Soul Skill Demonstration, the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul Exposed, Mu Sheng Explains Body Martial Souls! (A 3,000-Character Chapter)

Tang Ya turned to look at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm floating beside Huo Yuhao and sized him up, a clear note of disdain in her voice:

"My ten-thousand-year Wisdom Soul Ring has two Soul Skills. I thought a million-year Wisdom Soul Ring would have at least six. How come it only has four?"

The moment the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm heard that, his round body puffed up in anger, and he pointed a stubby claw at Tang Ya:

"Little girl, what do you know? Do you have any idea how powerful and rare the four Soul Skills I gave Huo Yuhao are? How can the Soul Skills from a million-year Wisdom Soul Ring be compared to those from an ordinary Soul Ring? One of mine is worth ten of yours!"

Tang Ya curled her lip and folded her arms. "Pfft. Just four Soul Skills? How powerful and rare could they be?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm blew up on the spot. He floated in front of Huo Yuhao and waved a stubby claw:

"Yuhao! Show them what I can do! Let them see just how much a million-year Wisdom Soul Ring is worth!"

When Tang Ya saw this, the corners of her mouth quietly curled up. She took half a step back without showing it, leaned close to Mu Sheng's ear, and lowered her voice, her tone full of triumph:

"Brother Sheng, wasn't I brilliant? I got Tian Meng to reveal his Soul Skills in just a few words. Now he's rushing to show them off himself."

The corner of Mu Sheng's mouth twitched. He looked down at Tang Ya and played along with Xiao Ya:

"As expected of my Xiao Ya. You're amazing."

Then he gently flicked Tang Ya on the forehead and teased:

"But Xiao Ya, did you forget what my Martial Soul can do? Did you even need to fish it out of him?"

Tang Ya froze, then realized what he meant. She covered her forehead with an "Oh!" and muttered:

"That's right. Brother Sheng's Shendu Martial Soul could already see through all this. Didn't I just go to all that trouble for nothing?"

Mu Sheng rubbed her head. "It wasn't for nothing. Now that you've gotten it out of him, everyone can see it for themselves. It saves me the trouble of explaining."

While the two whispered to each other, Huo Yuhao had finished preparing. He took a deep breath, activated his Soul Power, and released the first and second Soul Skills of his First Soul Ring at the same time.

"Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing."

Spiritual power spread out from between Huo Yuhao's brows, expanding in all directions like an invisible net. In the blink of an eye, it covered a hundred-meter radius.

A clear, three-dimensional perceptual map flooded into Qian Renxue and Tang Ya's minds at the same time. The position of every tree, the shape of every stone, the paths of insects and ants crawling underground, and the direction of Soul Power flowing through the air were all crystal clear.

After releasing his Soul Skills, Huo Yuhao explained:

"Spiritual Detection can cover a hundred-meter radius, with enough precision to pick up vital signs and fluctuations in Soul Power. As long as something is within that range, nothing can escape my perception.

"Spiritual Sharing can share the information I detect with multiple targets at once. What you're seeing now is everything I've detected."

After hearing Huo Yuhao's explanation, Qian Renxue sucked in a breath and cried out in surprise:

"It detects all the vital signs and Soul Power fluctuations within a hundred-meter radius? And you can share it with several people at once? On a battlefield, that would be like giving everyone on our side a heavenly eye. There'd be nowhere for the enemy to hide!"

People in the world of Douluo I and the animated world of Douluo II also exclaimed in amazement.

"A hundred-meter radius! I'd be doing well if my spiritual power could cover ten meters, but he starts at a hundred!"

"He can share it with several people too? In a team fight, it'd be like the whole team had a wallhack. Who could stand against that?"

But after their initial amazement, quite a few people began to murmur.

"Wait, how did he release a Soul Skill without summoning his Martial Soul?"

"Yeah! I have to summon my Martial Soul every time I use a Soul Skill. How did he do it as soon as his Soul Ring lit up?"

"What Martial Soul does that kid have, anyway? Why can't we even see its spectral form?"

Under the tree at the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En sat in his wheelchair, watching Huo Yuhao demonstrate his Soul Skills on the sky screen. His aged eyes lit up at first, then dimmed somewhat.

Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing were indeed a perfect match for his King's Landing. Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao was a support-type spiritual-system Soul Master.

No matter how strong a support-system Soul Master was, he was no match for a Power Attack System Battle Soul Master in the end!

If this kid were a Power Attack System Battle Soul Master, with those two support Soul Skills on top of that, I could take him as my disciple, and Shrek would truly have someone to carry on its legacy.

What a pity, what a pity!!

If only I were the Mu En from the other world. Then I wouldn't have so many worries!!

In the sky-screen scene, after Qian Renxue finished exclaiming in amazement, she carefully examined the three-dimensional perceptual map brought by Spiritual Sharing. Suddenly, she noticed that there was nothing beside Huo Yuhao, not even the spectral form of a Martial Soul.

She turned to Huo Yuhao and asked in confusion, "Xiao Hao, where's your Martial Soul? Did you release your Soul Skills without summoning it?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head in confusion and scratched his cheek:

"I don't know how it works either. My Martial Soul is rather special-it's my eyes. As soon as I activate my Soul Power and my Soul Ring lights up, I can release my Soul Skills directly."

Tang Ya froze for a moment and looked Huo Yuhao up and down. "An eye Martial Soul? Wouldn't that be a Body Martial Soul?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up at once. He hurriedly stepped forward. "Sister Tang Ya, do you know what my Martial Soul is? Can you tell me?"

Qian Renxue's interest was piqued as well, and she urged, "What's a Body Martial Soul? Tang Ya, tell us."

Tang Ya smiled sheepishly and said:

"All I know is that a Body Martial Soul is a Martial Soul that's part of your own body, like your eyes, hands, or bones. I don't know anything else."

At that, Tang Ya turned to Mu Sheng and said with a grin:

"But Brother Sheng must know."

She tugged at Mu Sheng's sleeve and looked up at him. "Brother Sheng, please explain it to us."

The others beside them and the viewers beneath the sky screen also looked at Mu Sheng, waiting for him to clear up their confusion.

Mu Sheng looked at the curious faces around him and cleared his throat. He crouched down, casually picked up a twig, and made a couple of strokes on the ground:

"Children, since you're all so eager to learn, I'll give you a proper explanation of Body Martial Souls."

The three people and the beast all gathered around him. Huo Yuhao produced a little notebook from somewhere and prepared to take notes with a serious expression.

"The Martial Souls you usually see are either Beast Martial Souls, which people fight with using Martial Soul Possession, or Tool Martial Souls, which they manifest to fight. But Body Martial Souls are different..."

Mu Sheng drew a person on the ground with the twig and marked a point on the figure.

"The Martial Soul is a part of the Soul Master's own body. Eyes, arms, the heart, and bones can all become Martial Souls. The Martial Soul and the physical body become one-that's a Body Martial Soul."

"Body Martial Souls have a very distinctive feature. There's no need to manifest the Martial Soul separately. When it's activated, usually only the corresponding body part changes, making it very hard to detect."

In the world of Douluo I, the people beneath the sky screen were shocked.

"So that's it. That's what a Body Martial Soul is! I just wonder whether a Body Martial Soul is good or bad."

"A Martial Soul that's part of your body? That sounds unusual, but if the Martial Soul is your heart or your bones, wouldn't damaging your Martial Soul in a fight be the same as injuring yourself?"

"There are pros and cons, I suppose. You can release Soul Skills without summoning your Martial Soul, so you can attack quickly. But if your Martial Soul is damaged, you'd probably be crippled too."

In the sky-screen scene.

Mu Sheng looked at the three people and one insect sitting obediently before him, listening to his lesson:

"Did you understand? If you have any questions, ask."

Huo Yuhao was the first to raise his hand, leaning forward eagerly:

"Brother Sheng, where do Body Martial Souls come from? Are they the result of mutation?"

Mu Sheng nodded:

"That's right. A Body Martial Soul is itself a kind of Mutated Martial Soul. Normally, a Martial Soul is determined by both parents."

"For example, if the father's Martial Soul is a tiger and the mother's is a cat, then under normal circumstances, the child's Martial Soul will awaken as either a tiger or a cat. There's also a certain chance of Twin Martial Souls, with both the tiger and the cat."

When Huo Yuhao heard the words "tiger" and "cat," his heart gave a sudden jolt. His fingers unconsciously tightened around his notebook, and his head buzzed.

The tiger: the Duke's Mansion's Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul. The cat: the Zhu Family's Nether Civet Martial Soul.

Brother Sheng deliberately emphasized the cat and the tiger. Could he know about me?

But on second thought, Brother Sheng knew astronomy above and geography below. He knew everything, so it was only natural that he would know about Yuhao's origins.

Huo Yuhao secretly glanced up at Mu Sheng. Seeing that Mu Sheng's expression was normal and his tone calm, he thought it looked like Mu Sheng probably wouldn't meddle in his affairs.

Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, but he also felt an indescribable sense of loss.

Mu Sheng didn't stop because of Huo Yuhao's strange reaction. He continued:

"Mutated Martial Souls, however, aren't so predictable. Mutations are divided into beneficial and harmful ones."

"For example, I underwent a beneficial mutation, from a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to a Radiant Sacred Dragon. The quality of my Martial Soul improved greatly, and it also retained its original foundation of the lightning attribute. That's a beneficial mutation."

When Qian Renxue heard this, she couldn't help glancing at Mu Sheng and marveling inwardly:

So the Radiant Sacred Dragon was a mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. It seems the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon truly deserves its reputation as the number one Beast Martial Soul!

"But a beneficial mutation can also turn harmful."

Mu Sheng changed tack. "Take Yu Xiaogang, Sea God Tang San's teacher from ten thousand years ago. His mutation went from beneficial to harmful."

"His Martial Soul mutated from a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. It originally had a chance to become a Radiant Sacred Dragon or a Golden Sacred Dragon, but because his physical foundation was too poor and his innate Soul Power was deficient, it ultimately became a Pig Luo that could do nothing but fart.

"It became a Trash Martial Soul with an innate Soul Power of half a level."