Chapter 350 - 338: Mind Seizure
Chapter 350: Chapter 338: Mind Seizure
’A thousand-year-old Yin Soul.’
Zhao Lin was surprised, but also had some doubts.
’Why does it dare to attack me?’
The mission details stated that Yin Souls grow slowly, widening by a foot every hundred years. They typically develop intelligence around two or three hundred years of age and can live for over a millennium.
This Yin Soul was over ten feet wide, which meant its cultivation was outstanding among its kind.
After birth, Yin Souls strengthen themselves by absorbing the souls of the dead.
Once they develop intelligence, they are no longer satisfied with this and begin to actively prey on the souls of the living.
Human cultivators possess powerful Divine Senses, making them naturally attractive to Yin Souls. However, the more intelligent a Yin Soul becomes, the more it understands a simple truth: humans are not to be trifled with.
Thus, most Yin Souls that actively attack humans lack intelligence, while those that have it avoid humans at all costs.
It proved the old saying true: age and experience breed caution.
’This thousand-year-old Yin Soul must have noticed my cultivation is low,’ he thought. ’It sees me as a rare soft target among the Human Race and decided to make a move.’
SWOOSH!
Seeing Zhao Lin charge toward it, the Yin Soul was the first to attack.
Hundreds of its tentacles coiled upward as Spiritual Qi condensed, and countless vines materialized in the air. Like thick, powerful arms, they whipped toward Zhao Lin!
"Vine Entanglement Skill! So it’s the Yin Soul of an Ancient Vine!"
A murderous glint flashed in Zhao Lin’s eyes. Without casting any Magic, he raised his iron ruler and charged forward to meet them.
Apparently, this Yin Soul had been born from a dead, ten-thousand-year-old Ancient Vine, which explained why it could use vine-related Magic.
Worlds may differ, as do their laws, but all Magic ultimately leads to the same destinations.
The iron ruler became a blur. The surging vines shattered on contact, turning into countless motes of dust that filled the air.
Stunned by Zhao Lin’s brute force, the Yin Soul retreated in alarm while simultaneously releasing a ball of green energy.
The green energy rapidly coalesced, instantly taking human form and throwing a punch at Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin’s hands faltered for a moment when he saw the humanoid figure.
The reason was simple: the figure the Yin Soul had created was none other than Zhao Lin himself.
Even though he knew it was an illusion, he was still taken aback. It was just too realistic!
It was no wonder. Anyone would find it hard to remain calm upon seeing a perfect copy of themselves.
’How cunning! It’s actually solid!’
Zhao Lin had initially assumed his doppelganger was just a phantom, but the ultrasound waves he sent out were reflected back completely.
If he ignored it and let that fist land, he would definitely be injured.
To think a Yin Soul understood the principle of turning illusion into reality and reality into illusion.
Zhao Lin shouted, "Break!"
Without further hesitation, he brought the iron ruler down, landing a heavy blow on his double.
BANG!
The illusion exploded and vanished in an instant.
The Yin Soul seized the opportunity, its tentacles quivering as it released a red mist.
A wave of dizziness suddenly washed over Zhao Lin, and the scene before him began to shift constantly.
A sweet-faced woman in a yellow blouse swayed her slender waist as she walked toward him, one step at a time.
The woman wore a cross-collared robe over a moon-white undergarment. The robe clung to her figure, revealing every curve as she walked with a sensuous sway.
’A female cultivator?’
Zhao Lin felt his lips go dry, a fire kindling in his chest.
The true danger of a thousand-year-old Yin Soul was not just its ability to create illusions, but also its power to cloud the mind!
Though Zhao Lin subconsciously knew the woman was a product of an Illusion Technique, his resolve still wavered.
But soon, a faint, almost imperceptible smile touched his lips.
The Spirit Cultivation Map in his mind flickered. In its sixth quadrant, three words appeared: Thousand Illusion Skill.
In the seventh, another three words appeared: Mind Control Skill.
In other words, the Yin Soul had cast two types of Magic in succession.
It had used the Thousand Illusion Skill to create the woman, but the Mind Control Skill was the true killing blow, designed to make its victim willingly succumb, even knowing it was all fake.
With the Spirit Cultivation Map’s warning, Zhao Lin naturally wouldn’t be fooled.
Clearly, a female cultivator had come to the Yinfeng Realm at some point.
The Yin Soul must have seen her and was now using her appearance to tempt him.
’This Yin Soul is no simpleton. It even understands carnal desire.’
He wondered what the real female cultivator would think if she saw this scene.
Zhao Lin allowed the woman to approach, a deliberately intoxicated expression on his face.
She drew closer and closer, until she was nearly pressed against his chest.
Suddenly, Zhao Lin threw a punch, and a tyrannical force erupted from his fist.
BANG!
The woman’s body exploded, splattering in all directions.
The Yin Soul was aghast. Though it lacked a human face to show expression, its constantly trembling tentacles betrayed its extreme shock and indignation.
Victory had been within its grasp, yet it had never anticipated such a sudden turn of events!
It simply couldn’t understand how a cultivator with such a low level of cultivation could break its illusion.
Having its illusion broken had dealt it a great deal of damage.
Zhao Lin didn’t care what the Yin Soul was thinking. He retracted his fist and lunged forward.
Having exhausted its tricks, the Yin Soul’s only option was to flee. It instantly created nine identical copies of itself.
The ten Yin Souls gathered, spun rapidly in a dizzying exchange, and then scattered in different directions.
"Trying to run? I don’t think so!"
Zhao Lin released his ultrasound, instantly pinpointing the location of the real Yin Soul.
He unleashed Flame Stream Arrow, and dozens of burning projectiles shot through the air.
The Yin Soul never expected Zhao Lin to see through its deception so easily. Forced to stop, it flicked its tentacles and cast another Magic spell.
Water Element Spiritual Qi condensed in the air, forming a sphere of water in less than half a breath. With a POP, the sphere burst, and over a dozen water arrows shot forth.
BOOM!
The two spells collided in mid-air. The Flame Stream Arrow clearly had the upper hand; the water arrows vaporized on impact, turning into a white mist that quickly dissipated.
Its momentum barely slowed, the dozen or so remaining Flame Stream Arrows slammed into the Yin Soul’s body.
"SKREEEE..."
The Yin Soul convulsed, letting out a painful shriek.
It truly couldn’t understand how Zhao Lin had exposed its true body so quickly.
Meanwhile, Zhao Lin was even more surprised than the Yin Soul. He could hardly believe his eyes.
The spell the Yin Soul had just cast was clearly the Water Arrow Skill.
The Water Arrow Skill and the Flame Stream Arrow belonged to the same family, both originating from the Spirit Arrow Skill. One was simply a Water Element Skill, and the other a Fire Element Skill.
This Yin Soul came from an Ancient Vine. How could it use human Magic?
’It must have absorbed a cultivator’s soul. No wonder it’s so clever.’
A new possibility occurred to Zhao Lin.
"This is the end. Die!"
He took a few large strides, arriving before the Yin Soul and raising his iron ruler.
The Yin Soul was grievously injured and had trouble moving. Seeing that it couldn’t escape, it suddenly did something unexpected.
It prostrated itself on the ground as if kneeling and spoke in a human voice, "Spare... spare me!"
Zhao Lin froze for a second, though he wasn’t as surprised as before.
Since the Yin Soul had absorbed a human cultivator’s soul, it made sense that it could assume a kneeling posture and imitate a human voice.
"No mercy!"
Zhao Lin certainly wasn’t going to spare it just because it knelt. He raised the ruler and brought it down.
Just then, two of the Yin Soul’s tentacles twitched, releasing Spiritual Qi to form a small sprout on the ground.
"Yinfeng Grass!"