Inherited Moves Might Have Been a Gift from a Wizard Friend

From pondering it to officially choosing his Martial Soul, Lin Huo only took a few breaths, so the middle-aged man did not notice anything unusual.

When Lin Huo successfully awakened his Martial Soul, the faint fluctuation of soul power immediately roused the middle-aged man from his absent-mindedness.

"Hmm? The awakening succeeded, and it looks like you have soul power too. Let me take a good look at what your Martial Soul actually is, kid..."

The middle-aged man gestured for Lin Huo to release his Martial Soul. Lin Huo readily complied and swiftly summoned the Charmander Martial Soul he had just obtained.

Under the middle-aged man's patient and detailed guidance, the phantom of Charmander's Martial Soul appeared in Lin Huo's palm without taking on the Martial Soul possession form.

It had orange-red skin, a cream-colored belly, a round head, and lively blue eyes. A small flame burned brightly at the tip of its tail.

The middle-aged man carefully examined Lin Huo's Martial Soul while muttering his assessment.

"Hmm... This is a type of Martial Soul I've never seen before.

It looks a bit like a small, round-headed lizard. There's even a flame burning on its tail. It doesn't seem like an ordinary Martial Soul...

Got it! Your Martial Soul shall be called the Round-Headed Fire Lizard!"

"Uh!" Hearing such an absurd name, several black lines immediately dropped over Lin Huo's head. He had not expected this middle-aged man to possess such comedic talent.

"Uncle, my Martial Soul is called Charmander," Lin Huo said helplessly.

Round-Headed Fire Lizard was simply too awful a name. Even Round-Headed Old Geezer would have sounded better. He had to set the record straight.

Realizing that the name he had chosen was indeed so unpleasant that even a child disliked it, the middle-aged man did not get angry. He merely scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

"Haha, Charmander really does sound better. Then your Martial Soul will be called Charmander. Now, Uncle will test your soul power first." As he spoke, the middle-aged man picked up the crystal ball and handed it to Lin Huo.

Lin Huo readily placed his hand against the crystal ball's surface. A faint azure glow immediately flickered across it.

"Innate Soul Power Level Five! It's actually Innate Soul Power Level Five! Kid, you have a bright future ahead of you!"

Seeing that Lin Huo possessed soul power, the middle-aged man looked as delighted as though he had won the lottery.

He had traveled through more than a dozen remote little towns, and this was the first time he had awakened someone with soul power above Level Three. It felt like finding gold in sand, leaving him utterly refreshed.

Not to mention that Lin Huo's Martial Soul was a fire-attribute Martial Soul, exactly to his liking.

Lin Huo paid no attention to the middle-aged man's delight and merely pondered the matter of his soul power level.

"Level Five soul power? Could it be because Pokémon always start at Level Five, so my Innate Soul Power is also Level Five?

Does that mean Pokémon levels might be connected to the soul power levels of Douluo Continent?

Then, when my soul power reaches Level Sixteen, could my Charmander Martial Soul evolve again?"

Lin Huo made several guesses based on the information he had, but he did not dwell on them for long.

Guesses were ultimately just guesses. He could verify the truth later.

For now, he needed to see whether he could obtain some information from this middle-aged man.

His instincts told him that this middle-aged man did not seem to be merely an ordinary temp worker.

Taking advantage of the privilege of a child's innocent words, Lin Huo deliberately began probing the middle-aged man in a childish tone.

"Uncle, is Innate Soul Power Level Five very impressive? Can I become someone as powerful as a Titled Douluo in the future?"

"A Titled Douluo?! You really dare to dream, kid." The middle-aged man was greatly amused by the fantasy of becoming a Titled Douluo, but after coming to his senses, he simply took it as the innocent words of a naïve child.

Without any intent to mock him, the middle-aged man immediately changed his tone. "A Titled Douluo... If you want to achieve that goal, you'll have to work very hard.

But as long as you cultivate diligently and have a faction willing to provide you with sufficient resources.

With Innate Soul Power Level Five, reaching the cultivation of a Soul Saint would be perfectly attainable for you, kid."

"Have a faction provide sufficient resources." Lin Huo keenly noticed the implication behind the middle-aged man's words.

However, Lin Huo was still unsure of the middle-aged man's background, so he did not intend to press further.

After all, he looked like nothing more than a child. Asking too many questions would inevitably make others suspicious.

Perhaps because he had spent too much time traveling around and awakening Martial Souls lately, the middle-aged man appeared somewhat tired, with a trace of fatigue showing on his face.

After feeding Lin Huo a big bowl of inspirational nonsense and stuffing an awakening certificate into his hands, the middle-aged man dismissed the children and sent them home.

Clutching the awakening certificate, Lin Huo hurried out of the town hall and rushed back to his shabby little home without stopping.

He circled through the open fields nearby. Only after confirming that no one was following him did Lin Huo return inside.

"System, come out!"

With a thought from Lin Huo, a pixelated game interface in the style of an early Pokémon game appeared in midair.

Miniature models of Charmander and Bulbasaur stood side by side on the interface. By simply shifting his thoughts toward them, Lin Huo could see their basic information on the bouncing miniature Pokémon.

[Trainer: Lin Huo]

[Pokémon: Charmander/Bulbasaur/?]

[Attribute: Fire/Grass Poison/?]

[Ability: Blaze/Overgrow/?]

[Level: Five]

[Moves (Charmander): Scratch, Growl, Ember, Belly Drum, Dragon Tail]

[Moves (Bulbasaur): Tackle, Growl, Vine Whip, Toxic, Ingrain]

Lin Huo carefully studied the interface while attempting to communicate with the system in hopes of receiving an answer.

However, this Pokémon System seemingly did not possess an intelligent program. No matter how Lin Huo tried, he could not get a response. All it ever displayed was the same unchanging interface.

"Looks like this Pokémon System isn't as intelligent as I imagined."

Lin Huo complained about the system. Left with no alternative, he could only turn his attention to the other parts of the interface.

"?"

As his gaze traveled line by line through the displayed information, Lin Huo's attention quickly settled on the question mark beside Charmander and Bulbasaur.

"A question mark? What does this question mark mean? Since these two Pokémon are my Martial Souls, could this question mark give me a third Martial Soul?"

The interface was dead. No matter how Lin Huo questioned it, he could not receive an answer.

Combined with how little information he had at hand, Lin Huo could only temporarily set the matter aside and continue looking down the interface.

The entries for attributes, abilities, and levels were all utterly ordinary. What existed was listed, and what did not was absent.

However, when Lin Huo's gaze reached the moves section, an instinctive expletive burst from his mouth.

"Holy shit! The starter Pokémon actually have inherited moves! Did a wizard friend give these to them?!"

So-called inherited moves were moves passed down when either of a Pokémon's parents possessed certain moves during breeding.

The next generation of Pokémon hatched from the egg would naturally learn some moves they normally would not have.

Normally, starter Pokémon did not have inherited moves.

Although Lin Huo did not know why the Pokémon Martial Souls given by the system possessed inherited moves.

Since such a good thing was already placed before him, there was no need to investigate it too deeply.

Overjoyed, Lin Huo focused all his attention on those four moves.

Belly Drum, Dragon Tail, Toxic, and Ingrain—without exception, all four were extremely sinister strategic moves.

The moment he thought of their powerful effects, Lin Huo's heart burned with excitement.

If these varied Pokémon moves could be used, wouldn't that mean he naturally possessed countless powerful extra soul skills compared to other soul masters?

Amid his excitement, Lin Huo seemed to think of something. He quickly walked outside and searched the area again, not even sparing the thatch on the roof or the woodpile in the yard.

Only after confirming that no one could possibly be watching him did Lin Huo return to the room at ease, preparing to test the various effects of the moves innate to his Pokémon Martial Souls.