Starting from the imperial palace guards, his clones spread all over the world.

Chapter 674 Annihilation Armor
"too slow……"

The word spilled from between Liang Jin's teeth, carrying an unprecedented sense of solemnity and anxiety.

"My cultivation speed is still too slow."

An invisible, immense pressure, like a mountain pressing down on him, weighed heavily on his mind.

Upon introspection, within the dantian, the core of internal energy, solidified like a bright moon, slowly exhaled and exhaled its refined power.

At the peak of the third rank, there is still a long way to go before reaching the second rank.

"Even in the most ideal situation, where all clones can cultivate wholeheartedly together, it would still take at least half a year to officially step into the second rank!"

Liang Jin's brows furrowed, his thoughts racing:

“These powerful cultivation techniques, such as the Sacred Heart Manual and the Mahakala Dharma Protector Technique, require at least a year and a half of arduous practice to reach their peak, regardless of which one you focus on!”

"If you want to master them all, it will take several years."

"This speed might already be frightening enough, but I need to go even faster!"

time!

What he lacks most is time!
The world is in turmoil, like oil being poured on a raging fire, constantly churning violently!
Although he played a role in it.

But many things will happen the same whether he's there or not.

Did the death of the Demon Slayer King ignite war in the Northern Frontier? Even without Liang Jin lighting the fuse, Wang Jin had already prepared the hidden pawn of Sorrow and Joy, enough to frame the Black Dragon Dynasty!
Will Zhao Yu ascend the throne? If Liang Jin hadn't intervened, the power struggles among the other princes would have also resulted in bloodshed in the palace, and someone would have ultimately ascended the throne.

Should Zhao Xiling be enthroned as emperor? Without his protection and instigation, the Taiping Dao would either lie dormant or find another puppet. Why would they worry about not having someone to raise the banner of "legitimacy"?
His existence was like a pebble thrown into a giant lake; though it created ripples, it ultimately faded into the turbulent tide of the times.

However, the force that propelled the tide was anything but ordinary!
In a normal world, Liang Jin might explore the changes in the world situation from the perspectives of economy, politics, military, and religion.

But this is an extraordinary world.

There are many overt extraordinary powers in this world, as well as some mysterious extraordinary powers.

These extraordinary powers are the very forces that can truly change the course of the world!

The ironclad laws of the imperial court, the power struggles of aristocratic families, the life and death of ordinary people... all seem to govern the common people.

In reality, a god-like power roams in the shadows, capable of overturning mountains and rivers and turning the sun and moon upside down in the blink of an eye!
Up to now, Liang Jin only feels that he has only touched the tip of the iceberg of the mysterious power of this world.

His gaze, sharp as a hawk's, was fixed on the sheepskin map, a mere ten feet in diameter, on the wall—

Ultimately, it lingered deep within Jinzhou!

Burial at Dragon Ridge!
Those three words, like congealed blood, exuded a chilling aura!
The secrets of that place have not yet been fully uncovered.

Whether it's the sacred land of the Youhuan Clan, the Kuiyuan, which seems to gaze out from the abyss; or the forbidden land of the Youhuan Clan, that extremely dangerous underground palace.

It was as if countless invisible chains were binding that blood-red land swallowed by the mist!
Sooner or later, he will inevitably return to Burial Dragon Ridge to find out more.

This place also attracted the attention of the imperial court.

When Liang Jin led the Taiping Dao to avoid the imperial army's advance and went south to Qingzhou to enthrone the empress, the imperial army immediately gathered in Jinzhou.

Judging from the situation, the imperial army gathered in Jinzhou to intimidate the small regime established by the empress.

However, Liang Jin had a vague feeling that the imperial court was probably worried that the Burial Dragon Ridge in Jinzhou would be occupied by the Taiping Dao, so it immediately deployed heavy troops to make early defenses.

Perhaps a secret of unparalleled importance to the Great Qian Dynasty is hidden on Burial Dragon Ridge.

He didn't know if his feeling was correct.

perhaps……

Liang Jin clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked!
Only by climbing to the pinnacle of power in this world!
Step into that supreme realm that transcends the mortal world and is feared by gods and demons!

Only then can he truly cut through the layers of illusions in the world and understand the laws that drive the great wheel of time!

Only then can one stop passively drifting with the tide and truly take control of one's own destiny and that of heaven and earth!

What is the pinnacle?

Deep within the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu... Zhao Wuji, who lies in slumber, must be one of them!
It is a living, breathing measure of terror!
Liang Jin still can't see through it.

it……

Why not care about the change of dynasties?
Why don't they care if their descendants are slaughtered?
Why not care about the country's precarious state?
Its gaze seemed to be fixed firmly on only one thing—

That dragon throne that represents the continuation of the Zhao family bloodline!
It seems that all it cares about is that its own bloodline can sit on that dragon throne and become the supreme ruler.

As for who sits there? For how long? Is the land stained with blood?

It's nothing but fleeting smoke to me!
Like watching ants... a struggle!

"Could it be... that it only cares whether the person sitting on that dragon throne is its descendant?"

"As for the rest, it really doesn't matter."

Liang murmured softly as he entered the room.

He couldn't help but recall that Mu Congshuang had once said that the emperor seemed to frequently go to the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu with the Grand Eunuch and the imperial seal to offer sacrifices.

Could it be that there is something here that Zhao Wuji truly cares about?

Aside from that, it pays no attention to the rise and fall of dynasties or the suffering of the people.

The ancients said: A sage is not benevolent; he treats the people like straw dogs.

The higher one's realm, the more thoroughly one sees the essence of heaven and earth and all living beings, even to the point of... icy coldness!
Zhao Wuji was like that...

As Liang Jin embarks on the long journey to the pinnacle of power, will there ever come a day when...?

Could it be the same?

He sensed that he was already showing signs of this...

He now only cares about his own strength, and he has truly become indifferent to the Taiping Dao, the Crimson Fire Sword Sect, and the Minzhou Small Court.

As a person grows stronger and stronger, far surpassing the ordinary, their thoughts will also change.

Upon thinking of this, a blazing inferno suddenly erupted in his eyes!

An indelible belief, which permeated every desperate attempt to survive and every fierce battle he fought, surged forth!
That is an unending hatred! That is an endless obsession! And even more so, an unwavering commitment to the promise made to the deceased!
This power is the inextinguishable soul flame he has forged on his path to the pinnacle of icy power!

"Zhao Wuji!"

Liang Jin's voice was as cold as iron:
"If this is what you care about..."

"Then one day, when I have enough power and my sword is pointed at the imperial mausoleum, I will put Zhao Xiling on the throne!"

In his mind, Zhao Xiling's eyes, filled with fear yet ultimately hardening into a resolute determination, came to mind.

Zhao Xiling possesses royal blood, making her a key asset that Liang Jin holds tightly in his hand.

It was also the window through which he understood Zao Wou-Ki.

As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy and win a hundred battles.

Liang Jin currently knows absolutely nothing about Zhao Wuji, who is hiding in the tomb, let alone his weaknesses.

Through Zhao Xiling, Liang Jin might be able to understand all of this.

Even Zhao Xiling will become a powerful tool for Liang Jin to deal with Zhao Wuji.

My thoughts, which had been churning, paused for a moment.

The room was silent.

Liang Jin was slightly taken aback, then remembered...

"Oh right, I almost forgot I just checked in."

"Let's see what happened during the sign-in!"

Liang Jin then looked at the system interface.

A message had already popped up on the system interface.

[Congratulations, host, for signing in for 1000 consecutive days! You have received the reward: Advanced Battle Puppet (Destroyer Armor)!]

One thousand days!

Liang Jin's heart was as if a huge rock had been thrown into it, causing ripples to spread out.

Time flies so fast!
Two years and nine months... how could it have passed in the blink of an eye?
It feels like so many things happened just yesterday.

He still remembers the piercing bewilderment he felt when he first came into this world...

The scene of Zhao Bao and Su Lian sharing a cold, hard cornbread while standing guard in the cold wind...

Everything flashed by like a faded painting before my eyes.

Su Lian!

This name was like a dagger chilled to ice, piercing deep into the heart of him!

That ice coffin that sealed away her beautiful face and broken life!
It was his deepest pain and obsession in this life!

"wait for me……"

He murmured softly, each word seemingly dripping blood, yet carrying a resolute determination to burn the entire world to ashes!
"The day you master the Sacred Heart Technique will be the day you break through the ice and defy fate!"

"If once isn't enough, then try ten times! A hundred times!"

Even if it destroys all my clones, I will pull you back to the mortal world!

"You still have a home, you still have family...they will be waiting for you!"

He forcibly suppressed the profound grief and rage.

His mind refocused on the sign-in reward he had just received!

"Advanced battle puppet? Annihilation armor?"

Seeing this, Liang Jin finally felt a surge of joy.

I finally got a high-level battle puppet!
As his power increases, the enemies he faces also become stronger.

As a result, his two intermediate-level battle puppets, Iron Madman and Wilderness Child, could no longer keep up with his needs.

In particular, during his second battle with Beihuan, the Iron Mad Slaughter, a battle puppet known for its defense, was almost killed and destroyed by Beihuan.

If facing a true master like Wang Jin, a mid-level battle puppet general wouldn't be of much use.

Advanced war puppets will finally be able to fill this gap.

Immediately, Liang Jin looked at the detailed information about the advanced war puppet he had obtained.

[Advanced Battle Puppet (Destroyer Armor): The world is foolish, believing that divine weapons and armor cannot be forged without rare and precious irons and celestial stones. Little do they know, what truly burns eternally is the battle spirit condensed from souls and blood! This armor is forged from the molten metal of four thousand nine hundred broken swords and spearheads! It is fueled by the boiling blood of four thousand nine hundred suicide soldiers! Furthermore, it is infused with the eternal, indomitable battle spirit born from the dying, defiant desire for victory of one hundred thousand blood-soaked warriors! It is not perfect, yet whoever wears this armor becomes the master of the battlefield, their battle spirit soaring, gods and demons trembling! A thousand armies will seize its edge! No matter how strong the wearer, it will grant them even greater power!]

Liang Jin's breath hitched!
This description... is completely different from the war puppets he knew that required precise manipulation and were like external limbs!

Even after reading the introduction, Liang Jin was still completely confused.

Is this what high-end goods are all about?
"So, it seems I have to wear it myself?"

Liang Jin seemed to be deep in thought:
"Will wearing this increase my strength?"

A mixture of intense curiosity and barely suppressed excitement overcame the earlier disappointment.

Guessing alone will obviously not yield the answer. With a thought, Liang Jin summoned the Annihilation Armor from the system.

He had a thought in his mind.

Om-!
In the quiet room, the light suddenly distorted!
The air was surging violently, like the surface of water!
A thick, impenetrable aura of battlefield bloodshed and carnage! It spread and filled the air without warning!
It was as if millions of shattered soldiers, carrying the unwilling cries of the dead... pierced through space and descended upon this place in an instant!
Clang! —

A deafening metallic clang, like a god forging stars, exploded!

A heavy, ferocious, and anciently powerful black shadow, filled with boundless, iron-blooded will, slammed down!
Boom! ! !

The entire quiet room... seemed to have sunk three inches!
The floorboards were cracking inch by inch! Dust was falling everywhere!

Liang Jin's pupils suddenly contracted!

My breath caught in my throat for a moment!
It's right there!
Destroyer Armor!

It stands nearly nine feet tall! Its massive size is like that of an ancient giant!
The main body is not as streamlined and beautiful as expected, but instead presents a rough, heavy, and cruel aesthetic left by time and blood and fire!
The armor is made up of countless pieces of jet-black iron of varying sizes and shapes, covered with hammer marks, chips, and cracks! Layer upon layer, it resembles a rock fortress covered with the scales of a giant dragon!
Its shoulders resembled the ferocious head of a prehistoric beast! Covered in thick armor! Two curved, dark gold ramming horns pointed diagonally towards the heavens!
The helmet was filled with black mist, as if countless battle spirits were roaring silently within it. Two red lights flickered at the eye position, resembling a pair of scarlet eyes.

Without the savage evil of Iron Frenzy...

Lacking the exquisite ruthlessness of Huang Xingzi...

It stands silently, like a blood-red monument that buried endless battles and was eventually transformed into weapons and death!
A terrifying will... that only war is eternal! permeated the entire space like an invisible pressure!

Liang Jin tried to use his mind to control it, but it was like throwing a drop of water into a sea of ​​molten lava, without causing the slightest ripple!

"As expected, it cannot be remotely controlled."

A sudden realization flashed through Liang Jin's mind.

"Then... wear you!"

Liang Jin's eyes suddenly burst with boundless curiosity and fervor!
He whirled around, exposing his broad back completely to the gaze of those two fiery, molten points!
“Ah——!!!”

A terrifying battle cry, seemingly from an ancient battlefield, roared and howled simultaneously by millions of warriors, exploded deep within the soul!

That heavy armor... seemed to come alive!
All the heavy armor plates, the moment Liang Jin turned around, opened their blood-red maws like a bloodthirsty steel behemoth!
From shoulders, back, waist, legs...

Every single cold, broken nail plate!

Every joint was flowing with golden-red blood light!

They all opened up at lightning speed!

call--!
Liang Jin felt an irresistible torrent of iron and blood completely engulf him!
A cold, heavy sensation instantly enveloped my entire body! Every vital part was instantly locked in place by an iron will! Locked!

Buzz!

Deafening!
It's the armor fitting together! It's resonating! It's roaring!!!

Especially the moment the helmet falls off!
Boom-! ! ! !

Liang Jin's entire world!
It was completely ignited!
Boundless sea of ​​blood! Mountains of corpses and broken blades! Blood-soaked riders under the setting sun! Heaven-shattering war drums! The unwilling curses and roars of countless souls! The light that destroys everything... like a flood bursting its banks!
It crashed against his soul like a raging torrent!

Liang Jin's eyes were instantly dyed a crazy golden-red by the raging lava fire behind the helmet's gaps!
war!
kill!

Crush! Tear apart! Everything!
I crave blood-soaked armor! I crave the thrill of steel twisting and shattering amidst the flesh and blood of a powerful foe!
Boundless fighting spirit! Surging and surging! It ignited every vein in his body! Every drop of his blood!
At this moment, it was as if the sky were collapsing before him, yet he dared to shatter it with his fist! The earth sank beneath his feet, yet he would tread over the remains!

The aura of a peak third-grade cultivator...

It was like being thrown into a furnace of stars!
Crazy! Prices skyrocketed!
hum! ! !
A completely new, vast and profound realm, far surpassing the boundaries of the third rank...

Sense of power!
Like a raging tide, it fills every inch of the body! It washes over every meridian!
That... is...

Truly, I stepped into another world...

An aura of power!!!
"Second-grade...power!!!"

Liang Jin was so shocked by the sudden surge of power that his mind trembled violently! He could "feel" it with absolute clarity!

Opponents who previously required vigilance and careful handling, such as the likes of Wang Jin…

now……

It can be crushed!
Even... a mad, morbid, and intense longing surged within him!
He longs for it!
immediately! immediately!
To find an opponent who is stronger and of a higher realm than Wang Jin!

go!!

Let's fight to our hearts' content!
This is power, giving him unparalleled confidence and fighting spirit!

the most important is……

Liang Jin sensed the boundless potential within the Destroyer Armor!
The strength of war puppets like Huang Xingzi and Tie Kuangtu is fixed.

The moment they appear, they are already able to unleash their full power.

Therefore, they are useful in the early and mid-game, but become less useful as the game progresses.

Now, even though Liang Jin is wearing the Annihilation Armor, it does indeed give him tremendous power, making him feel as if he can increase his combat strength by a whole major realm.

Even so, Liang Jin still felt that he had not brought out the full potential of the Destroyer Armor.

This armor has limitless potential!
When Liang Jin becomes stronger, it will also be able to grant Liang Jin even greater strength!
Liang Jin felt that even if he reached the second rank, he probably wouldn't be able to fully unleash the potential of the Annihilation Armor.

It is estimated that only after reaching the legendary first-grade realm will one have the opportunity to glimpse the full power of this Annihilation Armor.

This is an absolutely unparalleled weapon in the late game!
(End of this chapter)