"No, this is an Body Martial Soul!"
Chu Shanhe's voice thundered across the square like a bolt from the blue, stunning everyone present.
"But... this is a lightning element Martial Soul?!"
Others were puzzled upon hearing this. The most obvious trait of Body Martial Souls was that they belonged to a part of the body; after awakening, that part would become abnormally prominent compared to normal people, but Chen Yi clearly didn't have that.
The Great Elder reacted, blue light flashing in his eyes as an ocean-like mental power enveloped Chen Yi.
"Huh! This lightning isn't the Martial Soul; it's an innate attribute of the Body Martial Soul!"
Under the enhancement of mental power, the Great Elder saw two different golden lights emerging from Chen Yi: one was the purple-gold lightning, and the other... came from Chen Yi's body itself—that was the body Martial Soul.
"Chen Yi's Martial Soul isn't lightning; it's himself, and that lightning is the accompanying attribute of his Martial Soul!"
The Great Elder's excited voice echoed across the square, resounding in everyone's ears.
The body!
This was undoubtedly the top Body Martial Soul, possessing legendary golden-level potential; moreover, it came with that terrifying lightning. Even without a second awakening, it was one of the most terrifying Martial Souls in the world, comparable to the legendary Six-Winged Angel or below!
If it could achieve a golden-level second awakening, even the Six-Winged Angel would have to yield.
"Hahaha~ Good! Very good! Excellent! In this era, the Body Sect is destined to rise!"
Chu Shanhe and Yuan Hua's unrestrained laughter echoed throughout the Body Sect, shaking houses and trees wherever it passed.
This was the best era. In the past, the Spirit Hall's successive Grand Worshippers had dominated the world with the Six-Winged Angel; wherever its sword pointed, opponents could only submit and bow.
But Tang Chen's appearance shattered the myth of the Six-Winged Angel's invincibility, and Tang Hao's hammer smashed its prestige to pieces, greatly diminishing the deterrent power of the Spirit Hall's strongest force, the Six-Winged Angel lineage.
More importantly, three years ago, the last inheritor of the Six-Winged Angel had died young, and this god-level Martial Soul might vanish forever!
At this point in time, Chen Yi had awakened a top body Martial Soul with golden-level potential, accompanied by extreme lightning far surpassing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. With such a setup, as long as he didn't die prematurely, he could lead the Body Sect to the heights once reached by the Clear Sky Sect—or even higher.
Hearing this, everyone was exhilarated. For them, the Body Sect was their true home, and now that this home was poised to become even more prosperous, their faces couldn't hide the pure, fervent excitement.
"Boom—"
Just as everyone was celebrating, the lightning on Chen Yi suddenly became violent, with crackling electric sounds completely covering him, gradually forming a large cocoon.
"Xiao Yi!"
Seeing this, Mu Xi, who had been accepting congratulations, instantly appeared beside the thunder cocoon. The smile on her face vanished, replaced by pure anxiety.
Chen Yi's Body Martial Soul came with lightning, clearly a mutated Martial Soul. In the soul master world, such mutations often came with defects, and backlash against the owner was not uncommon. Now that Chen Yi was enveloped in lightning, in Mu Xi's view, this was highly likely some form of Martial Soul backlash.
Martial Soul backlash, if not handled carefully, could lead to death and soul dissipation; even if survived, the Martial Soul would be ruined, turning one into a complete cripple.
Thinking this, Mu Xi's anxiety deepened, her soul light bursting forth as she prepared to break the cocoon and interrupt the backlash.
"Don't rush, don't rush."
The Great Elder's voice snapped Mu Xi back from the brink of losing control. She had almost forgotten there were two big shots here.
These were two Titled Douluo standing at the peak of the Douluo Continent, one specializing in mental power with a brain Martial Soul, naturally more knowledgeable about Chen Yi's condition.
"Sect Master, Great Elder, Xiao Yi he..."
Even seeing the two approach together, Mu Xi's worry faded slightly, but the anxiety in her eyes remained undiminished.
"It's fine."
The Great Elder waved his hand, then surged his soul power, his already larger-than-normal head growing even bigger. At the same time, nine soul rings emerged behind him: Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black.
Clearly, to better examine Chen Yi's condition, he had directly activated his Martial Soul.
Watching the blue light flickering in the Great Elder's eyes, Mu Xi grew even more anxious, her gaze shifting back and forth between the two.
"Phew—"
After a long while, the Great Elder slowly retracted his Martial Soul, his aura returning to normal. Mu Xi immediately asked urgently:
"Great Elder, how is Xiao Yi?"
But at this moment, a trace of confusion appeared in the Great Elder's eyes. In his observation, the thunder on Chen Yi was like a swarm of eager creatures returning home, rushing into his body one after another.
It felt as if this lightning had no connection to Chen Yi's Martial Soul, yet they were born together—something that shouldn't happen?
After thinking for a moment, the Great Elder shared his findings with Chu Shanhe and Mu Xi. The former was also extremely puzzled.
"This... is truly unheard of. A body Martial Soul born with lightning should share the same origin, with extremely high compatibility. How could this situation arise?"
Chu Shanhe was completely baffled. After all, Martial Soul backlash wasn't rare; it was just incomplete mutation leading to conflict between self and Martial Soul. But Chen Yi clearly wasn't in conflict—the lightning wasn't clashing with him, yet it hadn't fused with him either, which was baffling.
"Great Elder, will Xiao Yi be alright?"
Mu Xi, standing nearby, didn't care about the details; her eyes were full of worry, fear, and... a hint of anticipation.
"Rest assured, though I'm not entirely familiar with Xiao Yi's situation, this thunder seems violent but isn't harming him. Instead, it's tempering his body. You can sense it—his physical body is slowly strengthening."
Mu Xi's eye twitched upon hearing this. If I could stick my hand in to check, would I need to ask you? But from what was said, Xiao Yi was in no immediate danger, which let her breathe a sigh of relief.
"Ahem."
Seeing the dark lines on Mu Xi's forehead, the Great Elder realized this and quickly added:
"In short, Xiao Yi is fine. I suspect he'll wake up once his Martial Soul fuses with this lightning."
"That's good, that's good." Mu Xi's worry visibly lessened, and she smiled again, but if one looked closely, deep concern still lingered in her eyes.
"Sigh, let's leave it at that for now. Qiyi."
Seeing everyone quiet down, Chu Shanhe spoke: "Take everyone back. As for Xiao Yi here, I'll personally watch over him."
Huang Qiyi was secretly amazed; the Sect Master and the others really valued little Chen Yi—a Titled Douluo personally standing guard.
But thinking of Chen Yi's talent, he understood and responded promptly.
"Understood."
Mu Xi looked at Chu Shanhe pleadingly: "Sect Master, this disciple wishes to stay here with Xiao Yi. Please permit it."
Though the Sect Master and Great Elder said Chen Yi was fine, as a mother, she wanted to watch over him personally to feel at ease. Chu Shanhe naturally understood and nodded:
"Allowed!"