Blood Rage Lion Tiger

About a month had passed since Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan awakened their martial souls. Although Father Xu had found some Body Martial Soul masters, their cultivation levels were not particularly high. He felt that hiring them to teach Yun Chen would waste his talent. Ever since Du Busi fell ten thousand years ago, the Body Sect had gradually declined. The saying from back then, "All Body Martial Souls are one family," had now basically become a joke.

In the end, he could only heed some of the family's suggestions and try contacting the Spirit Pagoda to see whether Yun Chen could join it.

Today was the day Mother Xu brought Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan to the Spirit Pagoda to choose their Soul Spirits. During this month, something major had also happened to Xu Xiaoyan. Rather than saying it happened within this month, it would be more accurate to say that it had happened when Xu Xiaoyan awakened her martial soul. It was just that no one had noticed at the time that Xu Xiaoyan's Ice Staff was a mutated martial soul. At night, her Ice Staff would reveal a different form and possess different attributes.

This mutation greatly surprised Father Xu and Mother Xu. It was the first time such a thing had appeared in the Xu Family's history. It was said that their inherited martial soul had once been incredibly powerful, but after countless generations and years of inheritance, it had now degenerated into an ordinary Ice Staff martial soul. Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul mutation had undoubtedly allowed the Xu Family to see hope of rising again.

Because of Xu Xiaoyan's change, the Xu Family's attitude toward her also underwent a major shift. Before, they might have given her greater support because she was the family head's daughter and because she had decent talent. Now, it was clear that they should be supporting her with all their strength.

When Mother Xu brought them to the East Sea Spirit Pagoda, staff immediately came forward to greet them. A family like the Xu Family would naturally make an appointment in advance when visiting the Spirit Pagoda. This not only saved them unnecessary trouble, but also ensured the best service.

Led by a Spirit Master, Yun Chen and the others arrived in a VIP room. There, the Spirit Master prepared a detailed Soul Spirit catalogue for them to choose the Soul Spirits they wanted.

Although Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul had mutated, the Xu Family still felt it was best to use the conservative cultivation methods passed down through the generations. In the end, the Soul Spirit she chose was also one Father Xu and Mother Xu had selected for her, suitable for a control-type development path.

Yun Chen had no intention of persuading her otherwise. Although Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul would undergo a complete transformation later on, the soul skills she acquired in the early stages would still perform quite well after her martial soul mutated. He felt that developing steadily step by step would be fine. However, Xu Xiaoyan's second Soul Spirit, that little Ice Bear, would not be very suitable. When the time came, it would not be too late for him to help Xu Xiaoyan choose a more suitable Soul Spirit.

As for Yun Chen's own Soul Spirit, he chose one capable of providing enhancement-type soul skills. In Douluo Continent, a world of cultivation centered around fighting with soul skills, the higher a soul ring's age, the more pronounced the effects of the soul skills it provided. Although the Spirit Ascension Platform could now raise Soul Spirits and increase the age of their soul rings, how vast would the resources required be to raise every soul ring to over a hundred thousand years?

In Yun Chen's view, rather than considering offensive soul skills in the early stages, it would be better to play it safe and choose enhancement-type soul skills. As for how he would fight, as a Body Martial Soul master, he would naturally rely on his own fists and feet.

Even when choosing enhancement-type soul skills, he leaned more toward all-attribute enhancements or attack enhancements. As long as his strength was great enough and his attack power high enough, one punch would be enough to decide the outcome.

Finally, following the Spirit Master's recommendation, he chose an artificial Spirit Beast called the Blood Rage Lion Tiger as his first Soul Spirit.

"The Blood Rage Lion Tiger is an artificial Spirit Beast cultivated by our Spirit Pagoda while researching artificial Soul Spirits. High-age Blood Rage Lion Tigers in the Spirit Ascension Platform are exceptionally formidable. Not only can they rival the top Spirit Beasts recorded in Douluo Continent's history, they also possess an unyielding will to fight bloodily and grow braver with every battle. This Spirit Beast can provide not only powerful offensive soul skills, but also an enhancement-type soul skill known as Blood Rage. I believe this Spirit Beast suits your needs very well."

At this point, the Spirit Master paused slightly before continuing. "However, this Spirit Beast is violent by nature. While it is not nearly impossible to absorb like an Unyielding Spirit Soul, it is indeed more difficult than ordinary Soul Spirits. Still, this little fellow has a Body Martial Soul, so I think he can give it a try."

The Spirit Master had actually wanted to say that Yun Chen's martial soul was blood, which had some connection to the Blood Rage Lion Tiger's bloodthirsty attribute, so he might succeed. But considering that this was a child brought by the Xu Family, while the Xu Family's standing in East Sea was not especially high, it was still an influential local family. The Spirit Pagoda did not need to curry favor with them, but there was no need to offend them either. He had made everything clear; whether they chose it or not was up to them.

After hearing the Spirit Master's introduction, Mother Xu was somewhat worried that this Soul Spirit might not be ideal. Who knew that Yun Chen himself was quite satisfied with this artificial Soul Spirit, so he bought it. As for the price of two hundred-year Soul Spirits, the Xu Family truly did not care. Yun Chen was therefore quite glad that he had been adopted by the Xu Family. Otherwise, he would have had to learn a trade like Tang Wulin and earn money to buy Soul Spirits for himself.

After returning home, Yun Chen began absorbing his Soul Spirit. This Blood Rage Lion Tiger Soul Spirit indeed possessed powerful "traits," just as the Spirit Master had described. But it was, after all, an artificial Soul Spirit. At merely the hundred-year level, how much influence could it possibly have?

Yun Chen spent about an hour before finally finishing the absorption. When the first yellow soul ring condensed beneath his feet, however, the first soul skill he gained left him somewhat surprised.

Soul Skill: "Blood Rage"

Effect: Enter the Blood Rage state, gaining a fifty percent enhancement to all attributes and complete immunity to all negative conditions such as stun, hypnosis, immobilization, and slowing.

Feeling the effects of the soul skill, Yun Chen froze. Wasn't this soul skill exactly the same as the passive talent of that game character he had loved in his previous life? There was only a one-word difference!

Could this martial soul be allowing me to develop in Mydeimos's direction? If I become a Title Douluo in the future, wouldn't I be called the Douluo of Strife?

Seeing the delight on his face, Mother Xu and Xu Xiaoyan exchanged glances. In the end, Xu Xiaoyan could not restrain her curiosity and asked, "Brother Chen, what is your first soul skill?"

"It's a very powerful soul skill. It enhances all of my attributes by fifty percent!" Yun Chen replied.