Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 3 The True Eye of the Martial Soul, Assisting in the Battle Against the Mandragora Serpent

During this journey, Huo Yuhao had almost fully explored the functions of his spiritual eyes, which had mutated due to his transmigration.

Huo Yuhao named his mutated martial soul the Eye of Truth, symbolizing its ability to see the true nature of the world.

He then began to study the four soul skills that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had given him, and the information about the four soul skills came after he left the Sea of ​​Spirit.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm relayed this information to him through his martial soul, allowing him to understand the function and name of these four soul skills.

"First Soul Skill: Mental Detection; Second Soul Skill: Mental Sharing; Third Soul Skill: Mental Interference; Fourth Soul Skill: Soul Impact. Alright, looks like it's the same old set."

"However, the way these soul skills are used in the original work is too rudimentary. With the Eye of Truth, can I improve them now?"

Although I'm willing to try, we're currently on our way, so it's better to avoid trouble. This situation isn't really suitable for using soul skills to reveal our location in the jungle.

"Furthermore, in the original work, Tianmeng Bingcan is either sleeping or sleeping most of the time when she has nothing to do. It would be a waste to leave such a powerful fighter unused in the early stages."

After sorting through the information about the soul skills that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had given him, Huo Yuhao thought helplessly that his first soul skill did not seem to have undergone any fundamental change due to the mutation of his martial soul.

But it doesn't matter. I do need to plan my soul skills carefully, since I don't know how powerful my mutated martial soul will be after my transmigration.

However, at least you can't choose your spirit rings as casually as in the original work anymore. After all, it's not about randomly choosing a category and gambling on a particular spirit beast's spirit rings to suit you.

Huo Yuhao still believed that he could only feel at ease if everything was fully prepared and under his control. After all, spirit attribute soul masters and soul beasts were rare, but not non-existent.

If all else fails, he can just investigate them one by one. Compared to rapidly increasing his cultivation level, Huo Yuhao, who has a certain understanding of the original work, is more concerned about whether he is taking each step steadily on his cultivation path.

The reason why those Soul Masters in the original work were held back by the God Realm and unable to break through, including the original owner Huo Yuhao who was eventually taken in as a dog, was, in the eyes of the transmigrator, mainly due to their limited perspective.

Lacking an understanding of the world, they were completely controlled by the gods of the divine realm and by Tang San, who exploited the information gap.

"Tang San is no pushover. If he really finds out I'm also a transmigrator, then it won't just be a tearful reunion between two fellow countrymen."

"To ensure the success of his grand plan to establish the Tang family's rule over the mainland for millennia, this old bastard definitely won't go easy on me."

"Let's prepare first. We need to find a way to break free from Tang San's plan step by step. And if all else fails, we still have Electrolux, right?"

"If there's really no other way, try to latch onto Electrox and run away. The Undead Plane is only a demiplane, but it should be enough for hiding."

"The God-King is still too far removed from my current level. Although the power distribution in the original story is absurd, if it were to become reality, then no matter what level of power the God-King possesses, it would absolutely be enough to crush me, a nobody, right now."

Putting aside these wild thoughts, as they ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, they saw that the surrounding trees were growing even denser, and Huo Yuhao and the others also discovered traces of some ten-year-old soul beasts.

The deeper one goes, the more dangerous this place feels. It's unclear whether this is due to changes caused by time travel, or simply the observational ability inherent in the Spirit Eye Martial Soul.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao felt that all the dangers within his field of vision had nowhere to hide. Even without seeing the figure of the soul beast, he could deduce the approximate location of the nearby soul beast from the trajectory of the energy points floating in the air.

"This is really convenient. However, Huo Yuhao in the original story never demonstrated this ability. It should be a mutation unique to the Eye of Truth, or it's possible that it was later replaced by mental detection."

However, Huo Yuhao used this method to easily bypass the soul beasts that were not their targets, thus avoiding unnecessary battles.

This prompted Bei Bei to exclaim in admiration, "Although Brother Huo's soul power is not strong, the quality of his martial soul must be extremely high. Such early warning ability is probably comparable to a hundred-year soul skill of an ordinary soul master."

At this moment, Tang Ya's eyes lit up even more. If she didn't know the priorities, she would have wanted to immediately end the Soul Hunting Operation and invite Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect again.

After all, it's normal and reasonable for the Tang Sect leader to take a liking to a high-quality Soul Master with no powerful backing, isn't it?

Without responding to Bei Bei's words, Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped in his tracks: "There seems to be something up ahead. I can sense that the guy is much, much stronger than the soul beasts we've encountered before."

Upon hearing this, Beibei and Tang Ya also stopped and used their cultivated Purple Demon Eyes to spy on the distant bushes.

A dark shadow was hidden in the bushes. If Huo Yuhao hadn't given them a warning, even with Bei Bei and Tang Ya's strength, they would probably have walked right into the shadow's attack range and been ambushed.

"It's a Mandragora Serpent, Xiaoya. You're lucky; you only ventured this far before encountering your target soul beast."

Beibei said calmly, and at the same time, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul was attached to his body, and his right arm rapidly expanded.

The transformation of his martial spirit ripped through his original sleeves, and his arms grew more than half a foot longer. They were covered with blue-purple scales, his hands became claws, and blue-purple lightning was constantly gathering and swirling around his arms.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao secretly grumbled, 'Every time he transforms he has to change clothes. It's a good thing Bei Bei isn't from a commoner background, otherwise it would only make our already impoverished family situation worse.'

Apart from his arms, Beibei's body was also covered with and crisscrossed by small, snake-like blue electric currents, though not as strong or concentrated as those on his right arm.

Unlike ordinary soul masters, three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, appeared on Bei Bei's right arm. His first soul ring flashed, and then a dragon claw, about one foot in diameter and formed from lightning, shot out from his body and attacked the shadow in the bushes.

Tang Ya wasn't idle either. Dense vines sprouted from beneath her feet, weaving into a net that, along with Bei Bei's attack, also hurtled towards the hidden Mandragora Serpent.

"Croak!" Caught off guard, the Datura snake was first entangled by the Blue Silver Grass vines. Although it quickly broke free, it was then directly hit by the lightning dragon claws and fell from the bushes with a strange cry. However, its thick skin prevented it from suffering serious injuries.

Then the appearance of the Datura snake was revealed to everyone. It was three meters long, pink all over, and had a small bump on its forehead that resembled a flower.

"It's a thousand-year-old Datura snake! Beibei, I want it!" Tang Ya said in a delighted voice.

Unlike Tang Ya's excitement, Bei Bei looked at the Mandragora Snake not far away with a solemn expression, despite having seized the initiative.

However, the thousand-year-old soul beast is no easy opponent. As a fellow Soul Master, even with a powerful martial soul, he cannot guarantee that he can defeat the opponent without taking any damage.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's spiritual eyes also lit up. His gaze had already pierced through the surface of the Mandragora Serpent, directly observing the flow of soul power within its body. At the same time, a yellow soul ring flashed beneath his feet, symbolizing the activation of his first soul skill.

With the enhancement of the Soul Skill - Mental Detection, Huo Yuhao discovered that the range of his Spirit Eyes' vision had been amplified. He no longer needed to focus his eyes intently; he could directly use his mental power to observe all changes within a large area.

Although mental energy detection is only a basic skill for mental energy users, it can only be considered the most superficial part in the mental energy system of all the worlds.

However, Huo Yuhao had only recently transmigrated, and even if the original owner had the ability to use mental power for detection, it would be difficult for him to use it freely in a short period of time.

Moreover, in terms of the Douluo Continent's level, it is still a long way from developing to the point where it has truly powerful users of spiritual power.

Therefore, although this Soul Skill - Mental Detection will be naturally phased out after Huo Yuhao's mental power level improves, it is still quite applicable to Huo Yuhao now.

Moreover, Huo Yuhao discovered that his mental detection seemed to have inherited the effect of the Martial Soul mutation, allowing for a deeper analysis beyond the all-around three-dimensional map in the original work.

"Brother Bei, Sister Xiaoya, be careful, he's about to attack!" As the pink soul power within the Mandragora Serpent circulated, Huo Yuhao could clearly see the activation process and attack direction of the Mandragora Serpent's soul skill.

It was poisonous mist. A large area of ​​pale pink poisonous mist burst out from the gaps in the scales of the Datura snake, and then completely corroded the Blue Silver Grass that was trying to climb up its body and bind it.

Then, the datura snake shot out like lightning, attacking Bebe, who had caused the greatest damage and paralysis to itself.

However, at this moment, every move of the Mandala Serpent was traceable in Huo Yuhao's eyes, as if he could foresee the future, and he accompanied the Mandala Serpent into the battlefield covered by his mental detection.

Every muscle movement, every flow of blood and qi, every bone movement, and every strand of soul power in the Mandala snake was magnified and slowed down countless times by spiritual power.

From the direction and trajectory of the surrounding breeze, the rolling and obstruction of dust, to the temperature difference, the degree of stimulation that changes in the environment cause to the body of the datura snake.

This feeling is hard to describe in words, but Huo Yuhao felt as if he were standing in the true sense of God's perspective, able to clearly observe and predict every action of the Mandala Serpent, even its thoughts and intentions, and what it would do in each action.

"This is amazing! Is this what the extraordinary is? Or is this change all due to the Eye of Truth?"

"While the original version of mental detection also has similar descriptions, all information transmission requires the human brain to process and summarize it, and the enemy's psychological state is not fed back to the observer."

"But my mental detection allows me to see the opponent's instinctive actions, and even their tactical thinking."

"Next, it will use feints as cover, just like it did before, filling the battlefield with poisonous mist from each attack to poison its prey."

"The pale pink poisonous fog is just a decoy; its movements will generate even more invisible, faintly odorous poisonous fog to lull its enemies into a false sense of security."

At this moment, Huo Yuhao also hurriedly retreated, away from the main battlefield, after all, his current small body was not qualified to participate in the battle with a thousand-year-old soul beast.

Moreover, although the presence of the poisonous fog could protect him with the help of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao was not prepared to risk his life.

Having received Huo Yuhao's prompting, Bei Bei and Tang Ya naturally didn't hesitate. They used the Ghost Shadow Step, replacing their internal force with their soul power, to perform this light-foot technique passed down from the Tang Clan in the martial arts world.

"Is this the Ghostly Shadow Step? It doesn't seem too difficult to imitate. But why are there still a few meridians in my feet that aren't being stimulated? Does the Ghostly Shadow Step not use these meridians, or...?"

While monitoring the battlefield and surrounding environment with his mental detection, Huo Yuhao thought to himself.

At the same time, he tried to channel his soul power into his meridians under the guidance of his mental power to imitate the effect of the Ghostly Shadow Step.

"Hmm, although finding the meridians and injecting the energy is going smoothly with the help of mental energy, it just won't circulate."

"It's probably because the meridians aren't open, and there's stagnation of qi and blood. But if it's just about reaching the level of Beibei and Tang Ya, once I figure out a way to open the meridians, give me a little more time and I should be able to master it directly."

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao did not try again, but occasionally sent precise warnings to Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who were still fighting against the Mandragora Serpent.

Because he could see through the actions and thoughts of the Mandala Serpent, Huo Yuhao was able to easily provide such prophetic guidance.

It even allowed Beibei and Tangya to seize the moments of stiffness and weakness between each of the Mandala Snake's movements, creating opportunities for them to attack the Mandala Snake without taking any damage.

Finally, after accumulating injuries and depleting his soul power and physical strength, Bei Bei roared, "Control the Crane and Capture the Dragon, Thunderous Fury - Thunderous Dragon Claw!"

Normally, a Soul Master doesn't need to shout out the names of their Soul Skills and moves, and no Soul Master would be foolish enough to tell their enemy the names and effects of their Soul Skills.

It was obvious that Bei Bei did this not to remind the Mandragora Snake, but to show Huo Yuhao the power of combining soul skills with Tang Sect techniques, while also calling for Tang Ya's cooperation.

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