2790 Liu Jie’s Opportunity When it was Suzerain/Myth, the Elemental Paper’s functions were mainly centered around collecting, blocking, hiding information, and delivering resources. The Elemental Paper had the most comprehensive functions of all the Myth Breed feys that Lin Yuan knew. Faceless Paper and Thoughts Letter Paper were still Sky City’s key treasures. The white-clothed followers all put on the same face when they were out on operation. This prevented them from conspiring privately. But now, although the World Emperor/Divine Kingdom Elemental Paper’s abilities had not changed much, its new abilities could help Lin Yuan take on battle circumstances at crucial moments. For example, Folded Paper Abundant Entities first imprinted the aura of a lifeform on the folded paper. The paper would encapsulate the aura of the lifeform and take the form of the lifeform. Normally, imitations were seen through because they did not have intelligence. Hence, they could be exposed when they interacted with others. When Folded Paper Abundant Entities took the form of lifeforms, it would not only be capable of independent thought but would also have spiritual energy and a soul. This radical imitation was capable of deceiving even the most outstanding interrogator. It would also be able to deceive most of the factions in the Sky Beyond the Clouds. Even the most detailed technique of interrogation would not investigate a lifeform’s soul or spiritual energy but its fate veins. At World Emperor/Divine Kingdom, fate was no longer something that was out of reach. Powerful lifeforms could even use their divine kingdom abilities to displace the fate of other experts. However, it went without saying that doing so came at a heavy price. Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter had told Lin Yuan a lot about the Sky Beyond the Clouds. Lin Yuan had also asked Fan Lou and Kong Huan many questions while they were describing the East Universe to him. Now, Lin Yuan had a general understanding of the East Universe and no longer had to feel his way around blindly. The Elemental Paper’s Folded Paper Abundant Entities could be used in many situations, but especially when a lifeform needed to be used as a lure. Absolute Paper World involved the Elemental Paper creating a special paper to produce a small world. The paper world could store items and would be unaffected by spatial energy. It would be a small matter if the paper world was just affected by spatial energy. But if the enemy used a special method to target the items being stored and expel them from the paper world, the stored items would be pushed out into the abyss. Currently, there were star pirates roaming most of the outskirts of the universes. Only a few of the star pirates were capable of robbing the large species, and most of them depended on a livelihood of picking up trash. They made a living from picking up the items disposed of from the spatial equipment. Occasionally, they were even able to earn a tidy sum. Spring had already told Lin Yuan that regardless of how well spatial equipment like fey storage boxes were made, they would become useless in the Sky Beyond the Clouds. Although there was still spatial equipment made from spatial ingredients, factions with sufficient power usually chose different methods of storing items. Every powerful species had to grapple with items that were previously stored in their spatial equipment being expelled. However, methods to ensure safe access were rare. Lin Yuan intended to search for such methods in the Sky Beyond the Clouds. But now, the Elemental Paper’s new ability solved this issue for Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan felt that Stripped Official Paper could be paired extremely well with Truth Form Paper. Truth Form Paper involved producing a special type of official paper and assessing whether a target’s answer was true or false. If the target answered truthfully to a question, the paper would be folded into a flower. But if the target answered with a lie, the paper would be shredded. Stripped Official Paper was used when a target was deemed to be telling a lie or if the target was wearing a disguise. The paper would cover the target’s body and absorb the target’s disguise. When the paper was stripped from the target, it would take the target’s disguise away with it. Normally, interrogation techniques exerted pressure on the target or used coercion to force the target to tell the truth. These abilities were effective but were also passive. If the target was unwilling to answer, there was nothing the other party could do about it. However, Stripped Official Paper used a proactive method to remove the target’s disguise. This lowered the difficulty of the interrogation. Even the targets with the tightest lips would not be able to hide their secrets. Compared to the new abilities, the Elemental Paper’s new exclusive skills were more remarkable. Loading Paper Summon Return was very similar to the Ethereal Jellyfish’s ability. The Ethereal Jellyfish used itself as a core and could summon lifeforms that made contact with its tentacle nodes to its side. The Elemental Paper’s Loading Paper Summon Return could do the same. Official paper that had special functions, such as the Faceless Paper and Thoughts Letter Paper, could be affected by Loading Paper Summon Return. This allowed the Elemental Paper to become Sky City’s other core. All of Sky City’s members would receive a Faceless Paper and Thoughts Letter Paper. At key moments, they would become life-preservation methods for them. If a faction had more cores, they would be undeniably stronger than if they only had one core. The Immortal exclusive skill, Imperial Paper Blessing, could predict fortune and misfortune. The Elemental Paper would first produce a special imperial paper. But to do so, sufficient energy had to be sacrificed. The imperial paper’s original intention was to bless targets and use karma to increase the success rate of the target’s subsequent progress. However, the sacrifices would only be used up when it was assured that the matter was completed successfully. Otherwise, only the imperial paper would be used up. When Lin Yuan had grand plans and was unsure if they would be successful, he could ask Wen Yu to use Imperial Paper Blessing once to predict if the matter could be completed safely. There were many matters in which safety was not determined by Lin Yuan’s abilities but rather by the quantity of manpower. When Sky City ventured into the Sky Beyond the Clouds for development, the faction would only grow stronger. Lin Yuan could not deploy his full force in every task. Instead, he could only send a portion of them. The Elemental Paper’s Eternal Breed exclusive skill, Memorize Paper Coffin, could be seen as a life-preservation and storage ability. In response to Lin Yuan’s question, Wen Yu had mentioned that the paper coffin formed by the Elemental Paper was very weak and could easily break when impacted by external force. Alternatively, it could be viewed as a controlling-type ability. If anyone on their side was in danger during a battle and on the brink of death, they could be placed in the Memorize Paper Coffin in a suspended state, unaffected by the passage of time. Even if their injuries could only be addressed a long time later, they would still be able to remain alive. Some special resources decayed and rotted despite being stored in airtight spaces, making them impossible to preserve. But in the coffin, time would come to a standstill. Hence, these resources would not encounter such issues. These resources were not common, and bloodlines could be considered one of them. This was why Spring had given Lin Yuan the bloodlines to absorb immediately after extracting them. Bloodline power would lose its effectiveness after being stored for a prolonged period. Although it would still have some effects, they would be highly discounted. When factions traded bloodlines in the Sky Beyond the Clouds, they always used items such as the Memorize Paper Coffin. Similar to the Thoughts Letter Paper and Faceless Paper, the Memorize Paper Coffin could be produced repeatedly. However, it cost far more energy to make the Memorize Paper Coffin than it did to make the Faceless Paper and Thoughts Letter Paper. The Memorize Paper Coffin’s special characteristics enabled it to have many uses within Sky City. Lin Yuan had only sent Kong Huan, the two Alluring Foxes, and Fan Lou back to the Sky Beyond the Clouds. Winter had not extracted the bloodline power from the corpses because the bloodline power could not be easily stored, and Lin Yuan did not intend to absorb them. Once the bloodline power was extracted from the corpses, their energy would be affected. Lin Yuan was going to instruct Red Thorn to turn these corpses into Divine Kingdom weapons. In truth, Winter felt that the value of these experts came from the bloodline power they possessed. Winter used to possess treasures that could store bloodline power, but they had rotted away in time. Otherwise, the four of them would not have had to cultivate a mountain. Once Lin Yuan saw Memorize Paper Mountain, he immediately thought of the invaders from the Sky Beyond the Clouds who were still alive. Lin Yuan intended to ask Wen Yu to use the Elemental Paper to create a Memorize Paper Coffin, which he would give to Winter. The latter would then extract the invaders’ bloodlines and store them as combat resources. Rather than its abilities and exclusive skills, Lin Yuan was most interested in the Elemental Paper’s divine kingdom ability, Battleground Angel. In the past, Wen Yu could only remain backstage and could not participate in combat. However, Battleground Angel would change that. During combat, paper that could carry information would form wings on her back, enabling her to know everything about the battle and understand every facet of information. This ability would not make much of an impact in a small battle, but in a large battle, it would be a force to be reckoned with. Regardless of how many people were in the battle, Wen Yu would have full control over the situation and be able to issue organized and effective orders. Frankly, Wen Yu did not have the strongest combat strategy abilities in Sky City. This title went to Bai Qinghuan. Lin Yuan could use Connected Tails to link Wen Yu and Bai Qinghuan together during combat so Wen Yu could pass on information to Bai Qinghuan. The latter would use the information she received to issue orders. Lin Yuan was not the only one who was satisfied with the evolution of the Elemental Paper. Wen Yu was just as pleasantly surprised. After Lin Yuan helped Wen Yu evolve the Elemental Paper, Wen Yu dove back into facilitating the flow of resources in the main world. In a month, the Elemental Paper had reached World Emperor/Divine Kingdom. However, the Merciful Star Peony’s grade evolution was very slow because it needed to absorb power from the constellations. Furthermore, it had yet to comprehend a Willpower Rune. Nurturing the Merciful Star Peony could not be rushed. … Liu Jie was next in line to increase his power. He longed to increase his power just as much as Zong Ze and Gu Lang did. The higher Elegance’s grade, the stronger its combat power would be. As Elegance continued to evolve, its insect army would become increasingly fearsome. It would also be able to control an even larger insect army. Lin Yuan found it difficult to imagine the power Liu Jie would attain once Elegance reached World Emperor/Divine Kingdom. He was unsure if, at that time, he would still be able to hold his own against Liu Jie with just his feys! Liu Jie’s current strength did not come from just Elegance but also the fairies. Liu Jie produced the fairies by using the Firefly Demon Fetuses to induce the transformation of insect-species carcinoma feys. Alas, they had only obtained 12 of the Firefly Demon Fetuses from Yin Lin. These 12 Firefly Demon Fetuses had both given him a new opportunity and restrained him at the same time. If Liu Jie could turn all the insect-species carcinoma feys he controlled into fairies, his power would skyrocket. Ever since Lin Yuan took control of the dimensional worlds, he had been mulling over the dimensional world where the Firefly Demon Fetuses came from. He wanted to find out the truth behind this source-type item. Hence, he had sent out the Samsara Realm Dictators to search for them. After questioning various Samsara Realm Dictators, he learned that none of them had heard of the Firefly Demon Fetuses. From this, Lin Yuan knew that the species that produced the Firefly Demon Fetus had to be very rare. So far, Lin Yuan’s best guess was that the Firefly Demon Fetus came from the alien insect world. The marsh world was also possible. The alien insect world’s main inhabitants were insects, and insects also made up a large portion of the lifeforms in the marsh world. Previously, the Freedom Federation had used the Firefly Demon Fetuses to target the Radiance Federation. The Freedom Federation wanted to use theμ to wreak havoc in the Radiance Federation. At that time, a Class 6 marsh dimensional rift had opened in the Freedom Federation, and Lin Yuan had been fully focused on the alien insect and marsh worldσ. It never crossed his mind that the Firefly Demon Fetuses could actually come from the subterranean world. Hollow Earth was a powerful Land Imp who had joined Lin Yuan’s camp. However, he had not had many opportunities to interact with Lin Yuan directly. Previously, he had been pushed to the brink by Bai Qinghuan. Nonetheless, he always regarded Lin Yuan’s words as sacred law. When Hollow Earth realized that the Firefly Demon Fetuses came from the Mineral Heart Demon Sandfly, he began silently collecting the Mineral Heart Demon Sandflies. He did not inform the other subterranean Dictators of this information.