As he considered the possibilities, Lin Mo's crimson-gold eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Without further hesitation, he began releasing vast amounts of soul power.
Energy resembling a non-Newtonian fluid began to rotate slowly.
A layer of crimson-gold light enveloped its exterior.
This was Lin Mo's Mental Power, meant to keep the liquid soul power from dissipating.
As time passed.
More and more soul power poured in!
It spun faster and faster!!
The already viscous energy was compressed even further.
Spin, compress, spin again, compress again!!
As the cycle repeated, solid soul power soon began to form!
But he wasn't satisfied and continued pouring it in and compressing it!!
The soul power within his body surged out like floodwaters through an opened dam!
The amount of solid soul power kept increasing!
It already equaled the total soul power within a Soul Douluo's body!
"Not enough, nowhere near enough! Card! Activate!!"
With a thought from Lin Mo, the card beside him erupted with dazzling light!
A soul ring as scarlet as blood slowly appeared.
Two golden patterns were also inscribed upon the ring.
Just as his soul power was about to run out, the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring merged directly into his body!!
His depleted body was instantly replenished!
The embryonic soul core began rapidly expanding again!!
When the solid soul power reached the size of a fist.
A hollow soul core finally took complete shape!!
Shaping it alone had consumed the entire soul power reserve of a Titled Douluo!
"Phew... this... this doesn't seem so hard after all."
Looking at the soul core before him, fine beads of sweat appeared on Lin Mo's forehead.
Yet his face still brimmed with a confident smile!
But in the very next second...
"Buzzz!!"
The instant the solid soul power fully took shape!!
A powerful suction suddenly struck!!
An abyss-like black hole appeared!!
"Holy shit! You bastard, are you trying to devour your master?!"
As his body was continuously dragged toward it, Lin Mo hurriedly released his spiritual power and poured it inside.
A moment slower, and wouldn't it swallow him whole?
As the immense energy poured in.
The black hole's pull finally weakened somewhat.
But to stabilize it completely, he had to fill it to the brim!!
Before long, two-thirds of the Mental Power in his body had been swept away.
"Hiss... you won't stop until you've drained me dry?"
Lin Mo's face was pale as he gritted his teeth and held on.
Time ticked by, and just as he felt himself approaching his limit.
He picked up the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
Then he dripped the dew upon it into his mouth.
The immortal herb's medicinal power erupted instantly!!
His nearly exhausted Mental Power instantly returned to its original strength.
It even showed faint signs of rising further!
"Suck! Suck! Suck! Just watch me fill you to the brim!!!"
Having recovered, Lin Mo only grew fiercer as the battle wore on!
Vast amounts of spiritual power flooded madly into the soul core!!
Time ticked by.
The originally milky-white solid soul power gradually turned pale gold.
And its color continued to deepen.
This showed that the soul core had begun taking on an attribute!!
"Almost! I'm almost there!!"
Lin Mo's crimson-gold eyes grew ever more dazzling.
Powerful fluctuations of Mental Power spread outward continuously.
They enveloped almost the entire mountain behind the academy.
The commotion outside grew greater and greater as well.
Dark clouds filled the sky, and fierce winds formed a vortex that ravaged the earth.
The three education commissioners of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy were utterly dumbfounded.
What on earth was happening?
Just as they tried to use their Mental Power to investigate.
A powerful spiritual storm instantly shredded their perception.
Their heads felt as though they would split apart, and they nearly fainted.
After several fruitless attempts, they could only give up.
Meanwhile.
Lin Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally... it finally stopped!!"
The crimson-gold soul core had stopped rotating.
It floated quietly in the air.
But the next second, his vision began to blur.
His body felt as though it were wrapped in spiritual power and plummeting rapidly.
From fear to anger, then despair.
And finally calm, the emotions flashed through him one by one.
When he came back to his senses, the crimson-gold soul core before him had completely collapsed into a swirling black hole.
Endless darkness and terror rushed at him once again!
Yet deep within the black hole lay a pair of crimson-gold pupils.
"Hiss! This thing is way too sinister, isn't it?"
Lin Mo sucked in a cold breath and cursed under his breath, shaking his somewhat dizzy head.
A single glance could stir up all manner of emotions in the depths of his heart.
It was simply terrifying!!
"Phew... I'd better merge it into my body quickly, before a long night breeds more nightmares."
Lin Mo took a deep breath and steadied himself.
Then he began guiding the soul core into his body.
The black-hole soul core was like a part of his own body.
It merged into his forehead without any resistance.
In an instant, the crimson-gold Eye of Myriad Phenomena blazed with light!!
A new pair of pupils began splitting off deep within his eyes!!
But the second pair was small, merely nestled along the edges of the Eye of Myriad Phenomena.
Without looking closely, they were impossible to notice.
At the same time, an indescribably vast surge of Mental Power flooded his sea of consciousness.
Lin Mo closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes brought by the soul core.
He immersed himself in joy, anger, sorrow, delight, and all manner of other emotions.
After an unknown length of time, the boy slowly opened his eyes.
Within them were reflected the sun and moon amid an endless starry sky!!
The crimson-gold pupils were the sun, while the silver-white secondary pupils were the moon.
Sun and moon shone together, eternal and undying!!
"I've successfully merged with the soul core, but something feels a little strange."
Lin Mo instinctively touched his eyes and muttered.
The instant he blinked lightly, both the crimson-gold and silver-white pupils vanished.
Black pupils took their place!!
There was nothing special about them, just an utterly ordinary black.
Or rather, this was his original eye color!!
So my Eye of Myriad Phenomena had been active all along?
Lin Mo pondered inwardly.
Only after obtaining the spiritual soul core today.
Did he realize that he hadn't fully mastered the Eye of Myriad Phenomena before.
Or perhaps these eyes had only now truly become one with him?
"Junior! How's your cultivation going?"
Just as Lin Mo was pondering, a familiar voice came from outside.
"Click!"
The door was pushed open, and two figures walked in.
The instant Lin Mo looked up, his pitch-black pupils turned crimson-gold again.
At the same time, soul rings appeared one after another deep within his eyes.
Red, red, red, red!
The three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and one Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring did not rise from beneath his feet.
Instead, they were hidden deep within his crimson-gold pupils!
"Fourth Soul Skill-Spirit Erosion, Mind Control!!"
The soul rings deep within his eyes flashed and vanished.
The soul skill activated without a sound!
"Junior, you..."
Dugu Yan had only just entered and hadn't even finished speaking.
She instantly froze in place, her gaze utterly vacant.
Ye Lingling, who followed right behind her, suffered the same fate.
"Interesting. I can already exert control on the spiritual level?"
Looking at the two before him, a trace of surprise flickered in Lin Mo's eyes.
He now possessed authority akin to that of a deity.
He could command every form of power on the spiritual level.
Whether annihilation, control, erosion, devouring, or anything else, it was all effortless.
Naturally, this also included disrupting and influencing the seven emotions and six desires.
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