"A healing-type Soul Master!"
Big Bai, Bai Haoze, did not even stop to put on shoes. Bare-legged, he scooped up Li Zha and sprinted away.
Bai Haoze glanced at Li Zha's right hand. Large patches of muscle had been raggedly stripped away, blood drenched the arm, and even the stark white bone lay exposed.
"You little... even your nerves are going to die!"
Bai Zhicen followed behind and nearly fainted at the sight.
Fortunately, this was the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. Although it lacked a top-tier healing-type Soul Master like Shrek Academy's Holy Spirit Douluo, Ya Li, it still had healers at the Titled Douluo level.
Bai Haoze raced into a treatment room with Li Zha in his arms. A level 92 healing-type Soul Master with the title Rejuvenation happened to be inside.
"Rejuvenation Douluo, thank goodness you're here! Please save him!"
The female Soul Master titled Rejuvenation Douluo took one look, and her gaze sharpened.
"How did he end up like this?"
"This child's entire family was slaughtered by Evil Soul Masters. He couldn't bear it, and..."
"Ah..." Rejuvenation Douluo sighed. "Put him down, quickly. I'll handle it."
Bai Haoze laid Li Zha down. He had already passed out from blood loss.
A black Soul Ring rose beneath Rejuvenation Douluo's feet, and lush green light brimming with vitality enveloped Li Zha.
The bleeding from Li Zha's mangled arm stopped at once. Scabs formed over the wounds at astonishing speed, and then the flesh began to grow back slowly.
Soon,
the nerves in his arm recovered,
and flesh covered the wounds, wrapping around the stark white bones.
Once the muscles had regrown and the skin had healed,
his slashed arm was restored to its original state.
"Hm?"
Rejuvenation Douluo was inwardly astonished.
"This child hasn't awakened his Martial Soul yet, has he?"
Bai Haoze nodded.
Rejuvenation Douluo exclaimed in surprise,
"Then that's extraordinary. Healing his wounds actually consumed more Soul Power than healing a Soul Elder!"
Big Bai and Xiao Bai exchanged astonished looks.
That meant,
Li Zha's body was so brimming with energy that, even before his Martial Soul Awakening, he could rival a three-ring Soul Elder?!
"All done." Rejuvenation Douluo ended her Soul Skill. "Such an unfortunate child, too. Take him back to rest."
Bai Haoze nodded and carried Li Zha back to his room.
The two siblings rested Li Zha's head on their laps, their identical little faces scrunched up.
"Great, just great. Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix is going to scold us to death when she finds out!"
"We're done for, utterly done for! We're both definitely dead this time!"
The two siblings looked at Li Zha and lamented their plight.
You've really landed us in trouble!
Meanwhile,
the unconscious Li Zha suddenly discovered a mass of memories appearing in his mind.
Earth... Douluo... Dragon King Legend...
So I'm a transmigrator. But why are my memories only unlocking now?
Whoa, what am I touching? It's so soft.
Li Zha opened his eyes and found four creamy-white mounds before him.
The back of his head was nestled against something soft and springy, too.
"Oh, you're awake already?"
Big Bai and Xiao Bai looked at Li Zha, their brows slightly furrowed.
"Li Zha, if you're hurting inside, you have to tell us from now on..."
Li Zha rose.
"Sorry. It won't happen again."
"Hm?"
Big Bai and Xiao Bai looked at Li Zha in surprise.
They felt as though Li Zha had become a different person in an instant.
Li Zha sat up and rubbed his forehead.
The memories of this life rapidly merged with those of his previous life.
And both were real.
Both were him.
His parents and his entire village had been slaughtered by Evil Soul Masters. The grief was as clear as knife marks carved into stone, but with his past-life memories awakened, Li Zha's mind had become harder obsidian, and the scratches left by those memories immediately grew much shallower.
So I've become Leng Yaozhu's disciple? Not a bad start.
As a fan of the Douluo novels, Li Zha naturally knew the storyline of Dragon King Legend.
But right now,
he did not know where he was on the timeline.
At the very least, it probably was not during the battle against the Abyss.
Li Zha examined himself. After integrating his memories, the first thing he noticed was that his body in this life was far from ordinary.
I can use Soul Power before awakening?
Lotus Dharma Body, flames... that seems to remind me of a certain someone.
Just then,
a panel opened in Li Zha's mind.
[Detected: host has cut off his flesh to return it to his father!] [Congratulations on unlocking the Karma Fire System!] [This system's functions are simple and brutal. No finesse required.] [Kill Soul Masters and Soul Beasts burdened with heavy karmic fire to obtain the divine abilities, spells, and treasures of Nezha, the Great God of the Three Altars and the Ocean Assembly!] [Now, host, please recite our slogan: I just fucking want to see rivers of blood!] [Recite the slogan to activate the system!]
Holy shit...
It's that badass?!
Excitement surged through Li Zha. The Great God of the Three Altars and the Ocean Assembly was a top enforcer even in the Heavenly Court-a double-flowered red pole, renowned for his slaughter.
Let alone here in the Douluo World!
Even Divine King Tang would face one-to-nine odds against Nezha: getting instantly killed nine times in one minute!
Obtaining divine abilities and treasures through slaughter-Li Zha was very pleased with this system.
Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered his entire village. If he failed to avenge them, he would have lived both lives in vain!
But isn't this slogan way too embarrassing?
Whatever...
"I just fucking want to see rivers of blood!"
Li Zha roared, and the panel in his mind immediately stabilized completely.
However,
seeing Li Zha like this, Big Bai and Xiao Bai immediately felt a terrible premonition rising in their hearts.
Bai Zhicen said solemnly,
"Big sister, we can't trust this kid anymore. We have to sleep with him!"
Bai Haoze nodded. "Agreed. We have to follow him even when he goes to the bathroom!"
Li Zha: "..."
You don't think that's a punishment, do you?
"Big Sister Bai, Little Sister Bai, I really won't do it again. I've thought it through. Our bodies, hair, and skin are gifts from our parents."
"I'm the last memento my parents left in this world. I won't do anything to hurt myself again."
Bai Haoze blinked his beautiful eyes, surprised that Li Zha could grasp something like that at his age.
"Mm... then we'll compromise and keep watch over you in the living room."
Li Zha reluctantly agreed. "Thank you both for looking after me. Please don't tell Teacher about what happened today. As long as we all keep our mouths shut, everyone's safe."
Big Bai and Xiao Bai exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.
They were the ones most afraid. If Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix learned that something had gone wrong with Li Zha, she would beat them to death.
Bai Haoze took out a piece of whale rubber, a shark pearl, and a large pile of meat from various rare Soul Beasts.
"These are the things Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix instructed us to provide. Although you haven't awakened your Martial Soul, your body has already begun using Soul Power."
"Your energy expenditure is nothing like an ordinary child's, so you need more energy replenishment."
Bai Haoze stroked Li Zha's forehead.
"Do your best. Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix said your Martial Soul might break every record in the Spirit Pagoda's history, and even rival that of its founder, Spirit Ice Douluo!"
"So spend the remaining six months building up your body and preparing for your Martial Soul Awakening."
Li Zha nodded.
Under Big Bai and Xiao Bai's supervision, his not-yet-six-year-old body enjoyed large quantities of high-energy food every day, and his physique developed rapidly.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
By the day Li Zha turned six, he had already surpassed 150 centimeters in height.
He towered over other children his age.
And that day,
was also the day of Li Zha's Martial Soul Awakening.
Early that morning, Big Bai and Xiao Bai knocked on his door, unable to wait any longer.
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