That terrifying Mental Force pressure, which felt almost physical, came and went just as quickly.
In just the blink of an eye, the suffocating pressure in the room receded like a tide, as if it had never existed.
The tall, grey-robed old man walked slowly into the Training Room with his hands behind his back, his gaze naturally falling on Huo Yuhao.
"I am Teacher Han Tianyi."
Teacher Han Tianyi sized Huo Yuhao up, a flash of undisguised admiration appearing in his eyes as he asked.
"You are that Huo Yuhao who possesses the mental-type Body Martial Soul, right?"
Huo Yuhao naturally didn't dare to be negligent; he quickly stood up straight, gave a respectful bow as a Junior, and replied.
"Yes, Teacher Han. I am Huo Yuhao, my Spirit is the Spirit Eyes."
"Spirit Eyes... a Body Martial Soul, mental attribute, and a foundation of over sixteen thousand Mental Force. A good seedling, truly an excellent seedling!"
Teacher Han Tianyi muttered to himself, unable to help but shake his head with a look of regret on his face.
He turned his head and gave Mu Ye a dirty look, then spoke to Huo Yuhao unceremoniously right in front of him.
"What a pity, truly a pity! If I had come to this Shrek Academy sooner, there's no way you, Huo Yuhao, would have become Mu Ye's Disciple!"
Teacher Han Tianyi pointed to his own brain.
"My Spirit is the brain, yours is the eyes. We both have mental-type Bodies. With your talent, you should have been my Personal Disciple!"
Hearing Teacher Han Tianyi's blatant attempt to "snatch" him, Mu Ye couldn't sit still anymore.
"Han Tianyi, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Mu Ye stepped forward, blocking Huo Yuhao like an iron tower, and glared at Teacher Han Tianyi, saying crossly.
"What do you mean he wouldn't be my Disciple if you'd come sooner? Yuhao is already my Personal Disciple; that's a set-in-stone fact! Besides, aren't you, Han Tianyi, also a member of our Body Sect now?"
Mu Ye crossed his arms and snorted righteously.
"Yuhao is my Disciple, and you are a teacher of our Body Sect. Overall, in this academy, everyone is from my Body Sect. It's all staying in the family, so why be so pedantic?"
"I'm warning you, don't try to poach him in front of me. Don't even think about Yuhao! This is my, Mu Ye's, Disciple!"
Seeing Mu Ye's defensive posture, Teacher Han Tianyi sighed helplessly.
"You brute, you really are unreasonable."
Teacher Han Tianyi spread his hands with a look of having met the wrong person, complaining.
"You won't let me take such a good seedling as a Personal Disciple, yet you drag me here to be a free sparring partner for your Disciple and make me work. Mu Ye, oh Mu Ye, you really know how to order people around!"
Teacher Han Tianyi curled his lip and muttered half-jokingly.
"If I'd known you were this stingy, I might as well have joined the Spirit Pagoda. At least they have plenty of funding and offer better benefits."
Hearing Teacher Han Tianyi's half-complaining, half-joking words, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin looked at each other and could only stand there with awkward smiles, unable to butt into the bickering between these two powerhouses.
"Fine, fine."
Mu Ye waved his hand, not wanting to hear Teacher Han Tianyi's complaints, and told him to stop joking.
"I'll leave Yuhao's special training in Mental Force control to you. Teach him well, and don't hold anything back!"
Mu Ye patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder, then turned to Tang Wulin.
"Wulin, let's go to the Gravity Room! We must drain your physical energy today!"
"Yes, Teacher!"
Tang Wulin responded excitedly and followed Mu Ye out of the Testing Room.
After the two left, only Teacher Han Tianyi and Huo Yuhao remained in the Testing Room.
The playful look on Teacher Han Tianyi's face vanished, replaced by a serious expression.
"Let's go, follow me."
Teacher Han Tianyi beckoned to Huo Yuhao and turned to walk out of the Testing Room.
Huo Yuhao immediately followed, trailing Teacher Han Tianyi down the corridor to a special room deep within the Body Sect's base.
With a click, the metal door slid open.
Huo Yuhao followed Teacher Han Tianyi inside and was momentarily stunned.
The room was quite spacious, but strangely, there was absolutely nothing inside!
No gravity devices, no mimicry environment simulators, not even a meditation cushion.
All four walls were made of a special pure white metal; the entire room looked empty.
"Teacher Han, are we training here?"
Huo Yuhao looked around in confusion.
Teacher Han Tianyi walked to the center of the room, stopped, and turned to look at Huo Yuhao.
"That's right, right here."
Teacher Han Tianyi said to Huo Yuhao.
"Are you ready?"
Teacher Han Tianyi's voice suddenly became deep.
"Next, I am going to release my technique. Use your eyes and your Sea of Consciousness to see it clearly!"
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's expression instantly became solemn.
"I'm ready!"
Huo Yuhao nodded seriously and immediately circulated the Spirit Power within his Body Martial Soul. A faint, brilliant golden light instantly lit up in his eyes; his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul was activated, and his Mental Force was on high alert.
Seeing Huo Yuhao's cautious state, Teacher Han Tianyi only smiled slightly.
In that instant.
Huo Yuhao felt the space before him twist violently as if by some invisible force! Visible ripples of transparent air surged out!
"Hiss—!"
Then, accompanied by a scalp-numbing hiss!
In Huo Yuhao's suddenly contracting pupils, a flash of light appeared on the previously empty white floor.
In the next moment, a terrifying Vicious Beast of massive proportions, nearly tall enough to pierce through the ceiling, appeared before Huo Yuhao without warning!
It was a snake!
A terrifying giant snake with nine massive heads!
The Body Martial Soul of this Hydra was transparent. Its nine heads were held high, looking down at Huo Yuhao like nine small hills. Its eighteen crimson vertical pupils radiated a cold, bloodthirsty light!
The three central heads were purplish-black, the three on the left were green, and the three on the right were blue.
Huo Yuhao was completely stunned!
"What... what is this thing?!"
"Could it be Teacher Han's Spirit Soul?!"
But as soon as the thought arose, it was immediately dismissed by Huo Yuhao.
No! It was definitely not a Spirit Soul!
Although the Hydra's Body Martial Soul was transparent, the aura it released was no different from a living Spirit Beast!
Moreover... just by sensing the aura of this Hydra, Huo Yuhao knew it was definitely not something he could handle. He could already deal with ordinary ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, but facing this Hydra, he felt a sense of powerlessness.
The aura emanating from this Spirit Beast was definitely at the hundred-thousand-year level!
"This Hydra is a Spirit Beast I have imagined; it is not a Spirit Soul."
What?!
Huo Yuhao's eyes widened.
An imaginary thing?! But its scent and pressure were so real!
Teacher Han Tianyi ignored Huo Yuhao's shock and directly assigned today's special training task.
"Your next task is very simple."
Teacher Han Tianyi retracted his hand and pointed at the massive Hydra in front of them, saying to Huo Yuhao in a heavy voice.
"Since your Mental Force has reached over sixteen thousand points, then use your Mental Force to defeat this Spirit Beast."
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A/N:
I hope all of you are enjoying this story so far. I would appreciate some Power Stones if you can spare any. Leave a review if you like the story. Thank you.