Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 150 The Second Evolution of the Martial Soul

After spending some time calming down his students, Li Zhilong turned to look at Lin Xingyu and the others.

Losing is losing, it's not like you can't accept defeat.

"Fellow students, now is the best time to use the Star Gazing Platform. You can each choose a spot to cultivate here. This is a rare opportunity."

Activating the Stargazing Platform will consume some resources. This time, it's for a friendly exchange with students from Shrek Academy. The Stargazing Platform is originally intended as a competition venue.

Since the timing was perfect, Li Zhilong decided to do a favor, since it was all going through the official channels anyway.

Upon hearing Li Zhilong's words, everyone present naturally became quite informal, or rather, they were all very interested in this kind of stellar power.

Lin Xingyu sat down at the core of the soul-guiding array that he saw in his "high-dimensional vision" state.

Seeing this, a look of surprise flashed in Li Zhilong's eyes, and he said with a smile.

"Junior brother, you've chosen a good spot. This should be one of the strongest nodes in terms of stellar power."

"Junior, do you also have some research on the power of stars?"

Lin Xingyu shook his head. "I don't know much about the power of stars. My martial soul only has a slight star attribute, so it's not very useful here. However, I do have a deep understanding of various soul guidance formations."

"The soul guidance array on this must have taken a long time to build."

"That's even more remarkable. Being able to see the direction of the soul guidance array here at a glance is already at the level of a grandmaster in this respect," Li Zhilong said with some amazement.

"As for the construction time, junior brother is not wrong. The Star Observatory began to be built from the time the Star Research was established in Tianding City. It took an unknown amount of time and resources, and finally many top Soul Masters and Soul Masters discussed and researched it together."

"It took hundreds of years to build this observatory."

"It is said that on the day the observatory was completed, countless stars fell, and that scene is said to be recorded in the Federation and is hailed as one of the most beautiful scenes in the Federation's thousand-year history."

"Later, many people tried to imitate it, but unfortunately none of them succeeded."

The two were talking.

Suddenly, the golden starlight beside them intensified, its dazzling brilliance illuminating all the nearby soul-guiding arrays.

It attracted everyone's attention in an instant.

"Xiao Yan is the Soul Master with the highest affinity for Star Power that I have seen in all these years. If she can cultivate here, the help it will provide will be unparalleled anywhere else."

Li Zhilong's words were full of amazement, but they were also full of implications.

Lin Xingyu was both amused and exasperated. It seemed that Xu Xiaoyan hadn't given up and still wanted to switch sides.

This means they've realized that a direct invitation won't work, so they're starting to take a roundabout approach.

"Hurry up and draw the power of the stars into your bodies to temper your soul power. Now is the best time, so don't waste any time."

Li Zhilong turned around and shouted loudly at the students beside him.

"Alright, everyone, let's not waste any more time. If the power of stars doesn't have a corresponding attribute, it can usually only be refined by top-tier soul masters. The power of stars here has been cleansed of its malevolent energy, which is of great benefit to soul masters. Everyone, let's hurry up and cultivate."

Lin Xingyu clapped his hands and addressed the crowd.

As Li Zhilong walked, he guided the group, instructing them to temper their own soul power by following the fluctuations of the star power, and then to use the star power to temper their battle armor.

For a moment, Tang Wulin and the others were quite surprised.

Finally, Li Zhilong stopped in front of Ye Xinglan, his heart filled with complex emotions.

The concentration of golden starlight surrounding Ye Xinglan's body was second only to Xu Xiaoyan's, and was more intense than that of all the students from the Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy in the competition arena.

The amount of stellar energy gathered around her body was no less than that of Xu Xiaoyan. On her knees, the Star God Sword lay horizontally, constantly absorbing the starlight falling from the sky.

The continuous flow of stellar power seemed to be nurturing her martial spirit, giving it a tangible quality.

Ye Xinglan, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly realized something. In the past, she valued swords more and preferred swords, and did not have a deep understanding of the power of stars.

So much so that even though her martial soul was the Star God Sword, she cultivated it in a purely common way.

They overlooked the part of their martial soul related to the power of stars.

Today, under the continuous flow of stellar power, she suddenly had many more ways to use stellar power in her mind, and many more insights into the stars.

This not only did not corrupt her swordsmanship, but instead made her sword intent even purer and stronger.

Li Zhilong felt as if all sorts of seasonings had been spilled in his heart, and he was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

The students I painstakingly trained are all better than mine, even if you just randomly pick one.

In the Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, it's hard to find a student with such a high affinity for the power of stars; in Shrek Academy, every team has two of them.

Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away.

Soul power, battle armor, mental strength, and physical physique—all of those present benefited from the primal and pure stellar power, which had been stripped of its malevolence by the array.

Especially those who were encountering the power of stars for the first time.

Because it was their first time receiving the power of the stars, their tempering effect was the most obvious, and their improvement was quite rapid.

Looking at everyone present, including Wu Changkong, who was sitting cross-legged not far away, drawing upon the power of the stars in the sky to temper themselves.

Lin Xingyu entered a "high-dimensional vision" state. This time, he no longer observed the soul guide patterns on the ground, but chose to observe the omnipresent star power in the sky.

He observed for himself the pulling effect of the falling starlight on the stars.

Then, it imitates the traction force generated by this soul-guiding array to absorb the power of the stars in the sky.

At the same time, it uses the starfall properties obtained from refining star iron to draw down the power of stars in the sky.

At first, the effect was very poor. The power of the stars is constantly changing. A method that is effective for them at one moment may become ineffective the next.

This made Lin Xingyu constantly change his own state.

Gradually, with repeated practice, Lin Xingyu found a unique rhythm.

It was like grasping at the last straw in the water, or grabbing a rope on the edge of a cliff.

He didn't know when, but as his mental energy flowed, a peculiar rhythm formed in his mind.

He also experienced an unprecedented realization.

The movement of stars in the sky and the flow of energy in the universe are governed by certain laws.

Although he knew this in the past, he was unable to grasp this pattern, which is why he had the stellar characteristic of being able to draw the power of stars down.

However, he needs Aya to constantly help him modify and correct things in order to ensure that the star power he guides will not disappear.

At this moment, using the observatory, he finally succeeded in grasping a portion of the trajectory of the stars' movements. From now on, even if he leaves this place, he can continuously guide the power of the stars downwards by relying on the characteristics of starfall.

Having solved the problem of guiding the power of the stars, Lin Xingyu began to analyze the characteristics of the power of the stars.

Different stellar powers contain different characteristics, and stellar powers with different characteristics have different rhythms.

The stellar power guided in the Star Gazing Platform can temper everyone's soul power, mental power, and even physical battle armor.

This is because the power of the stars contains a special kind of life force.

Upon seeing this, Lin Xingyu suddenly thought of a sentence.

The Southern Dipper governs life, the Northern Dipper governs death.

The stellar energy guided by the observatory is drawn down from the universe; it is the starlight emitted by these stars countless years ago.

Starlight from different stars naturally possesses different properties.

These starlight rays pierced through the barrier between heaven and earth and finally fell on the continent.

Different effects are produced because of the different fluctuations within starlight.

When something lands on the mainland, it acquires different attributes and biases, thus having different effects on life on the mainland.

This caused some of them to live long lives, some to die young, and some to become more irritable.

These effects may be insignificant, but when placed on a temporal and spatial scale, they produce different results.

So people gave the corresponding stars different names. When their starlight was brighter, more starlight fell on the continent, and the probability of the corresponding phenomenon occurring would increase.

Stars are believed to represent destiny to some extent.

So which star in the sky is most compatible with me?
Thinking of this, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but delve deeper into perceiving the different attributes of stellar power, even with the attenuation of the Star Gazing Platform formation.

Most of the falling star power is biased towards the life side, but there is always star power of other attributes falling as well.

This is something even the observatory can't do.

Gradually, Lin Xingyu seemed to grasp a special rhythm, and he felt an unprecedented sense of intimacy.

He kept adjusting his mental energy to maintain its frequency, and when the two finally synchronized, he couldn't help but lean closer and press down on it.

The moment the two merged, he felt an unprecedented resonance.

War, slaughter, destruction, turmoil, conflict!
This is a star whose inherent attributes lean more towards the negative! Its compatibility with Lin Xingyu is higher than ever before!

The endless stream of stellar power, as if it had found a target, frantically poured into his body.

This caused his cultivation level to improve rapidly in a short period of time.

Looking at the increasingly bright golden starlight surrounding Lin Xingyu, its intensity was even comparable to that of Xu Xiaoyan and Ye Xinglan.

Li Zhilong was shocked. It was one thing for the two who had a high affinity with the power of the stars, but how come you have this phenomenon too?

Completely baffled, he scratched his head and took out his soul tool to record the scene.

On the other side, a hint of hesitation appeared in Lin Xingyu's mind.

The power of the stars fell upon him, continuously enhancing his cultivation, and he was already quite close to becoming a Soul King.

At this moment, his soul power had reached the final stage. Originally, he planned to accelerate the blood exchange process and then break through together.

At this moment, the soul power seems to be increasing rather quickly.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xingyu took out a pill from his soul tool, put it in his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp. It was the "Mysterious Crystal Jade Soul Pill"!
His blood and qi surged like a roaring river.

The simultaneous breakthrough of both at this moment will definitely cause the martial soul to evolve once again, which may attract the attention of others.

Lin Xingyu quickly typed a message in his soul tool and sent it directly to Mu Ye.

If someone notices even a slight clue, then the truth will be revealed.

After this breakthrough, unless a Super Douluo blocks the door directly, he has plenty of ways to escape with his top-tier soul tool.

It's unlikely that an ordinary person could pose much of a danger to his life.

In short, he can be carefree to a certain extent.

As Lin Xingyu completely released his suppression, the power of the stars formed a small vortex around him, and four black soul rings quietly appeared around his body.

At this moment, a pitch-black spirit ring slowly condensed once again, attracting everyone's attention.

Even with Lin Xingyu's voracious absorption of stellar power, a continuous stream of stellar power was still being drawn down, causing the concentration of stellar power in the observatory to keep increasing.

At this moment, the seventh blood transfusion was completed. Lin Xingyu overcame the various effects brought about by the blood transfusion in the blink of an eye, and his spirit and blood energy were greatly improved.

It's hot! It's hot! It's hot!
This is how Xu Xiaoyan, who was sitting next to Lin Xingyu, felt. Just a moment ago, Lin Xingyu had unleashed an extremely terrifying power of blood and qi.

That power was like a burning sun about to set, making Xu Xiaoyan feel as if she were being placed inside a giant furnace.

He couldn't help but end his meditation and, with a sense of unease, moved to a spot further away.

After Lin Xingyu's body underwent a transformation along with his blood and qi, his blood was now as vibrant as a ruby.

It emitted countless invisible golden rays, which flowed within his body, passing through his blood, bones, and muscles, finally settling one after another into his heart.

Under the golden light, they intertwined continuously, condensing into a constantly changing rune within the heart.

A crimson-gold figure appeared behind Lin Xingyu.

Its figure was over three meters tall, and its entire body was covered in armor with various patterns.

He held a longsword engulfed in flames in his right hand and a thunderous spear in his left.

The Thunder Spear was an external soul bone that Lin Xingyu accidentally obtained when fusing with his second soul spirit, which he also forged into a weapon.

At this moment, as the martial soul was baptized by the continuous flow of blood and qi, it completely passed that hurdle and began its second evolution.

The same continuous crimson-gold light flowed within the martial soul.

This made his martial spirit even stronger, imbued with an immortal rhythm.

The lightning on his body became increasingly restrained, eventually merging completely into his martial soul, and the starlight also fell directly onto his martial soul.

The elements were no longer distinguishable from each other; from now on, thunder and stars would also be Lin Xingyu's innate attributes.

The second evolution of the Martial Soul: Crimson Gold Dharma Form!

(End of this chapter)