"Life Strings"

"Affinity: Art 0, Control 10, Life 4"

"Suitable Tokens: Healing, Enhancement"

"Basic Effect: The target enters an unshakable state, unaffected by any negative status, and all damage received is reduced by 30%. You can consume Qi Blood to drive the token instead of Spiritual Power.

When the target is injured, the token authority damage increases; movement speed increases; attack speed increases; Qi Blood increases. When Qi Blood drops to 8%, all bonuses reach their maximum, and if states like [Severed Limb], [Severe Injury], [Near-Death] occur, all bonuses will double."

The target has one chance to be immune to death, lasting up to ten seconds. If the target kills an enemy in this state, the immunity to death is refreshed."

"Evaluation: Life is like a string, only tightened can it be played well, playing well is enough."

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"Tombstone Inscription"

"Affinity: Art 8, Control 5, Life 3"

"Suitable Tokens: Healing, Attack, Reconnaissance"

"Basic Effect: The target enters a state of virtualization, unaffected by the outside world, cannot affect the outside world, cannot move, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes. In this state, the target’s life quickly recovers, and it heals most negative statuses."

"Evaluation: A single stroke seals fate, a word judges good and evil."

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"Rain Weaving Net"

"Affinity: Art 0, Control 5, Life 10"

"Suitable Tokens: Attack, Movement"

"Basic Effect: Permanently passive.

For every 10 attacks on the same target (regardless of hit), your next attack is guaranteed to hit and deal maximum damage, triggering all probability traits.

For every 20 attacks the same target makes against you (regardless of hit), the enemy’s next attack is guaranteed to be a major mishap."

"Evaluation: The rain is dense like a net, as if fate is knitting."

Three Profound Mysterious Divine Techniques, choose any!

Finally, it was time to reap the rewards, and Yan Qing’s hands couldn’t help but tremble. Murong Hui wanted to get closer to take a look but was held back by Ying Rushi, afraid that her careless sister might accidentally touch something.

But they could only watch and provide no advice, as when it came to understanding Divine Techniques, they were in the dark, unable to distinguish strengths and weaknesses. Not to mention them, even those who have long been in Foundation Establishment, if they haven’t seen the world outside, they might not have as much insight as Yan Qing, who only surveys forums as a cloud player.

Among the three profound mysteries, the first to be excluded is [Life Strings]. Although it has the most words and a strong effect, its upper limit is the lowest, with a very limited scope of application. No matter what, one has to first enter a state of low health and severe injury to fully unleash this mysterious supervisory power.

[Tombstone Inscription] seems like it’s just for healing, but its scariest point is virtual control. Retreating leads to virtual rescue; advancing leads to virtual control of the field. More fascinating is that it is not a negative state; many authority capable of resolving control are ineffective against it. Only an authority that can resolve all statuses might break virtualization, but in doing so the target would also lose their beneficial states.

This is just healing and attack, its strongest point lies in reconnaissance. With the right reconnaissance token, it truly is the number one art mystery!

"Rain Weaving Net" Yan Qing has some impression, though not among the top ten mysteries, it was once a strong contender, which is why Yan Qing faintly saw it while browsing forums. From its basic effect, Yan Qing roughly understands; this life mystery doesn’t focus on attacks, healing, defense, movement, it affects only one thing: probability.

In game terms, it’s about hit rate and chance.

Suppose Mortal Messenger is still more like Martial Arts Master, once reaching Foundation Establishment Level, the messenger starts to exhibit Immortal Aura, wielding wind and thunder, altering landscapes, concealing mysteries; when Foundation Establishment Messengers attack each other, let’s not mention how much damage can be done, even hitting the enemy is a challenge.

Yan Qing had previously encountered Si Wuxie’s "Primordial Confusion Array," where despite the reduced hit rate, attacks that should hit just don’t hit. Besides, Foundation Establishment Messengers absolutely lack moving tokens, unless engaging in close quarters combat, otherwise just creating some distance allows them to completely dodge.

[Rain Weaving Net] solves this problem; if selecting this profound mystery, the messenger can fully act as a remote cannon, making it impossible for any attack to be intercepted, with directed and unavoidable strikes. Some might ask, if not playing PVP, is [Rain Weaving Net] meaningless? Secret Realm Demon Fiends don’t dodge, every hit counts.

In fact, [Rain Weaving Net] is even scarier in PVE; Yan Qing now remembers why players believe it deserves a spot among the top ten mysteries, because it can ’trigger all probability traits.’

For example, a weapon token effect has a 1% chance to deal 100 times damage and a 99% chance to deal 1% damage; thus, the weapon’s expected damage over 100 attacks is 100.99 times damage, a seeming gimmick. But if there’s [Rain Weaving Net]?

Yan Qing remembered that the forum players formed an ultimate probability build, where the attack expectation was only a third of an ordinary player’s at the fourth transformation stage. But if combined with [Rain Weaving Net], a single strike could trigger critical hit, lethal, aging, obliteration, curse, and more than a dozen attack traits, allowing a level 49 player to kill a level 69 Yama Daoist Lord with just one Divine Technique.

Everyone thought it was very powerful, but the problem was that players would not remain at the fourth transformation, and there was a problem with builds related to Life Divine Techniques: the setup was too long, and the start-up was too slow. The top ten profound builds at the sixth transformation stage could all enter their peak state within three turns, while Life Divine Techniques were still setting up. The gap between the two was like that between porn games and galgames. While both could ultimately unlock similar CGs, the unlocking speed was worlds apart.

Yan Qing thought it was quite a coincidence that these three Divine Techniques could exactly represent the attributes of art, defense, and fate.

Art is the Art of the Guardian, which means applying influence on the outside world, mainly used for attacking and scouting. The higher the art attribute, the more easily the Divine Technique can affect enemies and the external world.

Defense is the Method of Defense, which means a method to protect oneself, mainly used for enhancement, healing, movement, defense, and scouting. The higher the defense attribute, the more easily the Divine Technique can protect itself.

Fate is the Momentum of Fate, which means changing the flow of luck. In addition to increasing one’s hit rate, drop rate, and various probabilities, it also reduces the enemy’s luck, potentially even causing the activation of token authority to backfire.

Art Divine Technique [Tombstone Inscription], Defense Divine Technique [Life Strings], Fate Divine Technique [Rain Weaving Net]. Seeing this, Yan Qing no longer hesitated and reached out with his finger to touch ——

[Tombstone Inscription]!

The three cards simultaneously dissipated, and only [Tombstone Inscription] transformed into flowing light and merged into Yan Qing’s body. He took a deep breath, but inhaled only the scent of decay. His muscles fluctuated like flowing water, yet his soul was light and wanted to escape this flesh prison. All that remained in his vision was a bleak grayness, with heaven and earth disintegrating into sludge from the outline edges. Death had never been so clear as in this moment.

He originally thought that obtaining profound mysterious Divine Techniques was like gaining a team skill, just adding a button to press in his mind. But now it seemed that understanding profound mysterious Divine Techniques meant truly grasping the mystique of these techniques!

Dazed, Yan Qing felt like he had become a giant. He opened his eyes to the sun and moon, his breath was a raging wind, and his sweat was a flood. His body was decaying, with countless tiny creatures devouring his body to reproduce and thrive, forging a civilization. The speed of decay was the pace of their civilization’s progress. As his life approached extinction, a great civilization also set sail!

Tombstone Inscription, to lay down the final judgment for the dead, to assess good and evil for the living!

Ying Rushi and Murong Hui both stepped back, compelled to retreat, as a phantom of a tombstone appeared behind Yan Qing. The tombstone was ancient and covered in scars, as if it had endured thousands of years on the vast plain. The scars were marks etched by time. At this moment, Yan Qing gently stepped back to lean against the tombstone. The tombstone dissipated like smoke, as if it had become his armor or his throne!

Yan Qing did not fall, as two pairs of hands supported his arms just in time. Even though wrapped in bandages, it was clear how pale his complexion was, with his lips as thin as gold foil, his body weak and powerless. Despite the remnants of fear on his face, his eyes were brighter than ever.

He grasped Ying Rushi’s wrist tightly, with such strength that Ying Rushi felt a bit of pain. But as Ying Rushi met his blazing gaze, she could clearly feel his emotions from that intense grip: there was no need for the future, no need for anything beyond; now, he already had the power to confront Ying Le.

You need not be afraid anymore.

At the first moment of holding power, it was to share this sense of assurance with you.

Murong Hui watched them, suddenly feeling a little itch in her mind, with a slightly unfamiliar emotion surfacing in her heart. She quickly shook Yan Qing’s arm, suppressing the odd undercurrent in her heart, and asked excitedly, "How does it feel? What’s it like to master Divine Techniques? I want to see if your Divine Techniques are awesome!"

"I ——"

Yan Qing had just uttered a word when suddenly a string in his mind was lightly plucked, and the world in his pupils swiftly turned into intertwined lines of black and white. Murong Hui’s smile froze in the cracks of time, with joy gleaming in her eyes.

Yan Qing had never observed Little Naughty Cat so closely; her expressions were too varied, like a turbulent ocean with waves of emotions, one after another. Only in the moment of calm did Yan Qing realize the look in her eyes, besides expectation, was also genuinely happy.

"Tongyou World"!

Within the black and white, a sharp spear light aimed directly at Yan Qing’s throat, targeting Ying Rushi behind him! Bingzi Pepper Forest had already been taken back from Murong Hui, and Yan Qing swung his blade, the trajectory faintly revealing a passage of text, inscribing life and death, branding spring and autumn!

Tombstone Inscription!

Then a scene that made Yan Qing’s scalp tingle appeared: in the extremely slow time, the opponent could actually change direction. It was unclear whether he sensed the aura of profound mysterious Divine Techniques or simply wished to avoid any risk, the spear lightly turned, aiming at unprotected prey.

Boom!

Yan Qing quickly pulled Murong Hui away, as if a cannonball grazed past them, the fierce wind flipping their hair. In the ruins of houses dozens of paces behind, a figure incredibly familiar to Yan Qing and his companions emerged: an Evil Ghost Mask, hideous armor, wielding a spear, a one-man army! His shoulder armor seethed with blood flame, massive and murky, as if carrying mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Baibao Guards!

The last of the Baibao Guards!

Murong Hui tightly gripped Yan Qing’s shoulder, with a massive wound appearing on her abdomen, exposing visceral and bone spikes, nearly cleaved in half. If she hadn’t dodged slightly, even her spine would have been pierced. But despite holding onto Yan Qing, she could not stand.

"It hurts so much..." she sighed, leaning into Yan Qing’s embrace, closing her eyes without much fear, as if she was just a little girl who had been lightly hurt and wanted to act coquettish.

Thud.

The Baibao Guard’s figure disappeared, with the killing intent engulfing Yan Qing and the others’ senses first. He realized clearly the next attack was too quick to capture, but "Tongyou World" had already been used!