Chapter 299: Realization

Bidding farewell to Starfish Douluo, following the direction pointed out by Starfish Douluo, it was another half an hour.

The figure of Shi Quan appeared outside the Sea-in-Sea of the Haimo Shengzhutai.

On the square platform was a sacred pillar resembling a statue of a young girl.

On the edge of the Haimo Shengzhutai, a young girl was sitting there; the most distinctive feature of the girl was her enormous fish tail, its beautiful curve extending all the way to her waist. The fish tail gently slapped the surface of the Sea-in-Sea. Her upper body wore a small black garment that did not even cover her navel. Her face was stunning, and a faint smile always hung at the corners of her mouth.

A mermaid!

It was Shi Quan's first time seeing one, and his eyes could not help but brighten slightly.

"Are you looking to spar with me?" Sensing Shi Quan's arrival, Haimo Douluo raised her head, her gaze looking over toward the shore.

A voice like silver bells came over with a laugh, gentle and pleasant, making one's heart soften involuntarily.

Shi Quan bowed slightly, "This junior has come specifically to seek instruction."

Haimo Douluo said with a charming smile: "I am not like those few barbaric fellows who like to use their hands; I like to play the flute. As long as you can listen to one of my songs, it will count as your victory, how about that?"

"Fine!"

"That's what you said!" Hearing this, Haimo Douluo let out a coquettish laugh, "Then you must be careful."

As she spoke, she moved her left hand gently in front of her, and a short black flute appeared in her palm. With a spin, she brought it to her lips under the control of both hands.

At the same time, nine soul rings emerged one after another from beneath her.

This was the first time Shi Quan had seen this type of musical martial soul.

Most musical martial souls are mostly auxiliary or control-based, and Haimo Nu is a Control System Title Douluo.

As Haimo Douluo's Seventh Soul Ring lit up, the light released from the black flute enveloped both the flute and Haimo Nu's body. Immediately after, black light surged and shot into the sky; Haimo Nu's body actually increased in size geometrically, and the black flute in her hand did the same. However, as her body grew larger, the whole person appeared somewhat transparent and illusory.

Haimo Nu's body continued to expand on the sea surface until it reached over ten meters before stopping.

Woo—, the sound of the flute rang out.

The clear and secluded melody transformed into sound waves, rolling in.

The flute sound was not only mixed with majestic energy, but also infused with immense Mental Power.

Hearing the first note of the flute, Shi Quan's figure swayed noticeably, but he quickly returned to normal. Illusory light rippled from between Shi Quan's brows, and seven soul rings emerged beneath him.

"What a unique flute sound; it is not a pure sound wave attack, but a combination of Mental Power and sound waves."

Silver radiance flowed in his eyes; while resisting Haimo Douluo's melody, he fell into thought.

"Using a melody to coordinate with musical notes, then infusing it with mental attacks—it is continuous, and different melodies can also stir emotions. If the spirit and Soul Soul are even slightly relaxed, it is extremely easy to suffer heavy damage."

Haimo Douluo should be a dual-attribute Spirit Master of sound waves and mental power; her melody is melodious and winding, and it can be effective even when facing opponents with higher Mental Power than her own.

Even though Shi Quan's current Mental Power is already comparable to a Limit Douluo, Haimo Douluo's mental attacks still had a significant impact on Shi Quan.

"Using the form of sound waves to coordinate with mental attacks is indeed a powerful means."

Shi Quan acknowledged this in his heart; such a powerful attack method ended up becoming a wedding dress to help Tang San transform his soul rings in the original work.

There was no lack of the Sea God's secret assistance in this; the Sea God's Light was one aspect, and there was also the Divine Artifact, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, in his mind. Under these various elements, Tang San was able to pass Haimo Douluo's test so easily.

Thinking of this, Shi Quan began to hum softly.

As soon as the sound came out, Haimo Nu, who was fully immersed, was clearly stunned for a moment and raised her eyes to look at Shi Quan.

Although Shi Quan knew nothing about music in his past life and was tone-deaf when singing, with his current intelligence, learning any song he had heard in his past life was a matter of minutes, not to mention that he also had the knowledge reserve of the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture in his mind.

There were quite a few sound wave techniques in the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture. Although these sound wave techniques were purely martial arts of sound, with Shi Quan's current strength and Haimo Nu as an example, learning and imitating them was only a matter of a moment.

Shi Quan's humming sounded low and thick, as if it had merged into the majestic sea.

The next second, the sea began to tremble.

As if in Shi Quan's soul-stirring, sorrowful, and winding low hum, countless waves were stirred up.

The waves gradually pushed closer, surging and turbulent, white waves connecting to the sky, fish leaping and whales floating, seagulls flying.

Haimo Douluo's expression gradually changed; she could hear that the opponent's melody was not familiar at the beginning.

But the opponent's brilliance lay in the fact that as he hummed, not only did his melody become smoother, but he also learned from her, infusing his Mental Power into the sound as well.

The opponent actually wanted to use the method of melody to resist her own melody.

And the opponent's melody was very unique, as if the tide of the sea was rising and falling.

Of course, this piece of music was special.

Because this piece of music was called the "Bi Hai Chao Sheng Qu" (Sea Tide Song), and this piece was created by Huang Yaoshi, the Eastern Heretic, one of the Five Greats of the Jin Yong world.

This piece itself was a specialized piece for musical competition.

Although Shi Quan did not know musical instruments and could not exert the full power of this piece, under constant learning, Shi Quan went from his initial disadvantage to later being able to temporarily resist Haimo Douluo's musical attacks by relying on his powerful Mental Power.

Throughout the process, Shi Quan was integrating the sound wave techniques in his mind, while also constantly drawing lessons from and learning Haimo Douluo's method of infusing Mental Power into music.

In essence, it was based on music, with soul power as the carrier; the so-called use of music for mental attacks was to infuse Mental Power into soul power, and then use soul power as the sound to spread outward.

Combined with some special musical rhythms, one could use the music to transform into different attacks.

If one could use it perfectly, one could erupt with great power between a single word or phrase.

His thick Mental Power also had a new way of being used.

"Actually, I should have thought of using the sound waves of music to fuse with mental attacks long ago."

Shi Quan shook his head; his abilities were truly too many, especially the complex martial arts in the Nine Yin Nine Yang True Scripture. He had never seen them after all, so sometimes he just couldn't think of them. But now, after such a spar with Haimo Douluo, it allowed his application and control of mental power to reach a new level.

"Challenging the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo was indeed a correct choice."

Shi Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, a smile on his lips; besides bitter cultivation, combat was the best way to improve.

The flute sound and the humming sound intersected.

Even though Haimo Douluo's flute sound was stronger, it was never able to capsize Shi Quan's small boat, and as time passed, Shi Quan's figure became more and more stable, just like a towering mountain.

(End of this chapter)