295: Chapter 296 Intelligence Summary, Time to Settle the Accounts, Time for a Match-3 Game

Instructor Su Qing finished eating that "apple" in a few bites, feeling that the Mental Energy and physical strength she had consumed while trapped had mostly recovered.

She looked at Lin Qi, the shock in her heart still not having faded.

Breaking through a Law maze with bare hands, casually creating an apple comparable to a top-grade medicinal pill...

It has only been a month; what exactly has Lin Qi experienced?

"You... had a Breakthrough?" Instructor Su Qing couldn't help but ask.

She could feel that the Aura on Lin Qi was already from a completely different dimension than before.

"Yeah, I was lucky enough to enter the Tongshen Realm." Lin Qi said it nonchalantly, as if it were as simple as eating a meal.

Tongshen Realm... These two words struck Instructor Su Qing and Zhang Wei's hearts like two heavy hammers.

Zhang Wei was fine; he didn't understand the specific divisions of the martial arts Realm, only knowing that "Tongshen" sounded very badass and fit Brother Qi's status.

But Instructor Su Qing was different.

She studied under Sword Saint Ye Qingtian and had a clear understanding of the Federation's top combat power system.

The Peak of Fourth-Turn was already the limit of a Mortal.

Fifth-Turn, of which the Federation only had three on the surface, was already a strategic deterrent force, a walking nuclear weapon.

And "Tongshen Realm"... This term did not exist at all in the Federation's official records!

That was a Realm that only existed in some fragmented scripts passed down from ancient eras, treated as myths!

Earthly Immortals! Transcending the mundane!

Lin Qi, he had actually reached this step!

"You..." Instructor Su Qing opened her mouth, discovering that she had a belly full of questions but didn't know where to start asking.

"Don't just stand there, let's talk while we walk." Lin Qi interrupted her train of thought and headed towards the depths of the swamp first. "Tell me in detail about the situation you encountered."

Instructor Su Qing steadied herself and followed, while Zhang Wei also hurriedly trotted to keep up.

"I infiltrated according to the route planned by Chen Shu, and it was very smooth at the beginning." Instructor Su Qing sorted out her thoughts as she walked. "But after entering this swamp, I felt something was wrong. The Law here is very chaotic, and... there are very strong traces of artificial modification."

"Artificial modification?" Lin Qi asked.

"Yes." Instructor Su Qing's expression was grave. "It's like a programmer taking a piece of code that was originally stable and messing it up. In some places, space is folded; in other places, the flow of time is abnormal. I was trapped by that 'ghost wall' because I accidentally stepped into an area where time flowed slowly and exposed my tracks."

"It seems he has already treated this place as his own laboratory." Lin Qi said thoughtfully.

"It should be." Instructor Su Qing nodded. "Moreover, I feel he seems to be carrying out some kind of... 'theft'."

"Theft?"

"Yeah, when I was trapped, although my perception was blocked, I could occasionally feel that the ley line energy of the entire D-3 Region was gathering towards the core area at a fixed frequency. That frequency..." Instructor Su Qing tried hard to recall, "It seems to be... once every seven seconds."

"As expected." Lin Qi's eyes turned cold.

Once every seven seconds. The rhythm of the world's heartbeat.

That guy was indeed stealing the Origin power of this world, wanting to turn this place into his own private server.

"Brother Qi, does that mean we are drilling into his lair now?" Zhang Wei felt a bit numb on his scalp. "Will he have already set up a dragnet waiting for us?"

"He will." Lin Qi's answer was very certain.

"Then... then we are still going?" Zhang Wei was a bit timid.

"Why not?" Lin Qi glanced at him. "He thinks this is his home field, but for me, it is the same."

Zhang Wei didn't understand the deeper meaning of these words. But Instructor Su Qing understood.

Lin Qi meant that the mysterious person could mobilize the Law here, and he, Lin Qi, could do the same! Even better!

Because that mysterious person was "tampering" and "invading," like a virus. And Lin Qi, he had now initially grasped the "underlying permissions" of the world, like an administrator who had obtained root permissions. No matter how badass a virus was, it had to kneel before an administrator.

"Then are we going to charge over directly now?" Instructor Su Qing asked, her Battle Intent also raised.

"No rush." Lin Qi shook his head. "Let's solve some small troubles first."

Just as he finished speaking, bubbles suddenly started "gurgling" in the calm swamp mud pool ahead.

Immediately after, humanoid monsters made of black mud and bones, over three meters tall, slowly crawled out of the mud pool.

These monsters had no facial features, and purple-black, foul-smelling liquid flowed on the surface of their bodies. Their bodies emitted a tyrannical Aura purely composed of twisted Law.

"This is... a Law creation?" Instructor Su Qing's expression changed.

This was not a Void Realm creature, nor was it an undead. This was a monster created out of thin air directly using the power of Law!

Could that mysterious person already achieve this level?

"What the f*ck! What is this thing, it's so f*cking disgusting!" Zhang Wei looked at those twisted monsters, his stomach churning again.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of such mud monsters crawled out of the swamp around them, surrounding the three of them and forming an encirclement.

A suffocating sense of oppression came from all directions.

The energy fluctuation emitted from each mud monster was actually comparable to an Elementary Third-Turn professional!

Hundreds of Third-Turns! Instructor Su Qing's heart sank.

Even in her prime, facing such a lineup, she would only have the option to run away. And now...

She subconsciously gripped her weapon tightly, blocking in front of Zhang Wei.

"Lin Qi, you take Zhang Wei and go first, I will hold them off!" There was a hint of determination in Instructor Su Qing's voice.

She knew Lin Qi was very strong, but with hundreds of Law creations, this was no longer a problem that could be solved by skill.

However, Lin Qi seemed not to have heard her words. He didn't even glance at those monsters.

He just raised his head and looked towards the direction of the depths of the swamp, as if talking to some invisible existence.

"Do you think you can stop me with just these things?" His voice was not loud, but it clearly spread throughout the entire swamp.

"You are looking down on me too much."

After speaking, he extended a finger towards the sky and gently drew a circle.

Hum— A circle of invisible ripples instantly spread out with him as the center.

Where the ripples passed, those hundreds of aggressive mud monsters, comparable to Third-Turn powerhouses, were like being pressed with a delete key.

Their bodies began to decompose rapidly and silently from the most basic particle level.

No explosion, no wailing. Just so quietly, one after another, they turned into the most primitive energy particles and dissipated into the air.

From beginning to end, it took no more than three seconds. The whole world returned to silence again.

As if those hundreds of terrifying monsters from just now had never appeared.

Zhang Wei opened his mouth, already not knowing what words to use to describe his mood.

Instructor Su Qing's hand holding the weapon was trembling slightly. She was not afraid. It was excitement.

A trembling and... worship from the depths of her Soul after seeing a power that exceeded the limits of her understanding.

Is this the Tongshen Realm? Words spoken, Law follows. With one thought, annihilate an army!

"Let's go." Lin Qi withdrew his finger, put his hands back into his pockets, and continued walking forward.

"These appetizers are not enough for me to warm up. Next, it's time for the main course."