Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 278 Power is a Original Sin

"To be precise, it should be that all the data has been collected."

Huo Yuhao leaned back, his head spinning. "Anyway, the stuff from the books is already in my head. I can absorb and understand it later. Let me rest first... Forty-odd books... tsk!"

What the hell?
Jing Hongchen stared blankly: "Collect...collect?"

What kind of operation is this? How come he's never heard of it before? Is it some kind of magical self-created soul skill?
"This is a bit complicated to explain, it's simpler to just show how to do it~ Come on, look at this page."

Looking at Jing Hongchen's appearance, Huo Yuhao forced himself to stay alert and tentatively opened the catalog and placed it in front of him: "Next, all you need to do is release your mental energy to project the entire page's image into your mental sea."

"This technique does not require a strong mental state to support it. As long as the operation is precise enough, it can memorize information semi-permanently. Without actively disrupting the image, it can stay in the sea of ​​the mind for several days."

“…Oh…um.”

Jing Hongchen responded half-heartedly. As for what he had just said, no one knew how much he actually understood, but he nodded with a look of realization: "So, you really are the key?"

"what?"

This time, it was Huo Yuhao's turn to be dumbfounded.

"It's nothing. It's just something related to the future of the Soul Guidance System. Judging from the current situation, you'll come into contact with it sooner or later."

Jing Hongchen patted his shoulder, signaling him to calm down: "But it would be a bit too hasty to take the initiative now. Your mental strength is probably not strong enough."

They had previously tested the mental strength required for Project Zero, and the final results showed that it required at least the mental strength of a Title Douluo level to support the operation of the entire mecha.

If one wants to pursue even greater precision in operation, it becomes even more complicated. At least, even the five level-nine Soul Masters, including Jing Hongchen, combined couldn't achieve this.

"I'm not strong enough..."

Hearing this unintentional remark, Huo Yuhao felt a deep sense of empathy.

After the recording process, he realized that his mind control skills weren't particularly sophisticated.

—This is true.

Although his skill level is already considered divine compared to the rest of the Douluo Continent, based on his own experience, his shortcomings are still quite obvious.

The more precise and meticulous the operation, the more serious the waste of power, even to the point that up to 70% of the energy is wasted. On the other hand, applications like Soul Impact, which are powerful and can send bricks flying, can achieve almost 100% efficiency.

"What you're missing right now is a spiritual version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill."

Although Tianmeng's summary seemed like nonsense, it did contain some insightful observations.

Mental strength and soul power are actually the same. It's just that a blank state of simply piling on operational skills is likely to be inferior to those who have the help of cultivation techniques. The difference in their lower limit of strength is simply heaven and earth.

"Yes, there's a severe shortage. But there's no hope of addressing this deficiency in the short term."

Huo Yuhao was pessimistic about the future of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul.

Even in the most complete cultivation system of the Holy Demon Continent that he has seen so far, there has never been such a thing as a mental cultivation technique. The mental meditation method related to magic cultivation is the same as the soul power meditation method in Douluo Continent. It is unknown how many years it would take to develop a practical cultivation technique.

—If even the all-powerful Elder Yi can't make a difference, who else can we rely on?
"Furthermore, the total amount of mental energy seems relatively small compared to soul power? No wonder soul power can withstand mental attacks..."

Huo Yuhao's expression grew even more helpless, his sorrow deepening with each passing thought. Previously, when his cultivation level was lower, this characteristic wasn't very noticeable, but once he reached the sixth ring level, the fusion function of "Sovereign Over All" brought about wondrous phenomena…

He was shocked to discover that his total spiritual power and soul power were in a bizarre one-to-one ratio!
While the interference of the soul core certainly plays a role, the uneven growth of the two forces is also a real phenomenon.

Based on this comparison, a Soul Master should reach a tangible and substantial spiritual realm by the time they reach the seventh Soul Saint level.

"What an annoying spiritual system."

Huo Yuhao sighed deeply: "Why are the rules of this plane presented like this?"

The more you analyze it, the more primitive and barbaric the Soul Master system of Douluo Continent appears.

Not to mention any shortcomings, there wasn't even a proper foundation... It was a completely barren wasteland, where humans were allowed to grow wildly.

"Who knows? Maybe it's just to efficiently eliminate the entire Soul Beast race? After all, on average, each Soul Master would have to kill three."

Tianmeng casually made a sarcastic remark. He had always been indifferent to his nominal kin, and his heart was always filled with the two dreams of becoming a god and achieving immortality: "Instead of thinking about this, you should think about how to break through your seventh ring."

"What else can we do? Things will work themselves out!"

Huo Yuhao checked the time, stood up, waved to Jing Hongchen, and refused to stay in Mingde Hall for even a second longer.

Leave work on time!

The cafeteria is open for lunch!
"Speaking of which... I haven't seen Ji Juechen and the others since I came back. I wonder how those two are doing now..."

According to Jing Ziyan, the two of them reached the peak of Soul Emperor in the first half of the school year, so they took Tang Xiaolei and formed a three-person team to go hunting for the Ring. No one knows where they have gone now.

Five or six months have passed already!

But on second thought, it seems quite reasonable.

One is someone who has forged their weapon spirit into an illusory sword intent, while the other possesses an extremely rare type of weapon spirit, making it difficult to find suitable soul beasts for them.

"Or, we could wait until they get back..."

Huo Yuhao felt a slight urge to try, but quickly dismissed the thought: "Hiss... I'd better not."

The actual difference between a Soul Emperor and a Soul Saint is roughly equivalent to two realms. Before their advancement, their full-force attacks could only cross a level slightly above one ring. Even if they gave it their all, they could only barely injure him when he was a Soul Master at the fourth ring.

—This was without activating the Martial Soul Possession.

As for now...
He possesses a six-ringed soul core with ultimate attributes, and mental power approaching that of a Title Douluo. If they were to truly confront him, even if they unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Technique, they wouldn't be able to withstand a single punch he thrust out.

To put it bluntly, even the mythical beasts might not consider them opponents; they're only good enough to bully the two angels.

"If I really want to hone my combat skills, I need to choose some different opponents. If they're too weak, I won't feel any pressure at all... It's really troublesome. Why couldn't I have just stayed on the Fifth Ring Road?"

Huo Yuhao felt annoyed and piled up two more empty plates next to him.

(End of this chapter)