Leugocyte.
His Martial Soul was actually Leugocyte.
For a moment, Lu Chen could hardly contain his excitement.
He had considered many possibilities before, and worried about what he would do if he awakened some ordinary Martial Soul.
But he had never imagined that the Martial Soul he awakened would be a top-tier monster from the Ultraman Worldview: the Universe Devourer, Leugocyte.
This wasn't merely ordinary strength.
This thing was a completely out-of-bounds existence on Douluo Continent.
As long as the gods of the Divine Realm didn't personally intervene, Lu Chen could even confidently say one thing.
I'm done eating beef.
At the thought, the pressure that had built up in Lu Chen over the future finally eased a little.
Of course, he knew that a powerful Martial Soul didn't mean everything was settled.
But possessing a Martial Soul like Leugocyte at least proved he had the means to truly change his fate.
Soon, the scene in his Sea of Consciousness began to fade.
Lu Chen's consciousness returned to his body completely.
Inside the Awakening Temple, he slowly opened his eyes.
The instant he did, the terrifying, sacred apparition above Spirit City vanished as well.
The sky returned to normal.
The oppressive aura in the Awakening Temple, so stifling that no one had dared breathe, finally dissipated.
Everyone in the hall felt as if they'd broken free of some invisible restraint. Some of the children's legs even gave out, and they collapsed to the ground.
The children who had stood tall before, looking down on the orphans, no longer dared look at Lu Chen the way they had before.
The Cardinal took a deep breath, struggling to calm himself.
But the way he looked at Lu Chen had completely changed.
He had presided over countless Martial Soul Awakenings and seen plenty of gifted children, but this was the first time he'd seen someone trigger an anomaly across all of Spirit City simply by awakening.
This was beyond what ordinary talent could explain.
The Cardinal was just about to ask Lu Chen about what had happened when a ghostly figure suddenly appeared inside the Awakening Temple.
The figure appeared too quickly, too unexpectedly.
One moment there had been nothing; the next, he was standing right in front of Lu Chen.
The Cardinal's expression changed as he immediately recognized the newcomer.
He didn't dare show the slightest disrespect and hurriedly bowed.
"His Eminence, Ghost Douluo!"
The other Spirit Hall personnel in the temple lowered their heads in greeting as well, and the atmosphere grew even more tense.
Lu Chen looked up at the man standing before him.
The man's form was hazy, his aura cold and eerie, making him seem like a real ghost.
Even without deliberately releasing his Soul Power, he still made people feel oppressed on instinct.
Lu Chen studied him, his heart stirring slightly.
So this was Ghost Douluo?
One of the people who had brought him back from outside Spirit City when he was still a baby, along with Chrysanthemum Douluo.
Lu Chen had only heard Dean Grandma talk about Ghost Douluo before. He'd never actually met him up close.
Now that he was seeing him for the first time, he was pretty much as Lu Chen had imagined.
Mysterious, cold, and not quite like a living person.
Ghost Douluo didn't exchange pleasantries with the Cardinal or explain anything to Lu Chen.
He merely looked down at Lu Chen.
The next instant, Lu Chen felt a tight grip on the back of his neck.
Ghost Douluo had grabbed him by the scruff of his fate.
Lu Chen's heart jumped. Before he could say anything, Ghost Douluo had already lifted him off the ground.
The feeling left him speechless.
He'd just awakened a god-level Martial Soul and hadn't even had time to savor the aura of a future powerhouse, yet someone was carrying him off like a kitten.
Still, Lu Chen didn't struggle.
Ghost Douluo probably wouldn't hurt him. Besides, with his six-year-old body, struggling wouldn't make any difference.
Ghost Douluo moved, vanishing from the Awakening Temple with Lu Chen in tow.
Only one sentence lingered in the hall.
"I'm taking him to meet the Pope."
After Ghost Douluo left, silence fell over the Awakening Temple for a brief moment.
Everyone looked at one another, unsure what to say.
Everything that had just happened had unfolded too quickly and been too astonishing.
A child from an orphanage had just completed his Martial Soul Awakening and triggered an anomaly across all of Spirit City.
Then His Eminence, Ghost Douluo, had personally appeared and taken him to meet the Pope.
Everyone knew what that meant.
Some of the children didn't understand its significance yet, but the adults and the children from better backgrounds had already realized that Lu Chen's future was probably beyond anything they could imagine.
Some felt envious.
He'd met the Pope right after awakening. With treatment like that, his future was limitless.
Even if Lu Chen hadn't done anything yet, the commotion he'd caused during his awakening alone was enough to draw the attention of Spirit Hall's highest ranks.
The children who had looked down on orphans earlier now wore strained expressions.
They'd assumed that most children from orphanages had Trash Martial Souls. Even the occasional child with an Innate Level 5 Soul Power and a Ghost Demon Vine was barely worth a second glance.
But now, Lu Chen had shown them what true talent was.
In the face of such talent, the backgrounds and Soul Power they'd been so proud of seemed utterly laughable.
The Cardinal stood frozen in place, unable to continue presiding over the awakenings.
His mind was still turning over the strange phenomenon.
But before he could fully collect himself, a golden figure suddenly appeared inside the Awakening Temple.
Golden Crocodile Douluo had arrived.
His arrival made the Cardinal's heart, which had only just begun to settle, leap again.
If Ghost Douluo's aura had been cold and eerie, the golden figure before him was domineering and overwhelming.
His golden armor stood out, and simply standing there, he radiated an authority that made people afraid to look directly at him.
The Cardinal tensed up again the moment he saw him.
What was happening today?
A child who'd only just awakened had somehow alarmed one important figure after another.
The Cardinal immediately bowed, even more respectfully than before.
Golden Crocodile Douluo didn't waste words with him. He asked directly, "Where's the child?"
The Cardinal didn't dare hide anything and quickly replied, "Reporting to Your Eminence, His Eminence, Ghost Douluo, has already taken the child away."
Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression darkened at once.
He had come at Qian Daoliu's command to take the child who had awakened a god-level Martial Soul to the Worship Hall, but he was still a step too late.
Gui Mei had already taken him away.
Whose side Gui Mei was on went without saying.
Golden Crocodile Douluo was naturally displeased.
The Cardinal kept his head lowered and didn't dare say another word.
Matters at this level were beyond the reach of a mere Cardinal.
One was from Pope Hall, the other from the Worship Hall. The Cardinal couldn't afford to offend either side.
Golden Crocodile Douluo snorted and didn't press him further.
The next moment, he too vanished from the Awakening Temple.
Only after Golden Crocodile Douluo had left did the Cardinal slowly straighten up and wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
He had presided over Martial Soul Awakenings for many years, but he'd never been as tense as he was today.
First, the anomaly caused by a god-level Martial Soul had shaken all of Spirit City. Then Ghost Douluo had personally shown up, and after that, even Golden Crocodile Douluo had arrived.
The Cardinal couldn't help murmuring a sigh.
"Little ancestor..."
He could already foresee that, from this day on, the child named Lu Chen would become someone the entire upper echelon of Spirit Hall would keep an eye on.
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