Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1055 - 113 The Pitiable Venomhand, Toyed with in Her Hands

Chapter 1055: Chapter 113 The Pitiable Venomhand, Toyed with in Her Hands

Annan certainly couldn’t have known such a high-level Soul Snatching Spell.

To instantaneously bypass the willpower barrier of a silver-rank Transcendent and enter their consciousness space... It would take at least a gold-rank to master such a spell.

But the method Annan used was not a spell from the Soul Snatching School at all.

It was a power that stood entirely above that—

The moment Annan switched his "Healing Aura" to "Shocking Aura," he had instantly stripped away the other’s rationality and erased their resistance consciousness.

From the tests he ran on Husky and the others, Annan had roughly figured out what the "Shocking" condition entailed.

This "Shocking" condition—could also be understood as a "blackout" state, a very powerful means of control. It was roughly equivalent to "Deep Sleep," allowing the target’s will attribute to temporarily drop to zero, losing the ability to attack and cast spells, yet it was easier to achieve than knocking someone unconscious.

It didn’t require knocking a person out cold; it could be accomplished from a distance.

Also, the "Dizziness" condition, which could weaken the will attribute, could not control someone entirely to death. Although the enemy might stagger and be slow, they could still fight normally. Moreover, if their constitution attribute was high, they could further shorten the control duration.

The "Agony" condition, which could interfere with casting spells, might make a person angry; the "Weakening" condition, which could disrupt attacks, could not interfere with casting spells; the "Deep Sleep" condition, which could control both ways, was not only easy to be exempted by the will attribute, but the target might also wake up suddenly if attacked.

Initially, Annan thought the "Shocking" state was like a rule from "Electrical Shock," where it would just reduce AC. But in this world, it turned out to be one of the most noble levels of control states...

The control level on par with "Shocking," apart from the "Stupor" state of hammering someone into unconsciousness, was only the "Crazed" state. Or rather, "Shocking" could also be understood as a kind of "crazed without excess movement" state.

Probably it was like being driven mad by the Ecstatic Radiance and Ingrid’s frenzy...

Later, Annan learned that the signature Spell of Disabling of Hand of Winter, "Freezing Gaze," induced the "Shocking" condition!

However, as "Freezing Gaze" was an Instant Spell, its duration was relatively short. Therefore, it could only be followed by a "Loss of Fighting Spirit" to achieve sustained control.

But Annan’s "Shocking Aura" was different.

As a power, not a spell, it had infinite duration without consuming mana and without occupying the channeling slot.

As long as Annan stood beside "Venomhand."

—Then, the duration of this "Shocking" condition would also be permanent.

Or to say, this state may not last very long—probably just over two seconds. But unlike "Freezing Gaze," which required eye contact to take effect, Annan’s was an aura effect—meaning, before the target could emerge from "Shocking," they were hit by the next wave of the aura’s effect and sent back into a "Shocking" state.

Unless there was some external force to push Annan away or drag Annan’s enemy off; otherwise, possessing a transcendent will that could average one immunity out of every two controls, and could additionally halve the duration on the next, Annan could control them indefinitely.

And even with a transcendent will, that intermittent progress would probably be akin to being stunned by a puzzle... At least, conjuring a major spell was definitely not happening.

So, Annan had an idea.

Since the enemy’s will attribute was forcibly reduced to zero under the "Shocking" state, and as long as he did not switch aura, he could infinitely control enemies with a will attribute under fifty points...

And without need for willpower resistance, understanding elemental power could gain additional information.

Then, could Annan treat those he controlled as inanimate objects—using "Understanding" elemental power to directly obtain information from them?

In a sense.

"Venomhand" could also be considered as Annan’s test subject.

Annand didn’t activate his Radiance Form; he merely lifted the seal on the cursed vessel.

He controlled a streak of light—a kind of "living light" that resembled a tentacle, a spider, or perhaps a leech—that crawled from just below "Venomhand’s" eyebrows, near the bridge of his nose, into his eye sockets and burrowed into Venomhand’s brain.

This was the low-level influence known as Ecstatic Radiance.

For Annan, who had become the Radiant Sovereign, he was now able to directly create low-level influences of the "radiance" domain.

And as the "living light" imbued with the essence of "understanding" seeped deeper and deeper, Annan, with his eyes closed, gradually began to "understand" the other person’s personality.

It wasn’t like the Soul Snatching Spell, where you enter fragments of past memories from a third-person perspective.

Rather, it was like those "ten-minute summary videos of a movie," broadly grasping Venomhand’s entire life. But except for the parts and phrases that left a deep impression, Annan couldn’t obtain any specific information.

...However, if it was just collecting information, it was enough for the task at hand.

Annan assessed his new ability in this way.

"How is it going?"

Isaac, who was by his side, had already put away his noble facade and asked curiously.

The soul he was using now wasn’t his own but a fabricated one given to him by the Spirit Vessel Monk.

The Spirit Vessel Monk had resurrected him only to oppose Hugo. By having him, the leader of the transformation school and the inventor of modern mainstream transformation spells, perform a reverse transformation on Hugo’s spells... to disrupt him in this way.

Every time he used Elemental Power, it essentially shortened his time of existence—although recharging with the Philosopher’s Stone could replenish it. But it was indeed better to use it as little as possible.

It was also because Annan’s priority against low-level teleportation was too weak, otherwise, he wouldn’t even need to deploy his noble facade.

After all, Isaac’s primary element was also "radiance." What he could do, though Annan’s awakening was in a different direction, with a bit of thought, was mostly achievable as well.

Isaac couldn’t help but say, "If it really doesn’t work, let me try. I know a bit of Soul Snatching Spell myself."

"That won’t be necessary... I’ve finished looking," Annan sighed and reopened his eyes: "It’s indeed Ingrid. But how should I put it... Ingrid only found him a little over a month ago. Specifically, it was shortly after she had attacked the underground city.

"I got some information. Ingrid’s primary element is ’love,’ and she possesses a Healing Aura. Therefore, she tries to avoid contact with her enemies... While others fall in love with her, she also falls in love with them—that’s because ’love is mutual.’ If it’s not the most sincere love, you cannot disturb the firmness of another’s heart; and if it is a true and genuine love, you must take control of yourself as well."

"...That harsh?"

Isaac showed a mix of surprise and disbelief, much like a blend of subway, old man, phone emojis.

Husky also respectfully added from the side, "Speaking of which, Venomhand also assassinated a noble and looted items about a month ago..."

It was clear that Venomhand had been controlled by Ingrid.

This old captain, even though he clearly realized that he wasn’t the only one Ingrid loved, had no power to resist the force of the "love" element—just like poor Tom, being toyed with and controlled.

But what exactly did he do?

And in response to Annan’s inquiry, Husky answered with some difficulty:

"The items Venomhand looted at that time were... a batch of demon blood, imported from the Underground City under the guise of ’cursed materials.’"

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