Mu Ming, the black-robed youth, was a top-tier mental power cultivation genius from the outer realms. He was also a top disciple of a major power, possessing the most advanced mental power secret techniques from the outer realms.
Mental Illumination was the most crucial mental power secret technique he mastered. It was a defensive move primarily designed to prevent martial artists from getting close.
Once this secret technique was activated, a mental power cultivator could release their mental power to form a 'mental domain' within a certain range. Anyone covered by this mental domain would be subjected to mental power attacks.
Mu Ming's Mental Illumination had a range of five meters—the five meters centered around him constituted his mental domain!
This way, as long as he could activate Mental Illumination between an enemy approaching within five meters and close combat, the enemy would be unable to get close enough to kill him.
At this moment, Jiang Wuming was precisely in this situation.
Enveloped by Mu Ming's Mental Illumination, a golden sun suddenly appeared in Jiang Wuming's mental world.
In an instant, golden light shone throughout Jiang Wuming's mental space. He felt as though his soul was being scorched, experiencing an unbearable stinging pain. He immediately lost control of his body, standing there like a puppet, unable to move.
Furthermore, his mental world seemed to be experiencing landslides and tsunamis, violently shaking and on the verge of collapse at any moment.
In this moment of crisis, Jiang Wuming immediately deployed a mental power secret technique. A spiritual flying sword suddenly appeared and, amidst the vast golden light, shot towards the golden sun, much like Hou Yi shooting down the sun.
However—
As soon as Jiang Wuming's spiritual flying sword neared the golden sun, it dissipated into nothingness, as if it had been melted.
This outcome caused Jiang Wuming's heart to sink.
He knew that the gap in their mental power cultivation was too vast, and the mental power secret technique employed by the opponent was even more exquisite and terrifying in its power.
"There's no need to struggle. All struggle is futile. From the moment I invaded your Primordial Spirit world, you had no chance. You will be controlled by me!"
In the real world, Mu Ming chuckled mockingly, as if ridiculing Jiang Wuming's overestimation of his own strength.
Even though he had descended into this world and his strength was weakened by the world's rules, his mental power cultivation, at the fifth stage of Three-Star War God, was still two whole realms higher than Jiang Wuming's!
Moreover, just like martial arts realms, mental power cultivators at the Three-Star War God level marked a watershed in the strength of the War God realm.
Although Jiang Wuming's mental world had been invaded and he had lost control of his body, he had not lost his hearing. He could clearly hear Mu Ming's words at this moment.
Within his mental world, Jiang Wuming did not sit idly by. Instead, he sat cross-legged, circulated the 'Nine-Nine Divine Forging', visualized a divine palace, and entered the palace, attempting to use the palace to block the golden light.
The next moment, Jiang Wuming sensed that the scorching sensation on his soul had reduced considerably, but he still couldn't control his body.
He knew that unless he shattered that golden sun and regained control of his mental world, he could not re-establish contact with his body.
"Oh... you actually know Nine-Nine Divine Forging? Does this world also have this set of techniques?"
As the divine palace appeared in Jiang Wuming's mental space, Mu Ming felt a trace of surprise.
This was because Nine-Nine Divine Forging was a relatively common mental power cultivation technique in the outer realms, practiced by many mental power cultivators.
There was no reply.
Jiang Wuming's soul hid within the divine palace, rapidly contemplating a countermeasure.
Swish!
At this moment, a dense golden light transformed into a flying sword and struck the divine palace that Jiang Wuming had visualized and manifested. The divine palace was instantly shattered and dissipated into nothingness.
With the disappearance of the divine palace, the soul-scorching sensation returned. Jiang Wuming endured the pain but still did not surrender. Instead, he manifested another image.
This time, he manifested a cosmic starry sky map.
This was the eighty-first and most difficult image to visualize in 'Nine-Nine Divine Forging'!
The cosmic starry sky map appeared, with stars arranged in Jiang Wuming's mental world. There was also a galaxy, attempting to absorb the golden sun into itself, forming a part of the cosmic starry sky map.
"You are quite clever, knowing to use the cosmic starry sky map to break my Mental Illumination. However, this involves rules, and your strength is too weak to utilize it—in the face of absolute strength, all techniques are useless!"
Mu Ming felt a hint of surprise once again.
This time, the surprise stemmed from Jiang Wuming's method of response.
Jiang Wuming remained unmoved, steadfast in his resolve to break Mu Ming's Mental Illumination.
"Wherever I go, that is the center; wherever I go, there is light!"
Mu Ming sneered, and golden light surged from the golden crescent moon between his brows, re-entering Jiang Wuming's mental world.
In an instant, the golden sun became even more dazzling, its radiance more brilliant.
As the golden light permeated, the cosmic starry sky map that Jiang Wuming had manifested instantly blurred. The galaxy evaporated and disappeared, and the stars exploded, turning into nothingness.
Finally, the entire cosmic starry sky map vanished.
The soul-scorching sensation struck again, and this time it was even more intense!
Mu Ming intended to burn Jiang Wuming's soul with Mental Illumination, weakening his mental will, before proceeding with his next plan.
However—
At this moment, within his mental world, Jiang Wuming's form instantly changed, manifesting his mental will into a flame of spirit.
At the Global Martial Arts Competition, Jiang Wuming had used the flame of spirit to resist Wu Sa's mental forbidden technique—Storm of Destruction—and then successfully killed Wu Sa!
How would it fare this time?
"How can a firefly's light contend with the sun and moon?"
Mu Ming sneered again, finding Jiang Wuming's methods too crude.
As his words fell, golden light instantly engulfed Jiang Wuming's flame of spirit.
Jiang Wuming's flame of spirit dimmed, as if on the verge of extinguishing at any moment. The soul-scorching sensation did not decrease in the slightest.
How to break the move?
Jiang Wuming endured the torment of his soul being scorched and asked himself inwardly.
There was no answer.
He did not know how to break Mu Ming's Mental Illumination, but he knew that if his soul continued to be scorched like this, he would eventually be utterly destroyed!
Mu Ming keenly sensed that Jiang Wuming's mental will had begun to loosen.
And... this was the moment he had patiently waited for!
"Primordial Spirit Coffin!"
Mu Ming let out a low roar. The golden sun suspended in Jiang Wuming's mental world instantly vanished, transforming into a golden coffin.
This was a supreme secret technique of mental power cultivators from the outer realms, once even hailed as a divine technique. It could control another person's mind and body, turning them into a complete puppet!
As the golden coffin appeared, Jiang Wuming's mental world collapsed, and his soul was drawn into the golden coffin.
Simultaneously, a dense golden light entered Jiang Wuming's mental world again, manifesting Mu Ming's form.
This was Mu Ming's mental consciousness clone!
After entering Jiang Wuming's collapsing mental world, Mu Ming's mental consciousness clone flew in the air and directly landed above the golden coffin, sitting down cross-legged.
Within the golden coffin, Jiang Wuming's mental will was completely suppressed. His memories surged out of the coffin like a tide, then flowed into Mu Ming's mental consciousness clone.
Mu Ming's mental consciousness clone rapidly acquired Jiang Wuming's memories, gaining knowledge of everything about Jiang Wuming, including his personality, habits, and so on.
The coffin suppressed the soul, and the mental consciousness replaced it.
Mu Ming intended to turn Jiang Wuming into his first puppet in this world!
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