Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 268: Chapter 262: Imprinting Life Marks onto the Soul

The dean’s first plan—Lin Yuan just can’t accept it!

The power of one Yama King takes a year to master.

To master all Ten Yama Kings would take ten years.

This...

Way too slow!

You have to know, the speed of the Mysterious invasion is still accelerating.

In this day and age, things change by the minute.

There are small changes every day, big changes every month.

Ten years?

Who knows what the world will look like in ten years?

And besides, even if Lin Yuan could wait, Bai Ling’Er can’t!

Bai Ling’Er’s been taken back to Qingqiu Mountain—she must be anxiously waiting for me to go get her by now!

Damn, and I’ll pick her up ten years from now?

Wouldn’t be surprising if the Grand Elder marries her off already.

By the time I go pick her up after ten years, Bai Ling’Er might have a whole litter of little foxes.

By then, she’d be pointing at me, telling a bunch of little foxes: call him uncle, that’s your Uncle Lin.

Just imagining this makes Lin Yuan’s scalp tingle.

Nope. No way I’m waiting, not a chance.

Ten years is way too long—hell, not even three or five years is acceptable to Lin Yuan.

The dean obviously knew in advance that Lin Yuan couldn’t accept the first plan, because even after being interrupted, he didn’t look annoyed in the slightest.

Instead, he burst out laughing.

”I knew it, kid, you just can’t swallow that first deal!”

”Actually, I’m really hoping you’ll try the second plan!” The dean said, his eyes burning as he stared at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan probed, ”The second plan—doesn’t it lean more toward Life Pattern Master cultivation?”

The dean’s first idea clearly follows the Totem Visualization Method path.

The slow-ass pace is just too obvious.

Since plan one leans toward Totem Visualization...

Then logically, plan two should lean toward the Life Pattern Master system.

”Exactly!”

”The second plan is just that—the Life Pattern Master path.”

”It’s not just you whose road is cut off, but all human Life Pattern Masters. If nothing unexpected happens, the strongest among our kind—Human Life Pattern Masters—is Tier Five. Like you, breaking through to Tier Four? There might be none!”

”If you can succeed with the second plan, then it means others can succeed too.”

”Maybe we can blaze a new trail for all Life Pattern Masters!” the dean said, his tone grave.

Sure, now there’s the Totem Visualization Method.

But that damn turtle-paced level-up means most people working on that now are weaklings among weaklings—completely useless!

Maybe they’ll be the Human Race’s future, but for now they’re nothing special.

Right now, it’s still the Life Pattern Masters holding up the Human Race.

The Life Pattern Masters’ cap is Tier Five. If they can’t find a path forward...

Then something truly terrifying could happen.

Life Pattern Masters stagnate, Totem Visualization practitioners are still weak as shit.

Mysterious invasion ramps up, Evil Spirits above Tier Five show up.

When that happens, humanity’s powerhouses hit a cliff and can’t defend against stronger Evil Spirits.

So maybe, before the Totem Visualization folks even get strong, the Human Race gets wiped out first.

After hearing all that, Lin Yuan was even more determined to pick the second plan.

Because now, he’s not just forging ahead for himself—he’s opening a road for every Life Pattern Master alive.

”Dean, is the second plan faster?” Lin Yuan asked, curious.

The dean nodded, replying, ”Faster? Way beyond just fast!”

”As long as you have enough energy, no bottlenecks at all. Theoretically, you can go straight to Tier One.”

Lin Yuan: ”?????”

Lin Yuan was stunned, brain filled with a weird humming noise.

Tier One?

No bottleneck?

The dean sure is bragging big tonight.

You know, only the World Honored, Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder, that kind of ultimate bosses from the Mysterious World might be Tier One.

Maybe not even—they could just be Tier Two.

But now the dean’s saying he’s got a direct, bottleneck-free way to Tier One.

Right now, Lin Yuan just wants to ask the dean if he’s high or just bluffing.

”Gulp.” Lin Yuan swallowed and croaked, ”That’s... just unbelievable.”

Lin Yuan’s disbelief was expected.

Anyone would find it hard to buy.

If what the dean says is true, then his intellect is simply off the charts—way beyond what Lin Yuan imagined.

”No bottleneck doesn’t mean no requirements.”

”For instance, if you want to reach Tier Three, you have to kill at least ten Tier Four Evil Spirits.”

”I need the Evil Spirit power for your breakthrough,” the dean explained.

Ten same-level powerhouses.

Frankly, that’s tough.

At the same level, especially at Tier Four, killing someone is a real deathmatch.

In other words, for Lin Yuan to break through to Tier Three, he’ll have to survive over ten real fights to the death.

But compared to waiting ten years, Lin Yuan would much rather fight ten mortal battles right now.

The more the dean explained, the more curious Lin Yuan got about this second plan.

”Dean, quit the suspense, what exactly is the second plan?” Lin Yuan asked eagerly.

The dean didn’t answer, but asked instead, ”How did you first gain power?”

How did I first gain power?

Isn’t that obvious?

Life Pattern Masters gain power through tattoos, duh!

”Tattoos, isn’t it?” Lin Yuan answered matter-of-factly.

The dean nodded, ”Right. This time, it’s still tattoos.”

Still tattoos?

Hearing that, Lin Yuan looked dumbfounded.

Tattoo again?

No space left!

Literally nowhere left to tattoo!

Let me put it this way—

Lin Yuan’s covered head to toe, even his little guy’s got tattoos!

Tattoo more?

Where else is there?

”Tattoo, again?”

”Wait—didn’t you say the physical body can’t handle power beyond Tier Five?” Lin Yuan asked, baffled.

”Who said we’re tattooing flesh?”

”Your soul—this time, the tattoos go straight onto your soul!” the dean replied.

That was so far out there Lin Yuan just couldn’t process it.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan felt like his brain was running out of steam.

Tattooing the soul...that’s just unimaginable.

Or rather, it’s pure delusion, fairy tales, utter nonsense...

Lin Yuan didn’t even know how to describe the dean’s proposal anymore.

Damn, this method—even web novel hacks writing the most bonkers power fantasies wouldn’t dare to make this up!

Lin Yuan seriously thought the dean was talking nonsense at this point!

Soul tattoos? He’d never even heard of such a thing—this was way out of his mental database.

”This...”

”But how would tattooing the soul even work?!” Lin Yuan was honestly losing his grip and had to ask again.

The dean pressed a button. One wall in the office slid open, revealing a hidden door.

Inside the hidden chamber was a sci-fi looking lab.

Inside, there was some machine Lin Yuan had no idea how to describe.

”We use this machine to separate soul from body. Then, with my soul as the needle and Tier Four Evil Spirit power as the ink, I tattoo your soul.” The dean explained this with a straight face.

Lin Yuan thought the dean was just getting more and more ridiculous!

But weirdly, he wasn’t joking—he’d even built a damn soul-separation machine.

”Can this really work?” Lin Yuan asked, probing.

Sure, to get stronger, Lin Yuan was willing to be the lab rat...

But he didn’t want to die!

Lin Yuan was actually a little scared—the dean might just kill him doing this.

Honestly, separating soul from body is NOT child’s play.

”Based on my calculations, the chance of success is at least 80%.”

”You probably still can’t absorb the Ghost Leader’s power, so we’ll use it as ink for a trial run first!” the dean said calmly.

Lin Yuan considered it. ”But when Ghost Leader died, his power had dropped to Tier Five.”

”Is it still usable?”

But of course, the dean had thought this through already.

”I know.”

”I’m planning to use the Ghost Leader’s power and tattoo you with the Meng Po mark on your left arm—for the trial.”

”This way, even if it fails, your soul won’t be damaged much.”

”If it works, I’ll follow up by tattooing you with all Ten Yama King’s powers,” the dean explained patiently.

The dean had it all mapped out—start by tattooing the Meng Po mark using Ghost Leader’s power.

Right in that time, while Lin Yuan was adjusting to the Meng Po tattoo ability, the dean could make the Liu Family’s Teleportation Gate.

Once it’s ready, Lin Yuan can use the gate to enter the Mysterious World and start hunting Evil Spirits.

Each time he kills a Tier Four Evil Spirit, the dean will use its power to tattoo another Yama’s might onto Lin Yuan.

”Let’s do it!” Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and decided to trust the dean.

As they say, risk it all and your bike might just turn into a motorcycle.