NOVEL WEB Chapter 29: The Second Soul Skill: Mental Suggestion.
Chapter 29: The Second Soul Skill: Mental Suggestion.
Helplessly, the big-headed spirit apes could only pick up any objects that were convenient to them, attach their soul power and mental power to them, and smash them towards Huo Yuhao and the other three.
The larger objects thrown by these big-headed spirit apes were countered by Huo Yuhao using hidden weapons, which disrupted their projection paths and caused them to deviate, while the smaller and inconspicuous ones were simply ignored by Huo Yuhao.
With the help of the third-level soul power circuit, refraction, the tiny attacks that fell on Huo Yuhao were directly deflected and did not even cause the slightest harm to Huo Yuhao.
The three students who fell to the ground and lost their self-consciousness were unlucky. Although Huo Yuhao helped them deflect the bigger attacks, some minor attacks still fell on them.
The attacks with soul power and mental power made them bruised and dizzy, but in fact their injuries were not that serious. At most, they just looked miserable.
At this time, the attacks of the big-headed spirit apes became increasingly sparse, because with Lie Yong's charge, a large number of the big-headed spirit apes were all burned into mummies. At this time, Lie Yong was already very close to the hiding place of the mutated three-eyed demon ape.
Therefore, those big-headed spirit apes in groups of three or two had no time to attack Huo Yuhao and others, and they all gave up their actions of turning around to entangle Lie Yong.
"That guy looks like he wants to run away. That's right. Anyway, the big-headed ape is not its own tribe, but its subordinate. But I can't let you fly away with the meat in my mouth, Little Yuhao, just watch me!"
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm said confidently that as a dignified million-year soul beast, although it could not defeat those hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, it could still easily bully these small hundred-year soul beasts and thousand-year soul beasts with its huge mental power.
"Hehehe, after I became your spirit ring, Little Yuhao, I haven't seen you use the other skills I gave you for such a long time. Let me show you how to use mental interference!"
Although mental interference is a range-type soul skill, it still depends on who is using it. Although the mental power level of Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is not top-notch, its mental power attainments at its peak period are already close to the tangible and material level.
It was not difficult for him to control the range of his mental interference to a single target.
At the moment when the mental interference hit, the big-headed spirit ape that was trying hard to stop Lie Yong seemed to wake up from a dream, squeaking and trying to escape from here. At the same time, the three-eyed demon ape that was hiding in the shadows also revealed its whereabouts.
Seeing this, Lie Yong naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. The fourth and fifth soul rings flashed alternately, and a roar came from Lie Yong's mouth, which was deafening. The big-headed spirit apes that were closer were all stunned to the ground.
Then Lie Yong's body turned into flames, his speed increased dramatically, and he grabbed the three-eyed demon ape that was in a state of temporary coma with one hand each, and the neck of another big-headed spirit ape that had a cultivation base of about 800 years.
After waking up from their dizziness, the other big-headed apes didn't care about their fellows who were seriously injured or unconscious, and they all fled in all directions.
"The cultivation level of this big-headed spirit ape is quite suitable for you, and this three-eyed demon ape is also very rare. Which one do you want as your soul ring?" Lie Yong grabbed the two soul beasts and walked towards Huo Yuhao.
At this time, the other three students had also regained consciousness, and Huo Yuhao pulled out the silver needles that blocked their acupuncture points one by one, allowing them to regain their ability to move.
"But I didn't expect that the leader of this group of big-headed spirit apes is actually a three-eyed demon ape, and it looks like a mutant species."
Compared to the big-headed spirit ape whose average height is around 1.5 meters, the three-eyed demon ape in Lie Yong's hand is two meters tall, and its body is much stronger than that of an ordinary three-eyed demon ape.
Apart from the black hair emitting a faint purple halo like a normal three-eyed demon ape, it actually has a tightly closed eye on its forehead.
You should know that the so-called three-eyed demon ape is just a name given to them by humans, because there is a strand of golden hair on the forehead of the three-eyed demon ape that looks like an eye, hence the name.
This mutated characteristic of the opponent clearly showed that the opponent had at least alienated the spiritual attributes that the three-eyed demon ape was originally good at. As for whether there were other mutations, it was unknown.
"Although the mutant soul beasts that survive are stronger than their original counterparts, the soul skills they produce are also more unstable. Moreover, the strength of this three-eyed demon ape should be around a thousand years old. It is difficult for me to tell the exact number."
"It's just that your current physical condition may find it difficult to bear it. If all else fails, you should choose this eight hundred year old big headed ape as your spirit ring. Although it's a bit inferior, it's at least safe."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "Teacher Lie, I am willing to give it a try. My martial spirit gives me a feeling that the spirit skills produced by this three-eyed demon ape may be very suitable for me."
Huo Yuhao made up an excuse casually. He didn’t know whether it was suitable for him or not, and he didn’t care. As long as he could break through, it would be enough. What’s the point of using a bicycle? Anyway, it couldn’t be that bad.
Possessing the Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao could completely skip the large amount of trial and error and exhaustive methods that other soul masters use when creating their own soul skills if he wanted to create the soul skills he needed. He could simply decompose and piece together the existing known soul skills.
As for whether it can be absorbed, it is definitely possible. After all, with the old expert Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm here, no matter the backlash caused by the fusion of soul ring and soul power, or the resentment of soul beasts remaining in the soul ring, it is not a problem.
Lie Yong nodded, and there was no need to say anything more. After all, although he was a teacher, he was not a babysitter. He had no responsibility to unconditionally consider all aspects for the students, now that he had already persuaded them.
The other party has already made up his mind, so there is no need for me to say more. The risks and benefits should be borne by the student himself.
After throwing the unconscious Three-Eyed Demon Ape to the ground, Lie Yong said to Huo Yuhao, “Then you go and finish it off. Have the others recovered? If you have, stand guard in the surroundings and don’t let those monkeys surprise you!”
Huo Yuhao directly took out the weapon he had prepared earlier and stabbed it directly into the brain of the Three-eyed Demon Ape from between its brows. The Three-eyed Demon Ape twitched and then lost its life.
Then a purple halo slowly rose from the head of the Three-eyed Demon Ape. Although there was a barely detectable yellow mixed in it, there was no doubt that as the soul ring condensed and took shape, it was a thousand-year-level soul ring.
Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged in meditation in front of the corpse of the three-eyed demon ape. This was his first time to truly absorb a spirit ring, so he was a little nervous at this moment.
Following the attraction of the soul power in his martial soul, he began to guide the thousand-year soul ring produced by the mutated three-eyed demon ape. The soul ring was guided to Huo Yuhao's body, and then the soul power in Huo Yuhao's body began to surge.
The energy contained in the Millennium Soul Ring was still too huge. Although Huo Yuhao's body had been transformed and strengthened a lot, his foundation was still a little weak, and it was still too difficult for him to absorb it.
At the same time, the remaining mental power and resentment of the three-eyed demon ape hidden in this soul ring began to impact Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness.
You know, this is a situation that usually only occurs when absorbing a ten thousand year soul ring. If other ordinary soul masters want to absorb the soul ring of the three-eyed demon ape as their second soul ring, then they will definitely end in failure.
But Huo Yuhao is not an ordinary soul master, he is a cheater.
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, activate!
Under the coverage of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's huge mental power, the originally violent and slightly cold soul power was perfectly diverted and merged into the Zhoutian Hundred Meridians opened up in Huo Yuhao's body.
Then, under the precise control of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, it merged into the endless flow of soul power in Huo Yuhao's body, and was then erased, transformed, and absorbed.
'Mr. Alex, what do you think?'
After the pressure from the soul power impact was shared, Huo Yuhao immediately consulted Alex in the sea of spirituality.
The old voice responded: "What the big bug said before is right. This guy is indeed stained with a lot of resentment. If you absorb it directly, it may leave some hidden dangers for you in the future."
"But with me here, there won't be any problems. Just treat it as a small supplement and don't worry about absorbing it."
'As for the method of dispelling and refining resentment, I have not yet fully remembered it. I will pass it on to you after I have fully remembered it.'
Huo Yuhao only felt a stream of cool air from his spiritual sea sweeping through his whole body, and the original feeling of swelling and discomfort instantly disappeared.
At the same time, the most threatening mental attack of the three-eyed demon ape was also eliminated into nothingness.
Compared to the two extremely high-quality beings residing in Huo Yuhao's sea of spirit, one represents quality, the spiritual consciousness of Alex, and the other represents quantity, the spiritual origin of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
This little three-eyed demon ape was obviously not able to cause any trouble. Soon, with the smooth circulation of soul power in its meridians, Huo Yuhao’s absorption of this soul ring was coming to an end.
At this time, Huo Yuhao was using the Eye of Truth and spiritual detection to observe and record the structures of the soul rings that exploded from the dead big-headed spirit apes around him, and comparing and sampling them with the soul rings of the soul masters.
Since the absorption of spirit rings was assisted by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao naturally did not need to worry too much, at least this was the case for thousand-year-old spirit rings.
"Well, the spirit ring structures of these big-headed apes have subtle differences in their underlying construction, but compared to the spirit rings of the spirit masters themselves, they seem to lack some of the influence of the corresponding spirit."
'Or, it could be that the spirit master's martial spirit will combine with the spirit ring, covering up some of the possible structures of the spirit ring itself.'
'If the final structure formed by the covering is consistent and can be formed, then the spirit ring will naturally be smoothly transformed into the spirit master's spirit skill. However, if the final structure conflicts, then the fusion will fail.'
"But I still need to go back and study the details. This time I also saw how other spirit masters merged their spirit rings. I will go back and calm down to compare them. It's still not safe here now."
After opening his eyes, Huo Yuhao felt quite satisfied as he felt the soul ring that had been completely integrated into his body and his slightly increased soul power.
"Twenty-three, no, twenty-four? Although I can't compare to Huo Yuhao at the original level, he absorbed the spirit ring of the Ice Emperor, while I only absorbed the spirit ring of a thousand-year-old spirit beast. I am satisfied with that."
As for his second soul skill, Huo Yuhao looked a little strange after carefully feeling it. "What is this all about? Is this really the ability that the three-eyed demon ape with dark and spiritual attributes can mutate into?"
'But it is indeed quite hellish. I thought it was more about fear at first, but I didn't expect it to be like this. No wonder it can control so many big-headed apes.'
By analyzing his own soul skill, Huo Yuhao discovered that this soul skill was actually mental suggestion. Due to the characteristics of his own spiritual eyes, Huo Yuhao's martial soul had almost no effect on the soul ring produced by the mutated three-eyed demon ape.
It almost completely retains the effect of the soul ring itself, which is one of the most powerful soul skills of the three-eyed demon ape.
It is possible to subtly modify the surrounding people's perception of themselves through the frequency of mental power, and it is almost a fundamental change.
Even if the affected person has mental resistance, he will not be able to resist it. However, if it is only used for a short period of time, it can be said that there is no significant effect.
In other words, the focus of this soul skill is not on combat at all. For the three-eyed demon ape, it must have used this soul skill to control the group of big-headed spirit apes to abandon their racial prejudices and submit to it wholeheartedly.
Of course, the Three-Eyed Demon Ape should also have some strong control type mental skills, just like the one it used on Huo Yuhao and others before.
However, Huo Yuhao has already recorded the way the Three-Eyed Demon Ape performs this soul skill through the Eye of Truth, so he should be able to reproduce it when he returns.
However, the soul skill that Huo Yuhao obtained would be too useless if used by a soul master. After trying it, Huo Yuhao found that the soul power consumption and the soul power and mental power fluctuations produced by this second soul skill were almost negligible and extremely difficult to detect.
However, if a normal person saw a soul master's soul ring light up during a battle, he would definitely be on guard no matter what, and how could he stay by Huo Yuhao's side for a long time?
"But if you think about it carefully, it may not be completely useless. Soul masters or soul beasts affected by this mental suggestion can hardly build an effective mental defense against me."
'Although this mental suggestion is not very practical in battle, it should still have some miraculous effects if used on yourself, and you can also use this soul skill as a basis to transform the soul skill itself.'
"The million-year spirit ring was sealed by Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, so it's not easy to modify it. I can try this thousand-year spirit ring first."
(End of this chapter)