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Xiao Lin's body couldn't move an inch; only his mind remained active.
Watching the vines slowly coil around him, a pang of regret flared in his heart. He hadn't expected this mutated Evil Eye Demon Tree to have the ability to alter its own body structure and launch a Mental Paralysis control through its vines.
One careless move had cost him the entire game.
Now, he could only rely on whether Little San was strong enough to pull him through. Gradually, Xiao Lin's entire body was tightly bound by the vines, wrapped so completely he looked like a mummy in bandages.
Finally, his vision went black. He could see nothing.
Wait, this is a chance.
A sudden realization struck him.
By blocking his sight, the Evil Eye Demon Tree had effectively relinquished its visual control.
Did the tree think it could kill him directly now? Xiao Lin's expression turned disdainful.
With the protection of his Vajra Imperishable soul power, he could at least hold out for a while.
"Brother Lin, are you okay?"
At that moment, Tang San's voice drifted in from the cave entrance.
Having not heard Xiao Lin's usual cocky banter for a while, he was beginning to panic. Without waiting for a response, Tang San gripped the Blue Silver Grass and yanked backward with all his might—yet it didn't budge.
Not good! Brother Lin is in danger!
Just as that thought flashed through Tang San's mind, Xiao Lin's voice echoed out.
"I'm fine! Doing great!"
Wrapped like a mummy, Xiao Lin's voice was muffled and unclear, but hearing it was enough for Tang San to choose to trust him. Though Tang San didn't enter the cave, the speed at which he funneled soul power through the Blue Silver Grass didn't slow down.
"Brother Lin, this is the last of my soul power!"
After transferring a massive amount of soul power through the Blue Silver Regeneration Belt, Tang San's face turned pale, and he nearly collapsed. Fortunately, he had planted a large field of Blue Silver Grass around him, which continued to gather soul power for him.
"Little San, I've received your soul power!"
Half a second later, after absorbing Tang San's vitality-rich soul power, Xiao Lin's aura surged.
"Innate Tool Soul Avatar Physique, activate! First Soul Skill: Heaven and Earth Toss!"
Having received such a massive supplement of soul power, Xiao Lin naturally intended to go all out. As the Innate Tool Soul Avatar Physique activated, the yellow soul ring of his first skill flashed brilliantly.
Two small, Vajra Giant Ox Horns slowly grew from his forehead.
Xiao Lin had reached his peak state.
He shrank the Horned Dragon Staff to the size of a small knife and gripped it. His Vajra Imperishable soul power condensed at the tip, forming a faint, bright silver blade, with the soul power spinning and vibrating rapidly like a chainsaw.
"High-Frequency Scalpel!"
With a light shout, Xiao Lin performed a simple vertical slash with the dagger-sized Horned Dragon Staff.
Combined with the 800% attack power bonus of the staff and the high-frequency soul power cutting, he sliced through the thick mass of vines without the slightest effort. In the next second, Xiao Lin closed his eyes and began to dance with the Horned Dragon Staff.
He whirled it in mid-air, spinning it faster and faster like a fan.
As the staff rapidly expanded in length and girth, every vine surrounding him was hacked into splinters. For a moment, fragments of vines flew through the air, and the mutated Evil Eye Demon Tree let out a piercing, miserable shriek.
"Squeak—!!"
The sound was bizarre, produced by the shifting and grinding of the tree's hollows and eyes.
It was jarring and unsettling.
In the next heartbeat, the eyes-closed Xiao Lin was frozen in place, unable to move.
This Evil Eye Demon Tree can launch Mental Paralysis through sound too?
Just how much had this tree mutated?
Was that semi-fused skull bone actually a mental-attribute one?
Xiao Lin's thoughts raced as he pieced together the truth.
Meanwhile, outside the cave, Tang San—who was sitting cross-legged on the Blue Silver Grass—was also frozen by the sudden sound.
A sound-based control skill? Tang San thought frantically. Is that the tree's Soul Bone skill? Could something have happened to Brother Lin?
Tang San was paralyzed, his heart filled with worry.
This sound-based control was like someone training to resist visual illusions, only to be hit by an auditory one. They had spent so much time adapting to and breaking visual paralysis that, caught off guard, they couldn't break free immediately.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak—!"
Dammit!
The tree was still making that noise to maintain the control. Tang San was anxious beyond measure. The only way out now was if he and Brother Lin could truly break through to the Four-Aperture Constant Heart.
Inside the cave.
Xiao Lin had reached the same conclusion as Tang San. This Evil Eye Demon Tree had a cultivation of over five thousand years. If it kept making that sound to maintain control, it would eventually wear them down to death.
Dammit! Horned Dragon Staff, I'm counting on you!
Left with no other options, Xiao Lin's mind drifted back to the moment he absorbed the eight-hundred-year-old Vajra Giant Ox soul ring.
In his sea of consciousness, he recalled that pillar that propped up the heavens and stood unafraid of the raging waves—the Sky-Propping White Jade Pillar, the Sea-Bridging Purple Gold Beam, the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle.
Suddenly, as if the Horned Dragon Staff had heard its true name being called in that memory, it stood upright before Xiao Lin, returning to its true form of 2.5 meters.
Then, the staff's innate soul power shielded Xiao Lin, and the tree's screeching noise seemed to fade significantly. Finally, Xiao Lin's consciousness was suddenly transported to a golden ocean.
It was the same vast sea and the same heaven-reaching divine pillar he had seen before.
Xiao Lin felt his soul power becoming incredibly heavy.
The connection between his consciousness, soul power, and physical body became inseparable. This dense soul power connection ignored the tree's control entirely. Overjoyed, Xiao Lin looked at the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle and felt his spirit becoming tougher by the second.
"Visualize!"
The thought flashed in his mind.
He sat cross-legged within his sea of consciousness, leaning against the indestructible, mountain-heavy pillar that was the Horned Dragon Staff. Peace instantly washed over him. As he visualized the staff, his consciousness became increasingly solid.
It was as if he were being influenced by the staff's power and weight; his very spirit was being passively tempered. At this moment, as he visualized the Horned Dragon Staff, his mind reached upward beyond the sky, past the Douluo Star and into the universe.
It reached downward into the earth's core, deep into the origin of the Douluo Star.
For a moment, he felt omnipotent.
His consciousness and mental strength reached an unprecedented level of solidity.
Crack!
Suddenly, during his visualization, a strand of bright silver soul power flew out from the Horned Dragon Staff and drifted into Xiao Lin. Simultaneously, a gold, mung-bean-sized sphere merged into his mind.
A mystical intuition told him: this was the consciousness of the Vajra Giant Ox.
The Horned Dragon Staff hadn't obliterated the bull's consciousness?
Xiao Lin never worried that the staff would harm him, which meant this consciousness was beneficial to him. Though puzzled, he instinctively chose to store the bull's consciousness within his External Soul Bone, the Vajra Giant Ox Horns.
The next second, he heard a crack!
It was the sound of the body undergoing a qualitative change after absorbing a soul ring. With this newfound awareness, Xiao Lin snapped out of the control. He opened his eyes and looked around.
Good heavens, I've broken through!
Not just his soul power rank, but his mental strength as well.
The Vajra Giant Ox Horns were also passively increasing his physical strength.
He felt as though he had even grown a bit taller. With that thought, Xiao Lin completely ignored the sonic control of the mutated Evil Eye Demon Tree and strode directly toward the small hut left by the Soul Saint.
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