Into The Portal: Monster Invasion

Chapter 282: Battle of Minds!

The first to break the illusion after Miles was the girl with the Mind Seed. She walked near Miles and looked at him strangely. By now, everyone knew him. On the first day, Miles put on quite a show and even got challenged. So, everyone in the class knew he had Body Seed, and not a mind seed. Despite that, he was the first to break the illusion and even saw a technique she failed to see.

The girl was Number 34. She had the Super Telekinesis superpower. Allowing her to move objects with her superpower alone. After awakening the energy, her telekinesis powers boosted to a new height, unlike her peers she could even lift heavy objects.

Besides telekinesis, she was also a master at illusion. This was the reason why she got the 34th place. After all, against people with rare elements, her powers werent that useful. But by using illusions, she could use her opponents own weapons against them with the help of her superpower and win against people stronger than her.

Miles too was inspecting his opponent for the next round. Since she was second to break the illusion, they would be fighting against each other, which wasnt favorable for Miles at all. After all his opponent had a Mind Seed, while he was a total amateur when it came to illusions. But he started to get the gist of it.

Although he didnt have a technique yet, he could change his energy to form illusions. It wasnt any different than strengthening a body part. After all, this branch was named Mind Branch. All he had to do was move his energy to his mind to amplify its abilities.

Illusions were fake signals tricking opponents' minds. The simplest optical illusion could be achieved by breaking the light. It could be as simple as dipping a pen into a glass of water to break the pen through the broken lights, or by coloring a scene, one could even show a monster falling from the sky.

Even before the invasion, humans could create basic level illusion through sound, light, and smell. But illusions formed by energy were more complex and effective.

The most simple execution would be changing the enemys perception. But that wasnt an easy feat. On a battlefield, where death and injury were norms, everybody would be on their toes. Effecting an opponent when their guards were up, was easier said than done. But it all came down to mind power and energy level.

Miles, who had used four mind serums, had the edge against the other students. Even the girl across from him couldnt match him on Mind Power. Only in the peak of Form-Rank could they catch up with Miles, and beside Tutors in Extol-Rank, Miles was sure no one in the academy could match him in brainpower.

When the whole class managed to break the illusion, it was finally time for the lesson to begin. The tutor sat them down facing each other and started to give instructions. Try to move your energy into your brain. I know it will feel weird and hard at first, but after you get used to it, you will feel another limb coming out of your brain. It is your spiritual arm or mind power. You use it to attack or defend against your opponents.

It is the same with using your two arms and legs. You move energy into this invisible, intangible arm and manifest the outcome you want to achieve. Remember the four steps of manifestation. Intent, Medium, Gesture, Will!

Remember! When manifesting mind techniques, the medium is the invisible limb you form. It is the extension of your body, and you have to let it lead you to energy. Without controlling it, you cannot create techniques.

Students nodded and started to move energy into their brains. Miles closed his eyes and moved his energy into his brain. There, he spread out the energy into every brain cell, rejuvenated them one by one.

Imagination was a strong part of creation. Even when he was forming a seed, Malcolm made him think of a seed with unbreakable toughness and unlimited explosiveness. They werent empty words but intent. Intent made the manifestation possible, so imagining a strong core produced a strong core. Weak-willed would be stagnant.

After imagining his every brain cell rejuvenates and bonding together to form a tentacle. At first, it felt like a foreign object in his mind, but when connected to his brain cells, Miles felt it was as familiar as his arm. The tentacle felt as if it was his limb from the start.

Miles intended energy to move this limb and used it as the medium. Tentacle moved like a wand and gestured for the spell to happen, and when he willed energy to penetrate his opponent's brain, he felt a connection between the two of them.

It wasnt like he accessed her brain, more like they were in a blank battlefield. The classroom and other people vanished, only he and his opponent were there. The girl had her eyes closed and sweat was forming on her forehead. Miles decided to wait for her to get ready. After all, she had a mind branch, and should have created her limb long ago, but she didnt attack and waited for him.

After a couple of minutes, the girl opened her eyes and looked at Miles. She nodded to thank and he felt her energy rising in her body. The battle had begun.

Miles moved his newest limb, the tentacle, and it moved as if a brush drawing on an empty canvas. The surrounding turned into a meadow similar to one created by the tutor. It was a simple structure, so it wasnt too hard to form.

The girl, after Miles created the meadow, formed a sword in her hand and let it fly in the air with her superpower. The sword was covered with eerie purple liquid and looked dangerous. Its tip was pointing at Miles, but Miles ignored the sword.

Why create a sword, while you can form everything? He asked in his mind, and the tentacle struck again. Monster after monster appeared and all of them looked like snakes. At first, they were only twisting lines, but after they formed, the tentacle added details.

Miles's mind power was a lot stronger than the girl, thus his creation was faster. He could focus on too many things, while the girl could hardly focus on the details. She moved the sword towards Miles at the speed of sound, but Miles simply dodged the sword while kept on drawing.

The twisting lines were painted in green and purple, while some were black. Some had fangs, while some had giant maws. Scales of different shapes added to their bodies, while some expanded like pythons. They all moved towards the girl.

The girl looked at the snakes and wanted to get rid of them. She willed it, and a circle of fire surrounded her. But even the fire had a poisonous sheen. It was obvious that the girl had the poison element.

The fire burned fiercely, while snakes were too afraid to approach, but then the sword the girl created fell from the sky in front of Miles.

He grabbed the sword and painted it with his tentacle. The purple sheen on it vanished and azure-blue energy covered its body. Miles raised the sword with his two hands and slashed towards the fire.

From the tip of the sword, a pillar of water gushed out towards the fire and extinguished it immediately. When the fire was gone, smoke covered the girl, but snakes could still feel her. All of them pounced on the girl, and soon the girl's scream was heard in the classroom. The white room vanished and Miles saw the girl was foaming. Tutor rushed to their side and put her hand on the girls forehead to soothe her while looking at Miles weirdly.