Douluo Continent: I am Black Tiger Afu!

Inside the village of Nok.

The courtyard of village chief Wu Laohuai was filled with villagers.

"Father, everyone has collected about seventeen gold soul coins in total, and with ours, that makes a little over nineteen. We're still short about thirty silver soul coins!"

Wu Dani counted the scattered coins on the ground. Most of them were silver soul coins, with only a few gold soul coins.

Old Wu Huai, with his pipe dangling from his mouth, took a few puffs.

"Afu and Xiaofeng are both good children. Their parents died protecting our village, so we can't treat them badly."

He tapped his pipe on the stone steps:

"Here's what we'll do, Da Niu! Take that old ox from home to the city and sell it, along with some grain and vegetables. That should be enough!"

Liu Daniu scratched his head, hesitated for a moment, but still nodded:

"Alright, then I'll herd the cattle and take the two kids into town early tomorrow morning to awaken their martial spirits."

……

Tianyun City is a small city in the southern part of the Tianhun Empire.

The city lord is said to be only a Soul Emperor, but in this small border town, he is undoubtedly the overlord.

For the common people in the surrounding villages, the only way to awaken their martial soul is to pay ten gold soul coins to gain the qualification to enter the city lord's mansion and participate in the martial soul awakening.

Afu, Yanfeng, Uncle Da Niu, and an old yellow ox set off before dawn and traveled for most of the day before finally arriving at this small border town around noon.

The village's old ox was eventually sold, and in return, dozens of jingling silver soul coins were obtained, finally bringing the total to twenty gold soul coins.

Uncle Da Niu handed the small cloth bag containing twenty gold soul coins to Afu, gave him several instructions, and then carried the two bags of grain to the market to sell, leaving Afu and Yan Feng to queue outside the city lord's mansion.

Afu clutched the cloth bag in his hand, watching Uncle Da Niu's departing figure, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

At the same time, he was also thinking about what kind of martial soul he would awaken.

As he was pondering, Yan Feng nudged him:

"Boss, look..."

Following the direction Yan Feng pointed, Afu looked over.

It was midday, and the sun was shining brightly.

At the entrance of the city lord's mansion stand two enormous stone lion sculptures.

At this moment, they appear even more majestic and extraordinary under the light.

Those were two stone sculptures called Flame Lion Soul Beasts. Their eyes were wide open in anger, their fangs were exposed, and the edges of their manes seemed to have flame patterns. The carved muscle lines were also full of power.

At first glance, it's as if you're facing two stone lions that could pounce at any moment, intimidating the crowd queuing outside the mansion.

"Boss Afu, look at those stone lions, they're really fierce-looking. I heard that our city lord's martial spirit is a fire lion." Yan Feng pointed to the two stone sculptures at the entrance.

"I wonder what kind of martial soul I will awaken. I hope my martial soul will be a powerful one, one that will allow me to fly." Yan Fengming's eyes were filled with hope.

Afu crossed his arms and glanced at the statue:

"Hmph, if you ask me, no matter what kind of martial soul it is, you still have to rely on yourself. Only when you are strong yourself are you truly strong! A powerful soul master naturally possesses a powerful martial soul!"

At this point, Afu unconsciously scratched his head.

Why does this sentence feel so familiar?

The line moved slowly forward, and one by one, the children, their faces filled with tension and anticipation, paid their money and went inside, only to come out with long faces.

For ordinary people, the ten gold soul coins they paid were a huge sum of money.

However, fate did not favor them; very few people awakened their soul power.

As they walked out of the city lord's mansion, all they heard were the listless, merciless voices of the guards at the gate.

"Next, ten gold soul coins!"

Finally, it was Afu and Yanfeng's turn.

Upon hearing the sound, the two hurried forward and handed the cloth bag to the guard at the door.

"This is the cost for both of us."

The guard took the bag and saw that the coins inside were a mixture of gold and silver soul coins.

He frowned, saw the simply dressed Afu and Yanfeng in front of him, and made a disdainful sound:

"Two more peasants!"

Upon hearing this, Afu frowned, but due to the current situation, he suppressed his anger.

A moment later, the guard counted the coins in the bag and, finding that there were enough, put them into a wooden box next to him.

He waved his hand dismissively at the two of them: "Go inside!"

Following the direction indicated by the guard, Afu and Yanfeng walked into the mansion.

Before long, the two arrived at the door of a room.

On the floor of the room were six black awakening stones and a shiny blue crystal ball. A Soul Master with three yellow soul rings was standing in front of the awakening stones.

His body was covered with a layer of bluish-gray down, his ears were pointed, two slightly sharp fangs protruded, his sharp fingernails gleamed coldly, and his pupils shone with a ghostly green light.

It seems that this Soul Master's martial soul is wolf-like, but it's unclear whether it's a lone wolf martial soul.

Looking at the situation inside the door, Afu thought to himself.

"Hurry up and come in, what are you dawdling for!"

Upon seeing Afu and Yanfeng at the door, the Soul Master inside the house called out impatiently.

Upon hearing this, the two immediately took action.

Afu went in first and stood in the six-pointed star array composed of six black awakening stones, while Yanfeng stood in the corner of the room to wait.

Seeing Afu enter the awakening array, the Great Soul Master channeled his soul power into the six black stones, his tone stiff:

"Come on, extend your right hand!"

As soul power was injected, a layer of golden light was released from the six stones, forming a pale golden light shield that enveloped Afu. A gentle current of energy instantly flowed into Afu's body.

Is this soul power?!

Afu closed his eyes.

He could sense that as this gentle aura flowed through his body, a silent roar suddenly resounded in his mind, as if something inside him had shattered.

Then a feeling of comfort spread throughout his body. His limbs, internal organs, skin, meridians, and even brain felt exceptionally comfortable. A powerful sense of control and strength filled Afu's heart.

Strangely, as the pleasant sensation spread through his body, nothing appeared in his right hand; it was completely empty.

However, if a high-level Soul Master is present, they might notice.

At this moment, faint silver light flowed within Afu's body, which was quite mysterious.

However, for the Soul Master in front of him, it was destined that he would not discover anything!

"Hmm, nothing at all?"

The sight before him startled the Soul Master.

As an ordinary Soul Master in a small town, he knew nothing about the original Martial Soul and thought he had encountered a good-for-nothing who couldn't even awaken his Martial Soul.

He then shook his head, his gaze towards Afu becoming increasingly disdainful:

"You're a useless person who hasn't even awakened a martial soul, let alone possess a useless martial soul. There's no need to test your soul power. Alright, you can leave now!"

In his past career as an Awakener, he had encountered several people who had not even manifested their Martial Soul, so he was not surprised by the scene before him.

Afu opened his eyes, showing no expression, and silently walked down the Awakening Array.

He paid no attention to the words of the Soul Master in front of him.

He could feel that his physique had become much stronger just now, and he had become more and more adept at controlling various parts of his body.

He has awakened his martial soul, which is himself, his most powerful original martial soul.

Afu clenched his fists, feeling very excited.

This is the most suitable martial soul for him!

Inside the room, Yan Feng glanced at A Fu with concern. After receiving a reassuring look from the latter, he took a deep breath and stood in the center of the formation.

Soul power surged, and a pale golden light reappeared.

Then, countless golden specks of light emerged from Yan Feng's body.

The languid look in the eyes of the Soul Master who presided over the awakening ceremony disappeared, and his gaze brightened.

Because this time, the light spots that appeared in the awakening array were the most he had seen in the past few days.

He vaguely sensed that the martial spirit awakened by the child in front of him should be a powerful one.

next moment.

The golden light spots on Yan Feng's body disappeared, and a dark gray light was released from his body.

Black and gray dragon scales appeared on his skin, and a cold and sinister aura burst forth.

(It's set to black and gray, and its attributes are the space attribute plus the evil attribute from Douluo Continent I. As for the bone dragon being ice blue in the original story, and having both evil and ice attributes, well, let's ignore that. Or just assume that Yan Feng's martial soul mutated after he became an evil soul master.)

However, the changes didn't stop there. Sensing the strangeness in his back, Yan Feng bent down slightly, and two huge bone wings instantly emerged from his back.

The wings, formed from bones, spread out, and the width between the tips of the two wings reached more than five meters.

At this moment, Yan Feng, perhaps disturbed by the evil aura of the Bone Dragon Martial Soul, had a listless look in his eyes and a sinister expression on his face. Combined with the terrifying bone wings behind him, he looked quite frightening.

"Such an evil aura, such a terrifying face..."

The Soul Master's expression changed drastically, his body involuntarily began to retreat, and his eyes turned to fear.

"An evil spirit...this is an evil spirit master!"