Douluo Continent: God Descends

Chapter 20 Spirit Realm

The elevator ascended smoothly, the digital display screen jumped from "1" to "3", and with a soft "ding" sound, the elevator door slowly opened.

As Lu Xingchen stepped out of the stairwell, the scene before him was completely different from that on the first floor.

This is a more spacious and brighter area, with faint energy fluctuations in the air. A dozen three-meter-tall silver machines are neatly arranged, which are the random soul extraction devices.

A pale blue light screen floats in front of each machine, constantly flashing with the phantom images of various spirits—some are small and exquisite beast spirits, some are strangely shaped plant spirits, and some are indescribable elemental spirits.

Occasionally, the machine would emit a soft "hum," the light screen would freeze, and accompanied by the sounds of surprise or disappointment from the extractors, a beam of light would fly out from the hatch below the machine and be collected by the prepared soul container.

As soon as Lu Xingchen appeared at the entrance, a Spirit Master dressed in the Spirit Pagoda uniform quickly came to greet him.

With a standard smile on his face, he looked at the silver token in Lu Xingchen's hand and asked in a gentle tone, "Little friend, are you here to participate in the random soul spirit draw? Please show me your credentials."

"Yes, thank you for your trouble, Uncle." Lu Xingchen handed over the silver token with both hands, his tone very polite.

The spirit medium took the token, scanned it with his terminal to confirm it was correct, and then his smile became even warmer: "Well, then come with me here next, and we'll do a mental strength test first. This is a necessary procedure before extracting the soul spirit."

After saying that, he led Lu Xingchen to a small testing room in the corner of the hall.

The testing room was not large, but it contained several sophisticated soul-guided instruments, and the air was filled with a faint aura of energy.

Guided by the spirit medium, Lu Xingchen sat down in front of a device about half his height. A metal helmet slowly descended from the top of the device and was fixed to his head by a flexible metal arm, fitting snugly but not oppressively.

"Don't be nervous, just relax your whole body. You may feel slightly dizzy after the machine is turned on, which is normal and there is no need to resist it."

The spirit medium adjusted the instrument parameters while gently comforting the child, his eyes showing patience towards him.

"Okay." Lu Xingchen replied, secretly circulating his mental energy—he did not reveal all the mental energy brought by the mind reader, but deliberately restrained half of it, leaving only a portion outside.

As the spirit master pressed the start button, the instrument emitted a slight hum, a soft white halo appeared on the surface of the metal helmet, and the surrounding soul guide screens lit up instantly, with lines of data jumping rapidly.

"Ten, twenty, thirty...fifty..."

The spirit medium's gaze fell on the screen, initially with a casual air, but as the numbers continued to climb, his expression gradually changed, and his previously relaxed body unconsciously straightened up.

When the value broke through one hundred and showed no sign of stopping, the spirit master's breath hitched slightly.

When the number finally stabilized at "152", his pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with disbelief and shock, and he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "One... one hundred and fifty-two!"

In the world of Soul Masters, there is a clear division of spiritual power into six realms.

The first realm is the Spirit Origin Realm, with a value between 1 and 100. It is the foundation of spiritual power for all Soul Masters, and ordinary people are born with the spiritual power of the early stage of the Spirit Origin Realm.

Soul Masters below the Soul Venerable level mostly have limited spiritual power, enough to support a soul spirit for ten to a hundred years.

When the value exceeds one hundred, it means entering the second realm, the Spiritual Realm.

The Spirit Master himself was already a three-ring Soul Master, and his spiritual power was only around 125. However, the child in front of him, who had not even condensed a Soul Ring, had spiritual power far exceeding his own!

"Genius! This is absolutely a once-in-a-century monstrous genius!"

The Spirit Master was deeply shocked. His eyes were filled with fervor and solemnity as he looked at Lu Xingchen, and he asked excitedly, "Child, can you tell your uncle what your Martial Soul is?"

Such outrageous mental strength data could only be achieved by a naturally born mental-type Soul Master.

Lu Xingchen possesses such profound knowledge even before becoming a Soul Master, so his Martial Soul must be extraordinary, perhaps even a top-tier Spirit-type Martial Soul.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingchen gathered his soul power at his fingertips, and a crystal-clear gemstone martial soul slowly emerged, reflecting a brilliant yet gentle light under the lamp. "My martial soul is a gemstone."

"A Gemstone Martial Soul?"

The spirit master leaned closer to examine it closely, scrutinizing it several times, but still couldn't discern any characteristics of a spirit-type martial soul from the gem—it had neither the fluctuations of outward spiritual power nor any special soul aura, appearing no different from ordinary elemental or support-type gem martial souls.

But the numbers on the instruments don't lie; a mental strength of 152 couldn't possibly appear out of thin air.

The spirit master quickly made a judgment: "It must be a mutated spirit-type gem spirit! Although it's not apparent on the surface, it undoubtedly contains powerful spiritual potential. This is definitely a top-tier spirit!"

He suppressed his shock and became even more respectful, even unconsciously addressing the child with affection: "Good child, the test is over. Now let's go extract the soul spirit. With your talent, you're sure to get something good."

After leaving the testing room, the two returned to the random selection area on the third floor.

The spirit transfer master pointed to the dozens of silver machines and patiently explained, "These are all random spirit extraction devices. You can choose any one you like. They are all connected to the spirit transfer tower terminal. After extraction, a corresponding number will be displayed. You can exchange the corresponding spirit for that number."

Unlike the Spirit Pagoda in small cities that directly extracts Soul Orbs, the Spirit Pagoda in Tianhai City, as one of the "Eighteen Heavenly Pillars," has a wide variety of Soul Orbs, so it adopts this "numbered correspondence" model, which is both standardized and efficient.

Lu Xingchen nodded, his gaze sweeping over the machines in front of him—these devices resembled enlarged versions of soul-guided gashapon machines, their outer shells gleaming with a metallic sheen, exuding a sense of precision born from the combination of technology and soul power.

He didn't make a specific choice; he just randomly walked up to a machine and stopped.

"See those two buttons on the machine? Green is for starting, and red is for stopping. After you press stop, the image of the spirit displayed on the screen is the result of your draw," the spirit medium explained in detail.

Lu Xingchen took a deep breath, his fingertips twitching slightly as he secretly sensed the faint connection coming from "0-01" in his arms. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hand and pressed the green button.

In an instant, a series of flowing lights lit up inside the machine, and the numbers on the screen began to jump rapidly, so fast that it was dazzling, while a light and cheerful soul-guiding sound effect rang in the ears.

"It's up to you now, 0-01."

He silently recited the command in his mind, his eyes narrowed, and he suddenly pressed the red button.