Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 439: Soul Branding

Chapter 439: Chapter 439: Soul Branding

Just as Wyatt Barnes reached out to wipe the dust off the ’strange mark’, as his palm touched the odd mark...

Whoosh!

Before Wyatt’s eyes flickered a sudden surge of golden light from the now fully exposed strange mark. It transformed into a dazzling ’Sun’ within an instant, blindingly bright.

Immediately after, the small ’Sun’ began to gradually fade away...

In a split second, Wyatt felt a bizarre force sweep out from the wall into his palm, with such speed that it made his heart pound in fright.

Wyatt’s face paled, as this strange force rushed directly towards his soul.

"Not good!"

Panic surged in Wyatt’s heart.

The soul is the fundamental essence of a person.

If one’s soul is shattered, it means that their life fades, leaving behind nothing but a lifeless husk.

Without any hesitation, a surge of his mental strength spread out from Wyatt’s soul, trying to stop this bizarre force.

However, that force completely disregarded Wyatt’s mental strength, barreling through towards his soul, as if it wouldn’t rest until it shattered Wyatt’s soul.

Boom!

Just as this strange force collided with his soul, Wyatt felt a surge of desperation, "Am I going to die?"

In the next moment, his soul vibrated, leaving Wyatt dizzy and disoriented.

"Am I... Am I not dead?!"

When Wyatt came back to his senses, he realized that his consciousness was still intact, and his soul hadn’t been destroyed.

"Brother Barnes, what just happened? Where did the ’Inscription’ go?"

A pleasant, light voice echoed in Wyatt’s ears, pulling him back from his frenzied thoughts.

Wyatt looked again at the cave wall in front of him and found that the golden ’strange mark’ had completely disappeared, as if it had never existed.

Recalling the recent events, Wyatt curiously asked, "Winnie, did you not see anything?"

"I didn’t."

Winnie Romero shook her head, "I only saw Brother Barnes wipe the dust off the golden ’inscription.’ Then, the inscription simply disappeared. Was the inscription drawn on the cave wall? Was it wiped away with the dust?"

"Maybe."

While Wyatt nodded, he couldn’t refrain from feeling a surge of intense emotions.

He was totally clueless about what exactly the golden strange mark was.

Because of this, he realized that there was more to the mark than meets the eye.

"Winnie didn’t see anything? So, the scene of the strange mark radiating a blazing Sun was only seen by me..."

An idea flashed across Wyatt’s mind as he glanced at Taoi Romero and Elder Kane standing on the other side.

Taoi Romero and Elder Kane were apparently undisturbed.

"What on earth is that mark?"

Wyatt took a deep breath, and his mental strength mingled with the soul to explore it.

In the end, he felt as if something extra had been added to his soul...

Although, with his current mental strength, he couldn’t replace his eyes to see what had been added to his soul.

But his mental strength still told him that his soul felt different than before.

"This feeling..."

Wyatt closed his eyes, using his mental strength to perceive the change in his soul as much as possible.

In the end, he concluded, "According to the memories of the previous Martial Emperor, only the souls of those rare, talented Demon Beasts have this kind of thing...It seems somewhat similar to the ’Soul Branding’ of those Demon Beasts."

Soul Branding!

Some rare, talented Demon Beasts can awaken their own ’Soul Branding’ before becoming a ’Demon Emperor’, recalling the inherited memories related to ’Soul Technique’.

These Demon Beasts, through Soul Branding, can launch soul attacks, or mental attacks, ahead of time!

Little Gold, as the Celestial Blue-eyed Rat, is a member of such rare, talented Demon Beasts.

"However, according to the memory of the previous Martial Emperor, humans cannot have Soul Branding... Human martial artists can only gain preliminary control of their souls and use mental strength to fight enemies after their cultivation has broken through the ’Martial Emperor Realm.’

"Moreover, not every human warrior can easily manipulate their mental power against enemies. Most who can are Glyphsmiths. The remainder consists of individuals with naturally stronger souls than the average human warrior."

"The typical human Martial Emperor, wanting to wield mental power against enemies, needs to put forth much more effort compared to the former group! After all, they are at a significant disadvantage when just starting out. Even if these individuals devote themselves to the study of mental power attacks, it’s unlikely they’ll achieve much success."

Memories of the Martial Emperor from Wyatt Barnes’s past life flashed across his mind.

"But why has something similar to a ’Soul Imprint’ appeared in my soul now?"

Wyatt Barnes was utterly baffled.

"Could it have something to do with the strange markings that appeared on the cavern wall just now?"

Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but wonder.

At the same time, in order to investigate, he directed his mental power to wrap around this supposed ’Soul Imprint’ evident within his soul.

Buzz!

Mental power rolled out and penetrated it.

Almost instantaneously, Wyatt Barnes felt a tremor pass through his soul as an exceptionally hollow voice echoed out of nowhere in his mind.

"Fortunate successor, by the time you hear my message, you should have already received the ’Soul Imprint’ I left behind..."

This unfamiliar voice struck Wyatt Barnes like a bolt of lightning.

At this moment, Wyatt Barnes had a faint guess as to the identity of the voice’s owner.

"I am a Glyphsmith from outside territory. Unlike most Glyphsmiths, I have dedicated my entire life to the research of ’Soul Imprints’... Those odd demon beasts, without even breaking through to the ’Demon Emperor’ level, can employ mental power against enemies through soul imprints, often catching us human warriors off guard!"

"My research aim is to allow human warriors to also possess their unique ’Soul Imprints’... Sadly, reality has proven me to be too naive! I have traversed more than half the Cloud Skies Continent in my lifetime, and by the time I arrived here, I was already in the twilight of my life... What of the Cave Void Realm? A hundred years later, I will ultimately return to the earth and become one with the heavens and the earth."

"An old man tends to ramble, I hope you don’t mind... Although I didn’t succeed in creating a ’Soul Imprint’ that allows human warriors to deploy mental force attacks before breaking through to the ’Martial Emperor’ Realm in my lifetime, it wasn’t for naught. Using the seed of the ’Ghostly Spirit Fruit’ as a guide, coupled with my lifelong Glyphsmith accomplishments, I was finally able to leave behind a unique ’Soul Imprint’..."

"That is the soul imprint you now possess. My words are contained within the ’Soul Imprint’ due to the ’Sound Condensation Inscriptions’. When I left this soul imprint behind, I was on my deathbed and decided to find a peaceful place to spend my remaining days."

"This ’Soul Imprint’, though it doesn’t allow you to apply the ’Mental Power Attack’ directly against enemies, according to my estimation, it should be able to help you deploy some special mental power techniques. As for how, you’ll need to explore that on your own."

"Furthermore, since you are able to integrate my ’Soul Imprint’, your mental power must be unique and you likely are a Glyphsmith. On the walls of this cave mansion, I’ve left behind all the insights I’ve gathered over my lifetime regarding inscriptions, hoping it could assist you."

At that point, the voice vanished into nothingness, leaving Wyatt Barnes in shocked silence.

"This Glyphsmith was truly incredible!"

Wyatt Barnes took a deep breath.

As someone who had absorbed the memories of the Martial Emperor, he deeply understood the significance of this Glyphsmith’s endeavours.

Even the Martial Emperor, despite his interest in the ’Soul Imprints’ of gifted, odd demon beasts, had given up after a few years of research.

The Martial Emperor had deemed it pointless to continue. After all, he had no need for ’Soul Imprints’.

Thus, he didn’t place it highly in his priorities.

As a strong warrior of the ’Martial Emperor Realm’ and a mighty Glyphsmith, his mental power attacks were so powerful that no Martial Emperor on the Cloud Skies Continent could withstand them without suffering injuries.

"Compared to the Martial Emperor, this Glyphsmith was more persistent. He spent his entire life and eventually, he researched a kind of ’Soul Imprint’."

Shock in Wyatt Barnes’s heart gradually subsided.

As Wyatt Barnes calmed down, he suddenly remembered something. "I almost forgot... According to that Glyphsmith’s message, even he seems unsure of the actual function of the ’Soul Imprint’ now integrated into my soul. Does that mean I’ve become his ’guinea pig’?"

Wyatt Barnes suddenly realized that he seemed to have unwittingly become the Glyphsmith’s test subject.

"I hope there’s no problem with the ’Soul Imprint’ that the Glyphsmith left behind... Otherwise, I’d have been made a fool by him."

Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

"According to the Glyphsmith, the ’Soul Imprint’ in my soul can’t directly unleash a mental power attack against enemies. It seems I need to do some research to find out the actual usefulness of this soul imprint."

Wyatt Barnes had a sudden realization.

Simultaneously, he remembered something the Glyphsmith had mentioned. "According to the Glyphsmith, the ’Soul Imprint’ absorbed into my soul seems to be a construct of inscriptions using a ’Ghostly Spirit Fruit’ seed. What an extravagant waste!"

"It seems plausible that the Ghostly Spirit Fruit growing here in the cave mansion is a result of the seed he left behind."

Many things now seemed clear to Wyatt Barnes. He had totally understood.

"It’s just a pity that a plant grown from a Ghostly Spirit Fruit seed can only bear a single ’Ghostly Spirit Fruit’ in its lifetime. Otherwise, I might consider relocating the plant elsewhere."

Wyatt Barnes sighed quietly.

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