Chapter 62: ‘Ancient God’ Evolution Pathway

Rest Area.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

An illusory screen appeared before him, flashing through the profiles of various Evolvers.

These Evolvers were all ones who had fought their way into the top fifty of the arena tournament.

Even if they were not Tier 3, they were not far off, and all possessed their own trump cards and backup plans.

Lin Yuan watched carefully, even pulling up the combat videos of these Evolvers from their previous matches.

With Lin Yuan's Heaven-Defying Comprehension, even just watching combat videos…

could still yield a certain degree of Epiphany.

Of course, compared to actual combat, these combat videos were merely appetizers.

Combat videos were similar to those NPCs in ancient games.

All Moves and methods had already been fixed.

How could they compare to the insights brought by real-time combat, adaptability, and immediate feedback?

"Fang Qing."

Lin Yuan's expression turned slightly solemn.

He looked at the profile before him.

The owner of the profile was a young man.

He looked gentle and harmless.

Yet he was a top contender for the championship of this arena tournament.

So far, no one knew the Evolution Pathway that Fang Qing walked.

But every time Fang Qing made a Move, he ended the battle within one or two Moves.

This was no exception even when facing Tier 3 Evolvers.

This was quite the opposite extreme to Lin Yuan.

In the eyes of the vast majority of spectators,

Lin Yuan particularly liked to 'toy with' his opponents.

Even when facing Tier 1 Evolvers, he would drag it out to overtime.

This caused a large portion of Evolvers to develop an Innate fear toward Lin Yuan.

Besides Fang Qing, there were several other Evolvers who also warranted Lin Yuan's attention.

For instance, that Thor, who summoned and mastered thunder; Lin Yuan wasn't too worried about him.

It was just that the Incarnation of thunder meant complete energy transformation, capable of immunizing against the vast majority of physical attacks.

There was also a Tier 3 Evolver who walked the poison Evolution Pathway.

The poison Evolution Pathway was a very niche Evolution Pathway.

Evolvers who Cultivate this Evolution Pathway were extremely rare and scarce.

But similarly, once someone achieved success in this Evolution Pathway,

the methods they mastered would give headaches to all Evolvers of the same level and even higher levels.

Poison did not merely cause damage to the Physical Body.

The Soul and spirit would also be affected and even suppressed by poison.

As long as a Tier 3 Evolver of the poison Evolution Pathway was willing—

they could easily cause millions to tens of millions of citizens in a city to die off completely.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, nearly half a day passed.

The Virtual World arena tournament invited Lin Yuan to participate in his match.

By now, the arena tournament had narrowed down to the top fifty.

Every contestant was either a Tier 3 Evolver or a Tier 2 ultimate Evolver with special methods.

Ordinary Tier 2 ultimate Evolvers had long since been eliminated.

Among the current fifty Evolvers, nineteen were explicitly Tier 3 Evolvers.

In the rest area, Lin Yuan agreed to the invitation from the arena tournament officials.

Whoosh!

Lin Yuan's figure appeared in the center of the arena.

The moment Lin Yuan appeared, earth-shattering cheers suddenly came from all directions.

"So many people?"

Lin Yuan glanced around and found that nearly ten million seats surrounding him were already filled with spectators.

As the arena tournament had progressed to this point, the venue had been transferred to the arena in the most prosperous city on the Central Continent.

As for the number of matches, it had dropped from 8,000 matches a day at the start of the arena tournament to just 5 matches a day now.

This caused the spectators to 'converge', bringing the audience for this match close to ten million all at once.

You must know that the spectators able to come to the Virtual World were either Evolvers or Level 2 and above citizens.

As for ordinary citizen spectators watching via 'live broadcast', their number probably exceeded ten billion.

There was no other way.

Now there were only two matches a day, and they were staggered in time.

Spectators who wanted to watch the arena tournament had no choice but to choose to watch this match.

Lin Yuan appeared on the arena stage.

Causing a massive number of spectators to cheer.

"Lin Yuan!"

"Lin Yuan is here!"

"Torture King Lin Yuan!"

All sorts of cheers.

Although it wasn't an on-site match, the Virtual World was a one-hundred-percent simulated replication.

Everyone's voices traveled through the air, deafening.

Before long.

Lin Yuan's opponent also manifested.

He was a slender man with a cold gaze. Where he stood, an inexplicable chill spread outward.

Tier 3 Evolver Bing Yan.

He walked the ice Evolution Pathway within the special elemental Evolution Pathway.

Nine out of ten Evolvers who previously fought Bing Yan ended up turned into ice sculptures.

Bing Yan's appearance provoked an even greater response from the surrounding spectators.

Although Lin Yuan had completed his Breakthrough to Tier 3, up until now, he had never displayed Tier 3 strength.

Most of his previous opponents actively conceded, and those who didn't concede weren't very strong either, failing to even make Lin Yuan go all out.

Therefore, in the eyes of the spectators, Lin Yuan was merely a special Tier 2 ultimate Evolver.

As for Bing Yan, he was a genuine Tier 3 Evolver.

On Canglan Star, those who could step into Tier 3 within a hundred years did not exceed twenty people.

Bing Yan was one of them.

"I have watched your match videos."

"I admit you are very strong, but meeting me, it ends here."

Bing Yan's tone was calm, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations.

So far, Lin Yuan's most prominent battle record was lasting over half an hour in the hands of a Tier 3 Evolver.

But that Tier 3 Evolver was a rare dream Evolver, proficient in Soul and spiritual attacks.

If the Evolution Pathway Lin Yuan Cultivated had certain accomplishments in the Soul and spirit, lasting that long was not surprising.

And analyzing according to the pros and cons of normal Evolution Pathways,

Evolution Pathways proficient in the Soul and spirit were bound to have shortcomings in the Physical Body and material aspects.

The ice Evolution Pathway was most proficient at freezing everything, including the Physical Body.

Precisely because of this, Bing Yan was very confident.

On the spectator stands,

Near the middle position sat a young man who looked gentle and harmless.

He looked toward the battlefield below, his expression somewhat bored.

"Teacher, these two people—one has yet to reach Tier 3, and the other has an ordinary Evolution Pathway. Coming to watch their match is not as good as Cultivating a bit longer in the rest area."

The young man was named Fang Qing, who was precisely the popular championship candidate for this arena tournament.

"Fool."

On Fang Qing's shoulder appeared the figure of a palm-sized White-bearded old man.

This White-bearded old man had an illusory figure, and only Fang Qing could see and perceive him.

"Until now, you still haven't seen the special aspects of that Evolver named 'Lin Yuan'?"

The White-bearded old man glanced at Fang Qing.

"Special aspects?"

Fang Qing was slightly startled.

"A Domain embryonic form?"

Fang Qing asked tentatively.

The strongest Move displayed by Lin Yuan was the Domain embryonic form.

This was a power that only Tier 4 and Tier 5 Evolvers could hope to master.

It's just that a Domain embryonic form was extremely difficult for other Evolvers.

But in the eyes of Evolvers of the Ancient God lineage like him, it was just so-so.

If Fang Qing was willing, he could also quickly master a Domain embryonic form.

"What is special is not the Domain embryonic form, but the power that evolved the Domain embryonic form."

The White-bearded old man rolled his eyes.

"Furthermore, back then the old master traversed dozens of Star Domains with unbridled arrogance, which was why he was ultimately plotted against and besieged by alien races. As the old master's successor, although you walk the 'Ancient God' Evolution Pathway, if you remain complacent and careless, despising the enemy, sooner or later you will walk the old master's path."

The White-bearded old man couldn't help saying.

Back in the years, how glorious the old master was, but with death like a lamp extinguishing, everything ceased to exist.

"I understand."

Fang Qing's expression turned solemn, and he began to carefully watch the battle below.

"If my guess is correct, that 'Lin Yuan' should already be Tier 3."

The White-bearded old man continued to speak.

"Already Tier 3?"

Fang Qing's expression was startled.

On the arena stage.

The moment the host announced the start of the match,

Bing Yan made his Move directly.

Although he was very confident, he wouldn't be careless in the slightest and went all out immediately.

The terrifying chill frantically spread.

But the next moment,

An invisible fluctuation enshrouded downward.

The Taiji Field at the Tier 3 level was even more complete, and the binding effect on the enemy was even greater.

Facing a Tier 3 level opponent, Lin Yuan had no intention of hiding his strength, suppressing the opponent with the Taiji Field.

"This is?"

Bing Yan's expression changed slightly.

Lin Yuan had also displayed the Taiji Field in previous matches, but its might could not possibly be this large; otherwise, he wouldn't have been suppressed and beaten by that Tier 3 dream Evolver.

"You are already Tier 3?"

Bing Yan's expression was solemn.

This level of suppression capability could only be achieved by a Domain embryonic form at the Tier 3 level.

"However, wanting to win against me is not that easy."

Bing Yan charged toward Lin Yuan entirely, almost transforming into a millennium-old iceberg, violently crashing down.

Even with the Taiji Field suppressing and binding him, Bing Yan's speed reached an incredible level, heading toward a thousand meters per second.

Boom!

The two directly fought into close combat.

"Did you see it?"

"That Lin Yuan is not simple, right?"

The White-bearded old man sat on Fang Qing's shoulder, looking at the battlefield below with interest.

"Indeed not simple."

Fang Qing nodded slightly.

He could see that the power mobilized by Lin Yuan was not just one kind, but two completely opposite powers.

These two completely opposite powers reached a certain balance in Lin Yuan's hands, perfectly merging together.

"If I battle Lin Yuan, I estimate I would use the 'Ancient God' true form, then suppress the opponent within ten Moves and defeat the opponent after two hundred Moves."

The reason two hundred Moves were needed was because Fang Qing saw that the two Fusion powers mastered by Lin Yuan were particularly proficient in defense, able to convert the enemy's attacks into his own attacks.

"Fusion powers—that is something only Tier 6 has the ability to do. If you do not rely on the 'Ancient God' Evolution Pathway, under the same conditions, you are inferior to this Lin Yuan."

The White-bearded old man glanced at Fang Qing.