Chapter 2: Spirit Awakening
As the headquarters of Spirit Hall, the Supreme Pontiff Palace was incredibly vast.
Not only did Elders of Offering, the Supreme Pontiff, and various Titled Douluo reside there, but also a large number of high-ranking officials and many powerful Spirit Masters of Spirit Hall.
Furthermore, Spirit Hall liked to adopt orphans with potential.
Therefore, every year, a group of children from the Supreme Pontiff Palace would collectively awaken their Spirits.
Today, among those awakening their Spirits with Guang Yu, was Hu Liena, one of the future Golden Generation of Spirit Hall.
When Guang Yu arrived at the Awakening Hall, all the other children scheduled for Spirit awakening had also gathered.
There were also Elders present to observe and accompany these children, including Hu Liena's Elder brother, Xie Yue, who had already awakened his Spirit and cultivated for two years, and her good friend Yan.
“Heh.”
Seeing Guang Yu appear, Hu Liena's mouth curled into a sneer, and she walked towards Guang Yu: “Hey! Guang Yu, today, how about we compare whose talent is stronger, yours or mine?”
“Not interested, get out of the way.”
“You!”
“Guang Yu! Don't get ahead of yourself. Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong said my talent is very likely to be above innate level 8. You definitely won't be as good as me then!” Hu Liena stomped her feet in anger, hands on her hips.
She huffed a sentence and then turned to leave.
Guang Yu couldn't be bothered with Hu Liena.
Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were all orphans adopted by Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong naturally couldn't directly discern the potential of a child whose Spirit hadn't awakened, but there were patterns to follow, such as the Spirits and talent potential of their parents, followed by post-awakening observation and small tests for inference.
This wasn't precise, only indicating a relatively high probability.
Therefore, Hu Liena was a child Bibi Dong thought highly of, and precisely because of Hu Liena, Bibi Dong herself would personally attend the Awakening Hall today.
Within the Spirit Hall's influence, while seemingly harmonious, it was actually secretly divided into two factions.
One faction followed Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong.
The other faction believed in the Qian family, the lineage of the Seraphim.
So, Guang Yu and Hu Liena usually didn't get along, and he didn't like this love-struck ingrate.
If Guang Yu could resolve the Spirit backlash problem and become a strong practitioner in the future, and saw Hu Liena dare to fall in love with Tang San and betray Spirit Hall,
He would definitely kill Hu Liena!
At this moment, an announcement sounded from outside the hall.
“Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong has arrived!”
As Bibi Dong entered with the Douluo Ju and Gui, the Spirit awakening ceremony officially began!
The Spirit Master conducting the awakening said: “Alright, children, line up and come forward one by one to awaken your Spirits.”
“Zhuang Yuntao, Spirit: Mighty Pig, innate level 5! Next.”
“Liu Yan, Spirit: Ghost Vine, innate level 6! Next.”
“Li Hui, Spirit: Steel Sword, innate level 4, Next.”
“Next, Hu Liena!”
“It's finally my turn.”
Hu Liena slowly stepped forward, and under the pull of the awakening stone, a pink Charming Fox emerged.
Bibi Dong secretly nodded: “Indeed, it's the top-tier Beast Spirit, Charming Fox.”
With the spirit power test, Hu Liena's innate spirit power reached an astonishing level 9!
“Innate spirit power level 9!”
“Oh my god! So strong!”
The hall instantly erupted in exclamations.
Xie Yue and Yan looked surprised and delighted: “Yan, Nana's talent is indeed not inferior to ours!”
“Good! Very good! Hu Liena, are you willing to take me as your master and become my personal disciple?” Bibi Dong was very satisfied and accepted her as a disciple on the spot.
Hu Liena was even more overjoyed: “Nana is willing! Nana greets Master!”
She then cast a triumphant look at Guang Yu, full of pride: “Heh, my innate spirit power is level 9, Guang Yu, you can't possibly beat me.”
“Now I've even been accepted as a personal disciple by Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong. Today, you can only be a foil for me, Hu Liena!”
“I, Hu Liena, will be the most dazzling presence today!”
Undoubtedly, no one could surpass Hu Liena next.
They were all mere foils under the shining halo of Hu Liena's talent.
Until the last one, Guang Yu, awakened his Spirit.
“The last one!”
“Oh? This child, could it be…” Bibi Dong then carefully scrutinized Guang Yu, asking: “You are a descendant of the Guang Ling Divine Bow lineage, aren't you?”
“That's right.”
Guang Yu responded calmly and stood before the Spirit Master conducting the awakening.
After confirming his identity, Bibi Dong sneered disdainfully internally: “Heh, another short-lived ghost, a waste who will die sooner or later even if he awakens a powerful Spirit.”
Hu Liena also sneered secretly, very confident in herself: “When he awakens his Spirit and his innate spirit power is lower than mine, I'll definitely mock him thoroughly! Hmph!”
“I'm ready, please begin.”
The Spirit Master conducting the awakening nodded, activating the awakening stone to slowly draw out Guang Yu's Spirit.
In his left palm appeared an ice-crystal-colored bow!
But it was at this moment that a terrifying extreme ice power suddenly emanated from Guang Yu's body.
This scene instantly stunned everyone present.
“How can there be such terrifying extreme ice power? The ice attribute of the Guang Ling Divine Bow isn't that strong, is it?!”
“Not good!”
“Quick! Protect these children!”
The ground beneath Guang Yu's feet rapidly froze, and within a few short seconds, the entire Awakening Hall was frozen.
While everyone was still greatly shocked,
Another Tool Spirit appeared in Guang Yu's right palm.
It was a sword radiating sacred golden light!
The next second, an incomparably dazzling golden radiance also illuminated the entire Awakening Hall!
“What the heck! What's going on?!”
“What in the world did this kid awaken?!”
“So dazzling! Quick! Children, close your eyes! Otherwise, you'll go blind!”
Guang Yu's Spirit awakening almost crippled the other children present at the same time!
It was at that instant that extreme ice light and Extreme Light respectively rose from Guang Yu's two Spirits.
Two beams of light shot up into the sky!
Piercing through the clouds!
The ice and golden light covering the entire hall also dissipated at this moment.
And the stone in front of Guang Yu, which sensed innate spirit power, displayed the expected number: 10.
“twin spirits!”
“Innate full spirit power!!!”
“Awesome! This child is too awesome!!!”
“Oh my god!”
“Our Spirit Hall is about to produce another peerless genius!”
At this moment, Guang Yu shocked everyone.
Everyone in the hall stood up, exclaiming in awe.
Guang Yu's brilliance completely overshadowed Hu Liena's innate spirit power level 9, even to the point of utterly crushing Hu Liena.
“How… how could this be…”
Hu Liena was completely stunned, her previous triumphant expression long gone.
Thinking back to her attitude just now, and how she had planned to mock Guang Yu, Hu Liena now felt like a clown, her small face looking very displeased: “Damn it! How could he be so powerful! I'm not convinced!”
Bibi Dong was also greatly shocked; Guang Yu's result far exceeded her imagination, and she frowned tightly: “This boy, his talent is so extraordinary, twin spirits?”
To be honest, Bibi Dong was a little displeased, because Guang Yu was from the Hall of Supreme Elders faction.
“Ice Bow… Light Sword.”
Guang Yu was also very surprised at this moment, looking at the two Tool Spirits in his hands.