Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 592: Legendary Combat Skills and Self-Created Sacred Techniques
On January 18, 319 of the New Divine Calendar, a grand peace conference was held in Luttia, the capital of the Bonaparte Empire, bringing together 26 victorious nations, led by the three leaders of the Allied Forces.

The conference, ostensibly for the sake of 'peace,' was actually a discussion of how to punish and divide up the Habsburg Empire and its allies.

The defeated Habsburg Empire had no right to participate in the discussion of the terms and could only accept them in their entirety.

However, this peace conference did not go smoothly; in fact, it was extremely difficult.

With the Habsburg Empire gone, the internal conflicts within the coalition could no longer be suppressed. It could even be said that they had completed their mission, and even the Church of the Sun God had no reason to suppress them anymore.

As a result, the three leaders of the coalition each had their own demands.

For example, the Bonaparte Empire, as the main war zone, suffered heavy losses due to the war, with more than ten million people dying directly or indirectly on the battlefield.

Therefore, their hatred runs the deepest, demanding the direct dismemberment of the Habsburg Empire's territory, the annexation of the Ruhr industrial region, exorbitant reparations, and the establishment of a military buffer zone.

That's right, the outrageous figure of 13 billion gold tiers was proposed by the Bonaparte Empire, and they did so with great confidence.

The Bonaparte Empire was the dominant power in the Old World, and having finally won the war, it naturally wanted to reclaim its hegemony.

However, the Kingdom of Sardinia, his former ally, began to sabotage him.

It's a very simple principle: two tigers cannot share one mountain.

The two countries are too close. If the Bonaparte Empire becomes the hegemon again, won't the Kingdom of Sardinia still have to be subservient to it?

Therefore, Queen Victoria turned to a balancing strategy and opposed excessively weakening the Habsburg Empire.

At the same time, as a maritime power, they wanted to further consolidate their maritime power and seek to take over the colonies and naval forces of the Habsburg Empire.

As for the final glorious empire, it was much simpler.

They simply want to establish a new order and a new hegemony based on their own interests.

Therefore, they advocated national self-determination, open diplomacy, and the establishment of a coalition of nations to handle international affairs.
Furthermore, they opposed the secret partitioning of territory.

The three parties engaged in fierce competition over the reconstruction of the post-war order, sometimes cooperating and sometimes clashing, sometimes splitting and sometimes uniting, making for quite a lively scene.

It's clear to the naked eye that this meeting couldn't be completed in just one or two months, and many of the conflicts were simply irreconcilable.

As for the Habsburg Empire, a major event also occurred.

Unable to withstand the immense pressure, Hohenzollern IV was forced to abdicate, ending the Hohenzollern dynasty's rule and marking the end of the imperial system.

Thus, the empire was taken over by the cabinet, and after emergency consultations, the Habsburg Republic was established.

However, changing the government does not mean a fresh start; the new government was burdened with the responsibility of defeat from the very beginning.

The country was riddled with internal conflicts, with the old aristocracy and military forces still entrenched, leading to intense clashes and political instability.

However, this made it easier for the flower company to carry out its poaching plan.

While we wouldn't dare say that the Flower Clan has reaped the most rewards, when it comes to mechanical talent and magical energy technology, they dare to claim second place, and no one dares to challenge them for first.

Meanwhile, due to the collapse of the empire and the abdication of the emperor, the palace was looted several times.

Many hidden treasure troves were opened, and a large number of precious books, secret knowledge, combat techniques and magic, and secret sacred skills were scattered outside.

As the behind-the-scenes mastermind and a well-known collector of sacred techniques, Luo Yi naturally reaped considerable rewards.

He collected more than ten of the most advanced sacred techniques, as well as many incomplete ones and those lacking rare items.

However, Luo Yi has now mastered a full sixteen sacred techniques. If not unprecedented, she is certainly unparalleled in history.
Basically, it covers almost every aspect of the body, with very few omissions.

In other words, the accumulation of 'quantity' is already sufficient, and there is little point in learning a few more sacred skills.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Luo Yi did not hesitate to shut down all other projects of DeepBlue and use all computing power to start the simulation module.

This time, what he wants to do is not to cultivate more sacred techniques, but to use his existing body as a blueprint to deeply develop sacred techniques, combine them, optimize and iterate them, and even create his own sacred techniques.

Take, for example, the [Lion King] skill. Luo Yi has cultivated this sacred skill to an unprecedented level, and the unknown substance has already spread into the capillaries.

As a result, Loy gained a sufficiently deep understanding of the power of belief and faith.

If he wants to follow the traditional path of cultivation, ignite the divine fire, and become a sixth-order demigod, he already has the best foundation.

It could even be said that he has already completed most of the path to becoming a demigod.

Unfortunately, he wasn't interested in it.

Therefore, the greatest advantage of the [Lion King] is useless to him.

However, by drawing upon a great deal of esoteric knowledge and divine techniques, he still managed to develop new applications for them.
That is, to separate a strand of one's spiritual will along the thread of faith and project it there.

He called this method: mental projection!

In fact, this is a method only the true gods possess. Often, prayer rituals and communication with deities only summon spiritual projections.

Getting to Luo Yi requires more effort, as the number of people one can communicate with is limited.

At present, there are about ten people.

However, don't think that this ability is useless; in fact, it is extremely useful.

For example, if Roy is in the abyss, she can communicate with Ang, Oliveira, and the others through 'mental projection'.
This can be considered as ignoring dimensional barriers and conducting barrier-free information exchange.

For example, on the battlefield, Luo Yi can command the entire battlefield by simply using 'mental projection' to transmit orders to the commanders at the front. It can be described as a divine skill of command.

This can be considered a deep development of sacred skills; the next step is combined use.

For example, by combining the spatial power of the [Dimensional Pouch] with the time imprint of [Divine Speed], Deep Blue ultimately calculated that this was the first legendary combat skill truly unique to Luo Yi.

Luo Yi calls it: Time-Space Cage!
There was nothing he could do; the demon lords were all too cunning. Even if Loy could defeat them, he couldn't stop them from fleeing for their lives.

Therefore, what Luo Yi needs most is a crowd control skill.

Once this 'time-space cage' is set in motion, it can freeze space and time at a certain point, making it impossible to escape.

Furthermore, Loy is not a legend after all, and his domain is fake. It is powerful within the plane, but it becomes quite inconvenient in the astral plane.

Therefore, he used the [Sea God's Protection] as the main element, combined with the [Third Lung] and [Rock Kidney], and finally developed a skill that allowed him to travel freely in the astral plane.

Once used, the strange substance protected by the sea god will diffuse out of the body, forming a filtering layer.

Thus, harmful substances, rays, curses, toxins, and even strange and dangerous things from the astral plane will be kept out.

Luo Yi gave it a name: Star Realm Wanderer.

At this point, even if he were to actually fight outside the plane, he could unleash his full power without any reservations.

Furthermore, based on [Divine Sigh - Beast Heartbeat], and combined with the strange substance diffusion of [Lion King], along with holy techniques such as [Holy Fire], [Dragon Heartbeat], and [Rock Kidney], Deep Blue developed an ultimate explosive secret technique.

That is to manipulate the heart, making it beat violently at its limit, running at full power, making the heart erupt like a volcano, providing the strongest power in a short period of time.

This is the legendary combat technique, the Magma Furnace!
Once this combat technique is activated, it truly becomes Luo Yi's strongest form, a fight to the death.

Regarding the optimization and iteration of sacred skills, Luo Yi mainly focuses on [Divine Sigh - Dragon's Might Bloom].

Strictly speaking, this discipline, which focuses on cultivating the soul, not only has methods of mental intimidation but also the ability to temper the soul, making it quite remarkable.

In the past, it would have been more than enough, but at the demigod level, it is somewhat unusable.

Especially the Soul Judgement Demon Lord and the Eye Demon Lord, they are masters at manipulating souls.

Even if Luo Yi activates the Heavenly Shield, she will still suffer terrible abuse when attacked.

What he can usually do is attack against attack, resulting in mutual harm.

Therefore, this time he set his sights on a sacred skill and a mind-body meditation technique.

The sacred skill is called [Mental Annihilation Wave], which simulates the dragon breath of an astral dragon.

Astral Dragons are a very unique variant of the dragon race. Legend has it that they are born from the combination of astral energy and dragon eggs. Their scales are translucent silver, and their bodies can expand or contract at will.

Its dragon breath is extremely unique, capable of forcibly conducting mental assessments on a large scale; anyone who fails will fall into a state of mental chaos. In the Astral Plane, if you encounter an Astral Dragon, unless you are a god, a single breath of its 'Mental Annihilation Wave' will leave you completely helpless.

The other method is a cultivation technique called "Mind Blast," which comes from the Giszerai race of the astral plane.

The Astral Plane is also home to intelligent races, the most famous being the Eldar and the Githzerai.

The Eldar are a branch of the Elves, who evolved after fleeing to the Astral Plane.

The Githzerai are a race that evolved from slaves who escaped the control of mind flayers.

Despite their tragic pasts, both races are irreconcilable enemies, and the Giszerai are most skilled in mind magic.

They enhance their spirit and manifest their mind, thereby achieving effects such as willpower fields, precognition, and evasion.

Their various professions often evolved from this.

But Luo Yi wanted more. He wanted to use [Divine Sigh - Dragon's Might Bloom] as the core, and then integrate the cultivation method of [Mind Blast] and the attack method of [Mental Annihilation Wave].

Extract its essence, discard its dross, and optimize and iterate to create an even more powerful spiritual skill.

As he envisioned, the best course of action would be to summon that terrifying being as the vessel of his will, thereby creating the most substantial mental storm.

This is difficult, but initial fusion is still possible. Luo Yi refused to believe that he could be attacked in the soul by a group of demons.

As for her final self-created sacred skill, Luo Yi chose the direction of defense.

He knew his own limitations; after all, he was a swordsman of agility, possessing both flexibility and stamina.

However, its resilience and absolute strength are still somewhat lacking.

At this level of competition, the rules are readily available, and often there is no way to dodge or avoid them.

Therefore, defensive holy skills were put on the agenda.

Defensive holy techniques are extremely rare, and in all this time, Luo Yi has only collected three.

【Dragon Scale Armor】 is created by using the bloodline of a dragon to forge the skin and fascia into the layered shape of dragon scales, thus giving it the magic resistance and physical defense of a dragon.

【Tempered Skin】, which also focuses on the skin and fascia, is a different kind of strengthening method. It can absorb gold elements and accumulate on the body surface.

When used, it activates battle aura, releasing metal elements and turning the body into a bright silver color, making the skin as tough as steel and greatly increasing defensive capabilities.

The last one, called "Truth Runes," involves using magical means and precise tattooing techniques to carve miniature magic circles within the dermis of the skin.

When needed, magic touches the magic circle, providing energy to form different defensive spells.

It can even form multiple layers of magical defensive force fields based on the number of stacked magic runes.

However, to master this sacred art, one must have a tattoo artist who is truly proficient in it, or a great master who specializes in it.

Furthermore, the user must possess sufficient magical power; battle aura is insufficient, only abundant magical power is required.

Coincidentally, the person who contributed this sacred skill, Archmage Fiona Preston, was the best tattoo artist, having dedicated her life to studying this art.

As for ample magic power, Loy has it!

By all accounts, he's already a high-level mage, but the problem is he doesn't know a single spell.

As for Deep Blue's final calculation, it was even more greedy than Luo Yi had imagined. He insisted on combining the three sacred techniques, with [Muscle Overlord] and [True Dragon Body] as the main focus.

[Truth Rune] is best constructed in three layers on the outside;

The tempered glass layer is placed in the middle, allowing airflow to be freely arranged, while also creating a distinct three-layer structure.

As for the [Dragon Scales], they are placed at the very back, relying on altering the structure of the scales to create three layers of defense.

At this point, once this sacred technique is activated, it will create nine layers of defensive force fields, interwoven one after another. Even if one were to directly withstand the greatsword of the Abyss Minotaur, it could deflect most of the impact.

Therefore, Luo Yi named this sacred skill "Absolute Protection"!
It's worth mentioning that Luo Yi also discovered a very interesting sacred skill called: [Inheritance].

The strange object is a leaf-shaped structure the size of a thumbnail. It can be embedded in the brain and nurtured by one's own essence and spirit. It takes ten years to complete before it can be removed.

If they share the same bloodline, implanting a rare artifact can quickly allow them to inherit their original sacred skills.

As for whether one can reach the level of a cultivator, that's hard to say; it depends on both aptitude and diligence.

However, surpassing it is extremely difficult.

Because strange objects are a kind of constraint, but the difficulty of cultivating sacred skills is beyond doubt. This can be regarded as a quick way to get started by finding another way.

This is often a tactic used by large families to ensure the inheritance of sacred techniques.

Loy thought that if things settled down, he could conceive a child for his son Klein.

Otherwise, it would be truly unlikely that his sacred skills could be passed down.

It should be said that none of the above, whether legendary combat skills or self-created sacred skills, were created by Luo Yi in isolation, nor were they simply deductions and calculations by Shen Lan.

Rather, it was something that Loy perfected and created by using a group of demon lords as a whetstone.

The demon lords felt this most acutely, for they had watched helplessly as Loy grew stronger and stronger.
So much so that they themselves could hardly contain themselves.

At first, Roy and the red dragon Virgil worked together, but they struggled immensely against the three demon lords.

Every battle is a life-or-death struggle, a desperate attempt to survive through shady tactics.

In just two or three months, he was able to fight three opponents at once without being at a disadvantage, and even use various ruthless moves in different ways, making the demon lord very wary.

Two or three months later, Luo Yi was able to handle four opponents with ease and didn't care much anymore.

Even recently, these demon lords have considered a change of heart.

They first sent out the Abyssal Gnoll Lords to lure away the Eye of the Demon King, and the two sides went to war directly in the Astral Plane beyond the plane.

At this point, the Abyss Minotaur Lord will enter the battle.

Thus, they were not considered to have broken the rules set by the Abyss King, and Loy faced as many as five demon lords at the same time.

Clearly, these abyss lords felt a great threat and no longer dared to let things slide, so they chose to launch a full-scale attack.

The five demon lords, after so much time working together, have developed a better understanding and synergy.

Even the Abyss Minotaur Lord, relying on his thick skin and tough flesh, stood at the front and took the most damage.

They clearly wanted to take down Roy in one fell swoop!
However, they still did not gain the upper hand in this battle because Luo Yi was wearing the Holy Dragon War Armor, which was not yet fully perfect.

That's right, it's only a half-finished product, but the defense and power it provides are enough to make Luo Yi withstand damage and launch a desperate attack.

Ultimately, the mech fell apart shortly after its creation and could not be reassembled.

However, the advantage it brought to Loy was that the vampire prince was once again cleaved in two by Loy's divine weapon.

The Soul Judgement Demon was struck by the charged attack of [Divine Sigh - Dragon's Might Bloom 2.0], causing his mind to become chaotic and leaving him frozen in place.

The Eye Demon Lord, however, was burned by the flames and severed his own tentacles to escape.

In this battle, Loy still failed to kill any of the demon lords, but from that day on, the demon lords dared not provoke him recklessly.

The intensity of ground warfare has also shown signs of slowing down.

At this point, Loy finally had more time to deal with matters concerning the Prime Material Plane.

He stepped out of the portal immediately and waited quietly at the entrance of Lion Manor.

Then, a carriage stopped, and the once spirited young man was now etched with the marks of time and hardship.

Upon seeing him, Luo Yi gave him a big hug without hesitation and said with a smile, "Miller, you're finally here!"

(End of this chapter)