"What—what in the world is going on?" Tang Shan nearly blurted out. Wasn't Huo Yuhao's first Spirit Skill an auxiliary skill for detection? How could a Spirit Skill that looked so clearly offensive possibly work like this?
The Soul-Pulling Ghost Vine had lost consciousness the instant the Soul Ring behind his head flashed faintly... The sight was truly baffling.
"How did you do that?" Tang Ya stepped forward. She hadn't forgotten the task at hand, either; a blue dagger was already in her grip.
"Mm... On the way here, we happened upon a thousand-year-old spiritual Soul Beast. Its form was quite unusual, though, and we weren't really sure what it was." Huo Yuhao began to make things up. He had revealed part of the truth to Wang Hong not only because he needed to earn his trust, but also because the battle against the thousand-year-old Soul-Pulling Ghost Vine had brought them close enough for him to share this secret.
As for Tang Ya and Tang Shan... Huo Yuhao had to admit that, for now, they were merely acquaintances he knew fairly well. His relationship with them certainly couldn't compare to his relationship with Wang Hong, so they weren't the right people to tell the whole truth.
"Still, I suppose it was a blessing in disguise. After Brother Wang Hong defeated that Soul Beast, my Martial Soul seemed to resonate strangely with it, causing both my Martial Soul and my first Spirit Skill to undergo an unusual evolution."
"When I use my first Spirit Skill on myself and my allies, it works as normal, granting Spirit Detection and other buffs. But when I use it on an enemy, it gains an illusory effect. Overall, it's more like a derivative effect of my first Spirit Skill."
As Huo Yuhao explained, Tang Ya's