Chapter 20 The Skillful Use of Soul Power
"Qin Mu, have you decided what to choose as your third soul skill?"
In the outer area of Star Dou Forest, Qin Mu, Hu Liena, and Ling Yuan were traveling through the forest when they encountered attacks from some thousand-year-old soul beasts.
However, because their attributes were incompatible with Qin Mu and Hu Liena, they were lucky enough to escape disaster.
"Yes, I've already decided. This time, I'm going to find a soul beast that's around 8,000 years old."
Hu Liena and the other person were not too surprised when Qin Mu absorbed a spirit ring again beyond his age.
Having experienced Qin Mu's preaching, not only the two of them, but also many people in the Spirit Hall, even some elders, agreed with Qin Mu's theory of Soul Masters absorbing Soul Rings.
With Qin Mu's current overall strength, he is far stronger than an ordinary four-ring Soul Sect, so absorbing an eight-thousand-year-old Soul Beast should not be difficult for him.
"You can't possibly choose another amplification-type soul skill this time, can you?"
Qin Mu shook his head. "This time, we need to choose an attack soul skill that can overcome all techniques with sheer force."
With Qin Mu's current application of soul power and his skillful soul power condensation, it can be said that Qin Mu is not lacking in offensive means.
Therefore, Qin Mu chose two amplification soul skills for his first two soul rings.
But this doesn't mean that offensive soul skills are useless against Qin Mu.
If soul power is a wooden stick, then a person who is skilled in using soul power is like turning that stick into a sharp-tipped spear.
Having a soul skill is like adding a stone to the top of a piece of wood, turning it into a stone hammer.
Simply put, the method of using soul power is to take shortcuts and achieve the goal at a lower cost.
Using Soul Skills increases the cost in order to gain greater benefits.
Both have their merits, and the best approach is to use the appropriate method in the appropriate situation.
"You two probably know what kind of spirit beasts you're hunting, so I won't say anything more."
"I will take action if necessary."
"But don't forget, there will be consequences if I take action, hehe!"
Ling Yuan made sarcastic remarks from the side, but as soon as she finished speaking, Qin Mu immediately looked at her with a smile.
"Sister Ling Yuan, I remember I taught you how to use soul power last time, right? Show me how to release a fire ray?"
"Well..."
Upon hearing this, Ling Yuan immediately looked embarrassed. Under Qin Mu's slightly threatening gaze, she condensed flames in her hand and then shot them forward.
The rays struck an open area, creating a large crater.
However, Qin Mu shook his head at the sight of such power.
"Your control over your soul power is far inferior to Elder Yue's!"
"you!"
Hearing Qin Mu's words, Ling Yuan couldn't help but feel annoyed, but for a moment she didn't know how to retort.
As the most stubborn elder in the Spirit Hall, Ling Yuan's favorite thing to do is to use her powerful soul power to unleash strong soul skills and directly confront the enemy.
Later, Qin Mu proposed a method to condense soul power and apply it in actual combat, which she had tried, but because the process was too tedious, she only mastered it halfway.
Despite having far superior soul power and spiritual strength compared to Qin Mu, she still couldn't achieve the same effect as Qin Mu.
It can be said that, in terms of controlling soul power and spiritual power alone, Ling Yuan is far inferior to Qin Mu.
Ling Yuan didn't seem to care about this.
Is it enough to just defeat the enemy? Why do so much more?
However, she couldn't tolerate Qin Mu bringing up the fact that Yue Guan was stronger than her!
"Tch, if all else fails, just let Yue Guan fight me! I'm not afraid of him!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Mu simply smiled and did not respond to Ling Yuan's comment.
The three continued on their way and soon arrived at the edge of a vast lake in the outer area.
The Star Dou Forest covers a vast area, and there are countless lakes within the forest that provide habitat for soul beasts.
Qin Mu and Hu Liena quietly sat down by the lake to rest, but they did not let their guard down.
Based on their experience, powerful soul beasts usually inhabit the area around such lakes.
Their approach was naturally intended to lure the leader out of the lake.
Sure enough, not long after the two sat down, they vaguely sensed a powerful aura approaching them from the water.
Seeing this, Qin Mu stood up and turned his back to the lake.
When someone deliberately exposes their back to the enemy, that person is either a fool or has absolute confidence.
Clearly, Qin Mu wasn't stupid.
A blue snake nearly ten meters long suddenly darted out of the water.
The blue snake's exterior is covered with beautiful blue scales, which shimmer with iridescent light under the reflection of water.
However, Qin Mu had no interest in appreciating the blue snake.
"Leave it to me!"
Qin Mu took two steps to the left, dodging the Blue Serpent's attack. Then, he extended his left hand again, activating the Soul Bone Skill Titan's Tremor, which directly blasted the Blue Serpent out of the lake.
"The Lan Yan Water Snake is about six thousand years old."
"The attribute can enhance the charm ability."
"Sister Nana, can you absorb this?"
Since Qin Mu proposed his theory of absorbing spirit rings beyond his years, Hu Liena has naturally been working to strengthen her physical abilities.
Even the third spirit ring she absorbed was obtained from a spirit beast that was nearly a thousand years older than the set standard.
After receiving Hu Liena's affirmative reply, the subsequent battle became much simpler.
Facing this six-thousand-year-old orchid-colored water serpent, Qin Mu seemed to be proving something, and without even releasing his Spirit, he fought the water serpent with his bare hands.
After some effort, Qin Mu finally captured it.
"Sister Nana, go and absorb it."
Upon hearing this, Hu Liena immediately stepped forward, took a sharp longsword from her bag, and with a swift stroke, killed the Lan Yan water snake.
"Qin Mu, why didn't you use the Clear Sky Hammer to hit him just now? Wouldn't that have been much easier?"
While dealing with the carcass of the orchid-scented water snake, Hu Liena asked Qin Mu a question.
Qin Mu did not answer Hu Liena, but instead looked at Ling Yuan beside him.
"Sister Ling Yuan, imagine if you were facing a spirit beast of the same level just now. If you could use your soul power like I did, wouldn't the consumption be much less?"
"At the same time, due to the characteristics of your Spirit, your attacks can also be accompanied by flames to burn the enemy, so the consumption is even smaller."
"Since you both have Spirits, yours also comes with the advantage of fire. Wouldn't it be better to make use of it?"
Qin Mu has always advocated maximizing the advantages of one's Spirit when it comes to Spirit cultivation.
For example, if he himself is the Clear Sky Hammer, then his goal is to achieve the ultimate attack.
No matter how fancy your tricks are, I'll smash them with one blow!
Ling Yuan's Spirit is the Fiery Spirit Kite, which is an extremely powerful beast Spirit. The flames attached to the Spirit often cause opponents great suffering when fighting.
However, she has always focused on offensive tactics and has never considered cultivating her own flames.
But after Qin Mu's reminder, Ling Yuan couldn't help but start to think.
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