Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

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"Damn it! Stop! Stop it now!"

Lin Xia rushed forward again, disregarding everything, trying to extinguish the destructive flames.

But the force field naturally formed by the divine fire energy was like an invisible wall of a high-temperature furnace, carrying the will to incinerate everything, and fiercely pushed him away!

His newborn, powerful body crashed against the scorching rock wall with a dull thud, instantly burning a patch of skin, but this was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.

Young Gilas also stopped eating, watching the towering building engulfed in flames with wariness and worry, letting out an uneasy growl.

"Yoji...yoji..."

How to do?
What can be done?
Lin Xia's brain was racing, almost about to explode.

He looked at the glaring phoenix mark on Lou Gao's arm—the source of the divine trial and the root of his current suffering!

The only hope!
"Communicate with the mark! Communicate with the mark like a teacher! Since the Phoenix God can give me the mark, let me see it, and even give me ore... perhaps it can hear me!"

A near-desperate thought arose in Lin Xia's mind.

He has to try!
Even if there's only the slightest chance!

Without further hesitation, Lin Xia suddenly sat down cross-legged, forcing herself into a state of extreme concentration.

He took a deep breath, the scorching air stinging his lungs.

He mobilized his level 20 soul power, which seemed so weak in the face of divine might, but he had no other choice.

Lin Xia channeled all her soul power, mental strength, and consciousness, along with her heart-wrenching worry and prayers, into a torrent that rushed wildly toward the lifelike crimson-gold phoenix mark on the inside of her left forearm!

"Respond to me! Phoenix God! Please! Stop! Or tell me what to do! Save my teacher!"

Lin Xia cried out from the depths of her soul, her will like the sharpest chisel, relentlessly assaulting that mysterious mark.

Om-!
As if in response to his desperate call, the phoenix mark on his arm suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!
The light was no longer a warm, reddish-gold color, but instantly transformed into a pure, intense white that seemed to pierce through the soul!
Severe pain!
The instant the light appeared, an unimaginable burning pain, far exceeding the limits of the body's endurance, erupted from the mark like millions of red-hot steel needles, spreading at the speed of light throughout his entire body along the meridians, blood vessels, and nerves of his arm!

This pain did not affect his flesh and blood, but burned directly into his soul!

It was as if his consciousness, his spiritual power, and the core of his existence had been forcibly stuffed into the core of an exploding sun!

"what--!"

Lin Xia let out a scream that was not human, her body convulsed violently as if struck by lightning, and her consciousness was instantly torn to pieces by the excruciating pain on the soul level!
He felt as if he was about to be completely incinerated and evaporated by this domineering and incomparably powerful fiery will originating from the mark!
However, at this critical moment, the raging, blazing white flames that were powerful enough to instantly annihilate his soul suddenly paused as if they possessed a spirit!
A vast, ancient thought, carrying an indescribable sense of helplessness and surprise, crashed into Lin Xia's collapsing consciousness like a torrent of molten lava.

"Nonsense!"

"Those who are not inheritors of the divine runes, dare to tamper with the divine runes, igniting their own souls and bringing about their own destruction!"

"Remembering your unwavering loyalty in protecting your teacher, and your deep concern for those entrusted to you..."

"Never mind..."

"Want to see? Then...see it clearly!" "—Stay put!"

This idea is vast, majestic, and unquestionable, carrying an indifferent gaze upon all living beings, yet at the end it reveals an extremely subtle hint of helplessness towards the "bratty kid".

Instead of destroying Lin Xia, it was like an invisible hand that suddenly seized his soul consciousness, which was being torn apart by the excruciating pain and was about to dissipate!
The next moment, the world spun around!

Lin Xia felt as if she had been forcibly pulled out of the real world by an irresistible force.

The scorching heat of the mine, the low growl of Youngkiras, the painful groans of Lou Gao... all sounds and sensations instantly faded away, blurred, and disappeared.

Lin Xia was plunged into absolute, suffocating darkness and deathly silence.

I don't know how much time passed—perhaps a moment, perhaps eternity. A faint light appeared ahead, rapidly expanding.

Lin Xia's consciousness surfaced like a drowning person, and she suddenly "opened her eyes".

The scene before him made him instantly forget the lingering pain in his soul, leaving only boundless shock and a chill that penetrated to the bone.

He saw fire.

An endless, boundless fire that burns to the very end of the universe!
This is no longer a physical mine, but a bizarre and fantastical space of consciousness composed entirely of flames.

There is no up, down, left, or right, and no concept of the passage of time.

Beneath our feet lies a churning, roaring sea of ​​golden fire, like the molten surface of a star, with fire waves rising thousands of meters high.

Above them was a deep, dark red sky, where countless stars burning with crimson, azure, pale, and even pitch-black flames were silently exploding, collapsing, and being reborn. Each cycle of the stars released terrifying energy ripples that were enough to annihilate the continent, only to be swallowed up by the even more violent sea of ​​fire below.

The twisted fiery tornado connects heaven and earth, like a pillar of fire supporting the world, with liquid runes and shattered light and shadow of laws flowing inside.

What filled the air was not air, but a viscous, tangible liquid of flames. Every breath felt like swallowing scalding lava, burning the very consciousness.

This is the core of purgatory, the source of destruction, and the crucible of rebirth—the material space of soul consciousness corresponding to the first trial of the Phoenix God Trial, "Bath in Fire"!
In the heart of this terrifying fiery domain, powerful enough to instantly vaporize the soul of a Title Douluo, Lin Xia witnessed a scene that terrified him.

A blurry, fragile, pale golden humanoid silhouette, as if it could be blown away at any moment, was suspended above the most violent vortex of flames.

That is the very essence of the towering building!
At this moment, where is the solidity and majesty of the Soul Saint in Lou Gao's soul?

It was like a flickering candle in a storm, its light dimmed to the extreme, trembling, twisting, and deforming violently under the scorching heat of the divine fire at billions of degrees.

The "matter" that constitutes the origin of the soul—those points of light representing memories, emotions, will, and the foundation of soul power—is being stripped away, decomposed, and incinerated at a visible speed, like snowflakes thrown into a furnace!
The golden flames, like greedy venomous snakes, coiled around and gnawed at every inch of Lou Gao's soul.

Each lick of the flame caused the pale golden outline to shrink and dim slightly, bursting forth with a silent yet penetrating ripple of extreme pain.

Lin Xia could clearly "perceive" the information coming from her teacher's soul.

That was the endless agony of flesh and bones being burned away inch by inch!
It is the emptiness and despair of having one's soul power foundation completely destroyed! It is the powerlessness of having accumulated memories, skills, and understanding of fire over decades of forging careers, collapsing like a sandcastle in the flames!
It is the most mournful cry of the very source of life in the face of absolute destructive power!
"Do not--!"

(End of this chapter)