Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Chapter 280: Chapter 280 Aerial Combat

Lin Shen felt his body become much heavier, and glanced down at his watch, only to see his attributes plummeting rapidly.

Apart from his Strength attribute, all his other attributes had dropped to 21 points, with only the Strength attribute at 39 points.

“Damn it, Cosimo’s God-given Imperial Authority ability is somewhat perverted, reducing so much!” Lin Shen saw Cosimo being so careful, coming up and using Life Base with God-given Imperial Authority right from the start, and knew that a tough battle was inevitable, and it was unlikely that he would succeed in a sneak attack.

Almost without hesitation, Lin Shen took out a vial of elixir and gulped it down, immediately feeling a surge of energy fill his body, quickly raising all his attributes.

The elixir provided by Tian Xun was extraordinary; one bottle had revived his attributes and even added a few points.

Strength had broken through sixty, reaching 62 points, and other attributes had also climbed to around forty-two or forty-three points.

It was just a pity that the strengthening effect of such elixirs was limited in time, and they also had side effects.

Lin Shen turned and ran, summoning the Evil Dragon at the same time.

“Thinking of running now, it’s already too late.” Cosimo moved like a phantom, his speed unbelievably fast, and he appeared behind Lin Shen in an instant, swinging his scepter straight towards Lin Shen’s head.

Lin Shen had already activated the Super Base Pattern and employed the movement technique of Surfing Fist, which greatly increased his speed, and with an uncanny step rhythm, he dodged Cosimo’s strike.

But the speed disparity was too great, and Lin Shen couldn’t truly shake off Cosimo. Like a specter, Cosimo closely pursued Lin Shen, with the scepter still chasing him, about to crush his skull.

Lin Shen knew it was impossible to get away from Cosimo. With the enhancement of the Surfing Fist movement technique, his speed was still far from a hundred, while Cosimo’s was close to a hundred and fifty. The gap was just too big.

Lin Shen turned around and threw a punch, directly facing Cosimo’s scepter.

In Cosimo’s eyes, Lin Shen’s action was undoubtedly suicidal. A mere Mutator dared to face him head-on; what else could it be but a death wish?

Boom!

Lin Shen’s punch struck the scepter. His body was shaken back repeatedly, but Cosimo’s blow was ultimately blocked by him.

Cosimo was obviously surprised. He didn’t expect Lin Shen to block his strike, even though it was a hit without any skill usage.

But he had over a hundred strength, and Lin Shen, a Mutator, had been weakened by God-given Imperial Authority. How could he possibly receive that hit?

Cosimo’s gaze inevitably turned to the gauntlets on Lin Shen’s hands. In his view, the gauntlets were undoubtedly the reason for this feat.

A Mutator’s skill, no matter how strong, could at most double the attribute, which was already a top-tier innate skill, but it couldn’t possibly have this effect.

If it wasn’t the effect of an innate skill, then the only possibility was those gauntlets.

A weapon that allowed a Mutator to withstand a hit from him piqued Cosimo’s interest, but he was not in a hurry; once he killed Lin Shen, the gauntlets would be his.

Being able to withstand a hit from Cosimo was indeed the merit of the Stubborn Lone Will.

Because Cosimo was too fast, Lin Shen only had time to throw one punch, and he couldn’t stack the Surfing effects at all.

Fortunately, the Stubborn Lone Will Gauntlets were indeed powerful, having withstood Cosimo’s strike.

However, Cosimo’s strength was too mighty. Even with the enhancement of Surfing Fist and Stubborn Lone Will, Lin Shen felt as if his fist and arm were about to shatter.

Lin Shen suddenly envied Ximen Swordsman; if he had his power-dissipating skills, it wouldn’t be so strenuous.

Thankfully, Lin Shen possessed the Super-Base Recast skill, which meant such damage couldn’t do much to him.

Leaping into the air, Lin Shen knew he couldn’t continue to fight Cosimo head-on, or he would never force out Cosimo’s Celestial Descent – instead, he himself would be pushed to use all his abilities.

Cosimo thought Lin Shen was trying to escape with the help of the Evil Dragon and immediately took out a dagger and threw it.

His target was not Lin Shen, but the Evil Dragon. Killing the Evil Dragon would leave Lin Shen with no flying ability, making it almost impossible for him to escape from Razor Fang Island.

What he didn’t expect was that Lin Shen did not direct the Evil Dragon to charge towards him; instead, the Evil Dragon soared directly into the high skies, completely catching Cosimo off guard, and causing his thrown dagger to miss the dragon’s vital point. It merely pierced through one side of the Evil Dragon’s body and continued flying upwards.

The Evil Dragon continued to rush towards the high heavens. With its strong recovery ability, this strike was not fatal since it didn’t hit any vital spots.

In midair, the Evil Dragon caught hold of the dagger.

Since the Spirit Base couldn’t fly, the dagger, powered by Cosimo’s throw, was no longer controllable after it lost its force.

Seeing Lin Shen leap into the sky, Cosimo also sprang up with even greater speed and height.

In his eyes, Lin Shen’s jump into the air was suicide.

In an instant, he caught up with Lin Shen, but to Cosimo’s astonishment, Lin Shen once again changed direction in midair, leaping to the other side and leaving Cosimo’s charge to miss its mark.

Now, without the ability to fly, he couldn’t pursue Lin Shen. He couldn’t reach him with his arms and could only watch helplessly as Lin Shen moved further away.

Lin Shen, in midair, immediately returned fire with three punches. The Surfing Fist’s consecutive layers intertwined together, blasting towards the airborne Cosimo.

Lin Shen hadn’t expected Cosimo to catch up. For a moment, he considered unleashing the Sacrificial Halo to take advantage of the opportunity to determine victory or defeat in one strike, possibly catching Cosimo by surprise, maybe even before he had the chance to use Celestial Descent or the Crown of the King.

But Lin Shen abandoned this idea because he noticed the sacrificial offerings for the Sacrificial Halo were rapidly increasing.

Sacrifice +1… Sacrifice +1… Sacrifice +1…

The prompts continuously flashed in his mind, piling on top of each other, making it impossible to know just how many offerings had been added, as the attributes grew wildly as well.

“Here’s my chance…” Lin Shen thought excitedly, dropping the idea of settling life and death immediately.

He chose to use the Surfing Triple Strike, bombarding the airborne Cosimo.

Cosimo couldn’t see the Fist Power, but he could feel and hear the fluctuations and sound created by the punch tearing through the air.

Without hesitation, Cosimo swept out with his scepter in his hand.

Boom!

Under the force of the Triple Strike, Cosimo was shaken and sent flying backward, his scepter almost slipping from his grasp.

“How can a Mutator have such incredible strength!” Cosimo was both shocked and angry, but unfortunately, suspended in midair without the ability to fly, it was impossible for him to stabilize himself.

Lin Shen touched his left foot to his right instep and charged out into the air once more, throwing another series of Surfing Triple Punches.

With the enhancement of the Super-Base Pattern, he could at most deliver a Surfing Quadra-Punch, but that would consume too much of his strength.

Thus, Lin Shen did not use the Quadra-Punch, just the Triple Fist, enabling him to continuously throw Triple Fists.

Cosimo, unable to move in midair, had no choice but to withstand the Surfing Triple Strikes head-on. Lin Shen’s skillful positional play kept sending him flying, preventing him from landing.