Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 125 Adhesion, Deformation, Focus
"The essence of spiritual power is the manifestation of individual will."

"Whether it is joy or sorrow, strength or gentleness, it will give spiritual power different properties... Of course, you will have to wait until later to come into contact with these things."

Elder Yi hovered in mid-air, looking down at Huo Yuhao, who was sitting cross-legged on the mental island: "Come on. Release your mental power to attack me."

what?
Me, me?
Huo Yuhao looked around in a panic, only to find that the three ferocious beasts who had been listening to the lecture had run far away, leaving him alone to face Elder Yi.

"...Do we really have to do this?"

After all, the person standing in front of him was not only his elder, but also a super strong person with unfathomable strength.

Taking action? That wouldn't be appropriate, would it?

"Come anyway."

Old Yi nodded with a smile.

"All right!"

Huo Yuhao hesitated for a long time before tentatively raising his hand and waving.

The entire sea of ​​spirits trembled with his movements, creating a towering curtain of water on the surface.

This is inside Huo Yuhao's mental space!

Any form of mental technique can be perfectly enhanced by the entire sea of ​​spirit, making it three times more powerful than an attack released outside the body.

However, just as this massive impact rushed toward Elder Yi, Huo Yuhao felt a sharp pain on his forehead, as if a steel knife was pressing down on his head.

"laugh!"

In the sky, the golden waves rushing towards Elder Yi seemed to be split in two by an invisible blade. After traveling a certain distance, they instantly split into two forces, each surging towards Elder Yi's diagonal rear.

"This is…?"

Huo Yuhao covered his head and looked up in surprise.

He could sense that it wasn't that Elder Yi had deliberately cleaved his mental attack, but rather that his loose, sand-like mental strength couldn't withstand the head-on collision and crumbled into two pieces under the opponent's more solid mental strength.

"So? Technique is important too, right?"

With a light tap of his finger, the spiritual vertical line that had previously intercepted the attack lit up with a platinum-gold light, revealing a faint fluctuation.

This spiritual power could not possibly have come from Elder Yi, but rather was a small portion that he temporarily borrowed from Tianmeng, roughly equivalent to a strength slightly above the third ring.

However, under Elder Yi's guidance, he withstood Huo Yuhao's attack head-on and even broke through it.

"Wildly growing spiritual energy is like loose sand; even if you try to gather it up, you can't bind it together. At this point, you need to divert a small portion of your mind into the spiritual energy, kneading it together like water binds sand..."

Old Master Yi explained in a deep voice, while also waving his hand lightly to break down and disperse the spiritual energy in the air, demonstrating the operation process and details again and again.

On the spiritual island below, besides Huo Yuhao, the most attentive listener was Tianmeng, who was always known for her quantity of knowledge.

It can be said that for his seemingly invincible stats to truly become invincible, all he needs is a senior expert in this field to help him learn from the basics.

"At the same time, using unrefined mental energy directly to launch an attack is like splashing water; the offensive is scattered and powerless."

At this point, Elder Yi pointed at Huo Yuhao with a particularly heavy gaze. Every single one of the hundreds of soul attacks that Huo Yuhao had unleashed over the years was a devastating, overwhelming attack.

"cough~"

Huo Yuhao coughed awkwardly a few times.

There was no other way; he hadn't encountered many people who could withstand mental attacks head-on, and he was already used to splashing water on people, so he naturally didn't bother to actively study more advanced uses.

"The transformation of mental power is the best way to solve the above problems."

Old Yi withdrew his gaze and waved again.

The spiritual energy floating in mid-air instantly transformed from an amorphous fluid into a cube, and then into a sharp cone. Wherever the sharp point pointed, a sharp sensation that seemed to pierce through the spiritual defenses burst forth.

"When formed into a sharp weapon, it can penetrate deeper into the mind more powerfully. When condensed into a blunt weapon, it can more effectively shatter mental defenses."

"If you use your mental energy to draw out threads and weave them into a net, it will naturally be easier to restrain your opponent." "Of course..."

"All of these operations require control and complete immersion of the mind. Only by maintaining tranquility and focus can the effects of both be maximized."

As Elder Yi pointed to the last item, his gaze swept over the golden divine spark suspended in the air: "Although it's a bit too early to get involved in these things now, I'm sure it will help you get some training."

"what?"

Huo Yuhao looked up following Elder Yi's gaze, his confusion even greater.

Do you think your personality is the same now as it was before?

When Old Yi spoke, he said something rather unrelated.

"Of course they are different."

Huo Yuhao instinctively clutched his chest, answering somewhat absentmindedly.

The most significant turning point in his life was everything that happened in that short week.

Before that, he was a down-on-his-luck young man filled with cold hatred, desperately cultivating with a near-zero hope of revenge, filling almost all his spare time and energy into it.

after that……

"Ha~"

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but chuckle twice.

After seeing his sister, he went through a period of obsessive chanting of those divine pronouncements.

"To internalize it and put it into practice. That is the most important thing."

With a smile in his eyes, Old Yi spoke softly, pointing a finger in the air, gently disturbing the strange fluctuations emanating from Huo Yuhao: "Your state of mind is very peaceful and stable now, unlike before..."

Am I at peace?

Huo Yuhao was filled with astonishment.

The past year or two have been the most emotionally turbulent time of his life. He has been angry, heartbroken, joyful, resentful, sorrowful, and grief-stricken. It should be hard to associate it with 'peace and stability', right?
Are you not at peace right now?

Old Yi seemed even more surprised than he was.

"...It seems so."

Huo Yuhao felt the fluctuations in the sea of ​​consciousness, the deep undercurrents gradually subsiding, leaving only a few ripples on the surface.

He's acting like a normal person now.

Like a normal person.

She won't let certain things completely overwhelm her mind, unlike when she first faced Dai Huabin and became so irritable and reckless.

They will not be swayed by external things or events, nor will they be easily swayed by others or have their will changed.

Deep down, a line has been drawn in my heart, defining the proper principles.

"Remember this feeling—you have achieved peace...and focus."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's reaction, Elder Yi bowed slightly with satisfaction, concluding today's lesson. He then transformed back into a wisp of gray air, hovering in the sky.

'Tranquility and focus?'

Huo Yuhao looked up, still in that strange state, his eyes becoming clearer and sparkling with even brighter golden light: "Thank you..."

"……teacher."

Huh~
A soft laugh seemed to come from high above.

(End of this chapter)