Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 39 Ma Xiaotao

With some time before class, Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory to absorb the Xuan Shui Pill.

After watching the excitement, Wang Dong'er went back to her dormitory to cultivate. She had been very diligent during this period.

Beibei and Tangya left long ago.

Only Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er remained outside, tacitly understanding each other.

"Wang Qiu'er, how about we go for a walk by Poseidon Lake? The scenery there is quite nice."

Ji Lin was the first to make the suggestion.

"Okay," Wang Qiu'er replied softly.

The two walked around the freshman teaching building and headed east along the south side of Shrek Square, soon arriving at the lakeside path.

After passing through the woods beside the path, the shimmering Neptune Lake came into view.

A gentle mist mingled with the fresh air wafted towards me. Although Poseidon Lake is an artificial lake, its waters are exceptionally clear. The azure blue is pure, deep, and gentle, with soft ripples spreading across its surface like the sparkling eyes of a young girl. The water reflects the blue sky and white clouds, as well as the shady green trees lining the lakeshore.

"It's a beautiful view, but don't you have anything to say to me?"

The two walked side by side along the shore of Poseidon Lake. Wang Qiu'er turned her head to look at Ji Lin, her tone cold.

"With that appearance and that name, you don't think I wouldn't recognize you, do you? I must say, you've got some nerve. Aren't you afraid I'll report you?"

"Can you?"

Wang Qiu'er looked at Ji Lin's smile with icy eyes.

Feeling the coldness in Wang Qiu'er's eyes, Ji Lin shivered and quickly raised his hands in surrender, saying, "Alright, alright, I was just kidding. Although you attacked me first, I did forcibly take something important from you. I won't report you."

"Now that you've come to the human world as a human, why not enjoy the beauty of this world? After all, you long for the outside world, don't you? Although, well, I'm partly to blame."

Ji Lin looked earnestly into Wang Qiu'er's eyes and said, then suddenly laughed, "Let's enjoy this academy life for now."

Wang Qiu'er did not refute, and turned her head away from Ji Lin, which was obviously an admission.

The two reached an understanding and strolled slowly along the lake. Ji Lin would occasionally tease Wang Qiu'er, which would earn him a death stare from Wang Qiu'er.

"what?"

Just then, Ji Lin suddenly noticed a red dot emerging from the mist.

"What's wrong?" Wang Qiu'er asked, puzzled.

Ji Lin pointed in the direction he was looking, "Look, isn't there a red dot over there?"

"Where?" She had just questioned Ji Lin's words when her eyes widened. She saw it too. What red dot? It was clearly a red figure rushing across the water at an astonishing speed, and judging from the appearance, it was heading straight for them.

"Damn it! Ma Xiaotao, how did I run into a berserk Ma Xiaotao? This is trouble."

Ji Lin suddenly remembered something, his face full of speechlessness. How did they end up running into each other?

The red figure was incredibly fast. In just a short while, she had reached the center of the lake. Every time her toes touched the surface of the lake, ripples would appear. She used the slight buoyancy to accelerate, drifting forward like a red cloud.

As they drew closer, the two could see more clearly. The red figure wasn't just dressed in red; even its hair was blood-red. It had a slender build, but exuded a chilling and ferocious aura, like a terrifying soul beast. It wore a red mask, and even its eyes were blood-red.

The air around her body distorted slightly, and wherever she passed, even patches of water mist rippled out from under her feet.

"That's impressive, but something feels off to me."

Wang Qiu'er looked at the person coming from the opposite direction with a wary expression.

The red figure arrived incredibly fast; in the short time it took Wang Qiu'er to speak, it had already approached within a hundred meters of the shore.

A terrifyingly high temperature swept over in an instant.

At the same time, Ji Lin and his companion jumped back to avoid the approaching person.

But with just that one movement, the red figure was already right in front of them.

A terrifyingly high temperature erupted instantly. Ji Lin stepped forward to shield Wang Qiu'er, and the Heavenly Fire Greatsword appeared in his hand, with three soul rings—one yellow and two purple—swirling around it. This temperature was nothing to Ji Lin, who possessed the ultimate fire.

Ji Lin, wielding the Heavenly Fire Greatsword, slashed forward, sending a fiery sword aura straight towards Ma Xiaotao. Wang Qiu'er, who was behind him, suddenly appeared to Ma Xiaotao's left, holding a golden dragon spear and sporting three soul rings—one yellow and two purple—and thrust the spear straight at Ma Xiaotao.

Without exchanging words, the two launched their attack simultaneously in perfect unison.

Perhaps sensing the impending crisis, Ma Xiaotao jerked her body apart, and then a loud phoenix cry suddenly rang out.

From behind her, a giant fire phoenix rose into the air, with two yellow, two purple, and two black spirit rings, and six spirit rings also rose up.

Six spirit rings—the second, third, and sixth—flashed simultaneously. The flames behind him instantly turned dark red. A thin, finger-like thread of fire shot from the fire phoenix's mouth, colliding with Ji Lin's sword energy. He then dodged Wang Qiu'er's Golden Dragon Spear to the side.

Wang Qiu'er, whose spear had been dodged, turned around without hesitation and swung it at Ma Xiaotao. Her first and second spirit rings lit up as she used the Golden Dragon Body and the power of the dragon to enhance her physical attributes and strength.

Ma Xiaotao's fifth spirit ring lit up, and a small phoenix, only about one meter tall, met the Golden Dragon Spear.

With a loud "Bang!", Wang Qiu'er was sent flying backward.

Ji Lin quickly stepped forward and caught Wang Qiu'er. He saw that blood was trickling from the corner of Wang Qiu'er's mouth, indicating that she had been injured by the shock.

Ma Xiaotao only took a few steps back and did not appear to be injured. However, it was already quite amazing that a Soul Venerable could defeat a Soul Emperor head-on.

Moreover, Ma Xiaotao is not an ordinary Soul Emperor, but a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, the Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Emperor, whose flame quality is close to the ultimate fire.

Ma Xiaotao was clearly not yet fully awake; her fourth spirit ring lit up, and red light emanated from beneath Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er's feet.

It is Ma Xiaotao's fourth soul skill, Phoenix Roaring Strike.

Ji Lin carried Wang Qiu'er, and a pair of fiery wings appeared on his back. With a flap, he carried the two of them away from the huge pillar of fire that erupted from the ground.

Just then, Ma Xiaotao generated dazzling giant fire wings and a phoenix tail behind her, instantly appearing behind the two of them. A huge fireball appeared in her hand and smashed towards the two of them. At the critical moment, Ji Lin used his first soul skill, Residual Fire, and his second soul skill, Fire Element Manipulation, to engulf the two of them in a huge fire tornado.

Although he was thrown to the ground, he was not injured.

(End of this chapter)