Douluo: The True Eye

Second Spirit Skill: Mental Suggestion

Helpless, the few Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys could only pick up handy objects from their surroundings, attaching soul power and spiritual power, and hurled them at Huo Yuhao and his companions.

The larger objects thrown by the Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys were intercepted by Huo Yuhao using hidden weapons, disrupting their trajectories and causing them to deviate, while the smaller and less noticeable ones were simply ignored.

With the aid of the Third Level Soul Power Circuit - Refraction, the tiny attacks that landed on Huo Yuhao were directly deflected, without causing him even the slightest harm.

The three students who had fallen to the ground, losing their self-awareness, were less fortunate. Although Huo Yuhao helped them deflect the larger attacks, some minor attacks inevitably landed on them.

The attacks, imbued with soul power and spiritual power, left them with bruised faces and dizzy heads. However, their injuries were not actually that serious; at most, they just looked a little miserable.

Meanwhile, the attacks from the Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys became increasingly sparse. As Lie Yong charged forward, a large number of Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys were burned into dried corpses. By this point, Lie Yong was already extremely close to the hiding place of the mutated Three-Eyed Magic Ape.

Therefore, the remaining Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys, in twos and threes, abandoned their attacks on Huo Yuhao and the others, turning to try and hinder Lie Yong's advance.

'That guy looks like he wants to run away. Well, the Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys aren't his own race anyway; they're just his subordinates. But I can't let the meat that's already in our mouths fly away. Little Yuhao, watch your big brother!'

Tianmeng Iceworm said confidently. As a million-year soul beast, although he couldn't defeat those hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, he could still bully these small hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts with his vast spiritual power.

'Heh heh heh heh, now that I've become your soul ring, Little Yuhao, I haven't seen you use any of the other skills I gave you for so long. Let me demonstrate for you. Mental Disruption!'

Although Mental Disruption was a range-type soul skill, it still depended on who was using it. Although Tianmeng Iceworm's spiritual power level wasn't top-notch, his spiritual power attainment at his peak was already close to the tangible level.

Controlling the release range of Mental Disruption to a single target was naturally not difficult for him.

As soon as Mental Disruption hit, the Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys, who had been desperately trying to stop Lie Yong, seemed to wake up from a dream, squealing and trying to escape. At the same time, the Three-Eyed Magic Ape, which had been lurking in the shadows, revealed its whereabouts.

Seeing this, Lie Yong naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. The fourth and fifth soul rings alternated, and a roar erupted from Lie Yong's mouth, deafeningly loud. The nearby Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys were stunned and fell to the ground.

Then, Lie Yong's figure turned into flames, his speed increased sharply, and he directly strangled the necks of the Three-Eyed Magic Ape and another Big-Headed Spirit Monkey with a cultivation base of about eight hundred years, both of whom were in a state of temporary fainting.

When the other Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys woke up from their dizziness, they didn't care about their seriously injured or unconscious comrades, and scattered like frightened monkeys, fleeing the area.

"This Big-Headed Spirit Monkey's cultivation is quite suitable for you. This Three-Eyed Magic 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.

By this time, the other three students had also regained consciousness, and Huo Yuhao was removing the silver needles that sealed their acupoints from their bodies, one by one, restoring their ability to move.

"However, I didn't expect that the leader of this Big-Headed Spirit Monkey tribe would actually be a Three-Eyed Magic Ape, and it seems to be a mutated species."

Compared to the average height of the Big-Headed Spirit Monkeys, which was around one and a half meters, the Three-Eyed Magic Ape in Lie Yong's hand was as tall as two meters, and its body was far stronger than that of an ordinary Three-Eyed Magic Ape.

In addition to the black fur all over its body, which was the same as that of a normal Three-Eyed Magic Ape, emitting a faint purple halo, it actually had a closed eye on its forehead.

You should know that the so-called Three-Eyed Magic Ape is just a name given to them by humans, because the Three-Eyed Magic Ape has a strand of golden hair on its forehead that resembles an eye, hence the name.

And the other party's mutated characteristic clearly showed that the other party had at least mutated the spiritual attribute that the Three-Eyed Magic Ape was originally good at. As for whether there were other mutations, it was unknown.

"Although mutated soul beasts that can survive are stronger than their original counterparts, the soul skills they produce are also more unstable. Moreover, this Three-Eyed Magic Ape's strength should be around a thousand years; it's difficult for me to tell exactly how much."

"It's just that with your current physique, I'm afraid it will be difficult to withstand. If it really doesn't work, then choose this Big-Headed Spirit Monkey with about eight hundred years of cultivation as your soul ring. Although it's a bit worse, at least it's safe."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao shook his head: "Teacher Lie, I'm willing to give it a try. My martial soul gave me a feeling that the soul skill produced by this Three-Eyed Magic Ape might be very suitable for me."

Huo Yuhao casually found a reason. As for whether it was suitable or not, he didn't know, and he didn't care. It was enough to break through; what else did he need? Anyway, it couldn't be that bad.

With the Eye of Reality, Huo Yuhao could completely skip the massive trial and error time and brute-force method that other soul masters used when creating their own soul skills, and directly decompose and splice existing known soul skills.

As for whether he could absorb it, it was definitely possible. After all, Tianmeng Iceworm, this old expert, was here. Whether it was the backlash brought about by the fusion of the soul ring and soul power, or the resentment of the soul beast remaining in the soul ring, it was 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 nanny, and he had no responsibility to unconditionally consider all aspects for the students. Since he had already persuaded him.

The other party had already made a decision, so he naturally didn't need to say anything more. The risks and benefits should be borne by the student alone.

Throwing the unconscious Three-Eyed Magic Ape to the ground, Lie Yong said to Huo Yuhao: "Then you finish it off. Have the others recovered? If they have, then go around and be on guard, don't get caught off guard by that group of monkeys!"

Huo Yuhao directly took out the weapon he had prepared earlier and pierced it directly into the brain of the Three-Eyed Magic Ape from the center of its brow. The Three-Eyed Magic Ape twitched and then lost its vitality.

Immediately afterwards, a purple halo slowly rose from the head of the Three-Eyed Magic Ape. Although it was mixed with a faint yellow color, there was no doubt that, as the soul ring condensed, this was a thousand-year-level soul ring.

Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged in front of the corpse of the Three-Eyed Magic Ape. This was the first time he had truly absorbed a soul ring, so he was a little nervous at this time.

Drawn by the soul power within his martial soul, he began to guide the thousand-year soul ring produced by the mutated Three-Eyed Demon Ape. The soul ring was drawn onto Huo Yuhao, and immediately, the soul power throughout his body began to surge.

The energy contained within the thousand-year soul ring was still too immense. Although Huo Yuhao's body had been modified and strengthened considerably, his foundation was ultimately still somewhat weak, making absorption a struggle.

At the same time, the spiritual power and resentment left behind by the Three-Eyed Demon Ape, hidden within this soul ring, began to assault Huo Yuhao's sea of spirit.

It should be known that this was a situation that usually only occurred when absorbing ten-thousand-year soul rings. If any ordinary soul master wanted to absorb this Three-Eyed Demon Ape's soul ring as their second soul ring, they would absolutely only face failure.

However, Huo Yuhao was no ordinary soul master; he was a cheat.

Then, under Tianmeng Iceworm's precise control, it merged into the continuous flow of soul power circulating within Huo Yuhao's body, where it was gradually worn away, transformed, and absorbed.

'Elder Yi, what do you think?'

After the pressure from the soul power impact was shared, Huo Yuhao immediately sent a query to Yilai克斯 in his sea of spirit.

The aged voice responded, 'That big worm was right before. This guy is indeed tainted with a lot of resentment. Directly absorbing it might leave some hidden dangers for you later on.'

'But with this old man here, naturally there's no problem. Just treat it as a small supplement. You can absorb it with peace of mind.'

'As for the methods of dispelling and refining resentment, this old man hasn't completely recalled them yet. I'll pass them on to you after I've fully recalled them.'

Huo Yuhao only felt a cool stream of air sweep through his sea of spirit, and the slight swelling pain and discomfort he had felt were immediately dispelled.

At the same time, the most threatening spiritual power impact from the Three-Eyed Demon Ape was also dispelled into nothingness.

Compared to the two extremely high-quality existences residing in Huo Yuhao's sea of spirit—one representing quality, Yilai克斯's divine sense, and the other representing quantity, Tianmeng Iceworm's spiritual origin—this little Three-Eyed Demon Ape was obviously unable to stir up any waves. Soon, as the soul power in his meridians flowed smoothly, it signified that Huo Yuhao's absorption of this soul ring was entering its final stage.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao was multitasking with his Eye of Truth and Spiritual Detection, observing and recording the structure of the soul rings that exploded from the dead Big-Headed Spirit Apes, comparing and sampling them against the soul rings on soul masters.

Since Tianmeng Iceworm was assisting with the absorption of the soul ring, Huo Yuhao naturally didn't need to worry too much, at least for thousand-year level soul rings.

'Hmm, the soul ring structures of these Big-Headed Spirit Apes have subtle differences in their underlying construction, but compared to the soul rings of soul masters, they seem to lack the corresponding influence of the martial soul.'

'Or rather, it should be that the soul master's martial soul combines with the soul ring, covering up some of the structure that the soul ring itself might have.'

'If the final structure formed by the coverage matches, then the soul ring will naturally smoothly transform into the soul master's soul skill. But if the final structure formed creates a conflict, then a fusion failure will occur.'

'But the specifics still need to be studied further when I get back. This time, I also saw how other soul masters fuse with soul rings. I'll compare them carefully when I calm down back home. It's still not very safe here right now.'

Opening his eyes, feeling the soul ring that had already been fused within his body and the slight increase in his soul power, Huo Yuhao was quite satisfied.

'Twenty-three, no, twenty-fourth level? Although I can't compare to the original Huo Yuhao's progress, he absorbed Bingdi's soul ring, while I only absorbed a thousand-year soul beast's soul ring. That's enough to be content.'

As for his second soul skill, after carefully sensing it, Huo Yuhao's expression became somewhat strange. 'What is all this? Is this definitely the ability that a dark attribute and spiritual attribute Three-Eyed Demon Ape can mutate into?'

'But it is indeed sinister enough. I initially thought it would be focused on the direction of fear, but I didn't expect it to be this kind. No wonder it could control so many Big-Headed Spirit Apes.'

Through analyzing his soul skill, Huo Yuhao discovered that this soul skill was actually spiritual suggestion. Due to the characteristics of his own Spirit Eyes, Huo Yuhao's martial soul hardly had much influence on the soul ring produced by the mutated Three-Eyed Demon Ape.

It almost completely preserved the soul ring itself, which was one of the most powerful soul skills of this Three-Eyed Demon Ape.

It was able to subtly modify the perception of those around him through the frequency of spiritual power, and it almost fundamentally changed them.

Even if those affected had spiritual resistance, they couldn't resist it, but if it was only used briefly, it could be said that there were no significant effects.

In other words, the focus of this soul skill was not entirely on combat. For the Three-Eyed Demon Ape, it must have previously used this soul skill to control the Big-Headed Spirit Ape tribe, causing them to abandon their racial prejudices and sincerely submit.

Of course, the Three-Eyed Demon Ape should also have some strong control-type spiritual soul skills, just like the move it used on Huo Yuhao and the others before.

However, Huo Yuhao had already recorded the method of using this soul skill of the Three-Eyed Demon Ape through the Eye of Truth, and he should be able to reproduce it when he gets back.

It's just that this soul skill that Huo Yuhao obtained might be a bit too useless for soul masters to use. Although he tried it, Huo Yuhao found that the soul power consumption and the soul power fluctuations and spiritual power fluctuations produced by this second soul skill were almost negligible, making it extremely difficult to detect.

But normally, when people see a soul master's soul ring light up during a battle, no matter what, they will definitely be wary, so how could they possibly stay near Huo Yuhao for a long time?

'But thinking about it carefully, it might not be completely useless. Soul masters or soul beasts affected by this spiritual suggestion are almost unable to construct effective spiritual defenses against me.'

'Although this spiritual suggestion is not very practical in combat, it should still have some miraculous effects if used on myself, and it can also be used as a basis for modifying the soul skill itself.'

'The million-year soul ring itself is sealed by Tianmeng, so it's not good to modify it casually. This thousand-year soul ring can be used to try it out first.'