I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 38: Refraction and Breakthrough

"You don't know your own limits!" The gray-robed cultivator with the treasure-seeking rat couldn't help but sneer when he saw Lin Chen approaching.

He knew that the other party wanted to take advantage of the distraction of the crowd and kill him to prevent the news from leaking out and causing a siege.

But the other party didn't consider that someone who could stand out among the many independent cultivators, reach the perfect Qi Refining stage, and be on the verge of Foundation Building wouldn't be so easy to deal with.

"Let me show you how powerful I am!" The gray-robed cultivator spoke with a sneer as he took out a golden spiritual sword from his storage bag and directed it towards Lin Chen.

The spiritual sword came with a fierce momentum, emitting golden light.

Under the golden light of the spiritual sword, an imperceptible invisible spiritual needle shot towards Lin Chen at a cunning angle, aiming for his vital points.

Clearly, the spiritual sword was just a distraction to attract Lin Chen's attention, while the real attack was the hidden spiritual needle.

This spiritual needle was made from the tail of a rare and special demonic beast called the Jade Scorpion. It possessed the attributes of breaking through defenses and being highly poisonous.

The breaking attribute could break through the protective spiritual shields of most cultivators in one strike, while the poison could be deadly.

Once hit, even if the person didn't die, they would be poisoned.

At that time, the other party would definitely not be able to handle him at his peak.

By simultaneously manipulating two spirit weapons, launching attacks that were both obvious and hidden, and utilizing the breaking and poisonous properties of the spiritual needle, he had always been invincible in cultivator battles.

Not only did he kill a large number of enemies and fattened lambs, but he also plundered a large amount of resources, giving him the possibility of reaching Foundation Building.

And now, not only would he gain another life, but he might also obtain a method to cleanse his body of hidden dangers and even acquire a precious spiritual treasure - the Hundred-Year Jade Marrow.

"Die!" The gray-robed cultivator grinned, as if he could already see the scene of him collecting his spoils.

He controlled the spiritual needle to pierce through Lin Chen first, and then fiercely swung the golden sword towards him.

Even if the other party was poisoned, he didn't hesitate to strike again!

After all, if he didn't strike again and gave the other party a chance to catch their breath, they might use a self-destructive method that would result in both of them dying.

Buzz!

The golden sword, carrying a sharp aura, descended from the sky and directly split Lin Chen, who had no protection, into two halves!

"What... what's going on?!" Seeing this scene, the gray-robed cultivator not only didn't show any joy on his face, but his previous smile froze, replaced by a look of shock.

Because the golden sword didn't split him in half, and not even a drop of blood or flesh splattered out!

On the contrary, the other party continued to approach him as if nothing had happened!

"This is impossible!" The gray-robed cultivator's face was full of disbelief.

If the other party had blocked it with a life-saving talisman or a defensive spirit weapon, or if they were a Body Refining cultivator who could withstand it with their physical body, he could still understand.

But to see a situation where the spiritual sword passed through the body as if it were nothing, he had never seen it before!

"Could it be an illusion? No, it's impossible. Illusions at the Qi Refining stage are at most false images that are easy to distinguish. How could it be so realistic..." The gray-robed cultivator gritted his teeth and once again revealed his trump card.

His eyes flashed with many things like flowing light, and finally condensed into vertical pupils, emitting a faint green light, like snake pupils.

This was a unique technique he obtained from an ancient cultivator's cave mansion - the Azure Eye Spirit Pupil.

Not only could it perceive the subtle, assist in battle, but it could also see through illusions to some extent.

However, when he looked at Lin Chen again, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Because in his eyes, Lin Chen not only didn't have any illusions, but he could even see the details of his clothes, shoes, and every other part of his body!

Based on all the current circumstances, the other party was either not an illusion or a Perfected Being!

But how could a Perfected Being ignore his attacks like a mirror?

"This is not an illusion, but the refraction of light." Lin Chen seemed to sense his shock and lightly smiled.

"Refraction?" The gray-robed cultivator was stunned when he heard this.

However, in that moment of his distraction, Lin Chen's gaze suddenly turned sharp, and his entire figure became blurry, as if countless figures overlapped with each other. Then, his figure stretched out like a piece of paper, presenting a bizarre and colorful scene.

By the time the gray-robed cultivator reacted, Lin Chen had already disappeared from a nearby location and appeared directly in front of him.

The rapidness of this change, in the moment he was thinking, left him no time to take out a defensive spirit weapon from his storage bag!

"No!" The gray-robed cultivator, who had reacted, had a spiritual light protecting his body and tried to resist desperately.

But how could the defensive measure he formed in haste withstand Lin Chen's well-prepared attack?

With a hand enveloped in red light, Lin Chen directly broke through the protective spiritual shield and tightly grabbed his neck!

Crack!

Bang!

In an instant, the head of the gray-robed cultivator was forcefully torn off by Lin Chen, and then, under a tremendous force, the head in his hand shattered like a fragile melon, splattering a large amount of red and white liquid!

"What?!"

The previously noisy scene suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, whether it was the besieging cultivators or the people who had fled from a distance, they all looked shocked when they saw this scene. The cultivators blocking Lin Chen in front of him instinctively took a step back, and no one dared to meet his gaze.

You see, just a moment ago, their attention had been diverted for more than ten seconds because they had caught the trace of the Foundation Building cultivator they had bought.

In just a few seconds, Lin Chen actually made a move and killed the gray-robed cultivator who had some reputation among the Independent Cultivators.

What's more incredible to them is Lin Chen's ability to ignore attacks and teleport through light and shadow.

Because they have lived for so many years, they have never seen such a strange technique!

Who exactly is the other party?

This thought flashed through the minds of everyone present.

Lin Chen walked forward expressionlessly, and the Independent Cultivators who were originally blocking his way subconsciously took a step back, and no one dared to meet his gaze.

If the other party had strong strength and was still in the Qi Refining Stage, they would dare to fight back with their numbers.

But the problem is, the techniques used by the other party, such as ignoring attacks and teleportation, are too strange. None of the Independent Cultivators dared to stop him, and they were even afraid to look at him for fear of being killed.

"Fortunately, I decisively used the invisibility technique to deter them. Otherwise, if I were surrounded and caught in a chaotic battle, it would probably be quite troublesome..." Lin Chen's face was cold, but this thought flashed through his mind.

Of course, when he mentioned the invisibility technique, he was not referring to the ordinary templates sold on the market, but the improved version.

The invisibility technique sold on the market not only emits spiritual fluctuations when used, but is also easily seen through by techniques such as eye techniques. Therefore, Lin Chen has come up with many ways to improve it.

In Lin Chen's view, the purpose of the invisibility technique is to launch a surprise attack during battle.

Based on this, he came up with two methods of improvement.

One is to deceive others' perception and make them subconsciously ignore oneself, which is what is known as invisibility in the psychological sense.

However, human perception is related to consciousness and soul, and with Lin Chen's Qi Refining Stage cultivation, he cannot explore the soul, so he naturally cannot achieve this level of improvement.

So Lin Chen adopted the second method, which is to use the refraction of light.

Everyone who has crossed a fish knows that when spearing a fish, you cannot aim for the fish's body, but rather the position below the fish.

This is because light is refracted in water, leading to misjudgment of position.

The essence of the invisibility technique is to use spiritual energy to form a substance similar to an invisibility cloak to conceal one's figure.

So Lin Chen combined the principle of light refraction and changed the invisibility substance in the invisibility technique to a substance similar to water, and then expanded its range to affect the enemy's misjudgment of one's position.

The gray-robed cultivator always saw Lin Chen's true body in his eyes, but due to the refraction of light, he made a mistake in judging Lin Chen's position every time, resulting in his attacks missing. That's why the situation just happened.

And because of the misjudgment of position, Lin Chen, who was clearly close in front of him, was judged to be five meters away, so there was no time to defend.

The strangeness of the battle just now was the result of Lin Chen combining certain theories from his previous life, which made the cultivators in this life feel incredible.

Moreover, Lin Chen's improvement of the invisibility technique does not stop there.

Refraction of light and misjudgment of position are just the first step of the improvement.

Next is to deceive perception and achieve a kind of invisibility similar to psychology.

In the Late Stage, it is to distort time and space, so that heaven, earth, and the world cannot perceive one's existence, and even jump out of the Three Realms and not be in the Five Elements. Even the vast river of time cannot perceive one's existence!

This is his true pursuit!

And when he reaches this step, this method should no longer be called the invisibility technique, but should be called the 36th method of the Heavenly Gang - [Shadowless Uprightness]!

Returning to reality, Lin Chen walked forward expressionlessly, and no one in the crowd dared to stop him.

Watching Lin Chen step by step towards the outside, without any intention of competing for the secret technique, everyone in the crowd couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, no one wants to confront such a powerful and mysterious person.

But just as he reached the edge of the crowd, a sudden change occurred.

In the center of the crowd, the person who bought the Foundation Building secret technique suddenly moved.

I saw a black ball appearing in his hand, and then he squeezed it hard.

Suddenly, several lightning flashes appeared, alternating to form a ball of lightning. In an instant, it expanded continuously, swallowing up the people who didn't have time to react one by one!

(End of this chapter)