Externalized Martial Soul: Golden Horned Behemoth

He met the concerned gazes of his many elders.

Jin Feng felt a warmth in his heart and hurriedly explained, "Grandfather, Uncle, Elders, don't worry. I'm fine. I turned into a cocoon of light earlier because my martial soul mutated. As for this black-gold beast egg behind me..."

At this point,

Jin Feng paused, then said excitedly, "It is my martial soul. You may call it—the Golden Horned Behemoth!"

The instant his words fell,

the black-gold beast egg behind Jin Feng began to shake violently.

In mere moments, the secret patterns across its shell burst into brilliant radiance. Fine, dense cracks spread rapidly across the entire shell like a spiderweb.

Finally,

with a bang,

the black-gold eggshell split open with a huge crack, and a beast claw covered in pitch-black scales, its talons gleaming with a chilling edge, stretched out first...

Before long,

a ferocious monster over half a meter long, with thick limbs and a body covered in black scales,

wings on its back, a golden horn atop its head, and a blade-like tail swaying behind it, came into Niu Gao and the others' view.

After breaking from its shell,

the Golden Horned Behemoth first let out a low growl toward Jin Feng.

Then, ignoring Niu Gao and the others' shocked stares, it lowered its vicious head and began swallowing the scattered black-gold eggshell fragments from the ground, bite by bite.

As the shell fragments on the ground steadily diminished,

its body also continued to grow before everyone's eyes.

Its length swiftly increased from half a meter to around one meter. Once its savage, scale-covered wings spread open, their span had already exceeded 1.2 meters.

Besides growing larger,

the golden patterns densely covering its body also activated.

One secret pattern after another shone with dazzling light. They seemed naturally formed, and the end of every pattern converged upon the golden horn atop its head.

Roar~

After fully stretching its body,

the Golden Horned Behemoth let out an excited roar, as though celebrating its rebirth.

Then it charged forward and leaped to Jin Feng's side, affectionately nudging Jin Feng with the golden horn on its head...

Meanwhile,

having recovered from his shock, Niu Gao looked at the Golden Horned Behemoth beside Jin Feng.

He could not help but sigh. "It's actually an Externalized Martial Soul, something exceedingly rare on the continent. No wonder your martial soul mutation manifested as a black-gold beast egg, Feng'er."

"Come to think of it, Douluo Continent seems never to have seen this sort of martial soul or soul beast..."

"It resembles a combination of your father's martial soul, the Golden Winged Scaled Eagle, and your mother's martial soul, the Plate Armor Giant Rhino..."

"Indeed!" The Great Elder nodded in agreement. "It has both the body and horn characteristics of the Plate Armor Giant Rhino, as well as the wings and scales of the Golden Winged Scaled Eagle..."

"It's just that its appearance is far too ferocious. It looks rather frightening."

As he spoke,

the Great Elder brought over a crystal ball used to test Innate Soul Power and handed it to Jin Feng. "Little Feng, test your Innate Soul Power."

Seeing this,

Jin Feng extended his hand without hesitation.

The instant he placed his hand on the crystal ball, the ball used to test Innate Soul Power erupted with dazzling light, instantly filling the entire sphere.

"Innate Full Soul Power!"

"It's actually Innate Full Soul Power!"

Seeing the crystal ball glowing all over, the Defense Clan experts present could no longer remain calm. One after another, they danced about in excitement.

Even Clan Leader Niu Gao's eyes glimmered with a trace of crystalline tears.

Ever since leaving the Clear Sky Sect, the Defense Clan had suffered all manner of suppression from Spirit Hall. They had been constrained at every turn and could only huddle in one corner of Longxing City, barely surviving.

Every clansman had been holding in a breath of resentment.

Now that a genius with Innate Full Soul Power like Jin Feng had appeared,

it was like timely rain, bringing a ray of hope to the Defense Clan, which had long gone without sweet rain.

After all, as long as an Innate Full Soul Power genius was properly nurtured and did not die midway,

becoming a Titled Douluo was practically guaranteed.

And once they had a Titled Douluo standing guard,

the Defense Clan would no longer suffer oppression and bullying from any faction.

They might even have a chance to avenge the blood debt owed by Spirit Hall and the humiliation of being abandoned by the Clear Sky Sect.

After Niu Gao calmed his excitement, he hurriedly said to Jin Feng, "Feng'er, your martial soul has only just awakened. Go back and rest for the night. Tomorrow, Grandfather will personally take you hunting soul beasts to attach your first soul ring."

However,

faced with Niu Gao's arrangement,

Jin Feng decisively shook his head. "Grandfather, I plan to wait a few days before attaching my first soul ring."

"Hm?"

Upon hearing this,

not only Niu Gao, but even Niu Ben and the four Great Elders looked utterly baffled, unable to understand what Jin Feng was up to.

Ordinarily, once someone broke through Rank 10, they could not wait to obtain their first soul ring immediately.

Why was Jin Feng in no hurry at all?

"Why, Little Feng?" Niu Gao asked with a face full of confusion. "You're a genius with Innate Full Soul Power. The sooner you attach a soul ring, the sooner you can raise your rank."

In response,

Jin Feng stroked the Golden Horned Behemoth beside him.

A faint smile rose at the corner of his lips as he said, "Because my Externalized Martial Soul differs from the Externalized Martial Souls Grandfather and the others understand."

"Grandfather, our Defense Clan is famous throughout the continent for constructing fortresses. The clan should have quite a few metal ores, right?"

"Could you have someone bring out a few pieces? I'll demonstrate the Golden Horned Behemoth's Innate Divine Ability for you."

At those words,

Niu Gao was stunned for a moment.

Then he waved a hand and took several fist-sized crimson metal chunks from his storage Soul Tool. He said to Jin Feng, "There's no need to fetch any from the clan treasury. I have a few on hand."

"What do you need metal materials for when demonstrating your martial soul ability, Little Feng?"

The moment it saw the crimson metal chunks Niu Gao had taken out,

the Golden Horned Behemoth's eyes immediately lit up. After receiving Jin Feng's approval,

it beat its wings and flashed before Niu Gao with a whoosh. Like it was eating candy beans, it crunched through the metal chunks and swallowed them all in just a few bites.

At that sight!

Niu Gao and the others were instantly dumbfounded.

They all looked to Jin Feng in disbelief and asked, "What's going on? How can your martial soul Devour physical metal?"

"Grandfather, this is one of my Golden Horned Behemoth martial soul's unique abilities!"

Looking at the Golden Horned Behemoth martial soul, which had just swallowed the metal chunks and wore a satisfied expression, Jin Feng explained, "Although Golden Horn is an Externalized Martial Soul condensed from my Soul Power, it can Devour metal ores to strengthen its combat power and increase its size."

"You may not have noticed earlier, but I can clearly sense that after Golden Horn swallowed those pieces of metal, its body grew another centimeter."

"What!"

Upon hearing that Jin Feng's martial soul could Devour metal ores to grow stronger and evolve,

Niu Gao and the others were dumbfounded once again. Their exchanged glances brimmed with shock at the Golden Horned Behemoth's monstrous ability.

Clearly,

Jin Feng's martial soul had already exceeded the limits of their understanding.

Just as everyone stood there in a daze,

Jin Feng dropped another bombshell. "And besides Devouring metal to grow stronger, my Externalized Martial Soul, the Golden Horned Behemoth, can also merge with me for combat like an ordinary beast martial soul master."

"Like this!"

"Golden Horn!"

Following Jin Feng's command,

before Niu Gao and the others' eyes, the Golden Horned Behemoth transformed into a streak of golden light and merged into Jin Feng's body.