As one of the most important major cities on the continent, Shrek City still had a considerable flow of people on its streets, even at this hour.
The coming and going of pedestrians, the passing carriages, and the vendors who had yet to pack up their stalls wove together a lively picture of city life.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong walked side by side, blending into the crowd.
As they walked... Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Wang Dong also stopped, turned his head, and felt a slight tightening in his heart as he looked at the suddenly serious expression on Huo Yuhao's face.
"What's wrong?"
Huo Yuhao did not answer immediately. With his current mental force, his perception was already no weaker than that of a Spirit Saint-level powerhouse.
Just a moment ago, he had keenly caught several faint, indistinct gazes. Those gazes were mixed in with the crowd and well-hidden; an ordinary person would not be able to detect them at all.
Yet in his perception, they were as clear as lamps in the dark night.
"We are being watched." Huo Yuhao spoke in a low voice; his tone was calm but carried a sense of gravity.
As his voice fell, Mental Detection instantly spread out and was shared with Wang Dong. With the help of Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection, Wang Dong quickly discovered the people around them who had been "marked".
They were scattered among the crowd; some pretended to be shopping, some leaned against walls, and some sat at roadside tea stalls drinking tea.
Yet their gazes always fell, intentionally or unintentionally, upon himself and Huo Yuhao. Wang Dong opened his eyes, his expression sinking.
His voice was very low: "There are nine of them in total, all with cultivation above the Spirit King level. It seems they are not here with good intentions."
Huo Yuhao just gave a cold snort, a flash of coldness crossing his eyes.
"Since the killing intent can no longer be hidden, don't blame me for striking first."
Even though they were surrounded by enemies, and even though the opposition had the advantage in numbers, Huo Yuhao was not the least bit nervous at this moment.
He said to Wang Dong: "Keep walking forward normally, don't show any flaws."
Wang Dong nodded without asking further. The two continued to walk forward, their expressions normal, as if they hadn't discovered anything.
After walking about a few hundred meters, the people around them gradually became fewer. The street became empty, and the old buildings on both sides cast deep shadows; it was a suitable place to make a move.
At that very instant... hidden perfectly by his Simulation Soul Skill, Huo Yuhao's fourth spirit ring quietly lit up. That pitch-black light circulated on the spirit ring, silent and soundless.
Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain—activate!
Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain, as a mental-type Domain, was also difficult for ordinary people to detect. That invisible fluctuation spread out silently, enveloping everything around them.
Those enemies lying in ambush in the dark were still staying quietly in their positions at this moment, completely unaware of any abnormality. And Huo Yuhao had already begun to activate the Domain's ability, starting to extract their desire to attack.
This was one of the basic abilities of the Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain; that invisible power permeated everyone's Spiritual Sea, silently influencing their emotions and weakening their killing intent.
Huo Yuhao could clearly feel that the killing intent that had been hidden was rapidly decaying. In the hearts of those people, an indescribable fatigue and slackness gradually arose, as if they had lost interest in the prey before them.
But this was not the true power of the Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain. He was also extracting their consciousness, bit by bit, thread by thread, quietly stripping away their vigilance, judgment, reaction... the things that constituted "combat instinct" from their Spiritual Sea.
If anyone were observing at close range at this moment, they would see those people's gazes gradually becoming dull.
The originally sharp eyes were now as if covered by a layer of fog. The originally tense bodies were now gradually relaxing. They didn't even realize that they were losing control over their own thoughts.
Huo Yuhao reached out his hands at this moment, and two Level 5 Spirit Guidance Ray Guns appeared in his hands out of thin air. The cold metallic texture pressed against his palms, and his Spirit Power surged in instantly, completing the charge.
Under the coverage of Mental Detection, everything about every enemy was clearly presented in his mind. Since he had decided to make a move, he naturally would not show mercy. Raising his hand, he fired!
Rays of Spirit Guidance light shot out from the muzzles, as fast as lightning! Those rays accurately hit the targets between their eyebrows, piercing through their skulls and destroying their vitality.
There was no screaming, no struggling, not even an awareness of death's arrival; those people had already collapsed softly. In the blink of an eye, four of the nine enemies had already fallen.
"Careful! There's a problem!" An old voice suddenly rang out, breaking this eerie silence. That was an old man hidden at the very back, and also the one with the highest Spirit Power among the nine; he was a... Spirit Saint!
A sharp light flashed in his eyes; he had actually broken free from the Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain!
Following his roar, two more figures suddenly woke up. They were two Spirit Emperors who, under the Spirit Saint's warning, had forcibly broken free from the control of the Domain. The remaining two had also perished at Huo Yuhao's hands in this instant.
Of the nine, six were already gone. This Spirit Saint was a Spirit Master with a flight-type Spirit. At this moment, a pair of cyan wings flapped behind his back, and he hovered in mid-air.
The aura belonging to a Spirit Saint surged out without reservation! Seeing this, the people around were instantly thrown into a panic.
Daring to make a move in Shrek City—such things were not common. Those pedestrians who were originally watching the excitement from afar now fled in all directions, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.
The street instantly became chaotic, with screams, footsteps, and sounds of collisions intertwined.
The Spirit Saint looked down at Huo Yuhao, his expression so vicious it seemed as if water could drip from it.
His voice was cold and sinister: "For someone so young, your actions are surprisingly ruthless!"
Huo Yuhao raised his head, meeting that gaze filled with killing intent.
On that delicate face, there was not a shred of fear, only a calm indifference.
"I never show mercy to my enemies."
The Spirit Saint gave a cold snort and, without further ado, issued an order: "Attack with full force and kill this kid!"
The two Spirit Emperors below exchanged glances, their hearts inevitably feeling a bit uneasy. Those companions of theirs at the Spirit King level had died too strangely just moments ago. Silent, without warning, and not even struggling, they had just fallen one by one like that.
Although they had higher cultivation, facing this kind of unknown method, they felt a bit unnerved. But the leader had already given the order, so they naturally dared not disobey.
The two took a deep breath, their Spirit Power surging, and they rushed toward Huo Yuhao! Huo Yuhao simply stood where he was, unmoving.
Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain, activate!
That invisible power silently enveloped them; although the Spirit Emperors' mental force was not weak, they still could not resist the extraction of their consciousness within the Domain.Their forward speed clearly decreased.
A hint of trance gradually appeared in those eyes. Just at this moment... Huo Yuhao's first Spirit Ability, Soul Lash, was suddenly activated!
An invisible mental force, like a long whip, lashed fiercely against the two's Spiritual Seas!
"Ah!!"
The two's forward-rushing figures came to a complete stop; they clutched their heads with their hands, and two shrill cries of pain escaped their mouths.
The pain went deep into their Souls, causing them to almost lose the ability to think.
Huo Yuhao then directly activated an enhanced version of Spiritual Impact!
Two invisible Spiritual Impacts, like two giant hammers, smashed fiercely against the two Spirit Emperors' Spiritual Seas!
Their eyes suddenly widened, and then... the two fell straight backward.
"Bang! Bang!"
With two muffled thuds, two bodies slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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