How powerful was the sixth Soul Skill of a Power Attack System Soul Emperor?
Within three feet of him, the metal-cast floor cracked in an instant. A gray-black, ominous aura seeped through the fissures, corroding them as the torn metal gradually warped.
His right claw struck down from above, channeling most of its power into his left arm. Blood seeping from the wound stained his silver-white fur red. Lin Yun's movements faltered slightly, as if he were enduring immense pain.
"Use Imprison on me."
Lin Yun trembled faintly. "If it can seal my sixth Soul Skill across such a difference in rank, Imprison must be incredibly powerful."
"Ralts, Imprison!" Bai Cai released Ralts and let her act freely.
The little blue-haired one floated in midair. Seeing this, Lin Yun stared in shock. "Psychic power made tangible!"
The most famous example of a disembodied Martial Soul was Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao from ten thousand years ago. After evolving into a Radiant Sacred Dragon, Luo Sanpao became a Super Martial Soul.
When Lin Yun first saw Ralts, he hadn't been too surprised.
Disembodied Martial Souls were rare, but over the course of ten thousand years, dozens, even hundreds, of Soul Masters had awakened one.
Shrek Academy had always hoped to recreate the miracle of Luo Sanpao's evolution into a Radiant Sacred Dragon, and its records on disembodied Martial Souls were vast.
Yet the disembodied Martial Soul named Ralts was a Mental-type Martial Soul!
As everyone knew, disembodied Martial Souls were classified as an inferior mutation. Besides their unpredictable Soul Skill effects, their fragile defenses were another major drawback.
Disembodied Martial Souls mutated from Beast Martial Souls, and their attacks were almost always close-range. If their defenses were breached, both the disembodied Martial Soul and its Soul Master suffered the damage.
Since a disembodied Martial Soul couldn't merge with its user, the Soul Master lacked the Martial Soul's enhancement. Their bodies were frail, leaving them almost entirely unable to defend themselves.
Agility Attack System Soul Masters could use their speed to bypass the disembodied Martial Soul and attack the enemy Soul Master directly.
Power Attack System Soul Masters could withstand the disembodied Martial Soul's attacks and strike the enemy Soul Master head-on.
There was no need to even mention Control System Soul Masters.
But Ralts was a Mental-type disembodied Martial Soul!
With only twenty levels of Soul Power, she could wield such powerful psychic strength!
Mental-type Martial Souls generally developed toward the Control System. In other words, unless their targets broke free of the psychic control, they would be hard-pressed to attack the Soul Master's actual body.
What's more, Mental-type Martial Souls attacked from medium to long range. That meant a Mental-type disembodied Martial Soul perfectly avoided the fatal weakness of disembodied Martial Souls: their frailty.
Against Soul Masters of the same rank, an offensive Soul Skill from a Power Attack, Agility Attack, or even Control System Soul Master would make a disembodied Martial Soul collapse if it landed. Its owner would either lose the ability to fight or be gravely wounded and near death.
But Ralts was a Mental-type disembodied Martial Soul, and her Martial Soul quality was clearly excellent. Her psychic strength was immense.
Unless someone could break through Ralts's psychic power, the Soul Master's actual body would remain completely safe.
A mobile Soul Tool Turret! A Ghost type on the battlefield!
Lin Yun had even mapped out how Bai Cai could fight: keep his body a certain distance from his Martial Soul, equip himself with agile and offensive Soul Tools, and keep moving as he watched the battlefield and directed his team. Meanwhile, his Martial Soul could unleash wide-area mental control, precisely supporting allied Soul Masters and blocking the enemy's advances.
With Bai Cai at its core, a seven-person Soul Master team could try a lineup of two Power Attack types, two Agility Attack types, one healer, and one buffer, completely dispensing with a defensive Soul Master.
As he worked through the possible team formations, Lin Yun's thoughts drifted for a moment.
Using Telepathy, Ralts seized the instant Lin Yun's attention wandered. Her pink Soul Ring flashed abruptly, and invisible psychic power surged without end like an endless tide, sealing the Sky Wolf Martial Soul.
The pitch-black sixth Soul Ring shuddered violently and gradually turned gray-white. Ralts swayed faintly, nearly unable to support her own weight.
Bai Cai caught Ralts. "You did your best. Don't push yourself."
"This is..." Lin Yun suddenly understood. Ralts had indeed chosen the perfect moment to attack. Unfortunately, the gap between a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster and a Six-Ring Soul Emperor was too great, and the psychic power she'd expended was staggering.
Still, Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul wasn't a Mental Attribute Martial Soul at all. When her Charm Soul Skill failed to control Zhao Wuji, the Immovable Wisdom King, its backlash had only knocked her unconscious.
Ralts was an excellent Mental-type Martial Soul, with psychic power so great it had become tangible. If not for her lack of depth compared to high-ranked Soul Masters, she wouldn't even have been left weakened.
"I can't even sense the Soul Skill in my sixth Soul Ring... Incredible!"
Lin Yun circulated his Soul Power, trying to stimulate his sixth Soul Ring. But the gray-white ring was like a carving in stone, devoid of life and utterly unresponsive.
"Ralts's Imprison can only be broken by actively using psychic power to resist. Otherwise, you can only wait for the seal to wear off on its own." Seeing Lin Yun's shocked expression, Bai Cai immediately explained.
"Now that's something." Lin Yun marveled. "Below the Soul King rank, unless you have a Mental-type Martial Soul, you basically can't wield psychic power."
"In battles between low-ranked Soul Masters, Imprison is almost impossible to counter!" Lin Yun waved his blood-soaked left hand excitedly. "What about Healing Wish? Let's try Healing Wish!"
"From what we've seen, Imprison corresponds to the mind. Based on your description, Healing Wish will use up all your current Soul Power, so it corresponds to Soul Power." Lin Yun gestured wildly, his excitement mounting. "With such a perfect combination of Soul Skills, you could absolutely contend for first place among the new students."
"Even that person with Twin Martial Souls..." Lin Yun suddenly realized his mistake and awkwardly changed the subject. "Let's keep testing Healing Wish."
Wang Dong?
Xiao Xiao?
Bai Cai smiled. "Ralts, Healing Wish."
The little blue-haired one waved her arm. Her pink Soul Ring flashed repeatedly as gentle white light gathered into a palm-sized orb. It flew several steps and sank into Lin Yun's bloodied left arm.
Bone, muscle, skin, and fur—all the injuries in his left arm were perfectly mended by the gentle healing power.
Lin Yun clenched his left hand, then opened it, repeating the motion. His left arm—no, his entire left hand—felt light and responsive. He could control it with ease, and Soul Power flowed through it even better than before.
It had healed not only his fresh wounds, but even old injuries that had plagued him for years!
"Bai Cai." Lin Yun reined in his excitement and spoke seriously. "Have you decided which direction you want your Martial Soul to develop in?"
"Control System." Bai Cai pondered for a moment, then hesitated. "I'll take Control System Soul Skills early on, then offensive Soul Skills later."
"That path only suits fighting alone." Lin Yun shook his head and advised him, "With your potential, you could easily serve as the core of a Soul Master team."
"Choose some support or defensive Soul Skills as well. You don't have to insist on offense." Lin Yun gave a self-deprecating smile. "I hate to admit it, but the creations of Soul Guidance Technology are already capable of replacing some offensive Soul Skills."
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