Coiling Dragon Staff Heavy as Ten Thousand Jun, Check In [Strength of a Hundred Jun]

Ao Yin did not know what Tang San was thinking. He merely watched Tang Hao's retreating back, his fists clenching tighter in his hands.

"Tang San, I'll spare your worthless life for now. One day, I'll possess the strength to crush a Titled Douluo!"

With Tang Hao, that bodyguard, safeguarding Tang San's growth, Ao Yin was not foolish enough to truly perish together with Tang San before his strength allowed it.

After all, Ao Yin, who had awakened the twin martial souls of the Coiling Dragon Staff and Dark Sacred Dragon, along with innate twentieth-rank soul power, was equally full of anticipation for this new world!

"Little Ao, you should head back as well. We'll set off for Notting Academy in three months!"

"I definitely won't let you down, Village Chief Jack!"

The moment he returned home, Ao Yin felt every muscle in his body aching. Exhausted, he collapsed straight onto the wooden bed, sprawled out like a starfish!

Staring at the dilapidated roof, he let out a long sigh. "That [Coiling Dragon Staff] really isn't something a person can wield!"

On the surface, he had just wielded the Coiling Dragon Staff with tremendous force, but that had only been an appearance.

The truth was that when the Coiling Dragon Staff fully manifested, it stood far taller than him. The instant it entered his hand, it was as heavy as ten thousand jun, and he had nearly failed to hold it steady.

Fortunately, a soul master's martial soul could move according to its owner's will and adjust its weight based on the owner's strength.

But even after reducing the Coiling Dragon Staff to its lightest weight, it still weighed ten jun.

Ao Yin had yet to fully grow, and he had been frail since childhood. Lacking sufficient strength, he could only wield it by expending soul power, but that method consumed a great deal of soul power.

Even with innate twentieth-rank soul power, using it was still quite taxing!

At the time, Tang San's soul power and Mysterious Heaven Skill had been depleted, but Ao Yin had not been much better off. Most of his own soul power had already been exhausted.

"If my innate soul power hadn't been more than twice Tang San's, I probably would've failed at showing off and gotten humiliated instead!"

At the very end, he had used his second martial soul, the [Dark Sacred Dragon], to empower the Coiling Dragon Staff. Though it had looked incredibly imposing, there had not actually been much soul power supporting it. It had merely looked frightening.

Tang San had seemed to be knocked unconscious by a single blow from his staff, but he had actually been scared unconscious. Tang San's injuries were not severe at all; otherwise, Tang Hao would not have remained so calm after Ao Yin had spoken so arrogantly before him!

Of course, that battle had not been entirely without gains. Giving Tang San a little shock to the soul had felt absolutely amazing!

Ao Yin got up and summoned the Coiling Dragon Staff once more.

Upon closer inspection, the black carvings on the staff were not some mutated snake patterns, as Su Yuntao had claimed. They were dragon patterns—nine in total.

The nine dragon patterns coiled and intertwined around the staff's body. However, while inactive, they were dim and inconspicuous, making the staff resemble an ordinary fire poker.

"I wonder what it'll be like when activated?"

With that thought, Ao Yin attempted to activate it.

Buzz—

One of the dragon patterns flickered, and the fire poker instantly turned from black to red, emitting a scarlet glow.

At the same time, the Coiling Dragon Staff's weight surged dramatically. It had originally weighed only ten jun, but it suddenly became a hundred jun.

Ao Yin immediately felt as though Mount Tai were pressing down on him, and his body swayed unsteadily.

He hurriedly stopped, clicking his tongue. "Too heavy. I can't lift it at all!"

And that was only after activating a single dragon pattern. Its weight had increased tenfold!

He truly dared not imagine how heavy the Coiling Dragon Staff would become if all nine dragon patterns were activated.

"I need to train my body!"

Without enough physical strength, it would be difficult to bring out the true power of the Coiling Dragon Staff martial soul!

Of course, that was a matter for later.

After studying the Coiling Dragon Staff for a while, Ao Yin put it away.

He then extended his left hand. With a thought, he condensed the [Dark Sacred Dragon] in his palm.

This was the first time Ao Yin had seriously examined his second martial soul.

A mass of black thunderclouds appeared in his palm, with dark-purple lightning flashing within. Half of a dragon's body covered in inky scales could faintly be seen churning amid the thunderclouds.

Only after a long while did Ao Yin finally make out its true appearance.

Its entire body was covered in dark, inky-black scales. Patterns covered its dragon horns like hellish curses, while black dragon breath continuously spilled from its mouth and nostrils. Its body possessed a darkness attribute, yet dark-purple lightning flowed around it. Its pair of golden vertical pupils radiated extraordinary holiness!

"This is... the! Dark! Sacred! Dragon!"

Ao Yin swallowed. Though he had never personally seen god-tier martial souls such as the Light Holy Dragon or the Six-Winged Angel, he felt that his Dark Sacred Dragon was the most badass of them all!

"With a god-tier martial soul like this, if I can pair it with hundred-thousand-year, or even million-year soul rings, I'll be utterly invincible."

Ao Yin was incredibly excited and resolved to equip the Dark Sacred Dragon with the strongest soul rings possible.

Of course, one could not become fat with a single bite. Everything had to be taken slowly.

"For these three months, I'll check in at Holy Soul Village for now and properly familiarize myself with my martial souls while I'm at it."

Gurgle—

After a day of exertion, Ao Yin's stomach began to growl as well.

Ao Yin sighed helplessly. "Ideals are full, but reality is skinny. I should fill my stomach first!"

Rising to his feet, he looked around. The house was bare to the walls, and the rice jar had long since run dry.

"Isn't this way too poor?"

Ao Yin felt like crying. His predecessor had been all alone, living a truly miserable life.

"Little Ao, don't cook today. Grandpa's killing a chicken today—we've got meat!"

Just as Ao Yin's stomach began to growl, a kindly voice came from outside.

"It's Village Chief Jack!"

Ao Yin's eyes lit up. Although it was embarrassing to freeload meals from others all the time, people were made of iron and food was steel. He would fill his stomach first, then repay Village Chief Jack properly in the future!

He immediately grabbed a bowl and happily followed Village Chief Jack to his house!

"Wow, wow, wow!"

"Free-range chickens really do taste amazing. Grandpa Jack, you should eat too!"

This was Ao Yin's first meal on Douluo Continent. Having eaten the food here, he was now one of its people!

"So delicious!"

"Hahaha! Little Ao is still growing. If you like it, eat more!" Village Chief Jack smiled even more happily as he watched Ao Yin wolf down his food.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Jack. I won't eat your food for nothing!"

Ao Yin knew well that one should appreciate the hardship behind every grain of rice and repay kindness with gratitude.

"Grandpa Jack, do you have any odd jobs that need doing? I'll come work for you tomorrow and earn some rice to take back."

"Hahaha! It'd be good to let you get used to the life of a work-study student in advance. Tomorrow, go up the mountain and chop some firewood for Grandpa!"

"Alright! Leave it to me!"

Three months was neither long nor short. If he wanted to get by, he had to work.

Chopping firewood was a heavy task for a six-year-old child, and Village Chief Jack did not expect Ao Yin to chop much!

But as Ao Yin had said, no one should live off others for free.

The next day.

At first light, Ao Yin carried a woodcutter's blade on his back and headed into the mountains.

[ Ding! Today's sign-in attempt has refreshed! ]

[ Sign in now? ]

The moment he entered the mountains, the familiar notification sounded.

Ao Yin was delighted. The sign-in attempt refreshed once a day, meaning that over three months, he could sign in a hundred times.

"Sign in!"

[ Ding! Holy Soul Village sign-in successful! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining a Tier 1 reward—Strength of One Hundred Jun! ]

"Strength of One Hundred Jun?"

The reward arrived, and Ao Yin instantly felt as though he possessed inexhaustible brute strength!

Ao Yin was overjoyed. Yesterday, he had still been worrying about his lack of strength, and today he had gained the strength of one hundred jun?

This was like being handed a pillow just as he was getting sleepy—perfect timing!