Will Enslavement

Qi Tian flew over the ocean, trailing the hundred-meter-wide spaceship and several crew members.

"This ship is quite unique; it really does look like a flying saucer on the outside."

Qi Tian examined the spaceship hovering motionless above the sea with great interest, then turned his gaze toward the alien powerhouse named Mikita.

At this moment, Mikita was still struggling to hold on. Being suppressed in consciousness was one thing, but for the opponent to attempt to annihilate his consciousness, their cultivation level had to be at least two tiers higher than his own.

Qi Tian's consciousness clearly surpassed the Universe level, but it had only just reached the Domain Lord level. Under such circumstances, he could at most make Mikita feel distressed; he could not yet force him into total submission.

However, while maintaining the pressure of his consciousness, Qi Tian also activated his innate talent, Universal Sanskrit Sound.

The Sanskrit sounds that pierced the soul and reached straight into Mikita's sea of consciousness were now like terrifying demonic chants, making it impossible for him to spare any focus to issue attack commands to the spaceship.

The ship's intelligence, Timas, was merely a simple system—one that had just acquired basic emotions but was not yet a true intelligent life form.

Without orders from Mikita, Timas could only remain in a state of standby, hovering in place.

Seeing that Mikita was still holding on, Qi Tian estimated that he wouldn't be able to break him in a short time unless he killed him outright, but that would make it impossible to seize control of the spaceship.

At this moment, inside Mikita's sea of consciousness, a dark, deep phantom resembling a black hole was incessantly emitting Sanskrit sounds he couldn't comprehend, attempting to drag him into an endless abyss.

But gradually, a glimmer of golden light appeared before him, followed by Qi Tian's voice ringing in his ears, helping him resist the terrifying Sanskrit sounds while soothing him, telling him to rest well.

From Mikita's perspective, he had become a tiny existence, hiding with difficulty behind a vast, eternal golden Buddha statue.

In the distance, the black hole phantom was constantly using soul secret techniques to enslave and torment him.

As Qi Tian's gentle, fatherly voice continued to drift in, the golden, sturdy back helping him resist the Sanskrit sounds gave him an incomparable sense of security.

It was as if he were being protected by his parents when he was young; in this moment, Qi Tian's figure was infinitely magnified, slowly occupying his entire sea of consciousness.

"Still a little short. This Universal Sanskrit Sound cannot directly distort his soul; I need to continue wearing down his will and let him feel the warmth of fatherly love."

Qi Tian sensed the state of Mikita's will through his innate talent and decided to refine it further, then turned his gaze to the other crew members, who were staring blankly.

These crew members were clearly a tier lower in strength than Mikita; Qi Tian didn't even need to use Universal Sanskrit Sound on them, as a simple consciousness impact was enough to make them lose consciousness.

"Let me see what you lot are all about."

Qi Tian murmured, his tyrannical consciousness surging directly into the sea of consciousness of one crew member, forcibly flipping through the memory fragments in his soul.

The incredibly crude method caused the crew member to show a pained expression; the blankness in his eyes intensified, and his soul aura even began to weaken bit by bit.

"Murdered clansmen in my youth, seized a man's wife... stole a treasure, hid it at coordinates xxx on a ruined planet... Universe Mercenary Alliance... Virtual Universe Company..."

Through Qi Tian's forced soul-searching, the memories hidden deep in the crew member's heart were unearthed, followed by common knowledge about the universe and the distribution of major powers.

"So this really is the Devouring Starry Sky world."

Qi Tian was shocked by the memories he had unearthed from the crew member's soul. The moment he saw the names of those major powers—Earth, Luo Feng, Virtual Universe Company, Star Tower, and so on—the memories slowly linked together.

By the time he had finished digesting all the memories, the crew member's soul aura had weakened to an extremely low level and he had fallen into a deep slumber; it was likely that even if he didn't die, he would never wake up again.

Qi Tian then examined the memories of another crew member, gaining more useful information and learning the general situation of the star sector where he was located.

"Gold Soul Planet is located within the territory of the Noah Universe Kingdom, on the edge of the Beihua Empire's borders. The nearby star sectors only have a few mineral planets of low value."

"Adjacent to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom? The information is still too scarce."

Qi Tian organized the memory information he had just obtained. These two crew members were only at the Star level 9, mere adventurers in the universe.

Most of their knowledge came from the bottom-tier connections of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, knowing only about relatively major but non-confidential events.

But most of these were about some mercenary obtaining a priceless treasure, an unexpected powerhouse appearing on some indigenous planet, or the discovery of a small secret realm.

Moreover, most of this information was within the Noah Universe Kingdom; he didn't know much about the broader environment of the Human Race. To get useful information, Qi Tian would have to enter the universe himself.

Qi Tian then controlled them to take out their belongings. Out of the four crew members, only one possessed a space ring, and it was quite small; the other three only had space bracelets.

As a pile of items was dumped out by the group, they were heaped together, mostly consisting of junk.

"Five weapons, three of which are Force weapons and two are Mind Power weapons, all Tier 2 mid-to-high grade, plus several sets of Force armor."

Qi Tian put the only space ring on his finger, placed the weapons and armor inside, and also sorted out several thousand silver coins, which were the main currency in circulation in the Noah Universe Kingdom.

After organizing the loot, Qi Tian finally turned his attention to the mastermind of this trip, Mikita, their captain and a Universe level 2 adventurer.

"Comparing this to the memories, my strength is Universe level 9, but my consciousness intensity is significantly higher than others at the same level; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to suppress this person instantly."

"And the golden energy that both I and the World-Cleansing Buddha use is a domain power with metal attributes. As for that strange fluctuation, there is no correct information about it in these two people's memories."

"However, it is somewhat similar to the descriptions of law fluctuations in the original work. Once this Mikita submits, I will interrogate him properly."

Qi Tian pondered while increasing the mental intrusion of his innate secret technique, Universal Sanskrit Sound. About an hour later, Mikita's eyes began to clear.

This wasn't because he had broken free, but because his will had surrendered to Qi Tian. Through the effect of Qi Tian's innate talent, the demonic-sounding Sanskrit now appeared incomparably sacred in Mikita's eyes.

When Qi Tian released the consciousness suppression, Mikita, whose sea of consciousness was now clear, saw that the black hole phantom that had emitted the terrifying demonic sounds was gone, and the golden Buddha body that had shielded him from the sounds slowly merged with the white-clad Qi Tian before him.

"Mikita greets the Buddha Lord." Mikita knelt in the void, kowtowing to Qi Tian with an expression of incomparably firm gratitude in his tone.