Martial Soul: Scarlet Flame Lion, Contract Beast: Zhu Zhuqing?
Douluo Continent...
The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest!
At that moment, a blazing fire suddenly erupted in the forest, which had seemed peaceful but was in fact filled with hidden threats, accompanied by an angry roar.
"Go, Scarlet Flame Lion!"
"Roar-!!"
In an instant, at the young man's command, the miniature lion, originally only the size of a palm, suddenly radiated scorching golden light and let out a deep, powerful roar.
The two Yellow Soul Rings beneath the young man's feet merged into one, then condensed into a reddish-orange Heaven-Breaking Stone.
The miniature lion sprang up and charged toward a Thousand-Year Soul Beast not far away: a Thick-Armored Lie Yan Lion wreathed in flames and covered from head to toe in armor!
The Thick-Armored Lie Yan Lion watched the little lion charging toward it, paying it no mind at first.
But to its utter surprise, the Heaven-Breaking Stone Tianyu had condensed shot out and lodged precisely in the little lion's forehead. In an instant, golden light burst forth, too dazzling to look at directly!
What appeared next was the true combat form of Tianyu's External Martial Soul-the Scarlet Flame Lion.
The Scarlet Flame Lion stood over two zhang tall, its flaming red mane billowing in the wind like fire, its body encased in gold-and-white armor.
Not only that, the Scarlet Flame Lion's claws were incomparably sharp and glowed blood-red. The red Heaven-Breaking Stone Tianyu had condensed was embedded in its forehead.
The Scarlet Flame Lion radiated brilliant golden light from head to toe. With its terrifying explosive power, it moved in a single flash of gold.
The Thick-Armored Lie Yan Lion, which had looked down on it moments before, was in for it now. With an explosive bang, its heavy armor was easily ripped apart by the Scarlet Flame Lion's claws.
Even its proud flames had no power to resist the Scarlet Flame Lion's terrifying pressure. Before long, they began to flicker weakly.
"Well done, Scarlet Flame Lion!"
"As expected of a Golden Divine Soul, one of the Three Divine Souls!"
A short distance away, the young man admiring the Scarlet Flame Lion's relentless assault as it trounced the Thousand-Year Soul Beast like a helpless vegetable was named Tianyu-a transmigrator.
Tianyu was now the same age as Tang San, having just turned twelve that year. But unlike Tang San, who had the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record as a cheat, it was a different story for him.
Tianyu had no obvious golden finger. Fortunately, over the years, through his own efforts and his knowledge of the future plot, he had bought plenty of hundred-year-old Whale Rubber, which was used only as an aphrodisiac during Douluo I.
Thanks to that, Tianyu had taken drugs along the way and absorbed Soul Rings beyond his level, allowing him to overtake Third Son at the age of twelve and break through to become a level-thirty Quasi-Soul Elder!
That was why he had come to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest today to hunt for his third Soul Ring.
After spending half a month searching, Tianyu had finally found this fire-attribute lion Soul Beast, which suited him perfectly.
It was worth mentioning that, according to one theoretical mastur's theory about the maximum age of a Soul Ring a Soul Master could absorb,
An ordinary level-thirty Quasi-Soul Elder could absorb a Soul Ring of around 1,760 years at most. Yet judging by the patterns on the armor of the Thousand-Year Soul Beast being savagely beaten before Tianyu, it was probably already over 3,000 years old.
"An Armored Lie Yan Lion with a Soul Ring close to 3,800 years old. I hope the third Soul Skill you bring me won't disappoint."
Tianyu sighed deeply and thought expectantly.
After a while, the sound of armor shattering rang out, followed by a mournful cry of pain.
The Thousand-Year Soul Beast was brutally killed on the spot before the Scarlet Flame Lion even needed to unleash its ultimate move, Cross Shockwave.
In an instant, a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring radiating powerful Soul Power fluctuations slowly emerged from the Thick-Armored Lie Yan Lion's mutilated body.
At the sight, Tianyu was overjoyed. Even the Scarlet Flame Lion couldn't help roaring at the sky, releasing Soul Power pressure now comparable to that of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Once, when Tianyu was six, Su Yuntao of Spirit Hall, the man known as the King of God Conferment, had called it a mere Trash Martial Soul.
Today, it had finally unleashed a brilliance never seen before...
It was worth mentioning that Tianyu had Innate Full Soul Power. It was just that when his Martial Soul had first awakened, the Scarlet Flame Lion had been in its miniature form.
Otherwise, no matter how blind the Blind God King was, he wouldn't have called the Scarlet Flame Lion a Trash Martial Soul!
First Soul Skill: Fire Nurtures the Blazing Sun!
At a thought from Tianyu, the red Heaven-Breaking Stone embedded in the Scarlet Flame Lion's forehead suddenly gave off a warm yellow glow.
In less than three breaths, the Scarlet Flame Lion swallowed the raging flames that had nearly caused a forest fire in a single gulp, then let out a burp.
Scarlet Flame Lion: "Burp~"
"As the saying goes, set the mountains on fire and rot in prison. Better put the fire out properly first." As a transmigrator, Tianyu still had some bottom lines.
"Come back, Scarlet Flame Lion."
With a plop, the Heaven-Breaking Stone on its forehead vanished, turning into a mass of Soul Power that dispersed.
The Scarlet Flame Lion, majestic and imposing just moments before, rapidly shrank amid a ball of light. Before long, it had returned to its palm-sized miniature form.
Compared to the Scarlet Flame Lion in the original work, Tianyu's Martial Soul possessed little intelligence. It remained adorably dopey and looked extremely cute.
As for the Heaven-Breaking Stone, not long after it dispersed, it reformed beneath Tianyu's feet as two hundred-year Yellow Soul Rings.
"I can finally break through and become a Soul Elder. I can hardly wait."
"I just don't know what my third Soul Skill will be. I hope I get my wish and become a close-combat mage!"
Back when Tianyu's Martial Soul had awakened as the Scarlet Flame Lion, one of the Three Divine Souls, at the age of six, he had actually been a little disappointed as well as excited.
After all, deep down, he longed for a close-quarters brawl where every punch struck flesh. Otherwise, Tianyu wouldn't have aspired to become a professional boxer in his previous life.
Most importantly, hiding behind his Contract Beast, the Scarlet Flame Lion, and acting as a summoner had never been Tianyu's style.
Fortunately, Tianyu wasn't about to sit around waiting for death. Thus, besides enhancing the Scarlet Flame Lion's abilities, his first three Soul Rings were meant to offer him a chance at close combat.
Looking at the thousand-year purple Soul Ring floating slowly before him, Tianyu clenched his fist, determination in his eyes. The Divine Soul presence of the Scarlet Flame Lion in its combat form still lingered.
The surrounding Soul Beasts probably didn't dare come near because of it. For that very reason, Tianyu had to hurry and absorb the Soul Ring.
Just as Tianyu was preparing to steady his breathing, focus his mind, and sit cross-legged before the Thousand-Year Soul Ring to absorb it in earnest,
An unexpected change suddenly occurred!
There came a series of light footsteps and the clang of colliding daggers. Tianyu whipped around and looked closely, instantly seeing the truth.
The first thing to catch his eye was a catgirl in a skintight purple-black outfit, with a graceful, curvaceous figure, skin as fair as jade, and bright, beautiful eyes.
Behind the catgirl followed a group of people in black who were clearly pursuing her to kill her. Yet despite the chase, they didn't seem to be going for the kill.
"No way... could she be...?"
Tianyu sucked in a sharp breath. Then, with a sudden ding in his mind, a curious scene appeared!
Ding-
[Detected the aloof goddess Zhu Zhuqing. Would you like to make her your Contract Beast?!] [Yes!] [No!]