Hextech Five-Choose-Three at the Start!

"Martial Soul: Green Vine."

"Innate soul power: Level Five!"

"Not bad, not bad!"

"Cultivate well. You'll have a promising future!"

"Next!"

In Greenwood Town of the Silvis Kingdom, near the Gold-Iron Mountains, Liu Yuer was awakening martial souls for the town's children of eligible age. This was part of her duty as a yellow-robed deacon of the Spirit Hall branch.

After spending most of the day at it, Liu Yuer had finally uncovered a promising soul master seed, which delighted her immensely. Innate Level Five soul power was enough to allow the child to become a Soul King, and it also fulfilled her assessment requirements.

"Mom!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out. Liu Yuer looked up and saw a delicately sculpted little face—it was none other than her precious son, Xia Mu!

"Mu'er, why are you here?"

"Right, where's your father? Why didn't he come today?" Liu Yuer asked Xia Mu in surprise.

"My dad? He left early this morning!"

"He's a white-robed deacon of the Spirit Hall. He's been busy lately—when would he have time for me?"

Xia Mu rolled his eyes. Like Liu Yuer, his father Xia Feng had been running around outside lately.

Xia Mu was a transmigrator. He had just turned six this year, and both his parents worked for the Spirit Hall.

His father, Xia Feng, possessed an Arm Bone martial soul and had Innate Level Four soul power. He was now a Level Nineteen soul master.

His mother, Liu Yuer, possessed the Dragon-Pattern Sword martial soul and had Innate Level Five soul power. She was a Level Twenty-Eight Grand Soul Master.

The couple had met at a junior soul master academy. After graduation, their love bore fruit, and they quickly married before settling down in Greenwood Town.

After Xia Mu was born, the couple discussed how to make a living and joined the Spirit Hall together.

Because it was close to the majestic Gold-Iron Mountains, Greenwood Town had become a renowned soul-hunting town. A purple-robed bishop of the Spirit Hall was stationed here.

Greenwood Town had a Spirit Hall branch. Though it was only the lowest-ranking branch, its overall strength was not to be underestimated. After all, purple-robed bishops of the Spirit Hall were generally Soul Ancestors with four soul rings.

"Oh my!"

"I've been so busy lately that I completely lost track of things!"

"Look at this memory of mine. In the blink of an eye, my precious son is already six!"

"My precious son!"

"Come here quickly. I'll awaken your martial soul!"

Liu Yuer beckoned Xia Mu over and had him step into the awakening formation, intending to awaken his martial soul herself.

"Huh, what's this?"

As soul power poured into the awakening formation, a translucent screen suddenly appeared before Xia Mu's eyes.

[Ding~]

[The Hextech System has been activated!]

[Please select your initial talents from the following five options. You may choose three, and only three!]

"This is..."

"Hextech five-choose-three?"

"Could this be my cheat?"

Xia Mu took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his excitement as he looked at the five options before him.

[Prismatic Evolution Tier: Your martial soul will undergo an epic qualitative evolution, guaranteed to become a top-tier martial soul.]

[Attribute Stacking: For every five levels of soul power gained, gain one additional level of soul power. For every ten levels of soul power gained, additionally gain 100 mental power.]

[Gold Rain: For every ten levels of soul power gained, a rain of gold coins will fall, granting 100,000 gold soul coins.]

[Enhanced Enchantment: Explosive offense, top-tier power. Can grant one martial soul an ultimate attribute.]

[Astral Body: Gain an additional 1,500 health. Essential for a health tank. (Ordinary people: 100.)]

Looking at the five options, Xia Mu hesitated for a moment, but he soon made his decision.

"Huh!"

"Could this be twin martial souls?"

Standing within the awakening formation, Xia Mu sensed something unusual about himself under the formation's effects.

"Did I inherit both my parents' martial souls?"

A longsword appeared in Xia Mu's right hand, while the bones in both his arms emitted a lustrous jade-white glow.

"Is it because they haven't undergone a second awakening?"

"Or do these two martial souls hold some other mystery?"

A thought flashed through Xia Mu's mind, but he quickly turned his attention back to the five Hextech traits.

"Gold Rain? Not even a dog would want it!"

"One hundred thousand gold soul coins may sound like a lot, but they can't buy genuine cultivation resources. Out there, that amount isn't even enough to buy a single hundred-year soul bone!"

"Astral Body!"

"While it can increase my health by fifteen times, its future growth is actually quite limited!"

"Besides, Douluo Continent has whale glue. Why would I need to go out of my way for this?"

"So I choose Prismatic Evolution Tier, Attribute Stacking, and Enhanced Enchantment—them three Hextech traits!"

Xia Mu quickly made his final decision.

For a moment, strange phenomena erupted throughout the formation.

As the three Hextech traits took effect, Xia Mu's martial souls underwent an unprecedented, ultimate transformation.

[Ding~]

[Prismatic Evolution Tier loaded. The bones in both arms have evolved into the skeletal structure of the entire body. The Dragon-Pattern Sword has evolved into the Dragon-Slaying Sword!]

[Attribute Stacking loaded. Your innate soul power has increased from Level Six to Level Seven!]

[Enhanced Enchantment loaded. Please select the martial soul you wish to enhance!]

"The Dragon-Slaying Sword!"

[The Dragon-Slaying Sword martial soul has been enhanced and enchanted, evolving into the Light-Hiding Sword. It contains the ultimate light attribute. Sword Spirit—Radiant Sacred Dragon (temporarily sealed)!]

"The Light-Hiding Sword?"

"The Light-Hiding Sword, one of the three swords of the Son of Heaven?"

A flash of light passed through the awakening formation, and a sword hilt appeared out of thin air in Xia Mu's right hand.

The hilt was jade-green and shaped like a dragon's mouth. Its blade was formless and could only manifest through his own soul power.

"Why is there only a hilt?"

"What kind of strange sword martial soul is this?"

Liu Yuer examined the Light-Hiding Sword in Xia Mu's hand. Clearly, her son's martial soul had mutated.

"Look upon it and it cannot be seen; wield it and one knows not what it touches. Boundless and indistinct, it passes through things without them noticing."

"Its edge is hidden and never revealed!"

"This sword is called the Light-Hiding Sword!"

Xia Mu spoke softly. As he poured soul power into it, the Light-Hiding Sword finally revealed a transparent blade.

"What a peculiar martial soul!"

"As expected of a mutated sword martial soul!"

"My dear son!"

"Come quickly and test your innate soul power!"

Liu Yuer was overjoyed. Generally speaking, mutated martial souls like this would not have weak innate soul power.

"Innate Level Seven soul power!"

"My son has the potential to become a Soul Sage!"

When the soul power-testing crystal lit up, Liu Yuer was ecstatic. Innate Level Seven soul power was already far from low.

"Innate Level Seven soul power?"

"I originally only had Innate Level Six soul power. Attribute Stacking gave me one more level."

"With the quality of my martial souls, my future cultivation speed won't be inferior to that of a genius with innate full soul power."

"After all, I'm a man with cheats!"

Xia Mu shook his head. Innate Level Seven soul power was neither too high nor too low—it suited him perfectly.

After all, Xia Mu's parents were not high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall. If his innate soul power were too high, it would instead be troublesome.

A tree that stands out in the forest is bound to be destroyed by the wind.

Qian Daoliu was currently in power, and Douluo Continent was far from peaceful. The Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects had committed plenty of despicable acts in secret, assassinating talented commoners.

If they could not obtain it, they would destroy it!

A genius who had not yet grown up did not deserve to be called a genius. Many prodigies had consequently lost their lives.