Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 83 The Legendary Phoenix God!
"teacher."

Lin Xia looked at her hands, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement and a hint of disbelief.

"I feel... I feel my body is now... at least comparable to a Soul Master! No, maybe... at the Soul King level in terms of defense and strength! This is definitely not an illusion! It's a real improvement!"

Lin Xia tried to mobilize his soul power. The soul power fluctuations of a level 20 Great Soul Master were clearly discernible, but that soul power seemed somewhat "weak" in the face of this powerful physical body.

It was as if soul power was merely one of the energy sources driving this "divine weapon," rather than the main source of its power.

"A Soul...Soul King-level physical body?!"

Lou Gao felt that his worldview was being repeatedly hammered and reshaped.

He forged divine weapons and knew all too well the difficulty of improving physical strength.

In Soul Master cultivation, physical strength often passively increases with the level of Soul Power. However, someone like Lin Xia, whose Soul Power level is only level 20, has already crossed several levels to reach the level of Soul King... This is unheard of!

This transformation of the sun's essence is simply heaven-defying!

"This...this solar essence...is too domineering!"

Lou Gao circled Lin Xia twice, looking at her as if she were a rare and divine weapon, his eyes filled with both amazement and lingering fear.

"Ancient texts record that it contains the power to destroy the world and can temper divine weapons, but they never mention that it can be used to temper living people directly... and tempered living people like this! Your life... is ridiculously tough!"

"Yoji! Yoji!"

When Young Gilas saw Lin Xia display her power, it excitedly jumped over and patted its darkened, thick lava carapace, which was covered in runes, with its little paws, making a dull metallic clanging sound, as if to say something.

"Look, I've gotten stronger too! My shell is super hard now!"

Lin Xia smiled and ruffled Young Gilas's head, and it comfortably squinted its scarlet eyes.

Looking at Young Gilas's Flame Fang, and then thinking of Lin Xia's seemingly innate Flame Fist, Lou Gao's shock was slowly replaced by a deeper contemplation.

He stroked his stubble, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the phoenix mark and the Young Gilas mark on Lin Xia's arm, finally settling on the place deep within the mine where an ancient magic circle had once appeared.

"No...Xia!"

Lou Gao's voice lowered, carrying an unprecedented solemnity.

"No matter how powerful the essence of the sun is, it is ultimately an inanimate object, an energy ore. It can provide energy, but... how could it possibly allow your physical body to be reshaped and strengthened in a way that defies common sense..."

Lou Gao paused, a hint of awe flashing in his eyes, and pointed to the phoenix mark on Lin Xia's arm.

"All of this... is probably... related to 'He'! That giant firebird! It is His power that guided the energy of the sun's essence, transforming you in ways we cannot understand, and even... endowing you with these 'talents'!"

Lin Xia was shocked. Lou Gao's words were like a thunderclap, instantly waking him from his previous vague guess.

Looking at the lifelike phoenix mark on his arm, radiating a faint warmth and majesty, and feeling the flame power flowing within his body—which shared the same origin as the essence of the sun but was even more profound and pure—a bold idea, enough to overturn the common sense of the Douluo Continent, sprouted wildly in his mind like a seedling breaking through the soil.

"teacher."

Lin Xia's voice trembled slightly, but his eyes shone with an astonishing brightness. He stared straight up at the building, and after carefully choosing his words, he said directly:

"You're right. The essence of the sun is merely the fuel; what truly shaped all of this... is the power of that giant firebird. And teacher... I suspect... that wasn't a powerful soul beast at all..."

Lin Xia took a deep breath, as if she were using all her strength to utter that shocking word.

"I suspect it's a god! This place... could very well be a place where a god's legacy is passed down!" "A god... a god?!"

The tall building seemed to be struck by lightning; the burly body swayed violently, almost losing its balance.

This word carries too much weight!
In the Douluo Continent, gods are already legendary beings, the ultimate goal that Soul Masters pursue their whole lives but can never reach.

Now, this word is being spoken with such certainty by his young disciple?

"Xia...Xia! Do you...do you know what you're saying?"

The voices from the upper floors changed tone, filled with disbelief and immense fear.

"Gods? This...how is this possible? They are legendary beings! How can you be sure?"

"teacher!"

Lin Xia's tone was resolute, and her thinking was exceptionally clear.

"Think about your description! Think about that giant firebird!"

"A complete crushing defeat at the level of life! Just the gaze of a phantom was enough to annihilate your soul, a Soul Saint, leaving you unable to even think of resisting! This is something no Soul Beast could ever do!"

"Reshape our physical bodies! Reverse life and death! Instantly reshape me and Larjurath from our carbonized, shattered skeletons into even more powerful flesh and blood! Grant us our mark and talents!"

"This has already entered a realm beyond the reach of Soul Masters! Is this an ability that Soul Beasts or Human Title Douluos can possess?"

"He can easily mobilize, purify, and take away the energy from the corpses of all ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts! It's even possible that... He is the true ruler of this volcanic region, this solar essence mine!"

"That roar that triggered the soul beasts' rampage was very likely a manifestation of His dormant will!"

"And this mark!"

Lin Xia raised her arm, and the crimson phoenix seemed about to spread its wings and take flight.

"The power it contains far surpasses the essence of the sun, carrying an aura of... antiquity, holiness, and primordial origin!"

"Which of these characteristics does not match the descriptions of 'deities' in ancient texts? What aspect of the power He displays is beyond the reach of mortals?"

Lin Xia's gaze was intense, carrying a sharpness that seemed to see through the fog.

"Teacher, do you still remember the fragment of the book 'A Study of Ancient Mythical Beasts' that you gave me? There is an extremely vague record in it that has been dismissed as an absurd legend."

"In the far south lies the Fiery Domain, inhabited by a divine bird, resembling a phoenix, which governs the source of all fires and the land of rebirth... Although the description is vague, considering the form of the giant fiery bird you saw, this volcanic region, and this rebirth-like experience... Teacher, I am almost certain that the giant fiery bird is the legendary—the Phoenix God!"

"The Phoenix God..."

Lou Gao murmured the sacred and heavy name repeatedly. Lin Xia's clear, logical analysis was like a heavy hammer, shattering his inherent cognitive barriers.

Yes, what other being besides gods could accomplish all this?
To be resurrected from the dead, to reverse the rules, to be given a mark, to be endowed with talent... this is simply beyond the scope of ordinary power to explain!

As a Soul Saint, he personally experienced that absolute crushing on the level of life, a feeling he would never forget!
"So...this mark...this power..."

Lou Gao's gaze at the phoenix mark on Lin Xia's arm completely changed, filled with awe, shock, and a complex mix of uncontrollable desire and fear.

"This is very likely the mark of the Phoenix God's test! He chose me and Young Gilas!"

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