Age of Evolution

Hearing the tone of Su Mingyue’s voice, Ye Lanshan was also startled. It took her a while to say, “Mingyue, you’ve changed. It seems like you no longer… no longer have such faith in the True God of the Stars. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you pray.”

“It’s better to rely on oneself than to beg others. Rather than believing in those illusory things, it’s better to work hard. Deities will not save anyone.”

“Nonsense! Are these the words a Saintess should say? Who taught you these fallacious arguments?” Ye Lanshan was slightly angry. She, too, was from the God’s Grace Cathedral and, naturally, a believer of the Divine Sect.

“Lin Zhen said it, ” Su Mingyue replied in a matter-of-fact tone, leaving Ye Lanshan feeling helpless.

“Alright, it seems you’ve been brainwashed by Lin Zhen. I truly don’t know what happened during the days you two spent together. But Mingyue, do you really believe that Lin Zhen will come to rescue you?”

Su Mingyue nodded without the slightest hesitation.

“In that case, as your senior sister, there’s something I need to tell you.” “What is it?”

“If Lin Zhen does come, regardless of his abilities, you must leave as quickly as possible. You must never encounter the Overlord.”

However, Su Mingyue didn’t agree with Ye Lanshan, saying, “Senior sister, I will soon complete the Nine Layers Compression. As far as I know, Yue Feng has not completed it yet. Even if he does, I believe I will still have the power to fight him. Even if Lin Zhen cannot protect me, I can protect him.”

“Mingyue, do you know how many people there are in the Sky Dome? There are a grand total of two hundred martial artists here, almost all of whom have compressed their Dantian energy. They all obey the Overlord. Don’t be fooled just because I’m considered a deputy; I’m really just decoration. When push comes to shove, these people will follow the Overlord’s command.” “It doesn’t matter. Lin Zhen also has helpers,” Su Mingyue responded calmly.

“You naive girl, you underestimate the Overlord. Aside from the helpers issue, he has been compressing the eighth layer of Dantian energy for many years. If he wishes, he can advance to the Nine Layers Compression and break through to the War God at any time. But why has he not compressed the ninth layer yet? It’s not that he doesn’t have the ability to do so, but rather, he’s waiting.”

“Waiting? Waiting for what?”

“Waiting for a special stargem.”

Su Mingyue replied, “So what if he waits for a special stargem? I’ve also absorbed a special stargem before. My Radiant Power is quite strong now; I’m not afraid of his special stargem.”

“Hehe, although I don’t know which special stargem the Overlord is waiting for, I can tell you that the Overlord has absorbed special stargems of speed, strength, and spiritual power over the years. I don’t even know how developed his spiritual power is. In battle, he could solely rely on speed and strength to crush martial artists of the same level, even challenge those of a higher level. If he obtains another special stargem, making it his fourth, who will be able to oppose him then?”

Su Mingyue remained silent, evidently still somewhat unconvinced.

Ye Lanshan continued, “Alright! Let me give you another piece of news. The Overlord has three treasures in his possession. With these three treasures, he is virtually unstoppable. ” “What treasures?”

“Star Artifacts!”

Upon hearing the words ‘Star Artifacts’, Su Mingyue froze. She naturally knew about Star Artifacts. The star-gazing mirror hanging from her neck was one, even though it didn’t possess any combat power.

“Yes, Star Artifacts. The Overlord has a spear and an armor, both Star Artifacts. These treasures, one offensive, one defensive, coupled with his capability to break through to the War God realm at any time, who can oppose him?”

“He will definitely lose to Lin Zhen, even with two Star Artifacts.”

These words from Su Mingyue seemed rather reckless to Ye Lanshan. This kind of blind worship was the most hopeless. However, the younger sister seemed certain that Lin Zhen was omnipotent, which left her feeling helpless.

“Alright, alright. If you say he’ll lose, then he’ll lose. But let me finish. The Overlord has a special Star Artifact called Star Strike, said to be from an ancient god’s ruin. It’s a needle, a one-time use item, contained in his space ring. According to the Overlord, as long as it touches a little bit of someone’s blood, scent, and such, he can drive it with his spiritual power, and the Star Strike will be able to pierce the opponent’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea, that is, the brain, – no matter where they are. Although I don’t believe in this ‘no matter where they are’ theory, I think nobody within the range of the Star Fruit Tree can escape it.”

Su Mingyue blinked her eyes, “Is there really such a miraculous item?”

“Yes, that’s why I said the Overlord is almost invincible. As long as he locks onto the target’s aura, it’s almost impossible to avoid. Even though it can be used only once, if Lin Zhen truly becomes so powerful that he cannot defeat him, he will definitely use this item against Lin Zhen. Without the power of the Star Realm, it is impossible to evade the Star Strike. I advise you to stop thinking about Lin Zhen. Even if Lin Zhen comes and falls to the Overlord’s malicious hand, won’t you feel even sadder?”

Su Mingyue remained silent for a long while before asking, “Senior sister, when you leave the Star Fruit Tree, will Yue Feng hold a farewell dinner for you?”

“Of course he will. He’s been preparing for it these past few days. However, I think he’s more focused on preparing for his wedding. Many of the things are for your wedding. ”

Ignoring this topic, Su Mingyue said to Ye Lanshan, “Then when you leave, I will also come and see you off. We will leave together.”

“Hehe, alright. But the Overlord will also sit at the same table as me. Make sure you don’t bother him too much. I think he’s quite nice.”

Su Mingyue nodded slightly and looked out the window, her tone a bit dreamy, “I know my boundaries.”

Inside the space rift, Lin Zhen slowly opened his eyes.

Atop the tree trunk, the last star crystal was finally absorbed and fully consumed by him.

Here, there was neither day nor night, nor any means to distinguish time. Lin Zhen had no idea how long he had been in this space, he could only estimate the time based on his absorption of the star crystals.

“Finally, I have completed it! My estimations were inaccurate, the power of

these Constant Star Crystals is absolutely unbelievable, I’ve actually achieved the Nine Layers Compression!”

The 330 fully mature Constant Star Crystals caused Lin Zhen’s realm to skyrocket from the fourth layer to the ninth. Each of the Constant Star Crystals here contained energy equivalent to four or five crystals from the outside world.

Hence, Lin Zhen managed to complete the compression quickly, taking a significant stride on the level nine journey.

He never expected that in this life, his aptitude would allow him to achieve the tenfold compression. He was now completely certain that if he had more star crystals, he could absolutely achieve the tenfold compression and then ascend to the War God realm.

Unfortunately, there were no more star crystals here, and Lin Zhen was also a bit anxious.

“I don’t know what the outside situation is like now. I’ve already achieved ninefold compression. If I return, I could easily defeat the Four Gods of Sky Dome and ascend to Sky Dome to rescue people.”

“But how can I leave this extradimensional space?”

Lin Zhen had reached the location of the space rift. At this time, his legs were completely healed, the lightning energy had all been absorbed by the Dark Star inside of him, causing the Dark Star to be enveloped in electric snakes, making it even more powerful.

There was a shield lying by the rift. It was the shield that Lin Zhen had dropped when he tried to escape on his previous attempt. He had left the shield here, so he wouldn’t have to look for the location of the space rift later on, and it could prove useful now.

Lin Zhen stretched out his hand to touch the boundary of the space, but all he could feel was emptiness, his hand not making contact with anything.

He stepped forward, his body passing through without hindrance, but he still didn’t feel anything. After taking a few steps, he realized he was still standing in the same spot.

Lin Zhen thought for a moment, then with a flicker of mental power, he teleported!

It felt like he was hitting an invisible wall. Lin Zhen’s teleportation was successful, yet he was still standing in the same place.

“It doesn’t work. This method won’t get me anywhere. My teleportation can only function within the same space. It can’t span across extradimensional spaces. The space rift has to be torn open for me to leave.”

Lin Zhen thought for a moment, took out his Bright Silver spear, and infused it with his golden energy. The Bright Silver Spear was covered in a golden brilliance, becoming extremely heavy and sharp.

“Open up!”

Lin Zhen poured all his Dantian energy into his body. The tip of the spear emanated a dazzling golden light as he thrusted it out!

Space fluctuated a bit, and the rift in front of him rippled like a body of water. Small ripples appeared and then disappeared, and then everything returned to its original state.

“It worked! But it is not enough yet!”

Lin Zhen was invigorated, his Bright Silver Spear waving, executing the Lightning River technique. He thrust the spear over and over again, each attack landing at the exact same spot.

But it was just like raindrops falling into a lake, at most causing small ripples, unable to create any ripples in the rift.

The space rift was still there, undisturbed, with no signs of cracking open.

After launching countless attacks, Lin Zhen finally became exhausted, and he sat down on the ground.

“It’s still not working, even though I compressed my Dantian energy ninefold, the stability of this space rift is too strong. My attack still doesn’t match the power of heavenly thunder and can only cause minor tremors, but it cannot truly break it open.”

Lin Zhen began to recall his past life’s knowledge about space rifts.

In his last life, when extraterrestrial invasion had arrived, the strong ones of Earth started to resist. Battles were common, and those elite fighters would sometimes even tear the space apart, producing temporary spatial rifts.

But those individuals were at least at the peak of the War God realm, or even Star Realm warriors. Their ability to make slight tears in space was expected, Lin Zhen didn’t possess that strength yet.

“My current attack power is still lacking somewhat, but my realm can’t be improved any further, so how can I make my attacks more powerful?”

“And it’s not enough to be just a little bit more powerful. I need to launch an attack comparable to the late stage, or even the peak, War God to slightly tear the space rift.”

“A little tear will suffice. As long as I can open a tiny gap, even if it’s as big as a needle hole, if a bit of Earth’s aura can enter, I can teleport out.” Closing his eyes, Lin Zhen began to search for a way to increase his power..