Shadow Life and Phantom Art!

After returning from the Skyfire Clan, Qin Feng planned to set off to find the high-level npc who sold masks.

Before leaving, Qin Feng summarized the current situation of the Youlan Civilization.

"In this reincarnation cycle of the Youlan Civilization, only a few people went to the Order Land."

"Moon Dance, Yisina… and then there's Uncle Qiao, Man Xi, and Rebel Flame."

"Uncle Qiao has been dealt with, Rebel Flame has had all his desires stripped away by the Desireless Small Authority, and the others have currently joined the Youlan Council."

As for Ten Thousand Threads of Affection and Terminator, they went to the Order Land during the previous reincarnation cycle.

Therefore, the players of the Youlan Civilization currently have memories of Uncle Qiao, Man Xi, and Rebel Flame, but have no memory of Ten Thousand Threads of Affection or Terminator.

However, given Ten Thousand Threads of Affection and Terminator's levels and combat power, they were very familiar with their respective clans upon their return, so both the Skyfire Clan and the Forged Steel Clan were willing to believe in and follow them.

Now, the Youlan Civilization has completely integrated into a single whole!

This gave Qin Feng quite a bit of confidence regarding the Youlan Civilization's fifth world spine.

"However, on Blue Star's side, the difficulty might be a bit high…"

Qin Feng couldn't help but think to himself.

On Blue Star's side, not only is the combat power of other players relatively low, but most importantly, it's currently not a monolithic entity.

Of course, with Qin Feng's current combat power, he could completely force the entire Blue Star to unite, but the key point was that Blue Star's World Spine had special buffs!

Therefore, the difficulty would be higher than the average 'World Spine · sun and moon'! The intensity would be greater!

As for what the buff would be, Qin Feng didn't know… but he had already told the Great Xia Official and his 'subordinates' in various countries to keep an eye out for any abnormal situations at all times. If Qin Feng was away, they could notify Ghost Spirit about any situation… Qin Feng flew toward the Youlan Civilization's 'Woeful Death Abyss'.

On the way, he checked the series of skill books dropped for him by those three Immortal-grade BOSSes.

This time, there were seven Assassin skill books of the Initial Old Days Grade alone!

Qin Feng learned two of those skill books directly.

One skill was named 'Shadow Life', Initial Old Days Grade. Its effect allowed Qin Feng's Shadow Clones to share the damage taken by his main body!

After learning this skill, it was equivalent to the damage Qin Feng received being reduced by a factor equal to the number of Shadow Clones he had.

With nine clones, it was equivalent to 90% damage reduction!

"Although Initial Old Days Grade skills cannot gain extra special effects through evolution until I can quickly farm a hundred million Evolution Points…"

"…the effects of skills at this grade are already incredibly powerful by themselves."

"A single Old Days Grade skill, 'Shadow Life', gives me 90% damage reduction… Although it's paired with my two limit-breaking Shadow Clone skills, the effect is already equivalent to the reincarnation buff for being ranked first in the God of Bones' challenge!"

Of course, average players don't have this many Shadow Clones.

According to Archangel Suan, even the strongest clone-style Assassin in the Order Land currently has at most seven Shadow Clones… There isn't a second person, at least in the Order Land, who can manage to get nine Shadow Clones like Qin Feng.

"If I had thousands or tens of thousands of Shadow Clones, wouldn't I be invincible?"

As for the other Initial Old Days Grade skill… it was named 'Phantom Art'!

This was a skill with no cooldown that could be used anytime and anywhere. Its effect allowed Qin Feng to swap positions with a Shadow Clone!

The essence lay in the lack of a cooldown.

Qin Feng had a total of nine Shadow Clones. In actual combat, he could transfer his main body to any Shadow Clone at any time, making his movements extremely flexible. Furthermore, after swapping positions with a Shadow Clone, he would receive a 30% final damage bonus for 10 seconds. The effect wouldn't stack with each swap, but the duration would.

Learning the two Initial Old Days Grade skills gave Qin Feng's combat power regarding Shadow Clones a massive boost!

Furthermore, among the other five Old Days Grade skill books, only one was a passive that increased anti-stealth level, while the other four were active output-type skills.

Although every skill was strong, Qin Feng felt that his original skills were more comfortable to use.

"Once I can save up a hundred million Evolution Points, I can replace my output skills with Initial Old Days Grade ones too…"

But for now, the four output skills—Annihilation Killing Blade, Instant Extinction, Magic Shadow Blade, and Thousand Blade Strike—could already handle all sorts of situations.

So, Qin Feng fed all five Old Days Grade skills and several Immortal-grade skills to 'Big Mouth'—the Spirit Devourer Bloodline—giving his four-dimensional attributes' conversion rates another massive boost!

Whether it was Strength to Physical Attack, spirit to Elemental Attack, or Constitution to HP and Physical Defense, the conversion efficiencies all increased by another 20% to 30%!

The efficiency of Strength to Physical Attack alone increased from 194.7 Physical Attack per point of Strength to 239.5 Physical Attack per point of Strength!

After devouring these skills, Qin Feng's HP rose from over 26 billion to 33.17 billion!

"And this is with the Spirit Devourer Bloodline being of a lower grade, causing the devouring effect to be attenuated."

"If it were fully effective, these conversion rates could double."

Qin Feng sighed, feeling it was a bit of a pity.

However, whether in his life before last or in this life so far, Qin Feng had never heard of anything that could change a Bloodline's grade.

In the God Forsaken Game, a Bloodline's grade is determined from the very beginning.

"I wonder if unlocking Blessing Judgment could raise the grade of the Spirit Devourer Bloodline?"

Qin Feng glanced at the Blade of Judgment.

Currently, the Blade of Judgment's Divinity Cap is 3,331 points. Once it reaches ten thousand, Blessing Judgment will be unlocked… This was another of Qin Feng's goals after reaching the Order Land.

A Divinity Cap of ten thousand for the Blade of Judgment to unlock Blessing Judgment!

"The Mask NPC is currently still at the bottom of the Woeful Death Abyss."

"I hope this guy is foolish enough to give me some more Divinity Cap."

Soon, Qin Feng arrived at an abyss shrouded in thick black mist. The Black and White wings on his back unfurled, and he instantly glided inside!

…A gray orb of light illuminated an area of about ten kilometers around it. Beyond that was a pitch-black region where one couldn't even see their hand in front of their face—a terrifying zone where the flow of one's lifespan was accelerated by a hundred million times!

This was where the Mask Organization NPC, present in every civilization, was located.

Every player who came here had to pass through the Woeful Death Abyss of various regions, consuming a massive amount of lifespan… But for the current Qin Feng, it naturally wouldn't consume much. This was not only because his lifespan depletion rate was slowed ten thousand times while in stealth, but also because he was simply too fast!

From entering the Woeful Death Abyss to arriving at the Mask NPC's space, it hadn't even been a minute. Lifespan consumption over such a short period was completely negligible for Qin Feng.

However, when Qin Feng arrived…

…he was somewhat surprised to find a familiar face here?