Chapter 202: Reigning Supreme
Eve's training methods were quite harsh. Is there a way to utilize mental power? Yes. When Du Qianjue previously used mental power of a tangible and substantial level to construct the prototype of the Snow Emperor Palace, he employed the powers of mental force in conjunction with the Perpetual Frost Domain, allowing the palace to be erected in an extremely short time.
As for the functions of mental power, Du Qianjue had already mastered them. However, that was not enough; he needed to be even more precise and meticulous. Thus, the initial training did not involve Eve teaching anything to Du Qianjue directly. Instead, she had him work on decorating the Snow Emperor Palace with Xue Ling Long. Each decoration required him to first construct a prototype with his mental power and then shape it with ice elements.
This process tested both his imagination and his meticulous application of mental power, including the size of each item, its placement area, the pattern engravings on it, and the transparency of the ice used.
Only when he actually started the process did Du Qianjue begin to regret building the Snow Emperor Palace on such a grand scale. Initially, Xue lingLong intended to help him, but Eve, always smiling, took her away since it was essential for Du Qianjue to deepen his mental power usage on his own to lay a solid foundation. Yes, a foundation.
Mental power, in essence, is telekinesis, a biological mind's interference with reality. Tangible and substantial mental power already possesses the so-called ability of 'making thoughts come true' because anything you wish to see can be materialized with mental power. Moreover, you can see and touch the person or object materialized by your mental power.
Isn't that the essence of making thoughts come true?
Therefore, to enhance the effectiveness of mental power, the basic requirement is to learn to use it flexibly in various aspects. Only after mastering this step can one advance to the next stage of cultivation.
It took Du Qianjue three months to complete the decorations for the massive Snow Emperor Palace to Eve's satisfaction. During this period, she dismissed countless items created by Du Qianjue out of creative exhaustion. Initially, Du Qianjue was somewhat frantic, but as time passed, he found himself growing fond of this process of mental exploration.
It felt as though he was living in his own world, like a creator, freely altering and reshaping his environment. Gradually, he became addicted to this process, using his mental power more flexibly. After the initial half-month of frenzy, he even began to enjoy it during the latter two and a half months.
When the last relief mural was completed, the mature and charming figure of Eve appeared beside Du Qianjue. "Master, congratulations, you have successfully laid a solid foundation for the use of your mental power. What are your thoughts on this process?" Eve asked with a smile. Despite her usual non-serious demeanor and occasional attempts to challenge her master, she was indeed a qualified teacher in this regard.
"I never imagined that the world of mental power could be so fascinating," Du Qianjue remarked, slightly in awe. With a thought, the scenery instantly changed from the Snow Emperor Palace to a peach orchard. The beautiful landscape, with peach blossoms falling from the branches, created a dreamlike scene that was irresistibly enchanting, even filling the air with a rich fragrance of flowers.
This was mental power field construction, also known as illusion. But it was not entirely an illusion, for it was an illusion created by Du Qianjue using tangible and substantial mental power. Everything was touchable, and the mental power also blurred your perception, making you feel as though you were truly in the peach orchard.
"What a beautiful scene, Eve. I wish you could see this beautiful world too," said Eve, catching a falling petal and bringing it to her nose to smell the fragrance. "You've already seen it, haven't you?" Du Qianjue asked with a slight smile. Even if constructed with mental power, who could deny everything around them? Was everything constructed with mental power necessarily false?
Eve paused, then nodded and laughed, "Yes, I've indeed seen it." "Master, you are now ready to move on to the next stage of mental power training. After the next phase, the future heights of your mental power will depend entirely on you." "I look forward to it. Let's begin," Du Qianjue waved his hand, dispelling the constructed peach orchard, and took the lead in walking outside.
Next, Eve showed Du Qianjue a signature trick of the Mermaid Princess tribe. What was their signature trick? The Mermaid Duet! With absolute mental power, perfectly replicate a previously released skill and use mental power for a second release! This sounds simple, but the amount of information and technical content involved is quite terrifying.
What does perfect replication mean? If you look at the original, even when Huo Yuhao sings the undead magic and opens the gates of the dead, his soul partner, Li ya, can replicate the same magic, stacking it on top of Huo Yuhao's magic, turning nine gates of the dead into eighteen.
Even undead magic can be replicated, how terrifying is that? Undead magic is not just any soul skill from the Douluo Continent! Isn't this more outrageous than the imprinting of the Silver Eagle Beast?
Li ya, after all, is just a newly broken-through ten-thousand-year 'little mermaid princess'. The former mermaid princess tribe leader, Eve, was the true great mermaid princess. On the accomplishments of the Mermaid Duet, naturally, Li ya could not compare to Eve.
Li ya could only replicate skills displayed by Huo Yuhao and release them a second time, but the former mermaid princess tribe leader could already replicate an opponent's skills! As long as she had seen and felt an ability with her mental power, she could replicate it with pure mental power and then release it! The difference is that the complexity of the skills increases the difficulty of replication. Skills that are too complex require experiencing them several times to be fully learned.
After all, replicating one's own released skills is different from replicating someone else's. This soul skill was inherited by Du Qianjue when the mermaid princess tribe leader sacrificed herself to him, but without Eve's guidance, Du Qianjue probably would have understood it only to the extent of 'knowing how to use it'.
It's like using a smartphone; Du Qianjue knows how to use it, but he can't make one. Compared to other manufacturers that also make smartphones, Du Qianjue naturally falls behind. And the strength of a soul skill is ultimately limited. After becoming a god, its usefulness is not very significant. It's better to analyze its principles and assimilate them into one's own abilities to become truly powerful.
And this is the path Du Qianjue has always been on. In the Douluo Continent, apart from the tyrant of the evil eye, it's hard to find anyone or any soul beast who understands the use of mental power better than Eve. In this regard, Eve is definitely an authority.
Aside from her memories of once being a mermaid princess, now having become a Banshee, she has also received many legacies belonging to the Banshee. Du Qianjue finds Eve to be a treasure trove, uncovering more valuable treasures the more he digs.
Until Du Qianjue turned seventeen, he continued to learn the use of mental power from Eve, analyzing the principles of the Mermaid Duet, and occasionally consulting electrolux about undead magic together. electrolux never held back, teaching both Du Qianjue and Eve wholeheartedly.
This allowed Du Qianjue to learn more and more about undead magic, and Eve also digested most of the legacy of the bloodline of the Banshee, completely moving away from the embarrassment of only being able to use the abilities of the former mermaid princess. Now, she also had her own methods.
Although she didn't care much on the surface, Eve was quite mindful of her former identity. She now served Du Qianjue loyally, and her past identity as a sea god follower disgusted her. If not for Du Qianjue needing to learn the use of mental power and the abilities of the former mermaid princess still being useful, Eve probably wouldn't even mention those things. Bad luck.
Unfortunately, Du Qianjue didn't know the thoughts of this big mermaid; otherwise, he would probably reward Eve well. Her ideological consciousness was too high.
After staying in the far north until he was seventeen, Du Qianjue also planned to leave. During this time, Du Qianjue focused his energy on improving his mental power and undead magic, slowing down his own cultivation somewhat, raising his level to only eighty-five. But his combat power had increased by several levels. Mental power was not only used for attack; its myriad applications allowed him to understand his own strength even better.
Even the long-unupdated Imperial Fist had developed a new style. Following the realm-breaking and sky-shaking styles, the Imperial Fist added a new style. This style, Du Qianjue named it 'Reigning Supreme'. Although the name was the same as Mu En's self-created soul skill, the core was completely different.
Mu En's Reigning Supreme fused mental power with soul power, attacking with soul power while impacting the enemy's mental power, imprinting an unbeatable notion in the enemy's spirit. In contrast, Du Qianjue's Imperial Fist · Reigning Supreme truly made him the king of elements, the king of power, combining his soul power with mental power to fuse all elements into one formidable attack.
After creating this punch, Du Qianjue even only swung half a punch, not fully unleashing it. Because no one could withstand it. Including himself. At his level of a soul fighter, his body's strength was simply not enough to bear the oppression of all elements fused into one, which was truly close to the attribute of chaos. Stronger than the half-baked chaos attribute formed by the fusion of the Ice Fire Dragon King by who knows how much.
According to Du Qianjue's estimate, he himself would have to cultivate his Nine-Turn Yuan Gong to the seventh layer to withstand the pressure after unleashing this punch. That is, the body of a god. The true chaos attribute, if not a divine-level body, simply cannot bear it. Even if he forcibly launched this punch, the enemy might die, but Du Qianjue's hand that launched the Imperial Fist, apart from the dragon king-level soul bone on his hand, probably wouldn't leave a trace of flesh and blood.
A divine-level attack, isn't it more fitting for the name Reigning Supreme than Mu En's? Du Qianjue still didn't know that Mu En had already died, and he somewhat wanted to meet Mu En to discuss whose soul skill was more suitable for the name Reigning Supreme. This punch, Reigning Supreme, couldn't be used, but Du Qianjue wasn't too disappointed. This punch could completely serve as his trump card, because as long as he didn't die, even if his entire arm was blown to just bones, the Metal of Life Spirit would help him fully recover.
Besides, there was still Bi ji. Biji certainly wouldn't let him hang around with just a bony arm; she would definitely heal him. Having been out for so long, Du Qianjue also planned to return to the Ben Ti Sect to check things out. After spending several years outside, leaving only Du Busi, the lonely old man at home, really wasn't quite proper.
(Du Busi: Nonsense, I have Xiao Xiao as a great-granddaughter, much better than you, you stinky boy!) (Jin Peng: Young master, please come back, I can't take it alone…)
This time, Xue lingLong still wasn't prepared to leave with Du Qianjue. "Qianjue, I'll wait for you in the far north, you can come find me anytime you miss me," Xue lingLong said tenderly, leaning into Du Qianjue's arms. She couldn't leave. Titan Snow Demon King A'Tai was preparing for his three-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation. To ensure A'Tai's successful breakthrough, Xue ling Long had to stay in the far north. After all, A'Tai was her chosen heir to the throne of the far north. If A'Tai died, Xue ling Long really couldn't find another soul beast to inherit the throne of the far north for a while.
As long as A'Tai succeeded in his breakthrough, Xue ling Long could just dust off her hands and leave. Once Du Qianjue successfully became a god, he could also directly take all the soul beasts of the far north away. In this case, whether Xue ling Long herself became the Snow Emperor didn't matter anymore. A'Tai's heart cried out in amazement, realizing he was just a tool beast.
Although Du Qianjue was reluctant, he could only part with Xue ling Long temporarily. "Do you want to leave Eve here to help you?" Du Qianjue asked. "No need, don't underestimate me, I am the Snow Emperor, the sovereign of the far north!" Xue ling Long said with a smile. Yes, she was now no worse than Di Tian, and she also had several thousand-year-old profound ice marrows in her hands. Helping A'Tai through his three-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation, while not exactly easy, was well within her capabilities.
"Eve, be sure to protect Qianjue well on the way. I always have a bad feeling, if I really couldn't leave, I wouldn't want Qianjue to go back alone," Xue ling Long said worriedly to Eve. "Don't worry, madam, even if Eve dies, I won't let anything happen to the master," Eve replied with a faint smile, her tone resolute.
A bad premonition? Du Qianjue stroked his chin, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes. At the level of cultivation Xue ling Long had reached, coupled with her nature as an ice sprite, naturally close to heaven and earth, such premonitions were definitely not unfounded. Perhaps… on his way back to the Ben Ti Sect, he really would encounter some interesting things?
In the Douluo Continent, apart from those two from the Holy Spirit Sect, only those two from the Hao Tian Sect could pose a threat to him, right? What do you think? Tang San's dogs, Da Ming and Er Ming?
(End of Chapter)