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"There is one last step."
Huo Yuhao opened his mouth and immediately ended the Ice Emperor's possession state. He only felt a sense of emptiness in his soul power.
The Ice Emperor reappeared and supported Huo Yuhao’s somewhat exhausted body.
She asked: "How is it? Did the spirit ring stay?"
Huo Yuhao nodded.
“I stayed.”
He was extremely tired at the moment, but he could still feel the presence of the five soul rings behind him.
His bold idea is correct and feasible.
In Huo Yuhao's view, soul power is the "qualification certificate" for obtaining soul rings. The laws of the world do not care whether this "qualification certificate" is your own or borrowed from others.
It only cares whether you have the qualification.
Huo Yuhao borrowed this qualification certificate from the Ice Emperor and obtained the qualification to obtain the fourth soul ring.
And absorbing the fourth soul ring also allowed his soul power to break through the thirty-nine level.
The absorption of the soul ring was extremely successful. Perhaps in the entire history of Douluo Continent, there has never been a soul master who cultivated his soul power to level 60 or 70 before obtaining the fourth soul ring.
This success also provided Huo Yuhao with many subsequent speculations.
A strong sense of achievement and joy washed away all the tiredness in his body. Huo Yuhao couldn't help but sighed: "I feel like I have created history on this continent."
Tianmeng and Bingdi asked together: "What history?"
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "I am number one in the entire continent..."
"A level 39 Soul Sect!"
Chapter 229 The Fourth Soul Ring
Huo Yuhao lay on the snow in the frozen plane, thinking quietly while recovering from the exhaustion after being possessed by the Ice Emperor.
He always felt that spirit rings were very strange.
Every ten levels a soul master reaches is a bottleneck. If he does not obtain soul rings, his soul power will continue to grow but will not be able to break through.
But everyone’s soul power conditions are different. Someone’s soul power at level one can be equivalent to others at levels two or three. So what is the standard for each level of soul power?
His brain gradually regained consciousness and Huo Yuhao's eyes refocused.
Today's process of absorbing spirit rings of higher levels can be regarded as a test of this power system.
Feeling that he had rested enough, Huo Yuhao sat up from the snow and murmured:
"Soul masters need to hunt soul beasts and obtain soul rings every ten levels..."
“Yuhao, are you awake?” Tian Meng was playing with ice cubes as building blocks nearby. When he heard Huo Yuhao mumbling to himself, he asked in confusion, “What’s wrong? Isn’t this common sense?”
"It is indeed common sense, but there are many points to explore in these two simple sentences."
Huo Yuhao snapped his fingers and smiled. “For example, why can a soul master only obtain soul rings after reaching ten levels? Why must we hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings? Are other methods feasible?”
Bingdi sat aside, propped up his head and asked, "Yuhao, why can you find a point to refute everything?"
Huo Yuhao disagreed and said, “Humanity can continue to progress only because it knows how to question and think.”
"Just like boiling water will boil, and fruits will fall when they are ripe, although these are common sense, there are always underlying principles behind them."
"And I'm not just daydreaming, am I? Didn't I prove today that as long as the conditions are right, you don't need to reach level 10 to obtain a spirit ring?"
Tian Meng couldn't wait to ask: "Yuhao, what is your fourth soul skill?"
“Of course it’s mental suggestion.” Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, “This spirit skill is far more powerful than I imagined.”
He could hardly suppress the excitement in his heart. The soul skill that the hypnotic tapir brought him had so many advantages.
First of all, the mental fluctuations when releasing mental suggestion are extremely subtle. Even for a strong person whose mental power far exceeds that of Huo Yuhao, it would be difficult to detect it if he did not deliberately perceive it.
Second, mental suggestion can be used on the target with confidence and boldness without worrying about any backlash.
Huo Yuhao can secretly influence other people's ideas through mental suggestion.
But this is just a subtle hint and is not mandatory. Only when the target's mental strength is far lower than Huo Yuhao's, or when the other party's mental state is very depressed, can the mental suggestion achieve the ideal effect.
Whether the target will put the suggested ideas into action depends on the target's personality and state.
The reasons why the hypnotic tapir was able to successfully lure Orange and the other two were, firstly, that their mental strength was relatively weak, secondly, that they were students with very strong mobility, and thirdly, that the bait was just the metal mine that they were looking for.
If we replace some people who are hesitant or the ideas suggested are too outrageous, even if they are given certain mental hints, they probably will not take action.
It is impossible to force someone to commit suicide directly. They are just being hinted at, not becoming fools...
Therefore, even Huo Yuhao, the sender, could not be sure of the final effect of the mental suggestion and whether it really affected the target.
However, he was still very satisfied with this soul skill. In his opinion, it was a powerful skill with strategic significance comparable to spiritual detection and simulation.
The Ice Emperor said: "Yuhao, I still think it's a pity for you to absorb this spirit ring. It's not very old."
Huo Yuhao said helplessly: "Spiritual attribute soul beasts are so rare, just be content if you can find a good one."
He released the four soul rings of the Demon Eye.
White, purple, black, purple...
Not only is he the first Soul Master in the entire continent's history who is less than level 40, but even the age of his soul ring is probably the most bizarre in history.
The third soul ring reached the astonishing ten thousand year level, but the fourth soul ring went back...
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "I believe this soul skill will play a very important role in the future."
"So, from now on, I will not reveal my fourth soul skill to any outsiders."
Tian Meng asked: "Yuhao, it seems that you really like this soul skill, why?"
Huo Yuhao paused and said frankly: "Perhaps just like the spiritual and control aspects of my Demon Eye martial spirit, I am a person with a strong desire for control."
"I have never really cared about material conditions. What I care about is the mental control over others."
Bingdi said in a deep voice: "Then you must like soul skills such as mind control, just like that big-headed guy from the Body Sect."
Huo Yuhao shook his head: "I don't really like controlling others like puppets. Although it is a spiritual soul skill, it is ultimately just a body that I control."
“I prefer, or enjoy, the process of convincing others and making them agree with me from the bottom of their hearts.”
"That's why I like this soul skill so much."
After saying that, Huo Yuhao stood up, felt his body condition again, and asked, “Tian Meng, Bing Di, tell me, since I succeeded today, can I also use the same method to directly absorb the fifth and sixth soul rings?”
Bingdi shook his head and said, "The time I can possess you is not long. Today I only absorbed a thousand-year soul beast, so I can absorb it within the duration. What if you want to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul beast and it is interrupted in the process of absorption?"
Huo Yuhao sighed: "Forget it, Brother Hao should just practice diligently."
He stretched.
"Let me try out this fourth soul skill I just acquired."
Tian Meng asked doubtfully, "Who are you going to use it on?"
"Who else can I use it on? Of course, the three seniors."
Huo Yuhao grinned.
"And I found that this soul skill seems to be more effective on people who are asleep."
Outside, the sun had already risen high in the sky, and the warm sunlight fell on every peak of the Jingyang Mountains.
Orange stretched lazily and said, "Hmm... I slept so comfortably. Keke, it's time to get up."
She rubbed her sleepy eyes and said to Ke Ke. But her best friend also said, "Juzi, let me sleep a little longer."
Orange smiled slightly, took out a timing soul guide and looked at it, and his sleepiness suddenly disappeared.
Oh no, when have I ever gotten up so late?
She hurriedly got up, walked out of the tent, and shouted, "Why is it noon already? Zimu, are you there?"
Zi Mu was on guard last night. Normally, he should have woken up everyone else in the morning, but he didn't. She was worried that something unexpected might happen.
Normally, Orange would wake up by himself in the early morning even if no one called him.
But she didn't find it strange, as she was used to getting up early and could sleep until noon.
She walked out of the tent and saw Huo Yuhao making lunch. A rich aroma emanated from the grilled fish in his hands.
Seeing Juzi, he chuckled, "Senior Juzi, good afternoon."
"Senior Zimu has gone back to his tent to catch up on some sleep. I saw that you were a little too tired last night, so I didn't have the heart to disturb you."
Chapter 230 Leaving Jingyang Mountain Range
Juzi was stunned for a moment, then sneered and blamed: "Brother Yuhao, fortunately our mission has been completed. Don't do it again next time."
Huo Yuhao nodded, handed over a grilled fish with a smile, and asked, "Senior Orange, would you like to have breakfast?"
Orange took the grilled fish and playfully corrected, "It's not breakfast, it's lunch."
Looking at Orange eating the grilled fish, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile.
He got up at dawn and advised Zimu to take a rest while he took over the shift.
Zi Mu was already feeling a little sleepy, and following Huo Yuhao's mental suggestion, he decisively went back to the tent to catch up on his sleep.
Orange chewed the grilled fish and muttered, "I'm a little embarrassed to say that I've always been an early riser, but I didn't expect that I would sleep until noon today."
"But we are in the Jingyang Mountains now. What if a soul beast suddenly attacks? Thank you, Junior Brother Yuhao."
Smelling the aroma of grilled fish, Keke and Zimu also walked out of the tent one after another.
After lunch, they walked down the mountain and prepared to go home.
Huo Yuhao had a smile on his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.
The fact that Orange and the other two could sleep until they woke up naturally was of course the result of his mental suggestion. This was the special feature of his fourth soul skill - it was more effective on people who were sleeping.
You want to hypnotize someone, but what if that person is already asleep?
The Ice Emperor in the Sea of Spirit frowned and said hesitantly: "Yuhao, so you see the power of this soul skill from this point?"