My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 385 The preliminary rounds have ended, the main competition has begun!
A radiant glow began to surge, and the power of the Lord of All Armies filled the entire assessment space.

Endless light descended from all directions, the power of the legion's arrival calling upon the soldiers from afar to appear here.

Xia Lin snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the Fifth Prince, only to see that Wang Yanlin had already withdrawn his hand and nodded slightly to Xia Lin.

"I can't let you off the hook, and I'm unwilling to let you off the hook, so you definitely won't get past me..."

The monarch's authority meant that Wang Yanlin could not show weakness on his own initiative, much less deliberately let Xia Lin defeat him.

Your reward is not as important as my face and honor.

"But how much you can get from it depends entirely on your ability."

That's where we should lend a helping hand.

The Fifth Prince was clearly aware of the effect of Xia Lin's Eternal Inscription, and his action at this moment was equivalent to giving Xia Lin a complete set of skills from the Military Lord system for free!
No... it's not just the skills of the military leadership system...

More skill lights flashed out from ahead, causing Xia Lin to look up.

Ahead, the soldiers summoned by the Legion's arrival have begun to deploy their troops!
This includes not only professionals within the military leadership system: generals, strategists, commanders, and so on...

There are also other professionals who submit to Wang Yanlin and receive his blessings!
In the sky, the roar of a giant beast could be heard.

A dragon and a phoenix circled in the sky, their imposing presence and attributes already reaching the limit of the Ash Zone!
On the ground, three giants stood side by side, seemingly protected by a six-pillar-level treasure, making it difficult for Xia Lin to discern their specific moves.

And the attributes are also the limit of the Ash Zone.

Further back, there were hundreds and thousands of generals and individuals of various kinds with great individual strength, each with attributes at the limit of the Ash Zone.

There are even more experts hidden within the legion...

Although she had already sensed that she was no match for Wang Yanlin, Xia Lin still gasped when she saw this scene.

This is the truly awesome lord of ten thousand armies.

The military leader's support for his subordinates and the subordinates' feedback to the military leader, through this two-way interaction, created a super collective that is both numerous and powerful, possessing countless systems!

One man can be an army; I am an army of ten thousand!

"charge."

As soon as the two words were spoken, immense pressure surged towards Xia Lin like a tsunami.

……

Outside the towering building, there are six pillar statues.

The four consciousnesses have not yet left and are still observing the battle.

However, when the battle broke out, the four—the Creator of Heaven, the King of Kings, the Demon Emperor of Soul Control, and the Super Star—already had their answers regarding the outcome.

"What a pity. I was thinking that if someone could reach level 1000, I would personally go down and play with these little guys... but it seems that won't be possible now..."

The one who said this was Chaoxing.

Thus, the identity of the examiner on the 1000th floor became clear.

It turned out that the Six Pillars had sealed their own strength and personally took to the field!

A voice rang out, responding to Chaoxing's self-talk.

"I never intended for you to show your face in public, what kind of behavior would that be?"

"My fifth son guards the 999th floor, that's enough."

The King of Kings responded with a smile.

The Thousand-Layer Tower challenge was his creation; it was designed by him and approved by the other three pillars.

The examiners had already been selected... and from the very beginning, the King of Kings had indeed not intended for anyone to pass this test.

"No, there's still a chance..."

The Demon Emperor's voice rang out again, but this opportunity was not Donald and Xia Lin's, but rather an unintentional one.

With his consciousness slightly shifting towards the Creator of Heaven, the Demon Emperor slowly spoke: "Even with most of the power of the Fifth Prince sealed, it can still suppress Donald and Xia Lin in every way, but whether it can suppress Wuxin is another matter."

"Compared to the pointless and doomed battle between Xia Lin and Lao Wu, I'd much rather see what kind of sparks fly when Wu Xin clashes with Lao Wu."

"Furthermore, if Wuxin were to face Chaoxing's consciousness projection, what kind of answer would he give?"

The implication was clear.

To put it bluntly, another major factor contributing to the high difficulty of the assessment is that more than half of the four people present wanted to use the challenging assessment to force Wuxin to reveal more of his trump cards, thereby creating an intelligence advantage for their own people.

To be honest, there is indeed a sense of being targeted by the Creator of Heaven.

However, the old thief is a man of such character; he might be cursing in his heart but smiling at you on the outside.

"My son isn't in good shape, I'm afraid he'll have to disappoint you all."

The meaning of these words is already clear.

Without ambition, one will conserve their strength and no longer strive for higher results.

The Demon Emperor clicked his tongue: "With so many rewards, especially for level 1000, and the treasures we carefully selected...aren't you tempted?"

The Way of Heaven: "Being moved is one thing, but lacking the strength is another. How can you say that just because I'm moved and want something, I'm guaranteed to get it?"

The provocation tactic failed, and the Demon Emperor was too lazy to say anything more.

Just three minutes later, the battle inside the 999th-floor examination room was over.

Xia Lin was severely injured and defeated, and was kicked out of the examination room...

The King of Kings suddenly spoke.

"There's no need to look at the rest in detail. Let's prepare for the assessment content of the main competition."

The four consciousnesses departed one after another, no longer paying attention to the situation inside the Thousand-Layer Tower.

After leaving the Thousandfold Tower, Xia Lin was panting heavily; the brief but intense battle had left him mentally exhausted.

Slightly relieved, a smile returned to her face.

This is simply because the Fifth Prince is truly generous.

He was generous with his six-pillar-level skills.

Among his subordinates are six pillar-level skills and two super systems!

As the lord of ten thousand armies, he is practically a collection of nearly a hundred super Ashbringer warriors!
For Xia Lin, this is a super treasure trove worth exploring!
Looking back at the Thousand-Layer Tower behind him, Xia Lin bowed respectfully, as if he could vaguely see the Fifth Prince Wang Yanlin nodding slightly to him on the 999th floor.

Regardless of his actual attitude towards Xia Lin... judging from his behavior, he doesn't seem to want to see Wu Xin reach the top in this sequence battle.

After a short rest, Xia Lin returned to the Thousand-Layer Tower to continue his treasure hunt.

There are about two weeks left until the deadline for the preliminary assessment.

Xia Lin will be very busy in the coming days.

……

In the following two weeks, some people began their final push for the Thousand-Layer Tower.

Some people, however, are content to remain inactive and do nothing.

The most disappointing player was undoubtedly Wuxin, who was widely recognized as the strongest Ember Walker of this generation.

After passing the 992nd floor, Wuxin disappeared without a trace and no longer participated in the subsequent assessments.

Xia Lin also seized the time and finally completed the engraving of the Fifth Prince and his super system a few hours before the end of the preliminaries.

Inside the room, Xia Lin once again used the Eternal Inscription Replacement System to cleanse the acquired skills, making them completely free.

Xia Lin finished the task a few minutes before the deadline, and sat on the sofa while waiting for the subsequent notification sound from the Ash Zone and sorting out his loot.

"The gains from the preliminary rounds were twofold: firstly, to complete the Eternal Inscription replacement system, and secondly, to acquire fifty-three super systems."

The Fifth Prince's super system is even more extensive than this.

Unfortunately, some super systems are the kind that only benefit themselves, which Xia Lin cannot replicate.

In Xia Lin's understanding, a so-called super system is one that, when taken out alone, can overwhelm an entire generation.

Neither the Heartless Curse Sealing System nor the Undying Evolution System, taken individually, meet Xia Lin's standard for a super system; they must be combined.

The three systems that Xia Lin once mastered—the Eternal Inscription Random Replacement System before its upgrade, the God-Defying Brush System, and the Black Origin Martial God System—were far from sufficient.

"But things are different now."

If systems like the Myriad Treasures Maze are considered super systems, then the Eternal Inscription Replacement System that Xia Lin currently possesses is the ultimate system that surpasses them!

Weaknesses certainly exist... There is no skill or system in this world without weaknesses.

However, judging solely from its strength, the Eternal Inscription Replacement System can infinitely replicate other super systems, so calling it the ultimate system is not an exaggeration.

Over the past two weeks, Xia Lin has also conducted in-depth research on this system and identified the following points.

"First, with this system in hand, all other systems can take a back seat. I'm referring to the Black Origin Martial God System."

"In terms of boosting combat power, the Black Origin Martial God System is far inferior to the existing eight super systems that provide similar enhancements..."

With numerous superior alternatives, the Black Origin Martial God system was tragically eliminated.

Of course, some of the components do not need to be eliminated. Instead, they will be rejuvenated due to the emergence of new super systems. Xia Lin has found a way out for the components of the Black Source Martial God system, such as the County Magistrate, the Beyond Realm, and the Unified Realm Core, and completed their qualitative changes.

"However, the overpowered farming system still needs to be retained. After leaving the Ember Zone and breaking free from the attribute cap, this system can still play a significant role."

The effects of the overpowered brush system need no further explanation, and Xia Lin is even less likely to remove the skill "Life or Death Showdown (Inferior)".

Regardless of the effects of breaking limits, the fact that this skill can reduce the aftereffects of resurrection makes it absolutely necessary to keep it.

"There's no rush to upgrade the life-or-death battle (inferior) to the six-pillar level."

After perfecting the Eternal Inscription Replacement System, Xia Lin still had three strands of Six Pillars Power left, which he didn't use but instead stored away.

The first choice is naturally to upgrade the Life and Death Showdown (inferior), but the existence of the attribute cap in the Ash Zone weakens the significance and benefits of this upgrade.

Xia Lin decided to play it safe.

Even with an unintentional threat looming, Xia Lin didn't need to play all his cards at once.

Just because he didn't need the power of those three strands and six pillars, Xia Lin had already found more new cards in the preliminary round of the Thousand-Layer Tower.

To be honest, Xia Lin is now actually thinking about confronting Wu Xin head-on.

"Secondly, the issue of fair trade."

During this period, Xia Lin mainly studied the skill logic of the sixth-level fair trade.

After being upgraded to the sixth pillar level, the effect of this skill is truly terrifying; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as an all-powerful wish-granting machine!
"The only problem is that this skill cannot create the power of the six pillars..." This is reasonable, but it also makes Xia Lin quite regretful.

This also means that no matter how many chips a fair trade acquires, it cannot create a six-pillar level skill or a six-pillar level item.

This question also prompted Xia Lin to give it some serious thought.

—It seems rather illogical that fair trade cannot create six-pillar level skills, but the recipe book of Evil Shadow can.

It was Victor, the dream master, who helped Xia Lin clear up her doubts.

"The two are fundamentally different and cannot be compared at all."

"You can think of the power of the Six Pillars as a powerful catalyst... This catalyst can transform a foundational skill or item into a Six Pillar level skill. But once the transformation is complete, this power of the Six Pillars will be exhausted and will no longer exist."

"Once the results are achieved, all the cookbook does is copy and paste, which is perfectly in line with the cookbook's skill logic."

"But if you want to trade a six-pillar level skill that you don't have, have never seen, or that was even tailor-made for you through fair trade, then the logic is different again..."

The essential requirement for creating new six-pillar level skills and items is the power of the six pillars, which is a catalyst... and this catalyst can only be provided by the six pillars, and fair trade at the six-pillar level cannot provide it.

Xia Lin then thought of the Dream Soul Furnace. Victor didn't need to explain; Xia Lin figured it out himself.

"So in essence, the Dream Soul Forge is just a simple combination of the power of the Six Pillars and the power of dreams coming true... That's why the Dream Soul Forge can create Six Pillar-level skills."

Victor: You're right.

Xia Lin had initially thought the Dream Soul Forge was something incredibly sophisticated... but after seeing this answer, he immediately lost all interest in it...

Victor sneered: "What do you think these six-pillar level items you see are? Aren't they just things that the six pillars used?"

"The Sun Wheel Guardian Sword is nothing more than a piece of material with sufficient strength, and then Chaoxing poured a trace of blood energy into it, and that's how it was formed. Do you really think Chaoxing put his heart into this sword?"

"To put it bluntly... the toilet my boss used and the tissues he used to wipe his mouth are theoretically all level six props."

Xia Lin remained silent.

That is indeed the case.

Because of the nature of the Dream Soul Furnace, Xia Lin is still unable to charge it through fair trade—because the total amount of power of the six pillars within the Dream Soul Furnace is limited.

Victor: "But after the energy in the Dream Soul Forge is depleted, you can still recharge its Dream Come True power... Let me tell you, my Dream Come True power is not to be underestimated either; if used correctly, it can be of great use to you..."

This involves more skill and item combinations, which Xia Lin needs to experiment with and research.

"But to sum it up... I cannot create the super system I want out of thin air using fair trade and my imagination."

A super system must be based on a six-pillar level, because only a six-pillar level judgment can support the strength of a super system.

Fair trade cannot create six-pillar level skills or items, and therefore cannot create a super system, which Xia Lin finds rather regrettable.

At the same time, this also means that the remaining three strands of the six pillars of power in Xia Lin's hands are even more valuable.

"The third point is the issue of allocation within the existing super system."

Thinking of this, Xia Lin immediately smiled.

Fifty-three super systems do not mean just 53 super fighters.

Because the Eternal Engraving Replacement System has no quantity limit!

Of course, professions and professional talents cannot be imprinted and copied... but fair trade can solve this problem, although it cannot create a six-pillar level professional talent!

However, the systems Xia Lin has built up do not require the support of a six-pillar level talent; a foundation level is sufficient!
In addition, there are attribute issues.

Apart from a few systems like the Maze of Treasures, most require strong support – the attributes must reach at least 80% of the limit in the Ash Zone to achieve the desired effect!

But this problem is easier to solve.

With a slight sinking of will, one can communicate with the boundary beyond the heart.

In a certain area of ​​the Outer World, one can see tens of thousands of exceptionally talented bomb kids constantly lying dead and rising from the dead, creating a scene of utter carnage that is quite hellish.

"Based on a life-or-death battle (disadvantageous), replace resurrection items with fair trade, and remove debuffs..."

Xia Lin used to use an overpowered combo to farm attributes, which was quite difficult and required a lot of resources.

With the emergence of the six-pillar level fair trade, the overpowered brush combo has also undergone a qualitative change!
Close your eyes and contemplate the weaknesses of the eternally imprinted replacement system.

With a three-core processor, the weakness naturally lies in these three core skills.

After a moment of thought, Xia Lin also simulated what methods he would use to overcome his own problems if he were to fight himself.

Then, we can make targeted preparations.

Time passed slowly, and soon, a new system notification sound from the Ash Zone woke Xia Lin.

……

[The preliminary round of the Myriad Races War: Thousand-Layer Tower, has ended!]

[Final rankings confirmed!]

Below is a list of names.

The first in line were Xia Lin and Donald, and the second was Wu Xin.

Xia Lin glanced at the list and saw Xing Fanwu's name at number 9856, which confirmed the intensity of this battle of the myriad races.

"The intensity is not low."

Xing Fanwu originally possessed the strength to be ranked between 30th and 50th in the human race, but now that the battle of ten thousand races has begun, he has been pushed to a ranking of 9800+.

People like Wenrou and Nelson, whose strength was inferior to that of Star Warriors, were all eliminated. It should be noted that Wenrou was ranked 92nd in the previous human race!
After a quick glance, Xia Lin stopped paying attention.

Apart from a few regular individuals, there are no other Ash Walkers that Xia Lin can dedicate her energy to focusing on.

"It's a pity that there's no extra reward for coming in first place..."

The reward for each floor of the Thousand-Layer Tower is issued only once, and no additional rewards are provided at the final settlement, which is reasonable.

Calm your mind and wait for the next notification sound in the ash zone.

The notification tone sounded soon after.

The main tournament of the Myriad Races Sequence War is about to begin!

[The rules for this main competition are now announced!]

The main competition's assessment rules are: Black Domain Hunt!

……

At the very moment the Black Domain Hunt began, a small number of well-informed individuals were suddenly stunned.

Donald frowned sharply.

"Black Domain... what was Liu Zhu thinking by setting up the assessment location there?"

In another room, Wuxin slowly opened his eyes, a light seemingly flowing in his gaze.

Xia Lin, on the other hand, was unaware of the name of the Black Domain and simply continued to listen to the system notifications for the Ash Zone.

The following prompts revealed to Xia Lin the general type and detailed rules of the main competition stage.

[The Dark Domain: A place where villains hide and evil gods roam!]

This is the boundary of the known universe, a chaotic and lawless zone.

With just a few simple sentences, Xia Lin already knew the general situation of this main competition assessment.

It is by no means a fair and just arena battle that only tests absolute combat power, but a type of battle that is full of external dangers and tests comprehensive abilities!
In the upcoming main tournament stage, all Ember Walkers who passed the preliminary rounds will be placed into the Darklands.

Within the Black Zone, the Ember Zone system will issue bounty missions. Completing these missions will earn you points, which can be used to purchase high-quality items in the main event shop!

Meanwhile, within the Dark Zone, all Ember Walkers can hunt and kill each other. When you hunt down another Ember Walker, you will gain all of their points, and receive additional point rewards based on your ranking in the qualifiers!

[This stage has no time limit! The main competition will end once the top 100 are determined!]

Based on the points earned during this phase, the top 100 Ash Walkers will automatically receive a title in the Myriad Races Sequence!

There are no arena battles! This Black Domain Hunt is the final stage of this Myriad Races Sequence War!
Xia Lin, however, thought of what had happened during the preliminary rounds of the Human Race Sequence War.

"If I do it again, won't you guys explode?"

Of course, it's easy to imagine that the Six Pillars will have targeted measures in response.

Xia Lin soon learned exactly what this targeted measure was...

[All those who pass the preliminary rounds may rest for one day. The main competition will begin one day later. Please wait for teleportation!]

[The main competition shop is now open ahead of schedule for all participants to use.]

As soon as Xia Lin had a thought, the so-called official competition mall automatically appeared on Xia Lin's retina.

Looking down from above, Xia Lin quickly gasped.

Still a big investment!

The top 100 redemption items in the shop are all six-pillar level skills or items—clearly, the six-pillar level is still generous in rewarding the brave and strong.

The number of points required varies, but the minimum will not be less than 10,000 points.

After a hundred, they are not at the foundational level, but rather various types of temporary permission cards.

Hunting Card: Allows you to pinpoint the exact coordinates of a specific entity within the Dark Realm! Costs 500 points.

Disengage Card: Immediately leaves the Dark Realm and returns to the City of Oaths upon use. However, using this card is equivalent to automatically forfeiting this race-based ranking battle. Costs 100 points.

Fair Duel Card: When used, initiates a forced fair duel against a single Ember Walker within your line of sight! Costs 300 points.

as well as……

Additional Rule Card: When used, this card allows you to compile an additional rule specifically for the main tournament of this sequence. The additional rule will be approved by the Six Pillars and will take effect immediately upon approval! Costs 1000 points.

"This is probably a countermeasure against those who transcend the Three Realms..."

With a little thought, Xia Lin could figure out the purpose of the extra rule add-on card.

Not only can it counter abilities that allow one to escape combat, such as leaping out of the three realms, but it can also be used to create many different kinds of tricks...

Of course, we won't go into the fancy tricks.

Xia Lin urgently needed information about the Black Domain.

With that thought in mind, Xia Lin got up and went to Donald's side.

(End of this chapter)