Chapter 1001: Soul Control

Rising in Kyushu

Hearing Lu Ye say this, Yu Daiwei thought for a moment, then turned to instruct Dao Thirteen: "Don't enter this room. At all other times, whenever he shows himself, you must follow him and stay by his side without fail!"

"Yes," Dao Thirteen replied woodenly as before.

"Stay put!" Yu Daiwei glanced at him teasingly, then turned and headed towards the secret realm's exit. It seemed she was truly leaving.

Lu Ye immediately stepped forward to follow.

Yu Daiwei naturally knew what he meant and didn't stop him.

A moment later, the secret realm's exit opened. Yu Daiwei flashed out and disappeared from sight. After she vanished, the exit quickly closed again.

Lu Ye turned to look at Dao Thirteen, who was still by his side, and silently calculated in his mind what chance he would have of killing him if he used his Dragon Seat.

Although he didn't know Dao Thirteen's exact cultivation level in the Divine Sea Realm, he was certain that Dao Thirteen was weaker than Yu Daiwei.

However, after observing Dao Thirteen's sturdy physique, Lu Ye abandoned his idea.

Directly fighting a Divine Sea Realm cultivator like this would be too difficult for him. Moreover, even if he miraculously succeeded in killing Dao Thirteen, it wouldn't significantly help his plan to escape this place, as he would still be trapped in this secret realm.

However, with the Sovereign gone and Yu Daiwei gone, only the seemingly unintelligent Dao Thirteen remained.

The opportunity he had patiently awaited had finally arrived!

Previously, with Yu Daiwei always in this nameless secret realm, many things were inconvenient for Lu Ye to do, but how could he simply accept his fate?

During the several days he was captured, he hadn't been idle. He already had a clear plan for how to escape.

He had originally thought the plan couldn't be executed anytime soon, but the opportunity had arrived much sooner than expected.

He strolled back to his wooden hut. Dao Thirteen followed closely, just as Yu Daiwei had instructed, never leaving his side.

Lu Ye tried to communicate with him a few times, but Dao Thirteen gave no response, so he simply gave up.

Inside the wooden hut, Lu Ye sat cross-legged, his mind immersed in observing his Talent Tree.

In the past few days, he had activated the power of his Talent Tree to completely consume all the fire spirit stones he had accumulated, and a large number of leaves on the tree trunk had been ignited.

Most of these leaves did not carry any specific abilities, but even so, Lu Ye gained two new abilities.

Lu Ye had not yet checked what these two new abilities were, mainly because he had an expectation in his heart, hoping to activate more abilities and see if he could obtain the one he truly desired.

But now that the fire spirit stones were depleted and Yu Daiwei had also left, he naturally couldn't wait any longer.

He had a faint feeling that the more he wanted something, the less likely he was to get it.

As his mind was immersed, the intricate patterns on the leaves slowly enlarged in his vision, followed by a flood of information entering his mind.

Fortunately, his divine sense had already formed, giving him great resistance to such mental impacts. He only felt a slight pain in his head, which quickly subsided without major issue.

Numerous pieces of information erupted and surged within his mind, and Lu Ye slowly understood the profound mysteries of the new abilities.

United Spirit...

It was indeed not the ability he had been hoping for. As he carefully comprehended it, Lu Ye was slightly moved.

Strictly speaking, this ability was somewhat similar to the Divine Rainbow Sea Realm; both were abilities for borrowing power.

But it seemed more versatile than the Divine Rainbow Sea Realm.

The Divine Rainbow Sea Realm only worked on two people, allowing them to mutually borrow all the profound reserves of each other's physical bodies.

United Spirit also involved borrowing power, but it wasn't limited to just two people. Everyone within the ability's range could mutually borrow power. As for the effect of borrowing power, Lu Ye hadn't tried it and couldn't deduce it.

In comparison, both abilities had their pros and cons, and United Spirit was more suitable for forming formations.

For different cultivators to form a formation was not an easy task. Each person's aura, cultivation, and temperament being different all posed obstacles to forming a formation.

Only cultivators who had spent years together, shared an extremely close bond, or undergone long periods of coordinated practice had the chance to form formations. Once a formation was established, the cultivators' auras would be closely linked, often allowing them to unleash power far exceeding that of individual members.

Therefore, in this regard, United Spirit was not merely about borrowing power but rather combining the strength of different cultivators into one, allowing them to unleash power beyond their own.

This was indeed a good ability, but for Lu Ye's current situation, its usefulness was limited.

He then checked the other ability.

This was a divine pattern that had to be activated by divine sense!

Lu Ye immediately thought of his other divine pattern, Charm, and there were clearly many similarities between the two.

Back then, in the Heavenly Yuan City secret realm, by relying on the Charm divine pattern, he had controlled a team of insectoids, slaughtering enemies in all directions, earning a large amount of battle merits and exchanging them for many Soul Cleansing Waters.

But the effect of the Charm divine pattern was more like bewitchment, and under its influence, only insectoids with low intelligence would obey his commands.

In contrast, the effect of Soul Control was more thorough.

This was absolute mastery over the soul!

One was bewitchment and deception, the other was control and enslavement; naturally, they were not the same.

This ability...

Lu Ye's eyes slowly lit up. He stood up and pushed open the wooden hut's door.

Dao Thirteen stood outside like a wooden post. His sturdy body appeared relaxed, yet it contained astonishing explosive power.

"Look up," Lu Ye instructed him. Dao Thirteen seemed not to have heard him.

Lu Ye had no choice but to subtly activate his divine sense to unleash the Soul Control ability on Dao Thirteen.

After several interactions, Lu Ye had noticed that Dao Thirteen's intelligence clearly had significant flaws. His strength was indeed formidable, but his mind was not very sharp.

So Lu Ye wanted to try if he could use the Soul Control divine pattern on Dao Thirteen. If successful, he would be able to easily control Dao Thirteen.

Then he could make Dao Thirteen open the secret realm entrance, and he himself could leave. How wonderful would that that be?

As his divine sense surged, Lu Ye clearly felt a formidable resistance hindering his divine sense from the front. It was like an invisible barrier.

This was Dao Thirteen's soul defense!

Although that guy wasn't very intelligent, he was, after all, a Divine Sea Realm cultivator. How could his soul defense be so easily breached?

Instead, Lu Ye's head buzzed, giving him the sensation of running headfirst into a bronze wall or an iron barrier, making him momentarily dizzy.

This was also a contest of divine souls, but Dao Thirteen was clearly superior!

Shaking his head, Lu Ye's vision slowly recovered, only to see Dao Thirteen looking up at him, his brows tightly furrowed, appearing somewhat angry...

Lu Ye ignored him, composed himself slightly, and activated the Soul Control ability again.

With a boom, the sensation of running headfirst into a bronze wall or iron barrier returned. Lu Ye staggered, and the reaction was even stronger than before.

He recovered with great difficulty. Lu Ye felt somewhat parched and nauseous, which was clearly a sign of excessive mental exertion.

Simply activating the Soul Control divine pattern wouldn't cause such a strong reaction. It was merely because he failed to break through Dao Thirteen's soul defense that Lu Ye himself suffered a considerable backlash.

He quickly took out a drop of Soul Cleansing Water and swallowed it, only then recovering.

Looking up, he saw Dao Thirteen was even angrier. He clenched both his fists, his knuckles cracking, his eyes glaring like copper bells, and huffing out cold breaths from his nostrils, looking very much as if he was about to beat someone up.

Lu Ye's eyelid twitched. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty, feeling as if he were bullying an honest person.

Hardening his heart, he activated the Soul Control divine pattern on Dao Thirteen for the third time.

As the saying goes, "things don't go beyond three." If it still had no effect this time, it would be completely hopeless, and Lu Ye was mentally prepared for this. Although he had, by chance, given birth to divine sense and nurtured a soul body, he was, after all, not a true divine sense cultivator.

At the True Lake Realm level, his divine soul was formidable, but compared to a true Divine Sea Realm cultivator, it was nothing, and breaking through Dao Thirteen's soul defense would be very difficult.

Another violent impact sensation came. Lu Ye was again dizzy, and in his vision, a fist seemed to rapidly enlarge, immediately followed by him falling to the ground with a thud, losing consciousness.

It was unknown how much time had passed when Lu Ye slowly regained consciousness. Thanks to having swallowed a drop of Soul Cleansing Water earlier, he didn't feel much discomfort, but in his divine mind, his divine sense power was considerably depleted.

He slowly crawled up from the ground, shook his head, faintly sensing something was wrong. He raised a hand to wipe his mouth and nose, and his hand came away covered in blood.

Memories from before he fainted surged back. He looked up, glaring at Dao Thirteen in anger: "You hit me?"

Earlier, amidst the soul shock, he had vaguely seen a fist rapidly enlarging in his vision. Only now did he realize that he had been punched by Dao Thirteen!

Dao Thirteen lowered his head, unmoving. Although his mind wasn't sharp, he also knew what he had just done was wrong. It was mainly because he couldn't hold back for a moment; it was his body's instinctive reaction.

Lu Ye was even angrier: "Your master told you to monitor me! Who told you to punch me?"

As he spoke, he delivered a kick directly to Dao Thirteen's chest.

Dao Thirteen's body merely trembled slightly, unperturbed, while Lu Ye's expression shifted. He slowly put down the foot he had kicked out, and visibly, his thigh down to his calf was trembling slightly.

That guy's physical body was truly like bronze cast iron. That kick didn't affect him at all, but Lu Ye's foot felt somewhat numb instead.

Dao Thirteen, having been kicked, his sturdy body recoiled slightly. He was already somewhat hunched, and now looked even more hunched, appearing as if he had done something wrong.

"There won't be a next time!" Lu Ye glared fiercely at him, slammed the door shut, and squatted down, rubbing his somewhat cramped calf.

It was confirmed: Soul Control was useless against Dao Thirteen!

At the very least, until his divine soul power surpassed Dao Thirteen's, it would be useless. If he couldn't break through Dao Thirteen's soul defense, how could he control him?

Inside the wooden hut, Lu Ye recovered for a while and activated the Shadow Clone ability.

A moment later, a shadow clone, condensed from his own spiritual and blood energy, formed. He then cast Twin Lotus on the clone.

The roots of the Talent Tree extended into the shadow clone, and the clone gradually solidified. Very quickly, a clone identical to his main body appeared.