258: The Weird Clan!

From Lin Sha's memories, Lin Chen learned some information about the Other World.

These strange entities were called the Mystic Race.

The Mystic Race was incredibly difficult to kill, almost invincible among those of the same realm!

The Endless Realm had been invaded by the Mystic Race a million years ago.

That time, the entire Endless Realm was nearly destroyed because of them!

These Mystic Race entities could not be sensed by true spirit and could only be detected when one got close enough. Even if they were blasted into dust, they could revive in a short time, making them incredibly bizarre.

In that great war a million years ago, more than a dozen Great Emperor Realm Experts died before the Mystic Race's arrival channel was finally destroyed.

The Mystic Race was a very large group, and the strange black shadows that could imitate others, seen on the second floor of the black tower, were called Illusionary Fiends!

Illusionary Fiends could silently read a sentient being's memories from the past month, then use their shapeshifting abilities to confuse that being.

As soon as a sentient being was confused, the Illusionary Fiend would seize the opportunity to kill and then devour it!

The Mystic Race seemed to be a race born for the sole purpose of destroying all sentient beings. This race was bizarre and powerful, and their appearance was only to devour all sentient beings!

The Qilin Empire, where Lin Sha was from, participated in that great war a million years ago, so they had some records about the Mystic Race.

First, to kill the Mystic Race, one could not use physical methods. One had to use the Power of the Great Dao, and at least two realms higher in power, to completely kill them!

There was also another method that allowed for killing within the same realm, which was to refine the Mystic Race, just as Lin Sha had done before.

After being refined, the Mystic Race would turn into a gui pearl, which was the black pearl Lin Sha had swallowed.

The gui pearl contained Mystic Power, a power completely different from the Great Dao.

After absorbing the gui pearl, one could use this power to condense Gui Markingss on their body.

Gui Markingss were divided into ten ranks and could strengthen the physical body and amplify Physical Strength.

As the rank of the Gui Markings increased, the Mystic Power would become stronger, and the corresponding Physical Strength would also become stronger.

After condensing a Rank One Gui Markings, the physical body could rival a One-Step Emperor Realm, and could amplify Physical Strength by 2 times!

This amplification worked regardless of the realm of the Golden Body and would not weaken like the body techniques Lin Chen had mastered.

Of course, absorbing gui pearls also required a strong willpower, otherwise one would be contaminated by Mystic Power!

This discovery a million years ago immediately excited the sentient beings of the Endless Realm.

The Mystic Race instantly became a hot commodity.

However, the reality was cruel; those sentient beings who refined Gui Markingss, although they became incredibly powerful, their bodies were no longer their own!

Rank One and Rank Two Gui Markingss had little effect, but as the rank of the Gui Markings increased, the sentient being would be assimilated by the Mystic Power, eventually turning into a strange entity themselves!

A strange entity that only knew how to kill... Lin Sha also knew the dangers of Gui Markingss. He probably only intended to raise them to Rank Two Gui Markingss and then stop... Lin Chen, however, shook his head at this. The temptation of Gui Markingss was too strong!

A Rank Two Gui Markings could grant Physical Strength comparable to Imperial Rank Three Forging, and a Rank Three Gui Markings could even reach Imperial Rank Four Forging!

Condensing Gui Markingss only required continuously refining Mystic Race entities. With such an easy way to gain great power, how could one resist the temptation?

Even some Great Emperor Realm Experts a million years ago could not resist the temptation, let alone Lin Sha... Although Gui Markingss seemed powerful, Lin Chen did not care about them at all.

He only cared about Energy Points!

He did not want his future self to turn into one of those strange entities... "Since Lin Sha knows about the Mystic Race, the trial-takers from those empires and kingdoms must also know."

"What about Ye Shaoyang?"

Lin Chen thought of the last remaining seed still alive this time, and a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

"This time, I won't let you escape..."

With a thought, Lin Chen's eight clones appeared, and then all eight clones simultaneously entered the Sixth Dimension of Space-Time, rapidly departing in different directions.

He wanted to find out where Ye Shaoyang was!

His main body, meanwhile, began a new round of hunting.

Lin Chen's true combat power after activating the Extreme Path Blood Burning Art could very likely reach the Eight-Step or even Nine-Step Emperor Realm level.

Moreover, he possessed the heaven-defying combat skill Space-Time Evasion, which allowed him to enter the Sixth Dimension of Space-Time.

Therefore, Lin Chen was full of confidence in his hunting!

The Mystic Race in the second world was too few compared to the Other World beasts in the first trial.

Within the 700,000 light-year diameter range that Lin Chen's true spirit could sense, there were fewer than 100,000 in total.

As long as the trial-takers survived the initial wave of Illusionary Fiend attacks upon arrival, the probability of encountering the Mystic Race later would be very low.

If things continued this way, the probability of passing the second trial would also greatly increase.

But this was very unreasonable!

Lin Chen always felt that the second trial of this black tower was not that simple.

Seven days was the allotted time, and less than half a day had passed. Lin Chen estimated that stronger Mystic Race entities would likely appear later!

Currently, all the Mystic Race entities within his true spirit's sensing range were Illusionary Fiends, and the strongest among them were only at the Five-Step Emperor Realm level, and they were also very rare.

"No matter what, if the situation is not right, I'll hide in the Sixth Dimension of Space-Time first."

Then, Lin Chen rapidly headed towards an area.

There were more than a dozen Illusionary Fiends there, the strongest of which was comparable to a One-Step Emperor Realm level.

Now, using Space-Time Evasion, his travel speed far exceeded the speed of light-speed flight.

However, this also consumed a lot of source energy. After using Space-Time Evasion dozens of times, he would have to stop and recover.

Two hours later.

Lin Chen looked at the 18 black creation crystals in his hand with excitement.

He hadn't expected these Mystic Race entities could also be refined into creation crystals.

"Let's see if the Energy Points will increase."

With a thought, all the creation crystals instantly transformed into surging energy.

A long time passed, and all the energy was absorbed.

Energy Points: 859,000 stones

"So much!"

Lin Chen's expression became excited.

18 Illusionary Fiends provided him with 400,000 Energy Points!

The strongest of these Illusionary Fiends were only at the One-Step Emperor Realm level; the rest were at the Quasi-Emperor level.

On average, a One-Step Emperor Realm Illusionary Fiend yielded 60,000 Energy Points after being refined into creation crystals, while Quasi-Emperor level Illusionary Fiends yielded between 10,000 and 20,000 Energy Points.

The second trial had only just begun, less than a day, and the Energy Points were already nearly double that of the first trial!

It was so exhilarating!

Just then, Lin Chen looked in a certain direction, as if sensing something.

One of his clones had finally found Ye Shaoyang!

At this moment, Ye Shaoyang was also refining a Mystic Race entity, and the Gui Markingss on his body had reached an astonishing Rank Two!

This meant his current Physical Strength was comparable to Imperial Rank Three Forging!

Seeing this, Lin Chen shook his head slightly.

He hadn't expected a genius of Ye Shaoyang's caliber to also succumb to temptation.

Knowing Ye Shaoyang's location, Lin Chen's other clones also began hunting the Mystic Race.

His main body also continued hunting.

To deal with Ye Shaoyang, one clone was enough... On the other side, the clone that found Ye Shaoyang took a step, instantly appearing before Ye Shaoyang.

At this moment, Ye Shaoyang was at the final stage of refining a Mystic Race entity. Lin Chen's clone was not in a hurry and simply watched him calmly.

Ye Shaoyang suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing it was Lin Chen, his eyelids twitched, and he immediately slapped away the Mystic Race entity that hadn't been fully refined.

"It's you?"

"I was just wondering how to find you; I didn't expect you to come to me."

Ye Shaoyang looked at Lin Chen, his eyes burning as he spoke.