SoulLand:Ascending to Godhood through Science

Chapter 67: The Soul Shattering Technique and the Seed of Fear

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

Hu Liena let out an incoherent scream, her legs giving way as she collapsed to the ground.

Her eyes were vacant, face contorted, as tears, mucus, and saliva streamed uncontrollably down her face.

A faint stench wafted from the grass, a result of her losing control over her bodily functions in fear.

The dark sky, the deserted wilderness, combined with You Chen's psychological presence as someone who had punished her before...

Under the influence of You Chen's now well-practiced "Soul Shattering Technique," Hu Liena's fear was amplified to its utmost extent...

Creating a twisted world filled with horror from her perspective.

If You Chen hadn't deliberately held back, keeping a mental leash on Hu Liena, given the vast gulf in mental strength between them, this blow could have left her permanently insane.

You Chen's goal was to discomfort Bibi Dong, not to drive her into madness and provoke her into killing him.

He was merely deeply irritated by Hu Liena's persistent pursuit to cause trouble, aiming to scare her enough to deter future provocations and prevent a repeat of today's out-of-control situation.

However, the intensity of this "scare" was slightly higher than intended.

In fact, if she saw his face in the next year or two, Hu Liena would likely wet herself from fear. In the future, while it wouldn't be as extreme, she would never muster the will to confront or challenge You Chen again.

And even five years, ten years down the line... even if she became a Soul Saint or a Soul Douluo, this psychological shadow wouldn't dissipate.

As for whether the influence of the Soul Shattering Technique would fade if Hu Liena reached the level of a Title Douluo or achieved the spiritual realm of the Spiritual Domain (a tangible, substantive state), You Chen couldn't say for certain.

The greatest advantage of the Soul Shattering Technique was that, unless she encountered You Chen himself, Hu Liena would appear completely normal in other circumstances.

You Chen effectively planted a seed of fear in Hu Liena's heart, one that would only sprout in his presence.

Not even Bibi Dong would notice anything amiss with Hu Liena.

And Hu Liena herself would bury this memory deep in her mind, never wanting to bring it up.

Aside from You Chen, the only other person who knew about this, who knew that You Chen had used a terrifying mental technique on the Pope's disciple, was Tang Hao!

Whoosh.

As You Chen left Hu Liena behind in that desolate place, Tang Hao, cloaked in black, finally moved closer to observe her.

'What a terrifying mental skill. Is it a self-created technique by You Chen? Will this girl remain in a stupor?'

As Tang Hao pondered with a frown, he was astonished to see Hu Liena's eyes gradually regain clarity.

"Huh, where am I?"

Hu Liena blinked in confusion, feeling the uncomfortable stickiness on her body, then abruptly looked down and screamed incoherently.

Naturally, any woman who cared about her appearance would never want to find herself in such a messy state...

Hu Liena first glanced toward Nordin City, her expression briefly unnatural, before sharply turning her head away: "No way! Absolutely not! I can't go into the city like this!"

Hu Liena had forgotten what had happened, but under the influence of the seed of fear, she instinctively didn't want to approach Nordin City and provided herself with a reasonable explanation.

Thus, feeling that she had been out long enough, Hu Liena decided to quickly find a place with clean water outside the city to wash up and then return to Wuhun City.

Tang Hao, having witnessed the entire scene, was left incredulous.

Using such a strange mental technique on the Pope's disciple was a leverage You Chen had deliberately handed to Tang Hao.

Some might mistakenly believe from an omniscient perspective that You Chen had calculated Tang Hao's thoughts perfectly.

But that wasn't the case.

You Chen could only roughly estimate the possible directions of Tang Hao's thinking.

He might simply see it as a dog-eat-dog scenario between You Chen and Bibi Dong, or consider You Chen a potential ally, or see him as an indirect ally not to be interfered with?

These three possibilities were ones You Chen found acceptable.

This also meant there were less favorable possibilities from You Chen's perspective.

As mentioned before, in Nordin City, You Chen was more wary of Tang Hao than the distant Bibi Dong.

So, to steer Tang Hao away from deciding to eliminate him, You Chen chose to expose this leverage.

With this leverage, even if Tang Hao wanted to eliminate You Chen, he would likely use You Chen first before dealing with him.

Tang Hao, having been a leader and master of the four single-attribute clans, would understand the principle of making full use of what he had.

What You Chen feared most was Tang Hao acting impulsively and directly killing him.

As long as that didn't happen, there would be room for maneuvering.

As long as there was room to maneuver, You Chen had a chance to survive!

This leverage was both a gift and an insurance You Chen had prepared in advance!

As for Tang Hao actually using it to threaten him?

That would be another level of contest when the time came!

And You Chen had the confidence that he would prevail in such a contest!

If Tang Hao never utilized this leverage and You Chen grew stronger...

Then such leverage would become irrelevant, unable to affect You Chen at all.

...

After a day filled with decisions, scheming, and battles, even You Chen felt mentally and physically exhausted.

Returning to his residence, a place fortified with numerous wards and barriers, You Chen could finally let his guard down a little.

Only then did he have the leisure to organize the gains from the day.

Checking the system's logs, he happily noted his progress.

Not only had he completed the task related to Tang San, but he had also entirely fulfilled his task concerning Yu Xiaogang.

This involved a directive he had given to a Wuhun Hall official earlier in the day...

But rewards were the priority now, so let's focus on those first.

Both tasks were completed in full.

The more common rewards included: ten Intermediate Nutrition Pills, Intermediate Spirit Power Pills, Intermediate Strength Pills, Intermediate Speed Pills, and Intermediate Spirit Power Amplification Pills, as well as one Intermediate Experience Pill.

More notably, there was one Spirit Ring Age Enhancement Card (Millennium).

Remaining rewards included: special rewards of one "Bone Refinement," two "Insight into Essence," and three "Sudden Inspiration."

And the most precious: a self-adaptive optimal age torso bone (with a hundred-thousand-year age limit) and the technique "Divine Elephant Strength (Pseudo)."

To say that he was richly rewarded would be an understatement.

Without doubt, this was the most luxurious reward list the system had provided so far, excluding the previous special self-adaptive spirit ring!

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