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After bidding farewell to Sea Star Douluo and following the direction he indicated, it took another half an hour.
Shi Quan's figure appeared outside the Middle Sea of the Sea Demon Sacred Pillar.
On the square platform was a Sacred Pillar resembling a maiden's statue.
At the edge of the Sea Demon Sacred Pillar platform, a young woman sat. The most distinctive feature of the young woman was her enormous fish tail, whose beautiful curve extended all the way to her waist. Her fish tail gently slapped the surface of the Sea Middle Sea. Her upper body was clad in a small black garment that didn't even cover her navel. Her face was exquisite, and a faint smile always hung at the corner of her lips.
A mermaid!
It was Shi Quan's first time seeing one, and his eyes lit up slightly.
"Do you want to spar with me?" Sensing Shi Quan's arrival, Sea Demon Douluo raised her head and looked towards the shore.
A bell-like voice, accompanied by laughter, drifted over, gentle and melodious, making one's heart soften involuntarily.
Shi Quan bowed slightly, "This Junior has come seeking guidance."
Sea Demon Douluo smiled charmingly and said, "I'm not like those barbaric guys who like to fight. I like to play the flute. How about this: if you can listen to one of my songs, does it count as your victory?"
"Good!"
"You said it!" Sea Demon Douluo immediately let out a delicate laugh upon hearing this, "Then you better be careful."
As she spoke, her left hand moved gently in front of her, and a black short flute appeared in her palm. It spun around, and under the control of both hands, was brought to her lips.
At the same time, nine spirit rings emerged sequentially from beneath her.
This was the first time Shi Quan had seen such a musical type of Martial Spirit.
Most musical Martial Spirits were primarily for support and control, and Sea Witch was a control system titled Douluo.
As Sea Demon Douluo's seventh spirit ring lit up, the light released from the black flute simultaneously enveloped both the flute and the Sea Witch's main body. Immediately after, black light emerged, soaring into the sky, and the Sea Witch's body began to geometrically increase in size, along with the black flute in her hand. However, as her body grew larger, she appeared somewhat more transparent and ethereal.
The Sea Witch's body expanded on the sea surface until it reached over ten meters before stopping.
Woo—, the sound of the flute began.
The serene melody transformed into sound waves, rolling in.
The flute sound not only contained majestic energy but also a vast mental force.
Upon hearing the first flute note, Shi Quan's figure visibly swayed, but he quickly returned to normal. Ethereal light rippled out from Shi Quan's glabella, and seven spirit rings appeared beneath him.
"What a peculiar flute sound; it's not just a simple sound wave attack, but a combination of mental force and sound waves."
Silver light flowed in his eyes. While resisting Sea Demon Douluo's music, he fell into thought.
"Using a melody to accompany the sound, and then integrating a mental attack, it's continuous and ceaseless, and different melodies can even stir emotions. If one's mental force and Soul relax even slightly, it's extremely easy to suffer heavy damage."
Sea Demon Douluo should be a Spirit Master with both sound wave and mental attributes. Her melodies are elegant and graceful, effective even against opponents with higher mental force than her.
Even though Shi Quan's mental force was already comparable to a Limit Douluo, Sea Demon Douluo's mental attacks still had a considerable impact on Shi Quan.
"Using sound waves, combined with mental attacks, is indeed a powerful method."
Shi Quan acknowledged this in his heart. Such a powerful attack method, yet in the original work, it became a stepping stone to help Tang San transform his spirit rings.
This was inseparable from the Sea God's hidden assistance. Seagod's Light was one aspect, and the Divine Artifact, the Sea-Embracing Universe Cover, was also in his mind. Under these various elements, Tang San was able to pass Sea Demon Douluo's test so easily.
Thinking this, Shi Quan began to hum softly.
As the sound emerged, the fully immersed Sea Witch was visibly startled. She looked up at Shi Quan.
Although Shi Quan knew nothing about music in his previous life and was tone-deaf when singing, with his current intellect, any song he had heard in his previous life could be learned in a matter of minutes. Not to mention, he also had the knowledge reserves of the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Scriptures in his mind.
There were many sound wave Cultivation Techniques within the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Scriptures. Although these sound wave Cultivation Techniques were merely pure sound wave martial arts, with Shi Quan's current strength and Sea Witch as an example, learning and imitating them was only a moment's work.
Shi Quan's hum was deep and resonant, as if merging with the vast ocean.
The next second, the ocean began to tremble.
It was as if, amidst Shi Quan's stirring, beautiful, and melancholic hum, countless waves were stirred up.
The waves gradually approached, surging and turbulent, with whitecaps reaching the sky, fish leaping, whales surfacing, and seagulls soaring.
Sea Demon Douluo's expression gradually changed. She could tell that the other party's melody was unfamiliar at first.
But the impressive thing about the other party was that as he hummed, his melody not only became smoother but he also learned from her, integrating mental force into his voice.
The other party actually intended to counter her melody with his own.
Furthermore, the other party's melody was very special, resembling the ebb and flow of the ocean.
This song was certainly special.
Because this song was called the "Tidal Wave of the Azure Sea," a piece created by Huang Yaoshi, one of the Five Greats of the World from Jin Yong's World.
This song itself was specifically for musical competition.
Although Shi Quan couldn't play an instrument and thus couldn't unleash the full power of this song, through continuous learning, Shi Quan, who was initially at a disadvantage, later began to temporarily resist Sea Demon Douluo's musical attacks with his powerful mental force.
The entire process, Shi Quan was both integrating the sound wave Cultivation Techniques Throughout in his mind and constantly learning from Sea Demon Douluo's method of incorporating mental force into music.
Essentially, it was based on music, with spiritual power as the medium. The so-called mental attack using music was to integrate mental force into spiritual power and then diffuse it as sound through spiritual power.
Coupled with some special melodies, different attacks could be formed using the music.
If it could be perfectly utilized, every word and syllable could unleash immense power.
His profound mental force also had a new way of being utilized.
"Actually, I should have thought of using the sound waves of music to integrate mental attacks much earlier."
Shi Quan shook his head. He had too many abilities, especially the complex martial arts within the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Scriptures. Ultimately, he hadn't seen them put into practice, so sometimes he just didn't think of it. But now, this sparring session with Sea Demon Douluo had elevated his application and control of mental strength to a new level.
"Challenging the Seven Sacred Pillars Douluo was indeed the correct choice."
Shi Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, a smile on his lips. Besides arduous cultivation, combat was one of the best ways to improve.
The flute and humming intertwined.
Even though Sea Demon Douluo's flute sound was stronger, she was consistently unable to capsize Shi Quan, this small boat. And as time passed, Shi Quan's figure became increasingly stable, like a majestic mountain.