Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 42 Mind Control

"Shall we just storm in?" Looking at the tightly closed gates of the Sand Mercenary Group's stronghold, Xiao Yan was eager to try.

"Wait here for a while, I'll go in first and investigate the strength of this Sand Mercenary Group," Huo Yuhao said.

"Okay! Be careful... Wait!" Xiao Yan had just responded when he realized something was wrong. "Even Senior Hai Bodong wasn't your match, so what's there to be wary of with a mercenary group like this?"

"Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit," Huo Yuhao said. "What if this mercenary group has some hidden trump card? Like when they rescued Senior Gu He, that Dou Wang rushed directly into the formation and was killed before he could even unleash his full power."

"That's true." Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor were deep in thought when Huo Yuhao's figure blurred and disappeared from the spot.

After a while, there was still no movement from the Sand Mercenary Group's base. Xiao Yan suddenly remembered the time he faced the Wolf Head Mercenary Group in the Monster Mountain Range.

"Wait a minute, Huo Yuhao went to eat alone again!"

"Teacher?" Little Fairy Doctor asked Yao Chen.

"Why are you calling your master? This old man doesn't sleep well!" Yao Chen yawned and said to Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan, "What are you waiting for Yu Hao for? If you want, just go in."

"Yes, let's go!" Xiao Yan picked up the Xuan Heavy Ruler and kicked open the door.

……

"Yuhao, are you planning to leave them another puppet?" Yao Chen's voice rang out as Huo Yuhao dealt with another Dou Shi.

He carefully placed the mercenary corpses in his hands to avoid making a sound that would alert others. Huo Yuhao replied in his mind, "I've left behind a few Dou Zhe, and I also plan to keep one or two Dou Shi who recently broke through."

Yao Chen hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, there's no need... Xiao Yan probably only wants to cause trouble for their leader, not to wipe out the mercenary group completely."

"They're just following orders and trying to make a living."

Huo Yuhao's movements slowed down, until he stopped completely in place. He stared at his hands, lost in thought.

Seeing this, Yao Chen hurriedly said, "These things don't really matter. Which mercenary hasn't shed blood? The moment you pick up a weapon, this day will come. You can't blame anyone else..."

"Teacher," Huo Yuhao interrupted Yao Chen, "I know."

Huo Yuhao didn't reveal what he was thinking, but instead walked towards the center of the base. When he encountered the Sand Mercenary Group's officer again, Huo Yuhao silently used his Qi control technique to condense the surrounding spiritual energy into a Qi needle, which he then pierced into an acupoint on the back of the officer's head.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's mental power was also suppressing the other party's perception of danger.

Without making a sound, the officer collapsed. Just as he was about to fall, Huo Yuhao appeared beside him and caught him. Perhaps because of Yao Chen's words, the mercenary was only unconscious, and with his acupoints sealed, he was incapacitated.

Arriving at the door of Rob, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group, Huo Yuhao stopped and did not rush in. Instead, he used his mental power to scan the small room several times.

"No traps." Huo Yuhao understood: it seemed that most of the formations on the Dou Qi Continent had been lost. Without further hesitation, Huo Yuhao went directly into Luo Bu's room, standing behind him without attracting any attention.

"Damn it, those captains are really ungrateful! I've broken through to the Great Dou Master level! What's wrong with merging with our Sand Mercenary Group!" After leaving the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, Rob went straight to the bases of other mercenary groups in Stone Desert City. He thought he could use his breakthrough to the Great Dou Master level to unify the mercenary world of Stone Desert City, or at least conquer most of them. But he didn't expect that there were very few mercenary groups willing to merge with him.

"If Mo Tie and Bao Feng agree to merge, I can rival the city lord in Stone Desert City. Why not wipe out a mercenary group tomorrow to establish my authority..."

Just as Rob was making his plans, a pale white hand touched the top of his head. In an instant, before Rob could react, he felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and a powerful surge of mental energy flooded his mind, scattering his consciousness. Instantly, Rob stopped thinking.

Seeing Rob lose consciousness without any resistance, Yao Chen gasped, "This is truly terrifying. I never imagined that fighting could be like this." He then added with some doubt, "Even if Yuhao can influence his sixth sense, he shouldn't have been completely unaware! After all, he's a mercenary who's been living on the edge for decades..."

Huo Yuhao did not loosen his grip, still holding Luo Bu's head, and used the Soul Searching Technique while replying to Yao Chen: "From the moment I entered the room, he was already trapped in the illusion of 'Dream'."

After carefully reviewing Rob's memories, Huo Yuhao gently laid him down on the bed and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems there's no conspiracy. He just wants to expand."

Seeing Rob's consciousness gradually fading due to the damage to his soul, Huo Yuhao suddenly had an idea and stroked his head again.

"Yuhao, are you planning to turn him into a puppet again?" Yao Chen asked.

"My previous soul manipulation would cause the subject to lose most of their intelligence, only able to obey my commands. Now I plan to try using mind sharing to modify and reshape their consciousness," Huo Yuhao explained. "Teacher, could you please go and call Xiao Yan and Xian'er over? They can get lost in this small place. If they keep getting lost, we'll be close to being wiped out even if we don't want to."

Yao Chen sighed, "Alright!"

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"Brother Yuhao... what are you doing?"

Guided by Yao Chen, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian finally found Luo Bu's room. They pushed open the door and entered, only to find Huo Yuhao, who should have been fighting, with his arm around the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group.

Slightly surprised, Xiao Yan immediately understood what had happened: "He's fallen under your 'Dream-Startling' illusion, right?"

After saying that, Xiao Yan threw the Xuan Heavy Ruler on the ground: "It's the same again, Huo Yuhao, you didn't even leave us a drop of soup."

"It's not actually an illusion." Huo Yuhao looked at the overly enthusiastic Rob, pinched his brow, and felt a headache coming on. "I originally planned to modify his consciousness so that he and his men would voluntarily join Big Brother and his group..."

At this point, Huo Yuhao changed the subject, pointing to Xiao Yan and introducing him to Luo Bu: "This is Xiao Yan."

"Then what's going on..." Little Fairy Doctor was interrupted before she could finish her question, looking at the two people who were intimately pressed together.

When Luo Bu saw Xiao Yan, his eyes lit up. He released Huo Yuhao and opened his arms to hug Xiao Yan, saying, "Haha, what a handsome young man! You are truly a man of great talent. I want to become sworn brothers with you!"

Seeing the hairy, long-armed gorilla lunging at him, Xiao Yan's expression changed drastically, his eyes revealing indescribable terror, as if he had seen a giant lizard in India. He hurriedly turned to flee.

"Huo Yuhao, get this thing away from me right now!"

"If you come any closer, I'm going to attack!!"

"Don't come any closer!!!"