158: Chapter 158 I refuse to accept your tickets!
Black Desolation Star Domain, the edge of a dead star's orbit.
"Buzz— Buzz—"
The silver-white Law Enforcement Ship trembled violently in Lin Que's hand, the high-dimensional shield on its surface emitting a piercing cracking sound.
"You... you dare to violently resist the law?!"
The hook-nosed Law Enforcer's face was pale as he desperately manipulated the console, pushing the warship's power to its limit.
"Activate the [Star Sea Suppression Magnetic Field]! Ignite the 'High-Dimensional Annihilation Thunder'! Shake him into powder!!"
Boom!!!
Three Law Enforcement Ships simultaneously erupted with a surge of pitch-black thunder. This thunder possessed an extremely strong "backlash" attribute, capable of following the lines of Karma to directly strangle a Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness.
"Is this the power of the Star Sea authorities?"
Lin Que held the bow with one hand and casually picked his ear with the other.
In fact, for an ordinary Mid-stage Void Returning Realm Cultivator, even if they could withstand this level of energy collision, their Physical Body would develop countless tiny cracks due to overload, and they might even lose thousands of years of Lifespan as a price.
But with Lin Que, the rules had to change.
"System."
In Lin Que's mind, that long-absent voice, tinged with a hint of dark humor, responded instantly.
"Activate for me— [side effect transfer system]."
"Analyze current side effects: 'Stress damage to arm bones from forcibly lifting an interstellar warship' and 'meridian charring and Lifespan loss from enduring the Annihilation Thunder'."
[Ding! side effect transfer system activated!]
[Detected high-load Physical Body damage side effects and Heavenly Dao backlash side effects.]
[Please designate a transfer target, Host.]
"Target?"
Lin Que's gaze swept over the three arrogant silver-white Law Enforcement Ships, a hint of extreme brutality appearing at the corners of his mouth.
"Then let these three 'law dogs' suffer all these hardships for me."
[Ding! Transfer successful! Side effects have been forcibly redirected!]
Boom—!!!
A scene so eerie it made one's scalp tingle occurred.
Lin Que still held the bow with one hand. His 45 million jin of extreme-realm Divine Power erupted once more, the muscles on his arm bulging like an azure dragon.
This explosion of power, which exceeded the limits of the Physical Body, should have caused his entire right arm to explode into a bloody mist.
But under the System's logical tampering, Lin Que's arm was not only unharmed but became even more smooth and lustrous like jade.
In contrast, the metal keel inside the leading silver-white Law Enforcement Ship suddenly emitted a horrific snapping sound!
"Crack!!!"
The core pillars inside the warship seemed to be crushed directly from the inside out by an invisible, massive force.
At the same time.
The "Annihilation Thunder," capable of destroying a Void Returning Realm expert, struck Lin Que, but all the charring, pain, and even the deducted Lifespan actually flowed back to the three Law Enforcers along those ethereal lines of Karma!
"Aaaaaah—!!!"
The hook-nosed Law Enforcer let out a scream of agony, discovering in horror that his skin was rapidly shriveling, and his full head of black hair instantly turned into a withered silver.
The two colleagues behind him directly spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with visceral fragments, their auras instantly withering.
"My Lifespan!! My cultivation!! How could it backlash onto me?!"
The hook-nosed Law Enforcer screamed in despair; this simply did not conform to the physical laws of the Star Sea!
"Since you want to talk about the law, then I'll tell you about my law."
Lin Que's figure flashed. Still holding that incredibly heavy warship in his right hand, he swung it like a massive "metal hammer" towards the remaining two warships with brute force!
"Bang—!!!"
A thirty-million-ton physical collision exploded into a brilliant display of metal fireworks in the vacuum.
The two silver-white Law Enforcement Ships were nearly folded in half by the impact, the array patterns on their surfaces dimming instantly.
The Blood Scripture inside Lin Que's body also sensed its master's excitement. The dark-gold phantom of a demon god roared within his inner heaven and earth, forcibly devouring the high-dimensional energy crystals scattered around.
Although the pace of the battle was fast, Lin Que's movements appeared extremely composed.
He was in no hurry to kill the three of them, acting instead like a wild cat playing with a group of mice.
"Old Chen, send the evidence recorded just now of 'improper law enforcement procedures' and 'malicious extortion of a Supreme customer' to the Myriad Phenomena Star Pavilion."
Holding the now-disabled flagship, Lin Que walked step by step toward the three Law Enforcers who had already huddled in their escape pods.
"By the way, tell them... I'm taking these three ships as 'compensation for lost time'."
"My Lord... your 'Side Effect Transfer' is truly becoming more and more unpredictable."
The Chen Family Old Ancestor watched from the star destroyer, dumbfounded.
Previously, he only thought his Lord was fierce; now, he felt his Lord was simply the biggest "logic bug" in this Universe.
"This is called—you use the rules you set to suppress me, and I'll endure it; but you'll have to pay for the damage I receive."
Standing in the center of the ruins, Lin Que felt his cultivation, which had broken through to the Mid-stage Void Returning Star Domain Realm, become purer than ever under the protection of the side effect transfer.
He no longer needed to worry about any "Qi Deviation" or "overload explosion."
This meant he could use those "mutual destruction" forbidden techniques without limit.
"The intelligence Yuna just gave me mentioned that there's an 'Ancient Star Sea Battlefield' at the edge of the Black Desolation Star Domain."
Lin Que casually tossed the Law Enforcer, who had already turned into an old man, onto the cold deck, his gaze turning toward the deeper parts of the Star Domain:
"There are 'Side Effect Fragments' of fallen Star Sea powerhouses remaining there. It's a Forbidden Ground for others, but for me... it's practically a buffet."
He turned his head to look at the star destroyer, which had been upgraded to V2.0 and was emitting a black light of annihilation.
"All troops, board the ship."
"Target: Ancient Star Sea Battlefield!"
"Let's go... and get some higher-grade goods."