2: Soul Awakening, Dark Gold ClawWuhun City, Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong leaned on the throne, wearing a black robe with gold patterns, a nine-curve purple gold crown on her head, and holding a two-meter-long scepter inlaid with countless gems. Her fair skin and nearly perfect face revealed the majesty of the Pope.
At this moment, she was listening to the reports from the bishops of the various branch halls below. After a long while, she opened her phoenix eyes and said with her red lips: "Okay, you guys leave and hand the information to Nana. Let her sort it out and then report back."
"Yes! Your Holiness." The cardinals bowed respectfully and stepped back. When they disappeared at the end of the hall, a shadow hidden in the shadows seemed to come alive and saluted beside Bibi Dong: "Your Holiness, our people have searched the entire Tiandou and Xingluo, including Xingdou and Sunset Forest. It's as if Tang Hao has disappeared from the face of the earth."
"Ghost Elder, it's been almost six years. What's the point of the Spirit Hall keeping a bunch of you useless people?"
The black shadow knelt on one knee and said, "Pope, calm down. I think Tang Hao's son's spirit should have awakened this year. As long as we send out an order to report any Clear Sky Hammer spirit or hammer spirit, we will have clues to follow."
"Okay, let's do as you say. We must find Tang Hao for me." Bibi Dong said, rubbing her temples and closing her eyes. The Ghost Elder quietly retreated into the shadows and disappeared.
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Three months later, Qingshi Village.
Village Chief Jike called all the children in the village together and said, "Children, the Spirit Masters from the Spirit Hall have arrived at the Holy Spirit Village and will come to us soon to perform the Spirit Awakening Ceremony for you. You must be obedient and don't be afraid. OK?"
Zhou Hao was feeling somewhat expectant among the crowd. For the past three months, the system seemed to have fallen silent due to his martial spirit, and no more sign-in tasks were issued. He could only exercise every day and sometimes go to practice with Tang San.
Over the past few months, although Tang San did not teach him anything, he also learned a lot of combat skills, which was a great benefit. Tang San also had his good side, he was extremely calm and serious, and was very filial to Tang Hao. So far, Zhou Hao and Tang San were getting along quite well.
Soon, the village entrance in front of us became lively. A handsome young man walked in with a hint of pride in his eyes. Under the envious gaze of the crowd, he waved to Jike and said, "Bring those children over here."
Jike smiled respectfully, bent over and nodded, then brought the children to the Wuhun Hall in the center of the village. He turned around and said, "Don't be nervous, Master Zhanhun will help you awaken. Grandpa wishes you to become soul warriors." Before he finished speaking, he saw the young man's impatient eyes and hurriedly retreated.
"Everyone, stand in a row." The young man was much nicer to the children: "My name is Su Yuntao, a level 26 Great Spirit Master, a Lone Wolf Spirit Master, and I am responsible for the awakening of your spirits."
Zhou Hao complained in his heart: "It is true that the time travelers come and go, but Su Yuntao is always there, the best NPC at the beginning, and the best hard-working person in Douluo."
Su Yuntao took out six black balls and a blue crystal ball. After arranging the six balls, he shouted, "Lone Wolf, possessed!" In the surprised and frightened eyes of all the children, Su Yuntao turned into a wolf.
He gently comforted the frightened children and said, "Come on, start, carefully feel the energy deep in your body in this formation and activate it. If you have awakened your beast spirit, you can also be possessed by spirits like me."
The first girl was confused and a flower appeared in the palm of her hand.
"Your martial soul is sunflower, not bad, let's see if you have soul power." Su Yuntao was surprised, this is much better than the group of children in the Holy Soul Village, of course, except for that monster, the figure of Tang San appeared in his mind.
The girl carefully placed her hand on the crystal ball, and a faint light appeared.
"Level 1 soul power, you can practice. Next."
"Sheep, no soul power. Continue."
"Stone, next."
Soon, it was Zhou Hao's turn. He walked forward calmly, trying to feel the power hidden in his body. Suddenly, a fierce roar sounded, and an extremely strong dark golden bear shadow appeared beside Zhou Hao. The six black balls trembled constantly, and even Su Yuntao's lone wolf martial spirit became looming under this powerful momentum.
Su Yuntao widened his eyes and flipped through the record book he carried with him. Could this be the legendary extinct, most powerful attack-type beast spirit that surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?
Su Yuntao was shocked: "Kid, what's your name?"
"Zhou Hao."
"Come quickly, test his soul power." Su Yuntao hurriedly asked Zhou Hao to step forward, thinking to himself: "As long as he has soul power, he is worthy of being recruited into the Spirit Hall for training." He originally thought that this year's awakening test was just a formality, but he did not expect that two geniuses would appear in succession.
As Zhou Hao's palm touched the blue crystal, waves of strong suction came, his soul power kept dissipating, the light of the crystal became stronger and stronger, and the strong blue halo made everyone unable to open their eyes.
"Another innate full soul power!" Su Yuntao no longer cared about his manners, and looked at Zhou Hao as if he was looking at a monster.
"Child, you have unparalleled talent. Are you willing to join our Spirit Hall? The Spirit Hall will give you the best training." Su Yuntao said sincerely. Such a genius is definitely the best seedling that the Spirit Hall needs most, and his future achievements are limitless.
"Thank you, I don't plan to join the Spirit Hall now, I want to stay with Grandpa Jike." Zhou Hao answered politely, his eyes clear and firm. He didn't plan to join the Spirit Hall yet, there were too many restrictions, who knew where the system would let him sign in.
Su Yuntao looked at the child, trying to make him understand the benefits of joining the Spirit Hall, but it was obviously too difficult to communicate, as the child didn't understand anything. So he packed up his things, called Jike over, and explained the situation.
Jake couldn't stop smiling from the beginning, and finally bowed: "Thank you for coming. I want the child to follow his own wishes. Whatever he wants is fine."
"Oh, forget it. This is your village's work-study student certificate. Give it to this kid! It has my soul master handprint and the official seal of the Spirit Hall. You can study at the Notting Junior Soul Master College." Su Yuntao waved his hand and left quickly. He turned back and called Zhou Hao: "If you want to come, come to the Notting City Spirit Hall to find me anytime."
Zhou Hao could finally clearly feel the flow of soul power in his body. The powerful beast was sleeping in the palm of his right hand, ready to possess him at any time.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the awakening of the martial soul. The second sign-in mission is released: Star Dou Great Forest."
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"Reward: Strengthen the first spirit ring for a certain period of time based on the host's physical condition. Unlimited time."
Zhou Hao clenched his fists fiercely, thinking that the system was really timely: "I will go to the Xingdou Great Forest to hunt spirit rings in a few days, and it just happened to issue a sign-in task for me."
He looked at Jike: "Grandpa, I don't want to go to school in Notting City. I want to rely on myself."
"But, kid, I know you have great talent, but if you want to get a spirit ring in the future, it will be very dangerous without a teacher's help. I heard from Old Jack that you can only get a spirit ring by killing spirit beasts." Jike was also a little at a loss. He could feel that Zhou Hao had grown up recently, but he was indeed a six-year-old child.
"Grandpa, I decided to set off for the Star Dou Great Forest in two days." Zhou Hao was already impatient.
"My martial spirit is very powerful and can protect myself." While reassuring Jike, Zhou Hao planned his future itinerary.
Jike looked at Zhou Hao with a determined look and sighed. He knew that the young eagle would eventually leave the nest and venture into the sky. After a long while, he nodded, but still carefully put away the certificate given by Su Yuntao. If Zhou Hao didn't need it, this piece of paper would change the fate of another child when school started this year.
Zhou Hao hugged Jike excitedly, ran all the way back home and started packing. Jike watched with a smile as each child was picked up by their family members, then he slowly walked back home, smoking his pipe.
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The last batch of martial soul awakening ceremonies this year have also ended, and the soul master circles of the two empires have added a lot of fresh blood.
In the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong stared coldly at Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo who were kneeling on the ground below, without saying a word.
The two Titled Douluo who were revered by thousands of people were sweating profusely at this moment. Bibi Dong's powerful aura made it hard for them to breathe.
"Tell me the reason." Bibi Dong's voice was emotionless.
"Your Holiness, it is my fault. In order not to alert the enemy, I gave too simple instructions to my subordinates. That's why I found a group of hammer spirits with little soul power." Ju Douluo knew that Lao Gui had been scolded not long ago, so he took all the responsibility.
"Go away, don't look for Tang Hao anymore. We don't want to see you again." Bibi Dong paused with her scepter, and the two Douluo retreated immediately. Hu Liena, who was only twelve years old, walked in at this moment. Although her face was childish, she already had a charming temperament.
"Teacher, what happened to Grandpa Ghost and the others?" Hu Liena's voice was gentle and sweet. She ran to Bibi Dong like a spoiled child. Bibi Dong's expression also softened: "Nana, you don't need to know. They just did something wrong."
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