At that moment, Blood Shadow Douluo's body was completely naked. All four of his limbs had been smashed, and his body was in pieces. But under the extreme pressure deep in the Blood Sea, his corpse had miraculously stayed together, making it look relatively intact.
Lin Tian would recognize Blood Shadow Douluo's corpse even if it had been reduced to ash. After all, Blood Shadow Douluo had been his angel investor.
So when he saw the corpse, Lin Tian's mind went Buzz! All his doubts were suddenly cleared up.
Blood Shadow Douluo had been sucked into his Blood Sea. That meant there could only be one truth.
"I actually entered my own Blood Sea. This is just too unbelievable."
Now that he knew where he was, another question had been answered too. From the start, he'd thought the guy he'd been reincarnated as seemed familiar, but he could never put his finger on it. With five eyes, he couldn't see his own body clearly all at once; everything was doubled fivefold.
But now, piecing together his suspicions and the memories in his mind, he realized—wasn't this his Starfish Martial Soul?
That's right. Lin Tian immediately lowered his head to check. This time, he finally got a clear look at his body. It really was a starfish.
Good grief!
Not only had he entered his own Blood Sea Martial Soul, he could even control his Starfish Martial Soul and enter the Blood Sea. This was ridiculously overpowered.
The anxiety in Lin Tian's heart vanished completely, replaced by wild joy. Now that he knew what this place was, what did he have to worry about?
He'd thought he'd been reincarnated all over again, but it turned out he hadn't. This was still the Douluo Continent; he'd merely entered his Blood Sea, and the body he'd possessed was his Martial Soul. Both were his Martial Souls, so what could possibly happen to him here?
Thinking back, before he'd passed out, he'd been feeding blood to his Starfish Martial Soul to raise its strength. He'd only lost consciousness after it had absorbed enough to reach a critical point.
He must have triggered some special mechanism. That coincidence had allowed him to discover this astonishing ability. It meant he could use his soul to control his Starfish Martial Soul and enter the Blood Sea whenever he wanted. He'd been fretting over how to affect the Blood Sea World, and now the solution had practically fallen into his lap.
He'd never imagined that he could influence the Blood Sea by possessing another Martial Soul and entering it. But that was fine by him. He'd been wanting to see whether his Martial Soul would become a detached Martial Soul after entering the Blood Sea, or turn into a Soul Beast.
It was easy enough to find out. His Starfish Martial Soul had already been successfully corrupted, and it could devour and evolve. There was something here that could help him level up, and his angel investor was right here, too!
Blood Shadow Douluo, who else could dote on him like you did?
Lin Tian had already figured everything out. Now he felt even more curious about the Blood Sea, and a powerful desire to conquer it rose in his heart. He would evolve his Starfish Martial Soul into the strongest there was, then unify the entire sea.
Since he could freely enter the Blood Sea World, he naturally had to make use of it. So he immediately set his sights on Blood Shadow Douluo's corpse.
Blood Shadow Douluo was a Titled Douluo, and one with powerful backing at that. The Holy Spirit Cult was rolling in wealth. Lin Tian refused to believe Blood Shadow Douluo didn't have even one Soul Bone on him.
After all, the Holy Spirit Cult had been around for a full twenty thousand years. Back when Soul Beasts hadn't yet gone extinct, even if they'd inherited just one Soul Bone every hundred years, they would have had hundreds by now.
Divided among the dozens of Titled Douluos in the Holy Spirit Cult, each one should have gotten at least one. Anything less would have been downright rude.
That old Blood Shadow Douluo had dropped gold for him while he was alive. Now that his corpse was in the Blood Sea, he could drop gold for him again. Lin Tian was so moved he could have cried.
So Lin Tian began to loot the corpse like crazy. Blood Shadow Douluo's body made his stomach churn, but he was controlling the body of a Starfish Martial Soul now. Starfish were scavengers. What was a little revulsion to him?
Besides, he wasn't going to eat the corpse. He was after the Soul Bones.
After groping around for a while, his wrist bumped into something hard: a ten-thousand-year left leg bone attached to the corpse's left leg.
Lin Tian searched again and found a ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone.
Two Soul Bones!
Carefully, he pried the two Soul Bones free. Both were dark red, which meant they probably matched Blood Shadow Douluo's attributes perfectly.
If they suited Blood Shadow Douluo, then they would definitely suit him too. After all, they both had blood-type Martial Souls.
But that didn't really matter. He was only interested in the abundant Soul Power and energy inside the Soul Bones.
For him—for his Starfish Martial Soul, which had no cultivation at all—these two ten-thousand-year Soul Bones were an incredible opportunity. His starting capital was insanely good.
Starting out by devouring ten-thousand-year Soul Bones was like getting two high-level experience pills on a brand-new game account.
Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Tian focused his mind and unfurled his stomach pouch. It spread like a flexible maw, covering the two Soul Bones in one swift motion.
In an instant, it had completely enveloped both Soul Bones, forming a sealed membrane around them.
Then his stomach pouch began to writhe violently, secreting mucus like crazy as it broke down the two Soul Bones and absorbed and refined their energy.
Devouring Soul Bones took much longer than devouring a corpse. Even after half a day, he couldn't feel any change in them at all.
But he could feel himself growing stronger. The change was slight, but energy steadily nourished his Starfish Martial Soul's body, spreading through all four limbs and his entire body.
As the energy continued to pour into him, Lin Tian gradually felt an intense wave of exhaustion. His consciousness began to grow hazy.
It wasn't because something had gone wrong. He was just so blissed out that he was about to pass out.
He suddenly realized that when his Starfish Martial Soul used its stomach pouch to eat and absorb energy, his body would fall into a dormant state, and his consciousness would sink with it.
Put simply, digestion made him sleep so comfortably that this was a huge boon.
Once he fell asleep, he couldn't feel time passing. When he woke up, the devouring would be over.
Just like before, when he'd devoured the corpse's energy to restore his body: he'd closed his eyes, opened them, and it was done.
That worked out just fine. The seabed was safe enough, anyway. And so, Lin Tian fell into a long slumber.
He didn't know how much time had passed. When he woke again, the two Soul Bones had completely disappeared.
Lin Tian opened his eyes. The most obvious change was that his body had grown at least three times larger.
Then there was his cultivation. After devouring the two ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, he'd directly become a thousand-year Soul Beast. He was utterly astonished.
It hadn't raised his Soul Power Level. His Starfish Martial Soul had indeed turned into a Soul Beast after entering the Blood Sea.
And just like that, after taking a nap, he'd evolved from an ordinary starfish into a thousand-year starfish.
This cheat is amazing! Feels great!