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Chapter 337 Sword of Soul Power! Sword of Psychic Power! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

"Fourth Soul Skill".

Leaning against the railing, Chen Hong faced the sea breeze and stretched out his palm. Purple, black and four-colored light patterns formed a Martial Soul Wheel above his palm.

The light patterns rotated slightly, and the innermost three light patterns slowly dissipated, leaving only the outermost black light patterns.

"The initial effect of this skill, well, is similar to what you thought, senior. It's related to mental power. It inherits the talent of the Demon Orca to crystallize soul power, thus enabling it to crystallize my mental power. Yes, senior, you heard me right, it's crystallizing my mental power." Chen Hong's face darkened, and he pursed his lips.

Chen Hong discovered that all his soul skills were truly rebellious, with their targets all aimed at him.

"Of course, this soul skill isn't entirely rebellious. If used normally, due to the special nature of psychic power, it can utilize the characteristic of partial crystallization to enhance the offensive and defensive capabilities of psychic power, instead of directly crystallizing the whole body and turning oneself into a vegetable first," Chen Hong said with a smirk.

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of all the soul skills in the world, yours is the strangest. Other people's soul skills are usually used to attack others, but your soul skill's first target is yourself."

Yes, Chen Hong's soul skill could easily backfire if you weren't careful; he could attack you first.

He was speechless. How could such a strange soul skill setting exist in this world?

The [Sage] Soul Technique, being a status skill, is neither purely offensive nor purely amplifying. However, the [Overclock] Soul Technique is definitely a self-harming skill. The [Contract] Soul Technique is even more problematic; if Chen Hong hadn't researched the three realms of Soul Rings, the [Contract] Soul Technique would have been a skill he used to "trapped himself in a cocoon."

And now, Chen Hong's fourth soul ring is following the same trend, which makes Qian Daoliu chuckle.

If Chen Hong's first soul skill was used to soothe his emotions, then his second soul skill was to exhaust his body and deplete his mental energy to the limit. His third soul skill was even more formidable, directly imprisoning Chen Hong's soul (facepalm). His fourth soul skill, perhaps seeing how difficult Chen Hong was to kill, directly crystallized Chen Hong's mental energy.

"So what are the effects of your current soul skills, no, soul techniques? Didn't you say that sacrificing your soul ring would allow you to control the power of intent?" Qian Daoliu asked curiously.

"After unlocking the essence of the fourth soul ring, this soul skill is upgraded to a soul technique, becoming a means to solidify spiritual power and soul power. I call it the [Illusion and Reality] Soul Technique," Chen Hong explained.

At the same time, Chen Hong stretched out his hand, and a translucent spirit sword, molded with psychic power and molten with soul power, slowly condensed in his palm.

Deng!Deng!Deng!

Chen Hong gently patted the meter-long, casually crystallized spirit sword on the iron railing, and it even produced a metallic clang, showing that this crystallized spirit power was not as fragile as he had imagined.

Then Chen Hong dissipated the Soul Crystal Sword and condensed it into a very special psychic sword for Qian Daoliu. Chen Hong easily swung the psychic sword across the iron railing, but strangely, it didn't leave any damage. However, Chen Hong then patted the psychic sword in his hand, and the familiar clinking sound rang out again.

"Illusion and reality?" Qian Daoliu looked at the strange soul technique in Chen Hong's hand with some surprise, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Soul power crystallization, mental power crystallization, you've got it all covered by one skill! If I didn't know that all your skills prioritize targeting yourself, I would really suspect that you are the chosen successor of the gods, sent to walk among mortals!"

Qian Daoliu was quite familiar with Chen Hong's soul power crystallization ability. He himself used a similar soul technique, namely the Fiery Qi that he was most familiar with, but the effect was not as terrifying as Chen Hong's [Illusion and Reality] soul technique.

"A descendant of a god? There are such things in this world?" Chen Hong was somewhat surprised when he first heard this news.

"Some exceptionally talented Soul Masters are appointed by the gods; it's legendary, and I've heard of it too." Qian Daoliu didn't delve deeper into this topic, but instead asked curiously, "Your [Illusion and Reality] Soul Technique is simply incredibly bizarre! A Soul Power Sword that can affect matter, and a Spiritual Sword that can affect the mind! It's practically a divine skill!"

"Uh," Chen Hong said helplessly, "According to you, all my skills can actually be considered divine skills, no, soul techniques are almost in the category of divine skills. Didn't you say that you also successfully comprehended one of your most commonly used soul rings? The series of skills derived from your soul ring and soul techniques all fall into the category of divine skills."

"The Demon Orca's innate ability is to crystallize soul power. However, when projected onto my special psychic martial soul, it became a mental skill. After comprehending the essence of the soul ring, I regained the ability to crystallize soul power, which is why I am now capable of crystallizing both mental power and soul power."

"In short, your skill is amazing!" That's what Qian Daoliu said anyway.

"This skill of yours will surely be a great help to your research, won't it?"

"Senior is wise! This soul technique is helpful for my research on the properties of soul power and spiritual power," Chen Hong said with a smile.

"However, my soul power cultivation speed is going to slow down again." Feeling his level 41 soul power, Chen Hong sighed slightly.

Since Chen Hong did not absorb the power of the demonic tiger whale Bai Xie, the portion of power that Bai Xie lost ultimately became Chen Hong's soul ring. Chen Hong absorbed very little soul power, which only symbolically increased his soul power by one level, and then nothing more.

Of course, the soul power contained in a 50,000-year-old demonic orca, even if it's only one-tenth of its power, would never be so simple.

Yes, according to Chen Hong's calculations, even without killing the Demonic Orca, the power he would ultimately gain should be enough to level him up several times. If he directly received the Demonic Orca's sacrifice, Chen Hong might have just broken through to the Soul Master level, but it wouldn't be long before he could break through to the Soul King level. After all, the difference in soul power between a 50,000-year-old Demonic Orca and Chen Hong at level 40 was too great.

According to Chen Hong's calculations, Soul Masters can generally only obtain about 10% of the Soul Power from Soul Beasts by hunting Soul Rings, and about 20-30% by sacrificing. The rest of the Soul Power will mostly slowly flow back into the world, a small portion will condense into Soul Bones, and a portion will remain in the corpse, becoming Soul Beast meat that can accelerate the Soul Master's cultivation.

The interaction between Chen Hong and the demonic tiger whale Bai Xie, though described as a sacrifice of a soul ring, was actually similar to hunting for a soul ring, with only 10% of the energy consumed.

(End of this chapter)