Chapter 186 - 185: Spiritual Attack

"What? You want to fight?" Tang Yi said disdainfully.

He used his Celestial Eye Technique to check. The cold-looking young man before him was named Mo Ran, and his Level was only at the Battle Spirit Level. Tang Yi wasn’t the least bit afraid of him.

If this guy named Mo Ran dared to make a move, Tang Yi was confident he could beat him so bad his own mother wouldn’t recognize him.

"Of course I won’t. This is the West Mansion. Fighting is forbidden here," Mo Ran said.

Mo Ran wasn’t wrong. In Jiuji City, regardless of which Palace one belonged to, disciples were not allowed to fight in the streets. If you wanted to fight, you had to go to a place called the Martial Arts Arena.

Each of the Outer Mansion Eight Palaces had its own Martial Arts Arena for disciples to gain practical combat Experience or to settle disputes.

A powerhouse from the West Mansion would be present there to oversee things, so nothing too serious could happen, allowing everyone to vent their frustrations freely.

However, Mo Ran wasn’t finished. Physical fights were forbidden, but...

’What does the Dui Palace specialize in?’

’We specialize in Spiritual Power!’

’Spiritual Power is formless and shadowless, perfect for catching enemies by surprise. As long as no one sees it, who’s to say who made the move?’

At this thought, the corners of Mo Ran’s mouth lifted into a disdainful smile.

’How dare you look down on the Dui Palace? In that case, I’ll let you have a taste of the Dui Palace’s ultimate technique!’

As he thought this, Mo Ran stared straight at Tang Yi. A flash of purple suddenly appeared in his pupils. This hint of purple seemed to have weathered the ages, yet also looked like it was newly born from nirvana, carrying with it an infinite, dreamlike mystique.

Tang Yi saw the corners of Mo Ran’s mouth lift into a strange smile. Just as he was feeling puzzled, a flash of purple light suddenly shot out from Mo Ran’s eyes.

The purple light flashed by in an instant, difficult to notice. No one else around them saw it!

Fortunately, Tang Yi’s Level was higher than Mo Ran’s, which was the only reason he detected the strange purple light.

Just as Tang Yi was about to investigate what that purple light was, his head suddenly jolted, and he found he couldn’t move!

Not only that, but a bizarre sensation also appeared in his mind!

Tang Yi focused his mind inward and discovered a murky gray Power enveloping his mind and frantically assaulting it.

This Power was extremely mysterious. It had appeared with shocking suddenness and immediately began to invade Tang Yi’s mind with frenzied aggression, seeking to wreak havoc within it.

From this Power, Tang Yi felt an unparalleled threat, even the scent of death.

That’s right, death!

This Power made Tang Yi feel the threat of death!

Tang Yi had only experienced this feeling once before: when he was ambushed by the Poisonous Cat King and nearly died!

He hadn’t even felt this way when facing a Battle Emperor Powerhouse, yet he was feeling it now.

It was easy to imagine just how lethal this murky gray Power was.

’What is this murky gray Power?’

Tang Yi was utterly baffled.

At that moment, he recalled the flash of purple light from Mo Ran’s eyes...

’Specializes in Spiritual Power, purple light...’

’Could it be him?’

The realization dawned on Tang Yi!

’Yes, that has to be it. It must be Mo Ran who launched this attack on me.’

’And this attack... it’s a Spiritual Attack!’

As he came to this understanding, Tang Yi was also incredibly shocked.

’A Spiritual Attack is this powerful?’

’Even though my Level is higher than his, I’m feeling the threat of death from his attack?’

Horrified, Tang Yi deeply regretted not carefully examining the information he had gotten from his Celestial Eye Technique earlier.

Tang Yi had only glanced at Mo Ran’s Level and name before closing the interface, so he didn’t know the full details of Mo Ran’s abilities.

’What should I do now?’

As the assault from the gray Energy grew stronger, a stabbing pain began to spread through Tang Yi’s mind. The pain sent him into a panic, making him feel utterly helpless, because he had no idea how to Resist it!

Tang Yi had never experienced such a feeling of powerlessness before.

He never would have thought that a Spiritual Attack from the Dui Palace could directly affect a person’s soul, leaving them unable to fight back!

’Looking at it this way, the Dui Palace really is incredible!’

HUMMM!

Just as Tang Yi felt his spiritual world was about to be breached and obliterated, a soft hum echoed in his mind.

It was as if something had awakened.

Immediately, a stream of cyan Energy emerged from an unknown source. It spread out rapidly, tangling with the gray Energy that had invaded Tang Yi’s mind.

The moment the gray Energy came into contact with the cyan Energy, it was as if it had touched something terrifying. It beat a hasty retreat, then slowly dissolved, and finally vanished from Tang Yi’s mind.

In just a moment, Tang Yi’s mind cleared, and he could move his body again.

The process seemed to have taken a long time, but in the outside world, only the blink of an eye had passed. To onlookers, it appeared as though Tang Yi had just spaced out for a second.

"So, these are the Dui Palace’s Techniques?"

Tang Yi raised his head and looked at Mo Ran. Having just experienced the threat of death, helplessness, and despair, Tang Yi should have been furious enough to kill Mo Ran on the spot. However, he was now exceptionally calm and felt no resentment toward Mo Ran.

Mo Ran’s attack had made Tang Yi realize his own shortcomings.

He lacked any means of Resisting Spiritual Power!

A Spiritual Attack was truly incredible. Just a flash of purple light from the eyes could leave a person unable to Resist. If not for that sudden surge of cyan Energy in his mind, Tang Yi’s soul might have been extinguished by now. Even if he hadn’t died, he probably would have been turned into an idiot.

Tang Yi felt a mix of lingering fear and excitement.

’A Spiritual Attack...’

’It seems pretty amazing. It’s exactly the kind of offensive technique I need.’

However, as Wang Bi’Er had said, such a powerful technique must be incredibly difficult to master. Otherwise, the Dui Palace wouldn’t be ranked at the very bottom.

But Tang Yi had his system. No matter how difficult something was to master, it wasn’t a problem for him.

At this moment, after witnessing Mo Ran’s Spiritual Attack, Tang Yi made his decision. He was going to join the Dui Palace!

Meanwhile, on the other side, after launching his Spiritual Attack at Tang Yi, Mo Ran was about to turn and leave with a sneer.

In his mind, a mere candidate would be completely unable to resist his powerful Spiritual Attack and would undoubtedly be turned into an idiot.

Mo Ran hadn’t used a lethal attack; he only wanted to turn Tang Yi into an idiot.

That lesson would be a sufficient price for Tang Yi’s earlier disrespectful words about the Dui Palace.

However, before he could even turn around, something unexpected happened. The candidate before him seemed completely unharmed by his Spiritual Attack and had even started speaking normally!

"You!! You’re fine?" Mo Ran asked in confusion, sizing Tang Yi up.

"Heh, just as you see," Tang Yi chuckled.

"Impossible! Even a disciple from the Outer Mansion would be injured by my Purple Extreme Soul Devouring Skill! You’re just a candidate about to enter the mansion, how could you possibly Resist it?" Mo Ran said, shaking his head in disbelief.