System Awakening, Behemoth

Hearing the mechanical female voice in his mind, Ye Xunhuan felt as though it wasn't real.

Six years!

Six freaking years!

Do you know how I spent those six years?!

Other transmigrators got systems the moment they arrived, or their cheat was an old man in a ring.

Only he had gotten nothing until the age of six, and had even suffered the massacre of his entire family.

But none of that mattered anymore. Since it was called the Godhood System, as long as he developed according to its guidance, becoming a god in the future was a certainty. When the time came, reviving his parents and ascending to the Divine Realm with them would be effortless.

Suppressing the corners of his mouth from rising, Ye Xunhuan greedily absorbed the endless stream of soul power coming from Ling Yuan.

"Ding! Detected that the host is awakening a martial soul. Reward: Beginner Gift Pack, Martial Soul Evolution Agent x1."

Use it!

Ye Xunhuan silently commanded in his heart.

The next second, the faint aura around Ye Xunhuan began rising steadily.

"Roar!!!"

A roar that resembled both a bear and a lion rang through the entire sub-hall, drawing many gazes toward the Awakening Hall.

The children who had just awakened their martial souls and had not gone far shuddered. Those who had awakened beast martial souls even dropped to the ground one after another, as if some great terror inside the hall were suppressing their martial souls.

Even Ling Yuan, a Soul Douluo with a top-tier martial soul, could not help frowning tightly.

Her martial soul, the Blazing Spirit Kite, was not merely top-tier—it also carried a trace of phoenix bloodline.

Even an ordinary super martial soul could not possibly create such pressure across such a vast gap in cultivation.

And the speed at which Xunhuan was absorbing soul power...

Ling Yuan felt as if Ye Xunhuan had become a bottomless pit. Once her soul power entered his body, it vanished like a mud cow sinking into the sea, impossible to fill no matter how much she gave.

Unbelievable!

After roughly three minutes, the absorption of soul power gradually drew to an end. Ye Xunhuan had grown by more than half a meter, and his skin had been plated in dark gold.

With a thought, a towering upright beast more than ten meters tall abruptly appeared behind him.

It resembled a fusion of a giant bear and a mighty lion. Its body was covered in hard, molten-gold mane, its bulging muscles piled like mountains, and its five-clawed paws gleamed with chilling light. Its fangs protruded from its mouth, dragon-slaying baleful energy filled the air, and golden flames rose from its body.

"What a dense aura of ultimate metal and ultimate strength. This... this is a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear? A martial soul mutation?" Ling Yuan's lips parted slightly, her cherry-red mouth wide enough to fit an egg.

Martial soul mutations were not uncommon on the continent, but mutations that resulted in a martial soul as powerful as a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear were truly rare.

Most martial soul mutations developed in a worse direction. Only a tiny number of soul masters favored by heaven could awaken martial souls with beneficial mutations.

According to the historical records currently known, super soul beasts like the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear possessed their own pride in their bloodline and would not allow themselves to appear as martial souls in soul masters.

They normally appeared only in weakened forms, such as Dark-Gold Bears or Terrorclaw Bears.

Feeling the surging power within his body, Ye Xunhuan was deeply astonished.

The Martial Soul Evolution Agent had worked far beyond his expectations.

He came from Golden Bear Village. Though his parents had been ordinary people, many bear-type martial soul masters had appeared among his ancestors, so awakening a bear-type martial soul would not have been unusual.

He had thought that the Martial Soul Evolution Agent would mutate his martial soul into the complete form of a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear. He had not expected the system to give him the ancestor of the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear instead.

With another thought, the terrifying giant beast phantom behind him slowly withdrew. The golden flames receded like a tide, and the dragon-slaying baleful energy dispersed completely.

The beast phantom shrank to around three meters, but its formidable aura barely diminished.

The dark-golden hue on his skin faded as well, while Ye Xunhuan's height underwent an earth-shaking change.

After awakening his martial soul, Ye Xunhuan's bones had fully developed. He shot up to 1.6 meters tall, his head now reaching Ling Yuan's chest.

He also looked far more energetic than before, with much healthier color in his face.

The oppressive feeling in the Awakening Hall vanished completely. Only then did the children sprawled on the ground dare lift their heads, fleeing one by one with terror written across their faces.

"Big Sister, my martial soul isn't a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear." Ye Xunhuan turned around and looked up at Ling Yuan with a serious expression.

She bent slightly, meeting his gaze at eye level. Her purple eyes were filled with scrutiny. "Not a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear? Are you sure? That form just now, that aura, it clearly was..."

"The Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear does indeed look very similar to it." Ye Xunhuan nodded and gestured with his little hand. "But look, Big Sister. Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bears are bear-type soul beasts that walk on all fours, but my martial soul walks upright."

Ling Yuan froze.

Though the giant beast phantom had appeared only briefly, she had seen it clearly—it stood upright, like a humanoid giant beast. When it dropped onto all fours, it instead seemed to be lowering itself.

That was indeed entirely different from a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

"Also, Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bears have five claws. My martial soul also has five gigantic claws, yes, but did you notice that each claw has a forked secondary claw at its base?"

As Ye Xunhuan spoke, he activated a trace of soul power again, briefly manifesting the beast phantom for half a breath.

Ling Yuan narrowed her eyes and inspected it closely. Sure enough, a short, sharp secondary claw grew from the base of every finger claw, shaped like a barb. This was a feature the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear did not possess.

"This..." Ling Yuan sharply inhaled.

Ye Xunhuan withdrew his soul power and continued explaining. "The Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear is one branch of its descendants. Its nickname is the Dragon-Rending Skybreaker—the Behemoth."

Behemoth. Ling Yuan's pupils suddenly constricted.

It was not a name she had never heard before.

The Archive Pavilion of Spirit Hall contained countless soul beast illustrations and ancient legends. One damaged ancient tome recorded a primordial vicious beast—the Behemoth.

Legend had it that Behemoths were not native creatures of Douluo Continent, but came from another plane, where they had waged a prolonged war with the Ancient Dragon Tribe.

Behemoths who cultivated their bloodline to its highest level possessed supreme power, even capable of standing against the Dragon God, the strongest figure in Dragon Clan legend.

But that was merely a legend. Since human soul masters began keeping records, no one had ever possessed a Behemoth as their martial soul.

Even the dragon-type soul beasts recorded in ancient texts were rarely awakened by anyone.

Most soul masters awakened branches of these two categories of soul beasts, such as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Scaled Earth Dragon, Dark-Gold Bear, Earth Bear, and so on.

"How do you know all this?" Ling Yuan's throat tightened as she tried to calm her voice.

Ye Xunhuan tilted his head, his tone serious. "My martial soul told me."

In truth, even if his martial soul had not told him, he could have guessed most of it.

The Golden-Bloodline Behemoth summoned by Qian Lei's Money Coin martial soul in Soul Land 4 was identical to his own martial soul. If there was any difference, it was that the one Qian Lei summoned possessed a stronger bloodline.

Ling Yuan was slightly stunned before understanding dawned on her.

Of course. A legendary martial soul like the Behemoth, whose quality might not even lose to the Six-Winged Angel martial soul of the High Priest's lineage, could naturally provide its awakener with basic information.

After giving Ye Xunhuan two complicated looks, Ling Yuan took a crystal ball from her storage Soul Tool.

"Xunhuan, put your hand on it. Big Sister will test your soul power."

Ye Xunhuan did as instructed. An indescribably profound sensation flowed from the crystal ball.

"Bang!"

As soul power poured in, the crystal ball erupted with dazzling light.

"Innate Full Soul Power! Just as I thought!" Though Ling Yuan had already guessed the result, she still cried out in surprise when it truly appeared before her eyes.

Ye Xunhuan did not feel much about it. Having read the original work thoroughly, he knew that even the Radiant Dark Dragon, which was only half a level higher than the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, awakened with Innate Full Soul Power.

Much less a martial soul like the Behemoth, whose capabilities far surpassed those of the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

In terms of bloodline alone, only ordinary Behemoth blood flowed through Ye Xunhuan's body at present. While it was indeed stronger than that of ordinary true dragons and Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bears, it still lagged behind Di Tian, who possessed the Dragon King bloodline, and Xiong Jun, who contained a trace of golden bloodline.

Ling Yuan, however, was extremely excited. In the past century, only nineteen soul masters with Innate Full Soul Power had been recorded.

Every one of those nineteen had been a peerless prodigy nurtured with all the resources of major powers. Some had achieved the title of Douluo at an early age, while others were making names for themselves across the continent.

Heh heh heh!

Such an outstanding seedling had to be brought into Spirit Hall!