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Chapter 153 Fastest Record
Chapter 153 Fastest Record
In the final round-robin match, Huo Yuhao specially led the Di'ao Second Team to watch the Shrek Team's game.
The appearance of the Di'ao II team instantly brought the atmosphere in the entire stadium to a climax.
Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao and the other members' goal was not to participate in the competition, but to observe Ma Xiaotao's condition.
Ma Xiaotao stood in mid-air, and with a wave of her hand, large plumes of fire rained down, causing the team below to retreat in defeat.
She noticed the emotions in the audience, glanced over, and her expression instantly turned fierce when she saw Huo Yuhao and the others.
Huo Yuhao shook his head: "No need to look."
"Once Shrek suffers a crushing defeat and He Cai Tou's true identity is revealed, her downfall will be inevitable."
Su Tong said, "Should we prepare a few more invincible shields? Ma Xiaotao is still too dangerous for Qiuqiu and the others."
Huo Yuhao agreed and instructed the second team to stuff several more soul tools into their own storage soul tools.
Even the Super Energy Cannon appeared on Huo Yuhao's list of soul tools.
Looking at the densely packed list, Nan Qiuqiu grinned and said, "Captain Huo, are you asking us to compete with the Sun and Moon in terms of ammunition?"
"Better safe than sorry," Huo Yuhao ignored Ma Xiaotao's gaze, "Just because we don't need it now doesn't mean we won't in the future."
As for Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao had been observing him for the past two weeks.
Huo Yuhao's ultimate goal is to try to refine the Spirit Eye into a Mind Ancestral Symbol.
The power of the mind, derived from spiritual power and soul magic, is unique in Douluo Continent, Saint Demon, and Tianxuan.
Emotions, memories, personality, wisdom, thoughts, dreams, desires, perceptions, consciousness, and the power of the mind are all too complex to encompass.
Currently, Huo Yuhao can only try to understand how mental power works to manipulate the enemy's mind by observing Shangguan Can's Soul-Capturing Bell and the mental interference and other soul skills in his Ice Silkworm Talisman.
This means not only knowing what happened, but also knowing why it happened.
Huo Yuhao used his mental strength, which far surpassed Dai Huabin's, to probe the latter's psychological changes through mental detection and resonance of the heartstrings.
Whenever Dai Huabin's emotions calmed down a little, Huo Yuhao would use his simulation skills to stimulate Dai Huabin's mind again.
For others, Huo Yuhao might hesitate and consider whether to use such torture methods.
However, Huo Yuhao felt no psychological burden when facing Dai Huabin.
Hatred, jealousy, fear, panic.
Huo Yuhao observed Dai Huabin's emotional knots one by one and found that most of them were negative.
He attempted to use a combination of mental power and soul magic to pry open these mental knots.
"Brother Hao's mental power is too abstract." Tianmeng couldn't quite understand Huo Yuhao's actions.
Not only did he not understand it, but even Hyotei couldn't.
Only Electrolux could keep discussing things with Huo Yuhao at this moment.
He was a master of soul magic and had a profound understanding of the soul.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao needed Electrolux's guidance to explore the connection between mind and soul.
"The soul is often attributed to either divinity or evil; these are two extremes."
"While the mind refers more to the emotions and will of an individual life."
In response to Electrolux's answer, Huo Yuhao offered a different perspective when he was trying to unlock Dai Huabin's emotional core: "Elder Electrolux's soul magic views the soul as an immortal essence that transcends the body."
"The mind is the sum total of all cognition of an individual life."
Huo Yuhao coldly watched Dai Huabin, who had suddenly become extremely furious after his mental knot was pried open.
He continued, "But I believe the soul is contained within the mind."
"The soul symbolizes the deepest self of a person and is the core of the mind."
Huo Yuhao's words caught Electrolux's eye.
If Huo Yuhao can succeed on the path of the mind, then soul magic may undergo a completely different change.
According to Huo Yuhao's theory, all the magic on the Holy Demon Continent that targets the soul is only at the most superficial level of manipulation.
"An interesting perspective."
Huo Yuhao once again touched a nerve with Dai Huabin, this time filling him with extreme fear.
"If we create an environment exactly like Dai Huabin's, can we then recreate Dai Huabin?"
"Dai Er possesses everything Dai Huabin has, and they are identical in every way. Can they be considered the same person?"
"Similarly, if I later learn an illusionary soul skill and combine it with simulation, could I create a false growth path for Dai Huabin within his spiritual sea, allowing him to develop a personality out of thin air?"
"Does the emergence of this personality indicate that another soul has appeared within Dai Huabin?"
Electrolux was deeply intrigued by Huo Yuhao's series of assumptions.
"According to your theory, the soul would no longer be unique, but rather divisible, malleable, and creative."
"The physical body is the placenta of the soul. As long as sufficient stimulation and influence are applied to it, it can give birth to different souls."
Electrolux looked at Dai Huabin, who was having a heated argument with Dai Yueheng: "When your methods are complete enough, you may only be able to modify a small thing in Dai Huabin's memory, such as eating and drinking, so that a soul will be born in his body again, a Dai Huabin soul that did not eat and drink at that time."
"If the soul can truly be created in this way—"
"At that time, Yuhao will be able to make his opponents fall into emotions such as fear, jealousy, and joy with just a look."
"In severe cases, it can directly cause the opponent to suffer a personality split, or even give birth to hundreds of souls that are born from the placenta of the physical body."
"These newly born souls can be hostile or benevolent towards Yuhao; it all depends on how you shape their spiritual connections."
"So this is what you mean when you say that the soul is the deepest part of a person's true self."
Huo Yuhao nodded: "And mental power is the self that extends from the id."
"But I still don't know how to correspond the words 'subconscious,' 'unconscious,' etc., to the soul or the mind."
Tianmeng and Bingdi couldn't understand, so they huddled to the side and whispered among themselves.
In the end, Electrolux and Huo Yuhao reached an agreement: if Huo Yuhao wanted to go from zero to one, he would have to travel all over the world and experience all kinds of things and thoughts before he could possibly take a step on the path of the mind.
As for influencing Dai Huabin's emotions through various soul skills, it doesn't even scratch the surface of mental power.
It's just a small application of spiritual skills and magic, based on understanding their principles.
Huo Yuhao turned and left the audience seats, blending into the crowd.
Hyotei said in the Niwan Palace, "At least being able to influence other people's emotions is already a terrifying ability in battle."
Huo Yuhao said, "It's not much of an innovation."
"The road ahead is long. Staying in the Heavenly Soul Empire all the time will not lead to the path of the mind."
With the conclusion of the round-robin tournament, the list of the top 16 was officially released, and the draw for the round of 16 to 8 elimination rounds was held on the spot.
As usual, Huo Yuhao and Ye Wuqing had Yu Mengdi wash her hands with the Angel's Light.
Jiang Peng also mingled in and told Yu Mengdi to take a good look at her hands in the light.
He rubbed his hands vigorously while muttering to himself, "No waterfall is as clean as the light of angels."
Perhaps because Huo Yuhao was in constant contact with the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade purified by Yu Mengdi, the opponent he drew was a blessing for the Di'ao Second Team.
Zhengtian College.
When the results were announced, Zhengtian Academy was immediately filled with lamentations.
Ye Wuqing smiled bitterly and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Xu Jiawei on the city wall: "Zhengtian Academy concedes defeat."
Thus, the record for the fastest round of 16 to 8 elimination in the history of the Soul Master Tournament was set—the entire process, from the draw to the end, took less than three minutes.
The audience erupted in uproar, but quickly came to understand Zheng Tian Academy's actions.
It's obvious to everyone that Zhengtian Academy and Di'ao Academy are now so close they're practically inseparable.
They have absolutely no need to engage in internal strife or waste the audience's enthusiasm by fixing matches.
"The Holy Light really works when you wash your hands!" Jiang Peng exclaimed. "It's actually someone from the Fighting Spirit faction!"
The opponent of Di'ao Team One is Douling Academy, which was defeated by Di'ao Team Two in the first round of the tournament.
Standing atop the imperial city wall, Xu Jiawei witnessed Ye Wuqing clasping his hands in surrender. Helpless, he had the Prime Minister beside him announce that the Di'ao Second Team had advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the draw for the round of 16, the team that advances as the top seed in its group will only be drawn against the second-place team from another group.
The second team of Di'ao was indeed lucky, drawing Zhengtian Academy, which meant they could advance without any difficulty.
"Let's go, Captain Ye."
Huo Yuhao walked up to Ye Wuqing and said, "May the angels bless you, I'm treating everyone to dinner today."
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Ning Tian suddenly said, "As a shareholder of Starlight Auction House, I have received information that the Star Luo Empire's top-tier auction, which is held once or twice a year, will be held tonight."
"Top-tier auctions operate on a membership basis, but because I am a shareholder, you can come in directly with me."
"However, because the top auction has a very deep royal background, we will not be able to use the most luxurious box this time."
Meanwhile, outside Xingluo City.
The Abomination Douluo, who broke through to become a Super Douluo, together with the Myriad Souls Douluo, intercepted and killed a team of wealthy merchants who had been invited to attend a top-level auction.
"Auction."
The Abomination Douluo stared at the gold-embossed invitation in his hand, his eyes gleaming with bloodlust.
Wanhun Douluo said, "You look like you can't easily sneak in, so this time we'll work together from the inside."
"Know."