Larvitar Martial Soul? No, the Sandstorm Monarch!

"Lin Xia, it's not that I want to criticize you, but if you keep this up, something will happen sooner or later. Look at you and your Martial Soul—which one of you is normal?"

"Just take me as your master. I'll teach you the proper path of cultivation, and you'll get twice the result with half the effort. After all, both our Martial Souls are Detached Beast Martial Souls. And if you follow me, you'll get meat with every meal instead of having to fill your stomach with that mineral ore. What do you say?"

Inside a room piled with yellowed books at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang wore a plain gray robe and stood before a wooden desk stacked with ancient texts, looking at Lin Xia as though he hated iron for not becoming steel.

But Lin Xia turned a deaf ear.

Instead, he pulled another piece of mineral ore from his robes, tossed it into his mouth, and began crunching away with loud crackling sounds.

In the silence, after Lin Xia finished the mineral ore, he instinctively reached into his robes again. Only after discovering that he had no food left did he look at the Martial Soul squatting beside him—Larvitar.

Larvitar had gray-green, rock-like skin and a long blunt horn growing from the top of its head.

Its eyes were red, its arms short, and each foot had a single toe. Its abdomen was covered by a diamond-shaped red scale plate, while four diamond-shaped black holes lined its waist. The center of its tail was conical and surrounded by a ring of plate-like structures.

It looked exactly like a little dinosaur—adorably silly and exceptionally cute.

When Lin Xia saw Larvitar still clutching a piece of iron ore in its tiny hands and constantly gnawing on it, he could not help swallowing before saying with a smile:

"Larvitar, you probably can't finish that, right? Want me to help you?"

As soon as Lin Xia said that, Larvitar glanced at him and immediately sped up its eating. Within seconds, it swallowed the iron ore whole, then patted its belly with a look of lingering hunger.

"Yogi?"

Its red eyes looked at Lin Xia as if asking what he had just said. Larvitar did not understand~

Seeing this, Lin Xia could only sigh helplessly. Then he turned to Yu Xiaogang and said seriously:

"Master, do you have anything else? If not, Larvitar and I are going down to the mines. We're a little hungry!"

Seeing how disrespectful Lin Xia was, as though he had not listened to a single word, Yu Xiaogang continued:

"Perhaps you don't know this, Lin Xia, but your teacher here is a master renowned across the entire continent. I even published the theory of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul!"

"So what I say has a basis. If you keep doing this, you'll ruin both yourself and your Martial Soul!"

"I only advised you so earnestly because you have Innate Level 8 Soul Power and some talent!"

"You are completely wasting your talent this way. You may even cause irreversible damage to your body!"

"But my Three-Pounder is different. I only feed it some White Radish when it releases Soul Skills, and that reduces Soul Power consumption."

It would have been better if Yu Xiaogang had said nothing, but once he brought that up, Lin Xia truly felt sorry for Three-Pounder!

From Lin Xia's perspective, Three-Pounder should not have been considered a failed mutation at all. Rather, its talent seemed to be lying dormant, waiting to be bathed in fire and reborn even stronger than before!

After all, merely eating some White Radish could reduce Soul Power consumption, and later it even held the leading role in the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming into the Golden Saint Dragon!

That was precisely proof of its potential!

If Three-Pounder were viewed from a Pokemon perspective, it could at least pass for a Poison-and-Dragon type!

Even the method for Martial Soul Evolution was simple: let it out more often so it could eat something, then build up its affection!

What decent person kept their Pokemon locked inside a Poke Ball every day without even giving it a bite to eat?!

It deserved to be stuck at Level 29!

The body fed back to the Martial Soul, and the Martial Soul fed back to the body. That was the proper path!

Take himself, for example. When Lin Xia awakened Larvitar as his Martial Soul, he had initially been somewhat despairing. After all, who did not know how difficult it was to raise one of those things in Pokemon?

To reach its final evolution and become Tyranitar, it had to eat at least an entire mountain. A family without means could never afford to raise one!

But Lin Xia later discovered that he could actually eat the mineral ore Larvitar ate as well. His teeth and stomach became incomparably tough, and after eating it, even his physical body was strengthened!

This change made Lin Xia realize that the rules of Douluo World had indeed altered many things!

That was why Lin Xia ate mineral ore together with Larvitar!

Although the expenses had increased somewhat, that also meant limitless possibilities!

Yet Yu Xiaogang had not even figured out his own Martial Soul and still wanted to teach him. Lin Xia truly looked down on him!

The only thing about the other man that Lin Xia might value was his Martial Soul knowledge, but why could Lin Xia not simply study it step by step himself?

So Yu Xiaogang truly had no standing in Lin Xia's eyes!

Still, considering the other man's background and Tang San, that fellow who loved acknowledging fathers, Lin Xia maintained a false politeness toward Yu Xiaogang to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Master, it's been more than ten days. You should understand what I mean by now. I truly don't want to take a master. I'm an orphan, and I'm used to being free!"

"Your theories are impressive, but they truly don't suit me. Take your Martial Soul Mimicry Theory, for example—Plant-type Martial Souls absorbing beast Soul Rings, beast Martial Souls absorbing plant Soul Rings. I really can't do that!"

After saying this, Lin Xia did not look at Yu Xiaogang's expression. He turned around, took Larvitar with him, and left the room.

After Lin Xia left, Tang San emerged from the restroom. Looking at Yu Xiaogang's gloomy face, he spoke bluntly:

"Teacher, it's Lin Xia's loss that he refuses to take you as his master. He is short-sighted and doesn't know how formidable you are. He will definitely regret it in the future!"

Only after hearing Tang San's words did Yu Xiaogang's mood improve slightly. Still, after sighing, he shook his head.

"Little San, you don't understand Lin Xia's potential. Although he does not have Innate Full Soul Power, I understand his Martial Soul because I have the same Detached Beast Martial Soul. The existence of this kind of Martial Soul is equivalent to having an extra Soul Master!"

Tang San was no fool and instantly understood what Yu Xiaogang meant, but he still instinctively sought confirmation.

"Teacher, you mean?"

Yu Xiaogang explained.

"That's right, this kind of

special Martial Soul can absorb one Soul Ring, and both the Martial Soul and its owner can release Soul Skills!"

"It is only slightly less promising than your Twin Martial Souls!"

At those words, curiosity flashed through Tang San's eyes.

"Teacher, then can both your Martial Soul and you release Soul Skills?"

Upon hearing that, the corners of Yu Xiaogang's mouth twitched several times, and his face darkened. But in order to maintain his image before Tang San, he still pinched his nose and admitted it.

"Mm."

"Then Teacher, can you demonstrate—"

"No!!!"

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