My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 410 Taking Everything and Dying Without a Trace

The claim of 999 methods is exaggerated, but there are definitely dozens.

With the Heavenly Dao Equation in hand, Xia Lin has the confidence to do so!

The simplest and most direct method is naturally the strongest mutation—one mutation and Wuxin is almost certainly dead; ten mutations and Wuxin is certain to die.

But when Charlin used this trick against Bev before, she discovered a problem.

The strongest mutation is a pure killing technique... Opponents killed by this thing won't bring Xia Lin much benefit.

—Skills and items have all been mutated, and most likely in a negative way, turning them into completely unrecyclable junk.

Xia Lin didn't want to let go of the good stuff Wu Xin had.

Putting everything else aside, Xia Lin was extremely envious of the skill "The Essence of Time and Space".

Since this skill can open the Dark Realm, a domain directly under the Six Pillars, it will likely also have an effect on other domains directly under the Six Pillars.

"In that case, let's use this combination..."

The outer realm glowed faintly, and Scarlett emerged from it. She activated the Myriad Treasures Maze, instantly trapping Xia Lin and Wuxin inside.

Wuxin merely gave a cold laugh.

He understood Xia Lin's intention.

By constructing a deathmatch arena with the Wanbao Maze, he sealed off his own trans-dimensional essence and cut off his own escape route.

But they didn't take it seriously.

His experience from less than a month ago told him that he was still the strongest Ember Walker!
Neither Donald, nor Xia Lin, nor the unexpectedly rising Shadow could pose a significant threat to him—Shadow's random mechanism was very strong, but Wu Xin did not believe that Shadow could restrain his immortal evolution system and curse sealing system.

No one understands the power of a privileged dog better than him!

Right now, Xia Lin has deliberately brought him and himself into the arena of death. This not only cuts off their escape route, but Xia Lin has also deliberately given up the help of outside aid.

This is not a bad thing for Wuxin, but a tremendous opportunity!
As if recalling Xia Lin's destructive actions just now, Wu Xin clenched his teeth.

—He witnessed firsthand how Xia Lin ruined his life and his mission.

"I won't rest until I kill you!!"

Now, the opportunity has arrived.

Xia Lin was unaware of Wu Xin's elaborate scheme and simply focused on continuing her work.

Xia Lin had already taken out the Book of Spirits.

Black snowflake-like spots flew out from the book of spirits and covered Xia Lin's entire body.

Fraudulent scheme, in action!

The next second, a massive amount of skill atoms had already completed the editing according to Xia Lin's will!
32 locked (racial heritage level), 152 locked (SSS level)...

[Skill Atom Editing Completed!]

You have acquired the temporary skill: Extreme Tracking (Racial Heritage Level).

【Ultimate Tracking (Racial Heritage Level): Passive Skill. Select a skill to link with it! After linking, the linked skill will gain the Ultimate Tracking effect! Ultimate Tracking will cause the linked skill to automatically track the target and relentlessly pursue it until it hits!】

15 spaces (racial foundation level), 85 spaces (SSS level)...

[Skill Atom Editing Completed!]

You have acquired the temporary skill: Blink (Racial Heritage Level).

【Blink (Racial Heritage Level): Passive Skill. Select a skill to link with it! After linking, the linked skill will gain the Blink effect! Blink will grant the linked skill spatial teleportation capabilities, significantly increasing the difficulty of dodging that skill.】

66 speed (racial foundation level), 157 speed (SSS level)...

[Skill Atom Editing Completed!]

You have gained a temporary skill: Rapid Enhancement (Racial Heritage Level).

[Rapid Enhancement (Racial Heritage Level): Passive Skill. The speed of all your single-target tracking skills is greatly enhanced!]

24 invisible (racial heritage level)...

13 Penetrations (Racial Foundation Level)...

The Heavenly Equation is an incredibly powerful and extremely flexible skill.

Different skill atoms can be combined to generate different temporary skills.

Although the skills that can be formed from fixed skill atoms are certain, the complexity of the combinations results in an infinite number and variety of derivative skills derived from the Heavenly Dao Equation.

Xia Lin had only possessed this skill for a short time, and a major event occurred along the way, preventing him from mastering even one ten-millionth of the total recipe for this skill.

But skills always follow a certain logic.

—The effect of a temporary skill depends on the type of skill atom.

—As for the formula problem, luck can solve it, and Xia Lin happens to have the ability to cheat and use luck.

Xia Lin has only one idea right now—to enhance the effect of the pseudo-random replacement skill, a six-pillar level skill, with multiple temporary skills.

And luck led Xia Lin in the right direction!

In one second, 38 advanced auxiliary skills were created.

And they all point to the skill of pseudo-random permutation!
The strength of the pseudo-random substitution is undeniable. However, as a single-target skill, the skill's speed is too slow and it is easy to dodge. In addition, the cooldown time is too long, resulting in poor performance in actual combat.

The cooldown issue has been resolved through fair trading.

The emergence of the Heavenly Dao Equation has solved the problem of the Light of Skill being too slow!

Therefore, when Xia Lin raised his finger and pointed at Wu Xin, who still looked indifferent, the outcome of this battle was already predetermined.

Xia Lin even had the mind to sigh inwardly.

"The power of the Heavenly Dao Equation lies not only in its numerical values, but also in its comprehensiveness... This skill is just too damn comprehensive..."

The light exploded instantly.

The pseudo-random swap skill light had already been fired and appeared in front of Wuxin in an instant!
Wu Xin was startled!
Is this a pseudo-random permutation?
Whose pseudo-random replacement is so fast, and even has a space travel function?!

It's quick, it's alright.

Even if you don't want to, there are still ways to go.

Six-pillar level item: The Wheel of Life and Death instantly appeared behind his head. Amidst the intertwining of life and death energies, it resembled a giant millstone, pressing down on the skill light!
Last time in the Human Race Sequence War preliminary round, when facing Xia Lin's pseudo-random swap, Wu Xin did not dodge or avoid it, but instead used this method to deal with Xia Lin's skill.

But this time, it's different...

Because among those 38 temporary skills, several are auxiliary skills that enhance the strength of the Light skill!
—And it should be noted that the current battle between the two is not a battle between level twelve, and everything is under the rules of the professional system.

Within the rules of the professional system, the auxiliary skills created by Xia Lin are all self-contained skills—they only enhance the effect of pseudo-random replacement and do not participate in the judgment of Wu Xin's defensive skills.

This means that the Wheel of Life and Death at the six-pillar level cannot overwhelm the pseudo-random replacement, which is also at the six-pillar level, with its level advantage!
Therefore, the millstone cannot extinguish the light of skill in a short time.

Wu Xin's unease surged instantly.

However, before he could react, the light of the skill flashed before his eyes, passing through the barrier of the Wheel of Life and Death in a spatial jump, and seeping into his skin.

Wu Xin wanted to use the karmic entanglement technique again, but Xia Lin was immune to it.

And so the skill took effect...

Even Xia Lin himself didn't expect that the pseudo-random replacement enhanced by 38 auxiliary skills would be so powerful.

He had already reset the cooldown of the pseudo-random permutation with fair trade, and in the blink of an eye, he had played dozens of pseudo-random permutations...

When the notification sound for the Ash Zone rang, Xia Lin belatedly stopped his combo and shrugged at Wuxin, who was frozen in place.

"Sorry, I used too much force. I didn't expect you to be unable to withstand even the first blow..."

[Pseudo-random permutation in effect!]

[You have specified the replacement of twelve skills: Causal Entanglement, Violation Judgment, Fleeting Beauty, etc.]

[You have lost the skill: King of the Squid.]

Currently, Wu Xin has revealed twelve skills, which Xia Lin witnessed thoroughly.

Therefore, for the first pseudo-random swap, Xia Lin simply swapped all twelve skills at once.

Then he immediately handed over Shrimp Bro to Wuxin.

—This is the power of pseudo-random permutations.

At the same level, it can acquire all of the opponent's skills!
Without considering the level 12 exclusive Heavenly Transcendence Power, the six-pillar level pseudo-random replacement can shake all of Wuxin's skills - as long as it hits, he's finished!

And Brother Shrimp covered Wuxin with the last handful of yellow earth.

The heartless person was dumbfounded...

This is not a metaphor; it is a fact.

With Brother Shrimp by his side, the situation is critical. The tide of reason recedes, and weakness takes over.

Wu Xin let out a desperate cry: "Hide..."

But where could he possibly hide?
The Myriad Treasures Maze system is a super system at the six-pillar level. Under the coverage of this system, nothing inside can be hidden.

Not to mention, even more pseudo-random permutations followed.

If Wuxin couldn't even defend against the first attack, and he was hit by the King of Soft Shrimp, he wouldn't be able to defend against the subsequent pseudo-random swap.

[Pseudo-random permutation in effect!]

You have lost the skill: None.

Xia Lin was too lazy to give Wuxin any more negative skills.

[You have acquired the following skills: All Paths Return to the Source (Racial Foundation Level), All Laws Return to the Origin (Racial Foundation Level), Three Corpse God Transformation (Racial Foundation Level), Fusion of Laws to the Heavenly Heart (Racial Foundation Level), Lord of the Immortal Path (Inferior) (Six Pillar Level), Heaven and Earth Reincarnation Transformation (Six Pillar Level).]

Xia Lin: "..."

You're pretty weird, kid!

Of the remaining six skills this kid has, two are at the sixth pillar level.

When Xia Lin saw the effects of these skills, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

I was right to kill you!

If I were to spare your life, I would definitely dig a hole for my future.

Because the strength of these skills still retains Wuxin's style—seriously exceeding the limits!
Among them, the return of all paths to the source, the return of all laws to the origin, and the Three Corpse God Transformation are skills possessed by the Immortal Emperor—of course, the Immortal Emperor's was the Eight Corpse God Transformation, but Wuxin's became the Three Corpse God Transformation.

The skills have been weakened, and the focus is now on the father-son relationship—but even weakened, it is still powerful.

【All Paths Return to the Source (Racial Foundation Level): Passive Skill, Exclusive to the Immortal Path! You will more easily break through to the Immortal Path realm, and after each breakthrough, you will have one opportunity for enlightenment! Enlightenment opportunities will provide you with rewards including but not limited to the following: insights into the next realm, correction of shortcomings in your past path, tempering of your Dao heart, and enhancement of spiritual energy (immortal power)...】

A divine skill for cultivators, trash for other professions.

[All Laws Return to One (Racial Foundation Level): Active Skill, exclusive to the Immortal Path! Contains all the Immortal Path techniques you have mastered! Also significantly increases your learning speed for Immortal Path skills!]

One technique is equivalent to ten thousand techniques. It is considered one of the component skills of Wuxin's immortal cultivation system, but it is still useless against Xia Lin.

【Three Corpse Divine Split (Racial Foundation Level): Passive Skill! Splits into three corpses; as long as the three corpses are destroyed, my body will not die! Unless you die three times in a single day, you will not truly die!】

A powerful life-saving skill.

From this, one can infer the effect of the Immortal Emperor's Eight Corpse God Transformation. However, this is still of little use to Xia Lin.

He had already made up his mind to reach level twelve as soon as possible. At that time, the life-and-death battle system would shine again. Immortality was not Xia Lin's pursuit; death was what Xia Lin needed.

【Merge with the Heavenly Heart (Racial Heritage Level): Active Skill, Exclusive to the Immortal Path. You can gain a limit-breaking attribute at the cost of forgetting a certain Immortal Path technique!】

This skill is used in conjunction with the "All Laws Return to One" and "Fleeting Beauty".

The "All Methods Return to the Source" technique enhances Wuxin's learning ability and incorporates the learned abilities into the "All Methods Return to the Source" skill set, without occupying any skill slots.

Then, without intention, he used the Fusion of Heavenly Mind to forget the skill and gain the Limit Break attribute.

The "Fleeting Beauty" skill converts the limit-breaking attribute into a temporary effect, thus providing a temporary buff—according to Xia Lin's estimation, this temporary buff is probably limitless.

Once a professional's attributes reach their maximum value, the more of these unlimited temporary buff skills, the better.

[Master of the Immortal Path (Inferior) (Six Pillars Level): Passive skill, exclusive to the Immortal Path side. You possess immense suppressive power over all professions within the Immortal Path system! You can even decide their life or death with a single word!]

This seems to be another heirloom-like skill—passed down from the Immortal Emperor to Wuxin.

With a sudden change of heart, Xia Lin let out a sigh.

"The Immortal Path side profession is also a huge pitfall."

The root of the problem lies in this skill.

The Immortal Emperor undoubtedly possesses the skills of the Lord of Immortals, and certainly would not have this (inferior) character.

His control over the immortal cultivators under his command must be even stronger.

This might be a trick learned from the Sovereign, or it might be his nature... In any case, with this skill in hand, the title of "Creator of Heavenly Dao" is not just a name, but a fact.

Because of this skill, Wuxin has become the de facto crown prince of the immortal path—no wonder Wuxin has a bad personality and looks down on people, and he even fabricates stories about how loyal they are.

They can't be unfaithful even if they want to.

[Born to Die, Reincarnation (Six Pillars Level): Passive skill, a derivative skill of the Life and Death Dual-Phase talent. Requires the Life and Death Dual-Phase talent to use. After each form transformation, all your skills will receive a powerful amplification and additional effects! The amplification gained in Death form is moderately increased, while the amplification gained in the Life and Death Fusion form is greatly increased!]

Skills used in conjunction with one's talent... are meaningless to Xia Lin.

Because he couldn't obtain the talent of the Unintentional.

Strictly speaking, the state of no-mind in the fusion of life and death is the strongest state of no-mind, further enhanced by the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.

Even if everyone's attributes are at the limit of the Ash Zone, and Donald has the advantage of being a Limit Breaker, he is still no match for Wuxin. This is because Wuxin's skills are not only designed for the usurpation plan, but also have a considerable degree of guaranteed combat power.

Unfortunately, Xia Lin is a man who lacks martial ethics.

He had no interest in experiencing just how strong the strongest Wuxin was, or whether he was his opponent who had activated the Emperor Engine.

He's only here to kill people and take the benefits.

With the second pseudo-random substitution taking effect, Wuxin in front of Xia Lin had become a wild boar without tusks and still not quite right in the head.

But he still had pig bristles to pluck.

Meeting the blank, confused eyes, Xia Lin tilted her head and smiled.

"Goodbye."

With a soft utterance of his final words, Xia Lin took a step forward, appearing before Wuxin amidst a spatial storm of shattering energy!
The Emperor Engine has never stopped running since the beginning—not referring to the start of this battle, but from the moment Xia Lin entered this subconscious fragment.

The temporary attributes have accumulated to an explosive level.

Even in a life-or-death battle, Xia Lin is not afraid of Wu Xin at full strength!

After all, the last time the two clashed was back in the preliminary stage of the Human Race Sequence War, which was ruined by Xia Lin.

After experiencing so many things, Xia Lin is no longer the same person he used to be!
Unfortunately, Wuxin is still stuck in the same place—not only because Wuxin's mind is entirely focused on the usurpation plan, but also because Xia Lin, who possesses the Eternal Inscription Replacement System, has a greater potential for growth and is more outstanding than Wuxin!

He's getting stronger so fast, and it'll only get faster!
When Xia Lin and Wu Xin's faces were close together, Wu Xin remained motionless.

With Shrimp Bro in hand, his mind was completely in chaos.

Only the wheel of life and death, time and space, faintly shines.

The treasure possesses a spirit and actively protects its master. However, faced with Xia Lin's absolute power, the treasure, lacking its master's support, is utterly unable to withstand Xia Lin at this moment.

With a slight exertion of his muscles, Xia Lin shattered the precious light.

When Xia Lin raised his fist, Wu Xin remained unmoved.

He couldn't react in time.

The powerful punch, carrying the force to shatter everything, struck Wuxin squarely in the face.

Time seemed to stand still.

The heartless body began to crumble under the violent crushing.

Blood and flesh fragments splattered out, then turned to ashes and vanished in the face of the all-consuming violence. In the blink of an eye, Wuxin was completely annihilated by Xia Lin's punch!

If there is an old and immortal soul, then Wuxin cannot die.

But his past and his immortal soul have become spoils of the primordial ruler.

This cleared away the last obstacle that prevented Xia Lin from killing Wuxin.

Within his body, the light of the Heavenly Dao Equation flashed once more.

Even before he threw that punch, Xia Lin had already used the Heavenly Dao Equation to create a temporary skill.

[Annihilation Strike (Racial Heritage Level): Passive Skill. All your attacks are imbued with annihilation power, capable of extinguishing your opponent's resurrection abilities!]

A devastating blow of profound power cannot destroy a resurrection item of the sixth pillar level.

But what kind of good person would use the power of six pillars on consumables?
Even if Wuxin were incredibly wealthy, he wouldn't have a reserve of six-pillar-level resurrection items—because possessing the Ancient Soul and the Undying Soul, he wouldn't need such items...

Feeling the King of Squishy Shrimp return to the Shadow skill bar, Xia Lin snorted and confirmed one thing.

Wuxin is truly dead.

Suddenly, a beam of light flashed from the spot where Wuxin had fallen and instantly entered Xia Lin's body.

There was no way to avoid it, no way to resist it.

A notification sound rang in my ear.

You have received the Soul Chaser debuff.

[Soul Chaser (Six Pillar Level): Your soul has been anchored by certain individuals who can easily locate you.]

[Insufficient permissions for unstable mutation; this debuff cannot be applied!]

This was not unexpected for Xia Lin.

Wu Xin's strength lies not only in his own abilities, but also in the support he has from his backers.

Those who specialize in the Immortal Path generally possess this method—they will mark the person who killed them and have their elders avenge them.

Xia Lin, however, didn't care at all...

After all, even the Celestial Emperor himself was in dire need of protection.

Then another chaotic flash of light appeared.

A total of 48065 beams of soul light shone from the spot where Wuxin's body had perished.

I accidentally got some gold coins again.

This surprised Xia Lin slightly; he hadn't expected Wuxin to possess so much soul light.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Lin slowly frowned.

"This thing is hard to carry..."

Firstly, we are currently in the Dark Realm, and the evil god community is quite close to this place. Taking these soul lights would attract the evil gods, which would be detrimental to us.

Secondly, Xia Lin was already preparing to leave the Ashes Zone and leave the beginner village.

Outside the starting village, many covet the Soul Light!

Xia Lin only had three soul lights before, which was far too few.

But once Xia Lin leaves the Ashes with so much soul light, the situation will be different.

Is it the same to carry one gram of gold through a busy street as it is to carry 100 kilograms of gold through a busy street?

But after a moment's thought, Xia Lin snorted coldly.

"Bring it on, who's afraid of who!"

With a wave of his hand, he simply absorbed all of Wuxin's soul light into his own body!
Xia Lin is not afraid of evil gods.

Even later, Xia Lin would have to have a heart-to-heart talk with the evil gods and also let the Spirit World Book have a good meal.

Xia Lin was even less afraid of those who coveted the Soul Light!

Now that the Primordial Ruler has taken center stage, the entire main universe is in turmoil.

As the top combat forces under the command of the six pillars, each of the twelve level-twelve individuals must have their own missions.

Even if they coveted the Soul Light, they might not be able to spare the time... Even if a few Level 12 individuals could spare the time, Xia Lin was not a weakling they could easily bully!
The situation is quite favorable for Xia Lin.

Xia Lin's individual combat strength is at its peak.

Why hesitate and give up immediate benefits for an uncertain future? He should know that once he leaves the Ashes Zone, it will be very difficult to obtain Soul Light again…

Thinking about this, Xia Lin thought of something else.

"Speaking of this soul light, it's the ticket to grab one of the six pillars in the Primordial Dark Side... But now that the Primordial Dark Side is in this state, does this soul light still have any meaning?"

Xia Lin didn't know.

The sudden eruption of the primordial dark side was unexpected by everyone, and the changes it brought about were far too numerous.

He shook his head, took out a Stability Chapter from his personal space, and used it.

[Insufficient permissions; the Stability Chapter cannot be activated!]

Xia Lin gasped.

You heartless rascal, even your personal space is at the sixth pillar level!?
After thinking for a moment, Xia Lin gritted his teeth and took out another Stability Chapter. Then, he used one of the remaining three strands of the Six Pillars Power to strengthen it!

After a brief wait, a six-pillar-level Stability Chapter was forged...

Who would be so kind as to waste the power of six pillars on consumables?

Well, Xia Lin did just that.

But this isn't a waste; it's an investment!
Killing Wuxin is not the goal—if killing is the primary objective, what could be simpler than the strongest mutant?

The real goal is to skin and dismember—skills are only one aspect, the treasures in the personal space are another.

Xia Lin couldn't guarantee what the outcome would be or whether it would be worth the price of admission.

As Wuxin's personal space was opened, various colorful treasures fell into his eyes, causing Xia Lin's mouth to grin wider and wider!

This is a huge profit.

(End of this chapter)