An Anomaly During Martial Soul Awakening

Seeing that the start was promising.

Niu Gao, seated at the head of the hall, smiled as well.

After Spirit Hall's purge six years ago, the Defense Clan's strength was now less than half of what it had been at its peak. They desperately needed an influx of fresh blood.

A genius with level 6 Innate Soul Power, given the family's careful training, could become a core pillar of the clan in less than twenty years.

Very soon,

aside from Jin Feng,

the other four children had completed their Martial Soul awakenings and left the Awakening Hall.

Since they were all direct descendants of the clan, their Martial Souls were all Plate Armor Giant Rhinos. One had level 6 Innate Soul Power, one had level 5, and two had level 4. Overall, the results were fairly good.

"Xiao Feng, it's your turn to awaken your Martial Soul."

Upon hearing his name, Jin Feng immediately walked to the center of the awakening array. His tightly clenched fists revealed his inner nervousness.

Although he knew that,

given his circumstances,

there was a ninety-eight percent chance that he would awaken a beast Martial Soul with considerable Innate Soul Power.

Jin Feng understood clearly that he was a transmigrator, and there were simply too many uncertainties surrounding him.

If something went wrong,

if he awakened a useless Martial Soul or had no Innate Soul Power,

then he would never have the chance in this life to avenge his parents or draw his blade against Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.

Noticing Jin Feng's nervousness,

the Great Elder smiled and stretched out his hand. As he activated the awakening array, he said softly, "Xiao Feng, don't be nervous. Relax... Feel your Martial Soul with your heart."

As the energy within the awakening array poured into Jin Feng's body,

a drop of golden liquid that had lain dormant for six years in the deepest part of his mind was suddenly activated, blooming with brilliant radiance.

Immediately afterward, the golden liquid seemed to possess a will of its own. It split off a fifth of itself and merged into Jin Feng's blood.

"Ah!"

In an instant,

intense pain swept through Jin Feng's entire body.

The agony, as though he were being remade from the marrow up, made him roar instinctively.

At the same time, incomparably dazzling golden streams of light swirled around him, rapidly enveloping Jin Feng's entire body and forming a two-meter-tall cocoon of energy.

!!!

Faced with this sudden anomaly,

every member of the Defense Clan inside the Awakening Hall was dumbfounded.

They could not understand why the Martial Soul awakening array, which had been perfectly fine before, had caused Jin Feng such pain and ultimately turned him into this.

Just as the Great Elder came to his senses and prepared to reach out to touch the golden cocoon before him,

Niu Gao suddenly let out a thunderous roar from his seat at the head of the hall. "Nobody move! Before Xiao Feng comes out, no one is allowed to touch this cocoon!"

Upon hearing this,

the Great Elder immediately stopped what he was doing.

Then, the other elders in the hall also moved toward the center of the hall. They surrounded the golden cocoon formed around Jin Feng and began discussing it without end.

"What's going on? How did Xiao Feng turn into a cocoon during his Martial Soul awakening?"

"I don't know..."

"This is the first time any of us have seen something like this!"

"If I hadn't watched Xiao Feng grow up with my own eyes, I'd suspect that this brat was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form!"

"Fortunately, we can sense that Xiao Feng's life signs are fine..."

Just as Clan Head Niu Gao and the four Great Elders frowned deeply,

Niu Ben, who stood to one side, seemed to think of something and suddenly said, "Father, Elders, could Xiao Feng's condition be the result of a Martial Soul mutation?"

Hearing this,

everyone's eyes immediately lit up.

Clan Head Niu Gao slapped his hand sharply, his face full of excitement. "Judging from the current situation, there's a high chance of it. Sit down and wait for Xiao Feng's mutation to finish."

However,

they waited from morning until nightfall.

The golden cocoon at the center of the hall still showed no signs of breaking apart.

In the end, seeing everyone yawning endlessly, Niu Gao waved his hand. "It seems Xiao Feng won't be coming out anytime soon. Go back and rest first. I'll guard this place."

"Also, no one besides us is allowed to reveal what happened today."

No one objected to Niu Gao's arrangements.

Before leaving, the Great Elder gazed at the golden cocoon in the hall and could not help but sigh. "I hope Xiao Feng's Martial Soul mutates in a favorable direction!"

"Otherwise..."

Although the Great Elder did not continue,

everyone understood that Jin Feng had begun actively training his body and practicing the blade from the age of three. His goal was to grow stronger so that he could one day avenge his parents.

If his Martial Soul turned out to be useless, it would likely deal him a tremendous blow and leave him unable to recover.

Jin Feng knew nothing of everything happening outside.

At that moment,

his consciousness had already been forcibly pulled into his sea of consciousness.

He stood before a drop of golden liquid as dazzling as the sun, radiating a thick scent of blood.

Jin Feng recognized the golden liquid at a glance. It was the culprit that had caused him to transmigrate to Douluo Continent.

He simply had not expected

that it would transmigrate to Douluo Continent along with him and remain hidden in his sea of consciousness until it was activated during his Martial Soul awakening.

Just as Jin Feng was lost in thought,

a streak of golden light suddenly flew from the golden liquid and entered his consciousness.

In an instant, countless images and a massive torrent of information surged into Jin Feng's mind all at once.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, an entire month had passed since Jin Feng's Martial Soul awakening.

That day,

inside the Defense Clan's Awakening Hall,

Niu Gao, Niu Ben, and the four Great Elders had gathered there.

Six pairs of eyes stared fixedly at the golden cocoon in the center of the hall, where fine cracks had suddenly begun appearing that morning.

Crack~

No one knew how long passed.

With a deafening bang, the energy cocoon exploded.

The first thing everyone saw was Jin Feng, completely naked, his skin covered in golden lines of mysterious patterns.

But the next second,

everyone's attention

was drawn to the oval black-gold beast egg, roughly one meter in diameter, beneath Jin Feng's feet.

The black-gold eggshell was covered in countless intricate golden secret patterns, forming flowing lines, whirlpools, and star maps. There was no fixed pattern, yet it seemed utterly natural.

The powerful sound of a beating heart came from within it.

Just as everyone stood bewildered, unable to understand why a physical golden egg had appeared during Jin Feng's Martial Soul awakening,

Jin Feng, standing atop the black-gold beast egg, suddenly opened a pair of dark golden vertical pupils.

Ferocity, brutality, depth, and terror swirled within them.

Everyone present met Jin Feng's gaze

and was startled.

Noticing their expressions, Jin Feng came to his senses and hurriedly controlled his pupils and skin, returning them to normal.

Then, covering his private parts with one hand, he said awkwardly, "Grandfather, Uncle, Elders, can someone give me something to wear first?"

At his words,

everyone came back to their senses and burst into laughter.

Amid a round of teasing, Niu Gao took out a loose robe from his storage Soul Tool and handed it to Jin Feng.

After Jin Feng got dressed, the elders could no longer wait to ask, "Xiao Feng, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"Why did you turn into a cocoon a month ago?"

"And what were those fierce golden vertical pupils, the golden patterns on your skin, and this black-gold beast egg behind you?"