Transformation in Battle

"Wait." In the monitoring room outside, a Spirit Pagoda staff member suddenly shouted while staring at the screen before him.

"This kid looks like he's being surrounded and forced into a disadvantage, but look closely—he hasn't actually suffered any fatal injuries. He dodged almost every attack from the wolves. And when he counterattacks, it seems like he's setting something up. Look at that red dust on the ground!" He enlarged the image and pointed at the scattered red powder in the area where Yun Chen was fighting the wolves.

"Th-this... is that the child's martial soul? Crystals condensed from Bloodline Power? What could they be used for?" another person asked in confusion.

"I don't know. But I keep feeling that this child's martial soul isn't simply blood. Could that scattered dust be the true form of his martial soul?" someone offered their opinion.

"You mean this child's martial soul isn't blood as a Body Martial Soul, but crystals condensed from that abundant Bloodline Power? A martial soul like that has never appeared before!" someone said in surprise.

"Over the tens of thousands of years of Douluo Continent's history, countless martial souls have emerged. How can you be sure this child hasn't awakened such a martial soul? I think this needs to be properly documented. What do you all think?"

"Agreed."

"No objections."

"Fine by me."

After discussing it together, the staff made their final decision. The person in charge then turned to Mother Xu. "Madam Xu, this child's situation may be somewhat unusual. We would like to record as much information about his martial soul as possible. Do you have any objections?"

Mother Xu looked at Yun Chen, who was still fighting the wolf pack on the screen. After thinking for a moment, she nodded. "That's fine, but I hope we'll be informed of the final conclusion."

"Of course. These records will be one hundred percent transparent to the family," the staff member said sincerely.

He then operated the console before him and activated an internal program within the Spirit Ascension Platform. Through this program, the Spirit Pagoda's soul guidance equipment could record every aspect of Yun Chen's condition and compile the most detailed report possible.

At that moment, however, the battle between Yun Chen and the wolf pack inside the Spirit Ascension Platform underwent a dramatic change. What had previously been a tangled melee now turned into Yun Chen's counterattack. It was as if he had grasped how to use his own strength. His every move became calm and composed, and when faced with the encircling wolves, he could retaliate in the most appropriate way.

This scene was also being broadcast live, so Mother Xu's group were not the only ones watching it. On the other side, the important figure from the Spirit Pagoda who had been watching Gu Yue saw it as well.

"Pull up this child's battle footage separately and replay what just happened," she ordered softly.

Following her command, a separate screen began replaying the recording of Yun Chen's battle with the wolves from the moment the fight began.

After watching all the footage again, a look of sudden realization appeared on her face.

"Deputy Pagoda Master Leng, what do you think of this little fellow's condition?" an executive from the East Sea Spirit Pagoda asked the woman beside him.

"Not bad." Leng Yaozhu gave her assessment softly. "I know a little about Body Martial Souls, but I think this little fellow's martial soul may be rather special. Blood is certainly indispensable to the human body, but whether it can be classified as an organ is uncertain. Yet as someone with a Blood Martial Soul, he does possess abundant vitality and blood energy far beyond that of ordinary people. In that respect, he does resemble a Body Martial Soul."

"But for that blood energy to form crystals after leaving his body is rather beyond common sense. At least as far as I know, martial souls related to blood should not be capable of this."

Leng Yaozhu's words reached the staff members in the room. Their gazes unconsciously drifted toward the monitor. At that very moment, Yun Chen's offensive changed.

When he had first encountered the wolf pack, Yun Chen could only passively defend and counterattack. As time passed, it was as though he had found some kind of trick, and he began actively seeking opportunities to strike back. By now, he seemed to have perfectly mastered the combat techniques he had learned and launched a frenzied counteroffensive against the wolves.

"Awooo!!!"

Perhaps because the wolf pack had suffered setbacks, the Alpha Wolf, which had remained on the outskirts without joining the hunt, let out an enraged howl. Hearing its call, the Wind Wolves launched an even fiercer assault. But at that moment, Yun Chen's heavy fist slammed into the ground. The red dust scattered across the ground seemed to answer his summons and became active once more. Countless particles gathered together, transforming into sharp Blood Spears that pierced through the bodies of the Wind Wolves.

Everyone watching him outside was shocked by the sight.

"Damn, has this kid been setting this up the whole time?" someone exclaimed.

But Leng Yaozhu did not think so. The unfamiliarity he had displayed during the earlier battle had been genuine. In other words, this child probably had not possessed much actual combat experience before entering the Spirit Ascension Platform. Everything had been mastered during the battle itself. This realization sparked her interest in Yun Chen.

Leng Yaozhu had originally come to Eastsea City because it had reported discovering a very promising talent who intended to join their Spirit Pagoda. Moreover, the East Sea Spirit Pagoda's Pagoda Master leaned toward Leng Yaozhu's faction within the Spirit Pagoda. Thus, after learning this information, Leng Yaozhu had come to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda under the pretext of an inspection. Unexpectedly, she had stumbled upon such an additional surprise.

"Look into this child's information. Once he comes out of the Spirit Ascension Platform, I want to meet him," Leng Yaozhu said.

"Yes." The Spirit Pagoda executive accepted the order and left. Before long, he returned with Yun Chen's information.

During the brief time that executive was gone, Yun Chen had already begun fighting the Alpha Wolf.

The Alpha Wolf had fallen into a rage when its pack was slaughtered. It launched frenzied attacks at Yun Chen, but Yun Chen blocked every one of them. In fact, Yun Chen's counterattacks had inflicted considerable damage on the Alpha Wolf instead.

But the Alpha Wolf was, after all, a hundred-year Spirit Beast. Though it was not as swift as a feline Spirit Beast, it would not foolishly stand there and wait to be beaten. After suffering several losses, the Alpha Wolf changed its method of attack. It began circling around Yun Chen, trying to find an opening. Unfortunately for it, it did not know that Yun Chen had already firmly locked onto it with his own Bloodline Power during the earlier battle. Its circling was completely pointless.

Just as the Alpha Wolf believed it had reached Yun Chen's blind spot and lunged forward, Yun Chen twisted his body and dodged the strike with perfect timing. At the same time, his hand shot out and seized the hind leg of the Alpha Wolf as it swept past his side. Then he swung it hard and smashed it heavily into the ground!