Chapter 380: Twelve Wandering Gods, Secret Techniques Within Techniques, Imperial Fellow Countrymen

“Knock me down before the Fortune Coin lands?” Hearing such an arrogant boast, Zhao Xing immediately used his panel's detection function to scan the opponent's information.

Name: Jing YanOccupation: Dao Soldier MechanistRealm: Void Realm PerfectionDao Field: Boundary Star Eighth-tierFortune: Derivation ElevenAge: 3996Remaining Lifespan: 1.9 EpochsVoid Arts: Mech Spirit Control, Void Creation of Soldiers, Grand Yin Ghoul, Wandering God Shuttle, Wandering God Five Elements Dao, Qi Son Torrent, Origin Battle Spirit, Advanced Battle Arts Transformation, Origin Dispersal, Void Quake...Minor Divine Abilities: Military Arts Ban, Wandering God Heaven

“Two minor divine abilities? I’ve met a master… an Imperial citizen?” Zhao Xing was surprised after reading the information. The Fortune Coin was a specialty of the Scarlet Star Empire, and the opponent spoke with an Imperial accent. Combined with the typically pugnacious nature of Imperial citizens, Zhao Xing realized he had encountered a talented Second Realm cultivator from the Scarlet Star Empire. The Scarlet Star Empire was on the other side of the Chenluo Wasteland! To come to the Ancient Yuan Sea Kingdom, traversing almost half of the Profound Spirit Starfield, an Imperial citizen daring to venture into a foreign land certainly had skills. Moreover, the Wandering God Soldier originated from the Scarlet Star Empire, and many of the opponent's Void Arts were complementary to the Wandering God Soldier.

“An Imperial compatriot, no less,” Zhao Xing licked his lips and accepted the challenge without hesitation. In his previous life, he had also been an Imperial citizen; one could say the Scarlet Star Empire was his first home in the cosmos.

“Boom!” His Dao field erupted with a roar, hot airwaves rolled, and the Purple Sun Star and Purple Yin Star appeared. Zhao Xing attacked without hesitation. His Dao field was currently at the Boundary Star Seventh-tier level, but with the dual origins erupting, the power of a dual-origin Dao field was naturally much stronger.

“Interesting,” Jing Yan flickered in place. The next moment, eight thousand-meter-tall, entirely silver pillars, adorned with void secret runes, appeared as if plunged into the void. Four stood vertically, two horizontally, and one was held diagonally. Four of these were Stabilizing Void Pillars, functioning as 'void stabilizers,' inserted vertically.

As a Divine Farmer, Zhao Xing's Dao field possessed strong interference capabilities, with its two origins, Yin and Yang, capable of switching frequencies hundreds of millions of times per second. The Dao field was his home turf; since Zhao Xing had already calibrated this space, it was his home advantage, which was very unfriendly to Jing Yan. The chaos coefficient exceeded 80 the moment Zhao Xing attacked, preventing Jing Yan from capturing any spiritual energy. Using the Stabilizing Void Pillars ensured that Jing Yan's own spellcasting and control could proceed stably.

“Rumble~” The Dao field instantly swept over the mountain where Jing Yan was located. The thousand-meter peak seemed like ice and snow meeting a blazing sun, melting instantly. The space protected by the Stabilizing Void Pillars remained unaffected; light glowed on them, and although the halo flickered slightly, Jing Yan inside was completely undisturbed. The dual origins surged past like a raging river, but the space where Jing Yan stood remained unyielding, like a steadfast reef.

The vertically placed pillars were Stabilizing Void Pillars, primarily for defense, while the horizontally placed ones were called Dao-Breaking Needles. Though called needles, they were actually a thousand meters long and four meters in radius. The Dao-Breaking Needles were specifically aimed at Dao fields. Two of them, a thousand meters apart, intertwined with beams of light, instantly forming a rhomboid black light shuttle.

“Screech~” The black light shuttle formed by the Dao-Breaking Needles instantly pierced Zhao Xing’s Dao field. It was like a military blade cutting into flesh; deep wounds appeared around the Dao field after it was sliced open. It couldn't even repair itself in a short time because, under Jing Yan's control, the power of these two Dao soldiers had exceeded the critical value of Zhao Xing's Eighth-tier Dao field.

The small rod Jing Yan held diagonally remained still, as did the Wandering God Soldier hovering behind him. In his view, upon seeing how easily his Dao field could be broken, Zhao Xing should have retreated, realizing the difficulty. It was just a resting spot, not a major interest.

But Master Zhao didn't see it that way. He had always been the one to seize others' territory; how could it be Jing Yan's turn to seize his? If it were a Great Divine Ability user, he might have conceded, but since they were both in the Second Realm, who was afraid of whom?

“Boom!” A bolt of lightning suddenly exploded on the top-left Stabilizing Void Pillar. Jing Yan felt a piercing sound and a slight tingling sensation. His pupils shifted from blue to green, then green to red… changing his Dao vision several times before finally pinpointing the attack's source. He saw eight dim stars appearing in the sky at some unknown time. Nine large Yin Lightning Stars were generating smaller Yin Lightning Stars, which then struck his Stabilizing Void Pillars and Dao-Breaking Needles.

“Yin Lightning Art? That’s really insidious. I had to adjust my Dao vision seven times to see it.” Jing Yan felt the attack's power and frequency. With a thought, eight dark openings suddenly split open on the Stabilizing Void Pillars.

“Shattering Star Cannons!”Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!Eight muzzles fired with no blind spots, each shot powered by the origin of the sun. The fire-attribute origin cannons could counter yin-attribute lightning, and each shot delivered the full power of a perfected standard Second Realm attack.

“Buzz~” The Yin Lightning Stars were shattered. Jing Yan calculated that it took him sixteen shots to destroy Zhao Xing's eight Yin Lightning Stars.

“This guy's overall combat power isn't weak; it's at least 30 times that of a perfected standard Second Realm cultivator.” Calculating based on the combat power of a perfected standard Second Realm, Jing Yan quickly concluded that Zhao Xing surpassed this limit by 30 times. However, Jing Yan wasn't flustered; his overall combat power was higher. Otherwise, how would he dare venture to Nanluo 88? There were many Third Realm cultivators here.

The black light shuttle was already close at hand, completely locking onto Zhao Xing's life aura. Jing Yan's objective was to force Zhao Xing five hundred million kilometers away. Given the environment of the Starwheel Labyrinth, the unstable environment beyond five hundred million kilometers would essentially force Zhao Xing out.

“Click, click, click~” Just as Jing Yan thought victory was assured, the light on the bottom-right Stabilizing Void Pillar suddenly extinguished.Warning: Stability coefficient within a thousand-kilometer radius is dropping sharply!The Artifact Spirit warned!

“What came in?” Jing Yan was surprised. He didn't sense anything, but his Artifact Spirit had warned him. The sharp drop in the stability coefficient clearly indicated that his basic spellcasting array had been invaded! He scanned hundreds of millions of times in an instant but still found nothing causing the stability coefficient to drop.

“Origin Dispersal!” Jing Yan's shoulders emitted a searing light, illuminating the endless darkness like a lighthouse. The cosmos was a deep sea, and he was the lighthouse; he could sense any spell, mechanism, or object that intruded. But the problem was, there was nothing!

“Void Quake!” The metal rod Jing Yan held in his hand finally moved. It began to tremble with minimal amplitude, ripples spreading throughout the entire spellcasting space. This was his self-made Myriad Arts Dao Soldier.

Dao Soldier Mechanists typically had three most important items. First, treasures for maintaining a stable spellcasting array, like the Stabilizing Void Pillars, which would consume a significant portion of a Mechanist's assets to forge. Without the ability to create a stable spellcasting space, all other discussions were moot. Even the Dao-Breaking Needles weren't as crucial. The corresponding spells also needed to be mastered to a high degree before one dared to venture out alone. Second, the Artifact Spirit. A Dao Soldier Mechanist's Artifact Spirit was equally important, almost like a second self. Artifact Spirits were absolutely rational; if the Mechanist themselves fell victim to an illusion or lost their sanity, it was often the Artifact Spirit that saved them. Third, the Myriad Arts Dao Soldier. It could be called the Mechanist's innate weapon. It was a treasure integrating artifact and magic, something other professions couldn't forge, and it wouldn't have the same effect in another person's hands. It had many uses; for instance, Jing Yan was now using his Myriad Arts Dao Soldier to perform a multi-dimensional filter on the entire stable spellcasting space.

“Buzz~” Within a thousand-kilometer radius, seven-colored lights of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple appeared, and occasionally even void turbulence emerged. All of this was a result of Jing Yan wielding the Myriad Arts Dao Soldier.

“Found it! The intruder was actually strands of wind?” Jing Yan was surprised. In his vision, strands of wind, almost at a particle level, had seeped through the Stabilizing Void Pillars and entered. These wind particles were disturbing the surrounding environment, and a few strands had even reached him.

“What kind of insidious wind art is this? How sinister!”“Boom!” Jing Yan dispersed the wind with a single swing of his rod, and then the stable spellcasting space returned to normal.

Insidious Wind Art – Fetal Breath!Zhao Xing felt his wind art being broken and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He understood Imperial Mechanists well, as well as the combat style of Dao Soldier Mechanists. To injure a Mechanist themselves, breaking their fundamental spellcasting array was key. Only the silent insidious wind art offered the highest cost-effectiveness and lowest price. Unfortunately, Jing Yan, using his Myriad Arts Dao Soldier and the Void Quake and Origin Dispersal spells, had found his insidious wind art. His 'Fetal Breath' had reached the Void level, allowing it to merge with the void when cast, like a colorless, odorless substance mixed into water. Ordinary people would find it impossible to detect! But Jing Yan, through his Myriad Arts Dao Soldier and spells, had extracted the insidious wind art!

“Too bad… huh?!” Zhao Xing transformed into a ray of light, instantly appearing in another location.“Boom~” As he used the Cloud Folding Art to evade, a deep pit appeared where he had been. It was Jing