Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution-Chapter 652: Unbearable Consequences

Everyone who saw Lin Shen willing to stake his life against Tian Xiaocao thought he must be insane.

Tian Xiaocao was a Nirvana Being, while Lin Shen was merely an Ascender; the attribute disparity was just too great. Even if Tian Xiaocao had no intention of using his attribute to crush Lin Shen, the speed of his sword strikes was not something Lin Shen could match.

To fight a battle of life and death, it seemed that Tian Xiaocao’s sword would pierce through Lin Shen’s body before Lin Shen’s knife could even touch Tian Xiaocao.

All these thoughts were just fleeting; Tian Xiaocao’s sword looked like it was about to stab into Lin Shen’s body, while Lin Shen’s knife was still a short distance away from Tian Xiaocao.

That insignificant distance was enough for Tian Xiaocao to kill Lin Shen several times over.

Yet, in the next moment, Tian Xiaocao, who was clearly about to stab Lin Shen, suddenly changed the direction of his sword. His blade met Lin Shen’s knife, blossoming with white sword light at the same time.

As knife and sword clashed, Tian Xiaofeng and the others, who were still wondering why Tian Xiaocao would do such a thing, saw that Tian Xiaocao’s sword light was directly cleaved apart by Lin Shen’s knife. Upon contact, Tian Xiaocao’s sword was forcefully split into two.

"Impossible!" Tian Xiaosong’s eyes widened, unable to believe what she had witnessed.

The sword in Tian Xiaocao’s hand, although not a Spirit Base, was forged from top-tier Nirvana materials and was one of the masterpieces of a certain swordsmith of the Celestial Race.

The sword’s own strength was not something an ordinary Nirvana Spiritual Base could compare to, and Tian Xiaocao had further used the Power of Nirvana to transform it into sword light.

No matter how one thought about it, it should have been Lin Shen’s knife that was cleaved in two.

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But the reality was exactly the opposite. Not only was the sword light broken, but the sword was also cut in half, while Lin Shen’s knife appeared to be completely unharmed. This completely overturned their understanding.

"How did he do that?" Tian Xiaofeng asked, dumbfounded.

Tian Xiaocao looked at the broken sword in his hand and frowned without saying a word.

"Does this strike count as me having accepted the fight?" Lin Shen asked slowly, sheathing his Scrap Sword and looking at Tian Xiaocao.

"Of course not, there’s something wrong with that knife," Tian Xiaosong said through gritted teeth, but unfortunately, her words fell on deaf ears as Lin Shen couldn’t hear her.

Tian Xiaofeng, Tian Xiaoya, and she all shared the same thought; there had to be something wrong with the knife. Otherwise, how could Lin Shen possibly cleave through Tian Xiaocao’s sword light and sword? That was simply impossible.

Tian Xiaocao raised his head to look at Lin Shen and nodded, "You won. I’ll take you to see Father."

With that, Tian Xiaocao tossed aside the broken sword and turned to walk away.

Lin Shen followed Tian Xiaocao towards the back courtyard, and before long, they encountered three young Celestial women blocking their path.

"Sister, I lost, and I accept it," Tian Xiaocao said to Tian Xiaofeng and the other two.

"No, you didn’t lose. His knife is the issue. It must be an Immortal Level weapon that’s been tampered with on purpose. That power is not his own…" Feng Xiaosong was cut off before she could finish by Feng Xiaocao.

"It’s not the knife’s problem. I lost," said Tian Xiaocao, causing Tian Xiaosong, Tian Xiaoya, and Tian Xiaofeng to freeze in place.

They just couldn’t believe that an Ascender could cleave through a Nirvana Being’s sword light and weapon.

But Tian Xiaocao would not lie, nor would he help Lin Shen. For a moment, the three women stood there in shock, their prepared words rendered useless and unspoken.

"Sister, I’m sorry." Tian Xiaocao said as she walked past them.

Lin Shen and Tian Xin followed her, bypassing the three women and continued towards the back yard.

"Is it really possible to sever the Power of Nirvana and a Nirvana Level weapon with the strength of an Ascender?" Tian Xiaosong still could not believe it up until now.

"Although it’s hard to believe, but Xiaocao wouldn’t lie to us," Tian Xiaofeng said with a strange expression as he watched Lin Shen’s retreating figure. "We should have realized sooner that a person like our little aunt and someone whom the Heavenly Emperor took notice of must have their reasons."

Lin Shen and Tian Xin followed Tian Xiaocao, walking through numerous courtyards until they reached a small one.

"Come in." Tian Xiaocao had not even knocked when a somewhat raspy male voice came from inside.

Tian Xiaocao pushed open the door, and Lin Shen saw that although the courtyard was small, it was filled with many plants and flowers—not those mutant plants, but the most ordinary ones.

"Father." While Lin Shen was still surveying the courtyard, Tian Xiaocao and Tian Xin simultaneously bowed respectfully in a certain direction.

Lin Shen looked to where they were bowing and saw a wooden hut. The hut had no door, only a bamboo curtain hanging down, which prevented one from seeing inside.

"You all go out first." The raspy male voice came from inside the house again.

Tian Xiaocao and Tian Xin exchanged a look, and although reluctant, they still left the small courtyard and closed the main gate from outside.

Just as Lin Shen was wondering how to greet the person, he heard the man inside say, "Your sword strike was not bad, Tian Xun was not wrong about you."

"I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have come to disturb you, but that path is just too difficult," Lin Shen said.

"No matter, I have long wanted to meet you, to see the kind of person my proud and arrogant sister has chosen," Tian Jue slowly said. "You are not bad, but if you are thinking of walking the path of Dual Nirvana, you should abandon that thought. With your abilities, even if you don’t take that path, you will inevitably reach Immortality in the future. There’s no need to risk your life on that deadly road."

"Is Dual Nirvana really not feasible?" Lin Shen asked with some confusion.

"People like you and I are not easily swayed from our convictions. Come in, whether it’s a dead end or not, you’ll know once you see for yourself," Tian Jue’s voice came again from the wooden hut.

Lin Shen had nothing to hesitate about, and after removing his shoes, he lifted the curtain and walked inside.

His gaze fell on the interior of the hut, and to his surprise, he saw that there was an ice block inside, larger than a bed, with a person sitting on top of it.

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Lin Shen wasn’t sure if that could still be considered a person—it was more like an ice sculpture in human form.

The entire body was made of clear crystal ice, the organs, bones, and veins inside could be clearly seen, and except for a slight tinge of color, the entire body appeared as if it were carved out of crystal ice.

Although he knew Tian Jue had completely transformed from human, he did not expect to encounter such a sight—it was eerily bizarre.

"If you don’t want to end up like me, then do not take that road," the voice of the ice person rang in Lin Shen’s ears, but he did not see his lips move, nor did his eyes flicker in the slightest.

As if seeing through Lin Shen’s thoughts, Tian Jue continued, "My body has completely transcended humanity, no different from an ice sculpture. I need not eat or drink and cannot move; although I may not die, I must endure this inhuman torment day and night."

Lin Shen finally understood why the Tian Family did not want him to meet Tian Jue; nobody would have thought that the famous Tian Jue could turn out like this.

"The physical pain is bearable, but what’s truly unbearable is housing a living soul within an absolutely static body. Moreover, your soul will constantly endure the erosion of a non-human consciousness, and with the slightest laxity, the soul will be completely lost, with even the last bit of humanity disappearing... Can you bear such consequences?"