367: Chapter 354 Tearing Off the Mask, The Buddhist Kingdom in the Palm of Your Hand

"Getting anxious? That's right. I love seeing you so-called Saints look so flustered after tearing off your masks of hypocrisy."

The "God-Slayer Tachi" in Lin Feng's hand hummed, the red light of high-frequency particles shredding the surrounding air to pieces.

"Come on, let's see if your tens of thousands of years of antiquity is tougher, or my damn industrial revolution!"

"Stubborn fool!"

Tathagata let out a roar that shook the Three Realms.

He slowly raised his right hand.

It wasn't just a hand. It was a world.

As that giant palm flipped over, Lin Feng felt as if the light of the entire Universe was being blocked. The lines on the palm were clearly visible, each one like a surging golden mountain range; deep within the palm, a miniature Universe seemed to be rotating.

Countless Sanskrit chants emanated from the palm. It wasn't the chanting of thousands, but the prayers of billions of sentient beings. The sound carried an absolute command: "Kneel! Convert! Repent!"

"Kingdom Within the Palm!"

This was not just a spatial Divine Ability, but a dimensional strike on the level of Laws.

Once enveloped, you would no longer be a person of the Three Realms, but a mere insect in Tathagata's palm. Life and death would be entirely at his whim.

Rumble—

The giant palm descended.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sense of "devouring" that inspired despair.

The hundred Star Destroyers above Lin Feng's head fired frantically, as countless beams of light capable of destroying planets bombarded that giant golden palm.

However, those beams were like raindrops falling into the sea, failing to stir even a single ripple, directly absorbed and assimilated by that golden skin.

"Is this the power of a Peak Quasi-Saint?"

Lin Feng watched the golden firmament drawing closer and closer overhead, feeling the suffocating sensation of the surrounding space being forcibly locked. His body could no longer move; the physical Laws of the surroundings were being tampered with.

Gravity increased three thousandfold.

The air turned into liquid golden energy.

Even the flow of time became incredibly slow.

"Lin Feng! Run!" Nezha's roar came through the communication channel, carrying a hint of a sob.

"Run? Run where?"

Lin Feng stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand, a flash of madness glinting in his eyes.

"If Tathagata wants to play, then I'll go in and play with him. I want to see just how much 'bad water' is stored in that belly of his."

Bang!

The giant palm closed.

Lin Feng, who had been floating in the air, vanished instantly.

The entire world seemed to have a pause button pressed.

In the sky, only a massive golden hand remained, exuding endless majesty, fingers tightly clenched, spanning between heaven and earth.

"Divine Lord!!"

The soldiers of Tiance Mansion let out roars of despair.

The golden body of Tathagata Buddha slowly shrank, returning to a size of a hundred zhang. He looked at his clenched right fist, a weary but victorious smile appearing on his face.

"Amitabha."

"Everything is over. Having entered this monk's Buddha Kingdom, even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal would be turned into pus."

...

Darkness. Boundless darkness.

Following that was a dizzying array of bizarre sights and sounds.

When Lin Feng opened his eyes again, he found himself not in that hand, but standing on a desolate, silent, yet magnificent golden plain.

The sky here was dark gold, with no sun, only massive, rotating Sanskrit characters filling the heavens.

The ground was made of pure gold sand, and every grain of sand was carved with a pained human face.

In the far distance stood five golden pillars that bridged heaven and earth, their tops invisible; those were Tathagata's five fingers.

"This is the Buddha Kingdom?"

Lin Feng tried to move his body.

Heavy. Incredibly heavy.

It was as if he were carrying Mount Tai on his back.

[Warning! Warning! Physical Law anomaly detected!]

[Gravity Coefficient: 3000g (Abnormal)]

[Air Composition: High-concentration psychoactive hallucinogenic gas (Abnormal)]

[Energy Transmission Efficiency: 0% (All technological equipment suppressed by Law)]

The Exoskeleton Armor on Lin Feng's body let out an overburdened creak, and the circuit boards sparked. The lightsaber in his hand flickered twice before actually going out.

Here, technology had failed.

Because this was not the physical Universe; this was the ultimate Domain of idealism.

"Benefactor Lin."

Tathagata's voice came from all directions, grand and majestic, carrying an echo.

"Here, I am the Heavens, I am the Earth, and I am the Law."

"Those petty tricks you rely on are useless here. Your iron ships cannot enter, and your subordinates cannot hear you. You are but a Mortal."

As the voice fell, the Sanskrit characters in the sky began to burn, turning into a rain of golden flames.

The golden sand on the ground began to squirm, transforming into countless golden chains that coiled toward Lin Feng's legs like venomous snakes.

"Kneel."

"As long as you are willing to kneel, to bow your head, and to admit that your 'science' is an Evil Path, this monk will grant you a way to live and bestow upon you eternal life."

A powerful spiritual pressure struck like a tsunami.

Lin Feng's knees bent slightly; the hydraulic rods of the Exoskeleton Armor had already snapped.

Anyone else, even Erlang Shen, would probably be in despair by now. In a world where the Laws were completely controlled by the opponent, how could one fight?

But Lin Feng smiled.

Against three thousand times gravity, he forced his spine straight.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a flattened pack of Huazi, tremblingly taking one out and putting it in his mouth.

Click.

The lighter wouldn't light. Because there was no oxygen here, only Buddhist Qi.

"No fire..."

Lin Feng sighed and tossed the lighter aside.

He looked up, through his sunglasses (though the electronic functions had failed, the 'cool factor' remained), staring at the void of the sky.

"Tathagata, do you think that by blocking the physical Laws, I'm out of options?"

"Do you think this 'operating System' of yours is perfect?"

In Lin Feng's eyes, a strange blue light suddenly flashed. It wasn't the light of technology, but the light belonging to the System from the depths of a transmigrator's Soul.

"I'm sorry to tell you this."

"I used to be a programmer. My favorite thing is finding bugs."

"System! Stop playing dead! Wake the hell up!"

Lin Feng roared in his mind, "Activate 'High-Dimensional Descent Mode'! Take over this crappy server!"

[Ding!]

A crisp electronic sound rang out, sounding out of place in this world filled with Sanskrit chants, yet exceptionally pleasant to the ear.

[Detected host encountering 'Law-grade' imprisonment.]

[Applying for maximum authority... Authority granted.]

[System Analysis Module fully activated!]

Lin Feng's vision changed.

The golden flames turned into red data streams.

The golden chains turned into green code.

Those five pillars that bridged heaven and earth turned into five massive, unstable energy nodes.

"Tathagata, did you think you trapped an insect?"