SEC Chapter 240 Mineral Vein, Spiritual Imprint
Chapter 240 Mineral Vein, Spiritual Imprint
Chapter 240 Mineral Vein, Spiritual Imprint
Tianmeng curiously poked at the light cocoon.
"Elder Yi, when will Xue Di be able to come out from inside?"
"Don't move!" Hyotei rushed forward and slapped away Tenmu's restless hand, then said to the Ice Bear King, Xiaobai, who was standing to the side:
"Xiaobai, keep an eye on it. Although that ferocious beast didn't show any hostility before, it's still better to be careful."
It's no wonder the Ice Emperor is so cautious. The Snow Emperor is currently in the final stage of her transformation into human form. Her cultivation over the past 700,000 years is being continuously compressed and sealed. As the foundation of her martial soul in human form, this is also the most vulnerable time.
Previously, the Snow Empress was ambushed at this most vulnerable moment. Just as she was about to give up transforming and resisting, she was sealed into the Conferred God Platform. Her 700,000 years of cultivation was compressed, released, and then sealed again, directly making the enormous energy extremely violent. Unable to break through the constraints of the Conferred God Platform, the Snow Empress's body was riddled with holes.
As for why Xue Di wasn't released in the safe place of the Undead Demiplane, the main reason is that there is no soul power in the Undead Demiplane; the dense light and the power of the undead are the dominant forces.
Meanwhile, the Snow Empress was constantly absorbing the surrounding soul power as energy for her transformation, and could only be better born outside.
Huo Yuhao swayed, the gray in his pupils disappeared, and Huo Yuhao finally regained control of his body.
"How long will the Snow Empress maintain this form?"
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly as he looked at Xue Di, who remained motionless.
Their vacation is only a little over two months long. If Xue Di doesn't wake up for the next month and a half, Huo Yuhao won't be able to stay here and wait any longer. Besides, Huo Yuhao also plans to take advantage of this trip to see if he can sneak over to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion for a visit.
Ice Emperor said somewhat uncertainly, "At most, Snow Empress should wake up in the next few days. Soul beasts are already in a very dangerous state when they transform into human form. Snow Empress is clearly in the final stage of transformation now, so it won't take too long before she is awakened by her instincts."
To be honest, no soul beasts have ever taken human form in the far north, and even the Ice Emperor doesn't have much experience with it.
Just a few days...
Huo Yuhao felt that a few days wouldn't cause any major problems, and he could use this time to examine the unknown mineral vein beneath his feet.
Huo Yuhao was extremely envious of the Silver Wolf King, which could evolve from a Silver Wolf clan member with average combat power into a Silver Moon Wolf King with a combat power of 20,000 to 30,000 and the ability to fight against Soul Douluo. Perhaps the materials for forging battle armor in the future would come from here.
but……
Huo Yuhao looked at the ground beneath his feet and fell into deep thought... How did he mine in his previous life?
Huo Yuhao thought for a long time before finally realizing that he had not learned about the relevant knowledge in his previous life, and Mingde Hall did not have any mining machine blueprints for Huo Yuhao to get, since those things are usually quite large and were probably kept for research elsewhere.
Are we supposed to dig with our bare hands?
Huo Yuhao used his mental detection to scan the underground, but as always, he didn't find anything. It should be noted that Huo Yuhao's mental detection can normally detect the general situation of the underground structure within a hundred meters.
In other words, that mineral deposit that can block mental detection is at least a hundred meters deep, or even deeper, and that doesn't even include the length of the detection vein. If you try to dig it out by hand, who knows how long it would take...
"uh-huh?"
Huo Yuhao suddenly discovered a soul beast within the range of his mental detection. Most importantly, from the general appearance obtained by the mental detection, Huo Yuhao recognized the species as a pangolin.
At this moment, the pangolin was poking its head out from the ground in the distance, looking this way. It seemed to have been attracted by the commotion of the Snow Empress's transformation and wanted to use its earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape) ability to come and join in the fun. It looked like it wanted to see if it could get some benefits.
"You're trying to get a bargain? Then you're the one."
Huo Yuhao thought to himself, and then, using the simulator, he made his way towards the location of the pangolin.
Pangolins are very sensitive to ground tremors. Huo Yuhao tiptoed around the pangolin from behind until it was within the range of his mental attack, then unleashed a soul strike.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao suddenly activated several soul-guided thrusters behind him, launching them towards the pangolin. In the two or three seconds that the pangolin was stunned, he lifted it up from the ground.
"A mere thousand-year-old soul beast, yet it dares to join in this fun."
Huo Yuhao used the Ice Emperor's Claw technique with both hands, pinching the man's neck with one hand and pressing his waist with the other, clamping him down tightly, and no matter how much the man struggled in his hands, he could not break free.
Having closely sensed the mental strength of the thousand-year-old pangolin before him, Huo Yuhao delivered another soul impact, causing the pangolin to fall into a sleep like that of an infant.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao gently placed the pangolin on the ground, lightly stroked its head with his right hand, and his fourth spirit ring flashed.
A soft cracking sound rang out, and Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sway his body, his face noticeably weaker. At the same time, a pure white and intricate mark gradually appeared in Huo Yuhao's palm, imprinted on the pangolin's head.
"Hiss! Is this the pain of a soul being torn apart? It's incredibly intense. I don't know how Wang Dong endured it."
As a spiritual imprint, in order to establish a sufficiently deep connection with the main body, it is inevitable that Huo Yuhao needs a trace of his soul essence, which Huo Yuhao, at the fourth ring, found somewhat difficult to bear.
"I wonder how many Sea God Marks Tang San got. It shouldn't be too many. After all, he's only been in the God Realm for a few decades. Given that Tang San's soul strength wasn't weak before, he shouldn't be able to get Sea God Marks so easily."
According to Electrolux, the advantage of a spiritual imprint is that it only requires a small amount of soul essence to differentiate, and it can also replace the original body to release some abilities, thus satisfying most needs.
If you invest too much soul essence into a spiritual imprint, you can do more things, but the soul essence consumed is enough to create a split soul for yourself. In this case, it is more cost-effective to send a split soul to reside permanently, as it offers greater freedom and better operability.
Although he didn't know the exact number, Huo Yuhao could guess a thing or two. Shrek Academy and Wang Dong each had at least one mark, there was another one at the Sea God's inheritance site somewhere, and one within the Haotian Sect.
Besides, there's a high probability that another split soul is responsible for managing these spiritual imprints in Tang San's place. It's just uncertain where it is, since these places are quite important. However, it's probably not in Shrek Academy, because with a split soul watching me, my little tricks would be a joke.
Just as Huo Yuhao was pondering, the unconscious pangolin showed signs of waking up. Huo Yuhao silently opened the simulation and quietly observed the pangolin in front of him.
The pangolin looked around in confusion, and after confirming that there was no danger, it suddenly burrowed into the ground.
Huo Yuhao watched all this silently, a tiny smile playing on his lips.
With the help of the spiritual imprint, Huo Yuhao can not only sense things within a certain range of the imprint, but also activate some of the soul skills of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul.
For example, psychological interference.
For example, simulation.
Mental interference prevents the target from concentrating, resulting in a comprehensive weakening of attention and thinking abilities. It can make the target overlook some unreasonable aspects, and when used when someone is focused, it can also cause the target's thoughts to temporarily freeze, specifically making them forget what they were doing just a moment ago.
When combined with the simulated soul skill, it can be considered a ranged illusion ability that Huo Yuhao has mastered. The only drawback is that it can only be released with Huo Yuhao as the center. Although the simulation effect is still there when the distance is increased, it cannot cover the area around the enemy, thus increasing the number of openings and greatly reducing its practical value in combat.
With the mental imprint, Huo Yuhao can use it to unleash this combination technique, allowing him to trap the target in an illusion without personally engaging in combat.
Take this little pangolin for example. It still thinks it's digging a hole for itself, but in reality, under Huo Yuhao's guidance, it's constantly excavating the ore in this valley and transporting it to the surface little by little.
Although he could easily force this little guy, who was less than ten thousand years old, to work for him by simply letting Ice Emperor release a little bit of his pressure, Huo Yuhao still chose to take action himself to test his soul skill.
As it turns out, mental imprints are indeed highly manipulable; at the very least, they can be used as a covert eye point to monitor targets.
The only pity is that Huo Yuhao can't separate too many spiritual imprints right now, otherwise his soul might have problems. Although Electrolux has a way to repair the soul, Huo Yuhao doesn't want to experience that kind of pain.
It has to be said that everyone has their own expertise. Huo Yuhao, who is at the fourth level, has no way to deal with the mineral vein under his feet. Digging by hand is too laborious and not worth it. But this pangolin in front of him, with its mere thousand years of cultivation, has dug out nearly a hundred cubic meters of ore in just half an hour.
As for why he only dug for half an hour, Huo Yuhao could only helplessly explain that he had only put so much soul power into the spiritual imprint. Releasing soul skills consumes energy, and if he continued, the spiritual imprint would dissipate.
After summoning the pangolin back and then stunning it, Huo Yuhao picked up a piece of ore and began to play with it in his hand.
They rubbed it vigorously, but surprisingly, no marks were left. Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow. Even titanium, the hardest known rare metal, couldn't withstand the force of Huo Yuhao's team. Yet this unassuming unknown metal could withstand it. Not bad, not bad. Its hardness alone is worth studying.
Holding the ore up to the sunlight, Huo Yuhao examined its appearance. The ore was generally white and slightly translucent, a common color for spiritual minerals. However, upon closer inspection, one could see faint iridescent light emanating from within the ore. The colors of the light were blue, red, yellow, cyan, gold, black, and purple, corresponding to the seven elements: water (ice), fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, and lightning.
"Seven colors... Could it be related to the Silver Dragon? No, the Silver Dragon King doesn't seem to have mastered the lightning attribute, but rather the spatial attribute..."
Transparent white often corresponds to spiritual or spatial attributes. Coincidentally, the Silver Dragon King is also primarily spiritual and also controls seven elements, except for lightning...
That's not entirely true. The Dragon God has the ability to control lightning tribulations, and it's unlikely that the Golden Dragon King, that barbarian, inherited the lightning attribute ability. It's more likely that lightning is one of the abilities that the Silver Dragon Clan can control, but the Silver Dragon King, like the Ice Emperor and Tianmeng, failed to inherit this ability.
If the inference is correct, considering that the Sun Moon Empire once hunted a silver dragon, perhaps a silver dragon really did perish here, and its blood seeped into the ground to form this mineral vein with strange spiritual attributes.
At this moment, the mineral was in Huo Yuhao's hands. Huo Yuhao concentrated a wisp of spiritual power to break through the outer layer of the ore and directly explore its interior.
"Um?"
Huo Yuhao let out a soft exclamation and abruptly tossed aside the ore in his hand.
The moment Huo Yuhao injected his spiritual power into the ore, the seven-colored elements inside the ore seemed to react and surged outwards, causing the originally white ore to shimmer with seven-colored light.
This colorful light contains seven colors: blue, red, yellow, cyan, gold, black, and purple. When they appear together, the surrounding air twists violently.
No, it's not air. To be precise, this seven-colored light is distorting space!
Through mental detection, Huo Yuhao clearly sensed that the distortion of the seven-colored light was similar to his own simulation, and even more so in terms of the intensity of the distortion, although it was far less detailed.
Looking at the seven-colored light, Huo Yuhao thought of the defensive skill of the Silver Moon Wolf King in the original work.
The next moment, Huo Yuhao's vertical eye on his forehead suddenly opened, and a beam of purple-gold light shot out towards the seven-colored light.
This soul impact, released through the Eye of Destiny on his forehead, is Huo Yuhao's strongest mental attack soul skill to date. Even a Soul Saint whose martial soul can materialize would not be able to withstand this attack.
However, the moment Huo Yuhao's strongest attack came into contact with the seven-colored light, the light twisted violently, turning into a huge vortex that continuously shrunk and blocked Huo Yuhao's attack.
Seeing this performance, which was exactly the same as in the original story, Huo Yuhao exclaimed excitedly, "Just as I expected!"
It seems that the Silver Moon Wolf King's defensive skills did not come from its talent, but from this special ore.
It's no wonder that Huo Gua didn't gain this ability after absorbing the Silver Moon Wolf King's soul ring in the original work. It's highly likely that the Silver Moon Wolf King himself hadn't mastered this ability yet. If even the Silver Moon Wolf King hadn't mastered it, it's impossible for Huo Gua, no matter how much the world favors him, to win a reward that wasn't in the prize pool.
Huo Yuhao's guess was not entirely unreasonable. It should be noted that the records of the Silver Moon Wolf King from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy show that it fought two Soul Douluos to a standstill and eventually escaped with injuries.
In the original work, since the Silver Moon Wolf King's other methods were not very effective against Huo Gua, it is clear that this defensive ability is the key to his ability to fight against Soul Douluo, which also proves that this ability has a very high ceiling.
If the Silver Moon Wolf King can fully master this ability with his 20,000 to 30,000 years of cultivation, it means that his bloodline is at least only slightly weaker than that of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, a top-tier bloodline.
How could that be? It's common knowledge that the bloodlines of the soul beasts in the Sun Moon Empire are weak. The only exception is the Evil Eye Tyrant, who is suspected to be an outsider.
Regardless of Huo Yuhao's fate in the original story, at least for now, this amazing item, which is no less powerful than an absolute defensive soul tool, belongs to Huo Yuhao.
After resting for a while and replenishing his soul power, Huo Yuhao replenished the soul power of the spiritual imprint on the pangolin. Fortunately, the original spiritual imprint was still there, so replenishing it did not require cutting the soul. This would shorten the rest time considerably, and the efficiency would naturally increase.
(End of this chapter)