A Mutated Weapon Spirit Stronger Than the Seven Kill Sword—My Martial Soul Was the Dragon Ascending Sword?!

Looking up,

a golden divine dragon gleaming with light, its horns majestic, weaved back and forth through the gray clouds.

Clearly,

the dragon's roar from earlier had come from its mouth.

"A dragon?"

"A Beast Spirit?"

Qian Renxue spoke for the first time since arriving at Awakening Plaza.

"No."

"It's a Weapon Spirit."

"More than that—"

"it's a Mutated Weapon Spirit that surpasses the Seven Kill Sword!"

While everyone else had their eyes on the sky,

Qian Daoliu stared fixedly at the silver sword with its red hilt clenched in Lin Du's right hand.

Perhaps many people had fought the Seven Kill Sword, a top-tier Weapon Spirit,

but there were only a handful who had won.

Qian Daoliu happened to be one of them,

which was why he had the right to speak on the matter.

As someone who had fought the Seven Kill Sword and emerged victorious,

Qian Daoliu could sense

that the energy contained within this sword

far surpassed the Chen Family's inherited Martial Soul, the Seven Kill Sword!

And the golden divine dragon circling in the sky

was merely an accessory of this sword!

Suddenly,

Qian Daoliu seemed to realize something.

With a shift of his mind,

an immense Six-Winged Angel Phantom that blotted out the sky appeared behind him.

As the angel's six wings gently flapped,

sheets of Golden Sacred Light descended,

forming a hazy barrier of light.

It enveloped the entire Awakening Plaza

while concealing the golden divine dragon circling endlessly in the sky.

Although Qian Daoliu had reacted quickly,

such a magnificent phenomenon

had still drawn the attention of many observant people.

Especially after he released his Martial Soul to conceal the phenomenon,

it rather felt like trying to hide one's ears while stealing a bell.

"Young Master Guo,"

"Lin Du's Martial Soul seems..."

"to be incredibly powerful."

Guo Kai's lackeys had completely lost their earlier arrogance.

Not only were their voices trembling,

but they had become timid and cowering as well.

"Shut up!"

"I can fucking see that!"

Guo Kai stared at the divine dragon circling in the sky with bloodshot eyes.

His face was twisted with envy, and he wished desperately that he were the one who had awakened such a top-tier Martial Soul!

Watching the golden divine dragon circle overhead,

Jerev, who had been incomparably arrogant before, now became especially panicked.

His entire face was filled with regret.

Helping commoners awaken their Martial Souls for free

had originally been the responsibility of White-robed Bishops.

It had nothing to do with a Red-robed Bishop like him.

But a few days ago, his younger relative Guo Kai had asked him to target a commoner brat with neither power nor influence,

offering a considerable reward.

He had thought that merely preventing a commoner named Lin Du from awakening his Martial Soul

was an insignificant matter,

so he had readily agreed.

But who could have expected

that this brat's luck would be so uncanny?

He had actually caught the Great Enshrinement's attention,

who had even personally helped him awaken his Martial Soul!

What Jerev had never expected even more

was that a Phoenix could truly emerge from a Chicken Coop,

and a real dragon could truly rise from a small ditch!

A commoner brat who did not even know who his parents were

had actually awakened such a top-tier Martial Soul with such overwhelming momentum.

It had even made Qian Daoliu, the Great Enshrinement, personally conceal it for him!

Such an honor,

despite Jerev having served Spirit Hall for most of his life,

was something he had never seen anyone receive!

Yet amid his regret,

Jerev still clung to a trace of malicious hope.

He hoped that Lin Du's awakened Martial Soul was simply too powerful,

and that Lin Du's frail commoner body could not bear its Soul Power,

causing a malignant mutation.

That would turn an originally top-tier Martial Soul into a Waste Spirit.

Perhaps

he would not even possess the slightest trace of Soul Power,

just like Yu Xiaogang, the disgrace of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!

Lin Du, standing within the formation, knew nothing of Jerev's inner turmoil.

His brows were furrowed in thought,

and his gaze remained locked on the silver sword with its red hilt in his hand.

The longer he looked at the longsword,

the more familiar it felt.

It seemed as though he had seen it somewhere before.

Then,

he looked up at the golden divine dragon circling endlessly in the sky.

After connecting the two,

a flash of insight suddenly struck his mind.

"A silver sword with a red hilt."

"A golden divine dragon."

"Wait—"

"Could this sword be..."

"the Dragon Ascending Sword?!"

Half doubtful and half convinced, he raised the longsword in his hand.

The next second,

a pillar of golden particles erupted from the sword's tip,

connecting to the sky above Lin Du's head.

And the golden divine dragon that had been circling ceaselessly in the sky

seemed to be drawn by some force.

After letting out a dragon's roar,

it spiraled down along the golden pillar of light

and finally entered Lin Du's body.

After the golden divine dragon completely entered Lin Du's body,

a towering phantom over ten meters tall, clad in red, blue, and white, flashed behind him before vanishing.

"It looks like some kind of dragon subspecies?"

"Could this not be a Weapon Spirit?"

"Or perhaps—"

"are they Twin Martial Souls?"

Seeing the towering phantom flash behind Lin Du,

even Qian Daoliu was somewhat unsure.

Lin Du's Martial Soul awakening phenomenon was simply too strange.

Even though he had lived for a hundred years,

he had never seen such an unusual Martial Soul.

"It really is the Dragon Ascending Sword!"

"That thing that flashed behind me just now—"

"was the Dragon God?!"

"If that's the case—"

"then I'm Lin Du, the Little Savior of Douluo Continent?!"

Lin Du could now be completely certain

that the Martial Soul he had awakened

was the Dragon Ascending Sword wielded by Wataru Ikusabe, the Little Savior from Dragon Warrior!

The only thing he could not understand

was why he had awakened such a Martial Soul.

"Dragon Ascending Sword?"

"Is that the name of your Martial Soul?"

Qian Daoliu heard Lin Du's earlier murmur

and looked at him with a gentle expression.

"Yes."

"My Martial Soul is called the Dragon Ascending Sword."

Lin Du nodded lightly in confirmation.

"A fine name."

"A fine Martial Soul."

"I can sense it—"

"the power it contains has already surpassed the Seven Kill Sword."

"Even the Clear Sky Hammer, known as the greatest of all Weapon Spirits,"

"is still slightly inferior before it."

As someone who had fought both the Seven Kill Sword and the Clear Sky Hammer,

Qian Daoliu was indeed qualified to make such an assessment.

"Grandpa,"

"test his Soul Power."

Qian Renxue suddenly spoke, interrupting Qian Daoliu's praise.

It was not because she was particularly curious about Lin Du's Innate Soul Power,

but because, having lacked affection since childhood, it was simply in her nature.

She could not stand seeing her grandpa lavish praise upon another child,

even if that child was six years younger than her.

Qian Daoliu turned his head to look at Qian Renxue.

After catching the emotion in her eyes,

he shook his head and let out a soft laugh.

Lin Du was also somewhat baffled,

unable to understand where Qian Renxue's sudden hostility had come from.

"Alright,"

"Let's test your Soul Power,"

Qian Daoliu raised a hand and tossed out a Spirit Power Crystal,

signaling for Lin Du to begin the test.

Looking at the Spirit Power Crystal floating before him,

Lin Du did not hesitate in the slightest.

With a thought, he put away the Dragon Ascending Sword in his hand,

then pressed his palm tightly against the Spirit Power Crystal.

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