Chapter 588, Section 587: Touch of the Soul

As Norris watched the tentacles slowly extend towards him, his heart pounded faster than ever.

You can't blame him for being timid; his two years of experience surviving in the mushroom farm told him that if the boss was so happy to call him over alone, it couldn't be anything good!

Last time, I was electrocuted by the cultivated Pikachu and became paralyzed all over, unable to move on the fungal carpet.

Kind-hearted Sister Hei dragged him back to the Mushroom House, but he lost quite a few scales along the way.

What is it this time?

Despite his fear, Norris resisted the urge to pull his hand back; that would only make things worse…

The tentacles slowly approached... slowly... approached...

Norris was prepared to stab them in the face, but the tentacles kept getting closer without actually wrapping around him, which only made him more and more nervous!

Thirty seconds later, the sensation finally wrapped around his wrist.

In the past, although the soul existed within the body, physical contact could not reach the soul.

And this time...

【Touch of the Soul LV1】

Lin Jun's soul, following the point of contact, transformed into countless threads, slowly covering the surface of Norris's soul light cluster.

Norris, who lacked the corresponding sensory abilities, was completely unaware of this. He simply rolled his eyes nervously, trying to discern from the surrounding environment what his boss was planning to do.

The entanglement speed is not fast, probably because it is only LV1.

After holding hands for three minutes, Norris's soul surface was completely covered by Lin Jun's soul.

I tried to get a Hypnosh from the nearby creep, and turned the power up to the maximum, but Norris was completely unaffected.

Lin Juncheng was essentially his mental protective armor.

However, it is not very practical, because Lin Jun must concentrate her mind on Norris in order to maintain this soul cloak.

After Lin Jun's consciousness leaves, her soul will quickly return to its original state, reverting to a state of non-interference.

After letting the bewildered lizardman leave, scratching his head, Lin Jun moved on to the second phase of the experiment.

This part is not suitable for Norris to try.

...

"I...I can't feel my feet! What are you doing? Stop! Don't touch me anymore—!"

Deep within the fluorescent cave, layers of intertwined mycelium covered the entrance, absorbing all sound completely, leaving not a single sound to seep out.

Since it can indeed touch the soul, it naturally has many uses!

Destruction, pulling, drilling...

After consuming about ten precious talents, Lin Jun roughly figured out how to use them.

Destruction is the simplest method; once touched, it consumes energy through collision.

Essentially, it's an act that hurts the enemy a thousand while also harming oneself a hundred or eighty, but fortunately, Lin Jun's family is large and powerful, so they can afford to wait it out.

Those whose souls are damaged will not feel physical pain, but will fall into a state of persistent mental disarray, becoming listless and unable to concentrate on casting spells.

As the injury worsens, they gradually lose control of a part of their body, not necessarily the part that was touched, but perhaps the left hand that suddenly becomes immobile, or the nasal cavity that can no longer feel breathing.

Like Lin Jun, ordinary people's souls also have the ability to repair themselves, but the process is slow, and the more severe the damage, the slower the recovery.

When it breaks down to its limit, it will end up like this guy right now.

The tentacles wrapped around the man's body, relentlessly and steadily grinding his already shattered soul.

He felt no pain, but he felt as if he was disappearing from his limbs, as if his body was gradually turning into an empty shell that had nothing to do with him.

This killer, once known for his ruthlessness, now let out childlike cries, incoherent threats, and even a final plea.

His voice grew softer and softer, until finally only meaningless saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, and the last glimmer of light in his pupils went out.

His soul was utterly crushed.

It didn't disappear; it just no longer exists in this body.

The shattered souls merged into the world, perhaps to be reassembled in some distant and unknown place.

Regardless, the humanoid mass in front of us, though still breathing, had no panel left, so it could be said to be dead.

After dismantling the body whose soul was completely shattered, no skills were absorbed as expected.

As for the experiment of turning one's own soul into threads to penetrate and control the souls of others, it failed; this skill was not that advanced.

Simply put, as long as Puji can latch onto a powerful figure, Lin Jun can kill even a god!

Of course, this is just theory.

It took Lin Jun a full four minutes to crush the soul of that D-level personnel.

Even without using [Soul Touch], Lin Jun could easily deal with someone who could be continuously entangled by Puji for four minutes.

Could there be a powerful being who is unable to move and can only be carried up by Puji?

Lin Jun's gaze involuntarily shifted to the small sapling in the center of the Divine Tree Underground City...

No, not yet.

Lin Jun had no idea what tricks Old Deng had up his sleeve, and this [Soul Touch LV1] alone probably wouldn't pose a threat to him.

Putting aside Old Deng, the skill's output power is currently a bit low. It doesn't instantly kill others just because Lin Jun's soul size is large enough. It's probably because the level is too low.

Moreover, in terms of damaging the soul, there is no difference based on the strength of the target.

The effectiveness depends entirely on the size of the target's soul.

In this world, the souls of most people are not significantly different in size.

It takes about four minutes to crush a level 20 enemy and a level 40 enemy.

In addition, Lin Jun discovered that the [Touch of Souls] could not touch the souls of ordinary flowers, trees, and monsters, as if their things did not count as souls.

As for the yellow book, Lin Jun touched it as well.

I can actually touch it!

However, the texture felt strange; it was definitely not like that of a proper soul like Norris.

In terms of defense, although Lin Jun cannot maintain that "soul cloak" to protect others for a long time, it is quite effective in using it to urgently isolate or strip away certain negative mental states at critical moments.

For example, when faced with the alluring control of the text version of the Yellow Book, even if the target has been completely dominated, as long as Lin Jun wraps the target with her own soul, forming a soul barrier that isolates the inside from the outside, the external mental link will be forcibly severed, and the control will naturally be released.

Overall, Lin Jun was quite satisfied with the results of this test.

As his skill level increases, this ability that touches the very essence of the soul might truly become a hidden trump card for him when dealing with those top-tier beings.

The only problem now is that skill development requires frequent collisions and resource consumption.

It seems there aren't enough D-level personnel in the household...

I recommend a book called "I'm Raising a Villainous Princess?": Cecilia, for the sake of the world's future, I have no choice but to control you properly!

(End of this chapter)