"I finally made it!"
Outside the outer hall of Spirit Hall, a little boy who looked six or seven gazed at the entrance and sighed.
Perhaps because of his journey, his little face was grimy, leaving him looking rather bedraggled.
His name was Zhao Su, and he had not originally belonged to the Douluo World.
He had transmigrated here from the modern world.
He had always been a Douluo fan and had been watching the newly released Douluo anime.
Tang San, with all his cheats and hypocrisy, had sickened him beyond belief.
He had thought that if he could transmigrate to the Douluo World, he would definitely become a great villain and beat Tang San to a pulp.
Perhaps the heavens had heard his thoughts.
And so he had transmigrated.
[Ding! Host's arrival at Spirit Hall detected!] [Destined Archvillain System awakening initiated...] [Congratulations! Host has received a beginner's gift pack:] [Restricted Martial Soul ×1, Soul-Devouring Silver Needle ×1, Soul Saint Pill ×1] [Issuing system mission...] [Awaken your martial soul and become Pope Bibi Dong's disciple.] [Success reward: Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring ×1!] [Failure reward: System collapse; reduced to a beggar for life.]
Hearing that comforting voice, Zhao Su's lips curled into a smile.
His system had finally arrived. It seemed his decision to come to Spirit Hall had been right.
"A Soul Saint Pill? What's that?"
"Could it turn me straight into a Soul Saint?" The more Zhao Su thought about it, the brighter his smile grew.
Without giving it any more thought, he hurriedly took out the Soul Saint Pill and swallowed it without hesitation.
Yet after he swallowed it, nothing changed.
Just as Zhao Su began to feel disappointed, the system's voice rang out again:
[Congratulations! Host has obtained a Soul Saint-level physique!] [Powerful martial souls and soul rings beyond the normal age limit both require a powerful body to withstand them!]
"Get lost, you filthy beggar! Don't block the way!"
While Zhao Su stared blankly at the text that had appeared on the system interface, an overbearing voice came from behind him.
Zhao Su turned toward the voice and saw seven children, led by a little girl.
"Spirit Hall's Golden Generation?"
"What are you looking at? You asking for a beating?"
A boy dressed in white among the seven glared at Zhao Su, who was sizing them up.
He raised his fist and moved to strike Zhao Su, without distinguishing right from wrong or even asking what had happened.
"Li Kai, don't cause trouble!"
The little girl called out, stopping Li Kai as he charged toward Zhao Su.
Her voice was cold and aloof. Without so much as glancing at Zhao Su, she turned and entered the hall, which had not yet opened.
"So this is Spirit Hall's Golden Generation? Not bad. That's exactly how villains should act-overbearing!"
Hu Liena, in particular, was even prettier than her animated counterpart.
Her demon fox martial soul gave her an innate touch of allure that captivated others.
At that moment, a silver needle lay quietly in Zhao Su's palm-the Soul-Devouring Needle!
It was coated in a deadly poison. Anyone below level forty who was pricked would have their throat sealed the instant blood was drawn.
Hu Liena had unwittingly saved Li Kai's life.
That alone made it clear that a villain needed strength to deserve the name and act overbearing. Otherwise, they were nothing but cannon fodder.
Soon, someone emerged from the hall and called for those waiting outside to awaken their martial souls to enter and prepare.
Including Zhao Su, there were roughly thirty-odd children. Aside from him, every child had come accompanied by an elder from their family.
Once they entered the hall, they found nearly a hundred children already undergoing martial soul awakening.
These children belonged to the major sects or came from within Spirit Hall itself.
They all had priority.
The core members of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation, along with all the promising candidates, were here.
Spirit Hall had arranged for them to undergo martial soul awakening alongside commoners.
Its main purpose was to display Spirit Hall's might.
After all, most of these children's parents possessed powerful martial souls, and the children were very likely to have inherited them.
"I heard Miss Qian Renxue will awaken her martial soul today too. We're in luck-we might get to see the most powerful martial soul in the world!"
Not long after Zhao Su and the others entered the hall, they heard a discussion nearby.
"Exactly! I can hardly wait. I really want to see what the strongest martial soul looks like."
"She's here! Miss Qian Renxue is here!"
A commotion broke out nearby. Qian Renxue, dressed in a long white gown and looking like a porcelain doll, emerged under the protection of the two Titled Douluos, Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish.
Then Qian Renxue stepped onto the awakening platform.
Snake Lance Douluo personally conducted her martial soul awakening.
Six black spirit stones on the platform emitted specks of golden light.
They showered down upon Qian Renxue.
The moment the golden light entered Qian Renxue's body-
Golden radiance blazed. In an instant, a golden silhouette appeared behind Qian Renxue, then gradually took solid form.
A six-winged angel floated in midair, its body pure white, its beautiful features slightly veiled, and its whole form radiating sacred light.
Three pairs of golden wings began to take shape behind it.
The six-winged angel gently beat its wings.
All the darkness between heaven and earth seemed to be driven away, leaving only light.
An involuntary urge arose in everyone's hearts to kneel and worship the sacred angel.
"So powerful! The six-winged angel truly deserves to be called the strongest martial soul."
"So this is the six-winged angel? It's so powerful I can't even see it clearly. This is the number-one martial soul!!!"
For a moment, everyone gazed at the six-winged angel hovering behind Qian Renxue.
Every pair of eyes held reverence, and no one dared harbor the slightest irreverence toward the six-winged angel.
"Goddess, my goddess! From now on, I'll be your servant and give you everything I have!"
Someone not far from Zhao Su stared at Qian Renxue, his face filled with infatuation.
He was so excited that he looked ready to faint.
Looking at this man, who would undoubtedly have been the ultimate bootlicker back in the modern world, Zhao Su could not hold back a laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
Although Zhao Su's laughter was quiet, the two were close enough that the man still heard it.
He turned furious eyes on Zhao Su and demanded an answer.
"Nothing. I felt like laughing, so I laughed. Besides, is the six-winged angel really that strong?"
Zhao Su had not spoken loudly, but everyone's attention was fixed on the six-winged angel.
It was so quiet that even a needle dropping to the floor would have been clearly audible.
That made Zhao Su's voice carry all the farther.
For a moment, everyone's attention was drawn to Zhao Su by those words.
Everyone looked at Zhao Su as though he were an idiot, and some even wore faint sneers.
Even the two Titled Douluos, Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish, who stood guard beside Qian Renxue on the awakening platform, turned to look at Zhao Su.
Although anger showed in their eyes, neither spoke. As Titled Douluos, attacking a little child would have been far too humiliating.
By then, Qian Renxue's martial soul had fully awakened.
The golden wings of the six-winged angel martial soul behind her trembled gently, and a surge of sacred soul power swept toward Zhao Su.
[Ding! Host is in danger. Releasing a trace of soul power from the restricted martial soul!]
As the system spoke, an aura of death burst from his body.
"This aura...?"
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