Huo Yuhao steadied his mind and began to carefully perceive the situation inside his body.
Although his Mental Force could not extend too far outward, and every time it probed out less than a few meters it would be blocked back by that grayish fog, he discovered one thing: the total amount of his Mental Force had not decreased.
This discovery made him feel a little more at ease. Just at the moment when that huge, eerie eye slowly turned and its purplish-red pupil met his gaze, Huo Yuhao did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately concentrated his Mental Force, transforming it into an invisible sharp blade, and fiercely stabbed it toward that eye!
Hum—!
The blade condensed from Mental Force was astonishingly fast, crossing the short distance between the two in almost an instant and fiercely piercing straight into the pupil of that huge eye.
That eye trembled violently, its purplish-red pupil suddenly contracting, and the spiderweb-like black patterns on the white of the eye began to twist and crawl as if they had been stimulated.
Effective!
A flash of joy crossed Huo Yuhao's eyes, but before he had time to rejoice, he discovered that although that eye had trembled after being hit by his mental blade, it did not stop its advancing pace.
It was still slowly floating toward his direction, as if that strike had only caused it a momentary discomfort and hadn't caused any substantial damage at all.
Huo Yuhao's brows furrowed again. He took a deep breath and did not rashly launch the next attack. Instead, after waiting for that huge eye to enter a closer range, he began to urge his Mental Force to cast Spiritual Detection.
The fluctuations of Spiritual Detection spread out from his mind, covering that huge eye, trying to find its weak spot.
However, the moment Spiritual Detection touched the surface of that eye, Huo Yuhao felt a strong backlash of Mental Force rush back like a tide!
His temples violently throbbed, and the feeling of countless fine needles piercing into his mind simultaneously instantly intensified several times, hurting him so much that his vision almost went black.
No, it's too close...
The closer this eye got, the stronger that mental oppression became. Now it had approached to a distance sufficient to make Huo Yuhao feel a tearing pain in his head, yet he still hadn't had time to find its weakness.
A fine layer of sweat seeped out from Huo Yuhao's forehead, and his breathing became a bit hurried, but he did not panic. Instead, thoughts spun rapidly in his mind.
Head-on collision won't work, Spiritual Detection won't work either...
Then... A flash of light suddenly crossed Huo Yuhao's eyes.
He remembered what Teacher Han Tianyi had told him before: in battle, not all situations require a frontal Breakthrough; sometimes finding the caster is a smarter choice.
His Mental Force suddenly shifted, giving up the intention of continuing to probe that huge eye. Instead, he instantly withdrew all his Mental Force back, and then condensed it into a fine needle of Mental Force, stabbing without any warning toward Teacher Han Tianyi who was standing not far away!
However, the moment that needle of Mental Force was about to hit Teacher Han Tianyi, Teacher Han Tianyi acted as if he had expected it long ago, directly resolving Huo Yuhao's attack.
Teacher Han Tianyi looked at Huo Yuhao, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a smile with a bit of approval.
"Not bad, you still managed to remember what I taught you before: when attacking mental creations, attack the caster first."
Hearing this, a flash of hopeful light couldn't help but flicker in Huo Yuhao's eyes, yet Teacher Han Tianyi's next sentence completely extinguished that little hope of his.
"However, this time, I am not the caster."
"This eye is a creation generated by this Small World itself, not something summoned by me using Mental Force, so attacking me is of no use."
"To pass this trial, what you need to do is to destroy it directly."
Huo Yuhao's heart suddenly sank. He glanced at that huge eye that was still continuously closing in on him, calculating countermeasures in his heart.
The mental blade from earlier was indeed effective, but it only made that eye sway a bit and couldn't stop its advance. If he wanted to completely destroy it, he had to use a much more powerful attack.
Yet... how could he make the attack of Mental Force even stronger?
Huo Yuhao's gaze fell once more upon the pupil of that huge eye, carefully observing the flowing patterns within it.
Those patterns were very complex, resembling fine rivers converging together and then constantly spinning at the center of the pupil.
Those patterns flowed within the pupil in a wonderful rhythm, as if forming a self-contained loop, creating a tight structure.
Looking at those patterns, Huo Yuhao suddenly felt a spark of comprehension. He closed his eyes, and then he began to release his Mental Force anew. This time he was not in a hurry to condense the Mental Force into a blade or a fine needle, but instead turned it into a massive, loose cloud of Mental Force.
Then he began to try, making that Mental Force start to spin following the pattern style observed in his mind.
One circle, two circles, three circles...
That Mental Force slowly revolved in his mind, spinning faster and faster, becoming more and more solid.
Under this spinning force, the originally loose cloud of Mental Force began to continuously collapse inward. During this process, some loose, redundant Impurities were flung out by the rotational speed, while those truly pure portions of Mental Force were squeezed tighter and tighter, becoming more and more solid.
Teacher Han Tianyi stood not far away, seeing Huo Yuhao's appearance, and a flash of unexpected expression couldn't help but cross his eyes.
"This kid... his Comprehension Ability is indeed not bad."
Huo Yuhao didn't hear Teacher Han Tianyi's words. At this moment, all his mind and spirit were concentrated on that rotating and compressed mass of Mental Force inside his body.
He could clearly feel that his Mental Force was becoming solid and heavy at an astonishing speed, harboring energy inside that was enough to burst forth with terrifying might.
However, right in the midst of this compression process, that huge eye was still continuing to close in on him.
That mental oppression grew stronger and more terrifying. Huo Yuhao felt as if his brain was about to be torn apart, the veins on his forehead bulging out, and bean-sized sweat beads continuously sliding down his cheeks.
It was extremely painful, feeling as if his Sea of Consciousness would collapse the next moment, but Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, stubbornly bearing the oppressive feeling that was almost about to crush his consciousness, continuing to compress the Mental Force within his body.
Until that huge eye was less than three meters away from him, Huo Yuhao abruptly opened his eyes!
Under his control, that sphere of Mental Force that had been compressed to its absolute limit suddenly burst open, and then transformed back into a sharp needle of Mental Force!
"Go!"
Huo Yuhao let out a low shout, and that needle of Mental Force shot out from the center of his brows like a blue lightning bolt, leaving an almost invisible trace in the air, and then precisely penetrated the pupil of that huge eye!
Puff—!
That huge eye suddenly stiffened, and the flowing patterns within its purplish-red pupil instantly stopped spinning. Then the entire eye, like a piece of shattered glass, began to develop cracks starting from the center of the pupil. Those cracks rapidly spread, covering the surface of the entire eye.
Bang—!!
Following a muffled cracking sound, that huge eye completely shattered, turning into countless specks of light that dissipated into the grayish fog.
Huo Yuhao's body suddenly relaxed, and the mental oppressive feeling that was almost about to crush his brain suddenly vanished. Huo Yuhao panted heavily, his face full of exhaustion, but a flash of excited light lit up in his eyes.
It works!
The power of that rotational compression attack method of Mental Force was countless times stronger than the previously directly condensed mental blade!
Huo Yuhao straightened his body, feeling the consumption in his mind. That strike had almost hollowed out all his Mental Force. If it weren't for having compressed it solidly enough earlier, I'm afraid the effect wouldn't have been this good at all.
But this also meant that he no longer had the surplus strength to launch a second time.
However, before Huo Yuhao could even let out a sigh of relief, Teacher Han Tianyi walked over, fished a light golden Medicinal Pill from his bosom, and handed it before him.
"Eat it."
Huo Yuhao did not hesitate, taking the Medicinal Pill and putting it directly into his mouth.
That Medicinal Pill melted upon contact with the mouth, and a cool, mild energy instantly surged into his mind. His originally exhausted Mental Force unexpectedly began to recover at an astonishing speed.
In less than a few breaths of time, his Mental Force had returned to its Peak state.
And just at this moment, Huo Yuhao felt the fog ahead begin to surge again.
Huo Yuhao's expression changed slightly, his gaze fiercely looking toward the spot where the fog was surging.
Behold, two more eyes condensed out of the fog once again.
Except this time the eyes were much smaller than the previous one, only about half the size, and the color had also changed from purplish-red to deep blue.
Yet Huo Yuhao keenly noticed that the mental oppression emitted by these two eyes, although individually not as terrifying as the previous one, combined together, turned out to be quite a bit stronger than the previous one!
His expression grew solemn, and at the same time, those two deep blue eyes had already floated toward his direction simultaneously.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, and then once again condensed his Mental Force according to the previous method, transforming it into a needle of Mental Force, and stabbed toward one of the eyes!
However, what he didn't expect was that after one eye was shattered, another one re-condensed within a split second.
"The requirement for this trial is to eliminate two at the same time. If you only eliminate one, it will immediately replenish. Of course, Medicinal Pills are in ample supply, rest assured, there are no side effects whatsoever, except that your pain cannot be alleviated."
Teacher Han Tianyi added in speech.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, his gaze continuing to fall on the two approaching eyes, starting to think of new countermeasures. Piercing through simultaneously, how to pierce through?
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Meanwhile, in the Dean Office.
[Detected that Child of Destiny Huo Yuhao's recognition of Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy has increased]
[Congratulations to Host for obtaining the reward: Realm upgraded to Supreme God King]
[Congratulations to Host for obtaining the reward: Source of Immortality (producing Qi of Immortality at regular intervals)]
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