"Little Phoenix, did you want to save those two adorable girls?" Medicine Elder transmitted through spiritual power.
"I did have that thought, Teacher. They possessed Soul Power but had no Martial Souls. It was very possible that their bodies were their Martial Souls. Besides, they said earlier that the sisters' hair had been identical before their Martial Souls awakened, but became different afterward. Clearly, their Martial Souls might be their hair."
Body Martial Souls had actually existed in the first part of Douluo Continent, but the concept of Body Martial Souls had only formally appeared in the second part, The Peerless Tang Sect.
The Martial Soul system in the first part of Douluo Continent had only two major categories: Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls. There had been no classification known as Body Martial Souls. Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, the first Body Martial Soul to appear, had been a new setting introduced only in the second part. That was why readers of the first part found "using a body part as a Martial Soul" unfamiliar—it simply had not existed in the first part's worldview.
What exactly was a Body Martial Soul?
A Body Martial Soul referred to a type of Martial Soul that used one's body itself or a particular organ as the Martial Soul, such as the eyes—Spirit Eyes—hair, brain, skin, limbs, and so on. The more vital the organ, the greater its potential. Its most unique feature was its second awakening mechanism—through the Body Sect's secret art, the Secret of the Body, it could advance through four grades: black iron, bronze, silver, and gold. At the silver grade, combat power doubled, while at the gold grade, a third awakening could increase attack power by another one to three times.
Those who developed Body Martial Souls to their