My skills have mutated again!

Chapter 462 Breaking the Army!

The Ash Zone System was jointly created by the three pillars and can be considered the extraordinary foundation of the main universe, nurturing and raising countless powerful beings.

In terms of hierarchy, the Ash Zone System can be regarded as a cosmic treasure, slightly weaker than the Heavenly Palace, the Divine Kingdom, and the Demon Palace, but superior to all others!

If the Primordial Ruler were to obtain this treasure, how much of a boost to his strength would it bring, and what kind of tricks he could pull off with the Ash Zone System—nobody knows.

Therefore, this situation is not simply Xia Lin's choice; all parties involved have reasons to participate.

"Tear it open here."

The compass in Mr. Zhuge's hand glowed slightly, marking a white dot in the space in front of him.

Xia Lin immediately raised his hand and threw a punch. The powerful punch tore through space and broke the rules, so a strange and bizarre scene appeared before his eyes through the fist imprint.

Mr. Zhuge stepped inside, followed closely by Xia Lin.

The fist-shaped imprint rapidly contracted, isolating the inside from the outside.

Wang Yanlin and the evil god transformers could no longer see Xia Lin and Mr. Zhuge, and vice versa.

Xia Lin looked straight ahead.

This place is like the interior of a surreal mechanical megastructure, with a large number of huge pipes and gears arranged in all directions.

Scalding steam billowed out of the pressure relief valve, accompanied by a loud whistling sound, while countless high-level runes flashed with bright light.

Without Xia Lin needing to ask, Mr. Zhuge quickly said while fiddling with the compass, "This is the interior of the Ash Zone system's main body."

"There's no need to over-mythologize the Ash Zone system; its essence is simply a colossal magical artifact. The three upper pillars endow it with power and authority, allowing its effects to extend to any corner of the known universe."

Just then, the compass beeped and pointed southeast.

Mr. Zhuge then calculated with his fingers and quickly understood.

"The Primordial Ruler is not moving quickly, and the current progress is not high."

"Of the six matrices in the Ash Zone system, he has only mastered two of them."

"The six matrices of the Ash Zone system?" Xia Lin was puzzled by the new term. Mr. Zhuge explained as he followed the route indicated by the compass: "Simply put, they are the array hubs of the Heavenly Palace, which are involved in the stability of the basic structure of this place and provide different functions."

Xia Lin understood what he meant: after all, the key to the Heavenly Palace's formation was destroyed by Xia Lin himself.

Mr. Zhuge continued, "The six matrices of the Ash Zone system correspond to parts of the power and authority of the six pillars."

"They are: fabrication, time and space, unity of spirit and body, causal relationship, breakthrough of limits, and self-cycle."

Since nothing is happening for the time being and the destination is unknown, Mr. Zhuge has the time and is happy to help Xia Lin learn to read and write.

"The six matrices do not strictly correspond to the authority of each of the six pillars. The authority and power of the six pillars are mixed and blended by the upper three pillars to present the current power of the Ash Zone system."

"The fictional creations originate from the primordial dark side and the Demon Emperor of Souls, possessing the power to turn fantasy into reality. The Virtual Ash Zone dungeon was born from this."

"Time and space originate from all the pillars. All the pillars of the past possessed this power, with the King of Kings being the most powerful. Therefore, the flow of time in the Ashes is different from that in the outside world, which is why the teleportation phenomenon occurs when entering the real Ashes."

"The unity of spirit and flesh originates from the Demon Emperor and the Creator of Heaven. The effect of playing a role similar to the Ash Zone and identity substitution card is a partial manifestation of this matrix function."

"The cause-and-effect relationship originates from the creation of the Heavenly Dao, which is the quest system within the instance."

"The breakthrough originated from the Old Ones, which disrupted the normal advancement process in the main universe, allowing Ember Walkers to gain a higher level by completing advancement tasks."

"The self-circulation originates entirely from the Superstar, thereby stabilizing the main structure of the Ember Zone system."

Just as the two were walking into a dead end, a metal pipe lay across their path, preventing them from going any further.

"Break it down and open a path."

After Mr. Zhuge finished speaking, Xia Lin immediately drew his sword.

With a single slash, immense resistance emerged—the hardness of this metal pipe was beyond imagination!
After the Shadow Pillar Twins took effect, Xia Lin's sword strike finally succeeded, cutting a smooth passage leading to the back in the metal pipe—but it was visibly healing.

"See, this is the effect of self-circulation."

Mr. Zhuge waved his feather fan and said with a smile, "I don't know where he pulled this feather fan out from; it wasn't here just now."

Schrödinger's feather fan belongs to this category.

As they continued forward, Mr. Zhuge said, "The two matrices currently controlled by the Primordial Ruler are the False Construction and the Limit Break... which correspond exactly to the powers possessed by the Primordial Dark Side and the Old Ruler."

"He has only just begun to infiltrate the remaining four matrices and has not yet fully mastered them."

"I suspect that the decision to tamper with the Ember Zone system was made by the Primordial Overlord just a few days ago—he was unaware of the truth and dared not act rashly. Touching the Ember Zone system would naturally be detected by the other pillars, and the risk was indeed too great."

“But now he’s made a move…” Xia Lin muttered, following Mr. Zhuge’s line of thought, and received a response from Mr. Zhuge: “Obviously, he’s in a hurry. You’ve made him anxious.”

"And this move, whether it was the decision of the original dark side or a coincidence, was indeed the right one."

"His actions regarding the Ember Zone system are tantamount to discovering that the other Pillars are currently not in the main universe. He was cautious before, but his actions in the past two days have become increasingly aggressive, clearly indicating that he has determined the direction of events."

Having said this, Mr. Zhuge sighed deeply.

"The Old Ruler, that's a blockhead, a brainless idiot."

"But this primordial dark side will is exceptionally intelligent."

"Combining the two means having both strength and brains. Our lord left behind so many measures to guard against him, and it seems that he made the right decision."

"This guy is quite troublesome."

After saying this, Mr. Zhuge smiled slightly: "With the six pillars missing, the Primordial Ruler, though lacking the position of the six pillars, is still a formidable opponent without them. To deal with such a character, we must come up with some ingenious strategies."

Xia Lin was about to ask what the ingenious plan was when Mr. Zhuge stopped in his tracks.

The view ahead was open, spacious, and bright, like a giant arena.

In the very center of the arena, a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar stood with his hands behind his back, exuding an extraordinary air, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Sensing the presence of Xia Lin and Mr. Zhuge, the man turned around and smiled gently.

A level 12 Immortal Venerable, a Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable.

Mr. Zhuge suddenly patted Xia Lin on the shoulder.

"You hold on, I'll go first. Oh, and help me open the passage in the wall on the right."

Xia Lin glanced at Mr. Zhuge, puzzled: "You're making me cover the rear?! No, sir, I'm just a newbie who just advanced to level twelve..."

Zhuge Liang's face twitched: "I am a strategist, not skilled in killing."

But then they saw Xia Lin had already unleashed a sword strike, opening up a passage.

Xia Lin was just joking, trying to lighten the mood before the battle.

Xia Lin was not afraid of being attacked at all—not to mention that it was just the Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable who came, even if the Primordial Sovereign himself came, Xia Lin had nothing to fear.

Seeing this, Mr. Zhuge didn't say anything more, but just shrugged slightly and said in a low voice.

"Don't kill him, just cripple him, that way I can explain things to my side..."

These words left Xia Lin completely baffled.

Mr. Zhuge offered no further explanation, but simply waved his feather fan and walked away gracefully. Soon the passage closed, and Mr. Zhuge disappeared from sight.

Xia Lin then looked at the Sage Confucian Immortal.

Then, the Sage Immortal Venerable ignored the departing Mr. Zhuge and looked at Xia Lin with a smile, and spoke.

"Have friends come from afar?"

Look at them, even their greetings are so polite...

But Xia Lin soon realized that she was wrong.

This isn't a greeting; it's making the first move!

That's his skill!
【The Sage Said (Six Pillars Level) (Level Twelve Core Skill): Active skill, exclusive to Confucian cultivators. This skill is a level twelve exclusive core skill that can be released after incorporating the power of divine transcendence, negating all enemy judgments!】
The words of a sage are law!
Everything you utter has the effect of a law, and can modify the current rules! The amount of celestial power consumed varies depending on what you say. This skill has no cooldown.

Xia Lin has an item called the Sayings of a Sage, which is a degraded version of this skill.

The white light flashed away.

A friend has come from afar; it truly is a friend of the sage, scholar, and immortal, who has come from afar…

As the light faded, Xia Lin suddenly realized what Mr. Zhuge's last words truly meant.

"You're fucking asking for it!"

Xia Lin was so angry that he laughed, and involuntarily began to speak eloquently.

On the other side, Wang Laoqi (Wang Yanqing) had a sinister look in his eyes.

"You're the one who deserves to die, you damned lackey! I've let you live far too long!"

Wang Laoqi had disliked Xia Lin before.

Back in the Heavenly Palace, Wang Laoqi had already considered killing Xia Lin and taking the Spirit World Book.

His hostility towards Xia Lin intensified once again in the Dark Realm.

On the platform of Heavenly Connection, Xia Lin's sudden rise to power became the cause of his country's downfall.

Hatred grew stronger and hatred intensified, and conflicts of interest deepened.

This is why Wang Yanqing came to the Azure Empire as soon as he heard from his elder brother that something had happened on Flash Blue Star, hoping to use this opportunity to annoy Xia Lin. However, he was unexpectedly humiliated in public by Xia Lin and Wang Laowu.

The more someone pretends to be pure and innocent, the more petty they are.

Now, he has finally shattered his image of purity and innocence, openly revealing his murderous intent towards Xia Lin.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

Given the current situation, there is no need to discuss anything further.

No signal was needed; just a moment after the conversation, the three people present moved simultaneously.

"The Legion has arrived!"

"Draw a circle on the ground to make a prison!"

A burst of light appeared, and an endless legion descended upon this place—this was the effect of the legion's arrival.

The sage-like immortal raised his hand as if he were holding a brush, drawing circles in the air and causing a spatial tremor.

The space rippled with vibrations, and the ripples instantly appeared beneath Xia Lin's feet, trapping him in place!
A burst of white light emanated from Xia Lin's eyes, proving that the power of eternal proof had taken effect and recorded the "Saint's Saying" skill on Xia Lin's personal information panel.

Because she had just witnessed it and was not familiar with it, the skill was only at the S-rank level, which resulted in Xia Lin's immunity to the skill being insufficient—only ten percent.

But that's okay.

The Shadow Pillar Twin Talent took effect immediately, and the newly acquired Sage's Day skill had become a six-pillar level skill in the blink of an eye. Xia Lin had also achieved 95% immunity to this skill!

This combination shows that Xia Lin is currently capable of quickly achieving the feat of being immune to 95% of skill effects when facing any opponent!

His confidence was not unfounded, and this combo was just one aspect of it.

Lift your leg and take a step forward.

The power of drawing a circle around Xia Lin's body was restraining him, but its strength was already insufficient.

This forced Xia Lin to break through the ripples beneath his feet, his clothes slightly dirty. However, when he looked at Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable and Wang Laoqi again, the two had already taken advantage of the time Xia Lin was distracted by the "drawing a circle on the ground" technique to fully unleash their skills! Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable, sitting in the central sky, had already activated the Dao Integration Domain.

His figure grew infinitely large, like the pillar and the only thing in this world!

Even the originally not-so-large space expanded endlessly under the power of the Dao Integration Domain, as if it had become a completely different world.

At the same time, some scrolls fell from the sky, and for a moment Xia Lin felt the sound of reading aloud in his ears, and his whole body seemed to become peaceful and serene.

The Dao-merging realm of the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable can probably be considered a brainwashing-type Dao-merging realm.

It will naturally influence people in the field, erasing their bloodlust and reversing their thought processes.

However, soon after, as Xia Lin used the power of witnessing eternity to add the skills that came with this Dao Integration Domain to his skill list, this influence could no longer interfere with Xia Lin, but it still delayed Xia Lin's time a little bit again.

Despite the two delays, Wang Yanqing's troops arrived and the army was ready!

Within the boundless realm of Dao Integration, billions of troops were arrayed in formation.

The army's momentum soared into the sky like billowing smoke, even suppressing the Dao Integration Domain of the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable, resulting in a 1+1<2 effect!
But it's okay.

Confucian scholars are adept at adaptability!
"The most important matters of state are sacrifice and war!"

The effects of the Dao-integrating domain were modified according to the sage's words, and the few scrolls disappeared, replaced by a series of crisp sounds of clashing swords and galloping horses!
"The people are the foundation of the state!"

The sage-like immortal bestowed blessings upon Wang Yanqing's army, greatly enhancing its defensive and self-healing capabilities.

"The teacher is famous!"

With the further blessing of the sage Confucian immortals, the army's morale remains constant and will never collapse!

"The royal army is invincible!"

The Sage Immortal Venerable blesses the army, enhancing all its attributes and granting it immunity to one fatal attack!
"United as one!"

The sage-like immortal bestowed his blessing upon Wang Yanqing, greatly increasing the power of all of Wang Yanqing's military-level skills!

More light emanated from Wang Yanqing's body.

Those are hundreds or thousands of military-level buff skills.

Meanwhile, in each legion, the commanders and strategists once again exerted their strength.

The light of the skill instantly illuminated the entire world!

It's complicated, but everything happened extremely quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy in front of Xia Lin had changed from two to an endless number.

Ahead, the massive army is mainly divided into five major sections.

There were Dragon Horse Heavy Cavalry, Ten Thousand Arrows Battalion, Infantrymen in Charge, Mage Legion, and Wang Yanqing's Golden Armored Imperial Guards!
The rest of the miscellaneous technological legions, interstellar weapons, and guest retainers need not be elaborated upon.

They were draped in colorful clouds, the result of countless skills combined. The clouds were so rich that they even obscured the style and appearance of their armor.

More level twelve auras emanated from the military formation, easily counted to be no less than ten thousand!
The army is the most powerful weapon of a military leader.

Wang Yanlin allocated the majority of the twelve-level positions to the military every year.

And this accumulation over millions of years is now showing its brilliance.

Xia Lin quickly counted and was shocked to find that there were dozens of people at the top of the twelve levels—roughly similar to Ji Xian!
The commanders of the five legions are all stronger than Ji Xian.

There are many more like Ji Xian—poor Ji Xian, the intelligence chief of Hongguo, has now become a combat unit…

Then, look across the endless army and towards the central army.

At the central command post, the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable still hovered in the sky, casting a pitying gaze upon Xia Lin like a saint.

Beside him, Wang Yanqing, who was already seated on the dragon throne and dressed in a dragon robe, floated in the air, surrounded by golden dragons, exuding a kingly aura, and even appearing slightly taller than the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable.

The two approaches are combined, with Wang Yanqing as the main figure and the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable as the assistant.

The combined efforts of the two level-12 experts finally produced the desired effect!

"I hereby sentence you to death!"

This is a royal pardon!
A powerful voice rang out from Wang Yanqing's mouth, shaking Xia Lin's soul and extinguishing his life force, while also serving as the starting gun for the army to launch its attack!

Arrows rained down!

The Wanmian Arrow Battalion draws its bows and fires arrows; their destructive power is enough to incinerate stars and destroy the sun.

Both cavalry and infantry were mobilized.

In an instant, dust flew up.

When the army of the military lord moves, it is like a tsunami or a landslide, crushing everything in its path!
Xia Lin wiped the blood from the tip of her nose.

After the reduction of damage reduction to 95% and the weakening of Xia Lin's defensive system, the direct damage effect of the King's Pardon is now limited to this.

Then he laughed.

"How impressive!"

The military commander is indeed impressive.

"This makes me want it even more."

The greedy Xia Lin had long wanted to mold the county magistrate into a military leader.

Now, the opportunity has arrived.

Being continuously restrained by the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable has caused Xia Lin to lose the initiative.

Xia Lin remained calm.

A faint light appeared inside the body, at the heart, and in the realm beyond the boundary.

Thus, the skill that should have belonged to Scarlett appeared on Xia Lin's skill panel!

That is the Lord of Myriad Treasures, the Heavenly Palace's Heaven-Changing Law, and the Heavenly Extreme Armament!

Mental strength began to decrease gradually at a slow rate.

This is because in order for Xia Lin to use Scarlett's ability system, it is necessary to break the professional restrictions and obtain the Dao Integration Talent of a cultivator.

But this is obviously not difficult for the Shadow Pillar Twins.

In the blink of an eye, everything was ready.

Xia Lin obtained Scarlett's complete system.

The space behind him suddenly trembled, and the Heavenly Palace descended from the outer realm into this realm!
The rain of arrows in the sky seemed to be intimidated by the divine might of the heavens, and they all fell to the ground halfway through their attack.

The dragon cavalry, which surged like waves, were weakened by the power of the Heavenly Palace, yet they still pressed forward relentlessly.

As Xia Lin activated Scarlett's various skills one after another, in an instant, the Heavenly Palace transformed into armor and a longsword, accompanying Xia Lin on both sides.

He raised his sword, pointed it at Wang Yanqing, and said with a smile.

"I'm here to kill you."

The next second, the world changed!

An even more powerful domain force spread out from Xia Lin, instantly dispelling half of the Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable's Dao Integration Domain!
This does not mean that Xia Lin's attributes are stronger than those of Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable. In fact, according to the feedback from the witness, Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable's basic attributes and racial values ​​are even slightly higher than Xia Lin's, and Wang Yanqing is far stronger than Xia Lin.

While a life-or-death battle is certainly impressive, the accumulated experience of those people over thousands of years is also extraordinary.

The root cause of the exclusion of the realm of Sage, Confucian, Immortal Venerable and Daoist Master lies in the skill of the Lord of the Immortal Path!
This skill is also located on Xia Lin's skill panel. Right now, Xia Lin has broken through the rules and temporarily obtained the Immortal Venerable realm, activating the Immortal Dao Master.

Considering that both parties are at level twelve, Xia Lin could not make the Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable submit on the spot, but he could suppress all of the Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable's power, including the Dao Integration Domain!

As soon as the clash of domains began, Xia Lin, with overwhelming force, began to devour the Dao Integration Domain of the Saint Confucian Immortal Venerable.

For a moment, the world seemed to be divided in two: one half was filled with the clash of swords and the charge of armies, while the other half was dark, deep, mysterious, and unpredictable.

The latter devoured the former, and the sage-like immortal's gaze turned cold.

As the former leader of the Four Immortal Venerables, he was surpassed by Xia Lin, a junior, in just a few years.

Judging from his skill set and basic attributes, if it were a one-on-one fight today, the Sage Confucian Immortal Venerable would undoubtedly die.

Fortunately, Wang Yanqing, an even stronger individual, stood by his side!

As the dragon's aura roared into the sky, Wang Yanqing rose from the dragon throne.

Seven great suns suddenly appeared behind him.

This is a seven-day cycle, destiny is in my hands!
Taking advantage of the seven-day chain reaction, his military strength increased again, and the increase in military strength reached the Dao realm, thus resisting Xia Lin's encroachment on his territory.

The next second, specks of starlight suddenly appeared in Xia Lin's Dao Integration Domain.

The light intensified, and countless sword-shaped treasures appeared out of nowhere.

Void Refining Technique!
Xia Lin twisted his waist and assumed a bow stance, preparing to wield his sword.

As the sword rang out, Xia Lin's second move was already unleashed.

"Ten Thousand Swords. Breaking Army Style".

A flash of light, and the sun dimmed!

The origin of the Po Jun Sword Style is unknown... Anyway, it was on the recipe book before, and it was upgraded to the sixth pillar level after advancing to the twelfth level.

"万剑" is a prefix.

In Scarlett's Wanbaodao Master system, any magical artifact is an extension of the user's limbs, and after summoning a magical artifact, these artifacts can also release skills!
Xia Lin's sword strike was not just a single strike, but a powerful one.

Instead, it was hundreds of millions, even billions, of swords unleashed by countless sword-shaped magical artifacts!

A storm of sword energy suddenly erupted, crashing into the oncoming army with unparalleled force.

In an instant, the heavens and earth roared and light exploded, and blood rained down as if the heavens and earth were mourning together.

Wang Yanqing suddenly reached out and clenched his fist in the air.

"The heroic spirits have been resurrected!"

The soldiers who had been wiped out by Xia Lin's sword came back to life.

"Heavenly Armed Forces!"

The armor and battle blades, imbued with divine power, were fully attached.

With a flick of his long sword, Wang Laoqi rode the dragon into the sky.

"I'll take care of it myself!"

Commander, the army's overwhelming force is the first phase.

Taking up a knife and personally leading the attack—this is the second stage.

Phase one: sweep away the weaker enemies; phase two: target the stronger ones!

At this moment, no matter how much he looked down on Xia Lin, he had to admit that Xia Lin's strength far exceeded his expectations.

(End of this chapter)