Martial Soul Mutation, the Embryo of a Faction

Very soon.

Under Jin Feng's guidance, Niu Ben grasped every key point of version 5.0 of the Beast Scripture. Then, after swallowing a drop of Jin Feng's blood that glimmered with golden light, he immediately sat cross-legged in the center of the Clan Chief Hall and began his first cultivation of the Beast Scripture.

Seeing this.

Niu Gao and the Four Great Elders immediately deployed Soul Power shields, enveloping the entire Clan Chief Hall to prevent Niu Ben's first cultivation of the Beast Scripture from causing too much commotion.

As the Soul Power within Niu Ben's body circulated according to the requirements of the Beast Scripture, it began refining and fusing with the drop of Jin Feng's blood he had just consumed.

Countless streams of golden light abruptly appeared, swirling around Niu Ben's body in a vortex.

It looked similar to when Jin Feng had awakened his martial soul. The only difference was that Jin Feng's body had been completely wrapped up at the time, forming a golden cocoon that obscured everything and could not be probed.

Niu Ben, on the other hand, was surrounded by a much sparser phenomenon, allowing everyone in the hall to see his figure and condition.

As time flew by.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the watchful eyes of Jin Feng, Niu Gao, and the Defense Clan's Four Great Elders, the golden streams of light radiating from Niu Ben's body were gradually absorbed into him and fused into his body.

Finally.

After the last ray of golden light vanished.

"Roar!"

A tremendous rhinoceros roar suddenly rang through the entire Clan Chief Hall, making everyone's eardrums ache.

Fortunately, Niu Gao and the Four Great Elders had already joined forces to erect Soul Power shields around the Clan Chief Hall. Otherwise, that tremendous roar might have alerted the entire Defense Clan.

But at this moment.

No one had the mind to care about that.

All their gazes had been drawn to the enormous grayish-gold rhinoceros martial soul phantom floating above Niu Ben.

They rubbed their eyes.

After confirming that they were not mistaken.

Niu Gao and the Defense Clan's Four Great Elders immediately broke into smiles so excited they could barely contain themselves.

Because.

Niu Ben's martial soul had truly mutated.

Before their eyes, the Plate Armor Giant Rhino martial soul's original grayish-brown hide had evolved into a dense layer of scales, marked with several golden secret patterns that ran across its entire body.

The two rhinoceros horns atop its head, one large and one small, had both become a gradient from brown at the base to gold at the tips.

Its ordinary gray pupils had transformed into dark golden vertical pupils that flashed with ferocious light. Its limbs had become thicker and more powerful than before, while its hoof-claws had turned sharp, gleaming with a chilling cold light.

If the Plate Armor Giant Rhino martial soul had previously given people the impression of peerless defense, heavy and steady.

Then the mutated Plate Armor Giant Rhino possessed, on top of that foundation, a trace of the Golden Horned Behemoth's ferocity, sharpness, and dominance.

Bang!

Just as the elders cried out in amazement and discussed it.

A powerful wave of Soul Power suddenly spread outward from Niu Ben at its center.

At that moment, the Soul Emperor bottleneck that had trapped Niu Ben for several months completely shattered with the completion of his martial soul mutation.

"Hahaha!"

"Not only did my martial soul mutate."

"I even broke through to level 60!"

Opening his eyes and sensing the massive changes in both his martial soul and body, Niu Ben abruptly rose to his feet and gave Jin Feng an enthusiastic thumbs-up.

"Xiao Feng!"

"You really are too monstrous."

"You're only six, yet you created a cultivation method like the Beast Scripture, one that can increase the cultivation speed of beast martial soul masters by 500%."

"This time, not only did my martial soul mutate, but even the power of my soul skills seems to have increased. My overall condition is terrifyingly good..."

At this point.

Niu Ben swept his gaze around the hall.

Finally, his eyes settled on the Fourth Elder, a level 66 Soul Emperor. He grinned, his eyes full of fighting spirit. "Fourth Elder, do you want to test the power of my mutated martial soul?"

Hearing this.

The Fourth Elder raised a brow.

He could not help but chuckle. "Seeing how confident you are, Niu Ben, I imagine you have quite a bit of confidence. Fine. Since you want to test your own combat strength, this old man will play with you."

Seeing this.

Niu Gao and the others did not stop them.

They all retreated to the side, clearing the central area of the hall for Niu Ben and the Fourth Elder to spar.

Boom! Boom! Bang!

After a series of intense bodily collisions.

The battle ended, and its final outcome left Niu Gao and the other three elders utterly stunned.

Because.

The Fourth Elder, who had six more levels of Soul Power and one more ten-thousand-year soul ring than Niu Ben, had not only lost, but suffered a crushing defeat in which he had been passively beaten from start to finish.

After his martial soul mutation and evolution, Niu Ben.

In his possession state, had seen tremendous improvements in strength, speed, defense, and even the power of his soul skills. His combat strength had increased severalfold.

After witnessing Niu Ben's astonishing transformation.

The Defense Clan's Four Great Elders in the Clan Chief Hall could no longer sit still.

If they had not needed to receive Dai Weisi, the First Prince of the Star Luo Empire, the next day and wished to avoid any accidents, they would have desperately wanted to immediately switch to cultivating the Beast Scripture and mutate their martial souls.

Even Niu Gao was no exception.

His eyes were filled with yearning for the 500% cultivation speed and martial soul mutation.

After calming down.

Niu Gao first looked at Jin Feng, whose expression remained calm, as though everything had gone exactly as he expected.

Then he said, "Now that your martial soul has evolved, Niu Ben, it is no longer fitting to call it the Plate Armor Giant Rhino."

"Based on characteristics such as its evolved golden horns and scales all over its body, if the martial souls of our Defense Clan members all take this form after mutation, then we shall uniformly call it the Golden Horned Scaled Rhino."

"Agreed."

"We have no objections."

The Four Great Elders nodded in succession upon hearing this.

They all felt that the martial soul name Niu Gao had chosen suited the mutated characteristics of the Plate Armor Giant Rhino.

After settling on the name of Niu Ben's new martial soul.

Niu Gao first glanced at the other four versions of the Beast Scripture on the table. Then he turned to Jin Feng and asked, "Xiao Feng, how do you think we should arrange these five versions of the Beast Scripture?"

Hearing this.

Jin Feng immediately replied, "Grandfather, this is what I have in mind. Every member of the Defense Clan will cultivate the strongest, version 5.0 of the Beast Scripture."

"As for the other four versions, once the time is right, I want to establish a faction rooted in the Defense Clan called the [Beast God Sect], which will recruit only beast martial soul masters."

"At that time, the other four versions of the Beast Scripture will be distributed according to the strength of the experts recruited by the [Beast God Sect]."

"Soul masters with one to two rings will be 'third-rank disciples' and cultivate version 1.0 of the Beast Scripture."

"Soul masters with three to four rings will be 'second-rank disciples' and cultivate version 2.0 of the Beast Scripture."

"Soul masters with five to six rings will be 'first-rank disciples' and cultivate version 3.0 of the Beast Scripture."

"Seven-ring soul masters will be 'stewards,' while eight-ring soul masters will be 'elders,' and both will cultivate version 4.0."

"Of course, if we recruit a nine-ring soul master or someone in the sect breaks through to become a Titled Douluo, they will be promoted to 'Beast God Sect Consecrated Elders' and rewarded with the right to cultivate version 5.0 of the Beast Scripture."

"Dividing their status and cultivation methods by rank in this way is also to give them something to strive for and increase their fighting spirit..."

As Jin Feng revealed his plan.

After hearing it, everyone in the hall stood with their mouths agape. They truly had not expected six-year-old Jin Feng to intend to establish a faction, much less that he had already laid out its initial framework.