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Chapter 406 - 360: Mutation!

Chapter 406: Chapter 360: Mutation!

"Quick!"

With the handprint complete, a crimson Gold bead emerged at Ye Fan’s Yintang point; Ye Fan bellowed, and an invisible burst of Mind Power shot out, embedding itself in Wu Hu’s Yintang point.

—Puppetry Technique!

Overly worried about Su Liuli’s safety and seeing Wu Hu stubbornly attempting to negotiate terms, Ye Fan lost his patience and directly employed the miraculous Puppetry Technique.

This was the second time Ye Fan had used this earth-shattering, god-crying technique.

Previously, when the Shi Feng and Shi Ling brothers had attempted to assassinate him, Ye Fan had shattered their Consciousness; later, to deal with Young Master Bai from the Bai Family, Bai Luo, he risked being swallowed by the soul marks of the two brothers and controlled them through Puppetry Technique, thereby fabricating evidence of Bai Luo’s collusion with the Qinghong Gang in his assassination attempt, and had kicked Bai Luo into prison.

Having experienced the usage of ’Puppetry Technique’ once before, this time it was much easier for Ye Fan to employ this domineering and terrifying technique.

As the Mind Power entered Wu Hu’s body, Ye Fan controlled it as it surged towards Wu Hu’s Consciousness, planning to forcefully take control of Wu Hu’s body.

"This... this is Puppetry Technique?!"

Realizing that a powerful Mind Power was trying to control his body, Wu Hu, initially terrified, paused and nearly fainted!

Just now, when he saw Ye Fan shaping the handprint, he was wondering what magic Ye Fan would use against him.

He thought of many infamous techniques, but he had never dreamed that Ye Fan would use this Jianghu-renowned terrifying technique!

"As far as I know, magicians can only use Puppetry Technique after their Magic Cultivation has reached the Gang Qi Realm, how could you possibly use it?" Wu Hu looked at Ye Fan incredulously, panicking.

Without responding, Ye Fan manipulated his Mind Power and violently bombarded Wu Hu’s Consciousness!

He intended to first shatter Wu Hu’s Consciousness with the powerful Mind Power, and then take control of Wu Hu’s body!

"Hmph!"

Sensing Ye Fan’s Mind Power attack, Wu Hu suddenly snapped out of his shock, his blood-red eyes glaring intensely at Ye Fan as he sneered, "Scum, although I don’t know how you can use Puppetry Technique at the Innate Realm, you won’t be able to crush my Consciousness with Mind Power!"

As he finished speaking, Wu Hu, in a do-or-die struggle, began resisting Ye Fan’s Mind Power attack using his own willpower.

Pure Mind Power attack is the most mysterious and difficult type of magic attack—only when one’s spiritual power is far stronger than the opponent’s can one use Mind Power to injure the opponent’s Consciousness!

Ye Fan’s Magic Cultivation had already stepped into the Innate Great Success Realm, and because of the miraculous crimson Gold crown inside him, the quality, strength, and power of his Mind Power were equivalent to a magician at the Peak stage of Innate Realm.

Meanwhile, Wu Hu was only an Early Innate Martial Artist. When it comes to the strength of Consciousness, he is even inferior to a magician in the Postnatal Perfection Realm.

In such a scenario, could Wu Hu possibly withstand Ye Fan’s Mind Power attack?

"Break!"

Sensing Wu Hu’s resistance, Ye Fan uttered a low shout, his Consciousness moved, causing all his Mind Power to converge and surge like a torrent, with overwhelming force, pounding towards Wu Hu’s Consciousness.

At the same time, Wu Hu, using his own willpower, gathered all his Mind Power into an invisible defense, like a dam, to resist Ye Fan’s Mind Power attack.

in an instant.

The torrent slammed into the dam, soundlessly.

Crack!

Wu Hu’s Consciousness trembled, and his unyielding will seemed to have been hammered by an iron mallet, creating cracks.

As his will wavered, the defensive line formed by Wu Hu’s willpower and gathered Mind Power faced collapse.

Just then!

Ye Fan did not pause; he manipulated his Mind Power to launch a second strike!

Bang!

With this charge, Wu Hu’s defensive line completely collapsed, and Ye Fan’s Mind Power, like a raging flood, rushed down and entered Wu Hu’s Consciousness.

Defenseless, Wu Hu’s Consciousness was instantly shattered by Ye Fan’s terrifying Mind Power.

"Ah!"

With his Consciousness shattered, Wu Hu felt as if his soul was being torn apart, and he howled in agony, his facial muscles completely contorted!

"No!"

"I can’t be controlled by you!"

"Absolutely not!"

Suddenly, like a wild beast driven into a corner, Wu Hu let out a desperate roar and made his final resistance.

At the roar, the fragments of Wu Hu’s shattered Consciousness, gathered by a terrifying grudge, suddenly launched an onslaught at Ye Fan’s Mind Power!

Soul Mark Counterattack!

Just as Ye Fan had controlled the Shi Feng and Shi Ling brothers before, Wu Hu, with his Consciousness shattered, gathered the frustration, hatred, memories, thoughts, Martial Arts Insight, Martial Dao intentions, and shattered will from the depths of his heart to form a Soul Mark, launching a counterattack against Ye Fan!

Facing Wu Hu’s Soul Mark counterattack, Ye Fan’s Mind Power almost had no power to parry, and was instantly devoured and annihilated.

Subsequently, Wu Hu’s Soul Mark did not pause and, following the trajectory of Ye Fan’s Mind Power that had entered, suddenly burst out of the body and shot rapidly into Ye Fan’s Yintang point, attacking Ye Fan’s Consciousness!

"Hmph!"

Facing all this, Ye Fan was not panicked in the slightest, but instead immediately gathered his consciousness.

Whoosh——

The next moment.

Just as Wu Hu’s soul mark surged towards Ye Fan’s consciousness, the crimson golden crown appeared as Ye Fan had anticipated, sparkling with golden light.

"Swoosh——"

As soon as the crimson golden crown appeared, it transformed into a golden vortex, a terrifying pulling force suddenly sucked in Wu Hu’s soul mark into the vortex.

Wu Hu’s body shook violently, his expression became blank, and the resentment in his eyes vanished without a trace, replaced by emptiness.

There was no longer any sign of life in him, as if he were a vegetative being who had lost his soul, dead and lifeless.

Seeing this, Ye Fan knew well that Wu Hu had become a living dead and was about to manipulate Wu Hu’s body again with his mind power, when he suddenly noticed that the crimson golden crown, after destroying Wu Hu’s soul mark, did not absorb it as it had with the soul marks of the Shi Ling and Shi Feng brothers. Instead, it transformed it into streams of pure mind power essence, which flowed into his consciousness.

This discovery initially startled him, then filled him with joy!

His magic cultivation had stepped into the Innate Great Success Realm not long ago, although his mind power seed had undergone a qualitative leap, the mind power essence had not increased. It required him to continually cultivate and replenish it until the mind power essence was saturated, causing another qualitative leap in his mind power seed, thus breaking through to the Peak of Innate Realm!

At this moment, the crimson golden crown converting Wu Hu’s soul mark into mind power essence to feed back to Ye Fan was undoubtedly as welcome as sending charcoal in snowy weather!

Hmm?

A few seconds later, when the crimson golden crown stopped feeding the mind power essence and vanished, Ye Fan clearly noticed that his mind power essence had increased by about one-tenth.

This meant that the mind power essence fed back by the crimson golden crown had shortened the time for his magic cultivation to reach the Peak of Innate Realm by one-tenth!

Moreover, Ye Fan felt a huge flood of memories, like a tide, pouring into his mind.

"Not only can this crimson golden crown transform Wu Hu’s soul mark into mind power essence, but it also retains the memories of Wu Hu’s entire life, this is truly miraculous!"

Even though Ye Fan had already witnessed the wonder of the crimson golden crown, faced with this sudden event, he was still astonished beyond belief.

In his view, all this could only be described as inconceivable!

If he had not experienced all this personally, he would never believe that such a miraculous thing could exist in this world.

Even, in his view, even if he spread this news, not a single person would believe it!

After the shock, Ye Fan was aware that Wu Hu’s memories and martial arts insights might affect him, so he quickly steadied his consciousness, relying on his strong willpower to prevent himself from being influenced while absorbing Wu Hu’s memories.

As an Innate Great Success Magician and Martial Artist, Ye Fan’s willpower was considered the strongest among his peers in the same realm. Even so, after absorbing all of Wu Hu’s memories, he still felt somewhat influenced.

"Using Puppetry Technique to make the crimson golden crown devour an opponent’s soul mark can indeed gain mind power essence and the opponent’s memories, but it also influences one’s own mental state. If used too often, it will inevitably have a significant impact on one’s own mental state, thereby affecting the future path of cultivation."

Realizing this, Ye Fan raised an eyebrow and mentally muttered to himself, then made a decision: "Until reaching the Gang Qi Realm, unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t rashly use ’Puppetry Technique’."

Because... as far as he knew, Puppetry Technique in the Gang Qi Realm involved a combination of powerful consciousness and mind power attacks in a formation, overwhelmingly crushing the opponent’s resistance to control their body, unlike now, where the use of the miraculous function of the crimson golden crown had drawbacks.

"Phew~"

After making the decision, Ye Fan exhaled a heavy breath, composed himself, and quickly searched through Wu Hu’s memories for the events of tonight.

"They are planning to send Liu Li to the Golden Triangle to lure me out?"

Having learned all this through Wu Hu’s memories, Ye Fan clenched his fists tightly, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Somewhat later, he controlled his emotions, moved his mind, and a stream of mind power shot out, entering Wu Hu’s Yintang point.

Compared to the previous time he had controlled Wu Hu’s body, this time, because there was no will resistance and no counterattack from the soul mark, Ye Fan easily controlled Wu Hu’s body.

On the couch, Wu Hu sat up, like a robot installed with commands, completely disregarding his injuries, he stood up, took two steps forward, picked up the mobile phone on the table, quickly dialed Li Kui’s number, and turned on the speakerphone.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable!" Soon, a pleasant voice from the receiver announced.

Swipe!

The originally pleasant voice, upon reaching Ye Fan’s ears, sounded like the howling of a devil, causing his face to change.

Immediately, Ye Fan did not linger, he again commanded Wu Hu to dial Li Kui’s phone, only to find that the call still could not go through.

Wu Hu had told Li Kui to wait for his call at any time, hadn’t he?

Why couldn’t he get through???

After failing to reach Li Kui twice in a row, Ye Fan’s brows furrowed tightly, filled with doubt.

Amid his doubts, he was extremely worried about Su Liuli’s safety!

"Clap, clap——"

Just then, suddenly around the quiet villa, applause rang out, and Xu Longxiang, dressed in a Taoist robe, appeared out of nowhere at the entrance of the villa’s hall, clapping while staring at Ye Fan with a cold smirk, "Kid, no wonder you’ve been unstoppable along the way. Turns out, a real person doesn’t show their face and hides very deep!"

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