Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Chapter 270: Chapter 270: A Bit Hard to Kill

Lin Shen felt a surge of surprise, Cosimo’s innate abilities were indeed outrageously strong. If it weren’t for having other plans, Lin Shen would not have even considered challenging Cosimo.

“These aren’t even the deadliest, Cosimo’s Life Base is a Divine Emperor’s Scepter, with the ability called God-given Imperial Authority, which can form a halo area. Within this halo, the four Attribute scores of everyone but himself will be significantly weakened. Even for a Nirvana Being, without the corresponding ability to counteract, their four Attributes would be weakened by the God-given Imperial Authority’s halo, just not as severely,”

“You are only a Mutator, with the highest Attribute scores barely reaching 41. Inside the God-given Imperial Authority’s halo area, I fear not even half would remain. Do you still think that with your Base Mutation body, you can slay the Ninth Turn Cosimo?” Tian Xun looked at Lin Shen with a smile that was more mocking than genuine.

She chose to tell Lin Shen all this now to get him to dismiss such ludicrous thoughts, to have him use her Ascension Egg for ascension. That way, by relying on Angel Rebirth and Twenty-Eight Fists, along with her intricate layout and design, there might be a chance of success.

Lin Shen in the pool was silently astounded; Cosimo was absurdly strong indeed.

With each Ascension, an Ascender’s Attribute scores increase by ten percent based on their original scores, without repeating the increase in subsequent reincarnations.

That is to say, if Cosimo’s base score was eighty, then after the Ninth Turn it would mean an eighty percent increase in his Attributes, bringing his true scores close to one hundred fifty.

If you add the enhancement of Celestial Descent, in those ten seconds, Cosimo’s combat power could be terrifying to an unimaginable degree.

Moreover, taking into account the weakening effect of God-given Imperial Authority, killing such a Cosimo is beyond hope for even the strongest Mutator.

His three Base Change Talents are also very strong. Celestial Descent, Lin Shen’s Super Base Change, and Wei Wufu’s Phoenix Mystique Talent have something of the same cleverly achieved purpose.

Celestial Descent directly doubles the four Attributes without any cost, but its duration is relatively short.

Lin Shen’s Super Base Change also strengthens all four Attributes, but at the cost of consuming a large amount of energy. If he has enough energy, Super Base Change can double the Attributes or even more.

However, usually, the energy that Lin Shen has is insufficient to support a doubling of Attributes through Super Base Change.

Even the World’s Force absorbed by the Super Base Pattern cannot reach that level, unless the environment at the time is extremely particular, allowing for a massive absorption of World’s Force, only then is it possible to double the Attributes.

Wei Wufu’s Phoenix Mystique is an Innate Skill gained when advancing to Crystal Base, similarly enhancing the four Attributes.

It can also double the Attributes and is very enduring, unlike the short duration of Celestial Descent, and is not as unstable as Lin Shen’s Super Base Pattern, although it also requires a certain amount of energy, just not as much as the Super Base Pattern.

However, Phoenix Mystique has its drawbacks too, once it is used, one must continue fighting to the end, no matter how strong the opponent. Any retreat or cowardice will cause Phoenix Mystique to backlash against its user, which can be lethal.

Wei Wufu managed to kill the Third Turn Zhu Kailing largely thanks to Phoenix Mystique.

The beauty of Celestial Descent is that it doesn’t require any cost, it only has a short duration, but that’s enough to end a battle at a crucial moment.

When combined with the Crown of the King and Imperial Kill Fist, it is theoretically impossible for a Mutator to kill a fully skilled Cosimo.

Of course, Lin Shen believes he has a chance to kill Cosimo not merely on his own strength.

Since his arrival on this planet, the Sacrificial Halo has often signaled an increase in sacrifices.

It’s estimated that as the Celestial Race’s Pioneer Corps continues to pioneer, the continual death in battle results as sacrifices for the Sacrificial Halo.

According to the calendar of Giant Ring Star, I’ve only been here for three or four days, yet the attributes bestowed by the Sacrificial Halo have already exceeded a hundred points. At this rate, within three days, the attributes endowed by the Sacrificial Halo should reach at least one hundred and fifty points or even more. Adding to my own original attributes, my strength could break through two hundred.

Unfortunately, the attributes increased by the Sacrificial Halo do not stack with the enhancement effect of Super Base Change, which can only strengthen the attributes I originally possess.

I had thought that with such an enhancement in attributes, it shouldn’t be difficult to kill the Ninth Turn Ascender Cosimo.

After all, with nearly the same attributes, I easily blasted away Wan Shuiliu, a Seventh Turn, who is only twenty percent stronger than a Seventh Turn—the chances should still be quite high.

But hearing what Tian Xun said, it seems that killing Cosimo with such attributes may not be so easy.

After all, Wan Shuiliu didn’t have an abnormal attribute enhancement skill like Celestial Descent, nor the desperate ability to forcefully burst seeds.

The attribute enhancement provided by the Sacrificial Halo’s offerings means the higher the attributes, the more offerings are required.

To add a single point of attribute in the beginning, a common Steel Level offering might suffice, but later on, even ten Crystal Base offerings might not be enough to add one point of attribute.

If a few Ascenders died, or a Nirvana Level offering perished, then the attributes of the Sacrificial Halo could see a significant increase.

Originally, it took me so long to accumulate the Sacrificial Halo’s power, and only after the battle at Sky Star Slope did I accumulate over a hundred and fifty points.

In just three or four days on Giant Ring Star, the attributes of the Sacrificial Halo have already broken a hundred, which shows how brutal the pioneering on Giant Ring Star is.

“Unless the attributes of the Sacrificial Halo can significantly increase in the next three days, killing Cosimo will indeed not be easy. If I don’t succeed in one strike, then I’ll only be able to teleport away from Giant Ring Star to seek refuge,” Lin Shen calculated silently in his heart.

“Have you thought it through? Are you still insistent on slaying a Ninth Turn Ascender as a Mutator?” Seeing that Lin Shen had been silent for a long time, Tian Xun turned around, looked at Lin Shen with a smile, and asked.

“You are the lord of Giant Ring Star, you should be aware of the current pioneering situation on Giant Ring Star, right?” Lin Shen paused before asking.

“I can only be considered one-third of a Star Lord; I manage the Star Belt area. The land is being pioneered by the An Family, while the sea is being pioneered by the Chi Family. I do know a bit about their pioneering situations. What do you want to ask this for?” Tian Xun asked, puzzled.

“Just curious, how many people have died during the pioneering?” Lin Shen asked casually.

Tian Xun misunderstood the implication and responded indifferently, “We wouldn’t send Cosimo for pioneering; it’s just some cannon fodder from other races. If it were that easy to use this as an excuse, why go through such a hassle and take such a big detour to get you involved?”

Lin Shen knew that Tian Xun had misunderstood him, but he didn’t explain and continued to ask, “What level are those cannon fodder from other races? How many are there? How many die each day?”

“Most of them are Mutators; it’s hard to say exactly how many there are. When a batch dies, another batch is replenished. Each family probably has about a hundred thousand Mutators now. There are some Ascenders too, but not in large numbers. As for how many die, that depends on what is encountered in the pioneering area. If they disturb an unknown Nirvana Creature, they could all be wiped out at once. If they encounter a large number of Ascended Creatures, quite a few will also die.” Tian Xun didn’t understand what Lin Shen was getting at with these questions.

“Isn’t that all just luck?” Lin Shen was somewhat speechless.

If those cannon fodder were unlucky enough to disturb Nirvana Creatures, resulting in an annihilation, then Lin Shen’s Sacrificial Halo would immediately take off.

If the Pioneer Corps doesn’t encounter any dangers within these three days, then it’s hard to say how much the Sacrificial Halo’s attributes could increase.