Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 133 The Dying Laugh of the Mortal World (Part 2)

"What do you two think?" Huo Yumiao and Xiao Hongchen were still in pain from their severed arms, staring fiercely at Xu Yang who was smiling, without saying a word.

"Three!" Xu Yang didn't give them time to react and started counting down again.

Huo Yumiao and Xiao Hongchen's eyes were full of struggle and resentment. As a false illusion, they naturally had no emotions of their own; this was all for Meng Hongchen's benefit.

Having already completely immersed herself in the illusion, Meng Hongchen was even more engrossed in panic, regret, self-blame, and deep hatred for Xu Yang after seeing this complex emotion.

Meng Hongchen only knew that she had now become the breakthrough point, and had completely forgotten all the strange things that had happened before.

"two!"

Meng Hongchen stared in horror at the scene before her, trying desperately to speak up and stop it, but even with all her might, it was to no avail. She couldn't even utter a sound, let alone speak.

"one!"

……

outside world.

Xiao Hongchen suddenly opened his eyes. Still not recovered from the illusion, he subconsciously looked around warily.

As the senses weakened by the light of fear dissipated, Xiao Hongchen quickly pieced together the cause and effect, and breathed a sigh of relief as if granted a pardon. Then, with lingering fear, he said:

"Damn it! I'll never experience that soul skill of yours again! It's just too realistic!"

Huo Yumiao didn't care about Xiao Hongchen's curses at all. "You reap what you sow. Hasn't your mental strength improved too?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongchen immediately began to sense the changes in his spiritual power, having completely forgotten about the possibility of spiritual power growth.

The next second, Xiao Hongchen, who had just looked disgusted, instantly changed his expression, his tone became sincere, and his eyes became extremely earnest.

"Yu Miao, actually I was possessed by a ghost just now, please let me experience it a few more times!"

Xiao Hongchen's reaction was remarkably swift. The reason for this was that, after his recent perception, Xiao Hongchen discovered that his mental strength had increased—by nearly ten percent!
Mental strength is not the same as soul power. Apart from mental-type soul masters, it is almost impossible for other types of soul masters to see obvious changes after a year or two of hard training like soul power.

Ordinary Soul Masters might not care much, but for Xiao Hongchen, whose combat power is already equivalent to his mental strength, the importance of mental strength is self-evident.

Such a large increase in just a few minutes is something Xiao Hongchen would never have dared to dream of before.

If Huo Yumiao weren't Guan Lao's disciple, with a status even more prestigious than his own, he would have truly wanted to control her and use such a trick on him from time to time. Wouldn't that be faster than hard cultivation?

"Senior Xiao, you didn't say that just now."

Huo Yuhao said weakly, but Xiao Hongchen remained unfazed and replied, "Yuhao, you misheard."

"You'll probably have to wait quite a while, at least a month, before you can get rid of the resistance from this breakthrough."

Upon hearing Huo Yumiao's words, Xiao Hongchen's face showed visibly disappointment, but he quickly recovered.

For mental strength, such a level of growth is quite terrifying even if it only happens once every few months; being able to laugh at the mortal world once every few months is already a pleasant surprise.

"Why hasn't the dream come out yet?" After waiting for another ten minutes or so, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but ask first.

Huo Yumiao did not answer immediately. Her eyes flashed with bloodlust. After a long while, she slowly spoke, "She is completely trapped in the illusion. It will be very difficult for her to see through it and escape."

Huo Yumiao does not have the ability to examine or change the illusions trapped in the subject, and it is unknown whether this will change as her mental strength increases in the future.

However, as the caster, Huo Yumiao could vaguely sense Meng Hongchen's current mental state. In his perception, Meng Hongchen showed no signs of escaping the illusion.

Forget about overcoming fear, he hasn't even reached the point of recognizing fear. Meng Hongchen is currently completely immersed in virtual fear and shows no signs of developing self-awareness.

Upon hearing Huo Yumiao's words, Xiao Hongchen fell silent for a moment, instead recalling the illusion he had just experienced.

Even now, Xiao Hongchen still feels angry when he thinks about everything he saw in the illusion, even though he knows it was all fake.

Xiao Hongchen knew the reason he was able to overcome it: it was because his grandfather in the illusion was so miserable that he was able to overcome his fear entirely through pure, oblivious anger.

Although they are siblings, Xiao Hongchen dared not say that he knew what Meng Hongchen's inner fears were, after all, he only knew what Meng was afraid of.

But fear and terror are two different concepts. Fear is often superficial, while terror, something deeper, is hard to expose.

Moreover, in the past fifteen years, apart from his grandfather's passing, Xiao Hongchen couldn't think of anything else that could be a source of his inner fear, let alone speculate about Meng Hongchen.

Therefore, although Xiao Hongchen hoped that Meng Hongchen would overcome her fear, he dared not guarantee that his sister would definitely be able to overcome it.

“Something has changed.” A few minutes later, Huo Yumiao suddenly said that Meng Hongchen’s mental state had begun to struggle; simply put, he had begun to fight against his fear.

"Is the dream about to succeed?" Xiao Hongchen asked nervously, hoping that his sister would break through the illusion.

"We're not sure if it will succeed, but they've started to resist." After Huo Yumiao finished speaking, the three of them continued to wait.

Before long, intense fluctuations of soul power emanated from Meng Hongchen's body, the surging soul power rushing out and causing Meng Hongchen's clothes to flutter loudly.

Meng Hongchen opened his eyes, his scarlet eyes filled with madness, and anyone could see how abnormal his state was.

As the owners of the Zhu Qing Ice Toad Martial Soul, which is primarily ice-attribute, Huo Yumiao and the other two felt a wave of scorching heat rushing towards them.

"Meng!" Xiao Hongchen called out anxiously, taking a step forward to put his hand on Meng Hongchen's shoulder, when the fifth spirit ring, symbolizing ten thousand years, lit up instantly among the five spirit rings at Meng Hongchen's feet.

The two energies, ice blue and fire red, intertwined in Meng Hongchen's hands, and the two colors of soul power converged to form a cone-shaped energy body resembling a drill.

This is Meng Hongchen's fifth soul skill, and also her strongest attack soul skill to date: Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Drill. As a single-target attack soul skill, it means that its power will undoubtedly be enormous.

Two people present recognized Meng Hongchen's Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Drill. One was Xiao Hongchen, who had personally witnessed his sister use it, and the other was Huo Yumiao. Although he had never seen it, he was well-versed in the original novel and knew a great deal about Meng Hongchen.

Two colors of energy swirled and moved in opposite directions on the surface of the cone-shaped energy body, carrying terrifying power as they hurtled towards Xiao Hongchen, who was stepping forward. At such close range, none of the three could react in time, and Xiao Hongchen was even less likely to be on guard against his sister, which resulted in a solid Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill striking Xiao Hongchen.

A layer of golden light emanated from Xiao Hongchen's body, firmly enveloping him. The protective effect came from Xiao Hongchen's resilient barrier.

In just a moment, the golden light shining on the resilient wall dimmed, and in the next second, it turned into specks of light and shattered in the air.

The reason why Xiao Hongchen's resilient barrier, which could withstand even a strike from a level seven soul tool, shattered was mainly due to two reasons:

On one hand, Xiao Hongchen lost some of his soul power in the previous two-on-two doubles battle, and on the other hand, he used a lot of the soul skill Golden Condensation when he was trying to reach the bottom line of the Light of Fear's mental power.

This not only consumes mental energy, but also inevitably causes a significant drain on soul energy.

On the other hand, there is Meng Hongchen's current state, a very special state of "feeding back".

The breaking of the tough wall only dimmed the light of the Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill slightly, and it landed on Xiao Hongchen's chest and abdomen without slowing down.

All that could be heard was the sizzling sound of roasting meat, accompanied by the roar of energy and the sound of air being cut through. This attack pierced through Xiao Hongchen's entire body.

A large amount of blood splattered, along with some small fragments of internal organs. If it had been a blunt force trauma, Xiao Hongchen's injuries might have been less severe.

However, the Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Drill is a real, physically sharp attack, which maximizes the damage Xiao Hongchen suffers.

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen had only one thought in his mind: in future sparring, the Invincible Shield would take priority over the Resilient Wall!

The Invincible Shield is at least level five, and as a level five soul tool, it can only be activated by a Soul King.

As a level 5 soul tool that can release a shield to withstand attacks from Soul Douluo, it does not rely solely on the internal golden crystal. The soul power consumption is also not weak, but it is relatively small compared to other shield-type soul tools.

Furthermore, the Invincible Shield is an active activation type, unlike the Resilient Wall which is passively triggered. In combat, the active type is definitely not as useful as the passive type.

Xiao Hongchen certainly has plenty of invincible shields, but these are used in dangerous battles, and it's impossible to use them in daily sparring.

Otherwise, if you have an invincible shield against any attack, what's the point of fighting? You won't be able to gain experience in actual combat.

However, protective soul tools are indispensable, so Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen use the Resilient Wall in their daily lives. With their soul power as Soul Kings, this thing can withstand the attack of a level 7 soul tool at its limit.

Most importantly, the Resilient Wall is triggered, making it more useful than the Invincible Shield when they can't react in time.

The reason why Xiao Hongchen was unable to activate the invincible shield in time was also related to his previous consumption of soul power and Meng Hongchen's current state.

Faced with excruciating pain, Xiao Hongchen immediately turned his gaze to Huo Yumiao, squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth, "Suppress the dream quickly!"

Although Huo Yumiao and Huo Yuhao did not know what "suppression" meant in Xiao Hongchen's words, they both knew that the primary goal was to subdue Meng Hongchen first.

Moreover, as both of them were spirit-type soul masters, and Huo Yumiao was also the caster, they could clearly sense the current state of Meng Hongchen's mental chaos.

Such a state of mental confusion is virtually impossible to occur when the person is fully conscious.

Facing Meng Hongchen, who possessed both ice and fire attributes, Huo Yumiao and Meng Hongchen used their second martial soul, Ultimate Ice, with perfect coordination.

Ice and fire, taken individually, would be completely suppressed by the ultimate ice, let alone Meng Hongchen, who possesses both.

Moreover, Meng Hongchen is currently facing the dual suppression of two extreme ice beings. The two of them haven't even made a move; it's merely a suppression based on pure attributes.

In just a moment, the soul power within Meng Hongchen's body completely went out of control and subsided, and the Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill also dissipated in her hand.

However, her mental strength was not suppressed along with her soul power; Meng Hongchen remained in a state of mental chaos.

Although Meng Hongchen's mental energy was still in a chaotic state, the suppression of his attributes was absolute, etched into his martial soul instincts.

Meng Hongchen's mind was still in a state of confusion, but at the same time, just like his martial soul, he felt a deep fear of extreme ice, and was forced to stand there blankly without moving.

When a person is in extreme pain, they will temporarily lose the ability to feel pain until they are subjected to a second, more intense stimulus. This is the case with Xiao Hongchen. He is frighteningly calm now.

Although his face was very pale due to massive blood loss, his lips trembled, and his body convulsed, his tone of voice was extremely calm.

"Listen to me, Meng is currently in the stage of being attacked by the cold poison. At this time, she has no self-awareness. When her soul power is exhausted, she will automatically break out of this state."

Generally speaking, soul power can only be consumed by her actively, but you are the ultimate ice beings, so you should have other ways to deal with her. If not, go find your teacher immediately; Elder Guan will definitely have a solution.

Backlash from the cold poison? Upon hearing Xiao Hongchen's words, Huo Yumiao immediately understood the answer.

The Zhu Qing Ice Toad is known as the king of the crevices in the far north because its territory is located on the outskirts of the far north, bordering the human world.

The reason they don't venture deep into the far north and prefer to stay on the outermost edge of the far north is not because they lack strength, but because they cannot enter the interior of the far north.

One reason is that the core of the far north is guarded by the clans of the three Heavenly Kings, making the competition extremely fierce and making it very difficult for Zhu Qingbingchan to gain a foothold.

But this is only a difficulty for them, not an insurmountable one; they have the ability to take over a territory in the core area of ​​the far north.

The real reason is that it is unclear why, although their entire bodies are of the ice attribute, their eyes are of the fire attribute. This unique characteristic makes them unable to fully adapt to the extreme cold of the core area of ​​the far north.

These unique fire-attribute eyes mean that their strength will not only not be enhanced in the core area of ​​the far north, but will actually be greatly reduced.

However, every loss has its gain. The strength of the Zhu Qing Ice Toad lies in its unique cold poison produced by the alternation of ice and fire attributes, which accounts for more than half of its strength.

In fact, the Zhu Qing Ice Toad, as a martial soul of a Soul Master, has appeared in the history of the continent, but none of them became famous figures, also because of this cold poison.

This cold poison, possessing both ice and fire attributes, can backfire on its master. If not handled properly, the soul master will die from the poison attacking their heart. Therefore, it is rare for someone to cultivate it into a powerful figure.

Huo Yumiao, as a time traveler, was well aware of this information.

(End of this chapter)