Powerful Support Abilities

Huo Yuhao withdrew part of the Simulation effect. A faint golden glow shone from his eyes, and a Yellow Soul Ring rose beneath his feet.

In an instant, Bei Bei's body trembled, and a shocked expression appeared on his face.

In his eyes, everything within a hundred-meter radius seemed to slow down. Everything around him, even dust motes as tiny as grains of sand, appeared three-dimensionally in his mind. At the same time, all kinds of information flowed in, and he could even roughly determine the Mandala Snake's path of movement.

Was this Yuhao's soul skill? It was simply miraculous. With this skill, he could anticipate every move an enemy made.

A mere hundred-year Soul Ring had such an astonishing effect. Bei Bei began to wonder what kind of powerful Martial Soul Yuhao possessed.

But for now, they should deal with the Mandala Snake before them.

Bei Bei's only thousand-year Soul Ring lit up. His Third Soul Skill, Thunder Fury, was a strengthening soul skill that could double Bei Bei's combat power for a short time.

With Mental Detection, Bei Bei accurately struck at the Mandala Snake with Thunder Dragon Claw. The Mandala Snake spat out a cloud of poisonous mist to block the claw's attack. Sensing danger, it turned and fled. But Bei Bei had already predicted its next move, and another Thunder Dragon Claw attacked the direction it was about to move toward in advance.

Faced with danger, the Mandala Snake erupted. An intense pink glow lit up from its head, accompanied by a shrill hiss. The flower-like protrusion atop its head suddenly burst open, and an arrow of pink blood shot straight toward "Bei Bei."

Yet in Bei Bei's eyes, the Mandala Snake's outburst was a joke. The blood arrow had been fired in a direction one hundred and eighty degrees away from where he stood.

Huo Yuhao's face was somewhat pale. This had been a small experiment with his soul skills. Though the ability seemed simple, he had used a full three soul skills. First, he used Simulation to create an illusion of Bei Bei and the surrounding environment. Then, he used Mental Sharing to share that illusion with the Mandala Snake's mind. Finally, he used Soul Interference to make the Mandala Snake overlook the Mental Sharing connection and the subtle changes in its surroundings. Only after all three steps had the Mandala Snake formed a mistaken perception.

In truth, either Simulation or Soul Interference alone could have achieved this effect. But if he used only Simulation, Bei Bei would also notice the changes around him, exposing the fact that one of Huo Yuhao's Soul Rings possessed two skills.

Huo Yuhao had already tested directly using Soul Interference to alter the Mandala Snake's perception. Altering the Mandala Snake's consciousness consumed a great deal of his spiritual power and Soul Power, leaving his face somewhat pale. Huo Yuhao realized that he could not forcibly use Soul Interference to directly alter an enemy's soul. Thus, he had thought of using Simulation and Mental Sharing to suggest things to the Mandala Snake, assisting the use of Soul Interference.

Sure enough, after making this adjustment, Soul Interference consumed far less Soul Power and spiritual power. This also made Huo Yuhao realize that the cost of Soul Interference in altering someone else's consciousness was likely related to the degree of mental resistance from the target. The less the other party wished to change that thought, the greater the consumption. So perhaps, before using Soul Interference in the future, he could first use Simulation and Mental Sharing to construct an illusion that suggested and deceived the target, breaking down or eliminating their resistance?

Huo Yuhao fell into thought.

By now, the Mandala Snake had little strength left to resist. Bei Bei knocked it unconscious in a few moves with Thunderous Might.

"Xiao Ya." Bei Bei gave a low shout, signaling Tang Ya to finish off the Mandala Snake so it could become her Third Soul Ring.

Tang Ya had recovered by then, though her face was still somewhat flushed and her legs remained weak. She understood Bei Bei's meaning and quickly walked up to the Mandala Snake, ending its life with a single slash. A purple Soul Ring rose from the Mandala Snake's body.

Tang Ya looked at Huo Yuhao, her gaze somewhat shy and evasive. "Little Yuhao, can I absorb this Mandala Snake's Soul Ring?"

Huo Yuhao was surprised that Tang Ya already dared to speak with him again, but he did not make much of it. "It's best not to."

Bei Bei asked, "As far as I know, the Tang Sect's ancestor's first Soul Ring was a Mandala Snake. Shouldn't a Mandala Snake be a rare and valuable Soul Ring for Blue Silver Grass?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head and explained, "That was because Sea God Tang San's Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor. Ordinary Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters should avoid absorbing a Mandala Snake's Soul Ring. Although it can strengthen the toughness of Blue Silver Grass and grant it toxicity, it sacrifices Blue Silver Grass's future."

Tang Ya asked curiously, "Then what kind of Soul Ring should I absorb?"

Huo Yuhao asked, "What do you think is Blue Silver Grass's greatest trait?"

"Its greatest trait?" Tang Ya thought for a while before tentatively answering, "Weakness?"

Huo Yuhao shot her an annoyed glare. "It's its inexhaustible vitality. Although Blue Silver Grass is weak, it is everywhere across the continent. Whether in Soul Beast forests, along city roads, in the ocean, or in deserts, you can find traces of it everywhere."

Tang Ya nodded thoughtfully. For some reason, she now felt that everything Huo Yuhao said made sense, making her unable to resist wanting to get closer to him. Yet with Bei Bei nearby, she was afraid of that feeling.

Huo Yuhao continued, "As the saying goes, 'Wildfires cannot burn it all away; with the spring breeze, it grows again.' That is Blue Silver Grass's greatest trait, and it should also be the direction in which Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters strengthen themselves."

After all, the Soul Bone produced by the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin was called Spring Breeze Blows Again, so it was not wrong to call this a trait of Blue Silver Grass.

Bei Bei also agreed with Huo Yuhao's view. Looking at this knowledgeable little brother, he felt much closer to him as well.

Bei Bei realized that every Blue Silver Grass Soul Master in the past had gone in the wrong direction. And the reason for all this was that there had been a Sea God whose actual Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, yet everyone believed it was Blue Silver Grass. Fate truly played tricks on people! It was all the fault of those who recorded the ancient texts. If he ever got the chance, Bei Bei really wanted to beat up the person who had recorded the Sea God's Martial Soul. It was that person who had caused Tang Ya and the Tang Sect's predecessors to waste so many years.

Bei Bei said, "Then let's continue onward and find a suitable Soul Ring for Xiao Ya."

"Mm, let's go," Tang Ya called out cheerfully.

The three continued onward. Bei Bei moved closer to Huo Yuhao and said, "Since there's no danger right now, Yuhao, why don't you tell me about your soul skills? Fighting under your support feels incredibly comfortable. It's been a long time since I've fought so freely."

Seeing the two huddled together, Tang Ya's Phoenix Eyes shifted as she moved closer too.

"What do you mean, freely? Don't tell me you two are talking about something improper?" Tang Ya scrutinized them suspiciously.

Huo Yuhao immediately sprang far away from Bei Bei.

His current ability was the Succubus Physique. It did not only affect women; it could also change men's orientation. He did not know whether Bei Bei had already been affected, but that did not stop Huo Yuhao from keeping his distance, just in case.

He was only interested in beautiful women. He had absolutely no interest in making something difficult even more difficult. Though Tang Ya and Bei Bei had been a pair of star-crossed lovers in the Original Work, he only liked Tang Ya for her beauty. The art of taking both husband and wife was still a little too advanced for humanity.