Hu Liena's Charm Failed! Demon Emperor Golden Eyes Suppressed the Demon Fox!

The night before the mission, Hu Liena took the initiative to find Di Yao.

The location was the training room behind Pope Palace.

Once the door closed, every sound from outside was cut off.

Di Yao was checking the Resource Case files.

Three types of materials lay on the table.

Fasnuo Branch Hall Account Ledgers.

Nuoding City transfer records.

Yu Xiaogang's list of specially approved permissions.

When Hu Liena walked in, he did not even look up.

"Is something wrong?"

Hearing those two words, Hu Liena felt uncomfortable again.

This guy looked at everyone as though they were Account Ledgers.

If they were useful, he would glance at them.

If not, he would set them aside.

She walked up to the table.

"Teacher asked me to go on the mission with you tomorrow."

Di Yao said, "Mm."

Hu Liena raised an eyebrow.

"That's your reaction?"

Di Yao turned a page.

"What else?"

Hu Liena took a deep breath.

"I'm part of the Golden Generation."

"Demon Fox Spirit."

"The core of the control system."

"Aren't you planning to learn about my abilities beforehand?"

Di Yao finally looked up.

"Charm, mental interference, emotional guidance."

"Suitable for interrogation, battlefield control, and disrupting an enemy's judgment."

Hu Liena froze.

"You looked into me?"

"Library Pavilion has records of your battles."

Di Yao said, "They aren't very detailed."

"But they're enough."

Hu Liena narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Enough?"

"You think you can understand my Charm just by reading a few records?"

Di Yao said calmly, "I can't understand all of it."

"But I can understand its weakness."

Hu Liena's expression darkened.

"What did you say?"

Di Yao closed the file.

"Your Charm relies too heavily on talent."

"Your mental fluctuations are subtle, but your pressure of will is insufficient."

"It's suited to guidance."

"Not domination."

Hu Liena laughed in anger.

"Domination?"

"You're a junior apprentice who just awakened, and you're teaching me how a control-system Soul Master should cultivate?"

Di Yao looked at her.

"If you don't want to listen, you can leave."

Hu Liena gritted her teeth.

She had not been convinced in the first place.

Now she was even less convinced.

Suddenly, she smiled.

As that smile changed, the atmosphere in the training room changed with it.

Her gaze softened.

Her voice became much gentler as well.

"Di Yao."

"Do you have some prejudice against me?"

The Demon Fox Spirit was silently released.

A pair of illusory fox ears appeared amid her hair.

Pink Soul Power spread like mist.

She did not use low-level seduction.

Such tricks were useless against those with strong wills.

What she used was Spirit Resonance.

It made the other person instinctively feel close to her.

Feel that she was trustworthy.

Feel that her words were easier to accept.

Hu Liena slowly approached.

"We'll be carrying out missions together from now on."

"Isn't it tiring to guard against me like this?"

Her voice fell like a light feather.

Soft.

Natural.

Without aggression.

Under such circumstances, ordinary Soul Masters would soon lower their guard.

Even if they were not fully controlled, their emotions would loosen.

Yet Di Yao merely sat there.

His gaze was calm.

Hu Liena continued strengthening her mental fluctuations.

She was in no hurry.

The strongest aspect of Charm had never been forced control.

It was guiding the target's emotions toward wherever she wanted them to go, without the target noticing.

She circled to Di Yao's side, her finger lightly tapping the tabletop.

"You're so smart. You know that going alone won't get you far."

"Trusting me will benefit you."

Di Yao finally spoke.

"Are you done?"

Hu Liena's smile stiffened slightly.

The next instant.

A dark golden radiance lit up behind Di Yao.

The Dharma Image of Demon Emperor Di Jun did not fully emerge.

Only a pair of golden eyes slowly opened in the void.

At that moment, Hu Liena's mental fluctuations felt as though they had been exposed to a blazing sun.

Every soft disguise, every emotional pull, every subtle ripple was laid bare with perfect clarity.

Hu Liena's expression changed.

She felt as though she was not Charming Di Yao.

Instead, she herself had been placed beneath a great sun.

None of her techniques had anywhere to hide.

Di Yao's gaze changed as well.

His dark golden pupils locked onto her.

It was not an attack.

Yet it was more unbearable than an attack.

Like an emperor of high station looking down upon a subject.

He did not need her to like him.

He only needed her to submit.

Hu Liena's breathing stalled.

The Demon Fox Spirit fell into momentary disorder.

She instinctively retreated half a step.

The Charm broke.

Not only had it broken.

It had been suppressed in return.

Di Yao withdrew his gaze.

"Your mental power is very delicate."

"But it's too soft."

Hu Liena's expression was ugly.

"You..."

Di Yao said, "You want others to like you."

"You want others to feel close to you."

"You want others to unknowingly lower their guard."

"Of course that works."

"But it isn't enough."

Hu Liena gritted her teeth. "How isn't it enough?"

Di Yao rose to his feet.

He was much shorter than Hu Liena.

Yet his bearing did not resemble that of a child at all.

"Charm isn't begging others to look at you."

"It isn't making enemies think you're beautiful, trustworthy, or approachable."

"True control is making enemies act according to your will."

Hu Liena's pupils contracted slightly.

Di Yao continued, "Fear can control."

"Greed can control."

"Anger can control."

"Hesitation can control as well."

"You only focus on attracting others."

"That is why your Charm merely drags people into warm water."

"Too slow."

"And too soft."

Hu Liena's face alternated between green and white.

Those words hurt too much.

Especially since she had always been proud of the Demon Fox's Charm.

From childhood until now, almost no one among her peers had been able to withstand her mental guidance head-on.

Yet before Di Yao, not only had it failed, he had seen through its problem at a glance.

She said coldly, "That sounds nice."

"Then what do you think I should do?"

Di Yao said, "Don't make your enemies like you."

"Make them fear you."

Hu Liena was stunned.

Di Yao picked up a chess piece from the table and placed it on the map.

"During an interrogation, don't start by leading them."

"First, let them believe they can hold out."

"Then, bit by bit, tear away their escape routes."

"When fear takes hold, your Charm will truly become useful."

"It's not about making them willing to talk."

"It's about making them believe that talking is their only way out."

Hu Liena fell silent.

She suddenly realized that Di Yao had not been casually mocking her.

He was genuinely breaking down her abilities.

And his analysis was frighteningly precise.

Di Yao looked at her.

"If all you want is to make people obsessed with you, you'll forever be nothing more than support."

"If you can make your enemies afraid, hesitant, and prone to misjudgment—"

"Then you'll be qualified to become the core of a control-type team."

The training room fell completely silent.

Hu Liena's fingers curled slightly.

She was furious.

Yet beneath that anger was an indescribable shock.

She had always believed there was nothing wrong with the path her Charm had taken.

Even her teacher had acknowledged her talent.

But Di Yao's words were like a blade, slicing open the part of herself she had been unwilling to face.

Her Charm truly focused more on attraction.

Rather than control.

Di Yao sat back down and continued reading the case files.

"If there's nothing else, go back and rest."

"We leave tomorrow."

Hu Liena looked at him and suddenly felt as though she had punched an iron wall.

She gave a cold snort, turned, and left.

When she reached the door, she stopped again.

"Di Yao."

"Do you really think I'm too soft?"

Di Yao did not look up.

"Right now, you are."

Hu Liena gritted her teeth.

"Then just wait."

"I'll make you take those words back."

Di Yao said, "That would be best."

Hu Liena froze.

Di Yao turned a page, his tone indifferent.

"A stronger teammate benefits me."

Hu Liena nearly laughed from anger.

This man had been calculating everyone's worth from beginning to end.

She slammed the door and left.

Outside, Xie Yue was leaning in the shadows of the corridor.

The moment Hu Liena came out, he saw that something was off with her expression.

"You lost?"

Hu Liena's face darkened.

"Who lost?"

Xie Yue looked at her.

"You even used your martial soul."

Hu Liena fell silent.

Xie Yue's gaze darkened slightly.

"Charm didn't work?"

Hu Liena did not want to admit it.

But in the end, she still replied coldly, "It didn't."

Xie Yue frowned.

Yan popped out from the side and immediately exploded.

"What?"

"Even Nana's Charm didn't work?"

Hu Liena shot him a cold look.

"Call me Nana one more time, and I'll test my new Charm on you first."

Yan instantly shut his mouth.

Xie Yue looked toward the tightly closed door of the training room.

"Looks like we still underestimated him."

Yan said unwillingly, "Isn't it just that his martial soul has a higher rank?"

Xie Yue shook his head.

"No."

"If it were only his martial soul, Nana wouldn't be wearing that expression."

Hu Liena did not refute him.

Because Xie Yue was right.

What truly upset her was not that her Charm had failed.

It was that Di Yao had seen through her path.

Xie Yue was silent for a moment.

"Yan."

"Yeah?"

"They're heading out on a mission tomorrow."

"When they return, we'll test him together."

Yan's eyes lit up.

"You want to make a move too?"

Xie Yue said evenly, "If one person loses, it can be blamed on carelessness."

"If two people attack together, we should be able to force out his trump card."

Hu Liena looked at the two of them and suddenly said, "Be careful."

Yan froze.

Xie Yue looked at her as well.

Hu Liena gritted her teeth. "That guy's mouth is vicious."

"If you can't beat him, it'll feel even worse."

Inside the training room.

Di Yao heard the footsteps outside fade away, but his expression did not change.

He drew a line across the case file.

Fasnuo.

Nuoding City.

Yu Xiaogang.

Resources.

Leave the city tomorrow.

He wanted more than simply investigating a case.

He wanted to use this case to obtain the first real authority in Pope Palace that could command people.

And Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the rest of the Golden Generation would become whetstones for testing his own system.

Spirit Hall's younger generation?

Not enough.

But he could step on them first and climb higher.