area51novel Chapter 214 Noumenon Sect
Chapter 214 Noumenon Sect
"As for Xiao Hongchen, his martial soul doesn't seem as strange and powerful as Meng Hongchen's in terms of poisons. But there's one thing I think everyone is unaware of: Xiao Hongchen's martial soul, like Sanshi's Xuanming Turtle martial soul, possesses the bloodline of a divine beast."
"Well? I don't need to say anything more, right? I don't need to elaborate on how troublesome San Shi's martial soul is after it manifests its divine beast Xuanwu form."
"No need. This brother and sister pair is quite troublesome. My personal suggestion is that whichever of us faces them should go fully armed and only use the internal circulation breathing mode of the armor. We don't yet understand how the brother and sister's martial spirit toxin works, but isolating them from respiratory contact and direct skin contact is the most basic defensive measure."
“Beibei makes a good point. But it’s easy for us, but what about Luo Chen? She doesn’t have a full set of soul-guided equipment.”
Dai Yueheng agreed with Bei Bei's proposed targeted defensive measures, but Shrek Academy's soul guidance equipment was a relatively new endeavor, and despite their efforts, they had not yet been able to equip all participating students with full-body wrap-around soul guidance equipment.
"Sister Lingxue can use my or Caitou's soul-guided powered armor first. Since we're in the finals, whenever we need to use full-body soul-guided equipment, we'll definitely use soul-guided powered mechs."
"Give it to me now. I won't look at the rest. Captain, where was your practice area before? I'm going to do some acclimatization training."
The Ice Beauty has always been straightforward. As a girl, she naturally cares about the condition of items and their appearance. However, in the current situation, Ling Luochen naturally ignored these things and only wanted to adapt to the new equipment as soon as possible. She did not want her strength to be affected at this crucial stage because of these reasons.
“Then let’s use mine. Xiao You’s soul-guided power armor has more functions, and it won’t be as easy to get used to. The captain told me about the previous practice location, and I’ll go with Senior Ling Luochen. With someone to guide us, we should be able to get the hang of it faster.”
"That's fine. You two can leave first and head towards the west gate. I'll have someone pick you up later. If you go there on your own without someone to guide you, you'll be seen as hostile."
"Let's go then."
The first pair of competitors from Di'ao Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had already taken to the stage. Taking advantage of the moment when everyone's attention was focused on them, Ling Luochen and He Caitou quietly left Xingluo Square.
"The captain of Di'ao Academy is quite capable. The soul tool used by the first person from Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was quite effective against him. However, he was defeated by a small mismatch in rhythm. He is indeed impressive."
"No matter how powerful he is, it's useless now. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has sent Ma Rulong. It's a real pity that Xiao Hongchen's attempt to participate was prevented."
"There's nothing to regret. Take a close look at the soul tools Ma Rulong will be using later. From what I understand, these soul tools were all made by Ma Rulong himself and are best suited to his fighting style. He will most likely use these soul tools when he fights us."
Everyone needs to pay attention to how those soul tools work. At the very least, we absolutely cannot repeat the mistakes that the captain of Di'ao Academy made today when we face Ma Rulong.
"That makes sense. Xiaoyou, please remind us of the things we need to pay attention to."
The second individual battle between Di'ao Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy began. Long You would describe this battle as brutal. It wasn't that Di'ao Academy's captain wasn't trying; his fighting spirit was truly awe-inspiring. However, when facing Ma Rulong, the captain's strength was indeed insufficient. No matter how much he struggled, he didn't have any effect on Ma Rulong from beginning to end.
"The difference in strength is quite significant! Based on my observation, Ma Rulong shouldn't have used too many level-seven soul tools, right?"
Since she wasn't a full-time Soul Master, Bei Bei's tone wasn't entirely certain when she said that.
"Indeed, the only one that can be confirmed as a level seven soul tool is the scorching ray in Ma Rulong's hand. The others are at most high-level level six soul tools."
"This is troublesome! I was originally thinking of using flashbangs and stun grenades to disrupt the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but it seems they obviously have those methods too. If we use them, we might not achieve our desired results!"
"A surprise attack is still a viable option. Since the enemy doesn't know we can use this tactic, they'll definitely be affected at the beginning. As long as we can connect it with other interference methods, we should be able to conceal our presence to some extent."
To be honest, I have absolutely no idea how effective these methods will be. Little Yuhao, if only you had the strength of a Soul Master, your simulated soul skill would be the best option to deal with this situation!
"As long as we activate the large-scale simulated soul skill, and then activate the counter-soul tool targeting the detection soul tool, then achieving invisibility in the arena isn't entirely impossible."
"Can't a panoramic simulation soul tool do that?"
"The scope is too large. To make the reality simulated by the panoramic simulation soul tool as realistic as that simulated by Yuhao's soul skill, it would require too much soul power. With our current soul power reserves, we simply cannot afford it."
"Then, do I still need to go on stage? Although the specific tactical execution method has not yet been determined, it seems that for the Soul Guidance Synergy Array System to unleash its full power, everyone's Soul Power level needs to be close."
My soul skills are still somewhat useful, but my soul power level is far too low. In fact, I discovered this yesterday during the team battle against the Star Luo National Academy. The effects of my soul skills are severely affected by Princess Xu Jiujiu's martial soul starlight due to the large difference in soul power levels.
"When fighting the Sun Moon Empire, while none of their martial souls might be able to interfere with my attacks, there should be quite a few soul tools that could disrupt my detection capabilities. Even if those soul tools weren't specifically targeting me, the mere aftershocks of their attacks would be enough to interfere with me."
Huo Yuhao's tone carried an undisguised sense of defeat. Even with the significant difference in soul power levels, Huo Yuhao had consistently secured considerable playing time thanks to his superior soul skills, giving him a much greater sense of participation than the chubby Song He. However, soul power level was ultimately the foundation of everything, and before the finals began, Huo Yuhao finally realized the unwavering importance of soul power level as the foundation of a soul master.
"Uh... well... okay, theoretically, Yuhao, you really won't be playing anymore."
However, there's one thing I need to correct you on. If your Spirit Detection Sharing Soul Skill wants to break through energy interference, besides needing to increase your own Soul Power level, there's actually another way: strengthening your mastery of your Martial Soul.
Everyone's martial soul has basically undergone a second awakening process and has its own martial soul consciousness. However, Yuhao, your martial soul consciousness is different from ours. In essence, your martial soul consciousness is actually the consciousness of your first spirit ring beast.
This leads to a problem: in your Martial Soul consciousness, it is Tianmeng that dominates, rather than the consciousness that the Martial Soul itself nurtures, like in ours. You can understand it as, because of this barrier, Tianmeng's understanding of your Martial Soul is not much better than your own.
Your Tianmeng possesses the ability to control your Martial Soul by merging with the weak consciousness naturally generated by it, but this control is ultimately superficial. Tianmeng's control over your Spirit Eye Martial Soul is a shallow one; it can help you release Soul Skills, and even surpasses your own control over the first Soul Skill. However, if you ask it about further development directions for your Spirit Eye Martial Soul, its perception will be extremely vague.
Let me take myself as an example. Ever since my Martial Soul Consciousness, Xiaoyan, awakened, I've possessed the ability to activate the Martial Soul Transcendence Mode at necessary times. Once activated, the most direct effect is that the power of my Soul Skills doubles. Of course, this doubling of power only applies to the period when my Martial Soul Consciousness was first awakened; now, if I use Transcendence Mode, the power of my Soul Skills would likely increase by about two times.
This is growth potential—the innate ability of a Martial Soul to develop its potential and promote its growth, born from its own natural consciousness. Your Heavenly Dream cannot do this, or rather, it cannot do it alone. If you want to develop your Martial Soul, you need to explore it yourself, using your own perception of the Martial Soul to guide Heavenly Dream to cooperate with you. Basically, once you develop to the first stage, you can ignore the level of interference you experienced yesterday.
However, your martial soul is a Body Martial Soul, and I really don't know how to develop this kind of martial soul. Even the academy might not be entirely clear on the matter. After all, there is a mysterious Body Sect on the continent, and almost all Body Martial Soul masters have been recruited into their sect.
"The Body Sect? I remember you said that the Body Sect also participated in the auction for the last top-tier item at the Starlight Auction House. Doesn't that mean that people from the Body Sect are in Star Luo City? Is it possible that they have already noticed Junior Brother's situation?"
The others weren't paying much attention to the earlier part about martial soul development, but when Long You mentioned the Body Sect, almost all the Shrek Academy students present perked up their ears.
The Body Sect doesn't have a very good reputation on the continent. It's mysterious, powerful, acts on a whim, and is both righteous and evil. In short, it's a sect that inspires fear, yet also makes people yearn for it.
"What is the Body Sect?" x2
Well, not everyone knows about the Body Sect. At least Huo Yuhao, who possesses the Body Martial Soul, and his loyal roommate know absolutely nothing about this sect.
"Well, that's a good question. Explaining detailed information about the Body Sect would be very complicated. You two can ask Teacher Wang when you get back, or you can simply go to the library to read books after you return to the academy."
Now you only need to remember two things. First, the Body Sect acts quite arrogantly and self-centeredly, often without considering the impact their actions will have on the continent. For example, two thousand years ago, the Body Sect organized a large number of its members to directly venture into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt down seven 100,000-year-old soul beasts, causing the enraged beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest to unleash a beast tide that lasted for a whole year.
During that beast tide, at least seven human settlements were completely wiped out by the wave of soul beasts. It was only after our academy issued a continental summons, gathering almost all the powerful graduates of the academy back to the academy, and the Body Sect also made efforts in its actions, that the tide was barely quelled.
By the way, the Sea God Pavilion in the inner courtyard of the academy was established because of that beast tide disaster.
Secondly, the Body Sect has always believed that all Body Spirit Martial Soul Masters on the continent belong to them. Once a Body Sect Soul Master traveling across the continent discovers a Body Spirit Martial Soul Master who has wandered off the continent, they will go to bring that person home. Although not all Body Spirit Martial Soul Masters are initially willing to follow the Body Sect, the Body Sect never gives up until they achieve their goal. If the person being brought in does not cooperate, they may resort to forced repatriation.
However, it is said that the Body Sect treats Body Spirit Soul Masters very well, so even if they are forcibly taken back, those Body Spirit Soul Masters will quickly adapt to life within the Body Sect.
Okay, back to the main point. This second point was actually something I talked about with Yuhao. Before, Beibei asked if the Body Sect would notice you, and now I can give you a definite answer: they have already noticed you.
During the last match, I spotted the two Body Sect Soul Masters who had appeared at the Starlight Auction House that day in the stands. Given the Body Sect's understanding of Body Spirits, they definitely wouldn't be able to hide the fact that your spirit is the Eye of a Body Spirit, Yuhao. In other words, there's a high probability that these two Body Sect Soul Masters will come looking for you, Yuhao, and guide you 'home'.
Hmm, perhaps that time will come soon. Okay, that's not the point. The point is that we can't fight against those two. They are two Soul Douluos, extremely powerful Soul Douluos, capable of going toe-to-toe with some weaker Title Douluos. In other words, if you encounter them, Yuhao, without Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan or Elder Xuan around, remember to just agree to their request and leave us a message.
Once we can pinpoint your location, the academy will handle the rest. There's no need to confront them head-on; you wouldn't stand a chance. Understand?
"Uh, I understand. But is it not okay if it's with Ms. Fan Yu by my side?"