Chapter 533: Chapter 533: Battle Kristin
While other top Ascenders were frantically surging in the rankings, Lin Shen was also madly diving.
This move left everyone stunned, and the corners of the Heavenly Emperor’s eyes started to twitch.
“Can’t that guy be less conspicuous?” The Heavenly Emperor was well aware of what Lin Shen was up to, but felt that this person did not care about his own reputation. To complete the task quickly, he was even willing to forgo his ranking.
“Congyun, just what exactly did you tell him?” The Heavenly Emperor turned to An Congyun.
An Congyun quickly said, “I told him to strive for the top five, and if that wasn’t possible, defeating Kristin would also do. This isn’t at all what I conveyed.”
The Heavenly Emperor also knew that An Congyun probably hadn’t meant that, watching Lin Shen’s rank continue to plummet, he snorted coldly, “That young man really knows how to second-guess me, it’s just a pity he has only that bit of cunning. He certainly thinks I have some personal vendetta against Kristin or perhaps the Di Man Tribe, hence his actions. He’s underestimating me too much, how could I, the Emperor, be such a petty person incapable of seeing the bigger picture? I let him compete to ensure he gets true training, so he can stand on his own as soon as possible. What a waste of my efforts.”
Tian Congyun didn’t dare to say much on the side, but the Heavenly Emperor didn’t let him off, asking coldly, “Congyun, what do you think I should do to deal with that smelly brat who has squandered my sincerity after we go back?”
“Your Majesty, in my opinion, although the Chief of the Heavenly Institute mistakenly misinterpreted your intentions, his willingness to disregard his personal honor and dignity solely to serve you is a rare and commendable display of loyalty,” said Tian Congyun after some thought.
“You do have a point, he might be foolish, but his heart is in the right place,” the Heavenly Emperor said with a smile.
Lin Shen wasn’t truly oblivious, it’s just that he didn’t want to appear too perfect. An 6’s words were always on his mind: a loss could be a blessing and being perceived as too perfect isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Lin Shen’s rank continued its dive, and when others triggered the rule for challenging beyond their rank twice, it wasn’t long before he triggered the loser’s rule twice as well.
His challengeable range expanded to ten thousand, causing his rank to drop even faster.
With so many people challenging him, Lin Shen’s ranking fell lower and lower, reaching a state where he was vulnerable to everyone’s attacks.
Not long after Kristin triggered the third over-level challenge rule, Lin Shen triggered the loser’s rule for the third time, expanding his challengeable range to one million places.
Through their relentless efforts, their rankings grew closer and closer.
The audience was flabbergasted; with Lin Shen’s strength, it was impossible for him to fall in the ranks so dramatically.
Even Faceless, his Life Base destroyed, was still within the top hundred—Lin Shen had only depleted his Strength and had rested for such a long time. Despite being challenged so extensively and not even getting up from the rock, he should have recovered somewhat. It just didn’t make sense for his ranking to be so low.
However, Lin Shen paid no mind to that and continued his rapid descent.
When Kristin was choosing his next opponent, he was shocked to find the name of the Human, Tian, within his selectable range.
He thought he had seen incorrectly and checked again carefully, even specifically looking at the top ranks of the leaderboard. But no, there was no mistake—Lin Shen’s rank had indeed fallen.
Kristin was puzzled, but he chose to challenge Lin Shen anyway. Just as he hesitated, someone else beat him to it. He had missed his chance to challenge.
But in a moment, Lin Shen, who had been unchallengeable, became available for challenge again.
Kristin didn’t consider any further and directly chose to challenge him, successfully snatching the right to do so and entering Lin Shen’s planetary home field through the opened portal.
Seeing Kristin come in, Lin Shen didn’t opt out of the battle this time and finally stood up.
“Damn, after all that, Lin Shen isn’t interested in playing with those guys; he’s diving down to find Kristin.”
“I knew it. Lin Shen, no matter what, couldn’t possibly be that weak.”
“I sure hope Lin Shen doesn’t get himself killed; Kristin is on fire right now, and many top Ascenders can’t withstand the force of his single sword strike.”
“During the elimination round, Kristin got messed up so bad by Lin Shen, if they start fighting, it’s probably going to be a fight to the death.”
“Are you looking for me?” Kristin said coldly, staring at Lin Shen.
“Sort of,” Lin Shen didn’t deny it.
“Good, bring out your strongest strength.” Kristin’s Life Base Sword pointed at Lin Shen, but he didn’t make a move immediately.
“Sure,” Lin Shen didn’t waste words, directly using Carapace and summoning the Folding Fan, deploying two skills back and forth at Kristin.
Two kinds of Mysterious Light Pattern, light and dark, flew toward Kristin.
Kristin seemed to ignore them, letting the two light patterns land on his Carapace, forming imprints.
A cold smirk appeared on Kristin’s lips, and dark gold strange symbols emerged on his gunmetal grey Carapace.
Everyone focused intently on Kristin, wanting to know how he would counter Lin Shen’s Weakening Skill.
But as they only saw the strange symbols emerge with no erasure of the Mysterious Light Pattern on the Carapace, and they thought Kristin’s counter move had failed, they suddenly noticed the same eerie symbols appearing on Lin Shen’s Carapace.
What was more eerie was that along with those strange symbols, Lin Shen’s own Mysterious Light Pattern also appeared, identical to the light and dark patterns now on Kristin.
Lin Shen suddenly felt heavy, startled for a moment, feeling as if all his Attributes had been diminished, and his skills weakened alongside them.
“What kind of ability is that, which can turn Sway Style and Folding Style back against me?” Lin Shen wondered in surprise.
In theory, this was Lin Shen’s own strength, so he should have been able to clear it, but he found he couldn’t remove the Mysterious Light Pattern from himself.
“This is my innate ability, Evil Ghost Possession. Any negative force you use on me will also affect you, putting us on the same starting point,” Kristin said to Lin Shen, his voice cold.
“That’s strong,” Lin Shen admitted.
“Stop wasting time, put away your little tricks, and use your Pistol Air Strike Skill,” Kristin said, growing impatient to break through Lin Shen’s signature skill.
“No rush, I’ve heard your swordsmanship is powerful; I want to experience that first.” Lin Shen flicked his wrist, merging the Folding Fan, with feather-like blades popping out, turning into a Feather-like Light Sword.
The spectators were all very surprised; they all thought Lin Shen’s Life Base was of the support type and did not expect such an offensive state.
Kristin did not answer but simply thrust his sword forward with the wind.
His sword pierced through the wind, and despite the strong gust, it was still unbelievably fast, arriving in front of Lin Shen in the blink of an eye. If it weren’t for the two Weakening Skills affecting him, this strike would have been even faster, so fast that not even a shadow would be seen.