My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 329 Third-Rank Golden Body, a True Dimensional Reduction Attack!

In any extraordinary system, there can be a huge gap in actual combat power between extraordinary individuals of the same level, and the martial arts and professional system is the best example of this.

At this moment, everyone present, except for Xi Xin, was a Grandmaster.

However, there are also differences between Grandmasters.

The weak, not to mention Zhong Qiming, are like Bai Ye, Wu Xing, Renault, and the two who were just killed by Xia Lin.

Grandmasters of this caliber typically have attributes of only 2 to 3 and no killer moves or trump cards.

Even if you put five or six of those characters together, it wouldn't be enough for Xia Huangwei to kill them all by himself.

Therefore, among the people present, there must be someone whose strength far surpasses that of the others, so that they can serve as the absolute main force in tomorrow's attack on the Xia family and deal with Xia Huangwei's trump card.

This person is none other than Li Yunxuan!
The earth rumbled slightly.

These are the sounds of Xia Lin's footsteps.

He is 2.3 meters tall and has a strong physique.

Xia Lin moved like a war chariot, his momentum as awe-inspiring as a mountain collapsing!
Fueled by the power he had just unleashed in an instant against two Grandmasters, Xia Lin now resembled a demon god, his aura magnificent. Several Grandmasters from the Breakers organization were momentarily intimidated by Xia Lin and involuntarily took two steps back.

Yet another person went against the tide.

It was Li Yunxuan!
He slowly drew the longsword from his back, ran his fingers along the blade, and the entire sword slowly emitted a blood-red light.

But there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"You seem familiar to me. Do we know each other?"

"Don't try to get close to me!!"

His only response was Xia Lin's roar and a palm print that tore through the air!
"Boom!"

A muffled thunderclap suddenly erupted in the collapsed villa area.

The solidified white palm print collided with the suddenly erupting red sword light, forming a ring of red and white energy waves that slowly dissipated. Two transparent and invisible auras shot straight into the sky, causing a sudden gust of wind and dark clouds to gather throughout the entire capital, and the ground beneath their feet to tremble slightly, even disturbing other powerful grandmasters in the capital.

A battle between masters of this caliber is bound to cause a great stir, and the entire capital city will be able to clearly witness it.

In theory, this is disadvantageous to Xia Lin—after all, Li Yunxuan has impeccable political connections, and the plan against the Xia family has not yet begun, so he has too many excuses to explain his identity and stance.

On the contrary, Xia Lin, as an openly evil martial artist, would inevitably be surrounded and killed if he dared to make a move in a straightforward manner.

But Xia Lin didn't care about any of that at that moment.

Strike with your palm, strike with your palm, strike with your palm again!
The Heaven-Covering Seal struck continuously, each palm print coalescing like a wall of energy, crashing towards Li Yunxuan.

Li Yunxuan, dressed in flowing white robes, moved with ethereal grace, displaying superb agility as he dodged Xia Lin's Heaven-Covering Seal. When he couldn't dodge in time, he would strike with his sword.

The longsword, flashing with red light, was even faster and more swift than Xia Lin's Heaven-Covering Seal. It not only possessed defensive power but could also take the opportunity to attack Xia Lin, even breaking through Xia Lin's Nine Revolutions Golden Body and leaving bloody wounds on Xia Lin's strong body.

With a subtly restrained fighting style, Xia Lin seemed to be no match for Li Yunxuan.

However, just as Li Yunxuan drew his sword again, further injuring Xia Lin, he saw Xia Lin suddenly retreat several steps, and all seventy-two acupoints on his body instantly emitted light!
With both palms placed at his waist, black blood energy filled his entire body.

"Heaven-Covering Seal, Heaven-Imprisoning Style!" Xia Lin roared, followed by a series of palm strikes.

The palm prints were unleashed, turning from white to black. These palm prints stirred up a whirlwind, rushing towards Li Yunxuan from all directions and sealing off all sides!
This is a variation of the skill, and also a wonderful application of martial arts.

Black Star: Martial arts skills are not something so inconvenient.
Every martial arts skill has variations, and can be varied; the difference lies only in the user.

The same skill can produce completely different effects in the hands of different martial artists!

Xia Lin is currently using his fourth-grade strength to activate martial arts techniques, and with all kinds of martial arts at his disposal, his combat and martial arts experience is definitely superior to Li Yunxuan's.

Therefore, how could Xia Lin be bound by the so-called fighting style restraint?

Li Yunxuan's expression was solemn, and the long sword in his hand instantly transformed into a dragon.

As the dragon's roar suddenly resounded, Li Yunxuan slowly uttered the name of his sword technique.

"Eastern Dragon!"

The crimson dragon collided with the black palm print, generating a violent gale that swept in all directions.

Upon seeing this, the other Grandmasters of the Breakers immediately turned and left—they couldn't even withstand the aftershocks of the battle here.

Within the capital, several auras, even surpassing Li Yunxuan's, suddenly erupted and rushed towards this place from all directions.

The two combatants, however, paid no heed to this.

Before the gale had dissipated, the two collided again!
"Heaven-Covering Seal, Divine Blade!"

The palm print transformed into a blade and slashed down, its immense power disrupting Li Yunxuan's spatial perception.

However, before the blade could reach him, Li Yunxuan roared, "Xi Feng!"

The cry of a phoenix rushed into Xia Lin's ears, causing him to pause in his movements. The sword light was aimed straight at his right eye, but at the critical moment, Xia Lin suddenly turned his head, only letting the sword light graz his cheek.

"The Heavenly Seal, from which all rivers flow!"

Thousands of palm prints coalesced into one, Xia Lin's eyes widened in fury, a sinister smile on his face, as if he were raising a black sun and forcefully smashing it down on Li Yunxuan's head.

Faced with this overwhelming attack, Li Yunxuan's expression turned solemn as he drew circles with his longsword.

"Bei Xuan!"

The blood and qi circulate according to the movement path of the moves, forming a phantom image of Xuanwu on the body's surface.

The black sun clashed with the Black Tortoise, and the flames surged forth like a miniature nuclear explosion, shaking the entire capital!

In that instant, a figure broke through the air and appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

Wang Chengping, an elder of the Wang family, is one of the high-ranking members of the Wallbreakers!

A muffled groan suddenly rose from the blast wave.

Wang Chengping immediately recognized the owner of the voice: it was Li Yunxuan!

The Northern Profound Sword did not completely block the Hundred Rivers Returning to the Flow. The remaining palm force broke through the defense and struck Li Yunxuan, causing him to spit out blood on the spot!

"Stop! You fiend, how dare you!"

Wang Chengping roared and immediately drew his sword.

The sword light surged forth like a seven-colored rainbow, piercing straight into Xia Lin's face.

Amidst the flashing golden light, Xia Lin neither dodged nor evaded the biased attack.

Despite the sword energy tearing away large chunks of his face, he only managed a bloody, sinister grin.

"Heaven-Covering Seal, Divine Might!"

The seventy-two orifices are like seventy-two nodes, instantly radiating unparalleled brilliance.

The light flowed into Xia Lin's right hand, turning it completely black, as if he were wearing an oversized black glove.

Just as Li Yunxuan was still unsteady on his feet, Xia Lin took a step and arrived beside him.

The palm struck out again, falling from the sky and landing directly on Li Yunxuan's forehead.

There was a "pop" sound.

The longsword fell, and the headless corpse crashed to the ground.

Yet streaks of blood spurted from the corpse and flowed into Xia Lin's body.

"you dare!!"

Wang Chengping was furious.

It's not just a matter of face. As one of the main combat forces of the Wallbreakers, Li Yunxuan's loss here would be a huge blow to the Wallbreakers organization!

He was about to draw his sword again when he saw Xia Lin turn his head, and his bloodied face was already facing him.

This sent a chill down Wang Chengping's spine.

His strength is not much different from Li Yunxuan's.

If this evil martial artist could kill Li Yunxuan in a short time, he could kill Wang Chengping just as easily.

This made Wang Chengping hesitant to draw his sword.

But soon, his confidence returned!
The first person to arrive was a middle-aged man with a stern expression.

He descended from the sky, enveloped in seven-colored sword light, and stood beside Wang Chengping.

Wang Chenghao, the patriarch of the Wang family!

He is very likely the strongest martial artist in the world!
Just as Wang Chenghao appeared, a crimson light streaked across the sky like a blood-red cloud.

Amidst the blood-red light, the figure of an elderly man descended from the clouds, trapping Xia Lin in a pincer-like formation.

The ancestor of the Li family, Li Zhenyan!

He was old and frail, but his move just now had already demonstrated the spirit of the older generation.

Perhaps his blood and energy had long since begun to decline, but no one dared to underestimate the power that Li Zhenyan could unleash.

The very next second after Li Zhenyan appeared, several more figures flew in from afar.

The third family of the Eight Guardians, the head of the Zhang family.

The fourth family of the Eight Guardians, the head of the Zhao family.

The fifth of the Eight Guardians, the head of the Tang family.

The sixth family of the Eight Guards, the head of the Yu family.

And, the seventh of the eight guardian families, Xia Huangwei, the head of the Xia family.

Apart from the Zhong family, which had just changed its patriarch, the strongest members of the other families were all present!
This is, after all, the capital of the world government!

Such an intense battle between grandmasters will inevitably attract the most elite people in this world!

After a brief silence, the Li family patriarch suddenly chuckled and spoke.

"He killed my great-grandson; he deserves to be torn to pieces..."

He then looked at the others and said, "I will handle this person as well, which can be considered an early birthday gift. What do you all think?"

Everyone else nodded.

Those who break through the barriers know Li Zhenyan's identity and will not refuse.

Those who are not at the Breakthrough Realm have no reason to refuse Li Zhenyan...

A martial artist who killed Li Yunxuan deserved to die; it doesn't matter who did it.

Suddenly, a discordant sound arose.

"I don't think so."

It was Xia Huangwei's voice.

He glanced at Xia Lin's bloodied face. Although he was puzzled as to why Xia Lin was motionless at this moment, he still saw a familiar shadow in that face...

He recognized him at a glance; it was his second son.

Of course, now is not a good time for father and son to recognize each other.

Xia Huangwei simply said, "This matter is quite interesting... Why is Yunxuan here?"

"And how did he end up getting involved with Director Xi Xin again?"

With that, Jiang Wufang clapped his hands, and Jiang Wufang and another Grandmaster from the Xia family appeared behind Xia Huangwei, supporting Xi Xin.

Xia Huangwei turned to look at Xi Xin, his voice turning cold.

"Are you all gathered here to discuss something important?"

"answer me!"

The final angry shout employed martial arts techniques.

However, Xi Xin's eyes widened in confusion: "We..."

He had barely uttered those two words when he snapped back to reality: "It's just a little drink."

Xia Huangwei's technique is clearly no match for the Heart-Eating Soul-Stealing Technique.

But if one plan fails, another will follow.

Xia Huangwei then looked at Wang Chengping: "Uncle Wang, you still haven't given me an explanation regarding the Zhong family's matter. Since we've all gathered here today, I want to ask you face to face: Why did the Zhong family want my Xia Lin's life?!"

Wang Chengping frowned: "Let's discuss this matter tomorrow, shall we? Dealing with this evil martial arts master right now is the most important thing."

The Tang family patriarch smiled and said, "No, no, no, this evil martial arts is irrelevant. We're all here, how could he possibly escape? On the contrary, I'm curious about what happened to my nephew Xia Lin, and I want to hear about it too." The eight families are closely connected, and Xia Huangwei also has a few close friends.

Furthermore, any action taken against the direct bloodlines of the eight families must yield results, and the sooner the better.

The Zhong family's attack on Xia Lin has elevated the importance of this matter several levels—this is an internal strife among the eight families.

It's been so long now, and you, Wang Chengping, still haven't found anything.

This inevitably raises suspicions that Wang Chengping has a problem.

The atmosphere became tense for a moment, then another sound rang out.

The sound immediately cut off all other conversations.

The speaker was Wang Chenghao.

"You... are Xia Lin?"

He looked at the burly man in the center of the arena with a puzzled expression and asked this question.

He nodded without Xia Lin needing to respond.

"Yes, you are Xia Lin."

……

The Demon Form is a combat technique, not a disguise technique.

Not to mention that no disguise is perfect.

False is false, and true is true.

No one knew Wang Chenghao's cultivation level, but it was clear that Xia Lin's disguise had not escaped Wang Chenghao's discerning eyes.

The moment Wang Chenghao spoke, Xia Lin's identity was confirmed, leaving everyone else staring at Xia Lin in disbelief.

"This is impossible!"

Such sounds suddenly rang out.

Because no one could equate the evil martial artist before them with the second son of the Xia family, who was only thirteen years old this year.

Just as the voices of the crowd were becoming increasingly chaotic, a cold laugh suddenly came from Xia Lin's mouth.

"Yes, I am Xia Lin."

As Xia Lin acknowledged his identity, his body gradually shrank, quickly returning to a normal size.

Without the disguise of his demon form, Xia Lin's face became known to everyone.

Looking sideways at Xia Huangwei, one could see a hint of urgency and worry in his eyes.

Xia Huangwei, however, believed that it was unwise for Xia Lin to reveal his identity now.

The problems this caused were no less than those he caused by killing Li Yunxuan; in fact, they were more numerous.

Li Zhenyan sneered three times: "Alright, so you're a nephew or niece of my Ba family. I'd like to ask you two things."

"First, you did not cultivate your family's traditional martial arts but instead practiced evil martial arts. What is your crime?"

"Secondly, you killed eight members of different families. What crime should you be charged with for that?!"

The former will have their martial arts cultivation abolished.

The latter is a capital offense!

Zhong Qiming is dead... In fact, once the truth came out, there was no way for Zhong Qiming to survive.

Wang Chenghao also spoke up: "Your evil martial arts are quite interesting. Normal martial arts open thirty-six acupoints, but your martial arts have opened seventy-two acupoints... Interesting, interesting."

After saying that, Wang Chenghao smiled and looked at Li Zhenyan: "Ancestor, please give me face and hand this person over to me. After I get the information I want to know, I will hand him over to you for further processing."

Before Li Zhenyan could speak, Xia Huangwei roared, "This is my second son! How can I hand him over to you?"

Unfortunately, with weak strength, one's words lack weight.

Wang Chenghao and Li Zhenyan seemed to disregard Xia Lin's identity, ignoring Xia Huangwei's words.

This caused Xia Huangwei's face to turn from red to green. He was about to take Xia Lin away when he heard Xia Lin speak slowly.

"Dad..."

"Why waste so much time arguing with them?"

"Jie Jie Jie..."

A cold laugh suddenly rang out, drifting out from Xia Lin's mouth.

He looked up at the group of people standing at the very top of this world, and his smile became even more blatant.

"Lacking vision and ability, mediocre and unproductive, and even with a limited lifespan..."

He looked at Li Zhenyan and said this, which made Li Zhenyan's face twitch.

It wasn't until Xia Lin spoke again: "But this is not your fault. The fault lies not with you, but with this world."

As she said this, Xia Lin opened her arms as if embracing the whole world.

"And next, you will witness what true martial arts are, and what true transcendence is!"

Amidst the surging energy, a fierce wind howled.

Dark clouds gathered and thunder rumbled, while light emerged from Xia Lin's seventy-two orifices.

Li Zhenyan's heart sank, and he vaguely sensed that something was wrong. He was about to make a move when he suddenly heard a wild laugh coming from Wang Chenghao's mouth!
"Excellent! What a true martial art! What a true transcendence!"

"Today, I, Wang Chenghao, will see what kind of martial arts you speak of truly are!"

After speaking, Wang Chenghao looked at everyone present with a sharp glint in his eyes.

"From now on, nobody move. Anyone who moves will die!"

Li Zhenyan, Wang Chengping, and a few others present felt a chill run down their spines.

They realized that Wang Chenghao's words were directed at them.

And this is the most direct threat from the number one person in the world!
This martial arts fanatic had no other intentions; he just wanted to see what Xia Lin's so-called true martial arts were all about!
……

Xia Lin grinned at Wang Chenghao.

This person won Xia Lin's favor with just one sentence.

Xia Lin then closed her eyes.

The notification tone had already sounded in my ear.

[Identity Mission: Restore Glory, Partially Completed!]

You can choose to accumulate rewards, or you can choose to withdraw a portion of the rewards immediately!

[Identity Mission: Nip it in the bud, partially completed!]

You can choose to accumulate rewards, or you can choose to withdraw a portion of the rewards immediately!

The double reward amount is enough for Xia Lin to unlock many skills and items.

But Xia Lin doesn't need that much for now... He only needs a small portion of the unlock quota to unlock a seemingly ordinary item.

"Unlocked, Heaven and Earth Nourishing Soul Pill!"

[Unlocked.]

The amount of credit consumed was only about one percent of what was earned in this round.

What remains, however, is still the hidden soldier cave that Xia Lin most wants to unlock!

Then let's just save them up.

This Heaven and Earth Nourishing Soul Pill is enough to deal with the current situation!
[Heaven and Earth Soul Nourishing Pill (Racial Foundation Level): A single-use consumable. Formed from the power of martial arts and the heavens and earth, it can heal most soul-related injuries after consumption!]

There are ways to deal with damage that inflicts on noble souls.

Within the professional system, there are also quite a few methods for healing soul damage.

Xia Lin bought this item from Duhaitang to protect himself from having his soul harmed. But now, he has another purpose for it!
Its wondrous use lies in the fact that this elixir possesses the power of heaven and earth.

This would allow him to replace the boundary core and use Black Star's evil magic to help Xia Lin achieve the third rank!
Of course, elixirs and boundary cores are not the same thing.

The effect is far inferior.

Achieving the third rank in this way will greatly damage the foundation of martial arts... Don't even think about breaking through to the eleventh level. Although there are ways to make up for it later, it will be a thankless and exhausting task.

Xia Lin didn't care.

Because martial arts are just for temporary use, do you really think he wants to change professions?
With a flick of his wrist, the pill appeared in his palm, and Xia Lin simply took it.

Once I swallow this pill, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven!

The golden pill was swallowed by Xia Lin, and like a golden sun, its golden light filled his entire mouth.

However, the pill did not sink; instead, under the control of the blood energy, it rose all the way up, reaching Xia Lin's brow!

Amidst the roaring of blood energy, Xia Lin's aura became even more vigorous, gradually causing the heavens and earth to change color and the universe to turn upside down!

A massive amount of blood energy roared out from his body, conjuring a terrifying demonic shadow behind Xia Lin!
"Ninth Rank of Martial Arts, Third Rank Golden Body!"

Depending on the cultivation method, the golden body that a martial artist condenses will also be different!

The third-grade golden body formed by the Hundred Losses Demon Art is called: Hundred Losses Blood Demon Body!

Based on Black Star's martial arts experience, Xia Lin's breakthrough was a natural progression—the third rank was still far, far away from the twelfth level of the Unity Realm.

In the blink of an eye, the phantom behind him solidified and merged with Xia Lin, becoming indistinguishable from one another!
Breakthrough complete!

An astonishing aura emanated from them, causing everyone present except Wang Chenghao and Xia Huangwei to retreat in disarray.

Wang Chenghao is strong.

Xia Huangwei, however, trusted him.

Trust that even if Xia Lin becomes what he is now, it won't hurt him in the slightest.

He just looked at his son, and at that enormous creature that was over ten meters tall!
This object is entirely blood red, yet it has a metallic sheen.

Seventeen arms of varying lengths extend from the body, chaotic, evil, and asymmetrical.

The skull has no facial features, only a large mouth covered with jagged fangs.

Its strong body is covered with scales, giving it an indestructible appearance!

The changes were naturally reflected on the attribute panel!

Name: Xia Lin

【Level: 8】

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Martial Arts Cultivation: Third Grade Golden Body Realm]

【Professional Talent 1: Martial Arts Foundation (S-level): You have achieved the third-grade Golden Body Realm and have already condensed the third-grade Golden Body.

At the same time, your blood energy has increased your racial stats, current increase: 17.5!

【Profession Talent 2: Third-Rank Golden Body, Hundred-Damage Blood Demon Body (Racial Foundation Level): Your Third-Rank Golden Body is the Hundred-Damage Blood Demon Body! Due to your different promotion method, the power of your Hundred-Damage Blood Demon Body is insufficient.

You can activate your Golden Body anytime, anywhere, transforming into the Hundred-Damage Blood Demon form. In this form, the power of your Hundred-Damage Demonic Arts is greatly increased! Simultaneously, your base attributes receive a massive boost!

[Race value: 17.5]

[Base Attributes: 35,000!]

A howling wind could be heard with every breath.

Every move they make can shake the world.

The terrifying Blood Demon with a hundred wounds took a step forward and slowly walked towards Wang Chenghao.

Then, Xia Lin squatted down and looked down at Wang Chenghao.

A chaotic demonic sound emanated from Xia Lin's body.

"Did you see it?"

"This is the true way of martial arts."

(End of this chapter)