Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

"Your battle spirit is on the seventh battle arena. Please go to the rest room to rest for now."

I accepted the badge respectfully handed to me by the staff member and then left.

Upon arriving at the lounge, one finds over a dozen Soul Masters already waiting. Without exception, they are all waiting for the Soul Battle to begin. These Soul Masters include both men and women, but their Soul Power levels are generally not high; most are Great Soul Masters.

There are only two Soul Masters and four Soul Venerables.

When Di Hong entered, their eyes all turned to him. No one spoke. As fellow Soul Masters, they could feel the pressure Di Hong brought them, especially the two Soul Grandmasters, who could tell that Di Hong's Soul Power level was above theirs.

Di Hong went to a secluded corner and sat down.

The Soul Masters in the lounge sat together in twos and threes, chatting, but no one dared to speak to Di Hong. After all, he gave off a feeling of keeping people at arm's length, and he also wore a mask, making him look very mysterious.

Perhaps he is a genius being secretly trained by some family.

As they waited, fewer and fewer Soul Masters remained in the lounge. From there, they could clearly hear the thunderous cheers from the audience on the Soul Arena. Di Hong felt a surge of excitement; this was the first time he had ever participated in such an event, both in his past and present lives.

By evening, only Di Hong remained in the lounge.

At that moment, a staff member pushed the door open and entered.

"My lord, the next match is your Soul Battle. Please follow me."

Di Hong followed him to the passage leading to the Soul Battle Arena. The battle on the arena was not yet over, and the two Soul Masters were still fighting. The cheers heard here were clearer and more enthusiastic than those in the rest room.

Leaning against the wall, I waited quietly.

The battles on the Soul Arena ended quickly.

The two Soul Masters left the Soul Battle Arena, and the host came on stage.

"Dear viewers, let's welcome the next battle with enthusiastic cheers!"

"I believe this battle will be the most intense and exciting battle of the day."

"One-on-one, the eighteenth match of the Soul Battle."

"Battle Soul King Shi Heng, Beast Martial Soul Gale Leopard."

The host introduced a slender middle-aged man to the Soul Battle Arena. The man had very sharp eyes, wore a blue shirt, and exuded unparalleled confidence, with a faint smile on his lips.

When he appeared, the entire audience erupted in cheers; they clearly knew Shi Heng.

"Shi Heng!"

"Shi Heng!"

"Shi Heng!"

The audience cheered loudly, and Shi Heng also enjoyed the atmosphere. He was a regular at the New City Soul Arena, and in his battle record, he had won more than he had lost.

Before this battle, he had already achieved a nine-game winning streak. If he won this game, he would become the first Soul Master to achieve a ten-game winning streak since the establishment of the New City Great Soul Arena. Originally, there was no Soul Master battle for him tonight, but unexpectedly, an Iron Soul King came.

The Soul Arena had no choice but to put him on the field. He was the strongest Soul King among all the Soul Kings in the arena, with a Soul Power level of 57.

He wasn't too nervous about this battle, but he didn't underestimate his opponent either. The arena's management had told him that although his opponent was wearing a mask, he looked very young and was already a Soul King at such a young age. He was definitely a genius, so he naturally had to take him seriously.

Although the opponent is only level 53.

After the cheers from the audience subsided, the host continued, "And Shi Heng's opponent tonight is the War Soul King Ling Guang."

"Beast Martial Soul: Vermilion Bird".

Di Hong walked onto the Soul Battle Stage unhurriedly. Although it was his first time participating in a Soul Battle, the cheers from the audience were very loud. Some people had already bet on him to win because the odds were very high. If he won, those who bet on him would become rich overnight.

Looking at Di Hong's long red hair tied up and his captivating red eyes, which were like rubies, Shi Heng couldn't help but frown.

Although Di Hong did not release any pressure or soul power, he still felt a pressure, and the other party must be a strong person.

Seeing that both of them were ready, the host immediately announced the start of the battle and then left the battle arena.

"Possessed by a martial spirit!"

Shi Heng activated his Martial Soul first, then lay prone on the ground, staring intently at Di Hong like a hunting cheetah. Immediately afterward, a purple Soul Ring lit up on his body.

Fourth Soul Skill: Swift Movement!

In an instant, he vanished from his spot, and a gust of wind swept across the entire Soul Battle Arena. This wind was not a soul skill, but rather the wind generated by Shi Heng at extremely high speed. Clearly, he did not want to defeat Di Hong head-on, but rather wanted to use his speed to create a gust of wind on the Soul Battle Arena to either blow Di Hong up or sweep him off the arena.

However, he seemed to have overlooked the fact that Di Hong's martial soul was the Vermilion Bird, which meant that he could fly.

"Vermilion Bird Possession!" Di Hong shouted softly, activating his Martial Soul Possession state. Flames immediately ignited around him, and a pair of crimson wings covered in flames appeared on his back.

He leaped into the air above the Soul Arena and looked down. In his vision, Shi Heng was running around the edge of the Soul Arena like a swift cheetah. The entire Soul Arena was now enveloped by the wind generated by his running.

"Using my fourth soul skill right off the bat, they really think highly of me," Di Hong muttered to himself, amused.

The wind on the Soul Battle Arena grew stronger, but this also consumed a lot of Shi Heng's soul power. Di Hong had already flapped his wings and flown out of the range of the whirlwind.

When Shi Heng stopped and saw Di Hong above, he let out a long sigh.

"What I hate most are these flying Soul Masters."

"So what if you can fly? Come down here, let's face each other head-on."

“Come up here,” Di Hong replied.

"get down."

"you come up."

"get down."

"you come up."

The two exchanged barbs, neither willing to go down, nor able to go up, leaving the audience speechless.

"No, go ahead and fight."

"I'm not paying to watch you argue. Fight! Unleash your soul skills!"

Finally, Shi Heng couldn't take it anymore.

Second Soul Skill: Gale Twin Blades.

The purple soul ring lit up, and Shi Heng released two crescent-shaped wind blades condensed from cyan soul power towards Di Hong above.

Di Hong easily dodged to the side, but just when he thought he had dodged it, the two cyan soul power wind blades returned. Looking back, Di Hong hurriedly flapped his wings to dodge, but the two blades formed from soul power seemed to be tracking him and kept chasing him.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, he had no choice but to stop.

"First Soul Skill: Fire Protection".

A fiery shield instantly protected him, and two soul-power wind blades struck the shield before dissipating.

Immediately afterwards, his second spirit ring lit up.

Second Soul Skill: Fire Feather.

He slowly raised his right hand, and countless fiery feathers condensed around him. As he gently pressed down with his raised right hand, the fiery feathers shot towards Shi Heng.

Chapter 9 Victory in the Battle of Souls

Faced with the rain of fiery feathers, Shi Heng dared not confront them head-on.

Fifth Soul Skill: Gale Clone.

As his black fifth spirit ring lit up, he split into two, making it difficult to tell which was real and which was fake with the naked eye.

Two figures ran at the same speed on the Soul Arena, dodging the falling fiery feathers. Although they dodged the feathers, the flames did not dissipate after touching the ground; instead, they adhered to the Soul Arena.

This allowed Shi Heng, who was running, to clearly feel the temperature of the Soul Arena rising, and in some places, small pits had even formed from the melting.

"What kind of flame is this?"

Shi Heng was startled; it was the first time he had ever seen a flame that couldn't be extinguished.

"A top-grade fire-attribute beast spirit?" He frowned, his mind racing. This kind of flame could probably only be possessed by a top-grade fire-attribute spirit, but he had never heard of any family on the continent whose inherited spirit was the Vermilion Bird.

Those forces possessing powerful fire-attribute martial souls are not the Vermilion Bird.

"Could it be some reclusive family?"

Given the vastness of the Douluo Continent, it's not surprising that there's a reclusive family of Soul Masters.

But he had a vague feeling that Di Hong didn't seem to come from a reclusive family. He felt that Di Hong was of noble birth because he exuded an extraordinary aura. Although his speech was not like that of a nobleman, his aura did not lie.

Red hair, red eyes, and of noble birth.

In his memory, it seemed that only the Silves royal family was like this, and he also knew that the Silves royal family had produced a genius with innate full soul power.

The only one who seems to fit the description is that genius from the Silves royal family, but the royal family's inherited martial soul is the Fire Phoenix, while Di Hong's martial soul is the Vermilion Bird.

When the announcement was made, the royal family did not disclose Di Hong's martial soul. They only announced that he had innate full soul power and that his martial soul had mutated. No one bothered to find out about his martial soul, since his inherited martial soul was the Fire Phoenix, and there was no need to speculate.

Even if it mutates, what else can it mutate into?

This left him somewhat confused.

Besides, Sylves City is quite a distance from here. Why would members of the royal family come all the way to the new city to engage in spirit battles? Sylves City has its own spirit battle arena, and the one there is even more luxurious. Moreover, members of the royal family wouldn't be so bored as to participate in spirit battles.

However, now was not the time for him to think about these things. The flames from Di Hong's second soul skill after landing had already formed a wall of fire that blocked him. His clone was instantly burned to ashes before it could rush into the wall of fire.

"That flame can burn soul power."