Reincarnation Paradise: Passion Leads to Greatest Success

Chapter 174 The Master of the Mind

[You have received guidance from a spiritual master, and your mastery of the Returning to Origin specialization has been elevated to the level of a spiritual master.]

[Mind Master: LV20 (Passive Skill)]

Skill effects: Increases damage of mind-based skills by 105%, Willpower +50, Soul Strength +50, and greatly enhances perception.

Resistance to damage such as willpower and soul damage.

(Pardons control effects activated by charm, mental, and soul-based abilities.)

Level 10 Additional Ability: Following the Way of Nature: Each point of Intelligence will increase Willpower by +1, Soul Strength by +1, and Perception by +1.

Level 20 Additional Ability Soul Wound: When attacking, it will deal an additional soul damage of (Willpower + Soul Strength + Perception) × 1.5.

Fang Yu, who was sitting cross-legged by the pool, slowly opened his eyes. A pure spiritual light flowed in his eyes, eventually turning into a tangible glimmer of light that quietly dissipated a few meters in front of him. This was the most primal power of his soul, unrefined and yet to be developed.

Once he learns the relevant skills, this spiritual power will be able to truly erupt.

At the same time, an unprecedented sense of solidity enveloped him from the inside out, as if his inner world had been constructed—

It erected an invisible barrier, providing constant and powerful protection, and bringing a long-lost sense of security.

In constructing the "Spiritual Master" system, Fang Yu did not fully follow the path taught by the woman in red, nor did he step by step onto the path of a master. By simply imitating his predecessors, he could never surpass them.

Only by forging your own path can you reach the true peak, which is also the path most suitable for you.

To create a system that best suits oneself, one needs a thorough understanding of the nature of power and a vast amount of knowledge.

His professional skills as a "hidden pioneer" had already paved the way for this.

Each upgrade of "Origin Consciousness" and "Origin Soul" infuses him with a torrent of knowledge—the purest essence—explored by countless predecessors, devoid of any personal will or inclination.

Before this, he had been struggling to find a good teacher to guide him and didn't know how to transform this knowledge into the foundation for building his own school of thought.

Now, with the guidance of the woman in red, he is finally able to access these dormant treasures, draw inferences from one instance to another, and embark on his own path to becoming a master. What he needs to do next is to continuously fill this nascent "skeleton" with flesh and blood, so that it will eventually grow into a true giant.

Fang Yu raised his eyes and met the woman in red's meaningful smile. He couldn't help but roll his eyes. He knew without guessing that this woman was definitely planning how to "educate" him.

But what's meant to happen will happen.

Fang Yu sighed helplessly.

He knew almost nothing about this type of fighting. He knew he was likely to be given a severe beating, but he had to endure it.

There's no other way. If we don't endure hardship now, we'll suffer even more ruthlessly from the enemy in the future. The enemy won't show any mercy, and we could easily be wiped out if we're not careful.

"How do you feel?" the woman in red asked with her hands on her hips and a squinting smile.

"It's a strange feeling." Fang Yu's expression held a hint of reminiscence as he stood up and walked a few meters in front of her, his tone tentative: "Come on, how are we going to fight? Hand-to-hand combat?"

"Don't think I don't know you're skilled with knives and hand-to-hand combat." The woman in red sneered disdainfully. "The number of close-combat masters I've fought far exceeds your imagination. Whether you can beat me in close combat is another matter entirely."

Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Judging from the barely perceptible arrogance in the other party's demeanor and words, he had no doubt that the other party might be a powerful soul-type expert, but he could not agree that the other party could defeat him in hand-to-hand combat.

"Then let's give it a try." Fang Yu's lips curled into a provocative smile. "Let's see if your skills are as tough as you say."

boom.

boom----

Fang Yu was completely stuck in a shallow pit, covered in dirt and looking rather dazed.

He didn't even see what happened; he only felt a blur before his eyes, and a fist slammed solidly into his face, followed by dizziness and excruciating pain. When he regained his senses, he was already at the bottom of the pit.

"Haha, kid, you think you can play with me? You've barely learned to walk, and you already want to fly!"

The woman in red laughed gleefully. She had observed that Fang Yu was physically strong, and this amount of force was nothing to him.

She assumed a boxing stance and threw a few rapid punches in the air. Seemingly unsatisfied with just one punch, she urged eagerly, "Come on, keep going! You want to fight hand-to-hand? I haven't exercised in ages!"

Hearing the excited shouts, Fang Yu reluctantly climbed out of the pit, raised his hand in a gesture of surrender: "Fine, let's have some spiritual instruction instead."

From the speed of that punch, Fang Yu had completely realized that his opponent's strength far surpassed his own. If his strength and agility were so high, then his intelligence attribute would be even more terrifying. For such a powerful person to beat a small fry like him with only thirty points in all attributes was a piece of cake.

"That works too."

The woman in red lowered her hands in disappointment. She had hoped that this stubborn kid could be a little tougher so that she could have another go.

Fang Yu brushed the dust off his clothes, walked a few meters away from the woman in red, and asked the question that had been on his mind: "Can swordsmanship be combined with willpower and soul energy?"

"How did you know I'm skilled at imbuing my soul and will into my scythe and fists?"

The woman in red suddenly covered her mouth and let out a soft gasp in feigned shock.

Fang Yu's face instantly darkened.

He guessed that this woman might be skilled in melee combat, but he never expected that she would be proficient in three techniques: scythe, hand-to-hand combat, and soul magic.

So his provocation just now was like showing off one's skills in front of Guan Yu?

"Please, teach me."

Fang Yu gritted his teeth and said, word by word. He felt that this woman was simply his nemesis. When he became stronger and met her again, he vowed to make her experience what he was going through now, and make her pay back double.

"Oh, you should have said so earlier!"

The woman in red smiled even more brightly, seemingly oblivious to Fang Yu's increasingly dark expression; her beautiful face was filled with mockery.

"I thought you wanted to learn hand-to-hand combat. Although I'm not very good at it, I'm more than capable of teaching you. I've seen some of your hand-to-hand combat techniques on someone else—well, they're just so-so."

As she finished speaking, the woman in red's smile gradually faded, leaving only a faint curve: "Your talent far exceeds my imagination. If it were anyone else, I might not be interested in teaching them, but you are an exception. I'm very curious to see how much you can learn in the coming days. So let's begin."

The woman in red raised one hand, and a huge scythe, two meters tall, suddenly appeared in mid-air, which she grasped.

The blade of the sickle is over a meter long, like the Grim Reaper's scythe.

whoosh whoosh whoosh————

The enormous scythe spun like a black windmill in the red-clad woman's hand. When it stopped, she held the scythe in one hand, blade pointing downwards, the hilt passing under her armpit, and a sharp, oppressive aura emanated from it.