My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 381 Martial Divine Power, a Divine Skill! The Power of Violence! 992nd Floor, Spirit Treasure Immortal Venerable!

When Wu Shentong appeared, Xia Lin stopped watching.

He simply stood up and looked at the examiner on the 983rd floor.

The Dongfeng boost is activated, and the Black Source Martial God form is unlocked... However, the virtual examiner opposite, who is humanoid and resembles an ancient soldier, is equally formidable.

As energy surged, it also amplified its own power a hundredfold and a series of enhancements, making it nearly as powerful as Xia Lin.

—As Xia Lin's rank rose, the pressure he faced also increased.

Observing the copying and recording system and the eternal engraving system, there are quite a few good skills recorded, including more than ten buff skills with a hundredfold amplification... but there are no super skills that can change the system or become the core of the system.

Witnessing the activation of both her talent and observation skills, Xia Lin clearly saw the virtual examiner's attribute information.

"Unfortunately, it's still just so-so..."

Her attributes are at the limit of the Ash Zone, and her skills and talents are also quite remarkable, but Xia Lin's current needs and expectations are too high, which is why the examiner on the 983rd floor still cannot satisfy Xia Lin.

"Big Head will probably have to stay on the last ten floors..."

Make your move; start the war.

The wind whips up the clouds, splitting the earth and tearing the sky apart.

It took a full half hour for this virtual exam official to finally fall into Xia Lin's hands.

Although she was not injured, Xia Lin was slightly tired, but instead of leaving the Thousandfold Tower, she rested briefly before continuing to the next challenge!

The increasing difficulty of the assessment prevented Xia Lin from getting distracted again and from paying attention to the situation on Donald and Wuxin's side.

Seven hours in a row, seven battles in a row.

As the battle on the 990th floor ended, Xia Lin finally appeared on the 991st floor.

He took out the medicine from his personal space and took it to restore his mental state and physical injuries.

When the notification sound rang, Xia Lin suddenly froze.

Because the prompt he heard was different from Donald's.

The changes are mainly focused on the reward items.

【One, Kiss of the Soul (selected).】

[Second, the Jade for Purifying the Mind and Guarding the Soul.]

[Third, the essence of transcending time and space.]

Xia Lin was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what the current situation meant.

It wasn't unintentional that the latecomer overtook them and took the Soul Kiss first.

Instead, Donald took the Soul Kiss reward that was custom-made for Wuxin first!

Xia Lin's examiner this time was still Wu Shentong.

When he appeared, it confirmed Xia Lin's speculation.

"Talented people emerge in every generation... That demon brat is stronger than me, I have no way to complain about losing!"

The first person to clear the level was indeed Donald!
After a moment's thought, Xia Lin understood the logic behind it.

Perhaps in Donald's eyes, being disgusting and heartless is far more important than becoming stronger.

If the Kiss of Souls falls into the hands of Wuxin, then the last known weakness of this person—his inability to fight a protracted war—will also be compensated for.

Compared to the chain reaction it caused, the Soul-Cleansing Jade was insignificant!

Donald has lived like this for tens of thousands of years, so he can just continue doing it in the future.

Moreover, Donald is not fighting alone in this battle.

He still has teammates after all.

Facing Xia Lin directly, Wu Shentong smiled and said slowly, "I know you... I have long admired your name. Now that we have met, I cannot hold back. Please forgive me, young friend."

With all six pillars witnessing this, there will naturally be no instances of arbitrariness or anything like that.

Both sides bowed, signaling the official start of the battle.

At this moment, Wuxin had already reached the nine hundredth floor.

……

As the first human in the sequence before Wuxin, Wushentong's attributes also reached the limit of the Ash Zone.

If one did not possess such strength, one would obviously not have been chosen by the King of Kings to become one of the examiners for the final ten levels of the Thousand-Layer Tower.

Although he couldn't openly show leniency, Wu Shentong, as a general under Chaoxing, still gave Xia Lin preferential treatment in other ways.

"That demon kid was incredibly strong, throwing bricks at me. He beat me so badly I couldn't take it anymore. The difference in attributes was too great; my system couldn't overcome such a huge gap. I simply couldn't withstand a guy with that style."

The professional system contains the concept of mutual restraint.

There is a real-world relationship of restraint between different systems.

Perhaps A is no match for B, but can easily defeat C, and C, in turn, can crush B... This situation is real.

Just after Xia Lin activated the East Wind Dominator, the Black Origin Martial God, and the Divine Transformation, Martial God's expression turned serious.

"But against opponents of similar attributes, he has never lost in his entire life!"

Skill light flashed from Wu Shentong's body, witnessing that his talent had received a clear reward.

This also allowed Xia Lin to easily see through Martial Divine Power's main combat skills.

Its name is: Martial Arts Divine Power!

[Martial Arts Proficiency (Sixth Pillar Level Skill): Active skill, exclusive to the Martial Arts class. Consumes all Spiritual Energy! Upon activation, you can borrow the martial arts realm of a higher-ranking practitioner of your class! This skill is not restricted by class level and has no cooldown, but can only be used when you are in perfect condition!]

The two major professional systems, Immortal Path and Martial Path, have their professional levels strictly linked to their cultivation realms.

Celestial Immortal King is level eleven, and Celestial Venerable is level twelve.

Even an undead evolutionary system without intention is subject to this rule.

He will never leave the Ash Zone, and will remain at level nine for the rest of his life, never reaching level ten. This also means that his realm will never be able to rise above the Celestial Immortal realm.

Of course, excess attributes and immortal power can make up for the lack of combat strength. A level 10 Golden Immortal is not necessarily inferior to an 11th-level Celestial Immortal. Realm is one thing, and actual combat strength is another. The two cannot be completely equated.

However, Martial God's ultimate move, Martial Dao Divine Connection, breaks this ironclad rule, allowing Martial God, who is at level 9, to reach the level 12 realm ahead of time!

"Essentially, the greatest significance of this skill to a certain family is that it allows them to experience a higher level of martial arts in advance, thus paving the way for the future."

The principle is the same as when Lin Xiantian used an identity substitution card in the Outer Immortal Heroes: Ashes Zone.

However, achieving divine status through martial arts is more convenient and efficient than that.

"In the Ash Zone, the actual combat performance of this six-pillar level skill is actually invincible... It is with this that I have secured my position as the first in the human race, and I am hard to beat."

"Right now, this skill is no longer effective in actual combat for the main body. And this time, using this system again has brought back some nostalgia, so I've started nagging Xia Lin."

Wu Shentong seems to be quite forthright and talkative.

After activating Martial Arts Divine Power, he didn't rush to attack. Instead, he chatted with Xia Lin for a while. Xia Lin was also in no hurry, just listened quietly and adjusted his state at the same time.

Only after realizing that Xia Lin's energy and spirit were at their peak did Wu Shentong nod slightly.

"Then, please."

Wu Shentong spoke first, and Xia Lin echoed, "Please."

The next second, Wu Shentong's body instantly rose higher, like a vast starry sky, spreading terrifying gravity!
This is the 12th level characteristic of martial arts: Heaven and Earth Dharma Form. Return to One True Form!

This form does not provide a significant temporary boost to attributes.

The Martial Arts Divine Realm can only allow martial arts to reach the corresponding realm ahead of time, not to obtain the true power of level twelve!
However, while the realm doesn't significantly increase attributes, it brings numerous extremely powerful characteristics!
Firstly: Skill judgment weighting!
The characteristic that can only be obtained at level twelve forcibly increases the skill judgment authority of Martial Divine Power by 2!

This is equivalent to the judgment authority that Xia Lin obtained from the Unity Realm Core when he activated the Black Origin Martial God form!

Secondly: It forms its own world, impervious to all laws!

A martial artist's physical body merges with their inner world, thereby condensing into a unified true form.

In this form, the martial artist is an entire world in themselves, completely disregarding external rules, making them the nemesis of the Heavenly Dao system.

Thirdly: Mass-driven gravitational tides!
Their immense size and the weight of the world distorted the rules of physics, giving rise to their natural characteristics.

Xia Lin felt as if he were facing a black hole, with endless attraction emanating from Wu Shentong's body. If he was not careful, he would be sucked into Wu Shentong's inner world and then be at Wu Shentong's mercy!

"The terrifying thing about Donald is that even though I brought him into my inner world, this kid was able to violently break through my inner world and destroy my martial arts foundation."

Despite the disadvantage of the inner world's terrain, Donald, with his attribute difference of a hundredfold, managed to break through and defeat Wu Shentong.

"And what about you? Can you do that?"

Just as the words were spoken, the giant hand descended from the sky.

"The world is in the palm of your hand!"

Its suction power is superior.

Combining the advantages of his enormous size, Wu Shentong's palm strike was so powerful that it blotted out the sky.

Pulled by gravity, Xia Lin had no way to hide or avoid it; he only felt the world turning upside down and space distorting.

When I opened my eyes again, it was a completely new world!
Welcome to my inner world.

The martial arts master, who appeared out of thin air, said this to Xia Lin with a smile.

Then, he slowly drew the six-pillar-level battle sword from his back.

"Actually, the ability of Martial Arts Divine Realm, although it has the ability to break the rules and is a proper six-pillar level, is not perfect in actual combat."

"The increase of the Normalized True Form can be understood as a percentage-based increase; the stronger the person, the stronger the Normalized True Form becomes."

"Without the foundation of level twelve, only the realm of level twelve, this borrowed Unity True Form is hardly invincible."

Xia Lin replied with a smile.

"But this move is wonderful when combined with a martial artist's inner world."

With enhanced permissions, size advantage, invulnerability to all laws, and a gravitational wave.

With just a simple touch, one can forcibly pull an opponent into their inner world and gain a huge home-field advantage – this is the winning strategy of the Martial God's Divine Power system!
Just as the long sword was drawn, endless notification sounds rang in Xia Lin's ears.

[You are being suppressed by the Realm Lord; all your attributes have been reduced by fifty percent.]

[You are being suppressed by the Realm Lord; your skill judgment authority has been reduced by 3.]

[You are being suppressed by the Realm Lord, and you have received the debuff: Life Loss...]

[Unstable mutation in effect...] [You are under suppression by the Realm Lord...]

In an instant, thousands of negative states descend upon you.

Moreover, most of them broke through the defensive system formed by the East Wind Overlord and the Heavenly Dao Dharma Body!

Unstable mutations cause crazy mutation debuffs, but overall they are just a mix of good and bad.

The Shadow's buff slots can only provide 10 debuff slots...

In the blink of an eye, Xia Lin felt that his combat power had been reduced by at least 80%!
On the other side, Wu Shentong, who was in his own inner world, had an exceptionally high aura and his combat power surged!
He is the master of this world; he controls everything in this world!
This is a long time.

Even if their basic attributes are similar, the difference in strength is already clear!
"Brother Wu lives up to his reputation."

Xia Lin made a boastful remark, then with a flick of his wrist, a metal scale appeared in his hand from his personal storage space.

The light of material mimicry has begun to shine!

"But how will you respond to my move?"

The flake-like, volatile alloy, like liquid metal, merged into Xia Lin's body under the influence of material mimicry.

The next second, Xia Lin's entire body began to shimmer with a metallic luster, like an iron man.

The countless debuffs that had been entangled within him ceased to take effect immediately, as if he had faced his natural enemy.

The Violent Alloy is a sixth-pillar level item!

Using this item is equivalent to Xia Lin possessing a level of judgment that is higher than the Foundation level but slightly lower than the Six Pillar level—it's probably because the Foundation level material mimicry reduces the effect of the Six Pillar level item, the Violent Alloy.

Even so, these foundational debuffs could no longer affect Xia Lin in the slightest!

What made things even more difficult for Wu Shentong was yet to come.

These debuffs are invalid once they expire, so it's not a big problem.

Crucially, after fusing with the Violent Alloy, Xia Lin also gained the ability to devour everything!
He can use all things as nourishment to temporarily but terrifyingly enhance his own power!
And all debuffs should naturally be categorized under "all things"!
Instead of affecting Xia Lin, they became a source of power for Xia Lin himself!

Xia Lin doesn't need to use causal entanglement to transfer debuffs...

One Vicious Alloy is enough!

"I didn't originally intend to show off my skills at this stage... but unfortunately, Brother Wu, I do need to get past you as soon as possible."

A dim, yellowish light began to shine, making Xia Lin appear golden.

A vague, malevolent dog phantom emerged from behind Xia Lin, its ferocious and malevolent form revealing its gaping maw and fangs, as if it were devouring the heavens and the earth!
No, not like.

That phantom dog head is truly devouring the heavens and the earth!

An even stronger gravitational wave emanated from Xia Lin's body, attracting all matter in his inner world to converge with him, merge with him, and ultimately disappear without a trace.

[You have received a temporary buff; all your attributes have increased by 100 million!]

You have received a temporary buff...

Nourished by the debuff and the inner world of Martial Divine Power, Xia Lin's attributes began to surge, while the inner world of Martial Divine Power suffered a fatal blow.

The blade flashed instantly, and Wu Shentong swung his blade to strike!

The gray and red swords materialized out of thin air, and the clash of the swords stirred up an energy storm. However, this storm was swallowed up by the dog's head and turned into Xia Lin's nourishment and temporary attributes.

The combination of Violent Alloy and Material Mimicry is terrifying, truly deserving of the title of a Six Pillar-level being!
During the struggle, Wu Shentong smiled.

"Indeed, it's better than some others."

In this generation of Ash District, three people appeared: Wuxin, Donald, and Xia Lin.

Even Xia Lin, who seemed the weakest, managed to break through Wu Shentong's trump card move!

At this point, Wu Shentong shrugged helplessly: "Unfortunately, there is no option to admit defeat in these last ten levels."

Admitting defeat would be seen as throwing the game, and would also embarrass Liu Zhu.

Xia Lin nodded in understanding: "Then I'll try my best to make things easier for you, Brother Wu."

……

Even the battles within the inner world of Martial God's Power were broadcast live to the outside world.

Some people witnessed Xia Lin using material mimicry + Brutality Alloy... Thus, Xia Lin's trump card was revealed.

Of course, most people are still focused on the progress of Donald and Wuxin's relationship.

A flash of light appeared outside the Thousand-Layer Tower, Donald's face extremely grim.

In level 992, Donald crashed into the iron wall and failed the challenge!
Looking back at the Thousand-Layer Tower, Donald took a deep breath and revealed the identity of the examiner on the 992nd floor.

"How disgusting, Immortal Venerable Lingbao!"

Yes, the examiner on the 992nd floor is none other than the master of Luo Zhidao, the Immortal Venerable Lingbao!

This person was once a Walker of the Ashes, the first in the Human Race Sequence and the first in the Sequence of All Races in that generation.

However, due to the passage of time and the later attainment of level twelve, few people know about the Spirit Treasure Immortal Venerable, who was also a traveler in the Ashes Zone.

In the test against Donald, Lingbao and Donald engaged in a "fair and just" contest, using the methods and attributes they had before leaving the Ash Zone.

In the end, it was Donald who conceded defeat on his own initiative...

"The Maze of Treasures has no solution and is especially effective against reckless players like you... well, it's normal for a Ashwalker like you to lose."

Beside him, Victor's avatar strode over, climbed onto Donald's head, and offered this comforting remark.

"And so what if we lose... Anyway, we still have plenty of time to test ourselves. We can adjust our mindset, think of a way, and come back stronger."

Yes, the best part is that there is no limit to the number of times you can participate in this preliminary round.

You can fail countless times, but you only need to succeed once to pass the test.

Donald fell silent and turned to look at the other two live stream screens.

Wuxin quickly reached the 956th floor, getting closer and closer to the 991st floor.

The battle between Xia Lin and Wu Shentong has also come to a conclusion.

—The inner world of Wu Shentong was completely devoured by Xia Lin in his form as the Martial God of Violence and Black Source. With a single sword piercing his heart, the outcome was decided.

When he saw that Xia Lin had chosen the Soul-Cleansing Jade reward, Donald smiled slightly and said, "Good brother!"

Xia Lin is a man who always seeks revenge, which also means he always repays kindness!

Having spent the past six months together, Xia Lin had always remembered the kindness shown to her by the Dream Time Tower. Her current choice of the Soul-Guarding Jade was clearly for Donald.

Thus, in level 991, Donald took what Wuxin needed to prevent Wuxin from dealing with his own hidden dangers, while Xia Lin took what Donald needed to help Donald deal with his own hidden dangers.

All that's left is a seemingly unimportant key to time travel, left for Wuxin...

In the first round, the Charlin-Donald duo achieved a resounding victory!
……

Welcome to the 992rd floor!

[The final reward for floor 992 is now revealed. There are three rewards available for now, and those who clear the floor first will choose their reward first.]

【One: Sun Wheel Guardian Sword (Six-Pillar-Level Treasure): A six-pillar-level weapon personally forged by Chao Xing.】

[Second: Throne of the Stars (Six-Pillar Level Treasure): A field-type treasure provided by the King of Kings.]

【Three: A Strand of Six Pillars Power (Six Pillar Level): A strand of power originating from the Six Pillars, which can be fused into any Foundation-level skill or Foundation-level item to elevate it to the Six Pillar level and enhance its inherent attributes!】

Looking at the three types of six-pillar level rewards offered by the 992nd floor, Xia Lin nodded slightly, but before the examiner could appear, he immediately left the Thousand-Layer Tower.

As soon as he stood firmly in front of the building, Xia Lin opened his attribute panel and looked at the Permanent Skills section.

At this moment, another skill has been added to the Permanent Skills bar.

It is precisely the martial arts mastery of Wu Shentong!

The martial arts mastery is a self-enhancing technique, theoretically eternally imprinted and impossible to replicate.

However, the logic here is the same as that of Wuxin's Ghostly Armaments—Wu Shentong's attack on Xia Lin in the form of Guiyi Zhenxing should also be counted as a martial arts mastery.

Having witnessed it once and encountered it three times, the Eternal Inscription, also at the Six Pillar level, simply inscribed the skill, emphasizing that what's yours is mine.

This is also the first six-pillar level skill obtained through the Eternal Inscription!
"I learned a lot, so much... I really enjoyed this assessment..."

Then, in the next second, Xia Lin directly sold out his martial arts prowess...

Yes, sold.

It sold for a high price of 1 evolution points!

Xia Lin doesn't need this skill.

But Scarlett needs it.

Xia Lin opened Er Ying's cookbook with a smile, but her smile vanished instantly.

The phrase "martial arts lead to divine power" did indeed appear in the cookbook.

Priced at 43 evolution points—this is reasonable, considering it's a six-pillar level skill.

But you can only look at it, not buy it... because a recipe book of the foundation level cannot be used to buy back a skill of the six pillar level!
"Judging from this, even the combination of Good Fortune and the Unpredictable Dining Hall might not be effective against a six-pillar level skill..."

This reminded Xia Lin of the reward for the 992nd floor—a wisp of Six Pillars Power (Six Pillar Level).

However, before taking on this challenge, Xia Lin needs to rest and adjust her condition, and also needs to get some relevant information from Donald.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Donald appeared before Xia Lin.

"This is for you."

Xia Lin handed the Soul-Cleansing Jade to Donald, who then hugged Xia Lin to express his gratitude.

"Which one do you like for the next round? I'll help you choose."

Donald's words were a return gift, and Xia Lin, without being polite, simply named three as rewards.

Hearing Xia Lin's response, Donald gave an awkward smile: "Brother, the one guarding this pass is your old acquaintance, Immortal Venerable Lingbao... This guy is too disgusting, I'm afraid you'll have to help me out."

The name Lingbao made Xia Lin raise an eyebrow.

I thought to myself, "It's true what they say, enemies are destined to meet..."

Xia Lin vaguely guessed Donald's intention when he said "help him out."

By using the mechanic of Unpredictable Shadows, Donald's skill set is temporarily modified to create a temporary counter-relationship with the enemy.

(End of this chapter)