Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

"No, why should I compete with him in terms of skill? There's no need at all!" Lin Shen suddenly realized that he did not have to compete with Tian Buluo in skill.

Because he could see the void threads on Tian Buluo's body, these threads moved in concert with Tian Buluo's innate body movements.

Therefore, Lin Shen only needed to figure out which threads would move to trigger what kind of action in Tian Buluo's body, and he would know what Tian Buluo would do next. Wasn't this equivalent to cheating, knowing the answer in advance?

With this in mind, Lin Shen quietly observed the patterns of those void threads. He didn't need to remember what each thread did, just find the pattern each thread corresponded to on the body.

Memorization was tedious, but finding the pattern made things simpler.

Soon, Lin Shen had roughly deduced the influence patterns of those threads on Tian Buluo's body, but the threads moved too quickly to give Lin Shen any time to judge.

Even if he saw through the pattern, it was still of no use.

"In such fast-paced combat, it's impossible to anticipate Tian Buluo's actions based on the movement of the threads. Once a thread moves, Tian Buluo has already followed suit. This method won't work!" Lin Shen felt somewhat frustrated.

Tian Buluo, however, grew more and more valiant in battle, displaying unparalleled power in both offense and defense with the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill.

If it had been before the realisation of Unity of Heaven and Man, with Lin Shen's skill level, Tian Buluo might not think he would lose, but it would take a great deal of effort to defeat Lin Shen.

How could it be as easy as it was now, constantly pressing Lin Shen down? If Tian hadn't wanted to practice Unity of Heaven and Man more, seeing Lin Shen as full of flaws, he would have taken him down long ago.

"If the offense has every advantage, and the defense anticipates every move, how can I play this?" Lin Shen felt that unless he overpowered his opponent with raw strength, he could not possibly defeat Tian Buluo in his Unity of Heaven and Man state with skill alone.

"With such a powerful skill as Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill, why has it declined so much among the Celestial Race? Could it truly just be because the Heavenly Heart Skill is outdated? Even if the Heavenly Heart Skill is outdated, it can be modified and upgraded. Many minor races' Evolution Skills were modified from the Five Fundamental Evolution Skills, and among them are many powerful Evolution Skills."

"Even without modification, the effect of the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill alone is enough to offset the advantages brought by other advanced Evolution Skills, and it's even more practical. It's too far-fetched that the Celestial Race has almost no one left who can use such a strong technique." Lin Shen wondered to himself.

He strongly suspected that the reason the Celestial Race abandoned the Heavenly Heart Skill and did not cultivate Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill was because they also discovered the void threads on their bodies, realizing that everything was being controlled from behind, so they chose to discard such a powerful technique.

But then again, he felt that it didn't quite add up. What creature in the world could control such bizarre and unpredictable void threads? Could it be a higher-dimensional being?

Or perhaps the entire world was just like a puppet show, with every move of theirs controlled by the creator, every person a puppet on strings.

If that was the case, then why couldn't he see the void threads on other people?

Lin Shen thought long and hard but could not figure it out.

Tian Buluo fought with rising enthusiasm, refusing to stop.

Lin Shen thought, "I can't just be a sparring partner for nothing. If he's using me for practice, then I might as well use him for practice too."

As a result, Lin Shen let himself go and attempted to use the merged Thousand Men's Pointer, hiding the Twenty-Eight Energy within the Thousand Men's Pointer.

At first, there was no effect at all. He either directly used the Twenty-Eight Finger Force derived from the Twenty-Eight Fists or only used the Thousand Men's Pointer, failing to infuse the Twenty-Eight Finger Force into it in time.

This just confirmed the old saying, "Focus on the head and ignore the tail." Even the secret heart technique Lin Shen had practiced was only half-understood; he had not yet fully mastered it.

Lin Shen's blind fumbling, however, unexpectedly made Tian Buluo feel unusually uncomfortable. Many times, he could not distinguish which type of finger force Lin Shen was using.

Even though Tian Buluo could not distinguish them himself, the Heavenly Dao Laws could help him see clearly, so Lin Shen remained firmly suppressed.

Fortunately, Lin Shen's endurance was truly strong, and even Prince Tian Buluo had to admit defeat. By the time he was too tired to fight, he could only stop and rest.

Lin Shen then noticed another issue; no matter how strong a being was, even a Nirvana Being, once there is a problem with their stamina, their movements will certainly be distorted, and they could not maintain their previous perfect state.

But even though Tian Buluo was so tired he could barely stand, his movements were still perfectly executed without a hint of distortion.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"No more fighting, let's continue after I've rested." Sitting on the ground, Tian Buluo looked at Lin Shen as he gasped for air and laughed, "Brother Tian, your endurance is impressive. I'm exhausted like this, but you seem to be perfectly fine."

"Endurance is pretty much my only strength." Lin Shen smiled back.

"Okay, then. We'll fight again after I recover," Tian Buluo said, not overly concerned.

He agreed with Lin Shen's statement; aside from endurance, he genuinely did not think much of Lin Shen's skill. With Unity of Heaven and Man, Lin Shen's techniques were all flaws. If he wanted to win, he could have done so many times over.

In the days that followed, other than meditating on the Heaven and Celestial Beings Skill, Tian Buluo sparred with Lin Shen.

Tired of fighting, he would sit and meditate. Once he had some insight, he would engage in actual combat training with Lin Shen.

After many exchanges with Tian Buluo, Lin Shen's finger skill and movement technique gradually matured; indeed, progress in actual combat was faster than solitary contemplation.

Lin Shen could now unleash Thousand Men's Pointer wrapped with Twenty-Eight Finger Force. To the eye, it appeared plain, but it actually contained explosive strength.

The success rate was still rather low, however, and it was not solid enough to bind the force into a needle.

To avoid being used by a force-borrowing expert like Ximen Swordsman, he still couldn't manage it.

Once, during a sparring session with Tian Buluo, Lin Shen unexpectedly unleashed two types of finger force at the same time. The forces merged with each other rather than one enveloping the other, and this unexpectedly caused a moment of panic in Tian Buluo.

"Huh... that mistaken finger strike just now... it seems like those void threads didn't move..." Lin Shen suddenly discovered a new world of possibility.

He began to recall exactly how he had managed to release that strike because it was an accident; Lin Shen himself did not know how he had done it.

After many attempts, he was unable to produce that mixed finger force again.

"I refuse to believe this is impossible." Lin Shen researched repeatedly, determined to recreate that finger strike.