Age of Evolution#

Chapter 839: Chapter 842: So It’s You_1

Seeing Lin Zhen abruptly fall asleep on the bed, a chill ran down San Hu’s spine.

“How… How did he manage to do that? How did he manage to get back to his room?”

His subordinates were also completely clueless: “This is too mysterious, he suddenly disappeared from the boxing stage, and then reappeared in his room. We’ve checked all the surveillance footage, but didn’t see Lin Zhen passing by. We also questioned the guards, and none of them felt any fluctuations in the air.”

“What about scent? Temperature changes? Did you investigate all of that? Spiritual Power fluctuations? Did he teleport back?”

“We’ve checked everything, there are no abnormalities. Moreover, Lin Zhen’s room blocks Spiritual Power, teleportation is impossible.”

“This is really mind-boggling!”

San Hu angrily smashed his newly replaced water glass: “In that case, there’s no way we can control him anymore. If he wants to leave, he can just leave, right?”

One of his subordinates hesitated: “Brother San Hu, I don’t think it’s necessarily so. I guess Lin Zhen probably used some short-distance teleportation method to move back to his room, if he had such ability, I don’t think he would stay here.”

San Hu contemplated a while: “Possibly. If that’s the case, it’s not much to fear. But remember, don’t give Lin Zhen the chance to leave here. He has signed a contract with us, and if he leaves arbitrarily before winning a hundred matches, he has to pay us a sky-high compensation. I don’t think he would take such a risk to disregard the agreement.”

There’s a condition for compensation in their contract. Lin Zhen can flee, but it would then be impossible for him to enter the city of the Human Clan in the Endless Battlefield. He would be wanted.

Therefore, San Hu believes, Lin Zhen is unlikely to leave.

As long as Lin Zhen stays, San Hu is confident that he can make Lin Zhen surrender. However, he believes that won’t happen until after at least thirty matches. For now, it seems impossible for Lin Zhen to be defeated within thirty matches.

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Back in his room, Lin Zhen looked at Xiaogua, who stared blankly back.

Xiaogua had grown quite a bit, now resembling a half-grown fox.

Lin Zhen didn’t attempt to ask Xiaogua anything. He had found that this little fox was no ordinary fox, in fact, it wasn’t even an ordinary Galaxy Beast.

A lot of the time, when he was teasing Xiaogua, even though they would have fun, he could vaguely feel Xiaogua’s faint hostility towards him.

Although the feeling was very faint, Lin Zhen’s keen senses still picked it up.

He wasn’t sure how his relationship with Xiaogua would develop in the future, but at this stage, they certainly needed each other.

The miraculous dreams certainly didn’t come out of nowhere, and the only explanation was Xiaogua.

And Lin Zhen wasn’t letting Xiaogua work hard for nothing either. He had always used Elixirs to provide for Xiaogua. He wanted to see what Xiaogua’s final stage of growth would be.

Today, Lin Zhen gave Xiaogua a Star Realm Elixir.

After swallowing the Elixir, Xiaogua and Lin Zhen once again entered into the dreamland.

The dream was the same as last time, Lin Zhen fought against the Fox God from Qingqiu Mountain for about three minutes before succumbing to exhaustion and failing.

By the time he woke up, he found that most of the power of the Level 9 Longevity Elixir had dissipated.

But for Lin Zhen to ascend from the Longevity Realm to the Three Flowers Stage was not so simple.

Moving from Level 9 Longevity to Three Flowers is a very important stage, on the ground of the Original World, Three Flowers Warriors are pretty much at the peak. It’s rare to see a God Transformation Period.

For Lin Zhen, entering the Three Flowers Stage means truly becoming an Advanced Martial Artist. If his current state reaches the Three Flowers Stage, then even normal Divine Transformation wouldn’t be of importance to him.

He even stands a chance to fight against the experts at the God World Transformation!

However, transitioning from Level 9 to Three Flowers is easy, but a perfect transition is hard. Lin Zhen needs a long period of accumulation, to let his Star Power overflow.

The minimum Star Power for a Divine Transformation Warrior is 100 million.

For a God World Transformation Warrior, the minimum Star Power is 200 million.

Lin Zhen’s current 140 million Star Power can only be considered average among Divine Transformation. That’s why he hasn’t been able to pass the 12th Heavenly Lord level in the 33-Day Tower.

Now that he has the advantage of the dreamland, Lin Zhen wants to make another breakthrough in his Realm all at once.

Half of the Elixir’s power was consumed that night. If he uses one more Elixir at night, the power could be completely dissipated. Then Lin Zhen can swallow another Elixir, and accumulate Star Power again.

Accumulate for one day, and then let it dissolve for two or three days. Repeat this several times, and he may have a chance to advance to the Three Flowers Stage.

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The next day Lin Zhen went to participate in the arena match, believing that he would face a relatively strong opponent, but he didn’t expect that the competitor this time was only an ordinary Three Flowers Stage fighter.

Before Lin Zhen could react to what the people from White Tiger Hall were planning, this Three Flowers Stage fighter surprisingly admitted defeat without a fight.

Without even throwing a punch, Lin Zhen was declared the victor of this match with his accumulated points reaching four.

Moreover, Lin Zhen made a discovery – there were no spectators at all. That is, no bets were placed on this arena match. It was predetermined that Lin Zhen would win.

Lin Zhen had a sudden realization. It seems that the opponents won’t send Three Flowers Stage fighters to challenge him anymore.

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His guess was correct. After resting for a night, the opponent for his next match was still the same fighter. With no spectators again, the fighter admitted defeat without any resistance.

Since his opponent shamelessly conceded, Lin Zhen was happy to effortlessly gain points, spending another night comfortably.

After that, his days began to follow this cyclic pattern.

One day, two days… three days, five days… eight days, ten days….

By the half-month mark, even the referees stopped speaking. They simply allowed Lin Zhen to step up onto the arena for a moment before immediately stepping off, not wasting a single moment.

As Lin Zhen’s points soared rapidly, his strength also improved swiftly.

The potency of the medicine was being successfully resolved, and the accumulation of Lin Zhen’s Star Power increased more and more.

By the twentieth day, Lin Zhen finally felt that his Star Power was about to overflow.

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“Xiaogua, you’ve made rapid progress these days, successively experiencing the Star Core Period, Trend Period, Comet Period, Satellite Period, Planet Period, and Constant Star Stage. Now I’ll give you the elixir for the Black Hole Period. Once you get through the Black Hole Period, you’ll enter a completely new realm.”

Having grown into a beautiful fox that was almost one and a half meters long with a snow-white tail swinging in acknowledgement, it could be considered a response to Lin Zhen’s words.

“Take it. Let’s hope we both can achieve a new breakthrough.”

After giving Xiaogua the Black Hole Period elixir, Lin Zhen started preparing to take his medicine. But after taking out the elixir, Lin Zhen suddenly paused.

He put the Juyuan Powder back and took out the Inner World Warmth Elixir.

Since he’s about to enter the Three Flowers stage, the final evil star in Lin Zhen’s body, Luo Gou’s Star, was also almost ready to light up.

During this period of concentrating on breaking through the realm, he nearly forgot that he still had one last evil star unlit.

With no residual medicinal properties in his body, Lin Zhen consumed a large amount of the Inner World Warmth Elixir.

Soon, both Lin Zhen and Xiaogua entered the dreamland once more.

Lin Zhen’s approach was correct; with the constant refinement of his Star Power, the residual medicinal properties from the past were all stimulated. After the confrontation with the Fox God again, all these elixirs were completely absorbed by Lin Zhen.

After this challenge, Luo Gou’s Evil Star had begun to glow faintly, and it wasn’t far from being lit.

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On the twentieth day, Lin Zhen once again fully metabolized the medicinal properties and took more of the Inner World Warmth Elixir.

On the twenty-first day, Xiaogua consumed World King level elixir and successfully advanced to the World King realm.

On the twenty-second day, Lin Zhen finally reached the cusp of illuminating Luo Gou’s Star, which would surely light up after one more elixir.

On the twenty-third day, Xiaogua’s medicinal properties had almost disappeared, and he was almost ready to advance to Longevity.

On the twenty-fourth day, Lin Zhen took his final elixir and waited for the medicinal properties to metabolize.

On the twenty-fifty day, Xiaogua advanced to the Longevity Realm!

On the twenty-sixth day, Lin Zhen had again fully metabolized the medicinal properties!

On the twenty-seventh day, Xiaogua had also entirely metabolized his medicinal properties.

On the twenty-eighth day, Xiaogua took another elixir, aiming for the Three Flowers Realm, while Lin Zhen made his final preparations for a breakthrough.

On the twenty-ninth day, Xiaogua advanced to the Three Flowers Realm, and Lin Zhen finally reached true Star Power overflow!

The true Star Power overflow refers to simultaneously reaching the peak of Star Power in both the Dantian Qi Sea and the inner world – it is akin to having one foot already stepping into the Three Flowers threshold!

On the thirtieth day, Lin Zhen arrived at the stage, once again going through the motions with his prior opponent.

After this formality, Lin Zhen’s points had reached thirty.

At this point, Lin Zhen had completed the early part of the contract. From the start of the next battle, he would be facing warriors at the Divine Transformation stage.

However, Lin Zhen wasn’t too worried. According to the contract, the strongest opponent he had to face would be at the middle stage of the Divine Transformation Period. Even if he wasn’t a match for them, he wouldn’t be completely defeated; in fact, he might even have a chance of winning.

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When he returned to his room, it was already night.

Lin Zhen sat on the bed, with Xiaogua lying next to him, watching Lin Zhen with wide eyes.

“Xiaogua, this is a crucial moment for us. You might enter God Transformation, and I might step into the Three Flowers. Let’s both do our best to succeed.”

Xiaogua jumped off the bed, wagged his huge tail, and suddenly said, “I am not Xiaogua, and I’d appreciate it if you no longer call me by that name. Nicknames like “simpleton,” “fool” do not suit me.”

The voice was no longer the soft and mellow childish tone of a fox, but a tender and enchanting woman’s voice.

Lin Zhen was stunned. Xiaogua suddenly stood upright, his body twisted for a moment, and after a dazzling light flashed, he had turned into an insanely beautiful super beauty!

“It’s you after all!” Looking at the enchantingly seductive woman in white standing in front of him, she looked exactly the same as the woman from his dreams.