My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 344 The Art of Deception, the Fate-Cutting Star Chart, the First Clash, a Battle of Wealth!

Q: During the one-month interval between Ash Zone events, how many times can Xia Lin use her overpowered farming combo?

A: Twice.

Within the profession system, because skills have concepts such as effective time and cooldown time, the entire profession system has a very strict concept of time.

The same applies to the Ash Zone system.

The time interval it provides is a full month, not a minute more or less.

The negative effects of the life-or-death battle (inferior) last for ten days, exactly ten days, not a minute more or less.

In theory, Xia Lin can activate the incredible brush combo three times a month, but considering that the operation takes time—even a few milliseconds—it still takes time.

Therefore, during his one-month rest period, he could only use the incredible brush combo twice.

As for whether one can escape the three realms and avoid the summons of the Ash Zone system...

This won't work.

If you don't leave the Ember Zone system, you will be subject to its control, which has nothing to do with skill judgment.

In short, after more than twenty days, Xia Lin finished two rounds of attribute training, but there wasn't enough time for him to do a third round. So, Xia Lin had some free time.

……

First, there's the incredible effect of the brush combo.

This is absolutely defying the heavens!
After leaving the Eight-Site Ash Area, Xia Lin's base stats are 290 points, and her attribute is 5.5 million.

After the first round, Xia Lin's base stats became 319, and her attributes became 6.05 million.

After the second round, Xia Lin's base stats became 351, and her attributes became 6.65 million.

After multiplication, it's a 50% improvement!

This is quite a significant increase!
In short, Xia Lin was very satisfied with the effect of the incredible brush combo.

As for whether the deception is powerful enough, there is no need to worry about that.

Because, even though Xia Lin's strength increases, the more deception points he consumes to activate Deception.

However, this increase is, for the time being, not comparable to the development of the country of deception.

According to Xia Lin's assessment, he might reach the point where the third law is triggered for the fourth or even fifth time before the country of deception becomes insolvent.

But this simply means that it takes time to accumulate the power of deception, which slows down the growth rate.

Xia Lin was even more confident in himself, believing that by then he would surely find a way to further improve the incredible brush combo.

Secondly, there are some trivial matters.

The affairs of Shining Blue Star, the Beyond the Boundary Project...

A brief inspection revealed that everything is progressing steadily and positively.

The last thing concerns the mandatory tracking card.

In the Canberra settlement, at the manor Xia Lin had bought, Xia Lin dialed Bao Bowen's contact number.

……

After the Legend of the Immortals, Xia Lin exchanged contact information with Bao Bowen and Xiao Feng.

Many friends, many ways.

Xia Lin is no longer the hot-blooded youth he once was; he understands such a simple principle.

However, a month after the end of The Legend of the Immortal Swordsman, Xia Lin did not take the initiative to contact Bao Bowen, Xiao Feng, and others, nor did they take the initiative to contact Xia Lin.

Now that he's being tracked and located, Xia Lin could easily guess that it must be someone from the Heavenly Path Old Dog's side.

I contacted Bao Bowen to ask if he had made any progress on this matter.

The result was that Lao Bao actually made progress.

“Brother Xia, even though you haven’t contacted me, I was thinking of taking the initiative to contact you.”

"Our job in the fantasy world has been exposed..."

Xia Lin: "No, no, no, don't use these slang terms."

The key point is that in that fantasy world, you are you and I am me. All the mess you're making has nothing to do with me...

Xia Lin was about to say that when she suddenly realized that Xu Haonan's transformation into a fun-loving person was exactly what she was doing.

This is where cause and effect come in...

"Never mind, I'm being hunted again. Do you guys have any leads?"

Xia Lin got straight to the point, and Bao Bowen immediately replied, "It's Luo Zhidao."

……

"Actually, we have to start this story from the end of the Legend of the Immortals."

"Before the mission ended, Xin Zhan made his move and killed Xu Haonan."

As the Legend of the Outer Gods and Immortals was about to end, Xia Lin was in the Xuan Tian Sect and was unaware of what was happening on Bao Bowen's side.

But Xu Haonan is destined to die.

Once they left the Ashes Zone, the Leziren debuff wore off, and the fact that Black Star had taken over Lin Xiantian's body could no longer be concealed.

Therefore, Xu Haonan never left the Ash Zone of the Outer Gods and Immortals; he died in the Ash Zone.

"Then, using Lin Xiantian's identity, Black Star successfully infiltrated the Heavenly Dao Creator camp."

"Originally, we planned to use Black Star as a hidden agent and not use him easily. However, Xin Zhan's side has encountered problems."

Xia Lin was stunned.

No, this is a bit of a mess...

Without interrupting...

Xia Lin was happy to hear about the experiences of these old friends.

Bao Bowen continued, "The problem with Xin Zhan, who is NO.259, is that the Giant Race Sequence One, Ocres, seems to have discovered Xin Zhan's personality issues and has begun hunting him down."

"At the same time, Ocres's actions also alarmed the Luo Tian Sect."

"The Heavenly Dao Creator was already quite dissatisfied with the outcome of The Legend of the Outer Gods and Immortals—only Lin Xiantian survived. Whoever was responsible for this must thoroughly investigate the cause and effect."

"With the Ocres incident added to the mix, Black Star felt that he couldn't hide it any longer."

It cannot be said that Black Star lacked patience.

Having never experienced the suffering of others, Xia Lin felt it inappropriate to offer casual comments.

Black Star was probably in a pretty dangerous situation at the time.

"Therefore, we changed our approach and had Black Star steal a portion of the Five Elements Sect's secret records, break away from the Heavenly Dao Creator's camp, and return to our side."

"And it was during this process that Luo Zhidao made his move."

"He was ordered to investigate everything that happened in the Outer Gods and Immortals Chronicles Ash Zone, and now you're being hunted down again. I bet the Luo Zhidao has traced you back to you and found out that you're the culprit who killed Lin Xiantian and Xu Haonan."

Xia Lin: "...So, I don't think I actually killed Lin Xiantian and Xu Haonan, right?"

Bao Bowen chuckled: "Brother Xia, I won't hold it against you for fooling your buddies, but you mustn't fool yourself."

"Don't you know why they died so tragically? You're responsible for 80% of the blame, both morally and logically!"

Xia Lin's lips twitched; she couldn't refute it.

He really was the mastermind behind the deaths of Lin Xiantian and Xu Haonan...

After a long silence, the words "Luo Zhidao" flashed through Xia Lin's mind again.

……

Xia Lin had undoubtedly heard of the name Luo Zhidao.

The top five in the human race are all comparable to level eleven.

Luo Zhidao, on the other hand, is ranked fourth in the human race.

He is also the second most powerful Ash Walker in the Heavenly Dao Creator camp!
The human race is the domain of the Creator of Heaven.

The Luo Tian Sect is undoubtedly the number one power among the human race.

Correspondingly, among the human race's powerful individuals, those who are masters of the Heavenly Dao surpass all other groups in both quality and quantity!

Of the top five in the sequence, two are occupied by the Creator of Heaven – Sequence One and Sequence Four.

After a long while, Xia Lin suddenly spoke up: "Can you be sure that it's only Luo Zhidao himself?"

Bao Bowen gave the answer: "It can be confirmed."

"Because Wuxin has been closely watched by Leng Mo, and his whereabouts are clear. Moreover, his relationship with Luo Zhidao is not harmonious, so they probably won't easily join forces."

Human Race Sequence One: Heartless, one of the creators of Heaven.

Occupation: Unknown...

Yes, it is unknown.

The power that Wu Xin displayed still belongs to the immortal path in a strict sense, but many facts show that his profession is not that of a proper immortal cultivator.

Human Race Sequence Two: Qin Tai, King of Kings.

Lord of all armies.

This profession is indeed incredibly powerful; you can always find the title "Lord of Ten Thousand Armies" among the strongest warriors of all races.

However, considering the nature of the King of Kings, Qin Tai will not participate in the hunting and anti-hunting phase of the sequence battle.

Sequence Three, Indifference, Superstar One.

Sequence Four, the Way of Weaving, the Creator of Heaven.

Sequence five, soul one, the side of the soul-controlling Demon Emperor.

Under this framework, if we only consider the human race's lineage, the Heavenly Dao, as the creator of the world, undoubtedly holds a dominant position.

Wuxin is high above everyone else, and his strength is overwhelming. Even if Leng Mo, a Sequence Three, and Hun Yi, a Sequence Five, joined forces, they would not be a match for Wuxin alone.

Many thoughts flashed through Xia Lin's mind, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

"If it's just Luo Zhidao himself, then it's alright."

Bao Bowen, on the other end of the communicator, was surprised.

"Brother, don't underestimate him. This guy is no pushover."

"He is a disciple of a level 12 Spirit Treasure Immortal Venerable, so he must have many trump cards up his sleeve."

"In particular, we can confirm one thing here."

"Of the three six-pillar level items released on the previous ranking battle points exchange form, one of them fell into the hands of Luo Zhidao."

These words made Xia Lin's eyes widen: "Which one?"

"The Fate-Determining Star Chart".

……

At the start of the race-based ranking battle, the Ember Zone system released the exchange form.

Three of the six-pillar level items were particularly eye-catching, but they were all swapped out after the first test in the Ash Zone.

Those who took these things must undoubtedly be high-ranking members of the various major clans.

Now Bao Bowen has given a clear answer: one of them, the six-pillar level item called the Fate-Cutting Star Chart, has fallen into the hands of Luo Zhidao!

Unfortunately, for privacy reasons, the Ash Zone system does not provide detailed attributes of these three six-pillar level items.

It only provides a simple note, which allows the redeemer to see the general effect of the item.

The note given to the Destiny Chart by the Ashes section is:

[He can predict fate and destiny, and knows everything!]

That's quite a boast.

Its strength must also be quite high.

Looking back now, Xia Lin suddenly felt that this thing seemed to have a similar effect to the power of deception.

They all involve fate and destiny.

Furthermore, they are all related to the Six Pillars: Six Pillar-level items must have come from the Six Pillars and are naturally related to them.

The Spirit Book was also created by the Six Pillars, while the deception came from the original dark side.

In this comparison, it's difficult to determine whether the horoscope or the spirit book is superior.

"But then again... I think it's perfectly reasonable for the Spirit World Book to be awarded the title of Six Pillars level."

This is Xia Lin's monologue after ending her communication with Bao Bowen.

Thinking about the attributes and effects of the Spirit World Book, Xia Lin vaguely understood.

As a growth-oriented item, the Spirit World Book probably has the potential to reach the sixth pillar level. However, the Spirit World Kingdom currently only has the fraudulent one, which has dragged down the Spirit World Book's rating.

From this perspective, the hunt for evil gods probably can't stop...

"However, the first thing to consider is the issue of Luo Zhidao."

"If you're delaying my stat boosting, then I'll have to teach you a lesson."

Muttering to himself, in the quiet room of the manor, Xia Lin, without saying a word, activated the Deception Operation once again!
And this time, his goal remains clear!
"By opening the Heavenly Gift Source and acquiring the Permission Card, we can create an absolute home-field advantage for this battle!" Everything that happened in the Ash Zone of the Outer Gods and Immortals Chronicles shows that Ash Zone travelers can use Permission Cards to actively create advantages for themselves.

If the people on the side of the Creator of Heaven can do it, there's no reason why Xia Lin can't!
In this round, Xia Lin did not seek assistance from the Super Star faction.

After all, having accumulated this much, Xia Lin now has the ability and confidence to stand firmly on the grand stage of the human race and declare his existence to the entire universe!

……

Luo Tianzong, Zhidao Mountain.

The mountains are shrouded in mist, with faint, colorful threads spreading throughout, forming a net that covers the entire Zhidao Mountain.

And the source of these colorful silk threads is Luozhi Road on the mountain peak!

If a powerful immortal were here, they would discover that Luo Zhidao's trick vaguely aligns with the concept of the Dao.

The ability to merge with the Dao is a power possessed only by immortal venerables!

When people praise someone, they often say that so-and-so has the qualities of XX.

Most of the time, these are just flattering and polite words. However, for Luo Zhidao, who is ranked fourth among the human race, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has the potential to become an immortal.

To be able to vaguely comprehend the divine power of a level twelve at level nine—what else could this be but the potential of a celestial being?
In terms of potential for immortality, Luo Zhidao is considered the strongest among the current generation of Ash Zone Walkers.

The reason why he is only ranked fourth in the human race is that, firstly, Wuxin himself has problems and does not follow the pure path of immortality.

Secondly, some time has passed since the last human race ranking war, and the rankings are about to be redefined. The original rankings cannot absolutely represent the relative strengths and weaknesses.

Just as Xia Lin initiated the fraudulent operation, Luo Zhidao, who was standing on the mountain peak, suddenly opened his eyes.

The phantom of a seven-colored compass appeared behind him.

Within the illusory image, one hundred and eight large stars suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!
"Finally, there's some action."

Just as Lingbao Immortal Venerable commented.

Luo Zhidao is highly talented and strong-willed, with a steady personality but he overthinks things.

This often leads to Luo Zhidao making some meaningless and energy-wasting actions.

However, this is by no means a bad thing.

Because being prepared prevents trouble!
Looking back at the illusory compass behind him.

Amidst the twinkling light of the great star, it seemed as if a heavenly secret was being revealed, which was clearly captured by Luo Zhidao.

Even though they were separated by thousands of miles, he seemed to see Xia Lin's figure as he held the Heavenly Gift Source Essence.

In fact, as early as after going to Lingbao Immortal Venerable to retrieve the treasure, Luo Zhidao began to monitor Xia Lin's every move with the Fate-Cutting Star Chart.

During this time, Xia Lin activated the skill twice to jump out of the Three Realms. The effect of this skill isolated the monitoring of the Fate-Breaking Star Chart, resulting in the Luo Zhi Dao's monitoring being fruitless.

A normal person might try it dozens of times and then give up, but Luo Zhidao is different.

He waited for Xia Lin for a full twenty days, and now, at this point in time, he has finally gotten the first move from Xia Lin!

Even level six items aren't a panacea.

The clues given by the horoscope were somewhat vague and unclear, making it difficult for Luo Zhidao to see clearly.

But as soon as Luo Zhidao had a thought, colorful mysterious light emerged from the star chart and fell on Luo Zhidao. As if inspired, Luo Zhidao reached into his personal space and quickly took out an item.

That was a permission card called a venue designation card.

As a fourth-ranked human, backed by the Luo Tian Sect and the Lingbao Immortal Venerable, Luo Zhidao certainly doesn't lack resources like access cards.

Right now, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, he took out the access card and crushed it on the spot without hesitation.

A notification tone suddenly sounded.

……

[You used the site designation card, specifying the approximate environment of the next Ember Zone.]

[Your next visit to the Ashes will take you to a world devoid of spiritual energy, yet teeming with life.]

The fraudulent operation had only been running for ten seconds when Xia Lin obtained the first access card. He then used it while in fraudulent mode and received the following prompt.

However, the next second, a new notification sound rang out again.

[You are being tracked because someone has used a forced tracking card on you.]

[Your tracker also used the Site Designation Card, specifying the environment for the next Ember Zone as: a world rich in spiritual energy and with a simple environment.]

[The two permission cards cancel each other out; neither your nor your opponent's permission cards will be effective!]

Xia Lin was taken aback.

Is this how you do things if you're not a bro?
Ash Zone: Why not?

You both used your access cards to make requests of me, and those requests even conflicted with each other.

Then the two cancel each other out, and the permission card was used for nothing.

These are the rules of the Ember Zone.

After a brief moment of surprise, Xia Lin frowned.

"Little brat, you're pretty confident in your abilities!"

It's not hard to see his thinking from Luo Zhidao's choice of venue: a simple environment means he doesn't want to take advantage of the situation, nor does he want Xia Lin to take advantage of the situation.

Let's get started and fight straight, decide the outcome quickly and go home early.

He was confident that he was the one with the stronger fist.

Xia Lin pouted, offering no comment.

Xia Lin hadn't experienced the abilities of the human race's fourth-order race, so he couldn't make a judgment.

From this, Xia Lin could also see something else.

"He seems to have the ability or tools to restrain or counteract fraud."

After a brief moment of thought, Xia Lin thought of the Fate-Predicting Star Chart.

It's highly likely that this is the sixth-pillar level item.

Just then, Xia Lin unlocked the second access card.

However, before Xia Lin could use it, the notification sound from the Ash Zone came again.

[Your tracker has used the Site Designation Card, specifying the environment for the next Ember Zone as: a world rich in spiritual energy and with a simple environment.]

[This setting is now in effect.]

Xia Lin chuckled and looked down at the access card that had been activated.

Another venue designation card.

Use, offset.

The third card has arrived.

[You have used a task assignment card, specifying the task type as: Survival.]

This was Xia Lin's doing.

He didn't actually want to fight Luo Zhidao to the death.

He just wanted to quietly be a handsome man... no, to quietly improve his stats.

Even with the forced tracking card on him, Xia Lin can continuously use the ability to transcend the Three Realms to grow stronger—so the most advantageous type of mission for Xia Lin is the survival mission!
Once you survive for a certain period of time, the task will be completed automatically, making it a hassle-free experience.

But then the countermeasures came.

Your tracker has used a task designation card, specifying the task type as: Deathmatch.

[Permission cancellation.]

Xia Lin refused to believe it...

I still have over 20,000 Heavenly Gift Source Essence. With this home-field advantage and mission advantage, I, Xia Lin, am determined to have it!

You have used an access card...

Your hunter has used an access card...

Endless!

More than four thousand pieces of divinely bestowed source material were consumed within ten minutes.

Because of the effects of the fraud, Xia Lin has a very high probability of obtaining an access card from the Heavenly Source Essence!

However, all the hundreds of permission cards that were distributed were completely neutralized by Luo Zhidao!

This person must be incredibly wealthy!
Just as the effects of the fraud were about to end, Xia Lin activated the "Leap Beyond the Three Realms" ability without saying a word.

In a state of misfortune, he would be unable to continue operating.

Just after Xia Lin initiated the leap beyond the Three Realms, Luo Zhidao on Zhidao Mountain also breathed a sigh of relief.

Behind him, the seven-colored light of the Fate-Determining Star Chart had faded considerably, but it was slowly recovering.

After glancing at the attributes of the horoscope, Luo Zhidao cursed inwardly.

"This kid is way too rich!"

As the fourth in the human race and the eighty-eighth disciple of Lingbao Immortal Venerable, Luo Zhidao himself is synonymous with wealth.

But in just ten minutes, Xia Lin had used up all of his stored access cards.

As a member of the Luo Tian Sect, even if he has a noble lineage and a high status, he still has to abide by certain rules.

This also means that the resources that Luo Zhidao can mobilize are not unlimited.

Turn your head and look at the horoscope.

As the divine secrets were revealed, Luo Zhidao quickly made a decision.

……

Three days later.

Xia Lin left the white cage and appeared in the manor.

Think, weigh.

Xia Lin quickly shook his head.

"There's no need to keep spending money to try and gain home-field advantage."

Because he simply couldn't guess just how lucrative Luo Zhidao was.

To some extent, this exchange of blows may not necessarily be a clash between Xia Lin and Luo Zhidao, but may even be a financial battle between Xia Lin and the entire Luo Tian Sect.

Xia Lin's family fortune is clearly no match for Luo Tianzong's.

With this in mind, Xia Lin made this decision.

"Defense. Just make sure we don't lose our home-field advantage."

It's a reasonable and conservative decision, but it's also a helpless choice for those who are poor.

Meanwhile, in the Zhidao Mountains at this moment.

The seven-colored mystical light emanated once more, and Luo Zhidao also let out a long sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, we managed to scare the kid."

He was also afraid that Xia Lin and Niu Jin would fight him to the bitter end.

He could certainly take out some more permission cards, but that would require exchanging them for other resources.

The answer given by the natal chart is: a head-on confrontation will only result in mutual destruction.

Now that Xia Lin has stopped, Luo Zhidao is unwilling to continue provoking Xia Lin.

The first encounter between the two sides ended in a draw.

"Then let's leave everything to the Ashes District."

Luo Zhidao thought so.

……

A few days later.

Xia Lin appeared at the entrance to the Ashes area of ​​the Cambera settlement.

A split second before he reached for the entrance to the Ashes Zone, he immediately activated Deception without a word.

Xia Lin, too, entrusted everything to the Ash District.

Everything, from the setting and mission types, is entirely controlled by the Ember District.

Under such circumstances, launching a fraudulent operation is absolutely necessary.

However, he could also realize that Luo Zhidao's thoughts were probably no different from his own.

Luo Tianzong, Zhidao Mountain.

Luo Zhidao also reached out and touched the entrance to the Ash Zone that suddenly appeared in front of him.

The celestial chart of destiny shone brightly, floating behind Luo Zhidao like a sun.

[Anchoring in the ash zone...]

[Anchoring complete!]

(End of this chapter)