Targeting the South, Flying into a Rage

After deciding what to do next, Huo Hai still did not set out immediately. For one thing, the books he had read lately had not met his needs. His overall understanding of Spell Spirit Masters was still insufficient.

For another, Silver Pearl and Little Butterfly had not finished their transformations. Silver Pearl was still asleep, while Little Butterfly had once again encased itself in a cocoon. Three days passed in a flash. Little Butterfly, with its deeper reserves, completed its transformation first.

After emerging from its cocoon, Little Butterfly had grown a little larger again, and the colors on its wings were even more brilliant. Reaching the Spirit Practitioner Realm had not greatly improved its combat strength, but the improvement to its mental abilities was remarkable. It could now control even experts in the Spirit Practitioner Realm.

Against experts at the Early Spirit Practitioner Stage in particular, Little Butterfly could exercise precise control for more than an hour. During that time, even if it ordered them to kill themselves, they would be unable to resist and could only obediently go to their deaths.

Besides direct control, Little Butterfly's mental illusions and mental guidance had also grown increasingly powerful. The illusions it produced now were difficult to recognize as false. They could even affect people or Spirit Beasts in the real world.

Even experts at the Spirit Adept Peak would probably have trouble distinguishing Little Butterfly's illusions from reality. What delighted Huo Hai most was that, upon reaching the Spirit Practitioner Realm, Little Butterfly had finally gained an offensive ability. It was a means of attacking the mind directly: condensing Mental Power into a beam and driving it straight into the opponent's mind.

This attack was very simple, and it was not particularly powerful. Against experts in the Spirit Practitioner Realm,