The Unawakened Special Martial Soul: Roco Kingdom Game Panel

Shrek Academy registration office.

Bei Bei helped Huo Yuhao complete his freshman registration. Huo Yuhao entered as a Tang Sect special recruit into the institution hailed as the number one academy on the Douluo Continent: Shrek Academy.

Watching the student in charge of freshman registration finish filling out Huo Yuhao's information, Bei Bei smiled and said, "Thanks. Come find me later, and I'll treat you brothers to a good meal."

The student didn't stand on ceremony, high-fiving Bei Bei and saying, "Haha, we won't pass up the chance to fleece a big spender like you."

"I certainly won't let you brothers down." After saying this, Bei Bei and Tang Ya led Huo Yuhao into the academy.

Once the three of them had left, several students at the registration desk gathered around.

"That kid was actually brought here by Senior Bei Bei himself to register. His talent must be off the charts," one person said, leaning in with his eyes fixed on the registration form.

"Huh? Level eleven?" Seeing the information on the form, the man exclaimed in surprise.

Another person heard him and said with equal astonishment, "Another freshman with soul power below level fifteen?"

As soon as he said this, the others turned their gazes toward him.

Seeing their inquisitive looks, the man didn't hold back. "Half an hour ago, a freshman named Song Mu registered. His soul power level was only ten, and he didn't even have a soul ring."

"Then how did he get in? Was he a special recruit too?" one person asked.

The man replied, "The one who brought him to register was the City Lord of Anyang City from the Heaven Dou Empire."

"The City Lord?!"

Beneath the Shrek Academy freshman dormitory building, a withered-looking old man lay on a chair, his eyes tightly shut as if he were sleeping.

"Sir, this is my freshman badge."

The old man opened his eyes slightly to see a golden-haired boy of about eleven or twelve standing before his recliner.

The boy extended his right hand, a green badge resting in his palm.

The old man took the badge, gave it a cursory glance, and handed it back.

"The fourth floor and above are the girls' dorms. You are not allowed up there; if caught, you will be expelled."

The golden-haired boy tucked the badge into the storage soul tool on his left wrist and said, "Understood, sir." He then lifted his feet and headed toward the dormitory building.

The old man watched the boy's retreating back, sensing the fluctuations of his soul power.

Level ten soul power fluctuations. The old man knew this boy was Song Mu, the child adopted by Chen Yunlin.

Chen Yunlin's letter had mentioned that Song Mu's martial soul, King Gulu Ball, was quite unique.

Inside, Song Mu entered the dormitory building and found his room according to the door number.

Unlocking the door with his key, Song Mu observed the layout: a bed and a bathroom.

"Awesome! Brother Chen really managed to get me a single room with a private bathroom!"

"As expected of one of the Shrek Seven Devils from two generations ago. Now I won't have to squeeze into a public restroom with hundreds of people."

Channeling his soul power, Song Mu took out his cleaning tools, preparing to give the room a thorough scrubbing.

Cleaning, making the bed, and organizing his luggage—all done in one go.

Finally finished, Song Mu sprawled out on the soft bedding and injected soul power into his storage soul tool to count the living expenses Chen Yunlin had given him.

As he counted, Song Mu's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins!"

Chen Yunlin had actually given him so much money; even if he spent a hundred gold soul coins a day, it would last him a thousand days.

If Chen Yunlin weren't gone, and if he were standing in front of Song Mu right now, Song Mu would have dropped to one knee and shouted, "If you do not abandon me, I am willing to call you foster father!"

But that was unlikely. Ever since Song Mu awakened with innate full soul power six years ago, he had been adopted as a foster brother by Chen Yunlin, the City Lord of Anyang City.

Six years ago, Song Mu awakened with innate full soul power. Now, his soul power level was still ten—not because he only had level ten power, but because he hadn't obtained a soul ring, and his level cap couldn't be broken.

Once Song Mu obtained a soul ring, his soul power would skyrocket.

As for why he hadn't obtained one yet, it was due to his peculiar martial soul.

Song Mu focused his mind, and a spherical object appeared out of thin air in his right hand. The surface of the sphere was red, encircled by a one-inch-wide gold band in the middle, with a golden crown embedded upon it.

King Gulu Ball was the name of this sphere, originating from a game in his past life: Loong.

In Loong, the King Ball had a one hundred percent catch rate for any spirit that had lost health.

Once it arrived on the Douluo Continent, the King Ball became even more overbearing, capable of unconditionally capturing any soul beast.

However, the King Ball in Song Mu's hand had a major limitation. The ability to capture unconditionally still existed, but only for soul beasts with specific talents.

Over the past six years, Chen Yunlin had taken Song Mu to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for soul beasts more times than he could count, but every trip had ended in vain.

Song Mu sat up, looking at the King Ball, and recalled what Chen Yunlin had said when they parted ways.

"Xiao Mu, Big Brother doesn't have the ability to help you catch a suitable soul beast, but don't worry. I have already contacted the seniors at Shrek Academy, and they are willing to take you deep into the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest to find one. When that time comes, your martial soul will truly awaken."

Returning to the present, Song Mu let out a long sigh.

His martial soul hadn't awakened—or rather, this King Gulu Ball wasn't his martial soul at all.

Song Mu circulated his soul power, and a transparent screen slowly materialized before his eyes.

The screen was eighty centimeters long and forty-five centimeters wide. It contained numerous options, but tapping them yielded no response; only a single line of text appeared in the center: Capture a soul beast with specific talents to unlock partial functions.

This was Song Mu's true martial soul, a transparent operating panel that only he could see.

The phrase "soul beast with specific talents" had plagued Song Mu for six years. From the lowliest Blue Silver Grass to the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, he had tried them all, yet nothing worked. Perhaps only soul beasts capable of growing to a hundred thousand years or those with the potential to become Great Beasts met the criteria.

Such soul beasts generally remained deep within the core area; it seemed he would have to wait for a Titled Douluo from Shrek to lead him there.

If only he could capture soul masters. After all, this was Shrek Academy, where even Super Douluo and Limit Douluo existed, possessing absolutely top-tier talent.

Capture humans?

Right, he had never attempted to capture a human soul master before. What if it actually worked? After all, there was a saying from his past life: humans are just higher-order animals.

Applying that logic, wouldn't it mean soul masters are just higher-order soul beasts?

Song Mu slapped his hands together, feeling that this idea held real potential.

But upon second thought, capturing humans would surely brand him as an Evil Soul Master. What if he succeeded, awakened his martial soul, and then ended up beaten to death for being an Evil Soul Master?

Lost in thought, Song Mu walked over to the window.