Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 320 Ma Xiaotao: My foolish ancestor, thank you!

That night, Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao sat by the Sea God Lake and chatted all night long.

"Sister Tao, tell me about your experiences over the years," Zhu Ziyang asked with a smile.

"Hmm!" Ma Xiaotao nestled against Zhu Ziyang, a thoughtful look on her pretty face, and slowly began to recount her experiences. Through her narration, Zhu Ziyang learned about Ma Xiaotao's experiences and opportunities.

It turns out that Ma Xiaotao obtained the divine inheritance of the God of Fire, also known as the Fire God, one of the seven main elemental gods of the divine realm, a first-level deity who wields the laws of fire. Ma Xiaotao's ability to gain His recognition and inheritance dates back to three years ago when she and Fifth Huan'er entered Chichen Mountain to hunt for soul rings.

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Three years ago, deep in the Chichen Mountains.

"Sister Xiaotao, Sister Xiaotao, I want that Heavenly Sun Fire Ape!" Fifth Huan'er's little face was flushed with excitement as she pointed at the huge ape with crimson fur in front of Ma Xiaotao and shouted.

"Are you sure?" Ma Xiaotao asked with a worried look. "This Heavenly Sun Fire Ape has a cultivation level of 70,000 years. Are you really sure you can handle it? It would be safer to choose this 40,000-year-old Blazing Swift Dragon."

As Ma Xiaotao spoke, she stretched out her jade foot and kicked the red-scaled earth dragon on the other side of her. The Fiery Velociraptor, which Ma Xiaotao had subdued, did not move at all and dared not make any move.

"It's alright! It's alright!" Fifth Huan'er insisted, saying, "I know my own strength. Besides, the Heavenly Sun Fire Ape is a power-type soul beast, which is more suitable for my martial soul than this Fiery Speed ​​Dragon."

"Since you've already made up your mind, I won't try to stop you anymore," Ma Xiaotao said after hearing Wu Huan'er's words. "Let's begin."

Fifth Huan'er walked up to the Heavenly Sun Fire Ape and swiftly defeated it. A black spirit ring appeared, and the girl sat cross-legged without hesitation, beginning to absorb it. As she moved, a phantom appeared behind her: a dragon's head and a lion's body, a dragon's tail and lion's claws, covered in dragon scales, treading on raging flames, with sharp dragon horns and piercing dragon eyes. This was the girl's martial soul, Suanni!

Along with the phantom of the Suanni, there were also the five spirit rings of Fifth Huan'er: yellow, purple, and black—a very standard spirit ring configuration. At this moment, as the girl absorbed the Heavenly Yang Fire Ape spirit ring, the sixth black spirit ring was slowly returning to its place.

Watching the girl absorb the soul ring so smoothly, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then, a sense of envy arose in her heart. She sighed with admiration, thinking that this girl's talent was much better than hers.

The Suanni martial soul is born with ultimate fire, and with the added blessing of the true dragon bloodline, its power is formidable. Compared to her acquired ultimate fire, it surpasses her in both potential and combat strength. At least, if she and Fifth Huan'er were at the same level, Ma Xiaotao wouldn't be absolutely certain of victory.

Fifth Huan'er quickly finished absorbing and refining the sixth soul ring. Ma Xiaotao and Gao Xing, along with the girl, were preparing to descend the mountain and leave the Chichen Mountain area to continue their travels when their plans were disrupted by a sudden eruption in Chichen Mountain.

Chichen Mountain is an active volcano, and its eruption was actually within Ma Xiaotao and Wu Huan'er's expectations. Therefore, the two were well prepared and were not harmed by the erupting lava. They found a cave immediately, rushed into the cave, and avoided the subsequent eruption of the volcano.

It was in this inconspicuous, nameless cave that Ma Xiaotao and Fifth Huan'er discovered a temple, the Temple of the Fire God.

"Sister Xiaotao, where is this?" Fifth Huan'er looked at the unexpected depths of the cave in front of him, his face full of shock and confusion, and asked Ma Xiaotao.

"I don't know either, but let's go take a look!" Ma Xiaotao looked at the magnificent hall that had suddenly appeared in the empty cave ahead. She was very confused, but her curiosity overcame her fear of the unknown, and she decided to go closer to investigate.

Ma Xiaotao led the way, followed by Wu Huan'er. The two quickly entered the main hall area, only a hundred meters away from the main hall's entrance. They simultaneously felt a strange tremor, and then the main hall's doors, ascending nine steps, slowly opened, as if welcoming their arrival.

"This..." Both of them were stunned, but they were both incredibly audacious, so after exchanging a glance, they didn't hesitate at all, sped up, rushed through the open door, and entered the main hall.

As soon as the two entered the main hall, a crimson-gold light shot out from the depths of the hall and landed precisely on the two women. Both women were startled and subconsciously released their soul power to resist, but found that their bodies seemed to be bound by the red light and they could not use their soul power at all.

Ma Xiaotao's face turned ashen instantly, filled with panic and despair. But before she could feel fear and sorrow, the crimson-gold light enveloped the two of them and brought them to the depths of the hall. A magnificent and imposing statue appeared before them. The statue was enormous, sitting on a marble throne with a wild and unrestrained posture, like a king. One hand held a crimson crystal ball, from which the crimson-gold light binding Ma Xiaotao and Fifth Huan'er shot out.

Ma Xiaotao was awestruck by the grandeur of the statue, but her mind followed the red light into a mystical space. In that space, Ma Xiaotao saw a person enveloped in red light. Although she couldn't make out their features, she keenly realized that this figure was related to the statue in the hall!

"Who are you? Where is this place?" Ma Xiaotao asked with a serious expression.

"I am the God of Fire, the master of the laws of fire, and this is my temple." A deep and masculine male voice came from the figure, uttering words that left Ma Xiaotao almost speechless.

"Fire, the God of Fire?!" Ma Xiaotao stared blankly at the figure whose height, weight, good or evil, beauty or ugliness were indistinguishable, and exclaimed in disbelief.

"You are very good. Are you willing to become my chosen one, inherit my divine position, and succeed as the Lord God of Fire?" The God of Fire did not pay attention to Ma Xiaotao's dazed expression and spoke to himself.

"What do you mean?" Ma Xiaotao felt her brain shut down, and everything seemed unreal and surreal.

"In short, do you want to inherit the position of the God of Fire and become the new God of Fire?" The God of Fire patiently explained directly.

"You mean... you want me to inherit the position of the God of Fire?" Ma Xiaotao finally recovered from her daze, but still felt it was unreal. She said, "Now?"

"Not now, of course!" The Vulcan's voice held a hint of helplessness as he said, "You need to complete nine trials before you can ultimately inherit the position of Vulcan. So, are you willing to accept the trials?"

"I'm willing! I'm willing!" Although Ma Xiaotao didn't know what the so-called assessment was, she still readily agreed. As a student of Shrek Academy, and even as someone whose ancestors had been gods, she naturally understood what a divine position meant.

"Excellent!" The Vulcan's tone carried a hint of joy as he said, "Close your eyes, feel the light of the Vulcan, and you will receive information about the divine qualification assessment, as well as the content of the first of the nine trials of the Vulcan!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao immediately did as instructed, unaware that the illusory image of the Fire God had vanished, nor did she hear the Fire God's final murmur: "...I hope you won't repeat the mistakes of your worthless ancestor!"

While Ma Xiaotao was undergoing the divine qualification assessment, in the God Realm, the Seven Elemental Heavens, the Water and Fire Temple.

"How is it? Did the child accept it?" A stunning goddess in a light blue dress looked at a majestic god in fiery red armor with concern.

"How could a mortal refuse to become a god?" the male god chuckled. "Now I just hope that Ma Xiaotao won't end up like her ancestor, the Phoenix God Ma Hongjun, who made me happy for nothing."

These two deities, a man and a woman, are undoubtedly the fire god and water god, a married couple, among the seven elemental gods.

"Speaking of Ma Hongjun, Ah Huo, won't what you're doing displease the Sea God?" the Water God asked with some concern.

"Hmph!" The God of Fire snorted coldly and said, "Dissatisfied? What business is it of his if I inherit the divine position? Not to mention that inheriting the divine position is a matter for us gods, just the fact that I listened to the old God King and gave that Ma Hongjun the opportunity to inherit the position of the God of Fire has already done them a great favor."

"That's true, but he is still a god-king after all. If we really get down to business, you might not be able to pass on your divine position as you wish!" the water god said worriedly.

"Don't worry, Ah Shui." Seeing the worry on his wife's face, the God of Fire hugged her and comforted her, "This time, it's not just the God of the Sea who's paying attention to Douluo Continent. I learned from the Darkness that the Lords of Life and Destruction are also watching Douluo Continent!"

"What! What terrible thing has happened?" the water god exclaimed in astonishment.

"The successor to the Grim Reaper has appeared." The Vulcan said with a slight smile, "That Ma Xiaotao is very close to the successor to the Grim Reaper's position, so as long as she performs well, I'm almost certain to inherit this divine position!"

"Really!" The water goddess's pretty face lit up with delight as she exclaimed, "This is wonderful!"

"Right! I think it's great too!" the God of Fire said with a smile. "Once I pass on my divine position to Ma Xiaotao, and then ask the God of Life to help you take it off, my wife and I can leave this divine realm, roam the stars, and live a carefree life, no longer having to put up with these newcomers' nonsense!"

"Hmm!" The water god couldn't help but start daydreaming as he listened to the fire god's words.

(End of this chapter)