Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 72 - 72 72 Sublimation of the Second Gate

72: Chapter 72 Sublimation of the Second Gate 72: Chapter 72 Sublimation of the Second Gate Time passed, day by day, and the entire battlefield became increasingly bleak and lifeless.

With the daily ration dwindling, the death of comrades, and the prolonged siege on the city, the morale and enthusiasm of the soldiers steadily declined.

Although Commander Zhang still led the charge every day, there’s a saying that goes, “The initial burst of energy, followed by a decline, and finally exhaustion.”

In the days that followed, the motivational effect of these charges, and the damage inflicted on the city walls, both became weaker and weaker.

Many soldiers even noticed that each time Commander Zhang made a move, the duration was shorter, and the imposing power he exhibited also seemed to have diminished.

Rumors that the Commander had been severely injured began to spread more and more.

In such circumstances, Lin Xing continued to hone his skills daily in the war’s meat grinder, growing stronger with each brush with death.

For others, this was many days of grueling combat.

But for Lin Xing, who experienced time reversal time and again, fighting to the death countless times each day, it was years of brutal fighting that had passed.

Every corner of the battlefield seemed to be etched firmly in his memory.

The killing…

the injuries…

the deaths…

their numbers had become so many that Lin Xing could no longer keep track.

Bodies…

organs…

blood…

all of these sights had gradually numbed Lin Xing.

Memories of life in the present world became increasingly distant and indistinct.

Compared to those past recollections, it seemed clearer in Lin Xing’s mind whom he killed yesterday and who killed him.

This subtle change in body and mind was nearly imperceptible to most outsiders.

But Bai Yiyi, who spent each day with Lin Xing, closely observing him, clearly perceived this change in him.

She struggled to describe this transformation with precise words, but if she had to say…

“Lin Xing has become less talkative recently,” she noted.

“His gaze has become so strange as well, looking at people as though they were pieces of pork.”

“After so many time reversals,” thought Bai Yiyi, “I feel he needs to go back and have a heart-to-heart talk, maybe some psychological therapy.”

When Bai Yiyi expressed her concerns, to her surprise, Lin Xing also nodded, replying, “I also feel something’s been off with me lately.”

“Once things here come to a close, I want to go back once.”

Like a soldier who had been at war for many years, Lin Xing suddenly felt a longing for his hometown, a place that had begun to blur in his memory.

However, the next moment, with the sound of gunfire and charging cries rising up, the faint homesickness that had just emerged in Lin Xing was instantly snuffed out.

A cold killing intent surged from within him, and Lin Xing stood up like a veteran who had battled on the front lines for years, his sharp gaze scanning the battlefield ahead.

After constant refinement over these days, Lin Xing finally made another breakthrough with the Object Manipulation Skill.

Sensing the state inside his sea of consciousness, the details of each skill unfolded clearly before him.

Object Manipulation Skill (Fourth Level 0%)

With the Object Manipulation Skill reaching its limit, it also meant that another of Lin Xing’s skills could be elevated.

He took out an evil artifact he had prepared earlier, a statue of a girl in a falling pose, and smashed it fiercely.

Black mist gushed out from the shattered statue, which Lin Xing inhaled into his body with each breath.

The familiar sensation of burning spread throughout his body once again and, guided by Lin Xing, poured into his sea of consciousness, converging on the Object Manipulation Skill.

Dazzling radiance burst forth, with countless characters that Lin Xing couldn’t understand or remember being born within it.

In the next moment, he had already grasped the nature of the enhancement he had acquired.

Flight Acceleration: Increases the speed of an object’s flight to some extent.

“Trash.” Lin Xing shook his head, stood up, and charged toward the battlefield once again.

With the fourth level of his Object Manipulation Skill enhanced, the ruler darted around him like a bolt of lightning, demonstrating incredible agility and speed.

Yet, even in a battlefield with thousands locked in combat, this was still insufficient to guarantee Lin Xing’s safety.

After yet another time reversal, Lin Xing began another skill enhancement.

Object Control Technique: Boosts the power of Object Manipulation Skill.

“Middling.” Feeling the ruler wrapped by a reinforced layer of psychic energy under the influence of the Object Manipulation Skill, Lin Xing plunged into the fray once more.

Thrifty Object Control: Reduces the psychic energy consumed by the Object Manipulation Skill.

Lin Xing smirked and stepped toward the battlefield again.

Divided Light, Shadows Cast: The Object Manipulation Skill can create an illusion, though it has no offensive effect.

“Somewhat interesting.” Lin Xing observed the two rulers orbiting him, sensing the falsity and reality between them—one illusory, the other solid.

Swift Thunder Lightning Flash: The Object Manipulation Skill gains a trace of thunderous might.

Watching the points of lightning flickering on the dancing ruler, Lin Xing mused, “This enhancement seems quite useful.

Too bad, it’s still not the goal I’m seeking.”

Although with each time reversal and skill enhancement, Lin Xing would check what he had gained, he had long since made up his mind.

He knew there was only one choice for the enhancement of his Object Manipulation Skill.

“Divided Thoughts, Life Manifesting.

Perhaps it’s not the strongest enhancement for the Object Manipulation Skill, but it’s the one I need the most.”

Because Lin Xing had already decided to choose Sword Hero as his second legacy, and Divided Thoughts, Life Manifesting was one of the four specific enhancements needed to master the Sword Hero legacy.

But obtaining a specific enhancement was obviously much more challenging than simply gaining a powerful one.

In the days that followed, Lin Xing continuously attempted to acquire the Divided Thoughts, Life Manifesting enhancement, and through the process of repeated time reversals, he also honed another skill of his.

Meditation (Level 2, 0.1%) → Meditation (Level 2, 11.3%)

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Outside Commander Zhang’s military tent, the atmosphere was tense and fraught with unease.

The nearby soldiers all maintained a silence as heavy as frost.

With the battle at a stalemate for an extended duration, Commander Zhang had grown increasingly irritable and short-tempered in the past few days, and his already serious obsession with cleanliness seemed to have intensified.

Now, anyone entering the tent needed to be thoroughly cleaned first.

What made the trusted aides even more uneasy was that every time Commander Zhang left the battlefield and returned to the camp, he seemed worse off than before.

At this very moment, Commander Zhang sat cross-legged inside the tent, allowing the military physicians to apply various herbal patches to his body.

A physician advised, “Commander, after years of battling in the field, your internal injuries have been neglected and have not healed.

Recently, your organs were wounded by the Evil Woman’s Sword Qi.

Now with consecutive days of combat, not only are your organ injuries more severe, but the rest of your body has suffered additional harm as well.”

“You should really refrain from using those three enhancements.

You need at least half a year of rest before you can perform them again.”

Commander Zhang waved his hand to stop the physician from continuing.

“No need to say more, I have my own plans.”