the light of the torso soul bone was swallowed, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.
The world enveloping the tree was dangerous.
The four were completely separated, and the surrounding branches formed a circle enveloping Ma Hongjun.
Boom!
Purple flames erupted from his body, and seven-colored wings extended.
Ma Hongjun's left hand held the Dragon Soul Spear, and his right hand held the Dark Gold Terror Claw, both covered in purple flames.
The surrounding tree branches, which had originally been contracting towards Ma Hongjun, began to scatter in fear as soon as the flames appeared.
Fire attributes have varying strengths, and the strength of the attribute is not related to the soul power level.
Ma Hongjun's Fire Phoenix, after being tempered by the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and enhanced by the Immortal Grade Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, had its attributes strengthened to the extreme.
Therefore, in terms of attribute, his flames were more powerful than Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon's flames.
The golden spear and the terror claw, with the addition of purple flames, created a powerful penetrating attack. Combined with the burning effect of the flames, this was Ma Hongjun's strongest method against Jianmu. It
was also the most effective method among them.
The Phoenix's flames were not only incredibly hot but also highly adhesive.
Ma Hongjun advanced, the surrounding branches retreating. He was now a being of fire, a demon to the Jianmu tree.
Branches and roots lashed out at Ma Hongjun, which he deflected with his Dragon Soul Spear. Nearby branches unleashed their dark gold claws, imbuing any branch touched by the spear or claws with flames.
Soon, Ma Hongjun reached the Jianmu's trunk and began drilling into it.
To end the Jianmu's life, he had to sever its body at the roots.
The Dragon Soul Spear possessed great penetrating power, but the Jianmu's defense was also strong; the spear only pierced the tip.
However, the Dragon Soul Spear wasn't his primary attack method; the flames were the most lethal.
Ma Hongjun used the spear and claws to create openings, then amplified the damage with flames, repeating this cycle until he slowly severed the trunk.
Jianmu clearly sensed Ma Hongjun's threat, but Ma Hongjun was engulfed in flames and protected by the dragon scales, making it difficult for its branches and thorns to harm him.
This was largely due to the dragon scales being significantly strengthened after being tempered by the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Originally water-attribute, the dragon scales clashed with the fire phoenix's water attribute.
However, after being strengthened by the Ice and Fire Well, they were no longer just dragon scales, but Ice and Fire scales.
Not only was their defense greatly enhanced, but they also gained additional elemental defense.
At this moment, a series of loud noises came from inside the tree, created by Bai Baoshan, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji.
Two Soul Saints and one Soul Douluo, representing strength, fire-based offense, and defense respectively.
The 50,000-year-old Jianmu didn't have many offensive methods, making it difficult to restrain the three.
If the agile Flander were trapped, he would be in real danger.
The three's attacks relieved much of the pressure on Ma Hongjun, allowing him to continue drilling into the tree without expending more soul power on defense.
The four's advantage grew stronger, and the inner world constructed by the Jianmu tree was being destroyed.
Soon, Liu Erlong, with her powerful attack, broke through and rushed out.
"I'm suffocating!"
Liu Erlong gasped for breath, glanced at the anxious Yu Xiaogang and the others outside, and flew down.
"Quick, give me a big sausage."
"Oh!"
Oscar responded, looking at the fierce Liu Erlong, and hurriedly handed her the hot dog he and Xiao Yuanyuan had just made.
The hot dog had a stronger auxiliary effect, but there hadn't been time to prepare it during the battle. While the four of them were trapped inside, Oscar and Xiao Yuanyuan used that time to quickly prepare it.
After eating the hot dog, Liu Erlong's condition improved somewhat.
"It's just a tree, nothing special except for its size.
I'll go help them, you don't need to worry."
Dai Mubai clicked his tongue.
"So big, and they don't even care? Teacher Erlong is really amazing."
Grandmaster frowned and said,
"Go help them quickly, keep an eye on Hongjun."
Ning Rongrong fired several more streams of light, landing on Liu Erlong.
Liu Erlong flew out and started setting fire to the huge sphere formed around the Jianmu tree from the outside.
"Ouch, Sister Erlong, your fire is burning me!"
Zhao Wuji shouted and rushed out, his body covered in the red flames spewed by Liu Erlong.
Zhao Wuji also ran to eat a hot dog, and then released his fourth soul skill,
Gravity Compression!
Under the gravity compression, the encirclement formed by the Jianmu tree was compressed.
At this time, the encirclement was already riddled with holes.
Bai Baoshan was still using the Heavenly Star Furnace to smash the Jianmu tree, keeping it on the verge of collapse at all times.
This allowed Ma Hongjun to successfully drill through the wood.
It must be said, the Jianmu tree was incredibly thick and large; compared to it, Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear was practically nothing.
Drilling wood with such a small needle, while effective, was incredibly slow.
This truly exemplified the saying,
"Small, but persistent."
The powerful fire of the Dragon Soul Spear was unbearable for the Jianmu tree. Ma Hongjun didn't drill from one direction, but circled the tree, creating a ring of flames that scorched it.
This continued for an hour, during which Ma Hongjun received two hot dogs as a form of replenishment, finally burning the Jianmu tree down.
Although the entire process wasn't particularly dangerous, such sustained output nearly exhausted the soul power of Ma Hongjun and his companions, including Bai Baoshan. His Heavenly Star Furnace, after being enlarged, consumed a great deal of soul power when launching attacks.
A black soul ring rose from the severed stump, tinged with a faint green within the black.
Ma Hongjun didn't rush to absorb it, but instead sat cross-legged to eat bread and sausages, recovering his strength.
This is a 50,000-year-old spirit ring. Although he has a dragon spirit, Ma Hongjun doesn't need to worry about the age limit. However, maintaining a good physical condition and absorbing more power from the spirit ring is still a pursuit for himself.
"Huh, is this luck really that good?"
Ning Rongrong was closest to Ma Hongjun. When Ma Hongjun was sitting cross-legged to recover, she was the first to notice the green light emanating from the broken tree trunk.
The fact that a part of the corpse of a dead spirit beast is glowing is undoubtedly a signal.
"A spirit bone!"
Ma Hongjun also stopped recovering, and everyone gathered around to look at the green light on the tree trunk.
"It really is a spirit bone."
Grandmaster exclaimed in surprise.
Zhao Wuji immediately activated his martial spirit, extending his bear claws to dig at the tree trunk.
Soon, a green, crystalline spirit bone appeared.
"This is a torso spirit bone."
The bone is relatively large, resembling a torso, and is very similar to the one Qian Renxue gave Ma Hongjun to treat Ma Ming.
However, compared to that torso spirit bone, this one is obviously larger and more crystalline.
The value of a 50,000-year-old soul bone is self-evident.
"Do plants all produce trunk soul bones?"
Ma Hongjun muttered to himself. The last time Ma Ming obtained a trunk soul bone, it was from a plant-type soul beast, the Kui Mu.
Thinking about how he'd searched for Ma Ming for so many years without success, and had only just received a gift, and now one had appeared.
However, Ma Hongjun now knew that not just any trunk soul bone would be acceptable for Ma Ming to absorb.
"According to my research, the probability of plants producing trunk soul bones is indeed higher than that of other soul beasts," the master explained.
"Brother, you're so lucky!"
Ning Rongrong said happily.
"Luck is indeed good, but it can't be entirely attributed to luck. The probability of a 10,000-year-old soul beast dropping a soul bone is naturally much higher.
Moreover, the soul beasts Hongjun hunted in the last two hunts were high-quality soul beasts—the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and the Jianmu—both are among the top ten soul beast races.
The stronger the race, the more likely it is to produce soul bones."
The distribution of this soul bone didn't need discussion; everyone unanimously agreed to give it to Ma Hongjun.
This is what family is all about .
Needless to say, Dai Mubai and his siblings couldn't absorb this 50,000-year-old soul bone. Moreover, it was more suitable for Ma Hongjun. Even if they could absorb it, they wouldn't try to take it. The other siblings would be the same. Although the older brothers could absorb it, as their teachers, they couldn't bring themselves to snatch a soul bone. Ma Hongjun didn't refuse and gladly accepted. Just like how he would unhesitatingly give away soul bones suitable for others in the future. This is the camaraderie of a team. (End of Chapter)