two Vermilion Birds directly boosted Ma Hongjun's soul power to level eighty.
The rebirth of his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul was also successfully completed.
This was a true transformation from a pheasant to a phoenix. Ma Hongjun's Fire Phoenix Martial Soul originally mutated from a seven-colored fledgling pheasant, but the mutation wasn't complete.
Although the power of the flames was strong, the Martial Soul was still in the transitional stage from pheasant to phoenix.
Now, the Martial Soul had completely reborn, truly becoming a phoenix. Before,
when the Fire Phoenix possessed him, only the seven-colored wings had a hint of phoenix domineering aura; now, the entire phoenix had a complete form.
If it were his previous Martial Soul, upon reaching the Martial Soul True Form, what he would unleash might be a hybrid of half-chicken and half-phoenix.
Now, after Nirvana, he is a true fire phoenix soaring through the nine heavens!
Moreover,
the original mottled colors have all been refined, returning to purple.
Just like the little Vermilion Bird's orange, it is a completely pure purple.
A pure purple.
Initially, Ma Hongjun's flames were purple, but although the color of the current purple appears unchanged, it has undergone a fusion and refinement, making it vastly different from before.
It fused and refined other flames, returning to its original purity, all returning to its original power.
At this moment, Ma Hongjun is already able to resist the refining power of the Heavenly Fire Pool.
His Wind Dragon Wing Bone was originally a 100,000-year-old soul bone, and now, with the fusion of a 400,000-year-old and a 700,000-year-old Vermilion Bird Feather, its power has directly increased dozens of times.
Before, it was just bone wings; now, it has added feathers.
Ma Hongjun gave the new combination of soul bones a new name:
Fire Feather Wind Wings!
With just a gentle flap of his wings, Ma Hongjun could escape the suction of the Heavenly Fire Pool and fly out of it.
However, Ma Hongjun did not choose to leave.
He wanted to explore the bottom of the Heavenly Fire Pool.
Now that he could freely enter and exit the Heavenly Fire Pool, he wasn't in a hurry.
This kind of treasure land was worth exploring; perhaps there would be unexpected gains.
Following the suction force, Ma Hongjun headed towards the bottom of the pool.
The Heavenly Fire Pool seemed unfathomably deep, as if it were vertically penetrating Mount Huoshen.
Mount Huoshen soared into the clouds; if it continued like this, wouldn't that prove that the center of Mount Huoshen was occupied by the Heavenly Fire Pool?
No wonder Mount Huoshen constantly erupted flames and had such immense pressure.
It turned out that the center of the mountain was the Heavenly Fire Pool, and the flames erupting from the mountain were essentially diluted Heavenly Fire.
If he didn't slow down, even if he wasn't burned to death, he might be crushed to death.
Ma Hongjun used his Fire Feather Wind Wings to slowly slow down, maintaining a certain speed as he descended.
Fortunately, although he was going down, the power of the flames remained unchanged. The
Heavenly Fire Pool wasn't like a pool of water; it also had water pressure.
Finally, he reached the bottom.
In the endless flames, Ma Hongjun opened his eyes and looked around.
Fiery Eagle Bone!
The external soul bone of the 100,000-year-old Fiery-Eyed Demon Eagle finally came in handy.
Ma Hongjun was probably the first to reach the bottom of the Heavenly Fire Pool.
"I've struck gold!"
Through the red heavenly fire, Ma Hongjun saw a pile of glittering, crystalline jade bones below.
"It really is a soul bone, just as I thought."
Ma Hongjun was incredibly excited.
When he learned the function of the Heavenly Fire Pool, Ma Hongjun thought of all the soul beasts that had come here for rebirth over the years.
Whether they succeeded or not, their physical bodies would be devoured by the heavenly fire.
A 100,000-year-old soul beast would definitely produce a soul bone.
And a fire-type soul bone, which couldn't be destroyed in the Heavenly Fire Pool.
On the contrary, it was the best place to preserve fire-type soul bones.
Heavenly fire is the purest flame in the world, and it can only enhance fire-type soul bones.
Just like the Fiery Eye, the Flame Left Arm Bone, and the Three-Legged Golden Bone on Ma Hongjun's body, they all received a certain enhancement when the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul underwent rebirth.
"So many Vermilion Bird Feathers!"
Ma Hongjun saw that the most abundant soul bone here was the Vermilion Bird Feather.
These are the feathers that fell from the Vermilion Bird after it died.
It seems that the soul bones produced by the Vermilion Bird are all Vermilion Bird feathers. Most of these Vermilion Bird feathers are in pairs, with only a few in pairs.
One of the pairs of three feathers is pale white, and another is pink.
These two soul bones have the same aura as the Vermilion Bird King and his wife's soul bones that Ma Hongjun just fused with.
It seems that these two feather bones should be the soul bones that the Vermilion Bird King and his wife shed during their first Nirvana.
The Wind Dragon Wing Bone is just a bare soul bone, without feathers.
Now, ten feathers have been fused, forming two wings, four on the left and seven on the right.
Ma Hongjun picked up the two soul bones, somewhat excited.
He wanted to try, perhaps he could fuse them again.
And there are so many Vermilion Bird feathers on the ground. If he could fuse them all into the Wind Dragon Wing Bone, adding feathers to the wing bone,
how incredibly powerful his wings would become!
Dozens of Vermilion Bird feather soul bones, all over 100,000 years old.
At that time, just flapping his wings would probably create a sea of fire.
Not to mention the added power of the wind attribute bone wings.
Thinking about it, he acted immediately.
Ma Hongjun first fused with two familiar feather bones.
Sure enough, his body had strong compatibility.
The two soul bones fused successfully very easily.
Eleven Vermilion Bird feathers, plus five more, making sixteen.
Ma Hongjun collected all the Vermilion Bird feathers on the ground, a total of sixteen Vermilion Bird feather bones.
Six pieces had three feathers each,
ten pieces had two feathers each.
Thirty-eight feathers.
Ma Hongjun continued to try fusing.
After a while,
it worked!
These Vermilion Bird feathers could all be fused with the Wind Dragon Wing Bone.
Ma Hongjun's heart pounded wildly as he looked at the crimson feathers, his excitement overwhelming. Each piece
had more than two feathers.
This meant they were all soul bones over two hundred thousand years old.
Sixteen pieces, plus the four from the Vermilion Bird King and his wife.
Twenty soul bones.
If all were fused, would becoming a god be difficult?
For ordinary soul masters, six soul bones were divine equipment; with a bit more luck, they might have one or two more external soul bones.
But they would never be as extravagant as Ma Hongjun, with twenty.
Excited, Ma Hongjun continued to fuse soul bones.
However, his body quickly couldn't withstand it.
When he fused with the third bone, Ma Hongjun felt as if his body was about to explode.
Fire attribute power surged throughout his body,
suppressing the other attribute soul bones within him.
Sure enough, his current body couldn't handle so many powerful soul bones.
Although he felt a slight disappointment, Ma Hongjun wasn't surprised.
If he could absorb all these soul bones now, he could instantly become a god.
How could a mortal body possibly withstand twenty soul bones over two hundred thousand years old?
Ma Hongjun collected all the soul bones.
Besides the Vermilion Bird Feather Bone, there were twelve other soul bones in various positions.
These twelve were all in one of the six normal soul bone positions, without any external soul bones. They
were all fire attribute, in all six positions, mainly in the arms and legs.
However, Ma Hongjun had no intention of fusing these soul bones.
He already had four fire attribute soul bones in four positions:
Fire Eye, Left Arm, Feather, and Tripod!
Fire attribute was enough.
However, these soul bones were priceless; he would need them eventually.
After carefully collecting all the soul bones, Ma Hongjun flapped his Fire Feather Wind Wings.
With a whoosh!
His speed was incredibly fast; the wind carried fire, and his wings burned with flames, instantly transforming him into a fiery shadow.
He flew out of the Heavenly Fire Pool!
(End of Chapter)