"Could it be that he didn't leak anything?"
Jiang Xiu looked up at Dong Zi'an in front of him, shocked. He did indeed have a second martial soul, but he hadn't released it at all.
Seeing Jiang Xiu's expression, Dong Zi'an smiled knowingly, knowing he had guessed correctly. He then tried to calm his rough voice.
"Little friend, don't be nervous. Uncle isn't a bad person. Come on, let Uncle see what your second martial soul is."
Bright lights scattered, and the cold wind outside the emergency center suddenly intensified, lashing against the metal walls with a mournful howl.
"This isn't the era of the Peerless Tang Sect ten thousand years ago.
A martial soul with a dark attribute shouldn't be labeled an evil soul master. I should be fine..."
Jiang Xiu reassured himself. The Federation was unified in this era, no longer as chaotic as the four great empires during the Tang Sect era.
Besides, Dong Zi'an was right in front of him, and he didn't seem to have the right to refuse.
Moreover, he was now all alone, perhaps this was an opportunity…
"Uncle, I do indeed have a second martial soul."
Jiang Xiu made up his mind and said crisply, the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon martial soul slowly retracting into his body, and that extreme destructive power also quietly disappeared.
He couldn't use two martial souls at the same time yet.
"Is that so? Let me see what a martial soul that can coexist with the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon looks like."
Dong Zian's eyes showed a hint of expectation as he stared intently at Jiang Jue.
According to the theory of a certain master in history, the quality of the two martial souls of a twin martial soul owner would never differ too much.
"Buzz!"
Jiang Xiu slowly released his clenched left hand, and then a dense dark power surged out, as if darkness had descended.
In an instant, the entire spacious Soul Guidance Emergency Center seemed to fall into eternal night, pitch black, and a cold aura gradually spread.
Dong Zian remained unmoved and continued to stare intently at Jiang Xiu.
"Heh heh heh!"
Dark power converged like flowing water, and a pitch-black figure rose beneath Jiang Xiu's feet.
This figure was clad in sharp armor, tall and imposing, its entire body devoid of any color other than darkness.
The moment it fully materialized, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly snapped open, their pupils filled with arrogance.
A kingly pressure instantly swept out, arms crossed, head bowed proudly as it looked at Dong Zi'an.
At this moment, Jiang Xiu was also enveloped in darkness, his original purple eyes transforming into blood-red pupils, a hint of arrogance flashing in his eyes as well.
The black shadow behind him stood like a king's guard.
"This is a Shadow Body Martial Soul?
A Body Martial Soul with extreme dark attributes?"
A flash of blue light appeared in Dong Zi'an's eyes. With a fluctuation of soul power, he easily neutralized the pressure, but the shock in his heart was no less significant.
On the Douluo Continent, there exists a Martial Soul that is both simple and powerful, and this Martial Soul is extremely peculiar, capable of transformation—that is the Body Martial Soul.
"But why does the original spirit possess additional attributes so immediately upon appearance, and even those are extreme dark attributes?"
While surprised, a surge of excitement welled up in Dong Zi'an's heart.
He seemed to have struck gold!
A spirit master with dual extreme attribute spirits—it seemed there had never been one in history!
"Uncle, have you seen enough?"
Jiang Xiu smiled politely, seeing Dong Zi'an's burning eyes and his throat bobbing occasionally.
"Ahem, put it away. Your shadow spirit is very good, very good!"
Dong Zi'an realized he had slightly lost his composure, coughed lightly, and waved his hand.
It wasn't that his composure wasn't strong enough; it was simply that the shock Jiang Xiu had given him was too intense.
He dared to say that even Yun Ming, the strongest person on the continent right now, would be moved if he were here.
Jiang Xiu's eyes flickered, and with a slight clench of his fist, the dark power receded, and the black shadow behind him vanished silently.
Jiang Xiu didn't refute Dong Zi'an's words, but he knew in his heart that the black shadow behind him wasn't the shadow spirit Dong Zi'an spoke of, but the Dark Shadow King, the ruler of the Eternal Night!
The Shadow King's strength lies not in its dark attributes, but in its ability to extract the shadows of the dead.
One man forming an army perfectly encapsulates the Shadow King's power! At this time, Jiang Xiu had already secretly set his sights on the goal of shadow extraction…
"By the way, Uncle, how did you know I possess a second martial soul?"
Suddenly, Jiang Xiu seemed to realize something and asked, puzzled. If he hadn't missed it, then it must be Dong Zi'an's question.
"Haha, after you fainted in the Abyss Tide, you might not have noticed that your shadow was gone."
Dong Zi'an smiled rarely, pointing his thick finger to Jiang Xiu's side under the light.
Jiang Xiu looked in the direction Dong Zi'an pointed, his expression suddenly freezing.
He realized that under the light, he truly had no shadow.
"Am I no longer human?"
Jiang Xiu's brow twitched.
A thought surfaced in his mind: what is a person without a shadow?
"Don't worry, based on my guess, your shadow has probably transformed into your martial soul.
After all, the original martial soul is a part of oneself."
Dong Zi'an pondered for a moment, his eyes gleaming.
"Of course, there's another possibility: you weren't waiting for awakening at the time, but were actually undergoing the awakening ceremony.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the abyss tide, in a crisis, your martial spirit activated its protective function.
Since your martial spirit happens to be your own shadow, it appeared and saved you through your shadow as a medium, and your shadow merged with it."
Dong Zian paused, then put his hands behind his back.
"Of course, these are all speculations, since I wasn't by your side at the time."
But Jiang Xiu was slightly shocked after hearing this, because he had indeed been awakening his martial spirit at the time.
This person's wisdom was truly astonishing!
"Little boy, where are your parents? Uncle wants to see them."
After a moment, a glint of light flashed in Dong Zi'an's eyes as he asked softly, his tone somewhat urgent.
"Uncle, you may not be able to see them again."
Jiang Xiu shook his head slightly upon hearing this, a trace of sadness appearing on his handsome face.
"It's alright. Just tell me where they are, and with Uncle's abilities, I can definitely find them within half a day."
Dong Zi'an waved his hand, the five gold stars on his shoulder gleaming. With his status in the Federation, finding two people was a piece of cake.
"They died in battle four years ago."
"They only returned with two small medals."
As soon as Jiang Xiu finished speaking, Dong Zi'an's expression suddenly froze. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.
"Good boy, your parents were great, and you were great too."
He patted Jiang Xiu's shoulder and said in a deep voice.
"By the way, Uncle, my parents' two medals are still in Snow City..."
"They'll be found. Uncle will help you get them back. Don't be afraid."
As a soldier, Dong Zi'an understood this feeling even better. Looking at Jiang Xiu's small body, Dong Zi'an shook his head slightly.
Four years ago, Jiang Xiu was only two years old.
(End of Chapter)