Douluo Peerless: Eye of Truth

Chapter 3: The True Eye of the Martial Soul, Fighting the Mandragora Snake

During this period of traveling, Huo Yuhao had almost explored the functions of his spiritual eyes that had mutated due to time travel.

Huo Yuhao named his mutated martial soul the Eye of Truth, symbolizing that it can see the true appearance of the world.

Then he began to study the four soul skills given to him by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, and the information of the four soul skills came after he left the Sea of ​​​​Consciousness.

It was fed back to him by Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm through his martial soul, and also made him understand the functions and names of these four soul skills.

"The first soul skill is mental detection, the second soul skill is mental sharing, the third soul skill is mental interference, and the fourth soul skill is soul impact. Okay, it looks like it's still the same set of things."

"However, the methods of using these soul skills in the original work are too simple. Using the Eye of Truth, can I improve them now?"

Although he wanted to try, he was in a hurry now and it was better to avoid trouble. It was not a suitable situation to use soul skills to expose his position in the jungle.

'And in the original work, when Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is free, he is either sleeping or snoring. It would be a waste to leave such a fighter unused in the early stage.'

After sorting out the soul skill information that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm told him, Huo Yuhao thought helplessly that after all, his first soul skill did not seem to have undergone any fundamental changes due to the mutation of his martial soul.

But it doesn't matter. I really need to plan my future soul skills carefully. After all, I don't know to what extent my martial soul, which has been mutated due to my time travel, can reach.

But at least you can't choose your own spirit ring too casually like in the original work. After all, it's better to choose randomly and bet on a certain spirit beast's spirit ring that suits you.

Huo Yuhao still believed that only when everything was fully prepared and under control could he feel at ease. After all, spiritual soul masters and soul beasts were rare, but they did exist.

If that doesn't work, then just investigate one by one. Compared to quickly improving his cultivation, Huo Yuhao, who has a certain understanding of the original work, is more concerned about every step on his own path of cultivation and whether he is taking it steadily.

In the original novel, the reason why those soul masters were blocked by the divine world and unable to break through, including the original owner Huo Yuhao who was finally taken in as a dog, was mainly due to their lack of vision in the eyes of the time traveler.

Lacking understanding of the world as a whole, they were blocked by the gods from the divine world and Tang San, who took advantage of the information gap.

"Tang San is not an easy guy to deal with. If he finds out that I am also a time traveler, we won't be in tears when we meet each other."

"In order to ensure that his Tang family's long-term plan to rule the continent is completed, this old man will definitely not be lenient towards me."

"Let's get ready first, and try to find a way to break away from Tang San's plan step by step. And if that doesn't work, don't we still have Alex?"

"If there is really no other way, then try to get hold of Alex's leg and run away. Although the Undead Plane is only a half plane, it should be enough for hiding."

"The God King is still too far away from me now. Although the power division in the original book is ridiculous, if they really become reality, then no matter how powerful the God King is, it will definitely be enough to crush a weakling like me."

Putting aside these wild thoughts, as they continued to go deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, they saw that the surrounding trees grew more lush. At the same time, Huo Yuhao and the others also discovered some traces of ten-year-old soul beasts.

The deeper you go, the more dangerous this place feels. I don’t know if it’s because of the changes caused by time travel, or if it’s just the observation ability that the Spirit Eye Martial Soul originally possesses.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao only felt that all the dangers within his sight were visible to him. Even if he had not seen the soul beast yet, he could guess the approximate whereabouts of the nearby soul beast from the trajectory of the energy light spots floating in the air.

"This is really convenient, but Huo Yuhao in the original novel never showed this ability. It should be a variation unique to the Eye of Truth, or it may have been replaced by mental detection later."

However, Huo Yuhao took Beibei and Tang Ya with him and easily bypassed those soul beasts that were not their targets, thus avoiding unnecessary battles.

This made Bei Bei couldn't help but praise: "Although Brother Huo's soul power is not strong, the quality of his martial soul should be extremely high. This kind of early warning ability is probably comparable to the hundred-year soul skills of ordinary soul masters."

At this moment, Tang Ya's eyes lit up even more. If she didn't know what was important, she would have wanted to stop the soul hunting operation immediately and invite Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect again.

After all, it is normal and reasonable for her to be a high-quality soul master with no background as the leader of the Tang Sect, right?
Without responding to Bei Bei's words, Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped and said, "There seems to be something going on ahead. I can sense that the guy is much stronger than the soul beasts we encountered before."

Hearing this, Bei Bei and Tang Ya also stopped and used the Purple Demon Pupils they had cultivated to peek at the bushes in the distance.

There was a dark shadow hidden in the bushes. If Huo Yuhao hadn't warned them in advance, even with Bei Bei and Tang Ya's strength, they would have stepped directly into the opponent's attack range and been ambushed.

"It's a mandragora snake, Little ya. You're lucky. You encountered your target soul beast after only going such a short distance."

Beibei said calmly, and at the same time, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit was attached to his body, and his right arm expanded rapidly.

The transformation of Martial soul directly burst his original sleeves, and his arm length increased by more than half a foot. At the same time, it was covered with blue-purple scales, and his palms turned into claws, and even blue-purple lightning was wrapped around his arms, constantly condensing and circling.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao secretly complained, "Every time I transform, I have to change clothes. Fortunately, Beibei is not from a commoner family, otherwise it would make our already poor family even worse off."

In addition to the arms, Beibei's body was also covered with blue electric currents like small snakes, but they were not as strong and condensed as those on the right arm.

At the same time, unlike ordinary soul masters, three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, appeared on Beibei's right arm. His first soul ring flashed, and then a dragon claw with a diameter of about one foot, condensed by lightning, shot out from his body and attacked the shadow in the bushes.

Tang Ya was not idle either. Dense vines grew under her feet, weaving into a net. Together with Bei Bei's attack, she also attacked the hidden mandrake snake.

"Quack!" Caught off guard, the Mandragora Snake was first entangled by the blue silver grass vines. Although it quickly broke free, it was directly hit by the Thunder Dragon Claw and fell from the bushes with a strange cry. However, its skin was thick and it did not suffer any serious injuries.

Then the appearance of the Mandrake Snake was revealed to everyone. It was three meters long and pink all over. There was a small bump on its forehead that looked like a flower.

"It's a thousand-year-old mandrake snake! Beibei, I want it!" Tang Ya said in a pleasantly surprised voice.  

Different from Tang Ya's excitement, Bei Bei was looking at the Mandrake Snake not far away with a serious expression, although he had seized the initiative.

However, the Millennium Soul Beast was no easy opponent. As a Soul Master, although his martial soul was powerful, he could not guarantee that he could defeat the opponent without getting hurt.

At this time, Huo Yuhao's spiritual eyes also lit up. His sight had penetrated the surface of the Mandragora Snake and directly glimpsed the circulation route of its soul power. At the same time, a yellow soul ring under his feet flashed, symbolizing the activation of his first soul skill.

With the help of the soul skill Spiritual Detection, Huo Yuhao found that the field of vision of his spiritual eyes had been increased. He no longer needed to focus his eyes, and he could directly use his mental power to spy on all changes in a large area.

Although mental power detection is only a basic skill for mental power users, it can only be regarded as the most superficial part in the mental power system of the universe.

But after all, Huo Yuhao had just traveled through time not long ago. Even if his original body had the possibility to use mental power for detection, it would be difficult for him to use it freely in a short period of time.

Moreover, at the level of Douluo Continent, it is still a long way from developing into a truly powerful user of mental power.

Therefore, although this soul skill, Spiritual Detection, will be naturally eliminated after Huo Yuhao's spiritual power level is improved, it is still quite suitable for Huo Yuhao now.

Moreover, Huo Yuhao discovered that his spiritual detection seemed to have inherited the effect of the martial soul mutation, and could perform deeper analysis than the all-round three-dimensional map in the original work.

“Brother Bei, Sister Tang ya, be careful, he is about to attack.” As the pink soul power in the Mandragora Snake’s body circulated, Huo Yuhao could clearly see the activation process and attack direction of the Mandragora Snake’s soul skills.

It was poisonous fog. A large area of ​​light pink poisonous fog burst out from the gaps in the scales of the mandrake snake, and then completely corroded the blue silver grass that was trying to continue climbing up its body and entangle it.

Then the figure of the Mandrake Snake shot out like lightning and attacked Beibei, who had caused the greatest damage and paralysis to it.

However, at this moment, Huo Yuhao could trace every move of the Mandragora Snake, as if he could predict the future. He followed the Mandragora Snake into the battlefield covered by mental detection.

Even the movement of every muscle of the Mandragora Snake, the direction of every blood flow, the movement of every bone, and the flow of every soul force were "magnified" and "slowed down" countless times by mental power.

As big as the direction and trajectory of the surrounding breeze, the rolling and obstruction of dust, the temperature difference, and the changes in the environment all cause the degree of stimulation to the body of the Mandragora snake.

This feeling is difficult to describe in words, but Huo Yuhao seemed to be standing in the true sense of the word "God's perspective". At this moment, he could clearly observe and predict every move of the Mandragora Snake, even its thoughts and what it would do in each action.

'This is amazing. Is this the extraordinary? Or is this change caused by the Eye of Truth?'

'If it is the original version of mental detection, although there is a similar description, the transmission of all information needs to be summarized by the human brain, and the enemy's psychological conditions will not be fed back to the observer.'

'But my mental detection is to be able to see the opponent's action instincts, and even see the opponent's tactical thinking.'

'Next, it will use feints to cover its prey, just like before, and use the poisonous fog generated by each action to fill the battlefield, thereby poisoning its prey.'

'The light pink poison mist is just a cover. As it moves, it will produce more poison mist that is invisible to the naked eye and has only a slight smell, in order to paralyze its enemies.'

At this time, Huo Yuhao also hurriedly retreated, away from the front battlefield. After all, with his current small body, he was not qualified to participate in a battle with a thousand-year-old soul beast.

Although the poisonous fog could protect him with the help of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao was not prepared to take the risk.

After receiving the hint from Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei and Tang Ya naturally did not stand there in a daze. They both took the Ghost Shadow Step and used soul power instead of internal energy to perform the lightness skill passed down from the Tang Sect in the martial arts world.

"Is this the Ghostly Step? It seems that it should not be difficult to imitate, but why are there still a few meridians in the feet that have not been stimulated? Does the Ghostly Step itself not use these meridians, or..."

Huo Yuhao thought silently as he monitored the battlefield and the surrounding environment through mental detection for possible dangers.

At the same time, he also tried to mobilize his soul power into his meridians under the mobilization of mental power to imitate the effect of the Ghost Shadow Step.

'Well, although it was very easy to find the meridians and inject it smoothly under the blessing of spiritual power, it can't be circulated. "

"It's probably because the meridians haven't been opened, and the blood is blocked. But if I just want to achieve the same level as Bei Bei and Tang Ya, I should be able to master it directly if I find a way to open the meridians. Give me some time."

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao did not make any more attempts, but from time to time sent precise warnings to Tang Ya and Bei Bei who were still fighting with the Mandrake Snake in the field.

Because he could completely see through the actions and thoughts of the Mandragora Snake, Huo Yuhao could easily do this and give advice as if he had foreseen the future.

It even allowed Beibei and Tang Ya to seize the stiffness and flaws between each of the Mandrake Snake's movements, creating opportunities for them to attack the Mandrake Snake without getting hurt.

Finally, after the accumulation of injuries and the consumption of soul power and physical strength, Beibei shouted: "Control the crane and capture the dragon, Thunderous Fury·Thunder Dragon Claw!"

Normally, a soul master's soul skills and the names of their moves don't need to be shouted out loud, and no soul master would be foolish enough to tell the enemy the names and effects of his soul skills.

It was obvious that Bei Bei did this not to remind the Mandragora Snake, but to let Huo Yuhao see the power of soul skills combined with Tang Sect's exercises, and at the same time call for Tang Ya's cooperation.  　　
  

  (End of this chapter)