Douluo Continent, Notting City Spirit Hall Branch.
Today was the annual Martial Soul Awakening Day.
Lin Li stood in line among the crowd, his heart filled with anticipation for the upcoming Martial Soul Awakening.
This was the sixth year since his reincarnation.
Lin Li’s reincarnation was a classic case: an orphan with no father or mother.
Sadly, unlike others who reincarnated into Douluo, he wasn’t picked up and raised by the Spirit Hall or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, who seemed keen on finding abandoned infants; instead, he grew up in an orphanage.
Fortunately, people in Douluo develop physically very quickly.
Once Lin Li was able to live independently, he went to a tavern in Notting City to tell stories of popular characters from his previous life, like Xiao Huohuo.
Relying on his identity as a storyteller, he soon established a normal life in Notting City, avoiding the fate of starving or being malnourished.
At the same time, he discovered that the Douluo world he had traveled to was not the novel or manga version, but the anime version.
At first, Lin Li thought he was in the novel version, but later he noticed that when Beast Soul Masters possessed their Martial Souls, they didn’t turn into beastmen like in the novel.
Instead, they had something like a dharma projection behind them.
Coupled with the fact that he had never seen Spirit Marks or Martial Soul True Body Armor—settings unique to the manga version of Douluo—he basically confirmed he was in the anime version.
The event that completely confirmed this happened about a year ago.
At that time, Lin Li was telling stories in the tavern as usual.
When he was preparing to eat after finishing, he spotted a cute little beggar.
Lin Li was a bit puzzled then; that character model clearly wasn’t for an ordinary person, yet he had no memory of her.
Just as he was reminiscing, he saw someone unexpected—Dugu Bo!
His appearance couldn’t just be called related to the anime; it was exactly the same!
But why would he appear in a place like Notting City?
After a brief moment of recollection, Lin Li remembered.
In the anime version, there was a unique setting where the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Sword Douluo Chen Xin inherited the mantle of the Asura God!
Recalling that the battle from this plotline erupted right in Notting City, Lin Li originally wanted to flee.
After all, he hadn’t even awakened his Martial Soul yet; a single stray shockwave could accidentally kill him.
Unfortunately, Spirit Hall members searching for Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong had sealed off the city, so Lin Li was unable to leave.
Luckily, he didn’t presumptuously try to befriend Dugu Bo or Chen Xin.
A battle of that level was terrifying just to think about.
After confirming this was the anime version, Lin Li also thought about how to develop next.
After all, this wasn’t like the original Douluo novel where everyone was reviled; most people in the anime version were just a bit eccentric, but not truly evil.
For example, Ning Fengzhi, who said, “He who gains the Master gains the world,” and that “Ten-Year Lonely Bamboo” Yu Xiaogang…
“Next!”
The sudden voice snapped Lin Li out of his memories.
He immediately stopped thinking and ran to the center of the awakening formation.
The one awakening the Martial Souls wasn’t Su Yuntao, but a Spirit Hall Deacon who hadn’t appeared in any version.
Lin Li didn’t even know his name.
“Don’t be afraid, I will guide you through the Martial Soul Awakening.”
The Deacon thought Lin Li’s silence was due to fear, so he offered a word of comfort before beginning the Martial Soul Awakening.
It had to be said that the lower-level members of the Spirit Hall organization were actually quite good.
Perhaps because they all came from humble backgrounds, they looked out for people like Lin Li.
Lin Li felt a strange but warm power flowing through his body.
He guessed that must be Soul Power.
From the look of it, he at least had Soul Power, so he had passed the threshold.
Then, he felt something in his right hand trying to come out.
Just as Lin Li was about to open his palm, an exclamation interrupted his movements.
“This…
what kind of Martial Soul is this?”
Lin Li was a bit confused.
He clearly hadn’t manifested his Martial Soul yet…
Could he have Twin Martial Souls?
Thinking of this possibility, Lin Li followed the Deacon’s gaze and looked behind him, then froze on the spot.
That was…
Standing behind Lin Li at that moment was a strong, tall, and strange creature.
It was over three meters tall, its body bulging with muscles.
It had no eyes, but four wings sprouted from where the eyes should have been, stretching back toward the rear of its head.
More notably, it actually had a dark gold Dharma Wheel behind its head!
“This…
this is…” Lin Li stared at his Martial Soul in a daze, the name escaping his lips: “Mahoraga!!”
Mahoraga was the strongest Shikigami from Gege Akutami’s manga Jujutsu Kaisen, full name: Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga!
This thing…
If it really was the same as he imagined, Lin Li felt he would be invincible.
Even if a God King stood before him, as long as Lin Li was given time, he could kill them!
Mahoraga’s “Adaptation” was a truly bug-like ability.
Theoretically, as long as an opponent was willing to feed it moves, Mahoraga could grow stronger without limit…
But what Lin Li didn’t know was whether Mahoraga, as his Martial Soul, would keep its Adaptations or if it would need to re-adapt every time it was summoned.
“Mahoraga?
What a strange name…”
Upon hearing Lin Li’s words, the Spirit Hall Deacon wrote down the name “Mahoraga” on the Spirit Level Chart.
He knew that some strange Martial Souls would tell their awakeners their names.
Lin Li didn’t have time to observe further.
He looked at the Spirit Power Testing Crystal Ball handed over by the Deacon and reached out to touch it.
In the next moment, a blinding light burst forth, shocking the Spirit Hall Deacon.
He had expected that a Martial Soul which looked this powerful wouldn’t have low Soul Power, but he never expected it to be Innate Full Soul Power!
“Innate Full Soul Power…
child…”
Seeing the Deacon’s fervent gaze, Lin Li knew what he was about to say.
“Child, would you be willing to join our Spirit Hall?
As long as you agree, you can definitely go to Spirit City to study, and perhaps even a Titled Douluo Elder will become your teacher!”
“Thank you, Uncle, but I want to go to an academy to study.”
You must be joking.
As long as he was given time to grow, he would be invincible.
Why would he want to wade into those muddy waters?
As for resources, what resources could be better than the Yin-Yang Hotpot?
Once the timing was right, he would just eat an Immortal Herb, and everything would be fine.
As for whether Spirit Hall would send someone after seeing his Martial Soul’s information, Lin Li felt they wouldn’t see it at all.
Normally, Spirit Hall would compile all the awakening records and send them to Spirit City.
Whether it was a trash Martial Soul or a powerful one, powerful Martial Souls wouldn’t be sent along with the rest; instead, they would be personally presented to the Pope.
According to the original work, the fact that Tang San wasn’t noticed was inherently illogical.
There weren’t many cases of Innate Full Soul Power in the entire continent; how could it not be reported just because it was a trash Martial Soul?
If an awakened Martial Soul wasn’t reported to the central organization, then there would be no point in keeping records of the awakening in the first place.
So there were only two possibilities.
Either Tang Hao killed the person reporting it or destroyed the information.
Or Bibi Dong, as the first person to see the records, saw a trash Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power and intentionally left him for her old flame, Yu Xiaogang.
But the key was that another person with Innate Full Soul Power appeared at the same time—Xiao Wu.
The fact that she could get an enrollment certificate meant she had participated in the awakening and had a record.
Looking at the overall situation, Lin Li leaned more toward the first possibility.
In that case, he didn’t have to worry about his talent being noticed by Spirit Hall, leading to someone coming to take him away by force.
Receiving Lin Li’s refusal, the Deacon was clearly a bit stunned, but he still patiently continued to persuade him.
He thought Lin Li simply didn’t understand the power of Spirit Hall.
“Thank you, but really, there’s no need.”
Lin Li politely expressed his refusal again, stating that he would seriously consider joining the organization when he grew up, and then he left the Spirit Hall.
Now, he couldn’t wait to take a good look at his Martial Soul!
And his second Martial Soul…
Seeing Mahoraga empty-handed just now, Lin Li had a rough guess as to what his second Martial Soul was.
After returning to the small courtyard he had rented, Lin Li eagerly reached out his hand and summoned his Martial Soul.
Following a flash of light, Lin Li finally saw the Martial Soul in his hand clearly.
A milky-white blade with simple and heavy lines…
As expected, it was the Sword of Extermination!
Originally, the Sword of Extermination was a weapon that grew on Mahoraga’s hand, but now it had developed a hilt and appeared as Lin Li’s second Martial Soul.
Moreover, Lin Li keenly felt that there was a deep connection between his two Martial Souls.
This was naturally for the better, because it allowed Lin Li to enjoy the benefits of a second Martial Soul, which was also the meta-answer of the Douluo Continent—absorbing nine Soul Rings for the second Martial Soul after becoming a Titled Douluo to rapidly increase his level!