Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Dragon Abyss Sword, has become its scabbard.

Chapter 28 Mental Attack

"Quan, they seem to have been hit by a mental attack." Ling's martial soul possesses mental attributes and is highly sensitive to mental fluctuations.

"It seems so, and this mental attack is quite powerful." That Soul King had the best Soul Ring configuration, and his strength was not weak among those of the same level.

The woman he was carrying had very chaotic mental fluctuations, but her soul power level was much higher than his.

She must have broken through level 40 and then came to hunt souls with this Soul King, but it seems something unexpected happened.

Given her condition, she was unable to obtain her fourth spirit ring.

"Could it be that we've encountered a spirit beast with spiritual attributes?" Ling's eyes lit up; spirit beasts with spiritual attributes are extremely rare.

"However, it seems to have poisonous properties."

"I absorbed the Icefire Grass. Poison is useless to me. My ice attribute is now extremely strong. Ordinary ice attribute soul beasts cannot provide me with amplified soul skills. This soul beast has mental attack capabilities, so amplifying mental power is the best choice at the moment."

Ling turned his gaze toward the direction from which the Soul King had run.

"That's true! But a spirit-attribute spirit beast that can defeat a Soul King is not easy to deal with."

"However, this also shows that this soul beast is very strong, and the soul skills it can provide will not be bad either."

A level 40 Soul Hunter can absorb Soul Rings with an age limit of no more than 5,000 years, which is no problem for Ling, who has refined his body through ice and fire.

Even after being tempered by ice and fire, poison was completely ineffective against Ling, who was immune to all poisons.

Ling can now absorb soul rings with toxic attributes, but these will be eliminated by ice and fire attributes.

"Let's go take a look."

It is rare to find a thousand-year-old soul beast that can force a Soul King to retreat, especially one with mental attributes.

We're already close to the mixed zone, and there are quite a few traces of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts not far ahead.

That Soul King would never dare to venture deep into the mixed zone, as the Soul Beast that injured him wouldn't be far from them.

Under Ding Quanxuan's fiery gaze, the traces left by this Soul King were nowhere to be hidden.

Twenty minutes later, the group looked at a strange tree not far away.

Its height and width are almost the same, only less than five meters high, but its branches are very dense.

The trunk is an extremely rare purple, and the branches are numerous and emerald green, exuding a strong sense of life.

There was a ring of green mist around it; was that poison?

Looking around, one could still discern the remains of soul beasts, which had been stained green.

It possesses extremely strong vitality but contains toxins.

The four strange oval patterns on its trunk reminded Ding Quan of a terrifying plant spirit beast.

There were signs of a battle around it; the tree had claw marks and parts of its trunk were missing.

It looks like it was caused by the attack from that Soul King.

The missing parts of the plant-spirit beast tree trunk were emitting a faint green light, as if it were healing itself, although its branches and leaves were withered.

A subtle mental fluctuation emanated from the tree, indicating a high level of mental strength.

This spirit beast possesses wood, poison, and spirit attributes.

Moreover, their attribute strengths are all quite high.

However, it's not in good condition right now, but that Soul King has been a great help, saving it a lot of trouble.

Xuanhuo Tong glanced at the other party's condition and realized that it wasn't the terrifying soul beast he had imagined.

"It's actually a plant-type spirit beast! Perfect for me." Ling's martial soul is the snow lotus, which is also a plant, making it even more suitable for absorbing plant-type spirit beast spirit rings.

"Judging from its soul power, it is over four thousand years old." Ding Quan carefully observed it with his Xuanhuo Eyes. Ding Quan did not know what kind of soul beast it was, so he could only judge it by the strength of its soul power, but this way it was more accurate.

"Wei'er, be careful, watch out for its mental attacks," Ding Quan said to Wei'er, while taking out a sachet from his storage bag, instantly filling the area around them with a strange fragrance.

The pollen of the fragrant Qiluo Fairy Plant has the ability to neutralize all toxins, rendering the plant's poison completely ineffective against the group.

"My mental strength is only slightly weaker than yours, but it's still quite strong." As Vera spoke, her gaze towards the tree became more wary.

"Then Ling, make your move! I'll launch a mental attack on it."

Such a large tree, it would take the Dragon Abyss Sword a long time to chop it down. Wei'er's attacks are suitable for single-target attacks, but Ling's attacks are the most suitable.

"good!"

Ling deactivated his second soul skill, revealing the figures of the group.

At the same time, the first spirit ring lit up, and a chill instantly surged toward the tree.

The cold air instantly froze into ice wherever it passed.

The ice quickly climbed up the tree trunk and began to spread.

The tree was instantly startled, and its branches immediately began to lash out, attempting to shatter the ice covering it.

Ling's spiritual energy surged, unleashing the Ice Soul!

The branch froze, indicating that it was severely depleted and struggling to resist Ling's mental erosion.

Illusory flames ignited on the frozen ice, and thick smoke rose from the tree trunks.

Extreme cold and heat are the nemesis of many plants, and this tree is no exception.

Waving branches to pat the ice that had formed on the tree trunk was ineffective.

A subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy emanated from it, and the four oval patterns on its trunk opened up.

Several eyes on a tree were staring at Ding Quan and his group, which looked rather eerie.

These four patterns are indeed eyes! Ding Quan had guessed this when he saw those oval patterns.

Although it was a bit strange that a tree had eyes growing on it, Ding Quan's eyes lit up when he saw it. "Demon Eye Tree?"

However, given the age of the Demon Eye Tree, its strength wouldn't be so weak.

Their strength was no match for a demonic tree of this age.

"Such powerful mental attributes!" Ling was stunned for a moment when she saw the four eyes, but became excited after sensing their powerful mental fluctuations.

As dozens of branches spiraled toward them, Ding Quan clenched his right hand, releasing the Dragon Abyss Sword and three soul rings appearing.

Fiery cloud patterns lit up on the blade, and the extremely sharp Longyuan Sword was the nemesis of these branches.

The branch was severed instantly, but green sap gushed out from the broken end, and a few drops landed on Ding Quan's clothes.

zizi~

Ding Quan felt a burning sensation all over his body.

She inhaled the fragrance of the exquisite Qiluo Fairy product emanating from her body.

It seems this juice is also corrosive.

The fragrant and elegant pollen can neutralize the poison, but corrosion is not poison.

Seeing this, lightning also began to emanate from Vera's body. Her hands transformed into tiger paws, knocking away the branches and creating a whirlwind around her, which blocked the sap splashing from the broken branches.

Ding Quanxuan's Fire Eyes flared with fire, and his mental energy surged. Since the opponent had released mental energy, he couldn't allow it to have the opportunity to use mental attacks.

Its mental attacks can even damage Soul Kings, so it's best not to let it use them.

Ding Quan's mental attack was even smoother this time, and a sword light that was much stronger than the one he used against the Heavy Rock Xuan Turtle shot out from Ding Quan's eyes.

It shot heavily towards the spot that resembled the eye of the demonic tree.

jump!

Ding Quan sensed a mournful cry from a soul and then looked at the demonic tree.

Its eyes shattered instantly, and the branches on the tree trunk began to flailing wildly.

Ding Quan breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Fortunately, his mental strength was superior to the other's, and the other was not in good condition either. However, he had used most of his mental strength and felt a little dizzy.

Seeing this, Ling no longer held back. The ice on the tree quickly froze, freezing the entire tree solid.

Then, an illusory flame ignited on the ice.

A few minutes later, a purple spirit ring slowly rose from it.

Looking into Ding Quanjin's red eyes, it was clear that the mental attack was indeed too difficult to counter, and the opponent would have a hard time defending against it.

He directly attracted the spirit ring to himself, sat cross-legged, and absorbed it.

Because of this poisonous fog, not many soul beasts come here. Moreover, since it is close to the mixed zone, ordinary soul masters do not dare to come here to hunt souls easily.

There's not much danger for Ling to absorb spirit rings here.

An hour later, Ling opened his eyes. Three spirit rings, one yellow and two purple, rose from his body. The colors then changed to two yellow and one purple, and the purple spirit ring became much lighter in color.

"How was it?" Ding Quan asked with a delighted expression after watching Ling feel the soul skill.

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"My third soul skill, Mental Slowing, amplifies my mental power by 150%. Releasing this soul skill can slow down the enemy's mental reactions. If the opponent's mental power is much weaker than mine, then they will feel like each day is an eternity. If their willpower is too weak, their mind may collapse."

"So that's how it works." Ding Quan thought of the woman's mental confusion; could it be the result of a mental breakdown?

Furthermore, the Demon King's Domain skill, which appeared ten thousand years later, is called "A Thousand Years in an Instant," and this skill does have some similarities.

"I can use this soul skill directly on people, or I can fuse it with ice attributes to launch a subtle attack."

"That's something that's hard to guard against."

"In addition, my soul power has reached level thirty-six," Ling said after sensing his level. Moreover, his mental power had surged, and he had become more adept at controlling his soul power.

"Is that so?" Ding Quan hadn't expected that these two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs would bring Ling a nearly ten-level increase in soul power. He thought of his third soul skill, and realized that it must be due to the soul skill.

However, his third soul skill was indeed very powerful.

"Hehe, now that my sister's third soul skill is solved, we don't need to go to the Frozen Forest to look for it anymore. Next up is my soul ring."

As she spoke, Wei'er helped the two of them to their feet.

Now that he has the mental attack soul skills of the two, his third soul ring will be a piece of cake as long as he finds a suitable soul beast.

……

Awooo!

A deep tiger's roar echoed from afar.

However, this tiger was already at its limit, its body covered in a layer of ice, completely lacking the speed and power a tiger should have.

Its expression was crazed and extremely angry, its eyes fixed on the three people in front of it. It still couldn't understand why it, which could fight against a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, was completely helpless against the people in front of it.

Roar!

Feeling its body becoming increasingly unresponsive, the white-striped tiger roared.

His originally agile body began to swell, his entire body grew larger, and his aura increased several times over.

He then quickly ran towards the group.

"Alright, now that we have a pretty good understanding of their strength, let's not delay any longer." Ding Quan sheathed the Dragon Abyss Sword.

"Alright!" Ling nodded upon hearing this, and at the same time, his third purple soul ring lit up, followed by a faint light emanating from his blue eyes.

The tiger's speed slowed down for a moment, but then quickly recovered.

"It looks like its resilience has improved a lot in this state."

Just a moment ago, when it slowed down.

A golden figure rushed towards him, and amidst the sounds of wind and thunder, a bolt of lightning struck directly into his eyes.

Second Soul Skill: Radiant Light!

Just as the lightning was about to strike, a cold snort rang out.

The lightning bolt sped up again, becoming even more powerful.

Vera's bolt of lightning directly destroyed its brain, and the body of this four-thousand-year-old Vajra Tiger, which had just grown larger, instantly returned to its original state, and a purple soul ring appeared.

Seeing this, the group breathed a sigh of relief.

It took a lot of time to find the right age for the Vajra Tiger. During this time, we also encountered several tiger-type soul beasts that were strong and of suitable age.

However, none of their attributes matched Wei'er's, so the group continued searching for the Vajra Tiger according to their previous soul ring plan.

To test their own strength, Ding Quan and Ling fought the four-thousand-year-old Vajra Tiger without using any mental attacks.

To their surprise, the spirit beast had little chance of inflicting any effective damage on them.

Looking at the sword wounds on the tiger's paws and the ice that hadn't completely disappeared from its body.

The Dragon Abyss Sword is even sharper than the claws of this Vajra Tiger.

When Ling's ice struck it, even its body, which was as strong as diamond, could not withstand the corrosive effects of ice and fire.

Eventually, their physical strength was exhausted.

Watching Wei'er begin to absorb the soul ring, its Vajra Transformation that it had just unleashed was indeed powerful, increasing its strength several times over in an instant.

If combined with Vera's speed, this skill is indeed quite good.

An hour later, as expected, Wei'er absorbed the spirit ring.

"My third soul skill, Vajra Transformation, increases my resilience by 100%, and amplifies my attack power, defense, and strength by 150% when I release the soul skill. It can also further enhance my resilience."

Wei'er stood up and looked at Ding Quan and Wei'er.

"Resilience?" Ding Quan looked at Wei'er with some surprise upon hearing this.

"What's wrong? I don't want to be controlled by someone and then slowly worn down to death." Vera glanced at the Vajra Tiger at her feet; this was the consequence of being controlled by someone.

"That's good too." As expected, a Soul Master's mental will can influence the Soul Skill they acquire. With this skill, it will be difficult for other people's control skills to affect them.

"Also, my soul power level is the same as yours, level thirty-seven."

"My level is actually the lowest." Ling didn't feel anything was wrong when she saw that the other two were higher level than her.

Ding Quan wasn't surprised. That Narcissus Jade Bone and Muscle Nourishing Bone and Muscle Strengthening, Qi Circulation in the Eight Meridians, was the immortal herb that could best enhance soul power.

Moreover, in terms of the quality of his soul power, he surpassed Wei'er by a considerable margin.

"Izumi, where do we go next?"

"Heavenly Dou Imperial City!" Although their cultivation has now reached the high-level Soul Venerable stage, it will still take them quite some time to reach the Soul Sect.

And there's also the minor bottleneck of level 40.

Ding Quan also needed to confirm the current development status of Shrek Academy.

He also wanted to see if asking Wei'er to help carry them was effective, and whether she could take one person with her. If the Shrek Seven Devils were gone, could Tang San still win the Soul Master Competition?

Also, please confirm whether the items given to Dugu Bo are useful.

"Heavenly Dou Imperial City?"

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, the group headed towards the Heaven Dou Imperial City.

(End of this chapter)