Faced with a flood of players messaging him with questions, Xia Sheng was so overwhelmed that he posted an explanatory thread on the forum.
[The practical test of the Pain Soul you've all been asking for is here. Come take a look.]
Posted by: The One Who Hits Me Is a Dog
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I've gotten too many private messages lately and can't keep up with the replies, so I had to turn on message blocking. I'm posting here to introduce the Pain Soul to everyone.
Also, regarding the major guilds inviting us to join, I'll get back to you once I'm done with my current business.
Now, on to the main topic.
You've all seen the description of the Pain Soul's abilities. I'll mainly explain how it performs in practice.
The damage effect of this Soul has two layers: Pain Feedback and Mental Impact.
Pain Feedback is the key. According to the old geezer's explanation, it's a form of emotional damage feedback. You can think of it as true damage: no amount of defense can stop it. Even when a Stone Gargoyle enters its Petrification form, Pain Touch can still reach its soul. Only the target's own willpower can resist it. If it can't withstand the pain, it'll suffer an emotional breakdown, lose consciousness, and die.
This is a secret art the old geezer developed specifically to counter the Black Tide.
He said that intelligent evil spirits were key to controlling the Black Tide's wraiths. Even if he used Pain Touch on an ordinary Black Tide wraith, the pain would instantly transmit to the intelligent evil spirit connected to it, inflicting true damage regardless of distance.
It was an effective way to take out the enemy commander.
Now, let's talk about the Soul's performance in actual combat.
My current Astral