Chapter 18 The Gap Between Geniuses! Soul Power Condensation
Hu Liena was completely unprepared for Yan's attack; it was so fast that she had no time to react.
By the time she realized it, Yan had already appeared behind Qin Mu.
"careful!"
Before Hu Liena could finish speaking, Qin Mu had already turned his body halfway around, gently raising his right hand with his palm facing Yan.
The light, floating hand moved very slowly, but precisely blocked the incoming fist.
A soft "poof" sound came from between the fist and palm, but strangely, Yan's fist did not touch Qin Mu's palm at all, stopping an inch away from his palm.
With a sudden burst of strength, a powerful surge of soul energy erupted from his palm, sending Yan staggering back several steps.
Qin Mu's expression remained calm, but there was a clear hint of anger in his eyes as he looked at Yan.
Having failed to launch an attack and instead suffered a setback, Yan's expression became somewhat unnatural, and he immediately launched another attack on Qin Mu.
"Yan, what are you doing?!"
Before Yan could attack, Hu Liena stepped in front of the two of them, angrily rebuking Yan.
"You, a four-ring Soul Sect, are thinking of ambushing someone?"
"You know what? You're really annoying right now."
"I'll let you off this time for the sake of our years of friendship. But if it happens again, I'll definitely tell the teacher!"
Hu Liena's words ignited Yan's fury.
She had seen Qin Mu block his attack earlier and retaliate without uttering a sound, but now that he was about to attack, she jumped out to protect him.
Not daring to contradict Hu Liena, Yan glared fiercely at Qin Mu.
"Are you just going to hide behind women? Do you dare to come out and fight me? Only the winner will have the right to appear in front of Nana!"
"Yan!"
Just as Hu Liena was about to lash out, she was pulled behind him by a hand.
Qin Mu looked at Yan calmly and chuckled softly.
"First of all, Nana is not a commodity; she has the right to make her own choices."
"Secondly, you don't need to provoke me. I also want an explanation for your sneak attack from behind."
"Third, I will not use my Spirit. If you can defeat me, you can do whatever you want with me!"
After those three sentences were spoken, not only was Yan furious, but even Hu Liena, who was standing next to him, was stunned for a moment.
"Qin Mu, Yan is a four-ring Soul Sect, while you don't even have a three-ring spirit and you're not even using a Spirit. Aren't you being a bit arrogant?"
"I believe that with your strength, you can definitely defeat Yan, but what if you get injured if you don't use your Spirit?"
"After all, he's a genius from the Spirit Hall Academy..."
Qin Mu simply patted Hu Liena's hand to reassure her.
"Sister Nana, do you know?"
"Actually, there are differences even among geniuses."
Seeing Qin Mu's contempt for him, Yan's anger was about to reach its peak. Without saying a word, he released his full aura.
"Since that's the case, Qin Mu, I will make you pay the price for your arrogance!"
As one of the golden generation of the Spirit Hall, Yan was excellent in both Spirit and talent at the Spirit Hall Academy. He was always the one who looked down on others, so when did it become his turn to be looked down on?
The second soul skill was released again. This time, in order to enhance the attack power, Yan's entire arm was covered with granite.
After maximizing his attack power, Yan showed no mercy and charged straight at Qin Mu with all his might.
With a gentle push of his soul power, Qin Mu pushed Hu Liena aside and slowly walked towards Yan.
"Arrogant!"
Seeing that Qin Mu did not dodge or evade, Yan was overjoyed and slammed his fist down on Qin Mu's head.
This time, Qin Mu raised his left hand, clenched his fist, and placed it against his right shoulder. Just as Yan's attack was about to strike, Qin Mu's left fist collided with Yan's.
"Arrogance also requires ability."
"And I happen to have it!"
Their fists collided again, and just like before, their fists were an inch apart, yet they could never get close.
Seeing this, Yan realized something was wrong and was about to change his move when he saw Qin Mu's left hand suddenly lunge forward a short distance.
This time, Qin Mu used the soul bone skill in his left hand.
Titan's Shock causes violent tremors and destruction wherever the left hand touches.
As Qin Mu exerted force with his left hand, Yan could see with his naked eye that the granite formed on his arm began to crack, and then suddenly shattered.
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Yan's body flew backwards to Hu Liena's astonishment.
One move!
He defeated a fourth-ring Soul Sect with just one move!
Six years ago, Hu Liena rarely saw Qin Mu fight against people his own age, and she never expected that he had become so powerful.
Yan stared at Qin Mu with disbelief and horror in his eyes.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"You're just a Soul Elder who's not even at the third ring level, how could you possibly possess such strength?!"
Compared to Yan's disheveled appearance on the ground, Qin Mu's clothes were barely dirty.
"To be honest, I'm a little disappointed in your abilities."
"It is futile to try to defeat an opponent by relying solely on the strength of one's Spirit and soul skills, unaware that the application of soul power is the key to judging the strength of a Soul Master."
"If you can't even use your soul power properly, how can you be called a genius?"
As he spoke, Qin Mu raised his right hand.
At this moment, there was a clear fluctuation of soul power in his right hand, which soon condensed into a Clear Sky Hammer that was exactly the same as his Spirit.
"Soul power solidified into form?! How is that possible! This is an ability that can only be mastered at the Soul Sage level!"
Upon seeing the Clear Sky Hammer formed from soul power in Qin Mu's hand, Yan's gaze shifted from fear to disorientation, as if he couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes was real.
Not only Yan, but even Hu Liena, who was standing to the side, covered her mouth with her hands in surprise.
Qin Mu had mentioned it to her before, but she felt that with her current strength, achieving it was simply a pipe dream.
But to everyone's surprise, Qin Mu actually succeeded!
Qin Mu simply smiled at this.
If one reason why he only reached level 30 in six years was due to studying those theoretical concepts, then that was one of the reasons.
Another reason is that he spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to better control his soul power.
In Qin Mu's view, all soul skills can only be used based on the release of the Spirit. Without releasing the Spirit, soul skills cannot be used, and soul power is the source of releasing soul skills.
If the process can be optimized, and soul power can be directly used to create skills similar to soul skills, not only will one be able to better control one's soul power, but it will also be of great benefit to the Soul Master himself.
Qin Mu studied for a long time before finally learning how to control his soul power.
That is to integrate spiritual power when releasing soul power.
Soul power has substance but no form, while spiritual power has form but no substance. When the two are combined, they can produce an effect similar to a soul skill.
For example, some Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters use Entanglement as a Soul Skill.
However, if you use soul power to release the Blue Silver Grass and use spiritual power to control the Blue Silver Grass to make an entwining motion, you can achieve the effect of this soul skill!
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