Ling Xiao tried it a few times and found that his mental energy could easily control something that weighed 15,000 kilograms.
Ling Xiao was overjoyed to have such a powerful control ability.
With this kind of mental energy, it wouldn't be difficult to control hundreds of people at the same time.
Of course, the prerequisite for this was that these people were much weaker than him. Otherwise, they would have been able to struggle free.
"With my current mental energy, Empyrean realm experts will no longer be able to pose a threat to me," Ling Xiao said confidently.
Ling Xiao really didn't expect that the spiritual force that came out from the ancient scroll was actually spiritual force. Moreover, it was of the same origin as the spiritual force that he had been cultivating. The combination of the two had enriched his spiritual force to a very powerful level. This was equivalent to him cultivating for tens or even hundreds of years without the help of spirit herbs or elixirs.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but sigh at how skilled the master of the Soul Controlling Art was.
He had actually infused his mental strength into the ancient scroll. Normally, if one didn't have a super expert's strength or a weak mental strength, they would all die.
It seemed that the master of the Soul Controlling Art was quite sinister.
Back when he had first obtained the first scroll of the Soul Controlling Art, if it weren't for Lu Weng and the Natural Yin Wind Bead in his Knowledge Sea, he would have died a long time ago.
Ling Xiao guessed that the reason the Burning Heaven Emperor hadn't opened the ancient scroll was because he had sensed that there was something strange about it.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao felt that this was very likely.
After all, once one reached the Emperor realm, their senses in all aspects were beyond imagination. They could even predict unknown dangers in advance. Perhaps it was for this reason that the Burning Heaven Emperor hadn't opened the ancient scroll.
No matter what the reason was, Ling Xiao had picked up a ready-made treasure. This also proved that Ling Xiao's luck was very good.
After testing out the power of his newly increased mental energy, Ling Xiao once again focused his mind and began to comprehend the second stage of the Soul Controlling Art, "Soul Control".
After a day and a night of meditation, Ling Xiao had a deeper understanding of "Soul Control", and felt that this stage of terror was very mysterious and profound.
Soul Control was also divided into three stages: Small, Middle, and Large Completion.
At the Small Completion stage, one could use the Primary Contract Incantation to cause the opponent's mental energy to scatter, causing the opponent to be unable to concentrate, allowing one to take advantage of the situation and defeat the opponent. At the Middle Completion stage, one could use the Intermediate Contract Incantation to forcefully erase the consciousness of a martial artist of the same level or below. Then, with the addition of the Intermediate Willpower, the target would become a puppet of the caster. However, the puppet would lose all its previous memories and only retain its original battle consciousness. All injuries would not cause them to feel fear or dread. The caster could also order the puppet to die at any time, and if the caster accidentally died, the puppet would also die. At the Large Completion stage, it would be much more perfect. At that time, one could use the Advanced Contract Incantation. This kind of Advanced Contract Incantation was very different from the Primary and Middle Completion stage. Not only could the Advanced Contract Incantation be used on martial artists of the same level or below, it could also be used on martial artists of a higher level. The prerequisite was that the opponent's mental energy was scattered or weak. At the same time, the Advanced Contract Incantation had different degrees. It could allow the target to retain part or all of their memories, but the target would forever obey the caster's orders and become a puppet with its own consciousness. This kind of puppet could also advance in strength and was much more perfect than the Primary and Middle Completion stage.
This was the profundity of the second stage, Soul Control.
Once he attained mastery in the second stage, he would be entirely capable of forming a terrifying puppet army.
Ling Xiao was extremely excited. He hadn't expected that Soul Control would actually be so formidable, and it truly surprised him.
He couldn't help but imagine how great it would be to control hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of puppets to roam the central territory!
"Haha! The Soulcontrol Technique really is unfathomable. It's truly too formidable!" Ling Xiao couldn't help but exclaim with excitement.
He'd decided that he would work hard to attain mastery in Soul Control in the following period of time so that he could form a formidable puppet army of his own as soon as possible. He would control all those opponents that he disliked and make them serve him, and he would take all those peerless beauties into his backyard so that he could fulfill his great wish of ruling the world and lying on the knees of beauties while intoxicated!
After Ling Xiao understood the general situation of Soul Control, the Evil Emperor had rushed back as well.
The Evil Emperor revealed a surprised expression when he saw Ling Xiao, and he said, "I haven't seen you for two days, but your Spiritual Energy has actually attained the peak of the Emperor Rank?
What exactly is going on? "
Ling Xiao exclaimed inwardly, As expected of Master, he was actually able to see through my Spiritual Energy, and it has greatly improved!
Ling Xiao said vaguely, "I'm a Grade Six Alchemist, so it's normal for my Spiritual Energy to be stronger!"
The Evil Emperor knew that Ling Xiao wasn't being sincere, but he didn't continue to pursue the matter.
"Take out the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus, and I'll help you repair it!" The Evil Emperor immediately changed the topic.
Ling Xiao immediately took out the damaged Eight-leaf Fire Lotus.
After that, the Evil Emperor didn't avoid Ling Xiao, and he tossed the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus into the air. At the same time, he took out a spiritual herb that emanated dense Fire Attribute spiritual energy.
Ling Xiao could tell at a glance that it was an Eight-leaf Fire Lotus. The eight leaves wrapped around the Fire Lotus's core, and waves of fire-colored spiritual energy flickered non-stop.
The Eight-leaf Fire Lotus was a low-level Stage Eight Spirit Herb, and there would be a Stage Eight Fire Attribute Spirit Beast guarding it. Even if an Emperor Stage cultivator found it, they wouldn't dare to act rashly. He never thought that the Evil Emperor would be able to obtain the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus in such a short period of time, which made Ling Xiao deeply admire him.
The Evil Emperor grabbed the center of the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus and forcefully pulled out the flickering Fire Lotus Core.
Then, he threw the remaining Eight-leaf Fire Lotus to Ling Xiao and said, "Although the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus doesn't have the Fire Lotus Core, its eight leaves are not bad either. It can be used to refine pills or consumed directly."
Ling Xiao hurriedly put it away. Of course, he understood the effects of these eight leaves. This was something that fire-attribute martial artists dreamed of. With them, he could create eight fire-attribute experts.
Then, the Evil Emperor flew into the air and grabbed the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus in his hand. Then, he slammed the Fire Lotus Core in his other hand towards the center of the formation pattern.
Bang!
The Fire Lotus Core collided with the formation pattern in the painting, and a powerful flame spread out in all directions. In an instant, a large sea of fire was formed in the air, and the fire was extremely fierce.
The people below were all trembling with fear.
Even an Empyrean would find it difficult to extinguish that powerful sea of fire!
It had to be known that the Fire Lotus Core was an existence comparable to Earth Fire energy.
Under normal circumstances, at least two Emperor Stage cultivators would be needed to repair the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core. Only then would they be able to force the Fire Lotus Core into the formation eye of the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus, allowing it to permanently absorb and gather fire-attribute spiritual energy.
However, the Evil Emperor didn't need the help of others. The intense flames that were emitted couldn't hurt him at all, and it seemed as if they were separated by a thick layer of light.
"Get in!" The Evil Emperor shouted, and then he raised his hand and slammed it towards the Fire Lotus Core.
The Fire Lotus Core was swiftly slammed into the formation eye. However, it seemed to be unwilling to be sealed just like that, and it resisted fiercely. Balls of flames continued to spread out.
The Evil Emperor's expression was calm. He waved his hand lightly, and the surrounding flames were imprisoned by him. Then, he forcefully stuffed them into the formation eye of the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core.
Swish!
When the Fire Lotus Core completely fused with the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core, a bright red energy emitted a dazzling light. It was as if the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core had become a scorching hot sun, and the fire-attribute energy in the surroundings kept revolving around it.
After the Fire Lotus Core appeared in Ling Xiao's sea of consciousness, the Demon Blue Fire Pearl had been beating violently, as if it had developed a strong interest in the Fire Lotus Core. It wanted to break free from Ling Xiao's control and fly out of his sea of consciousness, but Ling Xiao firmly suppressed it and didn't allow it to act recklessly.
Ling Xiao understood more and more that strange pearls could absorb energy from the same source to continue to grow stronger and advance.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but think that he must find the source energy of the Demon Blue Fire Pearl and the Innate Yin Wind Pearl in the future for them to absorb, so that they could advance and transform.
If they became stronger, it would only be beneficial to Ling Xiao, and there would be no harm.
The intense flames gradually subsided, and the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core returned to its perfect state. It was about twice its original size, and its eight wheels were like eight leaves, shining brightly. At the center, there was a flickering shadow of a Fire Lotus, and it looked extremely sacred.
The Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core belonged to the category of a low-grade eighth rank sacred tool, and it was a rare cultivation accelerator in the Central Region.
Fire-attribute martial artists who cultivated on the Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core would gather spiritual power at a speed that was dozens of times faster than usual, and cultivating next to it could also increase the speed by more than ten times.
For any sect, this could be said to be the existence of the sect's guardian spirit item.
The Evil Emperor held it in his hand, and then casually threw it to Ling Xiao, and said, "It's repaired, take it!"
Ling Xiao hurriedly went up to catch it, and his eyes shone with a strong light.
He really didn't expect that he would now have a sacred spirit treasure, which was something that others would fight to the death for!
"Thank you, Master!" Ling Xiao expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.
He realized that he had really gained a lot by becoming the Evil Emperor's disciple. Not only had he obtained the second stage of the Soul Controlling Art, but he had also obtained a low-grade sacred spirit. If others knew about this, they would probably go crazy with jealousy.
"Well, you don't need this Eight-leaf Fire Lotus Core for yourself. I know that you also have a secret technique to gather spiritual power, so let your subordinates use it. Their strength is really no different from an ordinary person, and with this kind of strength following you, even I feel embarrassed." The Evil Emperor mercilessly scolded the people around Ling Xiao.
The people behind Ling Xiao all felt their faces burn, and their hearts were extremely uncomfortable.
They didn't dare to refute, because in their eyes, the Evil Emperor was not only the Young Master's master, but also a god-like existence that they deeply looked up to!