Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

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Because he surrendered in his fight with Lin Shen, his winning streak at the third mountain was also broken. Having previously been able to challenge anyone ranked up to a million places above him, he dropped a level and could now only challenge those within ten thousand ranks above his.
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The third mountain quickly selected another target to continue his upward challenge, aiming to trigger the million-level leapfrogging challenge rule again with another hundred consecutive victories.

The third mountain thought that by surrendering, he wouldn't draw attention to himself, but he hadn't anticipated that many would take notice of him simply because Lin Shen had challenged him.

People soon discovered that this third mountain only ever chose to challenge little-known small race Ascenders.

At first, some thought the third mountain was just picking easy targets, but after watching several of his fights, they realized it was not so simple.

Among those small race Ascenders the third mountain chose, some were unexpectedly strong. There was even a Ten-stage Ascendant who had mastered the Soul Clan's Evolution Skill "Soul Sutra", who almost lost his life to a single slap from the third mountain.

The Soul Clan's "Soul Sutra", once mastered, provides tremendous resistance to physical attacks; its users are usually hard to injure with attacks of similar destructive power.

Yet the third mountain nearly killed that Soul Clan member with just one slap, which was quite alarming.

Others looked back at his previous fights and discovered something even more incredible: the third mountain's combat strength was extraordinarily high. Although he challenged only small race Ascenders, many of them were quite formidable, with strength comparable to Ascenders from major races.

But in front of the third mountain, they could only take a beating; hardly anyone was able to last more than a few exchanges, and he would usually end the fight with just a few slaps, appearing quite casual about it.

Someone compiled a highlight reel of the third mountain's fights and posted it on Sky-net, explicitly stating in the title that Lin Shen's challenge to the third mountain was not picking on the weak.

Because of Lin Shen's reputation, many watched the third mountain's battle videos and began recognizing the strength of this formidable small race Ascender.

"This third mountain is really strong; no wonder Lin Shen wanted to challenge him."

"I knew it, Lin isn't the type to bully the weak."

"It's a pity, though, that the third mountain chose to surrender and didn't dare to face the challenge."

Subsequently, many started paying attention to the third mountain and found that after his surrender to Lin, he resumed his winning streak, scoring overwhelming continuous victories and attracting an ever-growing audience.

Lin Shen was unaware that his impulsive challenge had singled out such an odd individual.

After that challenge, Lin Shen found that his loser's rule had also been downgraded. Only those within ten thousand ranks of him could issue a challenge now.

That meant Di Esi would now need even more time before he could challenge Lin Shen.

Lin Shen thought about it and decided not to challenge others. Winning more would only put him further out of Di Esi's reach.

Now, Lin Shen was thinking about quickly fighting Di Esi, finding an opportunity to bow out. He found the competition rather dull — mainly because no matter how much he won, it wouldn't affect Humanity's ranking in the universe, so he felt it meaningless.

The third mountain's incredible winning streak garnered increasing attention.

Di Esi also continued his winning streak, finally reaching a position where he could challenge Lin Shen.

Di Esi hesitated for a moment before choosing to challenge Lin Shen. He had watched Lin Shen's battle with Kristin; during that time, he had stopped challenging others and focused solely on studying the two's combat process.

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So just now he hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to challenge Lin Shen first between Kristin and Lin Shen.

Kristin was too seriously injured, and although his recovery ability was astounding, such severe injuries still required some time.

Di Esi planned to challenge Kristin after his battle with Lin Shen ended.

Lin Shen, who had been waiting for Di Esi, saw a teleportation portal appear and realized it might be Di Esi, so he stood up.

Indeed, the person who came out of the teleportation portal was Di Esi.

"Lin Shen, are you the Undefeated King's younger brother?" Di Esi asked with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Shen was somewhat surprised and didn't know why Di Esi would suddenly bring this up.

"This must be fate. The unfinished battle between him and me shall be completed by us," said Di Esi as he summoned his Life Base "Dust".

Dust seemed like an insignificant speck in the universe, rather unremarkable and not quite fitting Di Esi's illustrious reputation.

But his Life Base was just this unremarkable speck of dust.

"Didn't you already defeat my brother? Why do you still speak of an unfinished battle?" Lin Shen asked, puzzled.

Di Esi let Dust settle on his fingertip and calmly said, "I took one of his moves, but he did not take mine. Since the winner was not decided, naturally the battle is not over. The Undefeated King has gone through Nirvana, and that battle has no possibility of continuance. You must take his place and receive my strike."

Lin Shen stared blankly at Di Esi, his eyes gradually turning sharp.

Originally, he just wanted to have a casual fight with Di Esi to understand his strength and look for an opportunity to withdraw from the competition.

But Di Esi's words meant that Lin Shen could not deal with this so lightly anymore.

Since Di Esi considered him to be his fourth brother's representative, if Lin Shen were to simply lose, wouldn't it tarnish the Undefeated King's reputation?

Lin Shen looked at the Dust Life Base between Di Esi's fingers, as Carapace emerged and simultaneously activated Super Base Form. Super Base Pattern and Super Base Recast were also engaged, and his Carapace shone with a brilliant radiance.

"If that's the case, then come on, I will represent him and take your strike," Lin Shen said gravely, looking at Di Esi.

"My Life Base is named Dust. Since my birth, it has been with me. We are one, it is me, I am it. It is the dust in the universe, and I too am a speck in the universe," Di Esi did not immediately attack, but regarded the Dust Life Base on his fingertip and spoke these seemingly nonsensical words.

"Sorry, I am not well-read and don't understand what you're trying to say," Lin Shen said frowning.

"My apologies, I mistook you for the Undefeated King. Although you are brothers, you are ultimately not the same person, with very different temperaments," Di Esi laughed dryly and continued, "My move is called Dust Settles. Although it is unleashed through the Life Base, it consolidates all the Strength of it and me. Be careful."

"I am not my brother. Actually, you really don't need to say so much to me, just make your move," said Lin Shen helplessly, not accustomed to Di Esi's way of speaking.

"Very well," Di Esi nodded slightly, with his middle finger and thumb forming a circle, he flicked the speck of Dust towards Lin Shen.