My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 425 The Troubles Resurface
Xia Lin felt that she might be a bit of a troublemaker.

Originally, he only wanted to advance his level in the Black Domain, but he learned that his potential enemy, Wang Yanlin, and his overt enemy, the Spirit-Binding Immortal Venerable, were also in the Black Domain.

"That's a bit of bad luck."

On the bridge of the starship at the edge of the Black Domain, the three kings of the Black Domain exchanged glances and looked at each other after hearing Xia Lin muttering these words.

Brother, this place you came to is a disaster zone. This tiny place is crammed with four six-pillars. You're saying you're having bad luck? Are you kidding us?
Isn't this something you brought upon yourself?
Of course, they dared not say this to Xia Lin's face; they simply lowered their heads silently, afraid that Xia Lin would order them around.

As the kings of the Black Domain, they should be very familiar with it.

But times have changed. The Black Domain is no longer something the Three Kings of the Black Domain can control.

Unfortunately, they cannot control their own destiny.

Back then, after they signed the contract with Xia Lin, they themselves handed their lives over to Xia Lin.

“Return to the Black Domain, gather your old troops, and gather intelligence for me.”

After saying this, Xia Lin thought for a moment, then suddenly had an inspiration and added, "If you can infiltrate the enemy, I will reward you handsomely."

There is one thing I can do by acting as an intelligence operative.

That is, Xia Lin has already subdued the three kings of the Black Domain.

Xia Lin actually did this quite discreetly—the agreement was signed in the Dark Realm, which naturally ensured its secrecy.

Not long after leaving the Dark Realm, the Sequence Ranking Battle ended.

Xia Lin then activated the Battlefield Between the Two Realms, summoning the Three Kings of the Black Domain to fight against the Spirit Treasure Immortal Venerable... but the Spirit Treasure Immortal Venerable was already dead, and apart from the Primordial Ruler, there were no bystanders in this battle that day!
This means that, apart from Zhou Xinglin who had met the Three Kings of the Black Domain, no one knew that the Three Kings of the Black Domain were Xia Lin's men!

Zhou Xinglin obviously wouldn't publicize this matter to everyone.

After Xia Lin explained it simply, the three kings of the Black Domain understood the logic behind it.

However, when they left the starship, the three of them still looked bitter, because the Dark Domain was no longer their domain.

But considering that since following Xia Lin, the primordial dark side pollution that could take lives at any moment has indeed been effectively controlled.

In short, whether you stick your neck out or not, you'll get cut.

The choices they made in the first half of their lives actually determined their fate in the second half.

……

After the three kings of the Black Domain left, Xia Lin sighed slightly and shook his head.

Just then, Eileen stepped forward and handed the teacup to Xia Lin.

Suddenly, Xia Lin spoke up: "Tell me, after this, how many of these three will still have anyone by my side?"

Eileen was taken aback, and tentatively asked, "Do you think they would betray us?"

Xia Lin nodded and said, "It's just a matter of probability."

"But isn't there a contract binding you two?"

"Contracts aren't a panacea..."

Contracts are certainly not a panacea.

The contract that Xia Lin signed with the Three Kings of the Black Domain did not involve the Six Pillars as witnesses—that is, there were no Six Pillars as guarantors.

It's just a template contract provided by the professional system.

Even if the three kings of the Black Domain were incompetent, they were still level twelve powerhouses.

The rules of the professional system are not that binding on those who have gone beyond the professional system.

More than the contract, what maintains this relationship is ultimately the function of the Spirit World Book—it can alleviate the symptoms of the Three Kings of the Dark Realm and is their special medicine.

In short, the basis for the existence of contracts is the exchange of benefits, not the contracts themselves.

"Originally, for the three of them, my special medicine was unique to Scorpion Poop."

"But now, the nature of this matter has changed."

“There is one being more suited to solve this problem than I am. I am referring to the Primordial Ruler.”

"The problem that troubles the three kings of the Black Domain is nothing more than a matter of a word to the Primordial Ruler. And this has shattered the foundation of their loyalty to me and their willingness to work for me."

Eileen finally understood what he was saying.

In fact, the Scarlett sisters aren't exactly bright... but luckily they're beautiful, considerate, and loyal.

Eileen remained silent, but kept brewing tea for Xia Lin.

Xia Lin sipped his tea as he spoke again.

This is like a confession, but it is also a deduction and a summary.

"Actually, I can roughly guess the reason for the Black Domain's anomaly; it's quite easy for me to guess."

"There's only one main reason: the plan to seize power from the original dark side has already begun."

After the birth of the Primordial Ruler, the six pillar positions in the Primordial Dark Side were actually reserved by the Primordial Ruler, or rather, by the soul of the Primordial Dark Side.

—After all, this originally belonged to Him.

This is terrible news for all the level twelve powerhouses who intend to reach the sixth pillar.

Because when they fight for the throne again in the future, they will not be facing the original dark side who does not even know how to use the skills, but the real, complete six pillars who can fully exert their own great power!

However, it will take time for the original dark side soul to regain control of all the power of its body and regain control of the six pillar positions.

No one can assess how long this will take, but it is indeed the only window of opportunity.

"So, it's urgent... Everyone who is qualified and has ideas is in a hurry."

Eileen smiled and looked at Xia Lin: "Including you?"

Xia Lin nodded emphatically: "Including me."

Xia Lin then smiled bitterly and said, "But there's no use in being anxious... I'm not even level eleven yet, and level twelve is a prerequisite to compete for the position of one of the six pillars... I estimate that being less than level twelve won't be enough, as I won't be able to withstand the power of the six pillars."

Xia Lin was born at the wrong time.

His growth rate was already fast enough, but things wouldn't wait for him to develop fully.

At the age when I felt most powerless, I encountered the best opportunity.

This is very embarrassing.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about these questions, Xia Lin continued speaking.

"The other competitors are actually not so bad. At least from the perspective of the Three Kings of the Black Domain, the princes of the Wang family and the immortal venerables of the Immortal Emperor cannot shake their loyalty to me."

"The problem lies with the Primordial Ruler..."

"Now that the struggle for the throne has begun, the Primordial Ruler will definitely be present."

After all, He Himself is the absolute protagonist of this grand drama of seizing the throne.

"Regardless of whether the Primordial Ruler will come in person, it is still necessary to send someone. Moreover, they are the only ones who know about my relationship with the Three Kings of the Black Domain."

"They could easily turn the three kings of the Black Domain against their cause with just a single sentence..."

It's only a matter of whether you want to or need to, not whether you can or not.

To be honest, Xia Lin felt that the Primordial Overlord was unlikely to be impressed by the fighting power of the Three Kings of the Black Domain, but in any case, he couldn't gamble on such a thing.

Eileen immediately understood upon hearing this.

"So you transferred them all away..."

Xia Lin added, "Firstly, we need to make the best use of everyone, and now that things have come to this point, it's necessary to squeeze out as much of their value as possible one last time. Secondly, I am indeed worried that they might suddenly turn against us and launch a sneak attack."

Without the Heavenly Dao Equation, Xia Lin would find it difficult to withstand a level twelve opponent, even one like the Three Kings of the Black Domain.

If Xia Lin were caught off guard by the sudden attack, he would most likely be taken away by the three of them in one fell swoop.

When the servant is strong and the master is weak, big problems are likely to arise.

Looking at Xia Lin, who was deep in thought, Eileen couldn't help but gently stroke Xia Lin's cheek.

"Thanks for your hard work……"

In the Ash Zone, due to her strength, Xia Lin was basically unrestrained and didn't encounter any significant trouble in the later stages.

But once he left the beginner village, a series of trials and challenges followed.

The complexity of the situation began to increase exponentially.

Xia Lin naturally had far more to think about.

Eileen suddenly had a bright idea and said, "Why don't I go and gather information for you too?"

Since the three kings of the Black Domain are at risk of betrayal, their information should not be entirely trusted.

At this moment, Eileen volunteered, but Xia Lin ruffled Eileen's hair roughly.

"Go and brew your tea."

Eileen is credible, but too weak.

His gaze swept across the distant black domain and the Six Pillars Battlefield even further away. Xia Lin pointed out the porthole and slowly said, "Going there is no different from sending yourself to your death."

……

The impact of the Six Pillars Battle was far greater than Xia Lin had imagined.

In less than a month, the entire Black Domain had been transformed.

Colorful energy flows permeated the entire Black Domain, appearing dazzling and brilliant, but in reality, they were filled with destructive power.

The entire dark domain was devoid of any stars, completely empty and clean.

Apart from a few extremely deep-seated dimensional interlayers, there is simply no place for professionals below level 11 to survive here.

But for Xia Lin, this was incredibly good news.

It is known that Xia Lin cannot analyze the six pillars.

He couldn't bear to look at the scene of Liu Zhu making his move.

This meant that Xia Lin couldn't make out the six pillars of the battlefield in the distance at all...

Who's stronger and who's weaker?
How far has the battle progressed?
What are the specific details of the move?

None of these are there; you can't see them at all.

However, the aftershocks generated by the clash of the three pillars' forces were not that strong—after all, they were the product of neutralization.

Xia Lin can witness, analyze, and use this to stimulate his own enduring foundational talent.

At this very moment, the Black Domain is filled with such turbulent energy flows.

Calm down, observe carefully, perceive, and experience.

At this moment, Xia Lin stopped thinking about everything in the outside world and focused only on himself.

Xia Lin had a premonition that it wouldn't be long before he could successfully reach level eleven.

……

As it turns out, Xia Lin's consideration of the possibility of betrayal by the three kings of the Black Domain was not without merit.

Because this thing still happened in the end.

But it didn't happen the way Xia Lin had envisioned.

Just three days later, Hein of Blazing Light was the first to reply.

—After the three kings of the Black Domain left, Xia Lin immediately moved the starship's location, making it impossible to find Xia Lin and his group. However, Xia Lin left them with communication methods.

Therefore, the information content is presented through remote communication.

The person he was communicating with was not Hein.

Instead, it was an acquaintance of Xia Lin: No. 3, Cheng Lin.

"I want to see you."

Cheng Lin said this during the holographic communication.

Looking at Cheng Lin's blank face, Xia Lin's lips twitched: "I won't see him."

"You know, if the adults want to find you, the starship Zhou Xinglin gave you won't be able to stop them."

This starship is theoretically capable of blocking the pursuit of six pillars.

But theory is theory, and reality is reality.

Xia Lin believed that if the Primordial Ruler wanted, this starship wouldn't be an obstacle to His pursuit. Even so, Xia Lin shook his head: "It's better to talk on the phone. I really don't think we need to meet."

Cheng Lin's gaze became even more vacant, as if someone beside him was giving him advice.

—As a Limit Breaker, even though he regained his freedom, his condition was still terrible, and he was really not cut out to work independently.

So at this moment, Xia Lin had already guessed why Cheng Lin had come to find him.

"The master would like to ask you to help one more time."

Yes, the Primordial Overlord wanted to hire Xia Lin...

one more time.

Xia Lin feigned curiosity and deliberately asked, "Has the master not yet trained any capable subordinates?"

Cheng Lin simply replied, "It's being cultivated..."

"So this is why you contacted me this time?"

"Yes...no...no..."

"Is it yes or no?"

"no……"

"Oh, that's it."

Cheng Lin: "..."

Cheng Lin's mind works too slowly.

He's qualified to be a thug, but he clearly lacks the ability to stand on his own.

Xia Lin exposed his secrets in just a few words.

Cheng Lin simply stopped pretending.

"The master wants you to go deep into the dark realm to find the evil god and inject the materials the master made into the evil god's body."

“You have the Book of the Spirit Realm, so you won’t attract the attention of the evil gods. This is the most suitable thing for you to do.”

Xia Lin nodded in understanding: "So, the original ruler's plan to train his subordinates has two aspects."

"On the one hand, we are nurturing potential talents in those regions covered by the dark side of the universe. But this takes time."

After all, slightly stronger professionals already possess the ability to travel rapidly through interstellar space.

The expansion speed of the dark side of the universe is not actually fast, not keeping up with the speed at which these people are fleeing for their lives. As a result, the area controlled by the original ruler is now filled with small karami, which are not worth mentioning at all.

"On the other hand, the Primordial Ruler has also set his sights on the evil gods..."

Xia Lin had previously conceived of this idea: when the primordial dark side becomes the primordial ruler, the evil gods, who are derived from power, will likely also change.

However, it seems that this change cannot happen naturally, but requires the original sovereign to actively promote it.

The outcome of the change is obvious: no matter what the evil gods become in the future, their power will not be reduced by much, and they will possess intelligence and the ability to act, and remain loyal to the original ruler.

This will be the team personally created by the original ruler.

After Xia Lin finished speaking, she carefully observed Cheng Lin's expression.

From Cheng Lin's expression, Xia Lin was certain of one thing: his guess was correct.

"But unfortunately, I really don't have time right now... How about this, we can get back to each other after I've completed my promotion?"

Don't make definitive statements.

Even if the Primordial Ruler said that they would be enemies the next time they met, Xia Lin would still not provoke the Primordial Ruler.

He definitely won't help with the matter; there's no need to even ask about the price.

However, we cannot offend the Primordial Ruler by breaking the tacit understanding between us and completely igniting the Primordial Ruler's hostility.

Cheng Lin, however, couldn't understand the refusal in Xia Lin's words at all.

He nodded emphatically: "I'll wait for your message."

Then he hung up the call.

……

The Black Domain, within the dimensional space where Hein's headquarters is located.

Hein opened his mouth, then fell silent.

Cheng Lin is not a normal person, but Hai En is much more normal.

Seeing that Cheng Lin had really ended the call and was standing there waiting, after several tens of minutes, Hai En asked in confusion, "Boss, are you really waiting?"

Cheng Lin: "Huh? I've been waiting. Didn't Xia Lin tell me to wait?"

Hain: "...He rejected you, didn't you realize?"

Cheng Lin shook his head blankly.

Hein had no choice but to speak up and give a detailed analysis of the meaning of every word Xia Lin had just said.

It wasn't until he was hoarse from talking that Cheng Lin realized what had happened.

The person who had broken through the limits frowned: "What should we do?"

He has no other options.

In fact, Hein believed that the idea of ​​having Cheng Lin come to the Black Domain to wait for him was suggested by the Primordial Overlord.

Following Cheng Lin, Hai En felt that his future was bleak.

He couldn't help but say, "Speaking of which, couldn't you send an avatar to take charge of this matter? Or at least a consciousness projection would do!"

Cheng Lin shook his head and pointed to the sky above.

Without needing to say anything more, Hein understood what the gesture meant.

—The three pillars outside are locked in fierce combat. Any approach of any other pillar will have unpredictable consequences.

Therefore, in this situation, the Primordial Ruler and the King of Kings will not come here unless absolutely necessary, and there will be no projection of their consciousness.

Sitting on the sidelines and watching the tigers fight is ultimately the best strategy. Wouldn't it be wonderful to wait until these three are tired and exhausted before cleaning up the mess?

Hein sighed deeply, then suddenly saw Cheng Lin clap his hands: "I've got it!"

Hein felt a chill run down his spine.

It's not that I'm afraid of others being foolish, it's that I'm afraid of a fool suddenly coming up with a brilliant idea.

My premonition soon became reality.

Cheng Lin looked at Hai En and said bluntly, "If Xia Lin doesn't want to do it, then you'll have to do it."

Hain: "Me!?"

I'm fighting an evil god?

Are you serious?

Before Hein could speak, Cheng Lin had already dragged Hein outside without saying a word.

The power was so great that Hein had no choice but to utter a word of objection.

Feeling Cheng Lin's unwavering will and resolute steps, Hai En was completely numb.

For the first time, he doubted his decision...

Is abandoning Xia for Yuan really a worthwhile deal?
……

After ending the communication with Cheng Lin, Xia Lin immediately moved to a different location.

After finding what he considered a relatively safe spot, Xia Lin hummed a tune leisurely, clearly in a good mood.

This puzzled Eileen...

Hein's betrayal should have dealt a minor blow to Xia Lin, but Xia Lin is not disappointed at all; on the contrary, she feels genuinely relieved.

Eileen asked a question about this, and Xia Lin gave her the answer.

"Because it has been confirmed that, for the time being, only Hein has been won over by the Primordial Ruler."

One of the three kings of the Black Domain betrayed him.

Hein's betrayal hadn't caused Xia Lin much loss yet.

This is a result that Xia Lin can completely accept.

"As for why we can draw this conclusion, it's because Cheng Lin doesn't have enough manpower; he only has himself. And right now, the Black Domain is in chaos, so it's not an easy place to find people. The way Cheng Lin found Hein must have been by directly ambushing him at his home. If he can catch Hein, he probably won't have the ability to catch Dean and Barclay. And for some inexplicable reason... I guess it's because this place is too close to the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, so the Primordial Ruler didn't send a clone or consciousness here... There's a lot more room for maneuver here."

With the intervention of the Six Pillars, all demons and monsters will retreat, and no one can do anything about it.

Without the interference of the Six Pillars, Xia Lin had room to maneuver.

Of course, how to utilize it depends on the information from Barclay and Dean.

But that's a story for another time.

Xia Lin would never leave this starship until he reached level eleven.

We will continue to witness the aftermath of the clash between the six pillars and continue to wait.

Two days later, Barclay and Dean's intelligence reports came back one after another.

Dean's stronghold was destroyed in the Battle of the Six Pillars.

He himself did not obtain any useful information.

He only said in the communication that he was gathering his old subordinates and would certainly live up to Xia Lin's expectations, but Xia Lin could tell that this kid was just planning to slack off.

He lacked the courage to actively engage with external forces.

But Mo Xialin, the foreign worker, not only had courage, but he was very bold.

Xia Lin saw through it but didn't say anything, acting as if nothing had happened.

After all, Xia Lin never truly considered the three kings of the Black Domain as his own people, so he wouldn't regret betraying them.

Instead, it was Barclay who brought the news later that gave Charlin a big "surprise".

"What?! What did you say?!"

"I said... I'm currently in the Dark Realm, and I've already infiltrated Wang Laoqi's (Wang Yanqing's) team."

"And this group of people..."

As Barclay began to explain, Xia Lin quickly frowned.

The situation seemed far more complicated than he had imagined...

……

The first level of the Dark Realm, the past reappears.

This wasn't Barclay's first time here.

He had been to the Dark Realm five times and survived each time, so he was quite familiar with the first level of the Dark Realm: the scene of the past reappearing.

But this time, everything is different.

Following Wang Yanqing, the seventh son of the Wang family, through the dark passage, what came into view was a towering city, invincible bronze warships, and a vast and powerful army with its feet firmly planted in the void!
Banners fluttered, all bearing the character "王" (king).

However, it is not the Golden King's Banner—that is the banner reserved for the King of Kings.

Instead, it is a multi-colored flag with colors such as black, white, cyan, blue, and purple.

A single color signifies a person of the twelfth rank, indicating a member of the royal family or an adopted son of the king.

And this occupies most of the first layer of the entire Dark Realm!

Roars and howls came from the depths of the starry sky, filled with surging anger.

Barclay gazed into the distance and saw the two ancient emperors, one immortal and one demon, separated in two different places.

The two emperors, one immortal and one demon, are locked in a fierce battle!

"That's what it is."

Through the concealed communicator, Barclay transmitted everything he was seeing back to Xia Lin in video format.

Only after completing the intelligence transmission did Barclay gasp, a chill creeping into his heart.

"These guys are actually planning to suppress the two emperors, the immortals and the demons, here!"

(End of this chapter)