Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

Upon hearing that Lin Xiao needed two days, a resolute glint flashed in the eyes of the City Lord of Wood Soul City.

He knew that Lin Xiao was not one to speak without reason, and that there must be a deeper meaning behind this situation.

Without hesitation, he used his divine sense to communicate with the Wilderness Council, which was far away in the Clear Stream Wilderness, and with the Tide Swordsman, who was also in the void.

After some urgent consultations, the Clear Stream Wilderness weighed the pros and cons and finally agreed to let the Tide Swordsman stay for two more days.

After all, if the Wood Soul Domain were to fall completely, the next place to suffer would likely be the Clear Stream Wilderness. They understood the principle of mutual dependence.

Furthermore, a thorough investigation was conducted in the Clear Stream Wilderness area, and they found only a few scattered fifth-tier enemies harassing them.

It's nothing like the Wood Soul Domain, which is dangerous.

When the news came back, the morale of the entire Wood Soul City was boosted.

Although the situation remains severe, the two-day buffer period provides a glimmer of hope.

Lin Xiao didn't stop either; he immediately threw himself into defense, just like before.

He did not choose to confront Groom or Tiamat head-on, as he was not yet their match.

Instead, he uses his terrifying insight into the rules of omniscience to transform into a ghostly commander on the battlefield.

He hovered above Wood Soul City. Although his Eternal Domain was not fully activated, his omniscient perspective covered the entire battlefield.

Under his guidance, the defenses of Wood Soul City became extremely targeted.

[On the third section of the eastern city wall, three Dark Erosion Worms are corroding the energy nodes. It is recommended to send a small team proficient in earth-based solidification techniques to temporarily trap and kill them using the Rock Prison spell.]

[In the western sky, the concentration of the intoxicating fragrance released by the Blood-Weeping Vine is increasing. The wind is blowing from the southeast. Immediately activate the third purification rune array, covering the southwest corner of the city.]

[Attention! Three Crystal Devourers have infiltrated underground, attempting to crystallize the foundation of the city's protective array. Coordinates (117, 84). They are part of the City Lord's direct guard and are using high-frequency vibrational energy to impact the underground!]

A series of highly precise commands were rapidly transmitted to the garrison troops in various locations via the divine thought network.

At first, some of the newly promoted generals were skeptical, but after several actions following Lin Xiao's instructions and resolving crises at minimal cost, the entire Wood Soul City's defense system seemed to be infused with a soul, and its efficiency increased dramatically.

The leaders of various races who had dealt with Lin Xiao during the war in the Dark Sun Forest had no objections and completely obeyed Lin Xiao's command.

Lin Xiao was like a chess player who controlled the entire chessboard. Every attack, every maneuver, and even the enemy's hidden tricks were clearly presented to him.

He can always find the weakest link in the opponent's attack and break it at the lowest cost.

The Dark Erosion Worms' charge was cleverly diverted by traps, and the Blood-Weeping Demon Vines' vines were often cut off from their energy supply by precise firing points just as they were about to encircle the enemy. The Crystal Devourers' attempts at crystallization were repeatedly detected and thwarted in advance.

Groom and Tiamat also noticed the subtle changes in the battlefield situation.

The resistance from Wood Soul City became exceptionally tenacious and resilient, as if their actions could always be predicted.

The two sixth-tier powerhouses attempted to launch a general offensive several times, but were barely repelled by the Wood Soul City Lord and the Tide Swordsman with the help of the city's protective formation. The stalemate on the ground also prevented them from easily expanding their gains.

Two days passed slowly amidst the fierce battle of attack and defense.

Wood Soul City still stands tall. Although the walls are badly damaged and the energy shield is dim, the entire city remains majestic.

All the defenders understood that this brief period of stability was largely due to the superb command of the young powerhouse from the Eternal Alliance.

In the past two days, the changes deep within Lin Xiao's sea of ​​consciousness have reached their most critical moment.

The Seed of Rules that was floating in his mind suddenly burst forth with a dazzling seven-colored light, and countless threads of rules surged out from it, rushing towards the core that represented projection and synthesis talent like a tide.

Lin Xiao sat cross-legged in the secret chamber of the city lord's mansion, surrounded by a dense aura of energy. His Eternal Domain expanded spontaneously, enveloping the entire chamber and preventing energy leakage.

At the same time, a message popped up in Lin Xiao's mind that the deconstruction of the Talent Source Crystal was complete.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao immediately projected two talent source crystals and directly targeted them with Projection +1 and Synthesis +1.

Under the dual influence of the Seed of Rules and the Source Crystal of Talent,

First, there's the improvement of projection talent.

The props that could originally only be deconstructed by projection, and the core of a living being's talent, began to undergo a fundamental change under the nourishment of the talent source crystal.

Countless beams of light flickered around Lin Xiao, gradually evolving from the initial phantom images of items such as the Star-Breaking Twin Blades and the Demon-Devouring Shield into pure, rule-based light spots: crimson light spots representing flames, azure light spots representing space, and silver-white light spots representing penetration...

These points of light, as if alive, revolved around Lin Xiao. His consciousness sank into them, and he clearly felt a completely new power of control.

It is no longer a simple imitation of projection, but a direct manifestation of the rules themselves from the void!

"Could this be... a manifestation of the rules?" Lin Xiao's heart stirred slightly. "No, it should still be a projection, only this projection... can now target those power of rules!"

With a thought from Lin Xiao, a crimson dot of light suddenly expanded, transforming into a blazing flame.

This flame is neither ordinary fire nor the divine fire of the Phoenix Flame, but a pure manifestation of the rules of flame, containing the ultimate power of incineration, yet completely under Lin Xiao's control, and will not harm him at all.

This is just one of the changes that the Innate Source Crystal brings to the Projection Talent.

The changes that the seed of rules brings to the projection are even more magical.

"It seems that the true manifestation of rules stems from the seeds of rules!"

With another thought, azure spatial rule light points condensed, manifesting a spatial rift in front of him. The other end of the rift was the battlefield on the east side of Wood Soul City.

Then, the silver-white penetrating rule light spots intertwined with the crimson flame rule light spots, manifesting a spear burning with raging flames. On the spear, the rules of penetration and incineration merged together, exuding a terrifying power.

What surprised Lin Xiao even more was that the manifestation of rules could not only manifest rules and props, but also manifest phantoms of living beings, and these phantoms were not puppets without their own consciousness.

He tried to recall Feng Yan's appearance, and countless points of light quickly converged, transforming into a golden phantom that looked exactly like Feng Yan.

The phantom spread its wings and let out a loud phoenix cry. Divine fire swirled around it, and it actually possessed 50% of the Phoenix Flame's combat power, able to release the Heaven-Burning Flame on its own to fight.

Moreover, just like it projected the sage and the nettle before, it can project any creature other than itself!

Even if someone's strength surpasses Lin Xiao's, Lin Xiao can project them, but they will only have the combat power of Lin Xiao's current level, just like the phantom of the phoenix flame just now.

But... Lin Xiao looked at it, then narrowed his eyes: "I feel that my projection talent and the awakened manifestation rules are becoming more and more similar. I feel that soon the two things will become indistinguishable."

"But... this should be considered a good thing, right?"

After muttering something to himself, Lin Xiao looked at the other synthesized talent.

Just as the projection talent completed its transformation, the synthesis talent also began to evolve.

Originally, the talent core could only synthesize props and non-human beings, but under the infusion of energy from the talent source crystal, it burst forth with a deep purplish-black light.

Lin Xiao could clearly feel that the boundaries of synthesis had been completely broken. It was no longer limited to the fusion of objects, but could strip away the core effects of props and integrate them into the bodies of living beings!

"The rules that unite all things!"

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out a projection prop of the Demon-Devouring Shield.

Under the insight of the omniscient rules, the core effects of the Demon-Devouring Shield—devouring energy and defending against erosion—were clearly extracted and transformed into a black energy mark.

Lin Xiao did not rashly integrate it into her body, but instead looked at a pot of green bamboo in the corner of the secret room.

He gently touched the black energy mark and injected it into the green bamboo.

The next moment, the originally emerald green bamboo leaves quickly turned pitch black, and fine devouring runes appeared on the surface of the leaves.

When Lin Xiao released a wisp of flame that approached, the green bamboo immediately unleashed a devouring power, instantly absorbing the flame completely, while remaining unharmed.

"efficient!"

Lin Xiao was overjoyed. He then took out the Star-Breaking Twin Blades, stripped away the broken rules within them, and transformed them into a silver energy mark.

This time, he chose to incorporate it into his right fist.

The moment the silver mark merged, Lin Xiao's right fist flashed with a cold silver light. He swung it twice in mid-air, and a tiny crack appeared in the void. The broken rules had successfully attached themselves to Lin Xiao's fist.

Of course, if Lin Xiao wanted to, he could also separate this wisp of rule power from his body again.

Then, with another thought, he attempted to merge the Devouring Rule and the Shattering Rule. Black and silver energy imprints intertwined in his palm, eventually forming a black and white composite mark.

Lin Xiao infused the mark into an ordinary wooden spear, and the spear instantly transformed. The spearhead turned pitch black, radiating a devouring power, while the shaft was covered with silver patterns, containing broken rules.

When he threw the wooden spear and it struck a rock in the distance, the rock was first disintegrated by the power of absorption, and then completely crushed by the rules of shattering, its power far exceeding that of ordinary crafted items.

What shocked Lin Xiao even more was that the fusion of the rules of all things could also achieve a limited fusion of the abilities of different living beings.

He manifested a phantom of a green bamboo demon and a phantom of a flame spirit, separating the green bamboo demon's penetrating rules and the flame spirit's fire rules.

After merging the two, Lin Xiao thought for a moment and then pulled out the little sprite that had long been a mascot and had been transformed from a survivor into an ice-type creature.

The ice-type Pokémon was originally only at the third tier, but after fusion, it was able to perfectly unleash ice-type, fire-type, and attacks that imbued both elements with piercing properties, directly boosting its combat power to the fourth tier.

Next, Lin Xiao embedded the Blink skill and the effect of Breeze Bow into another wind-type sprite, giving it the ability to teleport short distances.

This almost creator-like authority is enough to change the battle situation of an individual or even the entire team in an instant!

"The potential of this rule is simply amazing!" Lin Xiao thought to himself. He could imagine that if this fusion ability were applied on a large scale, the overall combat power of the Eternal Alliance would experience a qualitative leap.

The moment the rules of manifesting all things and the rules of merging all things were completely stable, the omniscient rule representing Lin Xiao's deconstruction talent resonated strongly with these two new rules.

The Omniscient Rule provides insight, the Manifestation Rule provides power, and the Integration Rule provides enhancement. The three stand like a tripod, supporting each other and ultimately weaving together to form a brand-new power of rules—the Rule of the Return of All Things to the Flow!

Meanwhile, the text on the talent interface displayed by Lin Xiao in the Mist System was also faintly visible.

Ultimately, the talent category was completely replaced by the "All Things Return to the Flow" (Omniscient and Omnipotent Pseudo).

Lin Xiao focused his attention on the parentheses at the end; the word "fake" was incredibly irritating to him.

"It seems that to truly achieve omniscience and omnipotence, I still need to elevate my rank!"

"Right now... I can at most achieve omniscience and omnipotence among those of the same level!"

"If someone is a level above me... I'm afraid I'd only be able to survive at their hands!"

"However... after the changes that just happened, the power within me has actually surged!"

Lin Xiao closed his eyes, clenched his fist, and felt that he had reached the sixth level of strength.

Next, Lin Xiao focused his gaze on the four characters "万象归流" (Wanxiang Guiliu) at the front.

This new rule has no specific form, yet it contains endless wonderful applications.

It allows Lin Xiao to precisely manifest targeted rules and items under the insight of omniscient rules, and then strengthen them by integrating the rules of all things, forming a perfect combat loop.

Whether in defense or offense, it can achieve the highest level of efficiency.

Moreover, the four rules of omniscience, manifestation, fusion, and the return of all things to their source intertwine within his body, forming a perfect cycle that makes his sixth-order strength more refined and profound than that of ordinary sixth-order experts.

"It's time to go out." Lin Xiao's figure flashed, and he instantly appeared outside the City Lord's Mansion.

At this moment, the Tide Swordsman was preparing to say goodbye. The Lord of Wood Soul City was reluctant to part with him, but there was nothing he could do.

But upon seeing Lin Xiao appear, the two stopped simultaneously, their eyes filled with shock.

They could clearly sense that Lin Xiao's aura had broken through to the sixth level, and that aura contained fluctuations of various rules, making it mysterious and powerful.

"Brother Lin Xiao, what is this...?" The city lord of Wood Soul City was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Lin Xiao smiled slightly, and the power of rules around him surged, activating the rule of manifesting all things. Three figures suddenly appeared behind him.

The golden phantom of Feng Yan, the emerald green phantom of the leader of the Green Bamboo Demons, and the crimson phantom of Yan Ling.

Each illusory figure exuded the pressure of a sixth-order being, surrounded by swirling rules, making them incredibly lifelike.

"Tidebringer, thank you for staying two more days."

Lin Xiao's voice was filled with confidence: "Now, it's our turn to fight back!"