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Pure Fire, the Ultimately Pure Fire.
Different worlds have different cultivation methods for Pure Fire.
The cultivation method of the Xuanyuan Sword world is precisely because it is ultimately pure and unaffected by any external forces, thus it can encompass all things.
People on the Douluo Continent feel this flame is useless because once Pure Fire comes into contact with other flames, it can only purely refine the opponent's flame, while being contaminated by the opponent's fire itself, thereby losing its power.
But that is purely because this world lacks truly powerful fire-attribute cultivation techniques. The Divine Fire Avatar's heart method, during cultivation, can purify while enhancing skill power. All impurities of the fire-attribute power within the body will be expelled by the Divine Fire Avatar, thus leaving only the purest fire element behind.
Moreover, only impurities are expelled.
For example, Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, and the Cold Fire of this Ice Fire Profound Phoenix right now, as well as the so-called strongest Ultimate Fire – all are types of fire, each with its own characteristics.
The advantages of these characteristics, however, will be retained by successfully cultivated Pure Fire.
This means Pure Fire's potential is limitless; one fire can transform into ten thousand fires, possessing the advantages of all flames, yet completely unaffected by their interference with its own ultimate purity.
Yuwen Tuo absorbed Evil Fire for six years. His Pure Fire, although not Evil Fire itself, could already use one of Evil Fire's abilities – Corrosion.
The strike he just delivered completely integrated into the Ice Fire Profound Phoenix's Dance of Ice Flames.
For this skill combining ice and fire, the most crucial point is the balance of the ice and fire attributes. If either side becomes too strong, the skill becomes a joke.
Yuwen Tuo infiltrated his own flame into the Dance of Ice Flames, causing this move's fire attribute to far overpower the ice attribute. With the elements imbalanced, the result was the flame melting the ice, then the two types of flames canceling each other out. The ice flame tornado vanished without a trace.
In terms of power, Yuwen Tuo was inferior to this Ice Fire Profound Phoenix. But in combat skill, he was a hundred times stronger than it.
"Flame Slaughter Slash, Shadow Wing Slash!"
After nullifying the opponent's attack, naturally came the counterattack. Yuwen Tuo's fire-attribute Martial Soul's strongest offensive method was unleashing the attack modes of the first and second Soul Skills simultaneously. This move instantly killed Zhu Lu in the freshman competition.
One fierce saber slash, plus one wing strike of immense power, both struck the wound on the Ice Fire Profound Phoenix's wing.
"Bang!"
No matter how strong the Ice Fire Profound Phoenix's defense was, its wing was directly blown apart by this continuous, fierce assault.
It could no longer maintain its ability to fly; its huge body plummeted from the sky. But Yuwen Tuo, due to these two strikes, also had the saber in his hand and the wings on his back disappear simultaneously, falling together to the ground.
His fire-attribute Martial Soul only had two Soul Rings. After using up both attack modes, he couldn't continue using them for a short time.
This state was similar to when he fought Dai Huabin.
Against Dai Huabin, although he couldn't use his fire Martial Soul's skills, he could still use the Profound Yang Scorching Flame Finger, and had Xiao Xiao beside him.
But now, Xiao Xiao wasn't here, and the Profound Yang Scorching Flame Finger was primarily a martial art attacking acupuncture points. The problem was, where were this Profound Phoenix's acupuncture points?
Even Yuwen Tuo didn't know the answer.
"Heh heh, although Xiao Xiao isn't here today, and I can't use the Profound Yang Scorching Flame Finger, there are also no spectators here! You better be careful next. Saber techniques are just my hobby; swordplay is my profession." Yuwen Tuo smiled and stood up. Extending his right hand, a golden light radiated from his palm. An incredibly imposing sword intent even caused the surrounding wind and snow to abruptly stop.
Snowflakes were all cut in half by the sword intent.
A golden ancient sword appeared in Yuwen Tuo's hand. Here, he could finally use the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul without restraint.
The Ice Fire Profound Phoenix seemed to sense the terror of the sword in Yuwen Tuo's hand and subconsciously retreated a few steps. It temporarily couldn't fly; otherwise, it probably would have already fled by now.
But now, it knew it could only fight to the death.
When flame and ice intertwine, the Profound Phoenix reveals its ultimate skill – Heavenly Fire Melts Ice (Tian Huo Rong Bing). This skill fuses the power of fire and ice, forming a devastating attack. Blazing flames and chilling frost weave together, creating an invincible force, leaving enemies nowhere to escape before this power.
A beam of red and blue light shot out from the Profound Phoenix's mouth, tearing across the sky, shooting straight towards Yuwen Tuo.
The Xuanyuan Sword's Soul Ring flashed with purple light. Yuwen Tuo softly uttered two words, "Sword Domain!"
The beam of Heavenly Fire Melts Ice, upon approaching within one chi of Yuwen Tuo, suddenly seemed to be sliced apart like tofu, completely unable to advance another inch.
The Xuanyuan Sword's Soul Ring, although not yet one hundred thousand years old, had already produced two Soul Skills.
This move was one of the Xuanyuan Sword's first Soul Skills: Sword Domain!
A domain-type skill. However, unlike previous domains with extremely large coverage, this domain's range was only one chi before Yuwen Tuo.
A certain person known as a Sword Saint once said, "Extending the sword ten thousand li is inferior to one chi before oneself." Within that one chi before him, even gods couldn't dodge or break through.
Yuwen Tuo's One Chi Sword Domain was also like this. Any power approaching within one chi of him would be shredded into powder by the Xuanyuan Sword's endless sword qi.
This wasn't a technique that could be countered by skill; the only way was to break it with force.
Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword currently only had one ring. If a Soul King or Soul Emperor attacked forcefully with a ten-thousand-year Soul Skill, his One Chi Sword Domain still couldn't completely resist. Unfortunately, this Ice Fire Profound Phoenix was already heavily injured; its remaining power didn't reach the level of a Soul King's ten-thousand-year Soul Skill.
Therefore, all its attacks were shredded.
Yuwen Tuo stepped forward, using both sword and palm – this was the opening stance of the Xuanyuan Sword Art (Xuanyuan Jian Jue).
The Xuanyuan Sword Art was created by his master based on the Guigu Sect's sword techniques. Although the power generation and sword paths were completely different, his master was too lazy to rename the moves.
There were six forms in total.
Horizontal Sword Ferrying Across (Heng Jian Bai Du), Imperial Sword Prairie Fire (Yu Jian Liao Yuan), Seeking Flower Amidst Waves (Lang Li Xun Hua), Silver Eagle Skimming Earth (Yin Ying Lue Di), Dragon Soaring Nine Heavens (Long Xiang Jiu Tian), Divine Sword Proud Continent (Shen Jian Ao Zhou).
What Yuwen Tuo used now was the first form, Horizontal Sword Ferrying Across. The left palm struck out first, sword qi merging with palm force, dispersing the Ice Fire Profound Phoenix's entire power. The right sword slashed vertically, sword qi soaring to the heavens, directly cutting the Ice Fire Profound Phoenix in half.
Yuwen Tuo landed and sheathed his sword, smiling. "Told you, saber technique is a hobby; swordplay is my profession. My swordplay is ten times stronger than my saber technique. This move ferries you across to the Naihe Bridge."
Killing the Ice Fire Profound Phoenix with one sword strike, a black Soul Ring emerged from its body.
Yuwen Tuo immediately sat cross-legged, drawing the Soul Ring towards himself.
A ten-thousand-year Soul Ring carrying soul shock was indeed a great threat to an ordinary Soul Grandmaster, but it still hadn't reached Yuwen Tuo's limit. In terms of soul strength, let alone a Soul King, he wouldn't flinch even against a Soul Emperor.
The impact of the Soul Ring on his body was fundamentally less than the burning from Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.
Six years of Evil Fire burning the body, tempering tendons and forging bones; the Divine Fire Avatar cultivating both soul and physique simultaneously – the combination of these two had a body refining effect on Yuwen Tuo no less than that of body-refining immortal herbs.
From beginning to end, Yuwen Tuo didn't show much pain. After just half an hour, he successfully absorbed this Soul Ring. His Soul Power level shot up straight to the peak of Rank 33.
This was the effect achieved through the combined assistance of the exceeded-age-limit Soul Ring and that Soul Ascension Pill.
He also obtained the third Soul Skill for his fire-attribute Martial Soul: Phoenix Sheds Armor (Dan Feng Jie Jia)! It manifests flame armor, increasing defense by one hundred percent, and applies a continuous burning effect to enemies within three meters, damage not too high, but a divine skill for clearing mobs. Additionally, like the previous Flame Slaughter Slash and Shadow Wing Slash, this move can also unleash a 'Shed Armor Strike,' significantly boosting the next attack's burst power at the cost of reduced defense. However, after use, this Soul Skill cannot be used again for a short time.
The pattern was the same as the first two Soul Skills, combining support and attack into one. However, because the Soul Ring's age reached ten thousand years, the Soul Skill's enhancement effect also received a great boost, increasing from fifty percent to one hundred percent.
Now his three Soul Skills respectively enhanced attack power, speed, and defense, greatly strengthening his combat attributes.