The radiance of the Heavenly Eye illuminated the firmament, its peculiar glow permeating the surrounding hundred miles.
The twilight, which had already begun to darken, was instantly transformed into daylight by the Heavenly Eye's luminescence.
Countless people looked up towards the source of the light.
Where there had been nothingness, the scene had now completely transformed.
A black and white intertwined Taiji diagram appeared in the sky.
The black and white of the Taiji diagram twined together, forming an unfathomably profound pattern.
It seemed to contain all the truths of the world, drawing in anyone who gazed upon it.
The three-headed, six-armed child whispered softly:
"Heaven and Earth are divided into Yin and Yang; so too are the souls!"
"Your three souls shall enter the Great Sun and return to Heaven!"
As soon as the words fell, the white portion of the Taiji diagram blazed with light. Countless white rays transformed into incredibly fine threads, piercing through the void and coiling around the merman demigod, seemingly intent on snatching away his three souls.
The onlookers watched this scene, their scalps tingling with shock.
The white threads seemed to become the sole existence in heaven and earth.
Their hearts pounded in anticipation of victory.
With such a compatriot, they felt honored.
Pride and emotion brought tears to their eyes.
"Too powerful, I'm so far away, yet I feel like my soul is about to leave my body."
"Are these threads trying to rip out the merman demigod's soul?"
"It must be. Look, the white threads are getting closer to the merman demigod."
"The merman demigod can't block it!"
"No, he blocked it!"
Rumble!!!
The white threads stopped before the merman demigod, blocked by a cerulean barrier he conjured.
However, in the next instant, the child whispered again.
"Heaven and Earth are divided into Yin and Yang; so too are the souls!"
"Your seven spirits shall enter the Great Yin and return to Earth!"
Boom!
The black portion of the Taiji diagram also transformed into threads, surging towards the merman demigod.
The merman demigod's face contorted in shock.
"You have angered me!" the merman demigod exclaimed internally, his face a mask of rage.
The child ignored him, manipulating the black and white threads to attack him alternately.
If he failed to block them, these black and white threads would instantly pierce his brow, splitting his three souls and seven spirits into three parts. The three souls would be taken by the white threads, the six spirits by the black threads, leaving only one spirit in the mortal realm.
This power was incredibly strange, targeting the soul, and at times more troublesome than spatial power.
The merman demigod was not adept at soul power; he could only defend passively.
Despite his loud curses, he had already fallen into a passive state.
"Merman's Tear!" he gritted his teeth, looking up at the child.
The surrounding onlookers gazed, noticing that the merman demigod's eyes were brimming with tears.
"Huh, is he crying from anger?" someone jested.
"Look closely, this must be one of his skills. You should have heard of it; a merman's power lies in pearls and tears!"
"Sounds romantic, but facing an old man who's also ugly is just disgusting."
"Quick, look, the merman demigod is making his move."
In the void.
The merman demigod was on the verge of tears, like a young girl being bullied.
But his hideous appearance only evoked disgust.
"You have pushed this old man too far. Your power is indeed strange, and I dare not let these two beams of light get close."
He could feel the strangeness of the power. If these lights touched him, he would lose his three souls and six spirits, leaving only one spirit, rendering him a mindless, living corpse.
Even if he could reincarnate, it would be in a deficient state.
With incomplete seven spirits and three souls returned to heaven, he would never be himself again.
Therefore, he dared not let this power approach; he feared death.
"It is quite surprising that you can force out my Merman's Tear."
"A merman only possesses one Merman's Tear!"
"Merman's Tear, go!"
The tears of a merman were extremely precious.
When they wept, their tears would transform into pearls, but those were not true Merman's Tears, merely pearls.
A true Merman's Tear was unique to each merman, and only a select few geniuses would develop one.
The Merman's Tear grew at the root of their fish tail and could only be extracted with tears as a medium.
Tears streamed from his eyes, yet he laughed maniacally.
"Hahaha, Merman's Tear, emerge!" he roared, his fish tail twitching slightly.
Suddenly.
A pearl, resembling the moon and emitting a serene moonlight, detached from his tail and soared into the air.
Its radiance illuminated the surroundings, evoking feelings of longing in people's hearts.
"The light of the Merman's Tear can heal emotional wounds, but it can also plunge one into an endless nightmare."
He explained to himself, a wistful expression on his face.
"Merman's Tear, go, Nightmare Cycle!"
Boom!
The Merman's Tear left his side and flew towards the child.
Boom!
Under the illumination, a psychic storm swept through the area.
Instantly, all living beings within a hundred-mile radius froze, then fell into an endless cycle of nightmares.
They would gradually lose themselves in countless nightmares, and if they could not awaken within a day, they would become living corpses controlled by their nightmares.
This power was too potent, ten times stronger than the Light of Heaven.
In an instant, Lin Yu and Lin Fan, hiding dozens of miles away, saw their faces change drastically.
Lin Fan cried out, "Main body, I can't hold on anymore! Kill me! Quickly!"
Lin Yu's face also paled, and he nodded, condensing a sword energy at his fingertip and piercing Lin Fan's chest.
Lin Fan died, while Lin Yu was also bathed in the light.
His face changed drastically as he heard countless murmurs in his ear.
"Damn, this power is too strong, I'm about to lose it too!"
"I need to get out of here quickly!"
"This is bad, I'm out of strength. Am I also going to fall into a nightmare? If something happens to me, the child will also disappear."
Unable to escape, Lin Yu gave up running.
He silently chanted, "System, upgrade fourth talent: Soul Sky!"
"Ding, do you wish to upgrade!"
"Yes!" he gritted his teeth.
He had not upgraded the Soul Sky talent in a long time. The upgrade points that once seemed immense were now insignificant, merely a fraction of what was needed to upgrade to level nine.
While his current upgrade points were insufficient to upgrade his talent clones, they were more than enough for Soul Sky.
"Ding, upgrade successful!"
"Ding, congratulations on upgrading your fourth talent: Soul Sky to S+ tier!"
Immediately after upgrading Soul Sky, the defensive barrier outside his sea of consciousness was strengthened tenfold. Furthermore, a circular shield appeared above his mind.
However, as soon as this circular shield appeared, it was instantly pierced by the light of the Merman's Tear.
In the next moment, the Merman's Tear's power assaulted his mind again, attempting to drag him into the nightmare cycle.
"Damn it, System, continue upgrading!"
He glanced at his upgrade points, enough for one last upgrade. If he couldn't upgrade again, he would be in danger.
This power was too bizarre, almost completely stripping him of control over his body, otherwise he could have blinked away from here.
"Ding, upgrade successful!"
"Ding, your fourth talent: Soul Sky, has been upgraded to SS tier!"
"Ding, new characteristic activated: Mind Sky!"
"Use Mind Sky!"