189: Chapter 189: Take it down!

He couldn't be bothered to explain the Law-forged body state he had just experienced to Bai Ye.

"Just a stroke of luck," Lin Yuan replied perfunctorily.

He took a step forward and walked straight toward Bai Ye.

He gripped his right hand in the air, and dark red Divine Power gathered in his palm, faintly showing signs of condensing into a blade.

This little competition in the Rubiks Cube World was coming to an end.

Bai Ye sat on the back of the Frost Ancient Dragon, his eye twitching.

Just a stroke of luck? Bai Ye muttered to himself.

You call that operation—getting beaten until not even a scrap was left, then reviving at full health on the spot, and casually crushing a dozen demigods along with Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao into scrap metal—just luck?

I guess I'm just lucky too! Heh, Mr. Lucky!

Cursing in his heart was one thing, but when he saw the dark red Divine Power gathering in Lin Yuan's palm and his undisguised killing intent, the hair on Bai Ye's body stood on end.

"Wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Bai Ye slid down from the dragon's back, hands raised high above his head, speaking as fast as a machine gun.

"Big Brother! Brother Lin Yuan! Monitor! Just wait a moment! Let me finish what I have to say!"

Lin Yuan did not stop, the Divine Power blade in his palm already fully formed.

"Hurry up," Lin Yuan urged. "It's just you and me now. Either you commit suicide, or I kill you. Let's make it quick."

Bai Ye swallowed hard, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

"Wait a second, Brother Lin Yuan! I have something to say!"

Bai Ye quickly made his stance clear. "Since I entered this Rubiks Cube World, at most, I've only held off three Mechanical Deities."

"I'm already very satisfied to have survived to second place and moved up from fifth to Vice Monitor!"

Bai Ye patted his chest, looking sincere.

"If you want me dead, I definitely won't whine. I'll just slit my own throat; I won't dirty your hands!"

Lin Yuan stopped, the edge of his blade lifting slightly. "Then what are you wasting time for?"

"There's a problem!" Bai Ye slapped his thigh and pointed at the empty ruins around them. "Think about it, Brother Lin Yuan, this Rubiks Cube World is huge. What if there's someone else? What if it's not just the two of us?"

Bai Ye grew more agitated as he spoke, his features contorting. "It doesn't matter if I get first place or not; I've already profited enough."

"But what if there's a coward hiding in some corner from beginning to end? If I slit my throat and they get second place for free, can I tolerate that?"

Bai Ye gritted his teeth. He could accept dying, but letting someone else take advantage of him was ten thousand times more unbearable than not being able to take advantage of others.

Lin Yuan listened and rubbed his chin. He recalled the recent battle. He had been pushing through everything, and many people had indeed died. With Vice Monitor Chu Xiaoxiao also taking out a large group, logically, the twenty-plus people in the class should be mostly dead.

However, Bai Ye's words did have some merit. The Prodigies of Starry Sky University all had trump cards to save their lives. It wasn't impossible for someone to be hiding in the peripheral areas.

Lin Yuan looked up at the gray sky. He didn't release his perception to search. He didn't know how big this Rubiks Cube World was, and searching bit by bit would be a waste of time.

Lin Yuan channeled his Qi into his Dantian, his voice wrapped in Divine Power, shaking the entire Void Realm. "Rubiks Cube, this fight is about over. Are there any people still hiding?"

"If there are, just pull them over. I'll deal with them, kill Bai Ye, and the game will be over. You can clock out early too."

His voice echoed over the ruins, lingering for a long time. Bai Ye stood to the side, completely dumbfounded. He opened his mouth wide, looking at Lin Yuan in disbelief.

Buddy, is something wrong with your brain? What are you negotiating with a Divine Artifact for? Do you think this is a voice-activated light?

However, something even more world-shattering for Bai Ye happened. Two or three seconds after Lin Yuan finished speaking, a strange energy fluctuation suddenly rippled through the gray sky.

The fluctuation carried a human-like "careful consideration." It seemed the underlying logic of the Rubiks Cube World was performing rapid calculations, finally concluding that "this plan is feasible, process can be terminated early."

Hum! A white light lit up fifty meters in front of them. As the light faded, a burly man with a bare chest and bronze skin covered in wild totems appeared out of thin air in the center of the ruins. It was Tuoba Lie.

At this moment, Tuoba Lie was still holding a hand seal, surrounded by yellow sand. Tuoba Lie was completely bewildered.

A second ago, he was still in the center of a sandstorm in the Western Desert, controlling a quicksand formation to hunt down indigenous sand bandits, while enjoying the company of a Western beauty. Suddenly, his vision blurred, and the sky full of yellow sand was gone.

Tuoba Lie stood frozen, his gaze shifting. He saw Lin Yuan standing not far ahead, and beside him, Bai Ye riding on the back of a Bone Dragon with a stunned expression.

"Lin Yuan?" Tuoba Lie grinned, the Battle Intent in his eyes instantly ignited. "I was just worrying about not being able to find you. You actually delivered yourself to my doorstep!"

"Where are those scrap metal armies of yours? What, were they wiped out?" Tuoba Lie twisted his neck, yellow sand flying. "Come! My [Yellow Sand Purgatory] is just missing…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Yuan nodded. A Divine Artifact of this level indeed possessed a highly intelligent artifact spirit.

Bai Ye also reacted. He had experienced too many absurd things today and was long past being surprised.

Seeing Tuoba Lie's arrogant face, the evil fire in Bai Ye's heart flared up. This was the bastard who almost hid until the end and stole his Vice Monitor position!

Lin Yuan and Bai Ye exchanged a glance; they didn't need to speak, their tacit understanding was at its peak.

Swish! Lin Yuan's figure vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was directly above Tuoba Lie. He brought his foot down, stomping onto Tuoba Lie's shoulder.

Bang! Terrifying power erupted. Tuoba Lie's knees slammed heavily into the ground.

"You…" Tuoba Lie's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. Before he could mobilize the yellow sand to counterattack, Bai Ye's attack arrived.

"Stealing my Vice Monitor position! Go to hell!" Bai Ye waved his bone staff, and three ghastly green Soul spears tore through the air, piercing into Tuoba Lie's glabella, throat, and heart respectively.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! The pain of his Soul being torn apart made Tuoba Lie let out a scream.

Lin Yuan followed up with a kick, striking Tuoba Lie squarely in the chest. Crack! His sternum shattered, and his heart burst.

Tuoba Lie flew backward, turning into specks of white light in mid-air. Judged as dead by the Rubiks Cube World, he was forcibly kicked out. From his appearance to his death, it took less than five seconds. The Western Desert Prodigy had fallen.

Having dealt with this cowardly "Old Six" who was clinging to life, Bai Ye let out a long sigh. He felt much better. He turned his head to look at Lin Yuan.

"Brother Lin Yuan, that was satisfying!" Bai Ye gave a thumbs up, then without any hesitation, gripped the tip of his bone staff and aimed it at his own throat.

"I've taken the Vice Monitor position. Monitor, please take care of me in class from now on." Having said that, Bai Ye slashed hard, directly severing his carotid artery and trachea. Blood gushed out. Bai Ye's body fell to the ground and dissipated into white light.

Hum— With Bai Ye's death, the surrounding space began to twist and collapse. The sky, the ruins, the scorched earth—everything was rapidly disintegrating.

The Divine Domain followers under Lin Yuan, such as the Tyrant and the Insect King, were also enveloped in white light, cutting their connection with this world and being collectively teleported back into Lin Yuan's Wasteland Divine Domain.

A few seconds later, Lin Yuan found himself standing in a pure white void. A projection panel floated directly in front of him. The settlement had begun.

[infinite simulation cube · Hegemony Battle settlement complete.] [Final survivor: Lin Yuan.] [Ranking: First place.] [Commencing reward distribution.]

The text on the panel scrolled. The first reward turned into a golden stream of light, diving straight into the star key on Lin Yuan's wrist.

[Reward 1: Starry Sky University credits, 1,000,000 points.]

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow when he saw this number. One million credits. At Starry Sky University, that was equivalent to 100 million faith points.

"This Rubiks Cube World is quite generous," Lin Yuan thought. However, he quickly realized that these 1 million credits weren't given away for free by the Rubiks Cube. Most of them were likely "entry fees" deducted from the deceased Prodigies. The wool comes from the sheep, and the winner takes all.

The panel continued to scroll. A second stream of light flew out and hovered in front of Lin Yuan. It was a light orb emitting an ancient aura. Inside the orb, the outline of a weapon faintly shimmered.

[Reward 2: Human-exclusive Divine Artifact (Unidentified).] [Note: This Divine Artifact is limited to the deity's main body; it cannot be equipped by followers.]

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up. A Divine Artifact is good; he happened to be lacking one right now. He hoped it would be something useful, not some flashy prop used by those aristocratic children for decoration.

Lin Yuan didn't rush to touch the orb and continued reading. A third stream of light descended. It was a miniature phantom of a building.

[Reward 3: Diamond Tier Divine Domain Building]

Seeing this reward, Lin Yuan's emotions actually calmed down. A Diamond Tier building would have made him overjoyed in the past. But for the current Lin Yuan, its appeal was greatly diminished.

After he had undergone Fusion with the divinity fragment, his Divine Domain's development path had long deviated from the conventional building-bonus model. Compared to the fixed attributes provided by these inanimate buildings, Lin Yuan preferred watching his Tyrants, Bone Fish, and Formless Source Insectss kill each other within the Divine Domain.

That method of evolution—stimulating potential on the edge of life and death, achieving Breakthroughs in near-death situations—was the root of the Wasteland army's strength. Even if a follower died in battle, the corpse would be devoured by the Demon Tree or other kin, not a single drop of blood wasted. It would be 100% converted into the foundation of the Divine Domain.

However, Lin Yuan wasn't picky. Having something was better than having nothing. Just as Lin Yuan thought the settlement was about to end, a fourth line of text suddenly jumped out on the panel, the color of the text a strange dark cyan.

[Detected that you touched a high-dimensional Law state during the battle.] [Reward 4: Law Stabilization and Divine Art Deduction.] [Note: This reward will use the underlying computing power of the Rubiks Cube World to forcibly stabilize your previous 'Forbidden State' and accelerate your mastery over it, ultimately solidifying it into an exclusive Divine Art.]

Lin Yuan's breath hitched. Stabilizing the Forbidden State and forming a Divine Art! He was deeply shocked by the foundation of the Rubiks Cube World, or rather, Starry Sky University.

That state he had just experienced—where his Physical Body was destroyed and he reshaped it with Law—was triggered entirely by luck under the extreme pressure of life and death. He had intended to spend years grinding away to analyze and master it little by little. He hadn't expected this Rubiks Cube World to possess such great power.

Lin Yuan didn't hesitate at all. He couldn't even be bothered to check the specific attributes of the Divine Artifact or the building. He raised his hand and pressed heavily on the cursor for the fourth reward. "Use."

As soon as Lin Yuan's thought was conveyed, he felt his vision go black, and his consciousness was pulled into an endless void. Here, the concept of time was infinitely stretched.

The next second, Lin Yuan returned to the classroom. He appeared to have a dazed look in his eyes, his mind wandering far away.