"Twin Martial Souls! They really are Twin Martial Souls! Hahaha! My nephew has the makings of a Titled Douluo!"
Prince Xue Xing threw back his head and laughed, his gaze locked tightly on Lin Ya before him. The wild joy and gratification surging in his eyes nearly overflowed.
"Good! Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!"
"Uncle, is your vocabulary for compliments really this limited?" Lin Ya looked helplessly at his overexcited elder.
They were just Twin Martial Souls. In the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, they would no longer be anything rare. Was there really any need to get this worked up?
Of course, his own heart was not entirely unmoved.
At the very instant his Martial Soul awakened, Lin Ya had already grasped the true name of his Martial Soul—Outcast.
It was neither a conventional Beast Martial Soul nor a Tool Martial Soul, but rather something more akin to a Body Martial Soul.
At the moment of awakening, he himself had become the Outcast.
And the Golden Light Mantra that had protected his body just now was the innate ability that came with his Martial Soul. He could clearly sense that the potential of this Outcast Martial Soul went far beyond a single Golden Light Mantra. Its greater mysteries could only be fully unlocked after he absorbed Soul Rings.
Lin Ya took a deep breath, and the brilliant golden light around him gradually receded before finally vanishing without a trace.
Yet Prince Xue Xing remained immersed in overwhelming shock, unable to regain his senses for a long while.
In his eyes, Lin Ya was no longer an ordinary junior. He was the sole hope for the Heaven Dou Empire's future rise!
For a long time, the Heaven Dou Empire had ranked last among the Douluo Continent's three great powers. In that vast empire, the only Titled Douluo it could put forth was Dugu Bo, and they still had to watch his mood at every turn.
What a damn humiliation.
But now, everything would change.
With the talent of Twin Martial Souls, so long as no accident happened along the way, reaching Rank 95 as a Titled Douluo was practically guaranteed!
The bottleneck from Rank 89 to Rank 90 could be forcibly broken through with the Soul Rings of the second Martial Soul.
Rank 95! Even Qian Xunji, the Pope of Spirit Hall, might not be able to defeat him with certainty! And if the amplification of Twin Martial Souls were added on top of that, he would have the strength to fight even a Rank 97 Super Douluo!
Xue Xing looked at Lin Ya as if he were a priceless treasure.
"Brother, sending Xiao Ya out was truly the wisest decision you ever made in your life!"
Xue Xing could practically foresee it: if news of Lin Ya's Twin Martial Souls were exposed, the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall would absolutely never let him go!
When that time came, even the Heaven Dou Empire might not be able to protect him. After all... the death of his second nephew had been rather suspicious.
Thinking of this, Xue Xing said even more nervously, "Xiao Ya, remember this! No matter what happens, you must never reveal your White Swan Martial Soul! And do not add any Soul Rings to it either, understand!"
"Don't worry, Uncle. I know what I'm doing." Lin Ya nodded solemnly.
Of course he understood what Xue Xing was worried about, and he truly had no intention of revealing his White Swan Martial Soul.
What use was a White Swan Martial Soul? Could it possibly be more useful than his Outcast Martial Soul?
As for using the White Swan Martial Soul as a stopgap early on, then switching to his Outcast Martial Soul later...
There was a saying in gaming circles: buy early and enjoy early; buy late and get a discount.
Lin Ya was someone who understood how to enjoy himself. He had no interest whatsoever in suffering through the early stages just to have fun later.
Therefore, he had decided to cultivate his Outcast Martial Soul first.
Xue Xing tried hard to calm his excited heart. Then he smacked his forehead and said:
"Oh, right. We still haven't tested your Innate Soul Power. Xiao Ya, don't underestimate Innate Soul Power. It's extremely important. To a great extent, the level of one's Innate Soul Power is enough to determine the upper limit of one's future achievements."
Among the Titled Douluos Prince Xue Xing knew, even Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, the weakest of them, had possessed Rank 7 Innate Soul Power with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent.
But Lin Ya had the White Swan Martial Soul, so his Innate Soul Power should at least be Rank 7, right?
For the first time, Prince Xue Xing felt that his family's inherited White Swan Martial Soul had held his nephew back.
He handed a smooth blue crystal testing orb to Lin Ya. "Come, place your hand on it."
Lin Ya raised his hand as instructed, his fingertips lightly touching the crystal sphere.
The instant he made contact, a gentle pulling force suddenly emerged, wildly drawing out the Soul Power within him that had yet to fully stabilize.
Bzzzt—!
A dazzling blue radiance erupted instantly, illuminating the entire secret chamber as brightly as day!
Such an extreme brilliance had only one possible meaning in the history of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent!
"Innate Full Soul Power!!"
Though Innate Soul Power only went up to Rank 10, it often determined a person's future accomplishments!
Xue Xing had once heard of something: back then, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had produced a useless man with only Rank 0.5 Innate Soul Power.
That fellow had never broken through Rank 29 in his entire life. Normally, someone like that would never have remained in Xue Xing's memory, but that man had somehow come up with a pile of theories and even earned himself the title of Grandmaster, causing quite a stir for a time.
As for whether the title of Grandmaster carried much weight...
Xue Xing thought it was nothing special.
At that moment, Xue Xing could not help pulling Lin Ya into his arms. He excitedly grasped his small hand and said:
"Good! Good! This is truly wonderful!"
"I'm telling you, Uncle, you should read more books in your spare time! Don't use the same few lines every time you compliment someone!" Lin Ya looked helplessly at Xue Xing.
Wasn't it common knowledge that Twin Martial Souls came with Innate Full Soul Power?
Well, perhaps not necessarily. Among the known Twin Martial Souls in the various Douluo Continent stories, it seemed that not many had been mentioned as possessing Innate Full Soul Power.
Still, Twin Martial Souls had to be rarer than Innate Full Soul Power, right?
Xue Xing once again calmed his restless emotions, then patted his chest with utter confidence.
"Let's go! Xiao Ya! Uncle will take you to obtain your first Soul Ring right now!"
He could not wait. Xue Xing could not wait even a moment longer!
If he remembered correctly, there was a Soul Hunting Forest near Nuoding Province. Though the Soul Beasts inside were generally not very old, there were still quite a few thousand-year Soul Beasts.
Getting a hundred-year Soul Ring for his precious nephew would be effortless, wouldn't it?
As for the difficulty of hunting a Soul Ring?
Could anything possibly go wrong with him, a dignified Soul Emperor, leading the way?
And he had not come alone. Among the guards outside were one Soul Saint, two Soul Emperors, and four Soul Kings.
One Soul Saint, three Soul Emperors, and four Soul Kings hunting a Soul Ring for a Rank 10 Soul Master?
That lineup... seemed a little extravagant.
Forget it, it did not matter. This was his nephew. So what if the lineup was a bit excessive? When it came time to hunt the second Soul Ring, he would bring over a Soul Douluo from Heaven Dou Academy no matter what!
"Hunting a Soul Ring?" Lin Ya's eyes lit up at once.
Having transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, who could resist the temptation of Soul Rings merging with Martial Souls?
Especially after witnessing the strangeness and power of the Outcast Martial Soul, he had long been impatient to unlock its true strength.
As for Nuoding Academy?
Forget it. Xiao Chenyu, a sixth-year student at Rank 11 who could only have a ten-year Soul Ring, could dominate the campus there. What could anyone possibly learn in a place like that?
He could simply enroll at the academy, sign in, then cultivate in peace while taking it easy. Wouldn't that be perfect?
Thinking this, Lin Ya gripped Xue Xing's hand tightly in return, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Alright, Uncle! Let's go now! I can't wait any longer!"
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