Chapter 5: Joining the Offering Hall

As soon as Lin Yu saw the black shadow approaching, she dissipated the beam of light and retracted her martial soul.

Seeing Lin Yu retract her martial soul and dissipate the light beam, the black shadow did not make a move against her, but simply stood by her side and asked her a question.

Zhou Heng looked at the newcomer, who was wearing a suit of shimmering armor and a similarly shimmering helmet, revealing a face full of heroic spirit.

Behind them was a pair of retracted wings, and beneath their feet, six rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, and black—slowly rotated.

This immediately made Zhou Heng understand that this person was a six-ring Soul Emperor, and a flying Beast Spirit master at that.

Not a few minutes later, three more Spirit Masters flew over, two of whom were six-ring Soul Emperors and one a five-ring Soul King.

One must know that flying martial souls are extremely rare, yet here on this Offering Mountain, Lin Yu had summoned four flying-type martial soul masters with just a single signal.

From this, one can see just how vast the influence of the Spirit Hall is at this time.

Zhou Heng felt somewhat fortunate in his heart about joining the Spirit Hall; joining such a powerful force would not only accelerate his own growth speed but also guarantee his safety during the process of his growth.

On the other side, Lin Yu said to the first Soul Emperor who had arrived: "Keste, take someone and bring these two children up to the Offering Hall. Both of these children are geniuses; one has an Innate Spirit Power of seven and a half, and the other is even an Innate Full Soul Power. Let us hurry and take them to pay respects to the Honorary Elders."

The man called Keste, after hearing Lin Yu's words, stared in surprise at Zhou Heng and Wang Hu for a moment.

Subsequently, Keste pointedly and solemnly assigned a flying Spirit Master, who was also a six-ring Soul Emperor like himself, to go to the summit first to report the news of the discovered genius to the various Honorary Elders.

Afterward, he and the remaining two Spirit Masters carried Lin Yu and the two children, Zhou Heng and Wang Hu, and flew toward the Offering Hall at the summit.

Zhou Heng lay on the back of a Soul Emperor; he did not feel the impact of the air against his body, only feeling wisps of breeze gently brushing past, which was quite comfortable.

With flying Spirit Masters acting as "mounts," the group's speed was extremely fast, and before long, the group had arrived at the summit of the Offering Mountain.

At this moment, on the summit, a magnificent palace stood quietly; this palace was primarily white and gold, blended with other colors, and decorated with pearls, agates, and various other gemstones, making the palace appear incomparably glorious and grand.

At this time, several people were already waiting in front of the palace, just waiting for Zhou Heng's group to arrive.

The leader was a burly man with fiery red hair; the man was stout, and his body faintly exuded a wild and domineering aura of being the only one supreme.

This burly man was the Fourth Honorary Elder of the Offering Hall from the original story, the Lion Douluo, a ninety-seventh-level Power Attack System peak Douluo, whose martial soul was the Blazing Lion.

The Lion Douluo led several guards wearing pale gold armor, commissioned by the Grand Pontiff Qian Daoliu, to wait in front of the Offering Hall for the genius with Twin Spirits mentioned in the message.

The Lion Douluo suddenly raised his head and looked not far away, where three black dots were advancing in the direction of the Offering Hall.

These three black dots were exactly Zhou Huan's group; with the help of the three flying-type martial soul masters, the three of them—Zhou Heng, Wang Hu, and Lin Yu—had arrived not far from the Offering Hall in less than half an hour.

After a few breaths, Zhou Heng's group, which had been quite far away, had already arrived at a spot not far in front of the Lion Douluo.

Keste and the other two flying Spirit Masters set Lin Yu and Zhou Huan down, then respectfully cupped their fists and bowed to the Lion Douluo, and only after receiving the Lion Douluo's permission did they dare to leave the Offering Hall at the summit.

The Lion Douluo narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Hu, the aura on his body faintly surging out, causing Wang Hu's body to stiffen, and his thin, small body fainted directly.

The Lion Douluo shook his head slightly as he watched Wang Hu's performance, a look of disappointment flashing across his face, and then he controlled himself to retract his aura, no longer paying attention to Wang Hu.

"Have someone send this little fellow to the Spirit Hall Academy; this place is not suitable for him," the Lion Douluo said in a deep voice to the guards behind him.

The Lion Douluo turned his head to look at Zhou Heng, and the Lion Douluo's gaze met Zhou Huan's gaze as he looked at the Lion Douluo.

The wild, uninhibited, and supreme aura on the Lion Douluo's body rushed straight toward Zhou Heng.

Although the aura was somewhat restrained, Zhou Heng still felt as if he were on a small boat in the middle of a vast ocean, facing the raging storms of the sea, making his body feel incomparably heavy.

Zhou Heng only felt his head becoming dizzy and muddled, and just when Zhou Heng could no longer hold on, a stream of cool energy radiated from within his brain.

This made Zhou Heng's originally muddled brain immediately clear up.

The Lion Douluo also saw that Zhou Heng had become clear-headed, and then the aura on his body suddenly increased, pressing heavily onto Zhou Heng's body.

Zhou Heng instinctively released his two martial souls; the Battle Instrument Martial Soul made Zhou Heng's spirit perk up, and his originally heavy body felt somewhat lighter after the Battle Instrument Martial Soul was released.

The small tree martial soul on his left hand spontaneously absorbed the spiritual energy in the air, converted the spiritual energy into soul power, and fed it back to Zhou Heng's soul power to compensate for Zhou Heng's consumption.

However, because the small tree martial soul had not yet been cultivated or developed, the soul power it fed back to him was very little, and compared to Zhou Huan's consumption, it was like a drop in the ocean.

After Zhou Heng released his Twin Spirits, the aura the Lion Douluo was pressing onto Zhou Heng's body instantly dissipated.

The Lion Douluo's eyes widened as he stared at the martial souls on Zhou Heng's hands, and a smile could not help but appear on his face.

"Good lad, with two top-tier martial souls on you, such talent is indeed not bad. Lad, come with me to pay respects to the boss."

After speaking, the Lion Douluo looked at Lin Yu, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Lin Yu: "Lin Yu, you have discovered a genius with extremely high talent, well done. Go and collect your reward."

Lin Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly cupped her fists and bowed to the Lion Douluo, "Many thanks to the Fourth Honorary Elder for the reward. This subordinate will certainly continue to work hard and discover more children with potential for the Spirit Hall."

The Lion Douluo did not pay any more attention to Lin Yu; his figure flashed, and he arrived beside Zhou Heng, raised his hand, and grabbed Zhou Heng as if he were grabbing a little chick.

Immediately following, Zhou Heng felt a sense of weightlessness, and the scenery before his eyes changed rapidly, making Zhou Heng dizzy and dazzled.

However, this feeling only lasted for an instant, and then Zhou Heng was standing in a golden hall.

In front of him, seven people wearing gorgeous clothes with magnificent and imposing auras were all looking at Zhou Heng, which made Zhou Heng's heart tighten.

The Lion Douluo looked at Zhou Heng's tense muscles and laughed loudly: "Lad, do you know who we are?"

Zhou Heng did not hesitate and shook his head directly, "I do not know who you seniors are?"

Nonsense, right now he shouldn't know these people at all; even if he did know them, he couldn't say he knew them.

The Lion Douluo's smile did not diminish, and he pointed to the leader, a middle-aged man with a gentle temperament whose physical appearance was like that of a man in his prime, and said: "This is the Grand Pontiff of the Offering Hall, the Angel Douluo, named Qian Daoliu, known as the 'Invincible of the Sky', a ninety-ninth-level Limit Douluo."

Afterward, he introduced them one by one: "The Second Honorary Elder, Golden Crocodile Douluo, a ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo;

The Third Honorary Elder, Green Luan Douluo, a ninety-seventh-level Super Douluo;

The Fourth Honorary Elder, that is me, the Lion Douluo, a ninety-seventh-level Super Douluo;

The Fifth Honorary Elder, Light Feather Douluo, a ninety-seventh-level Super Douluo;

The Sixth and Seventh Honorary Elders are twin brothers, respectively Qianjun Douluo and Jiangmo Douluo, both are ninety-sixth-level Super Douluo.

Lad, why don't you hurry and pay respects to your seniors."