stonecrandall Chapter 1: The Legend of the Dragon King - Does Douluo Star Recognize Me as Its Master?
Chapter 1: The Legend of the Dragon King - Does Douluo Star Recognize Me as Its Master?
A small, unnamed village under the jurisdiction of Shrek City.
In front of the mud-brick house, a haggard-looking woman was squatting on the ground, her hands on the shoulders of the boy in front of her.
Her eyes were complicated.
"Xiao An," the woman said, her voice a little hoarse, "you're six years old now, and today... it's time for you to awaken your martial spirit."
Gu An remained silent upon hearing his mother Lin Xiu's words.
He sighed inwardly.
He was reborn into the world of Douluo Continent II, and at the beginning, he was treated the same as Tang Dafozu, with his parents being hunted down.
The only difference was that the people being hunted down changed from the Spirit Hall to Shrek Academy.
The reason is also very simple.
Xuanzi felt that his parents' martial spirits were too evil and wanted to act on behalf of Heaven.
They charged over shouting something like "One evil spirit after another."
The reason is simple: Xuanzi said that his parents' martial spirits were too evil, and the descendants of evil spirit masters would inevitably become evil spirit masters, so they had to be nipped in the bud.
What a high-sounding reason!
Gu An lowered his eyelashes, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
He knew the truth better than anyone else.
The father acquired something, which Xuanzi wanted. He tried to recruit it, but his father refused.
That's it.
Enraged by the rejection, he labeled himself an evil spirit master and vowed to hunt him down relentlessly.
They had no background whatsoever; they were just children raised by two ordinary families who had saved up their gold soul coins for generations to barely afford the cost of awakening their martial souls.
With good luck, his martial soul mutated, and he became a soul master, which he thought was the beginning of his family's rise to power.
As a result, both families were completely wiped out.
After the massacre, they pinned the blame on Gu An's parents, claiming that they had awakened their evil martial spirits and gone mad, killing their entire family.
The father exerted all his strength, burning his very essence, to give the mother and son a chance to escape.
His mother was also injured by Xuanzi's attack, which was so severe that she has not yet recovered. She can only hide in an unknown village under the jurisdiction of Shrek City under an assumed name.
Perhaps Xuanzi thought that anyone who took that blow would definitely not survive, which is why he didn't send anyone to continue the search.
Gu An clenched his fist.
Having personally experienced all of this, he knew very well that the thing was probably not anything particularly important at all.
Xuanzi felt that he had lost face.
He was a senior elder of the Sea God Pavilion at Shrek Academy, and yet someone dared to refuse his personal request.
Then the other party must die.
Gu An suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and calmed his gaze again.
This is the back garden of the Great Buddha of Tang Dynasty before it was completely turned into a back garden, and it's so close to Shrek City.
The most dangerous place is the safest place.
I hope I can develop well here.
Mother Gu walked to the simple wooden table and set up the formation for awakening the martial spirit.
If it hadn't been prepared before Gu An was born, with her current strength, she really wouldn't have been able to awaken without the help of the Awakening Stone.
She turned around and looked at Gu An, her expression complicated. Her lips moved, and after a long while, she finally spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Xiao An, your mother hopes that you will awaken a powerful martial soul, but she also hopes that you will awaken an ordinary one."
"The former... avenged his father by killing those hypocrites from Shrek Academy."
Her fingers trembled slightly, her nails digging into her palms.
"The latter, accompanied his mother to live a peaceful life in this small village."
Gu An raised his eyes and looked into his mother's eyes.
His eyes were bloodshot and his eye sockets were slightly red, but he didn't shed a tear; he had already cried all his tears.
He didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly.
Suppressing her emotions, Gu's mother released the soul power she had lost, which had plummeted from a level 60+ Soul Emperor to a mere level 30.
A six-pointed star array lit up beneath Gu An's feet, enveloping him.
Gu An closed his eyes.
The simplest way to defy fate in the Douluo Continent is through the mutation of one's martial soul.
A single mutation can transform a chicken into a phoenix, and a useless martial soul into a top-tier martial soul.
The light grew brighter and brighter.
Just then, an inconspicuous black ball in the corner suddenly stirred.
It rushed towards Gu An silently, merging into his body the instant it touched him.
No one noticed what was happening.
Gu An felt a buzzing sound in his head.
A weak female voice echoed in his mind.
"An outsider?"
Gu An's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Only you have a chance to stop Tang San, who is also an outsider."
The woman's voice was extremely weak; Gu An was afraid she would stop speaking before she could finish.
Before Gu An could ask a question, the voice continued speaking rapidly, as if it knew that its time was running out.
She claimed to be a dimension consciousness from the Douluo Continent.
But it's not the Douluo Continent of this world, but the Douluo Continent of the world from the Legend of the Three Dragon Kings.
Because the Abyss Plane moved too quickly, Douluo Continent simply did not have time to accumulate power to resist it.
She managed to break free from Tang Hao's control, but fortunately she had a backup plan and wasn't completely swallowed up, remaining silent ever since.
Just as Gu An was awakening his martial soul, it sensed the soul fluctuations of an outsider on his body and thus took the initiative to enter his body.
Gu An was completely stunned.
My heart was pounding so hard it made my eardrums ring.
It took him several seconds to process the amount of information in that sentence.
What can you offer me?
Gu An had already weighed the pros and cons in his mind.
The hatred is real, and so is the desire to become stronger.
If this dimensional consciousness can give him the means to become stronger, then it's worth it.
If not, then that's another matter.
The voice of the dimensional consciousness weakened even further.
"Aside from the severe damage to its origins, all the people in this world are still alive. You can choose one of them to be your bodyguard."
"At the same time, I can give you two martial souls."
"You can check it yourself now; I will grant you access."
"Don't worry, I have already acknowledged you as my master. We are in the same boat, and I will not harm you."
"I am about to fall into a deep sleep, and only the world's original essence can heal me."
"This is a very important thing for you, and it will be very beneficial to your future."
She paused, and the last sentence was spoken with an almost solemn tone.
"There's even a chance to make this Douluo Star a world comparable to the God Realm."
After saying that, the sound completely disappeared.
Gu An stood still, the six-pointed star array beneath his feet still spinning, golden light still swirling around him.
But he no longer cared about the awakening of the outside world.
He didn't completely believe what they said.
Gu An silently recited the mantra in his mind, his consciousness probing inward.
The next second, his breathing stopped.
He really did sense it.
Within his body, the outline of the entire Douluo Star was clearly visible, with mountains, rivers, continents, and oceans all appearing in his consciousness.
And it is completely under his control.
Most of the area is gray and white, like a faded painting, lacking vitality.
It lacks the origin of the world.
Gu An slowly exhaled, but his heart was beating faster and faster.
He believed some of it.
At the very least, a bodyguard and a more powerful martial spirit are what he needs most right now.
Regardless of what else this dimension's consciousness hasn't said, let's focus on securing the immediate benefits first.
His consciousness turned to the options offered by Douluo Star.
Because he was awakening his martial soul at the moment, the first thing he looked at was the list of martial souls that could be replaced.
The moment the list unfolded in his mind, Gu An's eyelids twitched.
It encompasses almost all the well-known martial souls from Douluo Continent I, Douluo Continent II, and Douluo Continent III.
At the front of the line were none other than the martial souls of the Shrek Seven Devils.
Gu An's gaze swept upwards, landing on the first item on the list.
The appearance of the martial spirit surprised him somewhat.