Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: A Terrifying Realization

Lin Yuan spurred his horse to leap forward, thrusting the Five-Pronged Heaven-Supporting Fork towards the Painted Skin Demon.

This scene, it seems I’ve seen it somewhere before.

It feels somewhat familiar.

Oh!

I’ve remembered!

It was in a primary school textbook, the story of the rustic defending against a wild boar.

Seeing Lin Yuan approaching, the Painted Skin Demon was in a state of panic but helpless.

When the Five-Pronged Heaven-Supporting Fork pierced into the Painted Skin Demon’s body, the searing black flames on it instantly spread across the Painted Skin Demon’s entire form.

In an instant, thick smoke billowed, carrying a nauseating stench of burnt flesh that rapidly spread.

Soon, the Painted Skin Demon was reduced to pure deceitful qi within the scorching black flames.

Wen Yingying and Geng Youcai had already left, leaving Lin Yuan to solely enjoy these deceitful qi.

The deceitful qi transformed from the Tier Seven Evil Spirit Painted Skin Demon was extremely dense.

The amount of deceitful qi it transformed into was nearly double compared to the last Tier Seven Corpse King’s transformation.

Even so, after absorbing all these deceitful qi, Lin Yuan still hadn’t awakened the Black Impermanence Tattoo.

He’s still at least halfway short of the deceitful qi needed to awaken it.

Although his tattoos are formidable, awakening them is extremely difficult.

With each new awakening, the deceitful qi required multiplies several times, up to even a dozen times.

However, Lin Yuan wasn’t in a rush.

There are still some days before the updates to the Deceitful Invasion 2.0 version.

As long as he awakens the Black Impermanence Tattoo before this update, it will be enough for him to dominate wherever he goes.

The recently defeated Painted Skin Demon was probably the strongest Evil Spirit he could encounter at this moment.

Yet, even that was nowhere near enough to challenge Lin Yuan.

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Wushan Kunwu.

Villa.

Bai Ling’Er sat cross-legged in the garden, absorbing the deceitful qi from the heavens and earth while attempting to assimilate the two Powers of Rules on her body.

”You’re back?” Bai Ling’Er opened her eyes and simply greeted Lin Yuan and Wen Yingying upon their return.

”Yes!”

”Sister Ling’Er, you’re still training, huh!”

”You’re so diligent!” Wen Yingying responded enthusiastically.

Bai Ling’Er continued her training in the garden, while Lin Yuan and the others went back into the villa.

Ever since they resolved the Painted Skin Demon, Lin Yuan had been deep in thought, frowning.

Thus, Geng Youcai and Wen Yingying dared not disturb him.

”Hey!”

”Miss, is this Sister Ling’Er the so-called demon you’ve been talking about?”

”She doesn’t look like one!” Geng Youcai asked with a puzzled expression.

Geng Youcai thought to himself, that outside there is clearly a pretty girl; how could she possibly be a demon?

I’ve been alive for over twenty years; I know the difference between a human and a demon, don’t I?

For Wen Yingying, Geng Youcai’s behavior was nothing unfamiliar.

Just days ago, when she was first brought by Lin Yuan, she was exactly like Geng Youcai now.

Both she then and Geng Youcai now could be described with two words.

Rookie.

That’s right, rookie.

A pure rookie.

Bai Ling’Er may appear human now, and once transformed even, looks identical to humans as long as she doesn’t reveal her true form.

However, if she does reveal her true form, that’s a different story.

Coincidentally at that moment, Bai Ling’Er in the garden was attempting to channel the Power of Rules into her tail.

”Look!” Wen Yingying said, pointing to the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.

Outside that window, Bai Ling’Er was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

But now, Bai Ling’Er wasn’t as she appeared moments before.

Behind Bai Ling’Er were three fluffy, snow-white large tails suddenly appearing.

Geng Youcai: ”?????”

”Ah!” Geng Youcai exclaimed, staring at the three fluffy large tails behind Bai Ling’Er with a face full of shock and confusion.

At this time, Lin Yuan was still deep in worried thought.

”Brother Lin, what are you thinking about?” Wen Yingying cautiously asked.

Since Wen Yingying and Geng Youcai were allies, Lin Yuan had no reason to hide his thoughts, so he shared them with them.

After all, as the saying goes, ’Three unskilled cobblers can draft outsmart Zhuge Liang.’

By sharing his thoughts, they might offer unique insights.

”Tattoos!”

”I’m pondering how all our powers stem from the tattoos on our bodies!” Lin Yuan said, pausing before he looked at Wen Yingying and continued, ”You may not know this, but only tattoos created before the Deceitful Invasion grant extraordinary abilities.”

”After the Deceitful Invasion, getting tattooed won’t give you any powers regardless of the tattoo. They’re just regular tattoos.”

”Originally, I worried that if everyone with tattoos and awakened abilities were to perish in battle, would our descendants face extinction?”

”Now, I understand that tattoos can be inherited.”

At this, Wen Yingying and Geng Youcai were still confused.

Clearly, neither of them understood what Lin Yuan meant.

”Inheritance?”

”What inheritance?” Wen Yingying continued to ask.

Lin Yuan elaborated, ”The Painted Skin Demon, the one we just encountered.”

”It was using the Netherworld Deceitful Head tattoo on the chest skin of a Life Pattern Master.”

”If the Painted Skin Demon can use the tattoo’s power after stripping a Life Pattern Master’s skin, then what about humans?”

”For example, if I were to die in battle, could someone skin me and gain my tattoo abilities?”

Just as Lin Yuan finished, Geng Youcai seemed to have a revelation.

He immediately responded, ”Beast Creation.”

”The Beast Creation Technique.”

”There’s a magic in the Lu Ban Skill that involves flaying the skin of cattle or sheep and sewing it onto humans through special methods, turning them into cattle or sheep.”

”If there truly is a Life Pattern Master’s skin, I might be able to use the Beast Creation Technique to sew it onto a regular person.”

”If you give me a Life Pattern Master’s skin and find a regular person, I can test whether ordinary people can have Life Pattern Master abilities.”

Crazed and somewhat stubborn determination shone in Geng Youcai’s eyes.

Every inventor is a madman.

Only a scientist would dare to perform slicing research on humans.

Geng Youcai could barely be considered an amateur scientist.

When it came to the experiment of sewing a Life Pattern Master’s skin onto ordinary people to test if they could gain its abilities.

Geng Youcai wasn’t repelled in the slightest; rather, he seemed quite excited.

However, Lin Yuan, upon realizing this idea, felt no excitement at all.

Rather, he felt worried, even somewhat terrified.

If it is indeed possible to grant ordinary people Life Pattern abilities through such means.

Then this discovery would undoubtedly be deeply frightening.

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