Red Phoenix!
8: Chapter 8: First Spirit Ability, Danzhu?
Red Phoenix!
Fu Yu gazed into the distance of the forest and found it very quiet, with no rustling sounds of Spirit Beasts running about.
High-level Spirit Beasts have very strong territorial awareness; before the Crimson Flame Bird’s Aura completely dissipates, generally no Spirit Beast will intrude.
Sitting cross-legged in front of the spirit ring, spirit power flowed through his body, and his consciousness began to guide the spirit ring towards himself.
Even though it had just reached the thousand-year level, the spirit power contained within the spirit ring was still quite formidable.
The violent spirit power, like magma, had just entered his body when it acted like a wild horse breaking free from its reins, beginning to rampage everywhere, causing Fu Yu’s Meridians and muscles to swell and ache, with faint hints of pain.
However, this current state was completely within Fu Yu’s expectations, and it was even much better than he had anticipated.
If a spirit ring of around 1,100 years was only at this level, then Fu Yu’s estimation of himself might have been a bit conservative; at the very least, he could add another two hundred years to his initial guess.
He silently recited the Sword Heart Art in his heart, and in just an instant, the spirit power within his body was like a ragtag army meeting an unparalleled general; it began to become orderly, and the abnormal spirit power surging in from the spirit ring could no longer stir up any chaos, being digested bit by bit.
Under the catalysis of the spirit ring’s spirit power, Fu Yu’s body began to emit continuous cracking sounds from his bones, his muscles began to gradually show definition, and his body began to grow proportionally by several fractions.
It was as if the growth process that usually required several years had been compressed into a mere moment, and his entire person grew up in an extremely short amount of time.
“Huu——” Following a long exhale from Fu Yu’s mouth, his azure blue eyes opened, overflowing with divine light.
The spirit power Aura on his body began to climb steadily as the absorption of the spirit ring concluded.
Sounds of Bottleneck Breakthroughs, seemingly real yet illusory, rang in Fu Yu’s ears and heart.
Level 14!
A 1,100-year spirit ring directly caused Fu Yu’s spirit power to increase significantly.
Excluding the spirit power accumulated from Cultivating the Sword Heart Art for over half a month, it could be said that the Crimson Flame Bird’s spirit ring directly allowed Fu Yu to break through by three whole levels, saving him nearly half a year of Cultivation time.
Feeling the surging fluctuations of spirit power within his body, Fu Yu gave a low shout.
“Martial Soul Possession!” As his words fell, an exceptionally striking golden-red divine bird emerged from behind Fu Yu, circling and dancing around his body while carrying blazing crimson-gold flames.
And with the Martial Soul Possession, a gorgeous golden-red gauntlet extended from his palms to his elbows, and golden-red patterns were rendered onto his clothing.
Apart from this, the only other unusual changes were Fu Yu’s eyes and hair.
His originally azure blue eyes turned a fiery crimson after releasing his Martial Soul, and his ear-length gray short hair turned into white-red gradient hair reaching his waist.
Fu Yu carefully examined the gilded gauntlets on his hands, then tugged at his white-red gradient long hair; creations formed from spirit power didn’t have much sensation of pain.
“The gauntlets look a bit like the Immortal’s Active Honkai Reaction form, but more like the Phoenix stance.
Perhaps the complete version will only be displayed after unlocking the Active Honkai Reaction in the future.” “But fortunately, it doesn’t look much like the half-beastman stance of Spirit Masters with Beast Spirits here in the Douluo Continent, so I’m quite satisfied.” After finishing observing the changes on his body, his gaze began to shift to the spirit ring.
To know the specific effect of the Spirit Ability, it’s best to use it personally.
As Fu Yu’s thought moved, the pale purple first spirit ring floating in front of him instantly lit up.
At the same time, a surging power began to well up within Fu Yu’s body, and even hotter crimson-gold flames ignited on the gilded gauntlets.
“Attack power, defense power, and speed each increase by fifty percent, and flame power increases by one hundred percent.
The effect lasts for one hour.” “Not bad.
For future Spirit Abilities, I’ll choose in the direction of enhancement-type Spirit Abilities.” As for Spirit Abilities related to attack or defense, they were of no great use to Fu Yu.
The Sword Forms within the Taixu Sword Qi consist of four forms: Guard, Transform, Initiate, and Open, totaling twenty-one Moves.
The profoundness of these Moves can be called all-encompassing in martial arts.
Coupled with the Cun Xin Fist Technique summarized by Immortal Fu Hua, these things are enough for Fu Yu to study for who knows how many years; there is simply no need to obtain other so-called attack-type Spirit Abilities.
This harvest made Fu Yu extremely satisfied.
With a thought, he retracted his Martial Soul and spirit ring.
With matters concluded, it was time for Fu Yu to return to Heaven Dou City.
Next, he would still need to travel for several months to reach the Sun Moon Empire.
However, just as Fu Yu hadn’t walked two steps, a cry from within his Sea of Consciousness made him stop his movements.
With a thought, a palm-sized white and red Crimson Flame Bird appeared on Fu Yu’s shoulder.
As soon as it appeared, the Crimson Flame Bird flapped its wings and rushed towards Fu Yu’s face.
Fu Yu could only look helplessly and amusedly at this angry little fellow, casually blocking it with his hand.
This Crimson Flame Bird was the Soul previously collected by Fenghuang Down, using Fu Yu’s own Crimson Flame Bird spirit ring as a link, thus appearing in the outside world as a soul spirit body.
Without the supply of Fu Yu’s spirit power, the attack power of the Crimson Flame Bird soul spirit was about the same as an ordinary sparrow, and its autonomy was completely under Fu Yu’s control.
As for playing along with the Crimson Flame Bird’s antics, that was the result of Fu Yu’s indulgence.
After all, having done such a thing to it, he couldn’t very well forbid it from being angry.
“Alright, alright, it’s my fault, it’s my fault.” “Things are already like this, so just follow me from now on.” The Crimson Flame Bird seemed to understand something; looking at Fu Yu, it pointed with its wing at its own corpse on the ground, then chirped twice.
“Alright, alright, so you even know about cremation.” Fu Yu chuckled, and crimson-gold flames erupted from his hand, turning into a searing stream of fire that reduced the Crimson Flame Bird’s corpse on the ground to ashes.
In fact, Fu Yu knew that the Crimson Flame Bird, with the mind of a three or four-year-old child, simply didn’t want its corpse to become food for other Spirit Beasts, nothing more.
For such a simple request, Fu Yu naturally fulfilled it.
After watching Fu Yu finish all this, the Crimson Flame Bird gave a satisfied “chi” sound.
Then it jumped from Fu Yu’s shoulder onto the top of his gray short hair and sat down comfortably.
Fu Yu was also happy to let it be; the soul spirit body had almost no weight, so it wouldn’t have any impact.
After finishing everything, Fu Yu also began to Move rapidly towards the outside of the Sunset Forest.
After the significant improvement in his cultivation and physique, his speed had increased by more than just a little.
“By the way, what should I call you in the future?
Crimson Flame Bird is the species, it doesn’t make a good name.” “How about I call you Danzhu?” “Chi!” “Forget it, I feel like you can’t handle that name.
How about I call you Red Phoenix?
This suits you very well.” “Chi chi chi!!!” Ignoring the slight resistance from Red Phoenix on top of his head, Fu Yu directly decided on its name.
Next, he needed to return to Heaven Dou City to find a chamber of commerce that could go to the Sun Moon Empire.
Although the Three Great Empires strictly guarded against the Sun Moon Empire, the advanced spirit tool technology from the other side was something the royal families could not bear to give up.
Therefore, some chambers of commerce saw this opportunity and became rampant, purchasing spirit tools in the Sun Moon Empire at low prices, and then bringing them back to the three countries to sell at high prices.
The Three Great Empires also tacitly allowed such practices; in the face of profit, many things could be conceded.
And among these, there was one chamber of commerce that stood out the most, its reputation enduring for ten thousand years.
Its name was the Nine Treasure Chamber of Commerce.
(Phoenix) (Active Honkai Reaction Garuda) (Red Phoenix, Animation Version)