The long-awaited sunlight made Dai Yue'er, who had been in darkness for so long, squint, and a tear welled up in her slightly sore eyes.
Geheros carried her to the headquarters of the maid café in Xilu City, where someone would meet them.
His job was to take her there and help her awaken her martial soul.
The three bottles of Mother's Drowning Spring had already been specially treated by Huo Yuhao.
Each of the three bottles contained a martial soul vessel modeled after the White Tiger. The three martial souls weren't drastically modified, but they were still quite good.
There was even a little surprise with Dai Huabin and Miaomiao.
What Tang Buddha could do, Huo Yuhao could certainly do too.
It wasn't until Geheros led Dai Yue'er into the city that she realized where she was.
"Xilu City?"
"Are you the Passionate People?!"
"Why is Passionate targeting me like this?!"
"Shrek Academy and you have always had a good relationship!"
Dai Yue'er's eyes were filled with confusion and despair.
She was confused because, as one of the Shrek Seven Devils, Passionate had no reason to target her.
Desperate, she was only a few dozen kilometers from Shrek City, but an insurmountable chasm separated them.
Geheros had no obligation to answer her question, or rather, he didn't understand why his boss was doing this, but he was too lazy to think about it.
As a subordinate, he had to loyally support and execute his boss's decisions, after all, his boss treated him well, providing him with plenty of rare and precious resources.
His talent was only average; he reached the initial stage of Soul Douluo before his boss personally selected him to be the warden of Xilu City Prison.
In the prison, he diligently accumulated a large number of contribution points, exchanging them for resources to help him cultivate.
Soon, he would be able to attempt to condense a Soul Core and break through to the Title Douluo level.
Seeing that Geheros completely ignored her, Dai Yue'er gradually shut her mouth, suppressing all her questions, watching as she was led little by little to an unknown underground base.
The headquarters of the maid café in Xilu City was not on the surface, but underground.
As for why they chose to be underground, Huo Yuhao was quite puzzled at first.
He later asked the combat maids and learned that they felt the underground atmosphere was more conducive to their activities.
The surface was too bright and not suitable for those of them who operated in the dark.
What could Huo Yuhao say?
He tacitly approved of their actions.
"Warden, is this the new maid?"
A combat maid, just about to go on a mission, encountered Geheros at the base entrance.
After bowing respectfully, she asked.
Geheros replied calmly,
"The boss personally assigned her a mission; she's here for training."
"She's not a combat maid."
The combat maid was filled with respect.
She hadn't expected the guy the warden was carrying to be so small yet so capable.
To be personally assigned a mission by the boss upon arrival was something countless combat maids dreamed of.
If they could leave a deep impression on the boss, their future might be bright, and rare treasures and gold and silver would be within their grasp!
Geheros stood tall and looked at the combat maid, saying,
"Where is Dai Feng'er?"
The combat maid immediately pointed in a direction and respectfully replied,
"Senior is in the training ground at the very end."
Geheros nodded, put Dai Feng'er down, letting her walk on her own, and the two headed towards the training ground.
Combat maids passed by from time to time, all showing fear and respect towards Geheros.
These maids were almost all personally sent by Geheros, so it was normal for them to have some psychological trauma towards him.
Dai Yue'er secretly observed the underground base.
Everywhere she looked, there were soul-guided devices she couldn't name, giving the entire base a futuristic feel.
Some of the combat maids passing by carried bloodied corpses, the bodies still twitching, indicating the victims weren't dead.
These were spies attempting to infiltrate Xiru City.
Since the emergence of the soul-guided machine tools, the power of enthusiasm had grown stronger, with attempts to infiltrate almost daily.
People from all sides were involved; the tighter Xiru City's defenses, the more excited they became, tirelessly sending cannon fodder to infiltrate, like masochists.
With the Magic Network, the Root, and the combat maid corps present, if they successfully infiltrated, Huo Yuhao would be the biggest idiot.
"We're here."
Geheros led Dai Yue'er to the training ground.
The training ground was spacious and equipped with advanced equipment, where many maids were training.
The maid café has ample funding; not only does Kallen advocate for them, but they also have their own operating income, resulting in a considerable sum.
Dai Feng'er walked over from the other side, having already received prior information.
She originally worked as a regular maid at the maid café and had no desire to become a combat maid, as that would mean completely submitting to Huo Yuhao.
However, due to the "it's actually good" phenomenon, she eventually chose to join the combat maid category, as the benefits and treatment were far superior to those of regular maids.
They had access to more resources and could even venture out, and her martial soul was naturally suited for combat; she didn't want to be confined to the cramped café.
Especially since Huo Yuhao would always go to the coffee shop to cast a love spell on her alone whenever he returned.
Unable to bear the humiliation, Dai Feng'er, for various reasons, chose to join the Battle Maid Corps.
She'd pretty much accepted her fate anyway; being a woman was fine, as long as her martial soul was strong enough and she had enough resources.
Perhaps in the future, she could even reach the Super Douluo level, which had once been unattainable.
"Warden,"
Dai Feng'er bowed slightly.
Geheros nodded, hands behind his back, and pointed to Dai Yue'er beside him, saying,
"From now on, you'll be teaching her maid etiquette and some important points."
"I've already sent you the specific content she needs to learn."
"Teach her well according to the content."
"It will last for half a month. After half a month, she will carry out a mission personally assigned by the boss."
Hearing that the boss personally assigned her, Dai Feng'er's pupils contracted slightly, because this was the first time a maid had been personally assigned a mission by that awful guy.
If this mission were assigned to the Battle Maid Corps, these maids might beat the dog's brains out.
Those who come to the Battle Maid Corps are all maids who have let go of the past and wholeheartedly embraced their new lives.
They have all tasted the benefits of their new bodies and genuinely admire Huo Yuhao.
For the Douluo Continent, compared to the evolution of martial souls, gender conversion is indeed a negligible side effect.
If Yan Shaozhe knew that gender conversion potions existed in this world, he would probably buy a bottle at any cost and feed it to Ma Xiaotao.
It's much easier for men to release their pent-up desires than for women.
"Has her martial soul awakened?"
Dai Feng'er asked.
Geheros shook his head and said,
"She just drank from the Mother's Drowned Spring, so her martial soul hasn't awakened yet."
"Now we're going to take her to the martial soul awakening room for the martial soul awakening ceremony."
"You come too."
Dai Feng'er nodded and followed Geheros, leading Dai Yue'er to the martial soul awakening room in the underground base.
"Stand in the middle."
"You should have experienced the process before."
Dai Yue'er stood in the center of the ceremony, and as specks of golden light merged into her body, a familiar feeling rose from her soul.
The last time she felt this way was when she was six years old.
As the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke, she was personally awakened by the Duke himself.
The feeling of awakening her martial soul made Dai Yue'er realize that her body had truly changed, and perhaps even her soul had been reshaped.
She had studied at Shrek Academy for a long time, and the books on martial souls in the inner courtyard all stated that the martial soul was part of the soul and could not be separated.
Now, the only possibility for her to awaken her martial soul again was that her body and soul had been completely altered.
Even if she stood in front of her father, Dai Hao, he might not recognize her because her bloodline had been severed.
Soon, a new martial soul appeared behind her—a demonic tiger with a jet-black body, azure eyes, golden claws, and wings on its back.
"Golden Claw Demonic Tiger."
The name of the martial soul automatically appeared in Dai Yue'er's spiritual sea.
She clearly felt the immense power of the Golden Claw Demonic Tiger; it was a martial soul far stronger than the White Tiger.
The golden claws represented the metal element, and the jet-black body contained the dark element.
Its metal element was not as strong as the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, but it was far stronger than the White Tiger.
Dai Yue'er believed that her new martial soul was probably on par with the Netherworld White Tiger—no, it should be even stronger!
"Hahahaha!!!"
"Power!"
Her heart, clouded by the gender swap and torture, suddenly felt much lighter.
She was actually starting to like this body.
A powerful martial soul was enough to cover up all shortcomings; this was a deeply ingrained belief in this world.
Like Yu Xiaogang—give him a Golden Sacred Dragon, and he'd sell out Tang San.
(End of Chapter)
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