Chapter 2621: A Fair Trade
Although these people had heard that Xu Huo's spiritual realm could condense a conscious humanoid materialized object, seeing it with their own eyes was still shocking. It wasn't a mere humanoid shadow simulated by a materialized object, but a real, tangible person.
The stronger one's mental power, the harder it is to be disturbed. This was especially true for these Mental Super Evolvers from Zone 001. Yet the childhood Xu Huo they saw was all real. This situation could only indicate one thing: Xu Huo's Mental Super Evolution intensity far exceeded theirs. Even if his current spiritual realm range was far smaller than theirs, his talent in Mental Super Evolution far surpassed them!
The childhood personality's range of activity was still basically within Xu Huo's spiritual realm, but when he acted independently, Xu Huo didn't need to fully release his mental power. He only needed to follow the movement while avoiding interference from these Zone 001 people.
Similarly, although these people had a large evolution range, it was not easy for them to confuse him, who was also an Evolver. Not only was there not enough time, but the distribution of mental power around him was also strange. Normally, from the Mental Evolver themselves to the edge of the spiritual realm, it was a process of gradually weakening mental power. Within this range, although a Mental Evolver could concentrate mental power to attack a few targets, it required considerable attention. It was difficult to multitask and take care of other areas, which was also a shortcoming of Mental Super Evolution.
However, Xu Huo did not deliberately concentrate his mental power in one area. Instead, he formed scattered, star-like condensation points around himself. These small condensation points were unevenly distributed in the air, not actively attacking, but as soon as someone approached or touched them, they could feel the mental power multiply. This state of being both concentrated and dispersed seemed to consume very little mental power.
At least, judging from Xu Huo's performance, he could still easily avoid attacks from other materialized objects while maintaining this state of mental power usage.
There was no need for a life-or-death struggle. The moment a materialized object activated with mental power, it could be sensed. So once Xu Huo saw through an attack from the Zone 001 side, they would actively retreat.
"Endless Heavenly Path" and "Suffocating Space" required too long an interference time and were basically ineffective. The female player's "Age Degeneration" was a bit stronger, but it also didn't work on Xu Huo. So besides using mental pressure simultaneously, their main confrontation was through materialized objects clashing.
The childhood personality went into the primeval forest to find people. Countless mutated animals and plants surged from all directions, and the surging mental power, like a tsunami, completely compressed the air. Xu Huo, caught in the middle, naturally felt the threat. But as he retreated from the attack, the childhood personality turned into a black shadow and disappeared on the spot. Following the trembling mutated plants, he roamed through the spiritual realm of the Zone 001 player, quickly finding the player's hiding place.
With one hand reaching into the throat of a charging mutated beast, the suspended childhood personality gently patted the other person's shoulder through the materialized object.
That player was terrified. He turned around in shock and blurted out, "Aren't you..."
Aren't you in front of me?
He didn't finish the sentence. In a mental power confrontation, he had even misjudged the opponent's position. If it were a real battle, he would likely have died here.
"I don't understand. Materialized objects don't just disappear. I was tracking his movement trajectory the whole time. Why did he suddenly move behind me?"
The confrontation paused temporarily. This player, who was skilled at transforming his spiritual realm into a primeval forest, looked at the approaching Xu Huo with confusion.
Even if he had talent, the gap in decades of training and learning was irreparable. Besides, at the start of the contest, he could roughly estimate the opponent's level. Logically, with Xu Huo's strength here, it was absolutely impossible for him to move freely in his spiritual realm without leaving a trace.
Xu Huo looked at the childhood personality. The child glanced back at him and then disappeared directly.
In fact, he had just played a trick. The childhood personality's strength was unknown, but it should be stronger than Xu Huo's adult personality. He had evaded the eyes of the Zone 001 player, letting the teenage personality appear in the primeval forest to take his place and attract attention, while he circled around behind and caught the Zone 001 player off guard.
"His mental power is stronger than yours." Xu Huo gave the answer very directly. The childhood personality could steal materialized objects from Dou Shengnan's spiritual realm, which showed that he was the strongest among the four spiritual personalities.
Among the Zone 001 people, except for the young player who was not in the right state, the other four fell silent. They had indeed witnessed a different use of mental power, but this special method was too different from their understanding of mental power. Not to mention learning from it, they couldn't even find a clue.
Xu Huo didn't tell them about the several personalities. He just scheduled training time for the next few days. Whether they could learn something new from each other depended entirely on luck.
The few people didn't live in the manor. After today's confrontation ended, they left first.
During this time, the female player from the A-level wormhole point had been observing him. On the sixth day, after Xu Huo had clearly told Jing Shi, Old Mr. Xi, and the others that he would rest one more night before heading to the next Instance, she came to find him.
"Most people tend to value strength more, thinking that people with good strength can live well wherever they go," the female player said, sitting opposite him, looking nonchalant. "But I think luck is as important as strength. I don't know how many strong players have died in the game due to bad luck. And those with good luck, even if they are despicable in character and weak in strength, can still gain some fame."
"You were able to escape from the restricted area of the Night Tour Instance. Besides strength, there should also be an element of luck."
"With your strength and luck, you should be able to do more and also get better rewards."
Xu Huo listened quietly, then said, "You want to ask for my help?"
The female player smiled. "It's not really asking for help. I set a price, you do the job. If you agree, it's a fair trade."
Raising her hand, a white metal box appeared in her palm. As the box opened, three ores were neatly placed inside. Two were Subclass Stones of decent quality. The remaining one had a dry surface with cracks, but the excessively dense Space Rays contained within it revealed its extraordinary nature.
The female player placed the box on the table and tapped the middle stone, which was covered in fine cracks. "This is a Primordial Stone."
"Although it's not as precious as a time-space Primordial Stone, and it has been consumed multiple times, the remaining material is enough to support the creation of an A-grade item's core material, close to a Super Item."