Chapter 4: The Power of Double Pupils is Revealed! Instantly Slaying a 700-Year-Old Soul Beast!
Therefore, Liu Yuan quickly changed his mood.
He began to think further about his next choice of spirit rings.
During his six years at Shrek Academy, although he was blind, it did not stop his thirst for knowledge.
On the contrary, because he lost his sight, he focused more on hearing and thinking.
He specifically spent money to buy a Soul Guide Player, which was his only window to understanding this world.
Through that machine, he listened to all the audiobooks he could borrow from the library about soul beasts, martial soul theories, and tactical combinations.
Therefore, Liu Yuan's theories in various fields are actually quite rich.
He began to think further.
"In the original novel, Huo Yuhao follows the path of a control-type battle spirit master."
"The Mind Detection Sharing skill is indeed amazing, and the Soul Impact skill is also quite good, but it is too biased towards support and control."
"This is an absolute waste of a spirit-attribute martial soul!"
In Liu Yuan's view, mental power is not only used for detection and interference, but also a terrifying killing weapon that is invisible, intangible, and impossible to defend against!
Although the Soul Master system in Douluo Continent has developed for tens of thousands of years, it has always had a huge weakness in terms of mental defense.
Most Soul Masters are desperately training their bodies, increasing their Soul Power, and enhancing the destructive and defensive capabilities of their Soul Skills.
However, very few people would specifically try to improve their "resistance" to mental strength.
Because the number of spiritual power soul masters is simply too small.
Under these circumstances...
Even titled Douluo, without a dedicated mental defense soul tool or a head soul bone with mental attributes, will often suffer greatly when faced with a sudden mental attack.
"Since I have these double pupils, and since I have a mental talent far exceeding that of ordinary people, why should I become a support?"
"What I'm going to do is a pure mental attack style!"
"Mental strength is the sharpest sword!"
Liu Yuan's thinking was exceptionally clear.
Since he didn't have the four soul skills bestowed by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, he would find them himself.
"The first soul skill must be a powerful single-target mental attack skill. Ideally, it should be as simple and brutal as 'Soul Impact,' capable of directly destroying the enemy's mental sea."
Liu Yuan closed his eyes, and all the soul beast illustrations he had learned flashed through his mind.
"There are quite a few soul beasts that can provide mental attack-type soul skills..."
"The Spirit Spider? No, its venom is too potent and could easily cause soul skills to mutate into poison attributes."
"Purple Demon Eye Beast? Too rare, and it's easy for it to backfire."
"Then the remaining choices are... Soul Spider, Three-Eyed Wolf, or Cyclops."
These three types of soul beasts are all typical spirit attribute soul beasts. Although they are not as overpowered as the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, they are still quite troublesome among low- to mid-level soul beasts.
Especially the Three-Eyed Demon Wolf, this kind of soul beast is cunning by nature, and its third eye between its eyebrows can release a talent skill called "Mental Pierce", which is exactly the effect that Liu Yuan wants.
"As for the year... I am currently at level 20 in soul power, and my body has become much stronger after this month of training."
"So absorbing a seven- or eight-hundred-year-old spirit ring should be no problem."
Liu Yuan quickly set a goal for himself.
"Set off!"
With a clear goal in mind, Liu Yuan became extremely efficient in his actions.
Over the next week, he stopped wandering aimlessly as before and instead focused on finding special areas suitable for the survival of his target soul beasts.
With the activation of double pupils, the ability of "insight" is fully unleashed.
No matter the slightest breeze, no matter the last trace of soul beast droppings or footprints, nothing escaped his eyes.
Finally, on the thirty-seventh day after entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
At the entrance to a valley with jagged rocks.
"Found it..."
Liu Yuan lay prone behind a huge rock, only half of his head showing, his double pupils fixed on a cave about fifty meters below.
There were many white bones scattered around the cave, some of them from wild animals, and some from...humans.
A nauseating, fishy stench wafted up on the wind.
At the cave entrance, a giant wolf, nearly two meters long, covered in bluish-gray fur but with three dark yellow eyes, was lazily basking in the sun.
Its muscles are smooth and powerful, especially the vertical eye between its eyebrows, which occasionally flashes a strange, eerie light, sending chills down your spine.
Three-eyed demon wolf!
Judging from its size and fur color, this three-eyed demon wolf's cultivation level is probably between 650 and 700 years.
The perfect goal!
Seemingly sensing a watchful gaze, the previously lazy three-eyed wolf suddenly raised its head, its three eyes simultaneously locking onto the location where Liu Yuan was hiding.
"roar!"
A deep roar rang out, but the three-eyed wolf did not pounce and bite like an ordinary wild beast. Instead, it stood still, and its third vertical eye between its eyebrows suddenly lit up with a dazzling yellow light!
Buzz!
A strange fluctuation emanated from the air.
An invisible mental shockwave, like an unseen spear, instantly traversed a distance of fifty meters, piercing straight at Liu Yuan's brow!
Mental puncture!
This is precisely the three-eyed wolf's trump card for survival.
For an opponent whose mental strength is inferior, this attack is enough to instantly turn them into an idiot, or even cause brain death.
However, faced with this sudden mental attack, Liu Yuan not only did not dodge, but stood up from behind the rock, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Trying to outsmart me with mental power? You're just showing off your limited skills before an expert!"
His eyes widened suddenly, his double pupils overlapping, and an aura of domineering power, seemingly from the ancient primordial era, erupted instantly!
boom!
The mental attack of the three-eyed demon wolf, which was originally invincible, shattered instantly the moment it hit Liu Yuan's mental sea, just like an egg hitting a rock!
Not only that, Liu Yuan's spiritual power, following this connection, directly rebounded back!
"Awooo—!!"
The three-eyed wolf let out an extremely shrill scream. Its huge body trembled violently, its originally fierce eyes instantly became unfocused, and even a trace of white foam flowed from the corner of its mouth.
Mental backlash!
This is the cruelty of mental combat.
The winner takes all, and the loser is instantly rendered powerless.
"Now!"
Taking advantage of the moment when the three-eyed wolf was momentarily distracted, Liu Yuan did not hesitate and used his strongest technique!
"Double pupils—distorted!"
Liu Yuan stared intently at the three-eyed wolf's fragile waist, pouring most of his remaining soul power and spiritual power into his eyes without reservation!
This time, we're going all out!
Buzz—!!!
A powerful, invisible wave instantly descended upon the three-eyed wolf.
The three-eyed wolf, who was still struggling in agony from the backlash of its mental attack, suddenly felt as if two invisible giant hands were grabbing its waist from the opposite direction, and then...
Twist it hard!
"Snap! Snap! Pfft!"
The chilling sounds of bones cracking and muscles tearing rang out simultaneously.
The three-eyed wolf's incredibly resilient waist twisted terrifyingly at a ninety-degree angle in an instant!
Immediately afterwards—
"Bang!"
It's like an overinflated balloon suddenly bursting.
The three-eyed wolf's waist exploded! Flesh, bone fragments, and internal organs mixed with blood scattered like fireworks!
This ferocious beast, which had dominated this area for hundreds of years, didn't even have time to let out its final howl before Liu Yuan glared at it so hard that its body exploded!
Snap.
Liu Yuan landed, stumbled, and almost fell.
A strong wave of dizziness washed over him, causing his vision to go black and his face to turn as pale as paper.
That powerful "twist" just now almost drained most of his mental energy.
But he still managed to stand up straight and looked at the mangled corpse in front of him, which had been broken in two.
A deep yellow spirit ring slowly rose from above the mangled corpse, radiating an alluring glow.
"Hahaha..."
Liu Yuan was panting heavily, but a wildly joyful smile appeared on his face.
Although it consumes a lot of energy, its power... is simply intoxicating!
One glare and a seven-hundred-year-old soul beast is dead!
This is the power of double pupils!
"Although I don't have the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm... this Three-Eyed Demon Wolf is quite a good match for me."
Liu Yuan sat cross-legged, watching the yellow spirit ring slowly drift towards him, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Come on, my first spirit ring."
"Let me see what kind of surprise you have in store for me!"
(End of chapter)