My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 363 The Second Outbreak: The Heaven-Defying Brush, Activated! The Demon Emperor's Invitation!

The growth of the outermost realm mainly focuses on two aspects.

First, the area; second, the number of internal "black source guardians"/"black source infected persons".

The two complement each other. A larger outer realm can accommodate more Black Source Guardians/Black Source Infected, thus providing greater enhancements to the Black Source Martial God form.

"Actually, both of these problems are relatively easy to solve."

As Nelson stated, the expansion of the outer world is very convenient.

Even if Xia Lin does nothing, the Outer Realm will still follow its connection with the Endless Abyss, drawing energy from it to strengthen itself.

If Xia Lin were to take a more proactive approach, he could not only accelerate the growth of the Outer Realm, but also rapidly expand its area using various spatial treasures.

"Therefore, spending money to buy various dimensional space-related items is a necessary expense."

It's not necessary, it's just necessary.

Then there's the issue of the number of Black Source Guardians/Black Source Infected.

This one is simpler.

The Kingdom of Dongfeng Wanzhen created the Dongfeng Legion, which was then placed in the Outer Realm to be contaminated by the power of the Dark Source, transforming them into Dark Source Guardians or Dark Source Infected.

The entire process is fully automated and streamlined.

It just needs time to settle.

Speaking of the matter of time's passage, Xia Lin thought of his incredible brush combo.

Not only does the growth of the outer realms take time, but the overpowered brush combos also take time.

Do two things in one time.

Xia Lin: I am the master of time management!
The Beyond World Project has now been completed, but the Ashes Zone System has yet to provide any indication of when the Demon Emperor will summon him.

For time management reasons, Xia Lin took a short break, deactivated the ergonomics mode and exited the Black Origin Martial God form, and immediately began the second round of improvement!
Incredible brush combo, activated!
……

The components and effects of the incredible brush combo are also worth mentioning.

In the Eternal Night Ashes, Xia Lin obtained two items that further enhanced the efficiency of his incredible farming combo.

One of them is a consumable item, the Fountain of Youth.

[Seyan Fountain of Youth (Racial Heritage Level): Consumable Item. Consuming 1ml instantly heals all your injuries! Consuming 10ml immediately removes all negative status effects! Consuming 100ml grants you immortality, breaking the limits of lifespan!]

Xia Lin has a total of 100ml of the Seya Fountain of Youth, which can clear ten negative abnormal statuses.

The most sensible choice is to use Xia Lin as an immediate combat asset rather than keeping him as a trump card.

Secondly, it is the extreme digestive ability provided by primal hunger.

"But after returning, I haven't had much time to accumulate hunger points, and I don't know how many hunger points I need to consume to digest the abnormal state of rebirth... Let's give it a try."

Let's not rush to start playing for now.

Xia Lin first took stock of her reserves of resurrection items and fraud points.

There are enough resurrection items – opening Heavenly Gift Blind Boxes while in a state of good fortune is the simplest and most efficient way to obtain resurrection items.

Scavenging corpses is nothing compared to this.

The efficiency of the fraud points production line has increased exponentially, and it can now provide Xia Lin with 2800 fraud points per day.

And efficiency is constantly increasing.

In the short term, fraudulent points will no longer be a problem.

"So the key right now is hunger points... and time..."

There's not much to say about hunger points; just use resources to feed them.

The number of hunger points you can get depends on how many resources Xia Lin can invest.

It's a matter of time, not Xia Lin's decision.

The rest period between the two wastelands is only one month.

If someone hunts Xia Lin again, Xia Lin's growth process will be interrupted once more—for example, Luo Zhidao, who knows if he will come looking for trouble for Xia Lin again.

The decision on this matter is not in Xia Lin's hands, and it is also an X factor that Xia Lin cannot control.

But there's good news...

Several hours have passed since I got back.

Not only was there no news from the Demon Emperor, but the hunt also did not take place.

Xia Lin didn't know what Luo Zhidao was thinking, so she decided to ignore it for the time being.

Putting away the Spirit World Book, Xia Lin began to switch skills, activating Twin Fusion to compress his own state to the minimum.

Then, a fraudulent act led to his immediate death and annihilation!

A flash of resurrection light appeared, and a few seconds later, Xia Lin, pale-faced, was resurrected on the spot.

But they are not in a hurry to escape the Three Realms.

Xia Lin uncorked the bottle of the Seya Fountain of Youth and drank 10ml of it in one gulp.

Then open the attribute panel and look at the buff section.

When Xia Lin saw the resurrection debuff fading and disappearing at a visible speed, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This Fountain of Youth, Saya, is indeed a wonderful thing.

After the debuff disappeared, Xia Lin felt the weakness dissipate without having to wait ten days, and his condition was even stronger than at his peak.

The attribute bonuses from the Battle of Life and Death (Inferior) have been credited.

The attributes naturally changed.

[Base stats: 386.1 (originally 351)]

[Basic Attributes: 7.32y (originally 6.65y)]

Looking at the remaining 90ml of the Fountain of Youth in his hand, Xia Lin thought of Luo Zhidao again.

Suddenly I have this feeling that I hope he'll do it again... What's going on?

……

Deception, Fate, and Life and Death Battle (Inferior) have no cooldown time.

There were no resurrection items or the Fountain of Youth.

With this combination, Xia Lin's attributes change every five seconds, increasing rapidly!
The terrifying power of the incredible brush combo is thus highlighted!
After the second round.

[Race value: 425]

[Basic Attribute: 8]

Round three.

[Race value: 467.5]

[Basic Attribute: 8.8]

Round 4.

[Race value: 514.2]

[Basic Attribute: 9.68]

The fifth round.

[Race value: 565.7]

[Basic Attribute: 10.65]

Round six.

[Race value: 622.2]

[Basic Attribute: 11.7]

Round 7.

[Race value: 684.5]

[Basic Attribute: 12.9]

Round eight.

[Race value: 753]

[Basic Attribute: 14.2]

The third law was triggered for the third time.

Judging solely by attributes, Xia Lin's attributes meet the standard of being among the top five in the human race!
Round 9.

[Race value: 828.2]

[Basic Attribute: 15.6]

The tenth round.

[Race value: 911]

[Basic Attribute: 17.1]

At this point, the Fountain of Youth was completely depleted.

The effect left Xia Lin feeling dizzy...

This is insane!

Compare it to Leviathan, a second-order giant.

Previously, Xia Lin's attributes were completely crushed by him, with a difference of about 7 times.

After ten rounds of incredible combos, Xia Lin's total attributes were still not as high as Leviathan's, but the attribute gap between the two had narrowed to about 10%!

The effect of the brush combo is absolutely incredible!
What, you mean by fabricated charges?
By the time Xia Lin finished the ninth round, Luo Zhidao's attributes had already been completely outclassed by Xia Lin—as a human Sequence 4, his attributes were not as high as Leviathan's.

And as everyone knows...

The attributes alone cannot fully reflect Xia Lin's combat strength.

He's incredibly capable and ruthless. He was able to hold his own against Luo Zhidao Leviathan despite the one-level difference in authority before, so there's no need to say more now.

"But that's not enough, not enough at all!"

The pursuit of power is endless, and Xia Lin is never satisfied!
Because the situation dictated that his opponent was not just Luo Zhidao.

Thinking back to the brief glimpse of level twelve at the end of the Ashes area.

Xia Lin knew that she was still far from being good enough...

"Actually, there's no need to take such a high viewpoint... Take the Human Race Sequence One Heart, for example, we don't even know what kind of role it is."

Shaking his head, Xia Lin took out the Book of Spirit Realm again.

Turn to the second page and begin feeding the spirit stones to accumulate hunger power.

……

After about an hour of feeding, more than 3,000 Immortal Jade were consumed, and the Hunger Power value climbed to 10,000 points.

Xia Lin paused for a moment and then restarted the incredible brush combo.

Having been resurrected, a sense of weakness washed over Xia Lin, who activated his ultimate digestion technique, targeting the debuffs on his body.

As hunger points rapidly decrease, the duration of the debuff also gradually diminishes.

Unfortunately, after using up all 1 points, there were still eight days left in the ten-day period of weakness!

Feed the Spirit World Book with Immortal Jade again to accumulate Hunger Power.

Xia Lin made an accurate assessment of this new cycle.

"To put it bluntly, it's about using resources to buy time."

"It's like using extreme digestive ability to avoid the time spent in prison outside the Three Realms."

"The exchange rate is quite astonishing, and the intensity of resource consumption is greater than I anticipated."

"But overall it's still a positive optimization." Different people have different opinions on whether money or time is more important.

Xia Lin felt that investing resources here was worthwhile, but considering the level of consumption required for maximum digestion, this move would only result in a small profit, not a big one.

"If we really want to make a fortune, we'll probably have to deal with the Primal Famine to complete the second page of the Spirit Realm Book. But that thing is level twelve; it's not something you can just take care of so easily..."

Weighing, thinking, feeding, digesting.

Several hours later, the new round of incredible brush combos took full effect.

[Race value: 1002]

[Basic Attributes: 18.8y]

Xia Lin: "Invincible..."

Eleven rounds of incredible brush combos were executed, consuming eleven resurrection items, tens of thousands of Immortal Jade, and taking several hours, along with 100ml of the Saiya Fountain of Youth.

The base stat increased from 351 to 1002, and the attribute increased from 6.56y to 18.8y.

Limit Breaker? What Limit Breaker?
You dare call yourselves limit breakers?
This is the real breakthrough!

Of course, after feeling complacent, Xia Lin continued his actions.

With a single thought, the Deception skill took effect again. After being resurrected, Xia Lin activated the skill and jumped out of the Three Realms, arriving in the white cage.

Xia Lin spread the Spirit World Book out in front of him and continued operating it.

While running the first page of the Fraud Kingdom, spend Fraud Points to assemble more Fraud Power Printers.

Feed the Hungry Mouth on the second page to convert more Hunger Points.

Meanwhile, as time goes by, the duration of the resurrection debuff also shortens, which indirectly saves hunger points.

Xia Lin has a good grasp of resource utilization efficiency.

Time flows slowly by.

A week later, when Xia Lin completed his fourteenth incredible farming combo, the system notification sound from the Ash Zone finally arrived.

The Demon Emperor has approved your request to meet.

Please proceed to the nearest entrance to the Ash Zone as soon as possible. The Ash Zone system will then teleport you into the Demon Temple.

The Demon Palace, the Soul Emperor's stronghold.

Xia Lin finished using the skill to transcend the Three Realms, took a deep breath, and opened his attribute panel.

[Race value: 1333.7]

[Basic Attributes: 25y]

……

After leaving the mansion, we arrived at the entrance to the Ashes district of the Cambera settlement.

The dark entrance to the Ash Zone seemed to sense Xia Lin's arrival and automatically emitted a halo of light.

Xia Lin took a step forward, and the notification sound rang again.

[Calm your mind and wait for teleportation.]

Xia Lin closed his eyes and did as instructed. After a few seconds, he felt a sudden change in the atmosphere around him.

It resembled the demonic energy of the abyss, but a more peaceful and righteous aura entered the senses.

I slowly opened my eyes, and the world had changed.

What came into view was a pure white space that resembled a sterilization room.

Behind them, the teleportation portal gradually faded and soon disappeared.

Then I glanced at the transparent glass window.

Outside the window, a familiar figure was puffing out a cigarette. Upon seeing Xia Lin, he immediately stubbed out the cigarette and grinned at Xia Lin.

"Come, brother?"

Xia Lin thought for a moment, then smiled back.

"Yes, I'm here, Brother Tao."

……

Brother Tao, of course, refers to Huang Tao.

The person who hosted Xia Lin's first Blue Star Sequence Ranking Battle developed a slight rift with Xia Lin after the Eighth Beast Realm Ash Zone.

Essentially, Xia Lin did not want to have in-depth contact with the Demon Emperor.

He has a higher level of favorability towards the King of Kings and the Super Star faction than towards the Demon Emperor's side.

Unfortunately, the King of Kings was unwilling to concern himself with worldly affairs and maintained an absolutely neutral stance, while Chaoxing followed the path of seizing the heavens.

Judging from Xia Lin's current demands, the Demon Emperor is indeed more in line with Xia Lin's wishes.

Ahead, the white wall opened automatically, revealing a passage to the outside world.

Xia Lin approached Huang Tao with a polite smile, and Huang Tao sighed slightly upon seeing this.

"What happened last time, I'm sorry... Never mind, let's not talk about that now. The important thing is your meeting with the Demon Emperor."

Xia Lin didn't speak, but just nodded slightly. Huang Tao then spoke.

"The Demon Emperor will be free in two days, so we've set the meeting time for the evening of two days from now."

Xia Lin had no objection to the timing.

The time for the meeting was naturally chosen by the Six Pillars; Xia Lin had no say in the matter.

But then Huang Tao winked and said, "I suggest, just a suggestion, that after the meeting is over, you don't leave yet. Stay here a little longer until your next Ash Zone event starts."

As he spoke, he put his arm around Xia Lin's shoulder and led her towards the outside, explaining as he went.

"Isn't the race sequence war and the multi-race sequence war about to start soon?"

"I don't know if you've noticed this situation."

“The truly high-ranking players, I mean the top five in the major clans or the top players in the minor clans, rarely participate in the mutual killing stage of the preliminary selection.”

"Do you know why?"

Xia Lin thought for a moment and said, "Brother Tao, now that you mention it, it seems to be true. I've heard of high-ranking individuals actively seeking out people to kill, but I've rarely, if ever, heard of anyone deliberately provoking a high-ranking individual."

Last time in the Ash Zone, it was Luo Zhidao who struck first, and Xia Lin was forced to participate.

"Perhaps it's because of their reputation, which makes others afraid to mess with them?"

Just then, the two of them left the place called the teleportation room and arrived at the elevator.

Stepping into the elevator, the panoramic windows reveal the view of the outside world.

Blue sky and white clouds, a vast city.

A strong sense of technology is palpable, with various vehicles speeding through the sky and on the ground, and pedestrians coming and going on the streets, but they are not just demons, but people of all races.

Huang Tao then took out a cigarette, lit it, and began by giving a brief introduction to the place.

"The 57th floor of the Demon Palace is also considered the largest external window of the Demon Palace."

The Demon Palace is not completely closed; in fact, some parts are open to the public.

The forces under the Soul Emperor communicated and interacted on this fifty-seventh floor, gradually transforming it into one of the most prominent metropolises in the main universe.

On the 57th floor, there's nothing you can't see, only things you can't imagine.

After Huang Tao finished speaking, he continued the previous topic.

"Your guess is not entirely correct. The reason why high-ranking individuals rarely participate in the mutual killing phase of the sequence war's preliminary selection is because most of them have long resided in the directly controlled territories of the Six Pillars."

“These kinds of places are not affected by the Ash Zone system and ignore the effectiveness of the permission card.”

After speaking, Huang Tao looked at Xia Lin and smiled gently.

"The Dream Master said that you may need some time to grow, and if you stay on Shining Blue Star, you will probably be constantly hunted. So why not take this opportunity to stay in the Demon Palace for a while longer to avoid some troublesome things."

Xia Lin was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and nodded.

"Then we'll have to trouble Brother Tao with this."

Xia Lin never expected that this trip to the Demon Palace would yield such an unexpected reward!
And this extra gain is no less significant to Xia Lin than some precious treasures!
All it takes is to time the fraudulent operation precisely, enter the next "ember zone," and then use delay cards and other permission cards. The time that can be stretched out is not just a month, but rather several years!
The effects of the incredible brush combo are already evident. In just a few years, Xia Lin himself can't even estimate how far he can grow!

When their eyes met, they both smiled.

When we meet, a smile will erase all grudges.

The past has faded away like smoke.

……

The elevator, soaring through the clouds, arrived at the building's lowest parking lot at an extremely high speed.

Huang Tao and Xia Lin got into the car, which started automatically. Huang Tao told the in-vehicle intelligent system their destination.

"Dream Street".

Without Huang Tao needing to explain further, Xia Lin knew which side under the Demon Emperor was the one he was dealing with this time.

—This refers to the dreamer's side.

The main consideration was probably his past interactions with Huang Tao.

As the vehicle drove onto the street, more details of the 57th floor came into Xia Lin's view.

Huang Tao, standing to the side, kept talking non-stop, fulfilling his duties as host by constantly introducing Xia Lin.

"This is the teleportation zone. Almost every floor of every building you see has a teleportation room."

With a huge number of visitors to the 57th floor, a lot of teleportation channels are naturally needed.

"That's the trading area, but it mainly deals in commodities."

"That's a residential area, inhabited by some of the original inhabitants of the Demon Palace... Oh right, the original inhabitants living on the 57th floor are essentially demons, but many of them appear as humans. This is basically consistent with the rumors circulating outside."

Xia Lin nodded knowingly.

Rumors circulated that the original Demon Palace demons were transformed from humans, and Huang Tao's words at this moment can be seen as confirming this rumor.

"This is the Black Zone... Most of our high-ranking Ash Zone Walkers hang out there, and it's also the largest marketplace for small, scattered items."

"That's a commercial district, a 57-story den of iniquity. Come with me tonight, I'll take you to have some fun and meet a few people."

Huang Tao clearly intended to ease tensions with Xia Lin.

First, Xia Lin was left in the Demon Palace to undergo his tribulation.

Later, he took Xia Lin to identify people.

Xia Lin had no reason to refuse.

Leaving aside Donald, who is widely regarded as the second best among the Asheswalkers.

Take the fifth human race, Soul One, for example; he is a member of the Demon Emperor's faction.

And when the race sequence war reaches the preliminary stage, who knows what bizarre rules will emerge?
Team competitions are not common at this stage, but there are precedents. While it may not be necessary to sign up for a team in advance, it is certainly meaningful.

After chatting for a long time, the vehicle finally came to a stop.

The two got out of the car, walked out of the parking lot, and stepped into the street.

This place is what is known as the Dream Street.

"Dream Street is located at the intersection of the commercial area and the black area, and is one of the most prosperous areas on the entire 57th floor."

The bustling scene naturally attracts a constant stream of pedestrians.

After walking slowly for a while, we arrived at a luxury hotel.

Upon entering, Huang Tao had already completed the check-in procedures for Xia Lin.

As you ascend to the top floor and enter the room, you find it spacious, bright, and with a wide view; everything you need is there.

"You rest here for a bit and wait a while. I'll come pick you up tonight, and then we can go out for a stroll."

Seeing Xia Lin nod, Huang Tao took his leave.

(End of this chapter)