Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Without comparison, there is no sense of harm. It was only when they saw Tianbei Star, who used the Heavenly Strike Divine Shield Skill, cleaved in two by a sword light that people could concretely know just how strong Kristin actually was.

Tianbei Star was already a very strong Ascender, yet he couldn't even withstand a single sword strike from an injured Kristin.

Lin Shen had fought Kristin for so long, and had taken so many of Kristin's sword strokes. Although he had felt the power of Kristin's sword light, he hadn't found it to be astonishingly strong.

It was not until a sword light killed Tianbei Star that people had a concept in their minds, knowing just how strong Kristin was.

No one dared to challenge Kristin anymore, and likewise, no one dared to challenge Lin Shen either.

Just because Kristin could survive in front of Lin Shen, didn't mean that others could survive in front of Lin Shen.

And with the peculiar headshot from the Pistol Air Strike Skill, no one dared to try.

Lin Shen sat back down on the stone to rest, wondering whether he should just end the matches, since his mission was already complete, and the Ascension Level ranking was of no use to him.

The Ascension Level ranking couldn't affect the racial ranking because the racial ranking is determined by the final ranking. After winning the Ascension Level ranking, one would have to compete with strong individuals from other levels. Without the strength of a Top Nirvana Cultivator, it was almost impossible to break into the rankings of the hundreds of races.

But then he thought again, if he gave up the fight now, wouldn't it be too obvious that he was targeting Kristin?

He was just a worker, and if the Di Man Tribe held a grudge and wanted to take his life no matter what, that would be rather distressing.

With that in mind, Lin Shen felt it was still necessary to perform a bit more, to avoid giving others the impression that he was targeting Kristin.

"Then I'll challenge a few more who are relatively strong. Who might be stronger?" Lin Shen looked at the leaderboard.

Now that no one dared to challenge him, he could no longer dive downward.

He could only scan upward, and noticed that Di Esi had not rushed up yet. He would have to wait for some time if he wanted to battle him.

Apart from Di Esi, in fact, there were many strong figures among the various races. It's just that Di Esi was too famous, which made it seem as though he was the only formidable one, as if there were no other strong individuals.

Unfortunately, Lin Shen had no knowledge of the Ascenders of the major races; looking only at the names on the leaderboard, he really didn't know who was strong enough.

As he hesitated over whom to challenge, Lin Shen suddenly saw a name on the leaderboard that was familiar to him.

"Ximen Swordsman is also taking part in this racial ranking battle." Lin Shen noticed Ximen Swordsman's name.

After the Night Ghost Tribe's action the last time, Lin Shen had specifically asked Tian Xun about Ximen Swordsman's situation. Tian Xun only knew that Ximen Swordsman was unharmed and still working under An 117.

Ximen Swordsman was challenging someone else, away from his own planetary home court.

Lin Shen had no intention of challenging Ximen Swordsman; if he wanted to test whether Finger Sand could break Ximen's Skill of Borrowing and Transforming Force, he could find him privately. There was no need to try it here.

His gaze continued to search the leaderboard, and soon Lin Shen found another interesting name.

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"Shan Clan's Third Mountain, this name is quite intriguing. What race is Shan Clan? I've never heard of it before. And is he surnamed Third with the given name Three Mountains, or is it just a nickname?" Lin Shen was somewhat curious. Seeing that Third Mountain's ranking was just a few dozen places above his own, and that no one was challenging him, and looking further to see that Di Esi was still some distance away from him, he figured he would have to wait a while for him to climb up.

On a whim, Lin Shen chose to challenge Third Mountain.

This was Lin Shen's first time challenging someone and entering their home planet's arena.

The audience who came to watch Lin Shen challenge someone were very curious, wondering what kind of powerful opponent could make Lin Shen take the initiative to challenge them.

However, when they saw clearly whom Lin Shen had challenged, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he was a complete stranger, and no one had even heard of this stranger's race.

"What is Lin Shen trying to do? Challenging an ordinary pedestrian, isn't this bullying?"

"This unlucky 'Third Mountain' really got a rough deal being targeted by Lin Shen."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"It's so pointless, if Lin Shen is going to challenge someone, it should at least be one of the top powerhouses."

Lin Shen just wanted to pass some time and after arriving at the opponent's home planet, he found that this Third Mountain was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

He had thought that a name like that would belong to a robust man as large as a mountain, but it turned out to be an almost spherical fat man.

The man stood about two meters tall, wearing a white battle suit granted by the ranking board, with a belly larger and rounder than that of a pregnant woman with twins.

The feature that differentiated Third Mountain from a human being was his ears; they were pig-like and floppy, but the rest of him was not unlike that of a human.

Upon seeing a challenger enter, Third Mountain sneered to himself, "Come on, come to your death, let you all riffraff learn the extent of Mountain Lord's strength."

But after getting a clear look at the newcomer, Third Mountain was taken aback, "Lin Shen? Isn't he ranked first? What's going on, how can he challenge me? Aren't challenges only allowed upward?"

Third Mountain had been continuously challenging others and never paid attention to anyone else's status, so he was unaware that Lin Shen had plunged down the leaderboard.

He even checked the ranking board specifically and saw that indeed, Lin Shen was no longer ranked first, and after a quick scan, he couldn't find his name within the top hundred at all.

"This is frustrating, why would he challenge me?" Third Mountain felt quite vexed, as he had no desire to draw attention to himself; he had more important things to do.

Without waiting for Lin Shen to say anything, Third Mountain directly chose to forfeit the fight, giving up on the match.

Lin Shen was teleported back to his own home planet's arena, taking over Third Mountain's original ranking.

Lin Shen didn't mind; he had gotten curious on a whim and just wanted to see what this Shan Clan looked like. Now that he had his look, that was enough.

What he thought was just a side note, however, started to evolve in an outrageous direction.

No one had previously paid any attention to Third Mountain, but after Lin Shen challenged him, many people felt that Lin Shen must have had a reason for challenging Third Mountain and it couldn't be as simple as bullying the weak.

Therefore, some people began to study Third Mountain, looking through his past battle records.

You don't realize until you look, but once you do, you're in for a shock. Third Mountain had actually surged up from rank fifty million, and he had completed the Third Over-ranking Challenge Rule.

It was just that he was completely unknown, and the opponents he chose to challenge were Ascenders from minor races; he did not aim for the maximal challenge value. Thus, practically no one had taken notice of him.

If Lin Shen had not come forth to challenge him, no one would have realized that such a powerful stranger was among them.