Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

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There were still ten days left before the ranking battles commenced, and the widely accepted theory for such a long interval between the elimination round and the ranking battles was to offer the injured contestants time to recover.

Lin Shen did not need to recover, so he spent most of his time studying the Separation Skill.

Unfortunately, the Separation Skill was indeed not so easy to master without a secret technique to animate one's own strength particles, there was no way to attract and siphon off the opponent's attribute particles.

Lin Shen tried many methods but could not activate his strength particles to their theoretical state.

"It seems without detailed instructions, it's really hard to succeed," Lin Shen thought and decided that this was a method he could not achieve for the time being.

However, Lin Shen had another thought, that separating the two types of particles might not necessarily require this method.

A power like the True Extreme Slaying Evil Divine Light could not only separate the two particles but could even slice the particles directly.

The reason why the True Extreme Slaying Evil Divine Light was so mighty was that its strength particles were sufficiently small and strong.

Lin Shen's Finger Sand followed a similar principle, if he could make the Finger Sand small and strong enough, then it could also separate the two types of particles or even pierce through them.

But this posed several difficulties, such as how to make his Finger Sand small enough to be able to split strength particles.

If it were actually small to that extent, the lethal power of the Finger Sand would become extremely minimal, and hitting the target would become quite challenging.

Just like during the comprehension of the True Extreme Slaying Evil Divine Light, its particles passed right through living beings' bodies, even through entire planets.

The reason was that the True Extreme Slaying Evil Divine Light was too small, and what seemed like compact matter, compared to its particles, was akin to stars and oceans, which made its hit rate frighteningly low.

To solve this issue, there were two methods, one was to increase the particle density, and the other was to find a way to hit targets precisely.

Increasing the particle density was relatively easier to achieve; accurately hitting a target was not as simple.

The awesomeness of the True Extreme Slaying Evil Divine Light lay in the fact that without increasing density, it could still precisely hit targets in the vastness of the universe.

The Separation Method could be released over a large area because this approach did not require hitting a target directly, nor did it need concentration, the larger the area, the higher the chance of attracting away the particles.

Lin Shen did not yet possess the conditions to complete these two methods, so he could only try to increase the density of the particles.

This approach had another benefit; it allowed him to compress his own strength particles, making the temporarily merged strength particles more compact.

If compressed to a certain degree, perhaps they would not be susceptible to being separated by the Separation Skill, thus killing two birds with one stone.

Lin Shen repeatedly released Finger Sand, attempting to make it even smaller.

Since this was the path he was originally on, the initial process was relatively smooth; he controlled the Finger Sand, gradually compressing it from a needle-like shape to a granular form, truly resembling grains of sand, justifying the name of Finger Sand.

But further compression proved to be not so easy, and despite Lin Shen's repeated attempts, the results became less and less noticeable.

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Lin Shen disliked the tediousness of practice and would often play little tricks while practicing, at times flicking out Finger Sand with a snap of his fingers, at times shooting out Finger Sand with the posture of holding a pistol.

As he continued to practice, Lin Shen shaped his hand like a gun and flicked out a shot of Finger Sand.

Huh!

Lin Shen suddenly felt as if he had discovered a new continent, his eyes uncontrollably widening.

He noticed that the Finger Sand he had flicked out didn't go in a straight line as usual but followed an extremely exaggerated curve.

Looking at the Finger Sand that hit the bullseye along the curved path, and then at his own hand shaped like a pistol, he muttered to himself with a bizarre expression, "Hand... gun... counts as a gun as well?"

This discovery thrilled Lin Shen beyond expectations, as he hadn't thought such a move could actually activate his Gun Fighting Skill, producing curved Finger Sand.

"Thank you, Fire Seed, for your toleration." Lin Shen found this thing to be getting more and more unscientific.

Excited, Lin Shen, using his hand as a gun, shot out various curved streams of Finger Sand, and though he couldn't compress the Finger Sand further, he was quite pleased with the outcome.

If he couldn't compress the Finger Sand, then Lin Shen decided to control it instead, allowing the Finger Sand to take on the most suitable form, making it harder to detect and closer to the realm of moving without a trace.

Lin Shen found that only when he used Finger Sand with a pistol gesture would it trigger the Gun Fighting Skill, thus only with this gesture could he produce a curve.

After some practice, Lin Shen realized he didn't need to push his practice to where the Separation Skill became indecipherable; he could still temporarily resolve the issues with the Separation Skill.

The Separation Skill required the activation of one's power particles to a certain degree to trigger the effect of enticing the separation of power particles.

For Ascenders to use such a technique, it'd probably be difficult for their entire body to be in that state, let alone maintain it at all times, since activating power particles itself consumes a lot of energy.
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Meaning, if Lin Shen could keep his opponent from knowing when he shot out Finger Sand or where it was directed, even if Finger Sand might be countered, he himself would not be susceptive to counters.

"You might break my skill, but I remain an unsolvable problem." Lin Shen experimented a while and knew this method should be feasible.

However, he still needed to continue researching how to suppress Finger Sand further, as this trick would likely be very effective against the Separation Skill of Ascenders, but if Nirvana Beings used it, they might maintain the active particle state for a longer period, in which case he would have no choice but to face them head-on.

Therefore, figuring out his own version of the Separation Skill was still very important for Lin Shen.

The online network was in an uproar, with some believing that even without the boost from War Song, Lin Shen was still a top-tier Ascender, and besides Di Esi, there weren't many who could threaten his number one spot.

Others thought that without the addition of War Song, Lin Shen might not even make the top ten.

Some believed Lin Shen's Weakening Skill was still magically effective in one-on-one battles, while others contended there were ways to counter Weakening Skills, and once rendered ineffective, Lin Shen's combat strength was far inferior to that of other top-tier Ascenders.

Nirvana Level powerhouses of various races, even Immortals, were secretly researching counters specifically against Lin Shen, quietly sharing or hinting at these to the younger generation participating in the Ascension battle.

Their research mainly focused on two aspects: how to deal with the Pistol Air Strike Skill and how to solve the issue with Weakening Skill.