Piglet Martial Soul, Hextech Three Out of Five

Douluo Continent.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, council hall.

Today was the clan's annual Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony. Every child who had turned six would awaken their martial soul today.

At the center of the hall, an ancient awakening array gave off a faint glow.

Around the array, the clan elders sat upright on either side, their gazes stern. Farther out were several hundred clansmen who had come to watch, their whispers rising and falling.

"I hear there are a few promising ones this year."

"Yeah. Yu Xiaogang from the clan chief's family just awakened a few days ago, but what a pity..."

"Don't bring it up. Piglet Martial Soul, innate soul power at half a level. The clan chief's face went dark. That half level was only invented because he's the clan chief's son. Otherwise, where would a half level even come from?"

"Tch. Another piece of trash."

The discussions reached Yu Changge's ears. He stood in the line waiting to awaken, his face expressionless.

In his previous life, he had stayed up late reading a novel by an author called Takagi Nishikata, only to somehow transmigrate straight into the world of Douluo Continent.

And he had become a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. His parents were both Soul Sage-level experts, with no low status in the clan. It could be considered a god-tier start.

Yu Changge drew in a deep breath. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul was known as the continent's number one beast martial soul, and it possessed the Dragonization secret technique. It was extremely powerful.

But it had one flaw. If the martial soul mutated, it could no longer undergo Dragonization, losing a powerful amplification method for nothing.

"The awakening ceremony will continue," the elder presiding over the ceremony said in a resonant voice.

The first child stepped forward and stood in the awakening array. Light flared brilliantly!

Amid a rumble, the illusory figure of a blue lightning dragon shot into the sky.

Then, he placed his hand on the crystal ball.

"Good! Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, innate soul power level six!"

The elder nodded in satisfaction, and the clansmen applauded one after another.

The second, the third, the fourth...

One child after another went forward to awaken. Most had the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, while a small number had mutated martial souls. Their innate soul power ranged from level three to level seven.

The atmosphere grew livelier and livelier. Finally, it was Yu Changge's turn.

He walked forward with steady steps. The presiding elder glanced at him. "Yu Changge, both your parents are Soul Sages. I hope you can inherit their talent."

Yu Changge nodded. Within the awakening array, an illusory figure slowly condensed into a solid form. It was actually a martial soul that looked like a pig, yet not quite a pig?

It was the same martial soul Yu Xiaogang had awakened a few days ago, the malignantly mutated Piglet Martial Soul!

The entire hall fell silent.

Even the presiding elder's voice trembled slightly. "Martial soul... Pig... let. Innate soul power... half a level."

Boom!

The discussions exploded like a tidal wave.

"Piglet again?! Yu Xiaogang awakened this exact martial soul a few days ago, and his innate soul power was also half a level!"

"What's going on with the clan? How did two pieces of trash appear in a row? And their parents' strength and talent aren't weak either..."

"Yeah, what a shame. His parents are both Soul Sages... They had hope of becoming clan elders in the future."

"So what if they're Soul Sages? Their son is trash. This is all he'll amount to in this life."

Mockery, pity, and schadenfreude poured in from every direction.

Yu Changge's parents stood in the spectator seats, their faces instantly going deathly pale. His mother, Yu Shuyao, had red-rimmed eyes, while his father, Yu Tianqing, clenched his fists tightly, his lips pressed into a thin line.

They looked at each other and both saw heartache and disappointment in the other's eyes.

But very quickly, Yu Tianqing said in a low voice, "It's fine. Even if he can't become strong, we can still support him."

Yu Shuyao nodded, forcing back her tears. "He's my child. However he turns out is fine."

Yu Changge stood in the center of the array, listening to the mockery around him, his expression unchanged. The corners of his mouth even lifted slightly. What the hell do you people know?

Piglet Martial Soul?

This was a fucking Golden Sacred Dragon hatchling!

It was just still in its infancy and its true appearance could not be seen yet.

Once he found a suitable method to nurture it, they would know what a true king among dragons was.

And just then, Yu Changge heard a "ding" in his mind.

[Hextech System activated!]

[Host has been detected to have awakened a martial soul. System officially starting.]

[Drawing Hextech options for you...]

[Draw complete! Please choose three from the following five options:]

A translucent panel appeared before Yu Changge's eyes.

Five options were lined up in neat order.

[New Recruit: Gain one additional martial soul slot and immediately obtain one Martial Soul Replicator.]

[Demon Contract: Sacrifice lifespan to obtain cultivation, but you will no longer be able to gain soul power cultivation through meditation.]

[Level Up: For every two levels of soul power raised, gain one extra level of soul power. Immediately gain two levels of soul power.]

[Golden Egg: Provides one Golden Egg. It requires 11 years to hatch. After opening, you can obtain generous rewards.]

[Hedge Fund: Immediately obtain 100,000 gold soul coins. From then on, obtain 100,000 gold soul coins + interest every year. The interest is 10,000 gold soul coins per year, stacking up to a maximum of 10 years.]

Yu Changge swept his eyes over them, and his mind instantly began to analyze.

Demon Contract—eliminated outright.

Sacrifice lifespan in exchange for cultivation, and then he could not cultivate through meditation anymore?

Wasn't that just digging a pit for himself?

Hedge Fund did indeed offer quite a lot—100,000 gold soul coins every year. After ten years, with interest added in, it would be over a million no matter how he counted it.

But was he short on money?

His parents were both Soul Saints, and he was a direct disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Since childhood, he had never lacked spending money.

Besides, money really was not omnipotent on Douluo Continent. Strength was the real hard truth.

So what if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan was wealthy enough to rival a nation? Whether it was Ning Fengzhi or the Sword and Bone Douluos, they seemingly did not even have a single ten-thousand-year soul bone on them.

So Hedge Fund was out too.

That left three—New Recruit, Level Up, and Golden Egg.

A perfect combination.

The Martial Soul Replicator given by New Recruit had enormous potential.

He could not use it now, but he could keep it for later.

Once he encountered a suitable martial soul in the future, he could copy it directly, and it would become his second martial soul.

Twin martial souls would be quite helpful for raising his level later on.

Moreover, since Luo Sanpao was an external beast martial soul, he could completely have two martial souls fight in coordination, without needing to switch to use the other martial soul like Bibi Dong and Tang San did.

Level Up was even more of a divine skill.

For every two levels of soul power he raised, he would receive another level for free—and the further he got, the greater the returns from this Hex would become!

Choosing it would immediately grant him two levels of soul power, perfectly making up for the disadvantage of his innate half-level soul power and shortening the time needed to reach level ten.

As for Golden Egg... eleven years to hatch was indeed a little long, but since the other two options had both been ruled out, he could just treat this as an extra.

And to be honest, he was also rather curious about what this egg would hatch into eleven years later.

If it could give him a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, then it would not count as a loss.

"I choose one, three, and four," Yu Changge silently recited in his heart.

[Confirmation complete!]

[Host has selected: New Recruit, Level Up, Golden Egg.]

[Rewards are being issued...]

[New Recruit: Gained additional martial soul slot ×1. Gained Martial Soul Replicator ×1.]

[Level Up: Immediately gained two levels of soul power. Passive effect has been activated. For every two levels of soul power raised, gain one extra level of soul power.]

[Golden Egg: Gained Golden Dragon Egg ×1. Remaining incubation time: 11 years.]