My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 422 The Absurd, Terrifying, and Powerful Descends of the Old Days!
In fact, from the Primordial Ruler's hesitation, Wang Yanqing could easily see that the Primordial Ruler valued Xia Lin.

But this only strengthened Wang Yanqing's resolve to kill Xia Lin.

The Demon Emperor, the King of Kings, and now the Primordial Ruler has joined the ranks.

Despite being just a guy with no powerful connections, he navigates all sides with ease, living a more comfortable and assertive life than those with powerful backers.

This is quite a bizarre phenomenon.

A sudden sense of unease crept into my heart...

Perhaps this time, Xia Lin's life or death is more important to me than the Heavenly Palace.

However, these evil thoughts only briefly surfaced before Wang Yanqing suppressed them back into his heart.

This doesn't make sense...

Because this intuition does not conform to the laws of reality.

Wang Yanqing thought to himself that he had been blinded by jealousy. He circulated the Emperor's Heart Sutra several times to clear his mind of distractions. When he looked at Xia Lin again, he suddenly had a new idea.

—The Primordial Overlord's attention to Xia Lin is, in the current situation, not necessarily a bad thing for himself.

If Long Xiang and the other two put in a good effort and force Xia Lin into a dead end, the Primordial Ruler will be unable to extend its power into the cave.

So if the Primordial Ruler truly values ​​Xia Lin and wants to save her life, seeking help from him would be the fastest and most convenient way.

He could use this as leverage to obtain the Heavenly Palace from the Primordial Ruler and achieve his goal.

Long Xiang and his two companions: ? ? ?
You wanted to kill Xia Lin before, but now you want to save him?
What's wrong with you?
Wang Yanqing: What else?
The Wang family scions, whose goal is to seize the throne, no longer care about personal grudges or seeking revenge; everything is based solely on self-interest.

If killing Xia Lin is advantageous, Wang Yanqing will do it.

However, when the benefits of saving Xia Lin outweigh the benefits of killing Xia Lin, Wang Yanqing can make a complete 180-degree turn without any psychological burden.

The thought process is now completely clear.

The only variable right now is who will emerge victorious in this 3 vs 3 match.

This will determine Wang Yanqing's outcome.

The moment Wang Yanqing was pondering this, the six people below made their move.

The one who fired the first shot was not Zhou Xinglin, the strongest of the six, nor the three landlords, Long Xiang and his companions.

On the contrary, it was Xia Lin.

Xia Lin raised his hand and touched the Spirit World Book around his neck.

A murky light burst forth, like a soap bubble being rapidly inflated, instantly enveloping everyone present.

The next second, the light and shadow began to fade.

It was as if a phantom world had descended from the book of the spirit world and overlaid on reality.

As a result, the line between illusion and reality began to blur, and the rules began to distort.

This is precisely what the ancient descent of the Spirit Book created: the realm of overlapping illusions!
Everyone in the area immediately froze.

Wang Yanqing, who was watching the game, frowned.

Because of the nature of the power in this field, Wang Yanqing had a bad feeling.

"This is not a power that Xia Lin should possess."

The only response to Wang Yanqing was a cold laugh from the Primordial Ruler.

"This is certainly not the power that Xia Lin should possess... because this is Lao Tzu's power."

"As for why Xia Lin can use my power, you'll have to ask your father about that."

The raw materials for the Spirit World Book are Junyou and the original dark side soul from the past.

Subsequently, the growth nutrients of the Spirit World Book were directly drawn from the primordial dark side.

After being modified by the King of Kings, this Book of Spirits has acquired some of the characteristics of the original dark side. Now that the Old Ones have descended, its effect is so strong that it can even control a level twelve person like Zhou Xinglin!
But soon, Wang Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he saw that after a brief moment of disorientation, the six people in the overlapping illusionary realm made a move again.

They were not bewitched, nor did they seem to suffer any negative effects.

They acted as usual, each pairing up and closing in on one another.

"It doesn't seem to make any sense..."

Wang Yanqing made this assessment of the arrival of the old days.

His response was a cryptic laugh from the Primal Ruler.

Pointless?

That's just because you're blind.

In the eyes of the Primordial Ruler, the Ancient Descent that the Spirit Book is currently unleashing already possesses one percent of the power of His Ancient Descent!
The primordial dark side of the past... is an existence on par with skills such as the Heavenly Equation and Absolute Balance.

This is the absolute core skill of the Six Pillars!
Even without the support of the six pillars and many other traits, this type of skill is far superior to all the fancy tricks in its essence.

When Zhu Xing strode up to Xia Lin and punched him in the forehead, what happened next left Wang Yanqing dumbfounded and made the Primordial Ruler burst into laughter!
"Your dad is awesome, absolutely awesome!"

"I must say, the artifact He crafted really does mimic my abilities quite well!"

……

Let's rewind a little to the time when Xia Lin reached for the Spirit World Book.

At this moment, Xia Lin felt rather helpless.

It appears to be a 3v3 situation, and our side still has Zhou Xinglin, the big brother.

But that's a real big brother, not a "fake big brother" like the Primal Ruler who needs something from him.

Zhou Xinglin stayed by his side only because of his martial arts intuition. Xia Lin wasn't so presumptuous as to believe that Zhou Xinglin would be willing to clear away all obstacles for him and wholeheartedly help him complete the task assigned by the Primordial Sovereign.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Xinglin's combat strength is unreliable.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Zhou Xinglin and was surprised to find that Zhou Xinglin was smiling and looking at him.

Xia Lin couldn't figure out Zhou Xinglin's thoughts either.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Xia Lin sighed softly, thinking to himself, "A person still has to fulfill themselves."

He simply activated his newly acquired hand: The Old Ones.

As the murky light burst forth, Xia Lin quickly spoke: "Brother Zhou, I'll draw my cards and try to fight for now. Please conserve your strength. If I am defeated in this battle, I would be grateful if you could protect me and help me leave. We can discuss the mission later."

To put it bluntly, Xia Lin didn't see Zhou Xinglin as the key to victory, but rather as a lifeline.

These words made Zhou Xinglin laugh heartily: "Perfect!"

Nobody likes to be someone else's scapegoat—because it's essentially an unequal relationship.

Xia Lin's decision demonstrated respect and pleased Zhou Xinglin.

It wasn't in vain that I saved this kid's life...

Even Zhou Xinglin himself felt that it wouldn't be a bad idea to go all out and help this kid this once.

Just as this idea emerged, the Illusory Overlapping Realm descended.

Zhou Xinglin felt a sudden dizziness, losing his sense of the outside world and time. However, he quickly regained his senses, his gaze returning to normal, and he had completely forgotten the abnormality that had just occurred.

Even his terrifying martial arts intuition was suppressed, and he even regarded the surrounding illusory overlapping fields as nothing.

The arrival of the past blurred Zhou Xinglin's perception.

This problem was not only caused by Zhou Xinglin, but also by Long Xiang and the other two, as well as Cheng Lin.

However, Xia Lin, as a liberator, encountered a situation completely different from that of others.

The moment Xia Lin activated the Ancient Descent, he felt a sharp pain as if his soul was being torn apart.

The reflections of the past blossomed from the book of the spirit world, descended into reality, and overlapped with reality, causing Xia Lin's soul to be instantly torn in two.

Half of it remained within the original body, while the other half vanished into thin air, its whereabouts unknown.

At first, Xia Lin was also confused by the power of the ancient past and ignored the sudden change.

But when a warm current emanated from the Book of Spirits and flowed into Xia Lin's body, Xia Lin instantly awoke and realized that he had used the Descent of the Ancients and had taken the initiative.

But, what then?
Is this gone?

Is this all that has happened since the Old One descended?

The moment these doubts arose in his mind, Xia Lin's left eye suddenly went blank, turning into a chaotic gray.

From the perspective of the left eye, a different scene is presented to the senses, like a slowly unfolding scroll.

Time in reality seemed to stand still, while the scenes in the scroll were rapidly completed.

In an instant, under the twilight, the bustling street scene of the modern city appeared in Xia Lin's eyes, and a wave of heat mixed with car exhaust hit her face.

Xia Lin stared in astonishment as her briefcase fell to the ground with a dull thud.

He looked up and around, then finally looked down at his own clothes.

—The sharp suit fit his young but ordinary body perfectly, and Xia Lin could not sense the slightest bit of extraordinary power from him.

Xia Lin: ? ? ?
No, where did I get this?!
……

The right eye sees a reality that is almost still.

In reality, Long Xiang, Zhu Xing, and Moros, the three level twelve beings, began to disperse at an extremely slow pace.

Long Xiang walked towards Zhou Xinglin.

Moros walked toward Chenglin.

Zhu Xing walked towards herself.

The 3v3 turned into three 1v1 matches. The strongest of the three, Long Xiang, used the local formation to block Zhou Xinglin, while the second strongest, Zhu Xing, quickly killed himself and then went to help Long Xiang. Moros was free to play his own game.

This tactic is reasonable.

However, they were too slow...

It moves as slowly as a snail.

Xia Lin tried it out and found that he was slower than them... so he simply stopped moving.

In the left eye, however, lies a rapidly deduced illusion.

The streets were bustling with traffic, and pedestrians hurried along, either rushing home from get off work to catch the bus or going out for a meal before heading back to their posts, like swarms of worker bees.

A "beep beep" sound suddenly rang out.

A Didi car appeared in front of Xia Lin.

"Your phone number ends in 8135? Is that the car you called?"

Xia Lin was slightly taken aback, but quickly nodded.

"I called the car."

He then got into the car.

The vehicle began its journey towards its destination.

Sitting in the car, Xia Lin felt as if two different memories were colliding and conflicting in her mind.

But they quickly diverged, becoming like two parallel lines that never intersect.

One of them is the memory of facing Long Xiang and the other two in the main universe—this corresponds to the image in the right eye.

One image is a fictional scene of someone riding a car home—this corresponds to the image in the left eye.

False memories begin to be woven and reconstructed.

Xia Lin, 23, an orphan, a recent college graduate and a typical office worker, is just one of the ordinary components of a modern workplace.

Sitting in the car, Xia Lin rubbed his temples, having completed the precise separation of the two sets of memories.

He naturally knew what was real and what was fake, and he was also clear that the current situation was undoubtedly brought about by the power of the Old Ones descending.

But they don't know what these false images signify, or the true nature of the power of the ancients descending.

"So, what is the point of all this falsehood?"

Xia Lin asked himself, completely baffled... until in his right eye, Zhu Xing slowly approached him and raised his right fist!

……

As one of the six ancestral witches, Zhu Xing's power is beyond doubt, and its strength is comparable to that of the Lingbao Immortal Venerable.

His powerful physique is his most relied-upon weapon.

When the star was close, its power had already reached its theoretical limit.

The simple act of raising a fist caused the space to explode and shatter, and violent witch power surged, even tearing Xia Lin's skin open.

The vast difference in strength was enough for Zhu Xing to kill Xia Lin with a single punch, leaving Xia Lin with no chance to retaliate.

But it's too slow...

Under the power of the overlapping illusionary domain, this punch was too slow.

Of course, Xia Lin was slower; his mind could process the attack, but his body couldn't dodge it.

Out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly noticed a fist imprint approaching from a distance at an extremely slow speed.

However, Zhou Xinglin threw a punch, intending to help Xia Lin out of the predicament.

This relieved Xia Lin.

Before Xia Lin could come up with a plan, Zuo Yanzi veered off course and turned into a dark alley.

Xia Lin was taken aback: "Master, this isn't the route to my house."

The driver remained silent, simply turning the vehicle into the depths of the alley before stopping, opening the door, and getting out.

Only then did Xia Lin realize that the driver was a towering figure, standing at least two meters tall, with muscles bulging like a rock.

His waist was also bulging...

With a swift movement, the man drew a pistol from his waist and pointed it at Xia Lin.

"Xia Lin? Someone wants you dead."

Xia Lin stared in astonishment, her mouth agape.

……

In his right eye, Zhu Xing's fist approached with force, and Xia Lin felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows.

The driver's left eye was bloodshot, suggesting he might be mentally unstable.

Seeing Xia Lin standing there stunned, a cold glint flashed in the driver's eyes.

He simply pulled the trigger.

The bullet left the barrel... This is a real gun and real bullets.

Just as Zhu Xing was in the right eye, Zhou Xinglin's fist imprint arrived first, hitting Zhu Xing and causing him to stagger backward, the punch ending without a trace.

The bullet struck Xia Lin's briefcase in his left eye, but was stopped by a hard object and did not harm Xia Lin in the slightest.

The driver roared and pulled the trigger again, but the bullet jammed.

With her right eye visible, Zhu Xing took a few steps back to regain her footing and attacked Xia Lin again.

In the left eye, the driver's expression was ferocious as he began to eject the jammed bullet.

A sense of absurdity washed over Xia Lin for a moment.

He understood how the return of the old day actually worked...

……

The powers and strengths of the six pillars each have their own emphasis.

The focus of the original dark side is on distortion and destruction!
As ancient spirits, the essence of the primordial dark side is intertwined with the main universe yet incompatible; the lingering power of this side shaped the bizarre creature known as the evil god.

Seeing only a part of the whole picture, the power of the primordial dark side itself must be even more distorted, absurd, and bizarre.

At this moment, the ancient spirit book descends, inheriting this characteristic.

It summons the remnants of the past to cover reality, distorting and alienating it, but also synchronizing everything in reality, in an absurd form of expression, synchronizing the causal relationships of reality into the false!
The strong driver in front of you is a fake evolution of Zhu Xing.

Xia Lin thought of the agony of her soul being torn apart that she had almost forgotten before—Zhu Xing probably went through something similar.

Therefore, this fake driver is actually Zhu Xing!
And dying in the illusion will also be reflected in reality.

Whether it's Xia Lin or Zhu Xing!
"But it doesn't make any sense."

In the fictional Xia Lin, there is an ordinary, plain, and physically weak person.

The fictional Zhu Xing is portrayed as a strong, professional assassin, and armed with a gun.

The power dynamics in reality are also reflected in the fictional world—the real Xia Lin is a weakling compared to Zhu Xing, and the fictional Xia Lin would be at Zhu Xing's mercy.

It was at this very moment that Xia Lin understood the true nature of the past's arrival.

In reality, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest, and the heat from the Spirit World Book surged into Xia Lin's body.

In the dream, Xia Lin's phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket. Xia Lin quickly took it out and glanced at it, and an app notification came into view.

Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to find the essence of existence?

Xia Lin: ...

Stop spouting nonsense! Spirit Book, hurry up and give me some cheat codes! I'm about to die!
In reality, a mysterious force emerged from the book in the spirit world and merged into Xia Lin's body.

The completion rate of the Dark Side has dropped from 34.75% to 34.08%, and with the infusion of energy, it has plummeted again to 32.08%, a decrease of two percent!

In the virtual world, Xia Lin opened the app, and a line of text caught her eye.

You have been chosen, the chosen one!

You have unlocked the attribute panel.

[Current Attributes: Strength 6, Agility 6, Constitution 6, Spirit 6.]

You have received the Chosen Gift Pack.

You have activated the Chosen Gift Pack.

[You have unlocked the Individual Talent: Unstable Mutation!]

[You can select three skills of level D or higher to obtain from the Chosen Shop.]

A large number of familiar skills appeared in Xia Lin's eyes.

These were the skills recorded in the Shadow's cookbook and the evil god's abilities recorded in the Spirit World Book!

Skill levels are synchronized with real-world performance.

This results in Xia Lin having relatively few skills to choose from—she doesn't have many skills below D rank.

However, some mutated skills are also highlighted, meaning that these skills can also be selected!

A familiar skill caught Xia Lin's eye.

【Rapid Nourishment (Mutation): Active Skill. Consumes 4 Spirit Points to target any single living organism, rapidly fattening it to its genetic limit within a short period! This skill has no cooldown.】

Xia Lin was completely dumbfounded...

What followed was a tremor.

He never imagined that the arrival of the old day would be expressed in such a form, nor did he expect that the power of the Spirit Book combined with his personal talent would bring such an advantage!

Let's just choose one!

[Unstable mutation activated!]

"Unmutable!"

Then Xia Lin suddenly looked up at the driver.

Just then, the driver ejected the jammed bullet and raised his gun again to aim at Xia Lin.

Xia Lin simultaneously raised his hand and made a hand-firing gesture.

With a crisp sound, the bullet left the barrel, and a cold light shot out, heading straight for the driver!

In reality through his right eye, Zhu Xing roared and threw another heavy punch.

The dragon-shaped fist imprint broke through the encirclement and canceled out Zhu Xing's fist force!
Zhou Xinglin truly lived up to his reputation as the right-hand man of the Six Pillars of Super Stars; his combat prowess was undeniable. Even though he was restrained by Long Xiang and the formation here, he still had the strength to protect Xia Lin.

However, Xia Lin's performance disappointed Zhou Xinglin somewhat—when facing Zhu Xing, Xia Lin was like a target, standing still and taking the hits...

This is reasonable—because the gap in hard power is indeed that large. However, what Zhou Xinglin wanted to see in Xia Lin was not reasonable, but beyond reason.

If you were just an ordinary person, why would I care about you?

Thinking of simply breaking the formation by force and taking Xia Lin away, he suddenly saw a light gathering in front of Xia Lin out of the corner of his eye.

In an instant, a green condensed light wave shot out and hit Zhu Xing's chest!
Time seemed to freeze.

The next second, the towering Zhu Xing expanded again, with countless fat cells growing haphazardly, instantly transforming Zhu Xing into a round, fleshy ball!
This power completely ignores judgment, and that fat is not just ordinary fat.

Even with Zhu Xing's power, he was unable to dispel the effects of the fat immediately, causing his movements to become sluggish and his strength to plummet!

In the illusion of his left eye, the driver's bullet left the barrel again, but coincidentally hit Xia Lin's briefcase, where it was blocked by a hard object inside.

The cold light in Xia Lin's hand struck the driver precisely, causing the driver's body to swell and turn into an indescribable, muscular monster.

With a "bang," Xia Lin kicked open the car door and rushed to the driver's side.

Xia Lin retrieved the gun from the ground, which the driver had dropped, and without saying a word, aimed it at the driver's head and pulled the trigger.

In the reality of his right eye, Zhu Xing let out a scream for no reason. The witch power in his body instantly boiled up. Like an energy backlash, it ignited Zhu Xing's entire body into a huge torch, turning him into ashes in a short time, and his soul was scattered!

In the illusion of his left eye, the driver, who had become obese in a way that defied common sense, tilted his head to the side, and red and white substances splattered out, killing him instantly!

The illusion and reality in my left and right eyes began to merge and intersect.

However, just as Zhu Xing died, the completion rate of the Dark Side of the Spirit World Book plummeted from 32.08% to 30.08%, triggering the warning line and forcibly terminating the Ancient Descent function.

Xia Lin reacted very quickly.

Like a lion surveying its territory, he surveyed the stunned crowd around him and roared, "Who else?!"

Two streaks of light instantly illuminated the scene.

Without saying a word, Long Xiang and Moros turned and ran.

Zhu Xing's death was too sudden and too strange.

This led Long Xiang Moros to make a misjudgment—that the killer was someone in a high position.

It can only be the primordial ruler.

Now that the Primordial Ruler has made his move, when else would they run if not now?

Cheng Lin wanted to chase after her, but Xia Lin stopped him.

He ignored the surprise and uncertainty in Cheng Lin and Zhou Xinglin's eyes, and paid no attention to the fleeing bandits. He simply touched the Book of Spirit Realm and exhaled a deep breath.

The arrival of this old day brought Xia Lin a tremendous surprise.

Its effects were so powerful and terrifying that they completely exceeded Xia Lin's expectations.

And without a doubt, this is an extremely powerful trump card to deal with level twelve beings.

Xia Lin's current strength is not comparable to that of a normal level twelve expert, but the appearance of the Spirit World Book has directly reversed the logic of strength and weakness!

……

At the heart of the formation, Wang Yanqing stared in disbelief at everything that had just happened.

He admitted that he didn't understand... he hadn't figured it out.

He didn't know what methods Xia Lin had used, nor did he know why Zhu Xing was backfired by his own power and died so suddenly.

Suddenly, the voice of the Primordial Ruler rang out from the side.

"Look, now it seems we have no basis for negotiation."

"For your father's sake, you'd better get as far away from me as possible."

(End of this chapter)