262: Chapter 261 A Battle of Wits? I Have a System, Who Am I Afraid Of?

Seeing that physical force would not work and public opinion was one-sided, Seven Luminaries Immortal King knew he had fallen into the trap Lin Feng had meticulously woven. If he continued to attack in a rage, it would only confirm the charge of "bullying the weak," and might even invite intervention from other Immortal Kings.

He forced himself to calm down, taking a deep breath as his chest heaved violently. Tens of thousands of years of cultivation allowed him to quickly suppress the anger in his heart. Although his eyes remained sinister, the Killing Intent around him slowly receded.

He forced a cold smile onto his face that seemed profound, as if he had seen through the tricks of a mischievous child.

"What a sharp tongue, and what a way to twist black and white."

Seven Luminaries Immortal King stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering without wind as he tried to regain some of the bearing befitting an Immortal King.

"I am the Dominator of the Nine Heavens; why would I lower myself to the level of a sharp-tongued, attention-seeking junior like you?"

His words seemed magnanimous, but in reality, they were intended to salvage his image.

"Lin Feng, since you are the Grand Marshal appointed by the Immortal Emperor to lead Tiance Mansion, surely, apart from that mouth of yours, you must have some extraordinary attainments in the path of cultivation. Hiding behind a token like a turtle with its head retracted and relying on playing the victim to garner sympathy, I fear it is difficult to convince the masses, isn't it? The Cultivators of this world respect the strong, not actors."

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and instantly dropped his "victim" expression, as if the person crying to the heavens a moment ago was not him. He looked at Seven Luminaries with interest: "Oh? And according to the Immortal King, how should we play this?"

Seven Luminaries Immortal King's eyes flashed, his true intent revealed: "In a physical fight, you say I am bullying the weak and winning unfairly. Very well, I will give you a fair chance."

"We shall have a 'Debate'! Today, in front of all the immortals of the world, we shall discuss the Heavenly Dao and talk about the operation of the Law!"

"If you can surpass me in your comprehension of the Dao by even a fraction, I will turn around and leave immediately. I will never mention today's events again, and I may even offer you an apology!"

At this point, a cold glint appeared in Seven Luminaries Immortal King's eyes, and his voice turned icy: "But if you lose... that will prove you are just a loud-mouthed braggart! You must hand over all the Jade Slips in your possession that slander me, kneel and apologize in public, cripple your own cultivation, and get out of the Nine Heavens!"

Whoosh!

As soon as these words were spoken, the immortals present were stunned, followed by a burst of whispers.

"A debate? This Seven Luminaries Immortal King is too underhanded!"

"Exactly! Who doesn't know that Seven Luminaries Immortal King has lived for countless epochs, and his comprehension of the Laws of stars, flames, and space has long reached the Transcendent level? That is a foundation built up by time!"

"Lin Feng is just a Golden Immortal who has only recently ascended. No matter how strong his combat power is or how high his talent, how can he compare to a veteran Immortal King in terms of accumulation of the 'Dao'?"

"This is like a doctoral advisor challenging a primary school student to an Olympiad math problem. It's a dimensional strike on intelligence and experience!"

Everyone felt that Lin Feng was doomed. This debate seemed fair, but it was actually more hopeless than a physical fight. In a physical fight, one could still rely on Magic Treasure or secret techniques to risk it all, but in a debate, one competes on the understanding of rules, which is real, hard-earned skill—there is no room for falsehoods.

"Lin Feng will definitely not dare to accept," someone asserted.

However, Lin Feng laughed.

He laughed even more happily and brightly than before. That look in his eyes was like looking at a fat chicken jumping into the pot of its own accord.

"A debate? Reasoning?"

Lin Feng pointed to his own head, as if he had heard some kind of joke: "Are you saying you want to compete with me on brains, Comprehension Ability? On theoretical knowledge?"

"What? Are you afraid?" Seven Luminaries Immortal King sneered. "If you are scared, it's not too late to kneel now."

"It's not that I'm afraid; I'm just afraid of making you die of anger."

Lin Feng waved his large sleeve, took out a grand armchair directly from his storage space, sat down with a flourish, and struck a handsome pose for the camera.

"Come on! My friends, watch closely! Today, I will teach this 'highly respected' and 'knowledgeable' Immortal King a lesson on what 'there is no limit to learning' means, and what 'the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead' means!"

In his heart, Lin Feng was frantically calling the System:

"System! Don't play dead! Give me a cheat!"

"Get that nearly one hundred trillion critical hit points ready for me! Activate [Super-Dimensional Epiphany Mode]! Activate [Myriad Worlds Dao Search Engine]! Activate [Supreme Logic Troll Library]!"

"No matter what he says, I have to refute him until he is utterly defeated! I want to crush him with theoretical knowledge!"

[Ding! Request received. Connecting to the Myriad Worlds Dao General Outline... Loading High-Dimensional Physics... Loading Improved Cultivation Version of Celestial Mechanics... All cheats are ready.]

"Hmph! You don't know when you're beaten!"

Seeing that Lin Feng actually dared to accept the challenge, Seven Luminaries Immortal King sneered repeatedly in his heart. He pointed, and instantly, the trajectories of countless stars appeared in the sky, profound and mysterious, as if a miniaturized Universe was born at his fingertip.

"I ask you, why do stars hang in the void without falling? What is the 'momentum' of the stars? How are gravity and repulsion balanced? If you can explain one or two things, it will count as you entering the door."

This was his innate Dao—the Dao of Stars. He had immersed himself in this path for hundreds of millions of years, confident that no one could compare.

Lin Feng merely glanced at the star map in the sky, and the System in his mind instantly operated, with countless data streams rushing past like a waterfall.

[Low-level star model detected... 3824 vulnerabilities found... 15 logic errors... This model has extremely low efficiency and belongs to an obsolete version.]

"That's it?"

Lin Feng sneered, an unconcealed disdain appearing on his face. He stood up and pointed at the star map in the sky, launching into a tirade:

"Seven Luminaries, you have the nerve to show off with this thing? I'm embarrassed for you!"

"In your star map, the third orbit is clearly deviated by 0.03 degrees, leading to a serious imbalance in the gravitational field; the position of the fifth auxiliary star is too far forward, not only failing to borrow the momentum of the main star but actually hindering the main star's Spiritual Qi intake! This is a classic case of 'occupying the latrine but not producing anything'!"

"And here, here, and here!" Lin Feng pointed repeatedly, each finger landing on the most sluggish parts of the star map's operation.

"You call this the momentum of the stars? I think it's 'stellar constipation'! It doesn't even turn smoothly, and you have to rely on your own Immortal Qi to force it to move. Once you run out of energy, this star System will collapse immediately! This is a shoddy construction project!"

"True momentum should be in accordance with the Heavenly Dao, utilizing space-time curvature to form a self-consistent closed loop..."

Lin Feng spoke eloquently, directly throwing out several new theories deduced by the System that fused "modern astrophysics" with "high-level cultivation theory." Things like "gravitational wave resonance," "dark matter Spiritual Qi conversion," and "black hole singularity eruption."

Every word was incredibly novel, and every sentence pointed directly to the core loopholes in Seven Luminaries Immortal King's Cultivation Technique!

"This... how is this possible?!"

Seven Luminaries Immortal King had originally been sneering, but as he listened, his expression changed. From disdain, to shock, and then to terror!

Cold sweat poured down his forehead like a waterfall. He was shocked to discover that the problems Lin Feng pointed out were indeed the Bottlenecks he had encountered throughout his cultivation! Some were even hidden dangers he had not realized himself. Now, being pointed out by Lin Feng, he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment mixed with creeping horror.

"You... you're talking nonsense! How could you possibly understand this?!" Seven Luminaries Immortal King was panicking, forcibly arguing, his voice trembling slightly.

"I'm talking nonsense? Come, System, show him what correct operation looks like!"

Lin Feng casually swiped, spending one trillion critical hit points!

"Boom!"

Above Tiance Mansion, a more magnificent and precise holographic projection of a star System appeared out of thin air. The fluidity of the star movements and the depth of the Dao rhyme seemed like the true manifestation of the Heavenly Dao.

Compared to it, Seven Luminaries Immortal King's model looked like a child's doodle.

"Pfft—!"

Watching that perfect star map, Seven Luminaries Immortal King's Clone shook violently, and a mouthful of pure Immortal Qi sprayed out directly.

This was his Dao Heart suffering a critical hit!

Next, Seven Luminaries did not believe it and changed to the Law of Flames and the Law of Space.

The result was, without exception, being crushed in every aspect and from every angle by Lin Feng using the System and massive amounts of critical hit points!

"Your fire, the temperature is not enough, the structure is loose, too empty! Is this fire for cooking?"

"Your space folding, the technique is too rough, full of gaps! It's leaking air, brother!"

"With your level, you're still an Immortal King? Go back to primary school and repeat a grade! Stop misleading others!"

Half an hour later.

The audience was silent. Every immortal looked at Lin Feng with a changed expression—it was the look of looking at a monster, filled with awe and fear.

And Seven Luminaries Immortal King's Clone had become somewhat transparent, a sign that his Divine Soul was unstable and his Dao Heart was on the verge of collapse from being angered.

He had lost.

In the field he was most proficient in and most proud of, he had been pressed into the ground and fiercely rubbed by a kid who had just ascended!