A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 908 - 639: Mastering Foreign Techniques to Control the Barbarians

Chapter 908: Chapter 639: Mastering Foreign Techniques to Control the Barbarians

When the Spirit Absorbing Monster saw Duanmu Huai remove his helmet, it was beside itself with joy. It thought that if the armor the other was wearing had the ability to immune to psychic control, then there was nothing it could do about him. However, the guy might have deemed it not a threat and had actually taken off his helmet!

Then don’t blame me for not being polite!

As Duanmu Huai was removing his armor, the octopus-like tentacles that seemed to be its whiskers, the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s mouthparts suddenly stretched out and wrapped around Duanmu Huai’s neck!

Success!

At that moment, the Spirit Absorbing Monster was over the moon. If the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s psychic blast could be compared to Wi-Fi, then when its tentacles wrapped around someone, it was like having wired internet. In such a situation, even if the armor or charm had the function of immunizing against psychic control, it would not be effective against the Spirit Absorbing Monster.

However, while the Spirit Absorbing Monster was concentrating its attention, intending to completely overtake the opponent’s will, Duanmu Huai had already removed his helmet and revealed his face.

"———————!!"

When the Spirit Absorbing Monster saw Duanmu Huai’s face, illuminated by the firelight, its mind was instantaneously shocked as if struck by a Siege Hammer. Its eyes widened in horror, and its whole body trembled uncontrollably. Even the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s pride and joy, the psychic barrier, shattered at that moment. Then it saw the most horrifying, most dreadful monster it had ever encountered during its life smiling at it.

"Got you."

The next moment, a roaring spiritual power directly shattered the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s psychic barrier and penetrated deep into its soul.

"Woo———gu—————wa—————!!"

The Spirit Absorbing Monster’s eyes nearly popped out, and its body shook violently like a malfunctioning mechanical toy, while Duanmu Huai closed his eyes and slowly searched the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s brain.

Duanmu Huai was of course very familiar with the Spirit Absorbing Monster species, and he had anticipated that the creature might attack when he took off his helmet. In fact, Duanmu Huai needed the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s guidance because only through it could he learn how to manipulate psychic powers for attack.

Indeed, The Ancient Dominator and Outer Gods possessed immense psychic strength, but that wasn’t the essence of their power. It could even be said that the immense psychic strength was only part of their essence.

As unpleasant as it sounds, the Outer Gods and Old Gods didn’t care about the Milky Way or humans at all. In their eyes, the Milky Way was no different from an anthill, and the humans inside it were merely on the level of microbes. As most people wouldn’t care about the ecological environment of ants and parasites in an anthill, Outer Gods and The Ancient Dominator also wouldn’t bother with these trifles.

As for those who went mentally insane from facing The Ancient Dominator and Outer Gods directly, it was largely because they inadvertently became aware of their existence—like an ant who crawls out of its hill and then is shocked by the sight of a human foot suddenly descending in front of it.

But obviously, the foot wasn’t aimed at the ant, and the human might not even know there’s an anthill by his foot.

Instead, the ant frightens itself into a mental breakdown and goes insane.

As for the so-called "cultists summoning Outer Gods to destroy the world", that’s purely the cultists’ own fantasy. The results occur because these cultists somehow contacted the Outer Gods and attracted their attention.

It’s like walking by the road, then suddenly hearing a voice calling out your name from an anthill—hey, isn’t that interesting? Well, let’s unearth this anthill then—obviously, that anthill is doomed.

So when Outer Gods descend, they will destroy worlds, but that’s basically none of their concern. The Outer Gods are so powerful that even a slight lean in this direction can completely explode the entire planet.

Maybe when that planet explodes on the spot, the summoned Outer God ends up confusedly floating in the universe among the planet’s debris—I clearly heard someone calling me, where are they??

Therefore, apart from a few gods who enjoy mischief, other Outer Gods basically won’t care about such trifles. Humans, Earth, the Milky Way, are all outside their range of interest.

Because of this, spiritual contamination from these Outer Gods is more like a Fearful Aura DEBUFF that Duanmu Huai had. Whomever it touched, died.

So from this perspective, spiritual contamination isn’t any mind trick—it’s purely—power overwhelming.

Therefore, if Duanmu Huai wanted to actively manipulate psychic power for attack, he needed to learn the technique of psychic attack. Luckily, the Spirit Absorbing Monster was a master in this area—when it put its tentacles on Duanmu Huai, it was as if a previously isolated castle had opened its bridge and connected both sides of the battlefield.

For Duanmu Huai, this was much simpler.

Just directly rush over.

The Spirit Absorbing Monster’s psychic barrier had almost no way to contend with Duanmu Huai’s violent Psychic Blast. The might of the Old God’s Will turned into a torrent and broke through its defenses. Even though Duanmu Huai’s "[Old God’s Will]" was only level one, Weak Divine Power was still Divine Power. The Spirit Absorbing Monster, no matter how strong, was only a mortal and couldn’t resist the power of deities.

Soon enough, Duanmu Huai’s spiritual power, like a horde of berserk soldiers breaching the walls, penetrated deep into the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s psychic world, started to slaughter and set fires, looted treasures. He forcefully burst into the treasury of the Spirit Absorbing Monster’s memory, taking away everything valuable at once. The pain of having everything ripped apart on a spiritual level was unbearable for the Spirit Absorbing Monster, far worse than physical pain, until finally......

"———————!!"

A piercing Psychic Scream burst forth from the Spirit Absorbing Monster. The next moment, its soft and slippery octopus head "bang" exploded utterly, blood spraying in all directions, and the body shook once before it no longer responded.

"Hmm... seems like I went a little too strong."

Looking at the headless body of the Spirit Absorbing Monster, Duanmu Huai pursed his lips and then threw it aside. There was nothing he could do about it. After all, it was his first time and he was somewhat unaware of his own strength—this might be a mistake commonly made in one’s youth.

After all, he was still a child.

Even so, Duanmu Huai had gained some useful information, such as the location of the Spirit Sucking Monster City—this was most important to Duanmu Huai, for he knew exactly what he was supposed to do.

In every Spirit Sucking Monster City, there was an entity called "Main Brain," a giant brain formed by the fusion of the brain tissues of dead Spirit Absorbing Monsters. The Main Brain functioned in the city much like a massive server host, responsible for contacting each Spirit Absorbing Monster, issuing orders, and conveying will, essentially the ruler of the Spirit Sucking Monster City.

More importantly... this thing had no legs.

That’s right, the Main Brain was just a giant brain, without legs and even without hands, so it couldn’t run away.

Instead of extracting the memories of ordinary Spirit Absorbing Monsters, why wouldn’t Duanmu Huai just go directly to the server host and wipe it out completely—it would be much better?

Moreover, each Main Brain stored a large amount of memories of Spirit Absorbing Monsters, wasn’t it a bigger treasure trove?

"Alright, Ogis, Gavi."

Duanmu Huai turned his head to look at the two.

"We have something fun to do!"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai snapped his fingers—a Psychic Portal opened up in front of him the next moment. This was one of the abilities of the Spirit Absorbing Monsters, and after absorbing the memory of that Spirit Absorbing Monster, Duanmu Huai naturally learned how to use this power.

"Let’s go!"

With a wave of his hand, Duanmu Huai stepped into the teleportation portal, and the next moment, he appeared in the midst of a city square.

The place was filled with huge stalagmites, with steps and caves on them functioning as rooms for the Spirit Absorbing Monsters. On the square, besides the robed Spirit Absorbing Monsters, there were also many creatures of other races—including Drow Elves, Gray Dwarves, Goblins, Half-Beastmen, and so on, quite a mix. If one saw it for the first time, they might think it was a harmonious melting pot of races.

But in reality, all these creatures were slaves to the Spirit Absorbing Monsters. To the Spirit Absorbing Monsters, all beings other than themselves were their slaves and prey. Although they sometimes formed alliances with the Drow Elves, they would not hesitate to play with a Drow Elf as a slave.

The appearance of Duanmu Huai attracted the attention of quite a few Spirit Absorbing Monsters, but they did not take any further action. Instead, most believed that Duanmu Huai was likely a prey just captured by some Spirit Absorbing Monster—so, very soon, silent psychic messages began to spread around the square, and the Spirit Absorbing Monsters started to communicate about how much this slave could sell for at the auction.

But of course, Duanmu Huai wouldn’t let them judge himself so freely.

He looked around coldly and then let out a snort.

"Hmph!"

A ferocious roar turned into a thunderous explosion at this moment, reverberating through the entire square, making all the Spirit Absorbing Monsters dizzy and disoriented. However, that was not the end. Simultaneously, an aura of fear began to spread, like an excavator smashing and digging into the psychic barriers of the Spirit Absorbing Monsters. They began to clutch their heads and emit terrified shrieks before convulsing and collapsing onto the ground.

Being experts in psychic control, the Spirit Absorbing Monsters understood that they were under a psychic attack, but they had never imagined that there could be an existence capable of breaking through their psychic barriers. Indeed, the fragile bodies of the Spirit Absorbing Monsters meant they could be killed, but typically, damage to the Spirit Absorbing Monsters was physical, and it was almost impossible for something to confront them in the psychic realm.

But now... Duanmu Huai had arrived.

The tumultuous will of the Old God, like a breached flood, surged into the brains of the Spirit Absorbing Monsters, that insane, twisted, indescribable horror power following the gaps opened by the Fearful Aura, wantonly devouring, warping, and contaminating everything it touched.

At this moment, the Spirit Absorbing Monsters were in excruciating pain, clutching their heads, lying on the ground, desperately rolling, with no energy left to care about other things. As the Spirit Absorbing Monsters were under attack, the other enslaved races in the square also stopped their actions. Having lost the control of the Spirit Absorbing Monsters, their self-awareness gradually returned, and soon, some of them shook their heads, their eyes clearing up, then they looked angrily at the Spirit Absorbing Monsters lying on the ground, let out a roar, and picked up weapons to strike them.

That might have been their master, but that did not matter. The anger and humiliation from being manipulated erupted completely at that moment. Given the Spirit Absorbing Monsters’ not-so-resilient bodies, even a Gray Dwarf with an iron stick could inflict sufficient harm and beat them to death.

Soon, the square became utterly chaotic. The Spirit Absorbing Monsters corrupted by the Old God’s Will hardly had any resistance, and the liberated slaves either took the chance to run away or angrily sought revenge on the Spirit Absorbing Monsters.

"That’s all there is to it, weak Aliens."

Watching the utter chaos, Duanmu Huai shook his head and then turned around.

"Alright, let’s move on, the target is still ahead."