My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 402: Skill Acquired, Curtain Rises!

Xia Lin was no stranger to the word "uniqueness".

To date, he has acquired one unique skill: Eternal Inscription, and one unique item: The Book of Spirits.

But this was the first time Xia Lin had ever encountered the idea of ​​using Eternal Inscription to copy another unique skill, and he had no existing examples in his mind.

Furthermore, considering their current location is the Dark Realm, the lair of the primordial dark side, the object of the inscription is not the true head of the Six Pillars: the Creator of the Heavenly Dao, but rather a dummy within the subconscious of the primordial dark side, a clone of that dummy, or even a dummy at a deeper level. The Heavenly Dao equation inscribed is not the Heavenly Dao equation held by the Creator of the Heavenly Dao in the true main universe, but rather the Heavenly Dao equation held by the Immortal Emperor of the past—similar to the difference between an initial rough draft and a final version…

This undoubtedly brings about different types of rule conflicts—conflicts between the old and new universe rules, conflicts between true and false rules, and the most obvious conflict between the uniqueness rules.

All these factors made it even more difficult for Xia Lin to find the answer to this problem at the moment.

To be honest, rule conflicts are already beyond Xia Lin's current level. And when multiple underlying rules conflict with each other, any analysis Xia Lin makes is as ridiculous as "a peasant thinking the emperor would use a golden hoe to till the land."

We can only put this question aside for now.

Turn your head to look at your left arm.

The left arm, destroyed by the Heavenly Dao Equation, is slowly recovering under the power of fair trade.

But while it sounds simple and easy, the power of this blow was truly extraordinary—only Xia Lin, the victim, knew exactly how much he had sacrificed in a fair trade to repair the damage.

But my chips seem to be free? That's fine then...

The thought flashed through Xia Lin's mind, and she looked up at the front again.

Directly in front of Xia Lin, the man named Bai stared at him with a look of horror, his expression seeming to say, "Who the hell are you?!"

A stranger suddenly appeared out of nowhere, completely disrupting his plans. Anyone would be anxious in this situation.

Xia Lin ignored the man's expression and looked directly at his heart.

The bloody hand had already retracted and disappeared.

White is not important.

Xia Lin had just witnessed and observed that Bai's strength was slightly weaker than his own at present.

—And this is the obvious difference. As everyone knows, because Xia Lin can adjust his skill set in the heat of battle, and he has a huge reserve of super skills, Xia Lin's true strength is much stronger than it appears on paper.

With this calculation, the gap in strength between the two sides becomes even greater.

The key point is still the Immortal Emperor within Bai's body...

Thinking of the divine might of the Immortal Emperor that he had witnessed in the first layer: the reappearance of the past, and realizing that he still needed to inscribe it once more before he could truly grasp the Heavenly Dao Equation.

Xia Lin didn't dare to attack directly, but instead glanced at the Demon Lord who had escaped unscathed.

I saved your life, but the situation is unclear right now, so would you like to help me scout out the way?
However, this glance stunned Xia Lin once again.

Because the Demon Lord he had saved was not ready to fight to the death with his old age... Instead, he stood stiffly in place, motionless, like a statue.

What is most striking is its internal structure.

Within its body, a chaotic mass of light and shadow spun continuously, vaguely coalescing into the shape of half a stone pillar.

Xia Lin thought of the basic education that the Demon Emperor's clone had given her before.

—At this point in time, the ancient cosmic treasure, the God-given Stone, split into two parts, one half within the Sovereign's body and the other half within the Demon Lord's body.

From this perspective, the Demon Lord's current unusual behavior can be reasonably explained—He is mobilizing the power of the God-given Stone...

However, Xia Lin thought differently.

Xia Lin vaguely smelled a familiar scent from the half-formed stone pillar that had not yet solidified.

That's the scent of the Primordial Dark Side, one of the six pillars of the main universe!

……

At the same time, in another location.

The ruler of the sky slowly withdrew his gaze from the outside world.

Although He was also puzzled as to why there were so many Tang Haofeis... after the initial confusion, the Overlord decided not to waste any more brain cells on it.

—The Overlord has never been someone who excels at or enjoys using his brain. Because his superhuman muscles have effectively suppressed his mental abilities…

Why use your brain when you can solve a problem with your fists? Right?

Moreover, according to the life-and-death battle system of the old universe, the more Tang Haofei there are, the more beneficial it is to the Dominator—because the Dominator's life-and-death battle system can use Tang Haofei's resurrection counts or even his life as his own resurrection counts.

Tang Haofei can be His external resurrection accessory!

The Immortal Emperor's avatar was also unaware of the external situation—because the Demon Emperor's avatar used methods to shield the Immortal Emperor's avatar from external perception.

The Immortal Emperor merely glanced at the Ruler and quickly smiled.

After a brief observation, the Immortal Emperor's avatar discovered the following fact.

During this period, the ruler who should theoretically possess the God-given Stone does not currently exist!
This false ruler is not fully formed; it lacks the power of the divinely bestowed stone that can suppress, negate, and create everything.

Without this power, the renowned ruler is nothing more than a mindless brute who has mastered the old universe's life-and-death battle system, has near-infinite resurrection methods, and possesses maxed-out physical attributes.

Even if you are just an avatar of a former Immortal Emperor, I am not afraid of you!

'From this perspective, it seems that the future six pillars still won't be able to replicate a cosmic treasure like the God-given Stone…'

"Yes, that makes sense. After all, even after possessing half of the Heavenly Stone for so long, I could only analyze, absorb, and digest a very small portion of its power, and Wen Yu is in the same boat."

Even in the new universe, where the rules have changed, and no matter how much my strength improves, theoretically I still cannot perfectly replicate the God-given Stone; at best, I can only achieve parity.

In the ancient universe, the God-given Stone represented the origin of the universe, the beginning of all things. Logically speaking, this stone was the supreme being in the ancient universe.

The rank and level are equivalent to the six pillars of the new universe.

Of course, due to its different form of existence—the Heavenly Gift Stone is ultimately just an inanimate object. This means it can be possessed, absorbed, and even destroyed without any power to resist. In the later stages of the Destruction Era, the Heavenly Gift Stone was even obliterated by the Immortal Emperor and the Demon Emperor… But theoretically speaking, the Heavenly Gift Stone is indeed among the highest-level objects in the old universe, standing out from the crowd.

This means that the original dark side simply cannot simulate this power; it doesn't have that ability!
Therefore, the God-given Stone could never appear in the subconscious of the Dark Realm and the Primordial Dark Dimension!

'That's easy...'

The Immortal Emperor muttered to himself as he took the six-pillar-level artifact, the Eternal Netherworld Blade, from Wuxin.

Foundational Skill: Enlightenment, Unleash Your Power! Enlighten all things to become sentient!

The Eternal Netherworld Blade suddenly twisted, instantly transforming into a dashing young man.

At a glance, the skill set of the enlightened Eternal Netherworld Blade caught the eye of the Immortal Emperor's avatar—among which were the skills He needed to eliminate the means of resurrection.

The five internal organs emitted light simultaneously, and the Immortal Emperor's avatar absorbed it into his body through the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven, thereby acquiring its skills!
Don't be fooled by how simple these operations seem... they involve unique rules (the Five Elements Cave Heaven is a unique skill), and even more so, the conflict between the rules of the true and false universes (the Eternal Netherworld Blade is a six-pillar level item, and the six-pillar level is a concept that only exists in the new universe).

However, the Immortal Emperor easily bypassed and even exploited all these problems.

The Heavenly Dao Equation is activated in the next second!
A "sure-death skill atom" of the foundational level was extracted by the Immortal Emperor and, after being recombined with other skill atoms, transformed into a temporary skill.

Absolutely lethal!

In a flash of skill light, absolute lethality enveloped everyone present except the Overlord.

—It's an absolute lethality skill, and it's also a group buff skill!
The Immortal Emperor snapped his fingers: "Attack together and kill Him."

……

'This is complicated...'

After sensing the aura emanating from the demon's body, Xia Lin dared not make any rash moves.

Because he suddenly realized something.

At this moment, he was standing on the territory of the primordial dark side... and even penetrated into the mind of the primordial dark side, entering the subconscious of the primordial dark side.

Since entering the Dark Realm, Xia Lin has witnessed and gained a lot. The dazzling past events and the endless stream of powerful skills have dazzled Xia Lin's eyes and even made him complacent.

Therefore, he overlooked the fact that the greatest danger of this place lies not in the past events, nor in the grudges with Wuxin, but in the nature of this place—this is the home ground of the Primordial Dark Side! This is the direct territory of the Six Pillars!

The Demon Lord's abnormality was like a bucket of cold water poured over Xia Lin's head, awakening his spirit.

When he saw the phantom of the half-stone pillar that had begun to rotate again inside the demon's body, the chill in his heart grew deeper and deeper until it reached its peak!
Because that half of the stone pillar suddenly accelerated its rotation, transforming into a deep vortex resembling a purple eye.

In the darkness, Xia Lin seemed to sense that the purple eyes were staring intently at him without blinking... but before Xia Lin could react, the eyes slightly shifted, turning their gaze elsewhere.

That's where Bai is...

From the moment Xia Lin looked at the Demon Lord, Bai froze on the spot, just like the Demon Lord, without moving.

Only when those purple eyes turned back to him did he regain his vitality.

"Who the hell are you?!"

He finally spoke his mind... The time that had just frozen in time did not exist for him; it had been permanently lost to his memory.

But isn't that obvious?
After all, in essence, he was just a fake person living in the imagination of the original dark side, and he did not have the all-powerful abilities of the two emperors of the old immortals and demons.

The master of this place: the original dark side, can be manipulated however one pleases.

Upon realizing this, Xia Lin suddenly lost his joy at the prospect of obtaining the Heavenly Dao Equation... because he also realized that whether he could successfully acquire this skill did not depend on himself, but on the thoughts of that being.

Even if that being exists, it itself has no thoughts or ideas.

After a brief wait, under the gaze of those purple eyes, Bai finally moved.

He suddenly strode forward, instantly closing in on Xia Lin. At the same time, his body flashed with light, and the blood-red hand from his heart once again reached out, carrying the skill light of the Heavenly Dao Equation, and attacked Xia Lin!
But at that very moment, Xia Lin's eyes shone with multiple lights, witnessing the full force of the event and bringing a great deal of additional information that he shouldn't have been able to witness.

Xia Lin saw the current state of the Immortal Emperor: neither alive nor dead, about to be resurrected but not yet officially resurrected.

Therefore, the Immortal Emperors of this period were incredibly weak, practically infant versions of Immortal Emperors.

In the old universe, the Immortal Emperor died at the hands of the Ruler. As the strongest being in the universe and the owner of half of the Heavenly Stone, the Ruler would not give the Immortal Emperor a chance to resurrect if he wanted to kill someone in the old universe.

In theory, the Immortal Emperor was completely dead... but he used some methods and arrangements that Xia Lin couldn't understand at all to complete his rebirth after countless generations.

The price was extremely high—the current Immortal Emperor only retained the Heavenly Dao Equation, a foundational skill, and the Heavenly Dao Equation that the Immortal Emperor currently possesses does not retain any skill atoms!
The first move he made against the Demon Lord was to dismantle the skill that Bai had prepared beforehand!
In this state, the Celestial Emperor has no attributes or racial stats—he has no physical form at this stage.

The foundation upon which it relies is entirely white flesh.

Instantly completing the skill swap, Xia Lin equipped himself with a super skill set called Absolute Defense.

Furthermore, the power of the Heavenly Dao Equation was further weakened by half, leaving only one-eighth of its initial value...

The two sides separated immediately upon contact. The illusory image of the balance scale behind Xia Lin flashed again, using dozens of six-pillar level skills as bargaining chips to cancel out the last Heavenly Dao equation.

With that, the skill has been officially acquired!
Bai turned and ran away.

Xia Lin did not pursue, but watched Bai Kuang run away before turning to look at the Demon Lord again.

At this moment, the purple eye within the demon's body was also looking at Xia Lin.

After hesitating for a moment, Xia Lin suddenly spoke up: "Thanks... Also, is there something you need from me?"

His eyes blinked slightly.

Unfortunately, He could not convey any effective information.

The Junyou incident reveals something: the primordial dark side isn't entirely mindless... It can develop self-awareness, but because of the nature of its power, its newly formed will is constantly being erased, and it can't be maintained for very long.

This is equivalent to a new will being born, not even having a chance to learn to speak or communicate, before being destroyed. Then the primordial dark side continues this cycle...

This results in the apparent fact that the original dark side is the inability to communicate with others.

He could only communicate through simple physical gestures instead of words—but this was something Xia Lin was not good at...

After all that, he still couldn't figure out what the original dark side really meant.

Helplessly, he could only shrug and say, "I'm leaving..."

Carefully retreating, Xia Lin watched as the purple eye within the demon's body slowly disappeared, eventually transforming back into half a stone pillar. He then realized that the primordial dark side had no intention of hindering him and immediately fled for his life, not daring to linger for even a second.

It wasn't until Xia Lin left the Demon Palace that she stopped to open her personal information panel and looked at the newly acquired Heavenly Dao Equation.

He sighed inwardly, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought."

Because the Heavenly Dao equation inscribed in the skill description now has an additional line of notes compared to before...

[Note: Due to the uniqueness rule and the conflict with the universal rules, you cannot use this skill under normal circumstances!]

The fact that it was unusable was actually within Xia Lin's expectations.

But Xia Lin was a little confused by the phrase "under normal circumstances"...

The skill activates the moment a thought arises.

The light of the Heavenly Dao Equation suddenly appeared and flowed, startling Xia Lin.

Because he can use this skill here!
This also seems to indicate that using the Heavenly Dao Equation in the Dark Realm or in the subconscious fragments of the Primordial Dark Side is not a normal situation!
But before Xia Lin could continue with further experiments, a violent roar suddenly rang out, originating from the horizon.

Xia Lin looked up and saw that the sky had collapsed, and dozens of figures fell from the unknown space layer into reality to continue their fierce battle!

The figures of the four kings of the Black Domain, the avatar of the Immortal Emperor, Wuxin, and other familiar faces fell into Xia Lin's eyes, while the one fighting them was an ancient demon with an astonishing physique, standing ten meters tall.

Just as this scene was unfolding, Xia Lin suddenly narrowed his eyes.

A sudden realization dawned on Xia Lin, and he took a deep breath before disappearing completely into the darkness.

……

This avatar of the Immortal Emperor can be likened to a reborn being.

A powerful being from the end of the old era, carrying a small portion of his strength and complete memories, returned to the time before his rebirth.

Different experiences and perspectives naturally lead to different insights.

The former ruler was a mountain before the Immortal Emperor, an opponent that required meticulous preparation and perfect planning to barely defeat.

However, after experiencing the Destruction Era, engaging in an extremely intense arms race with the Demon Emperor Wen Yu, and absorbing a very small portion of the power of the Heavenly Stone, the current Immortal Emperor seems to look down on the Ruler...

"Because the Dominator's power system is far too simplistic and brutal."

In the old universe's rules, resurrection did not require a great price; in fact, perfect resurrection could be achieved very simply.

The old life-or-death battle was a powerful skill that could double both racial stats and attributes simply by being resurrected from the dead.

This system is the core of the dominant power.

The second core element is the Heavenly Stone within the Overlord's body—because of its existence, the Overlord is completely unafraid of sealing or ultimate skills.

In the words of the main universe, the judgment of the sovereign is naturally superior to that of everyone else.

The combination of both is the strongest.

However, right now, without the power of the God-given Stone, the Overlord's strength has a flaw.

The six-pillar-level item brought by Wuxin caused a conflict between the old and new universe rules, leading to chaotic judgments. The Immortal Emperor could then exploit this conflict to allow the Heavenly Dao Equation to bypass the Dominator's defensive skill judgments, thereby thwarting the effectiveness of the Life-or-Death Battle system!
Therefore, the current ruler has two problems: first, he no longer has the system of life-or-death battles, so if he dies now, he is truly dead; second, he no longer has even half of the Heavenly Stone, so the judgment of his own skills is now overshadowed by that of the Immortal Emperor.

The Celestial Emperor even had lingering thoughts about it...

"Looking at it this way, there is indeed a logical basis for my future resurrection of the Overlord... because this brute is really too easy to control."

"I might even add something during the refining process to adjust this brute's skill set, at least to prevent his weaknesses from being so glaring and easy to exploit..."

While the Immortal Emperor was lost in thought, the Overlord was still wreaking havoc on all sides!

The Immortal Emperor put it simply, but even without the life-or-death battle system and the Heavenly Stone, the Dominator's basic attributes were still explosive. His sheer physical strength made the Four Kings of the Black Domain feel like they were dying. Only the high-powered level 12 core skill could barely scratch the Dominator's skin.

"That's it! That's it!!"

Arrogant and conceited, with an air of superiority.

This fake overlord still doesn't realize he's a fake, nor does he know he no longer has the power of the God-given Stone.

He still believed himself to be invincible, with no one as his match, unaware that the Celestial Emperor had once again used the Heavenly Dao Equation to conceal Wuxin's aura.

At this moment, Wuxin had already quietly arrived behind the Overlord.

Then, he reached out and patted the Overlord's vest.

The skill lights flashed instantly, dazzling the eye!

Because this is not just Wuxin's skill, but also the treasures that the Six Pillar Immortal Emperors of the New Universe forged in advance for Wuxin, the temporary skills that the old Immortal Emperor's avatar added to Wuxin, and so on...

However, these methods are merely auxiliary, and their auxiliary purpose is to help Wuxin break through the Overlord's defense system and damage the Overlord's physical body.

Can it be done?

Yes, it's simple...

Leaving aside the fact that the head of the six pillars of the new universe, the creator of the Heavenly Dao, has already completed a transformation in strength, far surpassing the power of the rulers at their peak in the old era.

Take this current ruler for example, he's not a real ruler... he's just a fake. He's impressive enough to fight level 12 Black Domain, but when it comes to real strength, he's nothing.

The incredibly strong scales were torn apart in an instant, and blood gushed out, spraying all over Wuxin's head and face.

The Overlord suddenly turned his head to look at Wuxin. Just as he was about to make a move, he saw Wuxin give a strange smile, lick the demonic blood from his lips, and then instantly transform into light and pierce the Overlord's wound!

Heartless Skill 9: [Flesh Parasite (Six Pillar Level): Active Skill, Limit Breaking Skill. After activation, you will immediately burrow into the target's wound and forcibly merge with the target! Depending on the difference in physical attributes between you and the target, this skill will have the following two different effects.]

1. If your attributes are stronger than the target's, you will be able to devour the target's flesh and soul, forcibly occupy the target's body, and gain the corresponding racial stats and limit-breaking attributes. The time required for devouring varies depending on the difference in attributes between the two parties.

Second: If your attributes are weaker than the target's, you can only inflict a permanent attribute/base stat reduction on the enemy! Depending on the difference in attributes between the two, you will be expelled from the target's body after a varying amount of time. The extent of the reduction depends on the length of your parasitic period!

This skill permanently consumes 1% of your base attributes and has a one-day cooldown!

Skill activated successfully!
The six-pillar level skill successfully broke through the Dominator's defense system—this was not only due to the difference in skill level, but also to the conflict between the old and new universe rules, the intervention of the Immortal Emperor, and many other factors.

But the result is obvious!
Wuxin vanished instantly into the Overlord's body!

At the same time, the scene suddenly fell silent.

The three words "It has begun" resounded in the hearts of Xia Lin, Donald... and even in the dark realm outside, where the situation in the dark world could not be seen, but the four pillars could vaguely sense the premonition.

(End of this chapter)