Age of Evolution

Lin Zhen felt an ill wind above his head and reacted immediately.

The shiny silver spear appeared in his hand in an instant, laying a layer of spear curtain above his head!

After an intense collision, the dark shadow retreated but left a dizzying cloud of dust.

Lin Zhen shook the shiny silver spear in his hand, turning it into a windmill, the powerful rotation blowing away the dust, and then he had time to look at what had attacked him.

That thing was standing on a tree branch not far away at the moment, its two wings stood high up, reaching a height of more than five meters, and there were huge compound eyes on its wings, antennae on its forehead, crystal-like eyes, and a long and slender body, it was a gigantic mutated moth.

Moths are nocturnal creatures, and even after mutation, they are attracted to bright light, which is why moths fly into flames. This creature appeared here, attracted by the star crystal, and encountered Lin Zhen by chance. It instinctively wanted to prey on him.

Lin Zhen carefully moved his feet and swung the long spear in his hand, watching the creature cautiously.

Although he had a lot of fighting experience in his previous life, he had never fought against mutant insects, as these creatures were only found inside the star fruit tree.

While the insect had mutated and grown larger, its brain capacity determined that it would not have a high IQ. Failing to hit it in the first attempt, the mutated moth felt no sense of how difficult its prey was, and flapped its wings twice, causing dust to rise, emitting a hissing sound, and rushed towards Lin Zhen again!

Lin Zhen was still a bit dizzy at this point, as the dust from the moth seemed to have a sedative effect. Fortunately, he used his spear to blow it away, or else he would have fallen by now.

Seeing the moth attacking again, Lin Zhen immediately held his breath, pushed off a tree trunk, leaped up, and launched a lightning strike with his shiny silver spear!

Storm!

Countless lightning ions erupted at this moment, and Lin Zhen’s spear speed reached an incredible level. A torrential rain of spear light flashed, as the huge moth was not fast enough to dodge Lin Zhen’s stormy wind and rain attack. Its wings were battered, leaving it unable to fly and spinning as it fell.

Lin Zhen landed with a stumble, having inhaled some dust during the fight despite holding his breath.

“What a domineering dust, I can’t fight for long. Deal with it!”

Lin Zhen stepped forward and came to the struggling moth, put away his spear, and transformed the liquid metal at his waist into a long sword. With a swing, he severed the moth’s huge head!

The pale green liquid mixed with its internal organs flowed out, giving off a foul smell, but Lin Zhen didn’t care. He dug into its brain with his sword and

“These mutant insect crystals are similar to the mutant beast crystals, both being their mutation energy core. Although they have no use now, collecting and selling them to the technology department will still be a small fortune.”

As a member of the technology department, Lin Zhen had once seen a gray crystal on their website but didn’t know what it was at the time. Now, however, he realized that it was a mutant insect crystal.

As mutant insects are far fewer in number than mutant beasts and are only accessible to those in the God Generals Training Camp, the price of these crystals is more than double that of mutant beast crystals. Lin Zhen had long planned to collect them.

Lin Zhen held the crystal in his hand and forcefully inhaled its fragrance under his nose.

A cool breath filled him, and the drowsy feeling in his brain disappeared.

“As expected, the best way to counter the effects of mutant insects is their own crystals. This is like needing the person who tied the bell to untie it.”

With a clear mind, Lin Zhen ignored the dead mutated moth and went back to pick the star core crystal from the flower bud.

However, as he walked over, he found someone on the flower bud!

This person had just arrived and was reaching out to pick the star core crystal. Lin Zhen couldn’t help getting angry and shouted, “Stop! That’s mine!”

The man turned his head, and Lin Zhen saw his face clearly in the light of the star core crystal. He was an intermediate war general and looked vaguely familiar, clearly one of the eighty war generals who had entered the tree this time.

After thinking carefully, he realized that this martial artist ranked seventh among the intermediate war generals and was named Li Yuan.

“Lin Zhen!”

Li Yuan was also taken aback when he saw Lin Zhen, but he quickly plucked the star core crystal into his hand. “Lin Zhen, don’t think that because you are the first in the beginner group you can do whatever you want. We intermediate war generals won’t give you that face. The star crystal is first come, first served.

Why do you say it’s yours?”

Once the star core crystal was picked, it would dissipate in ten minutes if not absorbed. Lin Zhen saw that it was already in this person’s hand, took a deep breath, and the shiny silver spear reappeared in his hand as he walked step by step towards him.

“I discovered this star core crystal and was attacked by a mutated moth before I could pick it. I just killed the moth, and you arrived to pick the fruit of my labor. Do you really think Lin Zhen is easy to bully? Put down the star core crystal, and we’ll leave each other in peace. Otherwise, you’ll stay here today!”

Li Yuan laughed, “Lin Zhen, you are too arrogant. True, your achievements during the assessment were amazing, but they don’t represent anything. You only scored high because of your good performance in the tests of morality, courage, and willpower. I admit that you stand out among the beginner war generals, but your combat ability is only average in the intermediate group and is ranked outside of the top ten. What gives you the right to threaten me?”

Li Yuan’s words had some merit, the true assessment of a martial artist’s skill is in the fourth stage. Although Lin Zhen did not achieve a perfect score in the fourth stage, his score was still quite high. However, in the eyes of these intermediate war generals, Lin Zhen’s skill in killing mutant beasts played a significant factor.

If one were to solely discuss strength, Lin Zhen could not be considered the top elite amongst these intermediate war generals.

Of course, Lin Zhen had not used his gravity manipulation in the siege battle, which was also a factor.

As Li Yuan spoke, he examined the Star Crystal in his hand, “Tsk tsk! What a beautiful treasure, Lin Zhen. Be wise and don’t fight with me. If you try to fight, I’ll show you the real power of an intermediate war general.”

“Whoosh!”

Before his words fell, the Star Crystal in his hand suddenly flew out of control

and went straight into hands!

“What’s going on!” Li Yuan was shocked. He didn’t expect that Lin Zhen could seize the object from a distance of more than ten meters away from him.

With the Star Crystal in hand, Lin Zhen laughed and put it into his space ring: “Next time when you get something good, don’t forget to secure it immediately, or you’ll suffer a loss.”

“Give it back!” Li Yuan was furious, and as he raised his hand, a sword appeared, and he rushed towards Lin Zhen.

“Looking for death!”

With the Star Crystal in hand, Lin Zhen was in a good mood. He swung his shining silver spear without any hesitation and became immovable like a mountain!

A series of sparks scattered in the dark night, Li Yuan’s fierce attacks failed, and he retreated in exhaustion.

“What a strong defense!” Li Yuan was shocked in his heart. He once again assumed an attacking stance, but his eyes no longer held any contempt.

Lin Zhen didn’t want to entangle with Li Yuan here. The opponent was the seventh-ranked in the intermediate group and not to be underestimated. Although Lin Zhen had confidence in winning, the victory wouldn’t come easy, especially since the Star Crystal would dissipate in ten minutes, and three minutes had already passed.

“Li Yuan, don’t push people too hard. We can go our separate ways peacefully if you walk away now. Otherwise, you’d better be careful. Let’s see if you can withstand my flying knives in this dark night!”

As Lin Zhen spoke, five flying knives hovered in the air. They circled silently in the dark, hardly detectable.

Li Yuan’s expression changed. Indeed, it was too difficult to guard against the Spiritual Mind Master’s flying knives in the dark night. He didn’t have the confidence to withstand them.

However, thinking of the Star Crystal that had slipped through his grasp, he was unwilling to give up. His feet didn’t move, and it was clear that he was determined to fight Lin Zhen to the end.

Lin Zhen’s face darkened. He rarely wanted to avoid conflict, but this guy just didn’t know when to quit. A fight was now inevitable. However, this meant sacrificing the Star Crystal, as there probably wouldn’t be enough time to absorb it.

His strength still wasn’t enough! At this moment, Lin Zhen yearned for power more than ever.

But at this moment, Lin Zhen saw a huge spider silently sliding down a thick thread from the sky, aiming directly at Li Yuan.

The spider was as big as a small room, with its fangs exposed and a fierce appearance. It was already close to Li Yuan’s head.

Although Lin Zhen had murderous intentions, he didn’t really want his fellow student to be killed by the spider right there. So, he warned, “Be careful above your head, a huge spider is coming.”

But Li Yuan just sneered, “Lin Zhen, don’t even think about diverting my attention. I know you’ve released flying knives to sneak attack me. This trick has been worn out. If you really have the guts, come at me honestly, let’s see if I’ll be scared of you… Ah!”

Before Li Yuan could finish speaking, the spider’s thick, steel-like legs firmly gripped him. Its sharp claws pierced into his flesh, and a powerful neurotoxin instantly began to corrode his brain.

The spider’s legs moved rapidly, and strands of rope-like web quickly wrapped Li Yuan. Soon, he was bound like a zongzi (rice dumpling).

Li Yuan struggled desperately, but the spider was too fast. Plus, the neurotoxin assault weakened his resistance.

In less than twenty seconds, Li Yuan was completely wrapped in layers of silk. His face was twisted in pain, his mouth wide open like a mummy killed by mercury poisoning. It seemed he wanted to scream something, but he no longer had the strength to make a sound.

The spider climbed up, and Li Yuan’s body disappeared into the foliage.

took a deep breath, “Some people always covet things beyond their power. Who is to blame if they end up dead?”

With no emotion to help the doomed Li Yuan, Lin Zhen looked around, ran a few steps, and jumped onto a tree trunk. He then crept into a hidden recess in the trunk.

This place was well-hidden and undisturbed. The small opening didn’t even allow large insects to enter, making it the perfect place for Lin Zhen to attempt to absorb the Star Core Crystal.

With a wave of his hand, Lin Zhen took out the Star Core Crystal from his space ring, and it emitted a soft glow in the night..