2 Chapter 2 Martial Soul Awakening, Abandoning the Martial Soul?

At that, the boy also gradually calmed down, and at Sue Yuntao's instruction, he stretched out his right hand.

Not long after, a small black sickle appeared in his palm.

"A sickle, which is considered a weapon martial soul, can barely be used as a weapon. Come, test if there is any spirit power" Following Su Yuntao's guidance, the boy's right hand trembled as he placed it on the blue crystal ball, and a moment later, Su Yuntao's face revealed a look of disappointment.

"No spirit power, you cannot become a spirit master. Boy, go back to the group."

"Hoe, no spirit power."

"Blue Silver Grass, no spirit power." One by one, the children stepped forward, and one by one, they returned to the group with disappointment.

"Next." As Su Yuntao's slightly tired voice sounded, Lin Manshan walked into the centre of the six stones with inner turmoil.

Su Yuntao slowly injected spirit power, and the light golden glow of the ground lit up once again.

Warmth, this was the first thing Lin Manshan felt, the whole person seemed to be wrapped in a warm aura, indescribably comfortable.

But in the next second, it only felt like there was a sudden spinning of the sky in his mind, followed by his eyes going suddenly dark.

"???" He then subconsciously opened his eyes.

Green, a world with green colour appeared in his sight, the kind of green that made people panic.

"You're here." Before he could figure out the situation, a clear voice suddenly called out from the rear.

Lin Manshan was instantly taken aback, his body was like a scared kitten as he jumped back and turned his head violently.

When he looked over his shoulder, he saw a bare-chested young man covered with cracks and fissures as if he was being petrified, with green eyes, long green hair that was falling down to his waistline, and was tied up at the back of his head. In front of his lips and nose, he wore a black mask, making it difficult to see his face. At the side of his body, beside his waist, there was a green hatchet hovering in the air.

'Ni Tian Er Xing (Act Against the sky)!?' Lin Manshan's heart shook violently, and he almost blurted out, 'How did he appear here? And by the looks of it, 'Against the Sky' should have tagged along with me to this world, and has been living inside me all these years?'

"Ah Man, don't worry, I have no intention of seizing your body." The man seemed to sense Ah Man's wariness, "In my world, I died a long time ago, although I don't remember a lot of things anymore, my soul power seems to have been inherited, and I have no regrets. According to the law, I should have fallen into the Styx River of Hell just like the other deceased, all my consciousness was crushed and returned to nothingness. What is standing in front of you now is just a fragmented consciousness of the soul that has been washed down by the River Styx, and lacks the power to harm you."

It is only a fragment of consciousness with memories, not a soul; Lin Manshan secretly sighed in relief, at least on the surface.

The person on the other side is a big man who cultivates soul power, he can even travel to and from hell at will, it is simply easy for him to kill him. Although it is not clear why 'Act Against the Sky' ( a person from another Manhua) has appeared in his body, it is impossible to say that he is not panicking at all.

'Act Against the Sky' continued, "Ah Man, you have the same name as me, perhaps this is guidance from fate, which allowed this consciousness of mine to come here before it completely dissipated. Ah Man, in fact, since you were born, over the past six years, I have been observing you and watching you gradually grow up. Ah Man, you are a good child, kind, studious, and with a spirit of perseverance, which is an extremely good quality. It reminds me of myself once upon a time, when I was, once upon a time, a timid teenager."

No, no, no, Ah Man is just my nickname. As for kindness, I might have been during the first four years, but I was purely faking it during the last two years; studious because I needed to learn about this world, and by the way, to cover up the sudden enlightenment after my head was injured in a fall. Perseverance, because this body from childhood was frail and sickly, over the past two years there is always a headache, so I have to try to exercise my body to make it stronger. Lin Manshan was a little depressed inside.

He seriously suspects whether the life simulator template that he added before his death in his previous life has materialised in his body.

But fortunately, there was no stillbirth.

And at this time, 'Act Against the Sky' had already turned to look at the green hatchet hovering at the side, ''This world is truly strange, I can feel that this hatchet shares a part of your soul and that it's being bonded with some sort of power. In a sense, Ah Man, this hatchet is your soul gear (martial soul), but because you have yet to master the mysteries of soul power and breaking the limit of your soul, it has remained in its most primitive form." After saying that, he turned his head to look at Ah Man again, revealing a smile, "Perhaps, this is the reason why I came here."

"The strength of your own soul, coupled with my presence, has far exceeded the limits that your physical body can withstand, that's why you were born with a haze of consciousness and slow reaction, which is like dementia in the eyes of outsiders, and that's the reason why you've had headaches from time to time in the past two years, which is a sort of emergency mechanism that your body produces out of self-protection. And the solution is to master the mystery of Dark Ones' Soul Power."

"Dark Ones' Soul Igniting method can, without damaging the soul's origin, burn the excess soul and convert it into soul power, increasing one's basic abilities, including speed, explosive power, resistance, and even self-healing power comprehensively."

"Ah Man, you have to remember that the essence of the soul, is life."

"In addition to increasing your basic abilities, having strong soul power can also protect and grow your physical body, allowing your life force to grow stronger, which in turn nourishes your soul. As long as your physical body is strong enough to match the strength of your soul, or if you can manage to transform your excess soul essence into soul power and inject it into this hatchet, your headache problem will be solved." After saying that, he stepped forward.

"And at that time, the form of this hatchet can also be changed at will, this is Dark Ones' path of Spiritize method."

"Ah Man, accept my gift! It is also considered compensation for the trouble I have caused to your growth by hosting inside you these past few years." As soon as the words fell, 'Act Against the Sky' fingertip had already arrived in front of Ah Man's forehead, "This fragment of consciousness retains ten years of precious memories of my ten years of being honed by the ZhiYe (Night of Eternity) Teacher in the Blood Mist Forest, and it contains the secret art of Soul Power of Dark Ones as well as the Way to Limit Break, Spiritize and so on, and now, I'm going to use the Soul Link Art of Dark Ones to transfer all of those memories to you."

'So fast, my body can't even budge!' Lin Manshan's heart was startled, and then he felt countless memory images forcefully surging into his mind as if he was experiencing it himself.

In his memories, he had accepted the beatings and torture of the ZhiYe (Night of Eternity) over and over again, hunting wild beasts or picking wild fruits in the Blood Mist Forest when he was hungry, and collecting medicinal herbs to absorb the medicinal power to repair the injuries with the Dark Ones' Art of refining medicinal herbs when he was injured.

Day and night, it was all like this, and it lasted for nearly ten years. Undoubtedly, it was a boring and painful memory, but the brutal experience also made his mentality slowly change. As time passed, his eyes gradually became steady and sharp.

And in front of him, the figure 'Act Against the Sky' gradually became illusory. The time when his teacher 'Night of Eternity' trained him kept flashing in his consciousness, the images flashed from one section to another, and after an unknown period of time, the images started to switch to the words that his teacher had said after he had injected his soul power into the sword and gifted it to him, and he couldn't help but smile freely with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Ah Man, take this memory of mine with you, and have a good time in this world!"

"My name is Ni Tian Er Xing (Act Against the Sky)!"

As soon as the words fell, the already illusory figure completely dissipated.

"Ni Tian Er Xing (Act Against the Sky," Lin Manshan felt his "body" restore its mobility, and his facial expression was complicated. After a moment of silence, he raised his head and looked at the green hatchet hovering in mid-air not far away, and slowly walked forward, "From now on, your name will be Act Against the Sky."

After saying that, he gripped the hilt of the hatchet...

"A green hatchet?" Su Yuntao looked at the hatchet weapon martial soul hovering in Lin Manshan's palm, 40 centimetres long and four fingers wide, with the front section curved and the blade facing inwards. Apart from the blade, all other parts were blue-green, like it was covered in rust that had been accumulated for many years.

It is rusted like this, and it is still so short, what kind of good martial soul could it be? A look of disappointment appeared on his face and he sighed, "Hey, it's another waste martial soul."

With that, he handed over the blue crystal ball, "Come on. Child, put your hand on it and test your spirit power."

If it wasn't for the fact that there were still a few children behind who hadn't been tested, he would have really wanted to pack up and leave quickly.

At this time, Lin Manshan had already opened his eyes, according to the method Su Yuntao had taught him before, he managed to take back the hatchet into his body and then placed his palm on the crystal ball, then as soon as he touched it, he felt a great suction coming from underneath his palm, and then a warm current surged out of his body, and uncontrollably went down his arm and converged towards his palm, and in the next second, the crystal ball underneath his palm violently brightened up.

Although it was not eye-catching, it was indeed bright and conspicuous.

"Surprisingly, you have spirit power!" Su Yuntao's face instantly turned bright, "Looking at this brightness, it should be a level three."

An innate spirit power of level three was already considered very good for civilians like them.

When he first awakened his martial soul, his spirit power was only level two.

"Not bad, not bad little friend, what is your name?" Su Yuntao smiled and asked in a soft voice.

"Big brother, my name is Lin Manshan, everyone calls me Ah Man." Lin Manshan replied with a shy look on his face.

"Little brother Ah Man, congratulations. You possess Innate Level 3 spirit power and can become a spirit master in the future." After saying that, Su Yuntao couldn't wait to ask, "Little brother, do you have any interest in joining the Spirit Hall like your older brother?"

"This, I have to go back and ask my grandfather." Lin Manshan scratched the back of his head, looking as if he didn't know what to do.

"Good, I'll go with you to see your grandfather later." Su Yuntao nodded, secretly sighing that he hadn't seen a single seedling with spirit power in the past few days of running around, and now that one had suddenly appeared, he was indeed a little too eager. Moreover, a six-year-old kid presumably does not even know what the Spirit Hall is all about, so what opinion can he have? Of course, children will ask their parents first.

Thinking of this, he smiled faintly, "Alright, little brother Ah Man, go back to the group first."

"Hmm." Lin Manshan nodded and turned to run back to the group.

Envious glances were immediately thrown from both sides, Lin Manshan didn't say anything, just pretending to be unaware of the situation and scratching his head.

The Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony continued without any interruptions, with none of them possessing spirit power.

Until Tang San walked to the centre of the six black stones, as Su Yuntao, whose face was obviously a little tired, slowly injected spirit power, a large number of golden points of light began to converge in Tang San's palm, and Su Yuntao once again underwent a shift from a sunny look to a cloudy one.

However, with Lin Manshan's precedent, Su Yuntao still patiently handed over the blue crystal ball.

Then a blinding blue light quickly erupted.

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[#Soul Power: A power unique to the Dark Ones, though certain gifted humans can also master it. Soul Power is a shocking force actualized by "Igniting One's Soul"; it significantly increases one's speed, strength, resistance, and even one's regenerative abilities. Those in possession of Soul Power can also use the "Dark Arts", allowing them to use all kinds of mysterious techniques.

#Spiritize: Injecting soul power into Soul Gear, one can become one with it. Enhancing its power and able to change its form at will.

#Soul Link Art: This is the Dark Ones' most honest way of communicating with a friend. By coming in physical contact, he can share numerous memories almost instantly.

#Soul Transfer Art: This is the highest form of the Dark Arts. By using this, Dark Ones can transfer their Soul Power into others.]

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