Age of Evolution

After putting on the virtual helmet, the arena appeared once again.

The crowd surrounding the arena was massive, and now there were only four matches left. Each large screen was divided into four smaller ones, and nearly 70% of the world was watching the competition.

People had been looking forward to this fight for a long time. Lin Zhen’s consecutive victories without fighting indeed couldn’t convince people. It only made them believe that his injuries were severe, and this might be his farewell performance. Even those who placed bets didn’t think he could advance.

When Lin Zhen appeared, people quickly noticed the white bandages on him.

They were impressed by his fighting spirit despite his severe injuries and didn’t say much. Many Hua Xia Martial Artists even applauded him.

Lin Zhen intentionally looked towards the God’s Grace Cathedral in the Capital area, but he didn’t see Su Mingyue. He didn’t know what this girl was doing, which made him feel slightly disappointed.

“Lin Zhen, are you ready to be eliminated?” A voice came from the opposite side, as Shah entered the arena.

Shah had dark skin and slit-like eyes. He was shirtless, wearing a golden ring on his head, and a large necklace of skulls around his neck, looking both human and ghostly.

Seeing Lin Zhen turn around, Shah smirked: “Lin Zhen, I saw your performance last night. Your spiritual power surprised me. You must be at

Dark Gold Middle Stage. If given more time, you might even catch up to me. But one outstanding spiritual mind master is enough. I’ll show you what true terror is.”

Lin Zhen sized Shah up: “If you weren’t talking, I would have thought you were just another skull.”

“Kid, don’t try to act smart. Being a young War God has made you arrogant. If you can make me move even one step, I’ll consider myself defeated.”

Lin Zhen sneered: “That’s precisely what I want to say. If I move a single step while fighting you today, I’ll admit defeat.”

“Hahaha! Ignorant and arrogant! Then feel the terror of the restless spirits from the banks of the Ganges River!”

The Ganges River is the largest river in India and a sacred river in the country. Countless people died in the Ganges during the historical era.

From the eighteen skulls on Shah’s chest, one of them moved slightly.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew through the arena, and a ghostly figure with a twisted face let out a howl, rushing out! With its dried grass-like long hair, blood-soaked white clothes, and terrifyingly distorted face, this ghostly entity embodied the essence of horror.

“Ah! I can’t stand seeing Shah’s disgusting move again. It makes me nauseous every time.”

“Yeah, I didn’t sleep well last night. If it weren’t for watching Lin Zhen’s farewell performance, I wouldn’t have come to see this.”

“Maybe only Huo Luofu can defeat Shah. I really hope this guy gets eliminated soon. ”

“It’s a pity for Lin Zhen. If he wasn’t injured, he might have been able to hold on, but this time he’s done.”

Many people in the audience even covered their eyes. Every time Shah won, his opponents suffered terribly. Tormented by vengeful spirits, those with stronger wills would choose suicide, while those with weaker wills might even mentally collapse and harm themselves.

The vengeful spirit howled and enveloped Lin Zhen in no time. Shah immediately burst into laughter: “Lin Zhen, this spirit was created through corpse refinement from the Ganges River. Its resentment runs deep. One vengeful spirit is enough to cause the mental collapse of a Golden Mind Master.

How can you, severely injured, resist? Just die!”

“My precious, gouge Lin Zhen’s eyes out! Let him forever remember the terror of me, Shah!”

Shah shouted from behind, and more people closed their eyes, unable to bear the bloody scene that was about to unfold.

“Pff!”

An obscure golden light shot out from the shadows, and the vengeful spirit shrieked a few times before its body strangely twisted and eventually dissipated.

Lin Zhen sneered: “Is this the so-called vengeful spirit? How can it affect anything?”

“Impossible!” Shah was taken aback.

“You can actually break through my vengeful spirit… It seems I underestimated you. You were severely injured yesterday, but your spiritual power didn’t suffer much damage. I was misled. You won’t get so lucky this time.”

Three skulls on Shah’s chest shook simultaneously, and a chilling wind three times stronger than before surged up.

“Three vengeful spirits at once can’t be resisted by a Dark Gold Middle Stage spiritual mind master. Lin Zhen, die!”

Ghostly winds enveloped Lin Zhen again, but only for two seconds before they once again dissipated.

“You… You’re not a Dark Gold Middle Stage spiritual mind master anymore, you’re in the Late Stage?” Shah couldn’t believe it. He had practiced for over seventy years to reach the Dark Gold Late Stage, and Lin Zhen had already reached the same level as him?

Lin Zhen curled his lips without answering.

“It’s useless even if you’re in the Late Stage. Five skulls will be enough to destroy the spiritual power of a Dark Gold Late Stage practitioner!”

Shah once again released five skulls from his chest, but this time Lin Zhen did not have the patience to play along: “Shah! Your ugly performance ends here!”

With a flip of his palm, a beam of radiant power shot out from Lin Zhen’s hand. The intense white light dispelled the gloom on the arena, and the ghostly entities that had just emerged vanished like snow in the sunlight.

“No! You’ve actually mastered radiant power!” Shah screamed, no longer daring to release any skulls. He jumped into the air instead, brandishing two curved blades in his hands, and charged at Lin Zhen, ready to use his true martial artist power in battle.

“Didn’t you say that if you moved one step, you’d admit defeat? Why are you jumping around now?” Lin Zhen mocked him.

“Enough with the nonsense, defeating you is what matters. Can a martial artist be bound by such jokes? Given your injuries, I’m done playing with you. I’ll take advantage of your weak state!” Shah abandoned all shame.

Lin Zhen’s gaze sharpened, and he sent a mental shock towards Shah! “It’s useless, I’m in the Dark Gold Late Stage and have a Star Artifact…ugh!”

Shah’s mental defense Star Artifact blinked, but it surprisingly failed to withstand Lin Zhen’s mental shock. A dazzling light flashed, and the mental defense Star Artifact actually shattered!

“This is… dia…” Shah’s pupils instantly dilated as Lin Zhen’s mental shock penetrated his mind like an invincible drill!

It was unclear if Lin Zhen did it intentionally, but as soon as the mental shock hit Shah’s consciousness, he suddenly pulled back his power, causing Shah not to die on the spot.

“Thud!” Shah’s body fell heavily in front of Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen suddenlv lifted his foot and kicked Shah’s face, sendinz him spinninq into the corner of the ring.

Just after kicking him away, Lin Zhen exerted gravitational force, pulling Shah back, and then kicked him away again.

“Whoosh!” Shah came back, “Bang!” Lin Zhen kicked him out once more.

Never had a War God powerhouse been subjected to such humiliation; treated like a soccer ball on the stage, unable to escape. Shah was completely dumbfounded.

The people below the stage were also stunned, as this was not the expected script!

Wasn’t Lin Zhen supposed to have lost his fighting power due to his injuries?

Wasn’t Shah, the War God, said to be unafraid of anyone except Huo Luofu? How did he end up getting beaten like this?

“Crack! ”

With Lin Zhen’s latest kick, Shah lost his final tooth.

He used the last of his energy to raise his head: “Your…your foot moved too.”

Lin Zhen flexed his ankle, “Enough with the nonsense, defeating you is what matters. Can a martial artist be bound by such jokes?”

Hearing Lin Zhen’s counterattack using his own words, Shah felt blood rising in his chest, and his eyes rolled back in his head, bringing him to the brink of death.

“Remember this: don’t think it’s all over once you lose the War God’s Knockout.

We’re not done yet, and we’ll meet again.”

Lin Zhen delivered another powerful kick, snapping Shah’s neck and sending his head flying like a soccer ball towards the corner of the ring!

“Bang!”

His head hit a pillar, blood and brain matter splattered, and then vanished as specks of light.

The system prompt rang out: “This battle has ended. Hua Xia martial artist Lin Zhen has won and advanced to the semifinals!”

Lin Zhen removed his virtual helmet and exhaled slowly.

The internet must be filled with praise for Lin Zhen’s performance; however, Lin Zhen didn’t care. He was a Diamond Level Spiritual Mind Master; defeating Shah, who had just entered the Dark Gold Late Stage, was too easy for him.

What he was concerned about were the other battles.

Since the brain worm couldn’t control Lin Zhen, it would choose someone else to control. That thing could use wormholes to cross space, so it’s hard to tell who it may control.

However, the person under control would have their strength reach the Star Realm under the brain worm’s influence.

If that’s the case, that person would undoubtedly be Lin Zhen’s toughest opponent.

In the other three matches, Huo Luofu defeated Bogba. Although the victory was not easy, Bogba, as Africa’s strongest War God, had impressive strength, managing to injure Huo Luofu despite his gravity field.

In this match, Huo Luofu won but didn’t reveal his Star Realm power.

Then, Duke from the United States faced off against his opponent, using a gravity field to achieve an effortless victory. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Finally, Ai Er from the European Union defeated his opponent, displaying an array of techniques in his knight’s armor but not showing any overwhelming advantage.

“Is the person controlled by the brain worm not one of these three? No, it must be, I just haven’t figured it out yet.”

Lin Zhen was searching for the one controlled by the brain worm while the three leaders of the War God Alliance were using their third-tier authority.

Initially, they thought Lin Zhen would lose no matter who he faced, but surprisingly, Alice and Su Mingyue successively withdrew, and after the intense battles between Spiritual Mind Masters, Lin Zhen actually advanced to the gemifinalql

In order to prevent the two biggest championship contenders, Huo Luofu and Duke, from clashing, they decided they had to eliminate Lin Zhen immediately, not giving Hua Xia a chance to enter the championship contest, and determined to keep him out of the top three.

In the next battle, Lin Zhen was directly arranged to face Huo Luofu!