Soul Impact

In a remote training ground in the Hun Realm, inside a hall filled with the Soul Candles of every clan disciple, a candle marked with Hun Yucun's name suddenly went out.

"Hm? Hun Yucun's Soul Candle went out," a little boy who was sweeping said in surprise.

"Oh, you mean that Hun Yucun? I heard someone from the outside challenged the Soul Path, and he went to fight them. He probably lost and got killed," a middle-aged man beside him said, merely glancing over indifferently before falling silent.

"But, teacher, don't we need to report it? A disciple of the Hun Clan was killed..." the little boy asked.

The Elder laughed coldly and said with disdain, "He was only a menial disciple with a first-grade bloodline, a piece of trash who wasn't even qualified to take part in the clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony. Disciples without a Clan Mark don't need to be cared about. If he's dead, he's dead."

The Elder waved his hand in annoyance. In a Dou God Clan, the concentration of the Dou God Bloodline was everything. Those with low-grade bloodlines were not even regarded as true clan members.

Elsewhere, in the Hun Realm Passage trial, Xiao Yan held the Soul Token and said, "I want an extra test! I challenge the Soul Test!"

Although Xiao Yan did not know how many days he had been inside, he had not forgotten something Hun Lao Gui had said when he entered the passage: the Soul Hall placed more emphasis on cultivating the soul and training Soul Skills, and had told him to choose the Soul Skill trial and fight with his soul.

In other words, from the very beginning, Hun Lao Gui had suggested that Xiao Yan challenge using his soul strength, rather than relying on his Cultivation Level or Combat Techniques. The truth was that Xiao Yan's Cultivation Level was too weak.

On the contrary, due to his innate nature, Xiao Yan's soul strength was extremely powerful. This talent could bring him a decent rating.

The reason Xiao Yan had not chosen to challenge the Soul Test right at the start was precisely for this moment. He wanted an extra test.

Xiao Yan had planned it out long ago. First, he would earn some Soul Points and exchange them for a Medicinal Pill that strengthened his soul, then attempt the soul strength trial challenge. No matter what, that should be enough to push his score a little higher.

If he could directly reach a Mystic High-Rank evaluation and obtain one thousand Soul Points, then wouldn't the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art fall straight into his hands?

Especially after fighting Hun Yucun, Xiao Yan's desire for a soul-cultivating Cultivation Method had grown even stronger.

Bzzzz... As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, the Soul Token emitted a faint ghostly light, and his mind instantly blurred. Xiao Yan had already grown used to it. This Soul Token possessed the miraculous ability to draw a person's soul out of the body and pass through the Hun Realm Passage.

When Xiao Yan opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had arrived at another trial ground. Before him was only a single track, with three Soul Light Membranes acting as obstacles.

"So this is the place for challenging soul strength?"

Xiao Yan lowered his head and looked at his hands. Right now, he was definitely not in a physical state, but in the form of a Soul Body, without a solid body.

Logically speaking, with Xiao Yan's current soul strength, he should have been unable to transform into a Soul Body, yet in the Soul Hall's Soul Path, he had somehow managed it through the power of the Soul Token.

Beginning Mystic-Rank Soul Power evaluation test. Learn the most basic Yellow High-Rank Soul Skill, Soul Impact. Use the Soul Skill Soul Impact to attack the Soul Light Membranes. Breaking through the membranes constitutes passing the trial.

A stream of soul information was instantly implanted into Xiao Yan's mind, and the information of a Combat Technique rapidly appeared in his thoughts.

"Yellow High-Rank Soul Skill, Soul Impact. It can allow one's soul to leave the body for an extremely short period of time, using the soul to ram into the opponent's soul. It is impossible to guard against."

Xiao Yan frowned tightly. This Soul Impact should be the weakest Soul Skill in the Soul Hall, yet it was only Yellow High-Rank.

Moreover, this Soul Skill looked rather powerful, allowing the soul to briefly leave the body and attack the opponent, but according to Xiao Yan's understanding, this was completely a collision attack without any technique at all.

It was like smashing your head into someone else's head. Victory or defeat depended entirely on whose "head was harder." In other words, this Soul Impact depended on whose Soul Power was stronger. The weaker side would have their soul knocked unconscious by the other party's soul.

It might even smash the opponent's soul apart and make them lose their soul.

However, if the opponent's soul was stronger than his own, then it was completely like striking a rock with an egg, tantamount to suicide!

"No wonder they make you learn this kind of Soul Skill for the challenge test. This Soul Skill has absolutely no technical content. It purely depends on an individual's Soul Power strength!"

Hun Lao Gui had not deceived Xiao Yan either. He had recommended that Xiao Yan challenge Soul Power because this was where Xiao Yan had the greatest advantage.

If he challenged through actual combat with his Cultivation Level, battle could change in an instant, and restraint relationships would exist depending on the opponent.

It was just like Zhang Chuanwu of the Poison Sect from the Chu Yun Empire. If one did not make proper preparations, fighting a poison master was extremely dangerous, yet he had happened to encounter Xiao Yan, an alchemist.

With a whole body full of Medicinal Pills.

When fighting Hun Yucun, it was also because Xiao Yan had the advantage of an Earth-Rank Combat Technique. If Xiao Yan had not had the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, he probably really would have lost to Hun Yucun.

But the Soul Power test was very straightforward. However strong one's Soul Power was, that was how strong it was. It would not change because one possessed powerful Combat Techniques or Soul Skills, nor because one's Cultivation Level was strong or weak.

The Soul Power test was more like a kind of talent test.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged and began recalling the soul information from earlier. Even if he failed the challenge, learning a free Yellow High-Rank Soul Skill would not be a loss.

Perhaps at a critical moment, this Soul Impact might play a key role.

"This Soul Skill doesn't seem that difficult to learn. Could it be that Soul Skills are easier to learn while in a Soul Body state?" Xiao Yan slowly stood up and looked at the light membrane before him.

Before long, Xiao Yan had actually comprehended how to use this Soul Skill! This Soul Skill was different from Combat Techniques. There was no proficiency, no division between initial mastery, great accomplishment, and the like.

The strength of Soul Impact depended entirely on Soul Power.

After studying it for a while, Xiao Yan gained a deeper understanding of the light membrane before him. This light membrane looked very thin, but if one's Soul Realm was weaker than Mortal Realm Mid-Level, it could not be broken through.

"There are three light membranes in this Mystic-Rank Soul Power challenge. They should correspond to Mystic Low-Rank, Mid-Rank, and High-Rank. In other words, if I want to obtain a Mystic High-Rank rating, I have to pierce through all three light membranes in a row."

Xiao Yan patted his own forehead. Right now, he was in a Soul Body state. To put it plainly, using Soul Impact now meant directly ramming over with his head! In a certain sense, this Soul Impact Soul Skill was equivalent to making your head harder.

Soul Impact had no technique at all. It all came down to a hard head!

Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, and his legs suddenly charged forward. Then, in an extremely simple and brutal manner, he slammed his head fiercely into the first light membrane.

With a bang, the light membrane shattered like glass. Xiao Yan immediately felt a rebound force that made his mind a little dazed.

"So this is Soul Impact. Using a Soul Skill also carries a certain danger to oneself." Soul Impact was the most basic Soul Skill. Higher-level Soul Skills were actually similar in essence; they all condensed one's own soul to attack others.

Once something went wrong with a Soul Skill, it would backfire and affect one's own soul.

Xiao Yan did not stop. Instead, he continued in one burst of momentum and fiercely rammed his head into the second light membrane. With a crisp shattering sound, Xiao Yan instantly felt his soul trembling violently.

"I refuse to believe this!" Xiao Yan clenched his fists tightly, pushed off with both feet, and shot like a cannonball into the final light membrane.

A booming sound like a giant bell rang out, and Xiao Yan's entire body was bounced back and fell to the ground. If someone saw Xiao Yan's condition at this moment, they would definitely be extremely surprised. Right now, Xiao Yan's Soul Body looked like a television screen filled with static, as if his Soul Body could barely be maintained.

Mystic-Rank soul trial completed. Bestowing the title of Mystic High-Rank Soul Envoy. You may choose to leave the trial ground and enter the Treasure Hall to exchange Soul Points for resources.

Hearing the soul voice transmit over, Xiao Yan slowly sat up and grinned as he looked at the light membrane. There was actually a small hole pierced through its center! "Hey, Hun Xuzi, can you hear me? If I perform Alchemy, can you add some more points for me?"