Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

"Is the racial ranking war about to begin?" Lin Shen was somewhat surprised; he hadn't had much time to watch the universe news lately and truly hadn't noticed this event.

"There's less than four months left, I believe. With your strength, you should be able to make a difference in the ranking battle," Tian Buluo encouraged.

"The participants in the racial ranking war are all the big shots of various races. As an Ascender, what difference can I make?" Lin Shen shook his head.

"Tian, you're mistaken," Tian Buluo said earnestly, "While it's true that Ascenders can hardly affect the race rankings, your own achievements in battle can still be of help to you and your race."

"The racial ranking war is a showdown that all members of a race can participate in. Before the ranking battle starts, there's an elimination round. Combatants of different levels are teleported to separate areas. Mutators to one area, Ascenders to another, and Nirvana Beings and Immortals to yet others.

If you can deliver an astounding performance in the elimination round, you can bring fame and glory to yourself and your race," Tian Buluo said with some excitement: "Since you're an Ascender, if you could defeat a figure like Di Esi, your reputation would be made. In the future, you'd be held in higher regard within our race.

Others will see that your race has potential, and even your fellow race members would benefit from your light."

"My strength is not enough; I'd rather not participate." Lin Shen was uninterested in gaining fame and glory. If humans as a whole were not strong, then the strength of an individual human wouldn't be of much use.

Tian Buluo was slightly taken aback, not expecting Lin Shen to lack such ambition.

"Prince, Silent Residence is so big, and it's quite lonely with me living alone. If you don't mind, how about you stay and keep me company?" When Lin Shen heard Tian Buluo bring up the racial ranking war, he understood why Tian Buluo was insistent on staying there, so he took the initiative to suggest that he stay.

Tian Buluo was delighted upon hearing this: "Good, good, good, I'm bored living alone too. It would be great to have some company."

Sure enough, with this, Tian Buluo stopped forcing Lin Shen to learn the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill. He went off to the pavilion and started practicing on his own.

Lin Shen stayed alone in the house, taking out Ye Ya's Life Base, the Evil Ghost Blade, to study.

Tian Xun had already examined the Spirit Base and had found no problems with it. What was strange was that, although it was a Nirvana Being's Spirit Base, it could be activated by the strength of an Ascender.

The power of the Evil Ghost Blade was not as formidable as he had imagined. It seemed very strong in Ye Ya's hands, but in his own, it only matched the standard of a Tenth Turn Spirit Base and couldn't unleash the Power of Nirvana.

Tian Xun had said that the Evil Ghost Blade was indeed a Spirit Base of Nirvana Level. Tian Xun could activate its Power of Nirvana, but even though Ascenders could also activate it, they could not unleash its Power of Nirvana, which was quite intriguing.

Lin Shen merely used it as a substitute for Death Powder, treating it as a rather peculiar spear that was still suitable for practicing thrusting skills.

After studying for a while, Lin Shen still couldn't activate the Power of Nirvana inside the Evil Ghost Blade and lost interest in continuing the research. He put the blade aside and started studying how to merge the Twenty-Eight Fists with Thousand Men's Pointer.

The key to merging these two skills naturally lay in the Concealed Heart Skill.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Originally, Lin Shen intended for Yun to learn the Concealed Heart Skill, but before he could teach her, he had come to Celestial Star.

After all, with three months of idleness here, it was a perfect opportunity to study the technique. Maybe by the time the three months were up, he would have already succeeded in merging the skills.

Over the past few days, Tian Buluo had lived in Silent Residence but barely spoken a few words to Lin Shen. He spent most of his time in the pavilion facing the mountain wall, absorbed in comprehending the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill.

Although it was Lin Shen who was supposed to spend his time in contemplation facing the wall, Tian Buluo seemed more like the one doing so.

Lin Shen practiced one skill for a while, then another, and during dull moments, he would lean against the window, watching Tian Buluo in contemplation against the wall.

Although there were no guards stopping him from going out, the Heavenly Emperor had sent him here for reflection, so he felt it wouldn't be right to run around carelessly.

"No need to eat or drink, no need for cultivation, just casual practice can lead to growth. Every day, apart from practicing skills, is practicing abilities. Such days are truly boring. This kind of cultivation is too uninteresting.

I would rather go out and hunt Ascended Creatures," Lin Shen picked up the Evil Ghost Blade and swung it a few times, feeling like a hero with no battleground to prove his valor.

Of course, the premise for Lin Shen to think this way was that hunting Ascended Creatures posed no threat to him anymore.

After practicing a couple of movements, he felt bored again and casually placed the Evil Ghost Blade to the side.

"I wonder how things are going with Tian Xun?" Lin Shen thought of Tian Xun and those four Pureblood Night Specters.

If Ye Kong and the others were not able to stay with Tian Xun, it would probably also pose a considerable problem for him.

After all, they knew Tian Xun's true strength, and if used by others, it would still have some impact on Tian Xun.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard some noises coming from the pavilion outside the window. Lin Shen raised his head to look out and saw that Tian Buluo, who had been sitting in the pavilion, had stood up at some unknown time.

An invisible, intangible aura emanated from Tian Buluo's body, yet it was so powerful that it could be felt.

Tian Buluo was clearly standing there, but in Lin Shen's eyes, it seemed as if Tian Buluo was no longer just a person.

He seemed to have merged with the pavilion, the pond, the waterfall, the mountain wall, and even the whole universe, giving Lin Shen a very strange feeling.

If Tian Buluo were his enemy, then attacking him would feel like making an enemy of nature itself.

"As expected of a prince of the Celestial Race, quite impressive indeed," Lin Shen watched as the aura around Tian Buluo grew stronger, almost as if the force of the universe was converging within him, and he couldn't help expressing his admiration.

As Lin Shen watched, he suddenly burst into laughter, reminded of something amusing by Tian Buluo's state.

This condition of Tian Buluo's could probably be considered reaching the state of Unity of Heaven and Man.

Being able to sense the subtleties of all things in nature, every move he made naturally aligned with the laws of nature. He could almost do without using any skill, and any action would perfectly execute various skills, without even needing to think.

If that were the case, wouldn't a person who achieved Unity of Heaven and Man have become a puppet of nature, just fighting according to the rules of nature, not even needing to think for himself? Then, is it really him fighting, or is nature using his body to fight?

The more Lin Shen thought about it, the more Tian Buluo resembled a puppet on strings.

Suddenly, the smile on Lin Shen's face stiffened. He subconsciously shook his head vigorously, then rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was thinking too much or if he was hallucinating, because he thought he really saw thin lines appearing on Tian Buluo's body, as if he had indeed turned into a puppet on strings.