297: Chapter 298 New Version, I am the Ultimate True God

"Fixing a bug?"

Upon hearing these three words, The Black-Robed Figure was stunned for a moment, and then emitted a shrill sound, like countless people shrieking with laughter simultaneously.

"Hahahaha! Truly... the most arrogant joke I have ever heard!"

"A brat who hasn't even grown his fur yet, a 'patch' born in this decaying world, actually dares to tell me that he wants to 'fix a bug' for me?"

It suddenly spread its arms, its tattered black robe flapping violently.

The entire altar, along with the space for ten miles around, began to shake violently under its actions.

The dark clouds in the sky began to rotate at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a massive vortex that covered the entire firmament.

Countless purple-black lightning bolts wove through the vortex, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

"Open your eyes and look clearly!"

"In this world that I have managed for countless years!"

"I am the Law!"

"I am the bug itself!"

As it roared out the last word, a purple-black lightning bolt thicker than a water bucket, carrying enough power to tear through space, descended from the sky and struck viciously at Lin Qi!

The might of this strike caused Instructor Su Qing and Zhang Wei in the distance to feel a palpitation in their hearts.

Instructor Su Qing could be certain that even Sword Saint Ye Qingtian in his prime would have to temporarily avoid the brunt of this strike.

This was no longer a simple energy attack.

This was the purest, most violent erasure of Law!

However, facing this world-destroying strike.

Lin Qi's reaction was simple to the extreme.

He just... raised his head and took a look.

Just one look.

That purple-black lightning bolt, which had already struck to within three meters above his head, stopped abruptly and eerily in mid-air, as if a pause button had been pressed in a movie.

Then, under the incredulous gaze of The Black-Robed Figure.

The lightning bolt, composed of pure Law power, began to "fade" rapidly in a way that defied common sense.

The purple-black faded into ordinary blue.

The tyrannical aura of the Law dissipated.

Replacing it was a peaceful, most basic charge of energy.

Then, this lightning bolt, which had become "harmless," seemed to be drawn by something, turning into a docile arc of electricity that landed gently on Lin Qi's fingertip.

Sizzle.

A faint sound of electric current rang out.

Lin Qi extended two fingers and, like snuffing out a cigarette butt, rubbed them gently.

That Law lightning bolt, which was powerful enough to obliterate a Peak Fourth-Turn expert, just like that... was annihilated.

It turned into a few wisps of blue smoke and dissipated into the air.

The entire world was deathly silent.

On the altar, The Black-Robed Figure's wild laughter came to an abrupt halt.

In its inhuman voice, for the first time, there was a trace of... fear that could not be concealed.

"No... impossible..."

"How could you... directly interfere with my Law?!"

The strike it had just unleashed was a "Heavenly Punishment" simulated after it had stolen "partial authority" over this world.

Theoretically, as long as one was still in this world, one would inevitably be constrained by this set of Laws.

Even if Lin Qi were strong, he should have been "opposing" it by utilizing stronger power within this set of rules.

Instead of doing what he was doing now...

Directly changing its "rules"!

It was like two people playing chess, where it threw out a "cannon" with infinite power.

As a result, the opponent didn't follow the rules of the chessboard at all, simply reaching out and turning its "cannon" into their own "pawn".

How is this supposed to be played?!

"I told you, your Law is full of loopholes."

Lin Qi walked toward the altar, speaking leisurely as if a teacher was instructing a failing student.

"Your so-called 'Heavenly Punishment' essentially calls upon the underlying protocol of the world's lightning-type system. But in order to increase its power, you forcibly grafted a segment of 'annihilation' attribute code that you wrote yourself into it."

"The idea is good, but have you ever thought that the logic of these two segments of code conflicts?"

"Lightning represents 'vitality,' it is 'Yang.' And annihilation represents 'deathly stillness,' it is 'Yin.'"

"You forced these two things together, like pouring diesel fuel into a gasoline engine; it's a miracle it didn't explode. It looks powerful usually, but once you encounter someone who knows what they're doing, they only need to gently cut the connection between your piece of garbage code and the underlying protocol, and your so-called 'Heavenly Punishment' becomes a joke."

Lin Qi spoke with ease.

The Black-Robed Figure was terrified to the core.

He... he could actually see through the underlying structure of its Law?!

This was impossible!

This was absolutely impossible!

"You... what exactly are you?!" The Black-Robed Figure let out a terrified shriek.

"Me?" Lin Qi had already reached the foot of the altar. He looked up at the fierce but cowardly figure on the altar, his eyes filled with a trace of pity.

"You have stayed in this cage for too long."

"So long that you have forgotten that the world... will undergo updates and iterations."

Lin Qi lifted his foot and stepped onto the stairs of the altar.

Boom!

The entire massive altar, constructed of bones and metal, shuddered violently under his foot.

Those pulsating purple-black energy patterns that covered the altar seemed to have encountered a nemesis, starting from where he placed his foot, breaking and extinguishing inch by inch!

"You are a remnant of the old era."

Lin Qi stepped onto the second step.

The altar shook even more violently, and large chunks of bone peeled off from it, turning into flying ash.

"And I..."

Lin Qi's figure appeared at the top of the altar, standing in front of The Black-Robed Figure.

"Am the god of the new version."

The moment his words fell, he reached out his hand and grabbed at The Black-Robed Figure's hood.

"Let me see what your face, hidden under the patch, actually looks like."