Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution-Chapter 1098: Playing the Saber in Front of Guan Gong

Chapter 1098 -1098: Playing the Saber in Front of Guan Gong

Di Esi noticed Lin Shen and Wei Wufu’s strange expressions and immediately realized something. He quickly stepped forward and asked, “What happened?”

“You just repeated, word for word, exactly what you said earlier,” Lin Shen stared at Di Esi and said.

“What do you mean I repeated? I just said it for the first time.” Before Di Esi could finish his sentence, he suddenly realized something: “Time-Space Retrospection?”

“It should be a similar ability,” Lin Shen nodded.

The three looked at Yan Li, all inwardly shocked. To be able to use such an ability, forcing Di Esi to repeat a segment of time without him even realizing it—this level of time-space manipulation was truly defying logic.

“For the second round, what do you want to compete in?” Yan Li said indifferently.

“We need to discuss this.” Lin Shen conceded helplessly, and the three of them returned to the corner to deliberate again.

“She has an ability similar to Time-Space Retrospection. No matter what we compete in, we probably won’t win,” Lin Shen said.

Di Esi remained silent. He couldn’t think of a way to defeat the absurdly powerful Yan Li. The key was that they still couldn’t be sure if Yan Li was indeed using space-time abilities.

The three of them exchanged glances, but no one spoke. Yan Li’s abilities were so strong that they couldn’t devise a better plan.

“Since we don’t have any options, we can only resort to playing dirty,” Lin Shen mused aloud.

“How do we play dirty?” Di Esi stared blankly at Lin Shen and asked.

“Whatever we compare, we probably won’t win because Yan Li is too strong. So, we go in the opposite direction,” Lin Shen said.

“You mean… compete in weakness?” Di Esi suddenly understood.

“Exactly. She’s stronger than us in every aspect—strength, skills, and even all kinds of strange things. She likely has a way to beat us in everything. If she’s superior at everything, then we just compete to be weak. Her rank is higher than ours, her strength is greater, her speed is faster—those are established facts. So as long as we compete in weakness, we are bound to win, although it would hardly be honorable,” Lin Shen looked at Di Esi, unsure whether he could accept such a self-deprecating method of winning.

Di Esi pondered for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: “If that’s how we have to win, I’d rather stay here.”

Lin Shen sighed. He had already expected Di Esi might not accept this method of winning.

“If this approach doesn’t work, then I can only think of one other way to win,” Lin Shen said thoughtfully.

“What is it?” Di Esi’s eyes lit up with excitement. He hadn’t expected Lin Shen to have another plan.

“It’s actually quite simple. We present something unique, something she Yan Li—even with all her strength and wealth—cannot possess. If she can’t produce the same thing, she loses. While this might seem dishonorable, it’s technically fair, since it adheres to the rules she established herself,” Lin Shen said, still looking at Di Esi, unsure whether he could accept this method. If Di Esi refused, they’d really have no other options.

“It works,” Di Esi finally agreed. “But we don’t know much about her. What can we present that would guarantee she doesn’t have it? You’re not suggesting we wager ourselves against her, are you? What if she can summon alternate versions of us from different timelines? In that case, we still lose.”

This was a valid concern. If Yan Li truly possessed time-space abilities and could manipulate retrospection, it didn’t seem impossible for her to bring out versions of them from other timelines. Allowing multiple versions of the same person or thing to coexist at one time certainly didn’t seem beyond her abilities.

Lin Shen still remembered how the Celestial Race’s An Yi had once accomplished that, temporarily manifesting different timelines of himself into one single time-space continuum.

Yan Li’s rank was far higher than An Yi’s. If An Yi could do it, there was no reason she couldn’t.

“So, we must present something incapable of coexisting within the same timeline,” Lin Shen said.

Di Esi mused, “Anything that exists can be summoned again from an alternate timeline. Unless Yan Li doesn’t have the ability, she could probably still manage it. I really can’t think of anything that’s inherently impossible to coexist. Are we going to bet that she can’t do it?”

“I have something she likely doesn’t have, nor can she replicate,” Lin Shen said after some thought.

“What is it?” Di Esi asked, still unable to guess what Lin Shen was referring to.

“My identity,” Lin Shen replied.

“You mean the Star Constellation Hall Master identity?” Di Esi’s eyes gleamed in realization. He finally knew Lin Shen’s plan.

Physical entities could be extracted from fragmented timelines, but fame and titles weren’t things that could be easily copied.

Lin Shen’s title was uniquely his. Even if Yan Li could summon other timeline versions of Lin Shen, his title would remain solely his and not transferable.

Furthermore, the position was a high-ranking title within the Star God Palace. It had ties to the Jade Emperor himself. For anyone to tamper with such a title would undoubtedly attract the attention of both the Star God Palace and the Jade Emperor, making it next to impossible. freewebnσvel.cѳm

If Yan Li could casually transfer such a title to herself, her power would be so overwhelmingly godlike that she would have long since become famous throughout the Celestial Court, not isolated on Yin Mountain Star.

“This is good,” Di Esi felt confident about this plan and thought they might finally have a great chance to win.

The three of them reached an agreement and returned to face Yan Li. However, before Lin Shen could speak, Yan Li said, “You don’t have to hesitate. If you want to compete to see whose rank is lower, whose strength is weaker, or whose speed is slower, it’s fine too.”

Lin Shen and the others exchanged puzzled looks. It wasn’t surprising that Yan Li could overhear their conversation.

But what was strange was that Yan Li openly agreed to competing in these areas. Lin Shen couldn’t help but wonder what tricks she had up her sleeve.

“If we are to win, we will win openly and honorably. Since you’ve already heard the rules, I won’t waste any more words. I’ll compete with you based on position titles. I am the Pavilion Master of the Star Constellation Hall. If you also hold this title, I’ll concede defeat,” Lin Shen said flatly.

“This is too simple. Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider? I suggest you pick another competition, otherwise you might regret it even if you win.” Yan Li, wearing her red veil, made her expression unseen. But her voice carried a sense of ease and disdain.

“A man’s word is his bond. Win or lose, the result won’t change. I won’t take back what I’ve said.” Lin Shen forced himself to sound resolute.

Who knew if Yan Li was bluffing? If they lost this round, they’d still have a chance in the next. But if Lin Shen reneged now, then even if they later beat Yan Li, she might also go back on her word, giving herself an excuse to counter.

“Fine. So, you’re the Pavilion Master of the Central Heaven Star God Palace’s Star Constellation Hall, right? If I use another Star Region’s Star Constellation Hall title to beat you, I guess you’d still protest. I’ll use the title of Pavilion Master for the Central Heaven Star God Palace’s Star Constellation Hall to beat you, so you’ll lose with dignity.” Yan Li said this as she casually withdrew the titanic Divine Soul aura, as well as all the power she had emanated. She calmly pulled something from her sleeve and revealed it to the three.

“Star Constellation Token!” Lin Shen was stunned the moment he saw the item Yan Li held.

He had an identical token, which he had only recently acquired. This token represented his identity as the Pavilion Master of the Star Constellation Hall.

“Haven’t you heard? My Yan Family has always been part of the Central Heaven Star God Palace. Ten or so generations of Great Divine Officials were all from the Yan Family,” Yan Li said with a radiant smile.

The trio’s jaws dropped in disbelief. They had no idea about this lineage. It was like trying to show off swordsmanship only to run into someone living in Lord Guan’s backyard.