Soul Reading seemed capable of placing one in the shoes of the person being read, letting one live through their long life.
But in truth, the reading process always lasted only an instant.
The risks of this awakened skill were far too great!
The last time Xu Xiaoshou used Soul Reading on Aberrant, he had feared coming face-to-face with a demi-saint during the reading process.
So he had held back and refused to look at the other party's memories.
In that instant, he had completed the entire Soul Reading process.
But because of his own intentions, he had not entered Aberrant's soul. The only image that had passed through his mind had been utter darkness.
That gave Xu Xiaoshou a new realization.
Perhaps this awakened skill, Soul Reading, was like Perception. If he selectively wished to inspect a certain aspect in detail, could he ignore the contents he did not wish to pry into? For example, because he had not wanted to view Aberrant's soul memories back then, had Soul Reading turned into a simple mental-control skill?
Xu Xiaoshou had no other choice.
Aberrant was about to self-destruct.
But Xu Xiaoshou still had other matters he needed to learn. Otherwise, the Mimicry would be useless.
So he had to take the risk and try once more! As Aberrant's soul body rapidly swelled—
Xu Xiaoshou could only try to condense the scope of Soul Reading as he did with Perception. Rather than seeing the other person's entire life as before, he cast this awakened skill again.
The scene went dark.
I won't look!
Sure enough, there were no soul memories—only darkness...
Come out!
With another shift of thought, Xu Xiaoshou felt as though his soul was being sucked away, about to replace him and experience Aberrant's entire life.
But—
He curbed