Chapter 325: Chapter 325: Come on!
One of the talents was called "Archangel\'s Judgment," which could double the speed and strength, and quadruple the destructive power.
The other talent was known as "Immortal Sword Body," which meant that no matter how many times the Archangel\'s Sword was destroyed, it could reconstitute itself into a sword and was almost impossible to truly destroy.
The overwhelming attack power and the near invincibility made the Archangel\'s Sword one of the most potent offensive Life Bases.
If combined with an Ascender who cultivates "Angel Reincarnation," and the addition of their own unique Innate Skills, the Archangel\'s Sword\'s explosive power could rank at the very top among Ascenders and might even reverse the odds to slay a Nirvana Being.
Unfortunately, Tian Xin\'s practiced Evolution Skill was not "Angel Reincarnation," leaving him unable to bestow the Archangel\'s Sword with exclusive skills.
Even so, the destructive power of this strike from the Archangel\'s Sword had already surpassed Cosimo\'s when he was in the state of Celestial Descent.
Lin Shen had anticipated that this kid Tian Xin wouldn\'t give up so easily and had secretly activated his Innate Skill while positioning himself in front of a metal column.
The Archangel\'s Sword was extremely fast, but Lin Shen saw that Tian Xin\'s strike was not truly aimed at killing him, instead aiming at his shoulder.
In the instant that the Archangel\'s Sword thrust at him, Lin Shen\'s movement was like a dream, executing evasive maneuvers in bizarre displacements, and narrowly avoided the Archangel\'s Sword\'s assault.
There was a fundamental problem with low-turn Ascenders using high-turn Spirit Bases: the reaction time and perception of the Ascender often couldn\'t keep up with the speed of the higher-turns, leading to control issues.
It\'s like someone who has just learned to drive; even if they are given a supercar, they would still find it difficult to execute complex maneuvers while driving at high speeds.
If it were an ordinary Tenth Turn Spirit Base, Tian Xin should have been able to control it to a decent extent, but with the doubled speed of the Archangel\'s Sword, it was simply too fast for Tian Xin\'s visual acuity and reaction time to keep up.
After the Archangel\'s Sword missed its mark, Tian Xin couldn\'t react in time, and the sword plunged directly into the metal column behind Lin Shen.
"Looks like you\'re really asking for it!" said Lin Shen, his movements illusory, with radiant and dazzling carapace armor, he instantly appeared in front of Tian Xin.
"This is unscientific as hell!" exclaimed Tian Xin in shock. Lin Shen\'s speed was even faster than his, a Third Turn Ascender.
Tian Xin\'s body was encased in carapace armor; he spread his wings and took flight, but the grand hall of the palace, albeit large, was only about ten meters high, limiting how high he could go.
Lin Shen moved gracefully, soaring closely after Tian Xin.
Tian Xin turned left and right, ascended and descended, executing extreme maneuvers in the air, only to be horrified to find that he couldn\'t shake off Lin Shen.
Lin Shen kept up close behind him in the air and grabbed the back of Tian Xin\'s head with one hand, pressing him down from the sky.
Thud!
Tian Xin\'s face made intimate contact with the floor again, the carapace on his face shattered, revealing an extremely distorted face from the impact, devoid of his usual handsomeness and elegance, completely losing control over his expression.
"Impossible... you, a Mutator... how could you possibly..." Tian Xin couldn\'t accept that he was still being dominated by Lin Shen under these circumstances.
Although Lin Shen did resort to some trickery by entrapping the Archangel\'s Sword first, Tian Xin was very clear that with the speed of the Archangel\'s Sword, not just Mutators but even Ascenders would have difficulty dodging.
Lin Shen being able to dodge the strike of the Archangel\'s Sword was in itself an extremely terrifying feat.
"Not convinced? Then let\'s go again," said Lin Shen, releasing Tian Xin.
Tian Xin got up from the ground, but this time he didn\'t rush to attack nor did he recall the Archangel\'s Sword; he just stared at Lin Shen with a complex expression.
When he first met Lin Shen, Lin Shen was nothing special. If not for his severe injuries that left him without skills, and Lin Shen being helped by Wei Wufu, he could have killed Lin Shen with one hand.
So, all this time, although Tian Xin kept losing to Lin Shen, deep down, he still looked down on Lin Shen.
However, today\'s battle dealt a severe blow to Tian Xin\'s pride.
Now a Third Turn Ascender, he was twice dominated by Lin Shen, which forced him to confront a reality.
Lin Shen was truly strong, and perhaps his cousin Tian Xun\'s judgment was not off the mark; such talent, even among the Powerful Cosmic Races, was likely rare.
Tian Xun had told Tian Xin that Lin Shen had killed the Ninth Turn Cosimo.
But in Tian Xin\'s eyes, humans were rubbish, and Human Ninth Turn Ascenders were just rubbish ascenders; killing a rubbish Ninth Turn was no big deal.
But now Tian Xin had to admit, Lin Shen\'s strength was somewhat outrageous; if he were still a Mutator, he might not even have the courage to fight Lin Shen.
"Lin Shen, although you are strong, I will defeat you and will keep defeating you in the future," Tian Xin stared at Lin Shen and gestured with his hand, and the Heartless Angel\'s Base, in the sky, surprisingly dispersed into countless black feathers, gathering onto Tian Xin\'s body.
A black feather armor covered the exterior of Tian Xin\'s original carapace, and he also grew an extra pair of black wings, turning his originally double wings into four.
Lin Shen felt Tian Xin\'s seriousness and knew that Tian Xin was getting serious.
Though only a Third Turn, a serious Tian Xin was not so easy to deal with.
"So, no sword anymore?" Lin Shen pointed at the Archangel\'s Sword on the metal column.
"Not needed," said Tian Xin, as his four wings moved in unison, and the halo atop his head burst forth with a dazzling Holy Light.
Boom!
A terrifying shockwave erupted within the palace, but fortunately, this place belonged to Tian Xun, and such a clash of powers was not enough to destroy the palace.
The two fought fiercely within the palace, with Lin Shen pushing his Surfing Fist and Demon Heart Finger to the utmost limits of his endurance, and yet he found it hard to gain much of an advantage.
After merging with his Base, Tian Xin\'s speed reached an extremely terrifying level; all of his Innate Skills seemed related to speed, focusing mainly on fast movement techniques.
Lin Shen had no choice but to abandon the Surfing Fist, switching instead to pure Surfing Steps combined with Demon Heart Finger to battle him.
As the Surfing Steps got faster and faster, without the large energy drain of the Surfing Fist, his speed also improved.
After what felt like an eternity, each of them stood on opposite sides of the palace, gasping for air. That intense level of confrontation was hard for both to sustain for long, and before a winner could be decided, they were already at their limit.
"You\'re not so great either, gasping like that after such a short while, not enduring at all. Look at me, not panting in the least, that\'s what a man is like," Tian Xin said, leaning on a metal column, forcibly keeping his breath steady.
"You\'re not panting, you\'re just farting," Lin Shen retorted.
"You\'re the one farting, TM. If not for my little aunt\'s sake, today I would have beaten you to death," Tian Xin said through clenched teeth.
"If it weren\'t for Tian Xun\'s sake, you\'d have been down long ago," Lin Shen took a deep breath and said.
"Fine then, if you\'re capable, try it, see who hits the ground first."
"Sure, you try it."
"You try it!"
"Try it!"
"Try it..."