Douluo Continent: The Phoenix God Returns

Chapter 3 Martial Soul Awakening, Jade Phoenix!

In the Douluo Continent, in the southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire, in the Fasno Province, there is Notting City. This is a city that is not considered huge even in the Fasno Province, but due to its special geographical location, it is not small in size.

It took Biji quite a while to bring Ye Li to this remote place. With her powerful mental strength, Biji quickly located the Martial Soul Branch Hall that could awaken Ye Li's Martial Soul.

Before the Spirit Hall branch, Ye Li saw a domed building with three floors. As the lowest-ranking branch in the Spirit Hall, the only symbol of the Spirit Hall at the entrance was a long sword.

"This is the Spirit Hall. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter." The two guards stopped Bi Ji and Ye Li from their sudden visit.

"Sister Biji." Ye Li reached out her little hand and tugged at Biji's sleeve.

"It's alright, Xiao Li, watch me." As Bi Ji spoke, nine spirit rings—eight black and one red—appeared beneath her.

Brigitte knew that in the human world, only the strong had enough power to have a say, so she didn't intend to hide her strength.

"Nine...nine spirit rings, a...titled Douluo!" The two guards stammered as they looked at Bi Ji.

"Today I'm only here with my younger brother Ye Li to awaken my martial soul; I don't intend to go on a killing spree, so lead the way," Bi Ji said, retracting her nine soul rings.

The two guards exchanged a glance, knowing they couldn't afford to offend the person before them, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, please!"

Immediately, led by a gatekeeper, Ye Li entered the Spirit Branch Hall. The hall was luxurious and grand. Even though Notting City was in a bad location, and although the Spirit Branch Hall was the lowest level of Spirit Hall, it had everything one could need.

"Your Majesty, I will go and inform them immediately. Please wait a moment." After saying this, the guard went to inform the person in charge of the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall.

At this moment, a young man hurriedly stepped down. He looked to be in his early twenties, with striking eyebrows and bright eyes, and a very handsome appearance. He wore a white close-fitting outfit with a black cloak on his back. In the center of his chest was a fist-sized character for "soul," and on his left chest was a badge engraved with three intertwined longswords.

"Holy crap, isn't this my Brother Tao?" Looking at the newcomer's appearance, Ye Li became even more certain.

Su Yuntao stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty. My name is Su Yuntao, and I am a steward of this Martial Soul Branch Hall. May I ask why Your Majesty has arrived?"

Bi Ji pointed to Ye Li beside her and said, "Awaken his martial soul."

Su Yuntao was overjoyed and said, "Of course, no problem, sir, please follow me."

Upon arriving at the Martial Soul Awakening Room, Su Yuntao opened his package on the table beside him and took out two items: six jet-black round stones and a shiny blue crystal ball.

Su Yuntao arranged six black stones in a hexagon on the ground and then gestured for Ye Li to stand in the center.

"Close your eyes and feel it carefully."

Su Yuntao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted in a low voice, "Lone Wolf, possess me."

A faint blue light emanated from the center of his brow. Su Yuntao's hair, which was originally black, turned gray instantly after the blue light entered it, and grew rapidly, with the same color hair appearing on his bare hands.

Su Yuntao's eyes had turned a ghostly green, and the sharp claws protruding from his ten fingers gleamed with a faint cold light. Two soul rings, one white and one yellow, lit up from beneath his feet, hovering from his feet to the top of his head. His hands moved swiftly, and six faint green lights were injected into six black stones on the ground. Instantly, a layer of golden radiance was released from the six stones, forming a pale golden light shield that enveloped Ye Li.

Golden light entered Ye Li's body, and Ye Li felt warm inside. Before long, she felt a force about to burst out of her body, and a loud phoenix cry resounded throughout the entire hall. Instantly, the temperature in the room rose a few degrees.

A phantom image of a turquoise phoenix appeared behind Ye Li. Upon seeing this phantom image, Bi Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Azure Jade Phoenix!" Ye Li thought to himself. Although he knew that his awakened martial soul was powerful, he did not expect it to be this powerful.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the young master has awakened the Phoenix Martial Soul." Su Yuntao's voice came as he handed the blue crystal ball to Ye Li.

Ye Li controlled the return of the Azure Phoenix Martial Soul to his body. The moment his palm touched the blue crystal ball, Ye Li's body trembled violently. Su Yuntao was equally surprised. Suddenly, the blue crystal ball in Ye Li's hand lit up. In the blink of an eye, the crystal ball shone like a dazzling gem.

"Click"

A faint sound came, and several cracks appeared on the crystal ball that had awakened the martial soul. However, Bi Ji and Ye Li saw this but did not say anything.

"He actually possesses innate full soul power!" Su Yuntao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. "Child, are you willing to join the Spirit Hall?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Su Yuntao couldn't help but want to slap himself. What kind of existence was this person in front of him? He was a Title Douluo, maybe even from some powerful family. How dare he try to win him over? Was he trying to get too long of a life?

Su Yuntao bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I was too talkative."

Seeing that the martial soul awakening was over, Bi Ji picked up Ye Li and flew towards the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving behind a green pill before leaving.

"This is a Soul-Ascending Pill. Taking it can increase your soul power by one to three levels. This is your reward." Bi Ji's voice reached Su Yuntao's ears.

Su Yuntao was overjoyed and bowed deeply to Bi Ji's departing figure. "This is the benefit of being a Title Douluo. She actually went straight to obtain a spirit ring."

On the way back, Biji asked curiously, "Xiao Li, can you sense what level your martial soul is?"

Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "My martial soul is called Azure Jade Phoenix. I feel it far surpasses the ultimate fire and also has a sense of destruction..."

"When I was awakening my soul power, I could clearly feel that I could continue to awaken soul power within my body, but the crystal ball that measured soul power had already cracked, so I felt that I did not have innate level 10 soul power."

Brigitte stopped thinking about it after considering Ye Li's special status. Even if Ye Li were to break through to godhood now, Brigitte probably wouldn't think much of it.

As Bi Ji held Ye Li, something seemed to have been added to the depths of her mind, and she murmured, "Phoenix God Core, Phoenix Feather Fan, Flame Phoenix Sword..."

At this moment, in the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall, Su Yuntao looked at the blue velvet crystal ball in his hand with a ghostly expression and said, "Strange, why is this crystal ball used to measure soul power levels cracked?"

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(End of this chapter)