Chapter 392: The Waves Ahead and the Waves Behind
A bloody shadow streaked across the dead starry sky and instantly disappeared into the distance.
Behind him, Xia Lin’s roar continued!
"Don't run! Stop the fucking hell!"
Skills were quickly replaced, and Xia Lin installed the super-fast skill system of a powerful man under the Fifth Prince in the skill panel.
However, the replacement of skills requires a certain amount of operation time, even if it is very short, it still delays the opportunity to fight.
The most important thing is that Nikola is too fast.
[Pale Shine (Racial Heritage Level): Passive effect: Greatly increases your reaction speed in close combat, greatly increases your attack speed, and greatly increases your absolute movement speed.
Active Effect: You can use up the number of death substitutes provided by Pale Red to further enhance your agility and speed. The degree of enhancement depends on the number of death substitutes consumed, and there is no upper limit to this enhancement! 】
In the previous battle, Xia Lin discovered that even though his attributes had been raised by the Emperor Engine to a level not inferior to Nikola's, his speed was still much faster than his own.
That's the reason for this skill.
And now, when Nicholas no longer aimed to kill but instead wanted to escape, speed was everything.
Xia Lin suddenly stopped and spat fiercely.
Because just when the super-speed skill system was completed, he could no longer see any trace of Nikola.
The power of causal entanglement spread far away, ignoring the spatial distance, trying to lock Nikola's position.
However, just like what Wuxin encountered, the causal entanglement, which is an omnipotent skill in the professional system, immediately became ineffective when it encountered the God-given transcendent power exclusive to level 12.
The thread of cause and effect breaks.
Witness the talent but bring feedback.
[Pale Purification (Racial Heritage Level): Active skill. Consumes 10 points of mental power. After activation, it will clear away all negative states and foreign alien energy you have suffered. When this skill is sealed, you can consume an additional ten times of substitutionary death to forcibly break the seal of this skill. This skill has no cooldown time.]
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Xia Lin's breath and swear words behind him disappeared in an instant.
Nicholas did not escape the joy of being born...
He just felt aggrieved.
A level twelfth warrior was beaten and fled away by a little fellow who had not yet left the Ash Walker Zone... This matter is worth recording in history books because it is the first time such a thing has ever happened since the beginning of the world.
Yes, Nicholas heard from Yuan Zhuo that there were three monsters in this generation of Ashes Zone, and their strength was even above those of the former top Ashes Zone masters - Wu Shentong, Lingbao Xianzun and others.
Yes, Nicholas also knew that these three monsters had all received heavy investments from the Six Pillars, and their combat power and trump cards should not be underestimated.
But the gap in level and status was real. Nikola could not have imagined that he would be defeated by the new generation.
As the original son, the madness rose from his heart and was difficult to contain.
This made Nicholas' body tremble, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his eyes began to turn red.
However, he did not turn back to fight a life-and-death battle with Xia Lin. Instead, he accelerated again and tried to distance himself from Xia Lin as much as possible.
Because he knew very well that this little guy named Xia Lin had formed a strict restraint relationship with him in terms of his skill system.
Especially the unknown ability that can engrave and make oneself immune to offensive skills.
He is like his natural enemy.
This was the first time in Nicholas' life that he had such an idea.
“Did I choose the wrong one…?”
"No... no no no no no, I am not wrong, my skill system is invincible! My pale system is unsolvable! I can even kill the six pillars! I am the strongest level twelve under the six pillars!"
A crack was torn in the solid wall of self-confidence.
The trembling eyes reflected the afterimages of the past.
That was the moment he achieved level twelfth.
…
There is a saying circulating in the Black Domain: Only blood and iron will can forge the road to level twelfth!
This sentence corresponds to the greatest opportunity in the Black Domain: the cosmic bug unconsciously created by the original dark side.
This is the sweetest fruit in the black domain.
And more than three million years ago, this fruit fell into the hands of Nicholas.
It’s hard to describe the beauty of being promoted.
First, there is a surge in attributes.
Nicholas, whose attributes had already reached the limit of a professional, saw his racial value and basic attributes increase more than tenfold with the gift of unlimited growth.
Then there is God-given transcendence.
The powerful golden force flows through the body, symbolizing an essential change.
Finally, he ushered in system integration.
The soul seems to be dragged into a mysterious space, and the time in the outside world is frozen.
Nicholas turned his head curiously and looked at everything - his sight seemed to be able to penetrate this mysterious space, and see the evil gods wandering in the outside world, the hideous-looking eleventh-level competitors, and the tip of the iceberg of the great, indescribable existence in the depths of the dark world.
In the darkness, there is light descending and penetrating deep into the soul.
Then, enlightenment automatically arose in Nicholas' mind.
He understood the principles and logic of so-called system integration.
The God-given stone itself has the ability to create things out of nothing and turn falsehood into reality.
This ability is projected onto the system integration obtained when promoted to level 12.
If this moment were transformed into the system notification tone of the Ember Zone, the first sentence Nicholas would hear would be:
[What skill system do you want to have? ]
Nicholas gave the answer as a matter of course: "I want the strongest skill system! I want a skill system that can overturn the six pillars!"
The younger... no, it should be said that Nicholas, who was younger than he is now, certainly had such a wish.
As a vampire and the son of the original, Nikola was hated by everyone in the main universe and was forced to enter the black zone.
He was fed up with the wanted and malicious targeting by the Six Pillars and their lackeys, and overthrowing the throne and becoming the new king was Nicholas' greatest wish buried deep in his heart.
[I cannot satisfy wishes that are too unrealistic and vague, please tell me something practical. ]
Nicholas: ...
Okay, that's expected.
After all, system integration is not a universal wish-granting machine, and there is no such thing in this universe.
System integration is not the kind of thing where you tell me a rough idea and I can give you the ultimate formula to integrate the result.
This also involves a "foundation" issue.
The foundation is your existing skill set.
You can’t say that you were originally a limit breaker, and with the reward of system integration, you can be transformed into the Lord of Hosts - because your foundation is not that foundation.
But Nicholas was still shocked by the powerful system integration.
Because when he put forward the requirement: "I want no one to be able to kill me, but I can kill anyone, including the six-pillar skill system", the system integration really satisfied his wish.
[Your inherent skill set has the prerequisites to meet your requirements. ]
[The first system integration is completed: you will obtain the Pale Funeral System. ]
[You can choose to abandon this system, but it has been determined that this system best meets your needs. ]
A large amount of information emerged from Nicholas' mind, forming a component called the Pale Funeral System.
——System integration is not the ultimate formula...but it is just a little bit weaker than that.
[Limit-breaking Skill: Blood Tribute, Slaughterer.]
These are Nikola's two original limit-breaking skills. Their general functions have not changed, but their effects have been enhanced. After Nikola breaks through the limit of level eleven, the limit-breaking skills will surely shine again.
[Defense system: Pale crimson, pale cleansing. ]
The two new skills were reorganized based on Nikola's original skill system.
With just two skills, they formed a nearly perfect immortality system, and also satisfied Nikola's need that "no one can kill me."
The pale crimson died in his stead.
Pale Purification removes negative states and is a sealing skill that is most targeted at Pale Crimson.
The premise is: Nicholas needs a certain amount of time to accumulate the number of times of dying in substitution.
Again, system integration is not a universal wish-granting machine. If your foundation is not good, the answer it gives is destined to be imperfect. It just adds some things, integrates some things, and builds a nearly perfect "super super skill system" based on your foundation and needs.
[Auxiliary skills: Pale Shine, Heart Control Blood, Mind Interference. ]
Pale Shine increases speed.
Heart-controlling blood and mind interference are abilities to build forces and control subordinates. These two skills were originally possessed by Nikola. Even if Nikola did not say anything, his instincts dominated him and kept these two skills on the skill panel. He was able to snatch the twelfth-level opportunity from the gazes of countless competitors and evil gods, and the cannon fodder controlled by these two skills played a very critical role.
[Attack skills: Pale wave, pale erosion, destruction mark, pure white crystal carving. ]
[Destruction Mark (Racial Heritage Level): Active skill. When you cause effective damage to the enemy 100 times, you can consume 100 mental power to release the Destruction Mark on the enemy. The Destruction Mark can greatly increase your damage effect on the target and suppress the enemy's self-healing ability! You can release the Destruction Mark on the same enemy multiple times, and the effects of multiple Destruction Marks can be stacked! This skill has no cooldown time! ]
[Pure White Crystal (Racial Heritage Level): Active skill, exclusive to Nikola. Consume a certain number of Pale Red's reserve of death substitutes, and a large amount of the target's blood, spend a certain amount of time to create a Pure White Crystal of the enemy! The Pure White Crystal is controlled by you, fights for you, and has all the enemy's racial values and basic attributes, but does not have occupations, talents, skills, etc. This skill has no cooldown time. ]
The three skills, Pale Wave, Pale Erosion, and Mark of Destruction, are all easy to understand.
A simple multi-attack skill.
These skills are based on Nikola's original skills. Nikola's previous fighting style was also that of a high-frequency, high-speed, blood-grinding style.
It seems that the integration of the twelfth-level system will also take combat style into consideration.
But this pure white crystal carving made Nikola very confused.
Because this skill is basically meaningless.
It takes time and effort to create pure white crystal carving. It is not so bad if the opponent is a Limit Breaker. This crystal carving can have a certain combat effectiveness, but it is not a Limit Breaker. The strength is mainly concentrated in the skill system.
A pure white crystal with no profession, no talent, and no skills is no trouble at all to the enemy.
"And where's my Blood Eye Technique? Why are my reconnaissance skills gone? Where's my Blood Nest? Where's my field skills?"
"I still have three extra skill slots provided by my talent. Why don't you give me these three skill slots?"
System integration washed away some skills, but did not fill all of Nikola's skill bars.
Eleven skills are given, which just fill the regular skill column but not the additional skill column.
Nicholas was puzzled, but when the twelfth skill appeared, all his doubts and dissatisfaction disappeared.
[Level 12 Core Skill: Pale Funeral! ]
[Pale Funeral (Racial Heritage Level) (Level 12 Core Skill): An active skill. This skill is an exclusive skill for Level 12. It can be released after integrating the power of God-given transcendence to negate all judgments of the enemy!
Flowers are the embellishment of the funeral, music is the atmosphere of the funeral, a thin coffin, a few handfuls of soil, I will sink your body into the ground, and I will create a pale funeral for you.
Activation prerequisite: 1000 Pale Waves effective strikes. 100 Pale Corrosion effective strikes, and the enemy must be in a polluted state. 10 Destruction standard stacking. 1 enemy's pure white crystal as the main body. Time: 10 minutes.
Within ten minutes, when you meet all the conditions for a single enemy, you can start a pale funeral for the enemy! This skill will hit and take effect regardless of distance. After the skill takes effect, the enemy will die and his soul will be scattered, and he cannot be resurrected in any way!
Note: After the ceremony, the music ends and everyone disperses. 】
——I want no one to be able to kill me, but I can kill anyone, including the six pillars’ skill system.
So Nicholas got the system he wanted.
Is Nicholas satisfied?
He was very satisfied because the skill of Pale Funeral had a very high upper limit!
The immortality of this system provides Nikola with the confidence to pursue the upper limit.
This system called Pale Funeral seems to be able to really cut down six pillars if the conditions are met.
So the key lies in the four words "meet the conditions".
Pale funeral, are the conditions easy to achieve?
This was not difficult for Nicholas either.
The attack frequency of Pale Wave is very high, and 1000 times is very simple.
His haste can also ensure the effect of Pale Erosion. 100 Pale Erosions are equal to 100 melee attacks, which is what Nikola is good at.
It is not difficult to stack 10 destruction marks, the principle is the same as above.
If the above three points can be achieved, the pure white crystal carving can probably be successfully created.
Ten minutes was a really long time at Nicola's speed.
It looked beautiful, but Nicholas still had doubts.
"Can the pollution from the original dark side really pollute the six pillars?"
Don't ask.
Just tell me whether this skill can kill six pillars in theory...
As for whether you can allow the six pillars to be contaminated by the original dark side, that is your problem and you need to solve it yourself.
Nikola is not the kind of idiot who thinks "You must give me my power and anyone I glare at will die. I can slaughter six pillars without any conditions, otherwise this skill is rubbish." His long life experience has taught him that everything has its own balance.
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"But I can't even kill Xia Lin, let alone Liu Zhu!"
The reflection of the past in his eyes had disappeared, and Nicholas' eyes were filled with bloodshot.
All of his skills were in the service of Pale Funeral. After all, after acquiring this causal skill, there was no reason not to treat it as the absolute core.
——Hit frequently, then kill with one strike.
The limitation of the skill bar also forced Nikola to give up single high-damage skills - including the blessing of talent, he only has 15 skill bars in total, so he always has to make some trade-offs.
But Xia Lin's eternal engraving became a high wall that Nicholas could not overcome!
In fact, after Xia Lin became immune to the pale wave, Nicholas could no longer deliver a fatal blow to Xia Lin. Without the means to finish him off, he could only return to a bloody battle in order to grind Xia Lin to death.
But the fair trade without bargaining chips means Xia Lin is not afraid of you...
As the paleness eroded and was engraved again, Nikolai realized that there was nothing he could do to Xia Lin.
Madness was replaced by calmness.
Without much thought, Nicholas found the best solution to deal with Xia Lin.
Substitution.
The absolute restraint in the system meant that Nicholas had no way to deal with Xia Lin, but it was not because you, Xia Lin, were capable, it was just that you, Xia Lin, chose the right opponent.
Xia Lin: I never chose you as my opponent from the beginning to the end...
Although this strategy will inevitably lead to him giving up huge profits, and even the spiritual world book may have to be shared with others.
But to Nikola, who remained calm, this was a price that had to be paid.
One thing is clear - the Spirit World Book must remain in the Black Domain, forever!
This is the consensus of all the Level Twelve in the Black Domain in the face of the increasingly powerful threat of the evil god.
Nikola believed that he was not the only one at the Twelfth Level in the Black Domain who could sort out the pros and cons.
Just then, a faint roar was heard, causing Nicholas to look up.
He seemed to see the heaven and earth shattering, but in reality nothing happened.
The sky is still the sky, the universe is still the universe, and the black domain is still the black domain.
This is just a special sign "perceived" by the powerful perception ability of those in high positions.
A sign of the heavens breaking apart.
This made Nicholas raise the corner of his mouth slightly.
He thought he had found a qualified partner.
…
Black Domain, another place.
The sound of the heaven's way shattering is particularly clear here, and even more spectacular and magnificent.
The colorful force of rules is like a cage, and inside the cage, a black hole like a black sun is spinning madly, tearing and devouring everything.
"Run! Young Master, run!"
Ning Feng's resolute voice sounded, like the last song of his life.
But there was no need for Ning Feng to make such a tragic scene.
Because long before this, Wuxin had already turned into a beam of light and flew away into the distance without looking back.
Wuxin, in the state of life and death, has a strange appearance.
Like the fusion of Wuxin in the form of life and Wuxin in the form of death, it has both the handsomeness of a boy and the uprightness of a young man, and sometimes even shows the tenacity of middle age and the vicissitudes of old age.
But none of this matters.
What’s important is that half of Wuxin’s body has disappeared, and the power of the black hole is entangled in the wound, making it impossible for Wuxin to transfer the injury to the spirit beast through cause and effect.
After a short and fierce battle, the winner was clear.
Wuxin, who is in a state of life and death, is no match for Dean. He must rely on Ning Feng's sacrifice to escape!
Metamorphosis is a good skill.
But at the twelfth level, it can only be described as pretty good.
Ning Feng integrated the Black Domain Heavenly Dao and held out against Dean for thirty seconds, but thirty seconds was not a long time.
When Dean tore apart the prison of Heaven and escaped, he could no longer find Wuxin.
"Tsk, you can run quite fast..."
Turn your head and look to the other side.
The evil god was still fighting, but he seemed to be calming down. The other one, who should be the descendant of the Limit Breaker, had also disappeared and no one knew where he had gone.
This made Dean shake his head.
"Then forget it."
He is good at hard battles and strong attacks, but not good at cat and mouse. Dean's style has always been to not pursue the enemy.
He raised his leg and took a step forward, shooting towards the distance. However, in just a moment, he heard the voice of a familiar person.
"Old friend, do you have time to meet up for a cup of tea? My white tea garden has another good harvest this year."
It was Nicholas's voice.
Dean frowned.
He didn't like Nicholas.
Cunning, fickle, and overly dangerous.
For Dean, Nicholas's pale funeral was definitely a fatal blow.
"Of course, the old rules, the clones meet each other, the clones meet each other."
Meeting in pairs is a necessary strategy to deal with Nikola, but Dean is still unwilling to do so. Even though Nikola calls him an old friend, he and Nikola are not friends.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"It's just a business deal."
The voice sounded, and Dean quickly changed his mind.
…
The illusory figure, who used props and cause and effect entanglement to avoid Dean's pursuit, suddenly stopped.
Ahead, a tall demon blocked the way.
Their eyes met, and Donald spoke slowly while wiping the blade of karma in his hand.
"If you do something wrong, you must pay the price... I don't know if you understand this."
Wuxin tilted his head, and the wrinkles on his face, which looked like those of an old man and could kill mosquitoes, became even deeper.
Without waiting for Wuxin to respond, Donald suddenly laughed.
A scorching breath spewed out from its ferocious mouth, like a volcano about to erupt.
"It seems that you don't understand... That's right, you shouldn't understand either."
"After all, someone will always pay for your wrong decisions."
"It was your father before, this time it's that guy called Ning Feng."
Wu Xin was silent for a short while. His face had changed from old to middle-aged. He suddenly realized and said, "You mean that my decision to let Ning Feng start the Ascension was wrong?"
"No, it's definitely not a mistake."
"It's just that Ning Feng and I are not strong enough to defeat Dean... If we had defeated Dean, you and Xia Lin would have died for sure."
"Oh, by the way, Xia Lin might be dead now. So using Ning Feng's life in exchange for Xia Lin's is not a loss to me no matter how you look at it."
This is indeed the truth.
Strategies and decisions cannot guarantee success. In this round, although Wuxin's strategy was broken, he did not feel like he was at a loss.
But Wuxin obviously didn't know the battle situation between Xia Lin and Nicholas on the other side.
He looked Donald up and down for a moment and was in no mood to say anything more.
"In fact, you might as well put it more bluntly... Just say you are here to get a bargain, and that will be OK."
He immediately revealed Donald's thoughts - he was here to give the fallen dog a beating...
That's easy to guess.
"After all, the brains of you Tang family members have always been single-threaded! Your ancestors were like that, your elders were like that, and so were you, Donald!"
Wuxin made no secret of his contempt for the Tang family.
"But whether it's your Tang family or the Demon Emperor, you are just stray dogs and losers!"
These words made Donald clench the sword in his hand.
He looked at something without any intention, his expression focused, but there was a gleam in his eyes.
The word "stereotype" has its own reason for existence.
But if you can break the constraints of stereotypes, you can also turn these four words into a weapon against your enemies!
All along, when facing Wu Xin, Donald has put himself in the position of a challenger.
Although Wuxin was beaten up by Dean just now, the fighting process further confirmed Donald's judgment - he was indeed no match for Wuxin, and the gap was quite big.
However, precise design and sufficient preparation are enough to bridge this gap.
At this moment, this first step...Donald set a small goal for himself.
——Hit him twice and then run away.
It’s so simple, but it’s also the beginning of winning.
(End of this chapter)
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