The two quickly arrived outside Gu Ci's room.
Gu's Mother had been waiting there for some time.
With her Martial Soul Possession activated, light bloomed from her eyes as she peered into Gu Ci's room.
Her Martial Soul was the exceedingly rare Body Martial Soul, Eyes. Her spiritual power was extraordinary, though in this era, there was naturally no concept of Body Martial Souls.
Beside her, the bleary-eyed Dugu Yan kept looking inside, seemingly deeply worried about Gu Ci's safety.
While she had been asleep earlier, something had sent her flying. By the time she woke again, she had fallen into Gu's Mother's arms.
"Madam, what's wrong with Ci'er?"
"I don't know. This terrifying aura seems to be emanating from Ci'er's body. That tiger roar carries even more pressure than your Martial Soul."
"And even with my Martial Soul fully activated as I probe inside, I'm actually feeling suppressed."
Gu Xiao froze for a moment. Although his wife was only a Soul Emperor, her Martial Soul was a rare spiritual-type Martial Soul. In terms of spiritual power, even he could not compare to her.
Yet now, a six-year-old child was capable of suppressing her spiritually. Gu Xiao found it utterly unbelievable.
Dugu Bo stood outside the door without making a move, a tentative thought forming in his heart.
"Let's watch for now. Perhaps Ci'er's Martial Soul awakening during the day was incomplete, and it wasn't until nighttime that his Martial Soul was fully activated."
"Such cases are rare among Soul Masters, but there have been exceptions. Generally speaking, Martial Souls mutate in a positive direction."
Inside the room, Gu Ci was in a profound state.
The Mystic Thunder Tiger King Martial Soul behind him had fully manifested. Golden light flowed over the majestic Thunder Tiger like water.
Its body continuously expanded within the radiance. The blue arcs of lightning gradually became edged with a faint gold, and its aura rose steadily.
In the span of a single breath, Gu Ci felt his Martial Soul break through some kind of shackle.
The tiger's roar grew increasingly majestic. The thunderous power it contained was no longer mere blue lightning.
Arcs of electricity roamed through the room, faintly taking on a dark purple glow.
"Crack..."
It was as though something had shattered in the void.
The tiger phantom behind Gu Ci suddenly swelled to three zhang tall. The moment its tiger eyes opened, terrifying pressure engulfed the entire room.
Dark purple lightning danced across its body, every arc containing power so great that even Gu Ci himself was alarmed.
Most shocking of all, the giant tiger's eyes were an eerie gold.
Gu Ci sensed the information conveyed by his Martial Soul, and his heart shook with astonishment.
Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger.
That was now the name of his Martial Soul.
It had reached the level of a Super Martial Soul, something the previous Mystic Thunder Tiger King could never compare to. The Thunder Attribute emitted by the Martial Soul had practically reached its ultimate state.
What delighted him even more was the Soul Power feedback brought by the Martial Soul Evolution.
The Innate Soul Power in his body, originally at level eight and a half, began to grow wildly at that moment.
Level eight and a half... level nine... level nine and a half...
It only barely stopped upon reaching Innate Full Soul Power.
Yet the changes had not ended.
The instant the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger Martial Soul stabilized, a burning sensation suddenly came from between Gu Ci's brows.
The heat was not unpleasant. On the contrary, it made his mind clearer than ever before.
He subconsciously closed his eyes. When he opened them again, a vertical slit had appeared between his brows.
A golden eye slowly opened.
Gu Ci was stunned.
He could feel that this was an entirely different eye.
Through it, even the way he saw the world had changed. The paths of every speck of dust in the room, the veins in the leaves outside the window, even the flow of Soul Power within his own body—all became clearly visible.
Heavenly Eye.
That was the name of this eye.
Gu Ci vaguely felt that this eye's potential might be even more terrifying than the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger.
Because what it gave him was not power, but... the ability to see through everything.
As expected of Erlang Zhenjun's Heavenly Eye!
With a thought, the Heavenly Eye slowly closed and vanished beneath his brow.
Gu Ci clenched his fists, feeling the abundant Soul Power within him. A smile curled across his lips.
"Innate Full Soul Power, the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger, plus a Heavenly Eye..."
"This start should be enough."
Outside the room, Dugu Bo, Gu Xiao, and Li Wanyue wore grave expressions.
That terrifying pressure had persisted for a quarter of an hour. Even with Dugu Bo's strength as a Titled Douluo, he could sense a trace of threat from it.
"Foster Father, are we still waiting?" Gu Xiao asked anxiously.
Dugu Bo fell silent for a moment before slowly shaking his head. "Wait a little longer. This aura may be powerful, but it carries no malice."
"Besides... I can feel Ci'er's aura growing stronger and stronger."
He paused, a flicker of astonishment passing through his eyes. "If I'm not mistaken, Ci'er is undergoing a second awakening."
"A second awakening?" Gu Xiao and his wife spoke in unison.
"Indeed."
Dugu Bo stood with his hands behind his back. "For some exceptionally gifted people, their Martial Soul awakening is not completed in one go."
"Especially someone like Ci'er, who had already awakened the Mystic Thunder Tiger King... perhaps his true talent is only beginning to reveal itself now."
The moment he finished speaking, the tiger roar in the room abruptly ceased.
Then, an even more terrifying aura shot into the sky.
It was a pressure that made even Dugu Bo's heart palpitate—not suppression through Soul Power, but crushing domination originating from the very essence of the Martial Soul.
"This is..."
Dugu Bo's pupils contracted sharply.
The Jade Scale Snake Emperor Martial Soul within him actually began to tremble instinctively at that moment.
As a Titled Douluo, he understood all too well what this meant.
Only an existence of a higher level could make a top-tier beast Martial Soul like the Jade Scale Snake Emperor feel fear.
"A Super Martial Soul!"
Dugu Bo cried out.
Gu Xiao and Li Wanyue exchanged glances, each seeing disbelief in the other's eyes.
What did a Super Martial Soul represent?
Across the entire Douluo Continent, the known Super Martial Souls could be counted on one hand: the Clear Sky Hammer, the Seven Killing Sword, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon...
Every one of them was an unmatched Martial Soul passed down for ten thousand years, yet even they belonged among the ranks of top-tier Martial Souls.
And now, their son had awakened a Super Martial Soul?
Before they could process that information, an even more profound aura spread out from within the room.
Unlike the domineering tiger roar, this aura carried an ethereal detachment from the world.
Li Wanyue was the first to notice something unusual.
Her Eye Martial Soul trembled violently at that moment, and she actually felt an urge to submit.
"This is... a Second Martial Soul?!"
Li Wanyue covered her mouth.
Twin Martial Souls—an existence even rarer than a Super Martial Soul.
Throughout the continent's history, the possessors of Twin Martial Souls could be counted on one hand, and every one of them had become a legend.
"Ci'er... awakened Twin Martial Souls?"
Even Gu Xiao's voice was trembling.
Dugu Bo took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart. "Let's go in and take a look."
The three pushed open the door and entered.
Inside the room, Gu Ci had already risen to his feet.
Behind him, a three-zhang-tall Dark Purple Giant Tiger stood silently. Golden light flickered in its eyes, while terrifying dark purple lightning coiled around its body.
Between his brows, a vertical golden mark flickered in and out of sight.
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