55: Chapter 55 God Control Technique

The faint energy fluctuations drifting from that unknown potion were quite similar to the low-level Marrow Cleansing Medicinal Pills Li Changqing had seen in the past, but the internal effects were vastly different.

He suppressed the doubts in his heart, concealed all his aura, and silently followed behind this hunter squad.

The moment the entire Blood Fiend Squad arrived outside the city and converged, a gust of wind suddenly swept across the wilderness.

Li Changqing's figure appeared abruptly before everyone like a ghost.

He did not catalyze any spiritual light Spells, nor did he have any dazzling magical brilliance; he simply raised his right hand slowly, palm facing down, and pressed down gently.

In the next instant, a vast, mountain-like, invisible spiritual pressure boomed and enveloped the surroundings!

This was not a crude suppression aimed at the Physical Body, but an extreme crushing and slight interference of a higher-dimensional life form against the Domain of low-level creatures.

In just a split second, all four members of the Blood Fiend Squad froze in place.

They could not feel the slightest bit of pain, yet their entire bodies—flesh, bones, and the Meridians at their fingertips—were all tightly imprisoned, as if sealed within transparent amber, unable to move even a fraction.

The energy ripples that had not yet dissipated in mid-air and the dust and sand flying across the sky also froze completely at this moment.

All things stood still; only their consciousnesses continued to run frantically, with bone-chilling terror surging in their hearts and horror they could not comprehend at all written in their eyes.

Li Changqing walked forward slowly and bent down to pick up the silver briefcase on the ground.

The silver shimmer flowing on the surface of the case trembled slightly the moment it touched the spiritual power at his fingertips, then quickly returned to stability.

With a slight sweep of his Divine Sense, he completely figured out the details of the five evolution potions in the case, seeing through their effects and fatal flaws.

He looked up at the four immobilized hunters, his expression calm and waveless, and muttered to himself: "The Divine Soul is weak, not even reaching the standard of a Qi Refinement Stage level 3 Cultivator. The Sea of Consciousness is murky and chaotic; it is an excellent target for testing the Spirit Control Technique."

As the words fell, a wisp of imperceptible spiritual light emerged from his fingertips.

The profound and mysterious Spirit Control Technique was instantly activated, and with him as the center, an invisible rhythm of vibration quietly dispersed.

The surrounding stagnant air became increasingly heavy, and the speed of the dust slowly drifting across the sky also slowed down abruptly, as if the rhythm of the entire world had been forcibly disrupted.

In the depths of Li Changqing's deep eyes, a trace of profound silver light quietly emerged.

A vast, sea-like Divine Sense surged out from his Sea of Consciousness. It was not a brute, indiscriminate suppression, but precisely divided into five spiritual threads, thin as hair and impossible to be captured by the naked eye or any detection instruments in the world, precisely piercing into the Sea of Consciousness between the four people's eyebrows.

The Spirit Control Technique is an extremely mysterious secret technique of the Divine Soul.

A practitioner of this technique can rely on their own formidable Divine Sense to forcibly invade and wrap around the target's Divine Soul Origin, controlling the other party's consciousness and all actions from the root, establishing an absolute master-servant bond.

The controlled person's daily words and actions are no different from ordinary people; only when facing the practitioner and receiving instructions from them will they erupt with absolute obedience engraved into their Divine Soul.

The strength and success of this secret technique depend entirely on the practitioner's Divine Sense cultivation.

The stronger the Divine Sense, the more stable the invasion and the firmer the control; one can even suppress multiple targets simultaneously.

However, this method consumes a great deal, and the disadvantages are equally obvious—it must never be used on creatures with Divine Sense cultivation equal to or stronger than one's own, otherwise, one will inevitably suffer a violent Divine Soul backlash, injuring oneself.

This incomplete Yellow Rank Spirit Control Technique of the Li family was luckily obtained by an ancestor from an ancient Secret Realm, with only the first layer of the complete Mind-Cultivation Technique remaining.

Its upper limit is to control at most nine creatures with Divine Sense weaker than one's own, and the first layer has a clear shackle, only capable of controlling second-tier lifeforms equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator at most.

Even if he breaks through to the Golden Core Realm in the future, relying solely on this first layer of Mind-Cultivation Technique, he can at most control Foundation Establishment Cultivators; only by finding the lost follow-up Mind-Cultivation Technique can he break through the limit.

Five breaths of time passed in a flash.

The Divine Souls of the four Evolvers were all completely controlled, and Li Changqing slowly withdrew the Divine Sense that had permeated the world.

He understood slightly in his heart: the practitioners of this world are obsessed with Physical Body tempering and the control of external weapons, never having deeply cultivated the Divine Soul and spiritual level, so their resistance is far weaker than he had expected.

"Condense."

He spat out a single word, his voice cold and clear.

The bodies of the four people shook violently at the same time, and the pain, confusion, and terror surging in their eyes quickly faded, replaced by a hollow, numb blankness.

A moment later, from this blankness, a sense of awe and absolute obedience that went deep into the bone marrow and was engraved into the Divine Soul slowly sprouted.

Under the skin between their eyebrows, a complex and delicate silver rune flashed and disappeared, completely hiding deep into the Divine Soul and taking root without dispersing.

Li Changqing sensed the subtle new bond between himself and the four, as if he had connected four invisible threads. The other end of the threads was firmly tied to the Divine Souls of the four. With just a thought, he could sense their every move and every thought, and could also impose punishment at any time, causing their Divine Souls to feel excruciating pain and shatter.

A moment later, Captain Xia Dong was the first to regain independent consciousness.

Completely disregarding the dust and wretchedness all over his body, he knelt heavily on one knee, the dull sound of kneeling echoing in the silent wilderness.

He looked up at Li Changqing, his eyes no longer holding any arrogance, only absolute submission: "Master."

His voice was dry and hoarse, but carried unquestionable piety.

The other three followed suit, bowing and kneeling one after another, their postures extremely respectful, as if submitting to the person before them was an innate destiny.

Li Changqing raised his eyes to scan this scarred wasteland.

These four natives of the apocalypse were the first batch of his eyes, ears, and claws to gain a foothold in this strange chaotic world and explore this bizarre land.

"All of you, get up."

His plain words carried an indisputable majesty.

"Tell me your Origins and everything you know about this world in detail."

Just now, when the Spirit Control Technique invaded their Divine Souls, he had already received fragments of their memories, but they were ultimately scattered and one-sided.

Letting the other party narrate in detail is the safest way to figure out the complete rules and landscape of this world.

"Yes, Master!"

Captain Xia Dong responded quickly, his thoughts becoming clear and smooth due to the sorting of the Divine Soul bond, with no more stagnation.

He spoke respectfully and began to report in detail.

The four of them came from the Dongjiang small settlement, a stronghold located in Sanjiang Town, one hundred and eighty li outside Guxiang City, with only three hundred people in the entire settlement.

After the apocalypse broke out, many humans who did not want to be bound by strict rules would choose to defect to small strongholds like Dongjiang, and there were quite a few such small forces around Guxiang City.

Captain Xia Dong was the leader of the Dongjiang settlement, and the other three were all core members of the stronghold's hunting team.

Since the arrival of the apocalypse and the changes in the world, humans have embarked on a brand new path of evolution.

The most basic cultivation Realm in this world is the Body Refining Realm. When humans temper their Physical Body to the Peak, break through human limits, and unlock the potential locks in their bodies, they can advance to become a first-tier Evolver.

Evolvers are divided into ten tiers, equivalent to Qi Refining levels 1 to 10 Cultivators who do not Cultivate Divine Sense and Spells. Two years ago, a Tier 10 Evolver on Tianlan Star broke through the shackles and stepped into a brand new Silver-level Domain.

This was information Captain Xia Dong had seen with his own eyes on the Sky Dome Tower global combat power ranking. To this day, there are already thirty-five Silver-level Evolvers recorded on the global list.