From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 832 - 489: Soul Steel Seal, What Is the Command?
[Soul Steel Seal]
[Skill Level: S-Level]
[Skill Consumption: 300 Source Energy points]
[Effect 1: Will Steel Seal]
[Engrave an irreversible cognitive imprint on the target’s soul, forcibly implanting a single core directive. The marked individual will follow the command unconditionally, ignoring logic, emotion, and instinct, until the soul imprint is erased by higher-level spiritual power.]
[The Will Steel Seal effect applies only to a single target. Changing the target will cause the previous mark to disappear. Once the Will Steel Seal duration reaches one month, it enters the second phase effect.]
[Effect 2: Memory Steel Seal]
[After the Will Steel Seal has been in effect for one month, the seal solidifies, and the subject’s memory, instinct, and emotions will be altered into a false life script, with no escape unless their memory changes again.]
Lu Heng finished reading the skill description of [Soul Steel Seal], then looked up and stared into Lawrence Phoenix’s eyes, using the skill.
Lawrence Phoenix was hit with the skill, covering his forehead with his hand, and fell to his knees, shaking all over and drenched in cold sweat.
Lu Heng looked down at him and asked in a commanding tone, "Who is the traitor?"
Lawrence Phoenix panted heavily, answering while gasping, "George Gardner. He was someone I arranged to transform into a Bloodline. Originally meant to control the Delegate Organization with him, but unforeseen changes occurred before the plan succeeded."
Lu Heng had already imprinted a seal in his soul, ensuring he couldn’t resist commands or questions.
"Your task is to prevent Moznis from ascending to Demigod and to relay the Bloodline Clan’s movements in real-time. I’ll send someone to contact you." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
After leaving the command, Lu Heng opened the Star Gate and left.
Lawrence Phoenix lay collapsed on the ground, gasping heavily, his eyes filled with confusion.
He was utterly reluctant; just when he was about to gain control of the whole Bloodline Demon clan, he fell into a trap at the most crucial moment.
He knew the mistake the moment he realized he was tricked. The mistake was being too greedy.
He wanted to completely control Tiness, and the best way to achieve that was by obtaining Tiness’s heart.
Therefore, he had to get the heart personally, and this greed led him to fall into the trap.
At this stage, there was no way back.
After a long time, he got up from the ground, speculating on what [Soul Steel Seal] Lu Heng had planted inside him was.
This skill is quite special and unlike other spirit control skills.
Generally, spirit control skills use spiritual power to take absolute control of the target, even extending one’s will into the target’s brain to control actions directly.
Such spirit control skills are potent in control power but have a drawback: they need constant skill maintenance.
That is, these spirit control skills require continuous casting, and if interrupted, the control effect disappears.
Also, due to the need for continuous casting, there’s a restriction on space distance between caster and subject; once beyond the skill range, the effect vanishes.
[Soul Steel Seal] uses another control method, directly embossing a directive into the target’s soul, making this command a subject’s instinct.
Therefore, once [Soul Steel Seal] is applied, the effect persists without needing ongoing casting.
This skill also has another hidden feature: the subject doesn’t know what the engraved "directive" is within their soul.
Indeed, the subject doesn’t know the directive’s nature, as this cognitive imprint is indistinguishable from other biological instincts.
For instance, all creatures have a survival instinct, and the directive level of [Soul Steel Seal] matches that of survival instinct.
Therefore, Lawrence Phoenix doesn’t know what directive Lu Heng engraved in his brain, but he can guess.
Indeed, the subject follows the [Soul Steel Seal] control, executing the seal command unconditionally, yet besides this seal command, the subject remains a normal life entity.
That means if the seal command never triggers, the subject would live their life like any ordinary person.
Lawrence Phoenix only knows there’s a seal command in his soul but is clueless about its specifics. He struggles to think and guess the nature of this command.
However, after searching through every layer of memory, he couldn’t figure out the exact command.
He considered a possibility: Could the seal command be to kill Moznis?
This speculation was highly probable.
If the seal command is to kill Moznis, it would trigger upon meeting Moznis, leading him to execute it at any cost.
And the method and process of execution depend on the subject’s ability, thoughts, strategy, and other factors.
That is, the [Soul Steel Seal] command usually demands achieving a certain goal, while the process to reach the goal is uncertain and left to the subject.
If the subject lacks the ability to achieve the goal, they’d still attempt it desperately.
Lawrence Phoenix considered this and slowly shook his head, believing the command couldn’t be to kill Moznis.
Because he had no ability to kill Moznis, if that were the seal command, he’d only be sent to his death.
If this were the seal command, how would it differ from directly killing him?
