Chapter 922: Half a Move Ahead of Heaven 6

Dream-Making Expert, Opening Scheme Against Cultivators

Lin Qi let out a soft sigh. The level-up golden light around him finally vanished completely.

His level had stopped at 198.

Although Gushe still owed him one sword strike.

Once that strike was delivered, he could rise to level 220.

But that final strike was a trap.

The moment it was swung.

Lin Qi had no doubt he would not be met with the Heavenly Dao throwing itself into his embrace.

But rather Gushe unhesitatingly slaughtering him once again.

So this strike could not be delivered.

And that was exactly the result the Heavenly Dao wanted.

He was still unwilling to end the game just like that, to be reduced to a plaything in Lin Qi's palm.

He wanted to stall at the final level, stall at this final strike.

Two birds with one stone.

Making both Lin Qi and Gushe cooperate with him, continuing to drag this game onward.

Until he found a better ending.

"Unfortunately."

"Heavenly Dao, you don't seem to respect them very much."

Lin Qi murmured, not swinging the final strike at Gushe.

Instead, he gave a dashing turn, gazing toward the dark, void-like Starry Sky.

There.

In the emptiness that had been devoured by Gushe using the Dao of the Heavenly Demon, reduced to a hollow Void.

Four portals were opening one after another.

They were the four Mahayana Venerables of the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm.

They were powerful, unfathomable, possessing the will to slay the Heavenly Dao.

Even though the Heavenly Dao drove billions of players to block them, it still could not truly stop them from stepping into this Heavenly Demon Realm that Gushe had devoured.

Thus completing that special fortuitous encounter quest Lin Qi had once written for them, reclaiming the power that originally belonged to them.

That power was a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering might sufficient to utterly slay the remnant Heavenly Dao of the Great Starry Cosmos.

The only thing the Heavenly Dao could do at this moment was attempt to rewrite the reward of that special fortuitous encounter quest.

He believed Lin Qi would cooperate.

After all, Lin Qi had already risen to level 198, unmatched across the entire game.

Even Yuyao could hardly catch up.

From the Heavenly Dao's perspective, he had practically delivered the fruits of victory into Lin Qi's hands.

As long as Lin Qi cooperated with him.

Helped him suppress these four Mahayana Venerables of the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm.

Then Lin Qi would naturally be able to have him.

So while the Heavenly Dao tried to rewrite the quest reward, he unhesitatingly issued a quest to Lin Qi.

【Quest: Suppress All Enemies】

【Quest Content: You will atone for past misdeeds by injuring the Outlands Heavenly Demon. The Heavenly Dao forgives your previous disrespect and is willing to bestow upon you the title of Heavenly Emperor. You shall assist the Heavenly Dao in suppressing all enemies.】

【Quest Reward: Level +1】

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Facing the quest the Heavenly Dao had sent.

Lin Qi did not even glance at it, directly rejecting it with disgust. At the same time, he pushed the Heavenly Emperor's Treasured Art to its utmost limit.

Once again he contended and gambled with the Heavenly Dao, preventing it from modifying the quest reward the four Mahayana Venerables of the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm had received.

Such a move.

The Heavenly Dao was enraged. Dark-gold eyes representing absolute rationality surfaced, staring straight at Lin Qi.

But Lin Qi merely said with a light laugh.

"I am the Heavenly Emperor, I can suppress all enemies."

"But this seat of Heavenly Emperor is not yours to bestow."

"Because This Venerable is already the Heavenly Emperor!"

As the words fell, Lin Qi directly tossed aside the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand.

He could not even be bothered to look at the enraged Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

He turned his head, looking toward the endlessly bleeding Gushe, and smiled. "You still owe This Venerable one strike. Let it be owed for now. This Venerable is tired."

"Heaven-Abandoning Emperor, do you want to die!"

Gushe instantly exploded with fury.

Nima, your grandmother here has already been cut nine times by you, it should be your grandmother's turn right about now.

You're saying the final strike can be owed for now?

I owe you a big-headed ghost!

"Gushe, you also don't want your Master Yuyao's corpse to truly be unable to rest in peace, right?"

Lin Qi said softly, once again bringing out Yuyao's corpse to threaten her.

Despicable, but effective.

Gushe clenched her fists tightly, roaring in fury. "You go back on your word, you bastard, you lied to me!"

"When did This Venerable ever lie to you? We agreed on ten strikes, so it's ten strikes. If one strike is missing, you can't blame This Venerable."

Lin Qi extended his hand, pointing at the dark-gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

"If you want to blame someone, blame him."

"Playing mind games with This Venerable."

"Honestly."

"This Venerable sometimes really wonders whether this Starry Sky Macrocosm's Heavenly Dao had its brains beaten out by the God Race back then."

"Otherwise, This Venerable truly cannot figure it out."

"At this point, can he still not see the situation clearly?"

"Playing mind games with This Venerable?"

"Do you have the qualifications?"

"Do you really think This Venerable absolutely must have this Starry Sky Macrocosm's remnant Heavenly Dao?"

"The Myriad Realms are so vast."

"A mere single macrocosm's Heavenly Dao."

"This Venerable followed the rules, honestly and obediently serving as your candidate."

"You really thought This Venerable had no choice but you?"

Lin Qi chuckled lightly, seeing that the portals opened by the four Mahayana Venerables of the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm had fully taken shape.

Four towering figures visible to the naked eye were crossing through the portals.

Lin Qi unhesitatingly turned and left.

"Forget it."

"If this place won't keep me, there's always somewhere that will."

"You all take your time playing."

"This Venerable will take his leave first."

With that said, Lin Qi truly left without a shred of reluctance, retreating to advance, directly activating the Heavenly Emperor's Treasured Art to force his way out of this Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Game.

Even to the point of leaving the Great Starry Cosmos entirely.

The dark-gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao flickered and interwove.

Countless possibilities were deduced and calculated by the Heavenly Dao.

Soon, the dark-gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao closed and reopened, finally transforming into a streak of golden light that landed on Lin Qi.

Lin Qi's stepping foot paused slightly.

His level had become 199.

But it was still only 199.

So Lin Qi chuckled lightly, once again stepping forward to leave.

This time, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao did not hold him back.

He merely silently watched Lin Qi pass through that door, returning to the prison cell.

Then Lin Qi just walked out of the prison cell.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, he waved toward Yuyao, who was still guarding the Respawn Point.

The two stood side by side, like a divine immortal couple.

The next second.

Interference and influence from the Heavenly Emperor's Treasured Art rose up.

This time, Lin Qi no longer sought to contend and gamble with the Heavenly Dao, nor did he seek control and tampering over the underlying laws of the entire Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Game.

Lin Qi did only one thing.

That was to add a quit-game button to this Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Game.

He was truly going to leave.

Not playing anymore.

So this was Lin Qi's true ultimate move, his trump card.

So from beginning to end.

Lin Qi could decide to accompany this Great Starry Cosmos's Heavenly Dao and all living beings in playing this Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Game.

Likewise, Lin Qi could decide to terminate it at any time.

Lin Qi could quit the game and stop playing, but they could not.

This was the true finishing blow.

Especially now that the entire Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Game had been turned upside down by Lin Qi.

The Heavenly Demon Gushe, as the final boss, was furiously trying to destroy the entire Cosmos.

And the four Mahayana Venerables of the Heavenly Immortal Macrocosm, also terrifying villains, were about to reclaim the power that originally belonged to them.

The time left to the Heavenly Dao was already running short.

The choices left to the Heavenly Dao were also running short.

Either choose Lin Qi, believe in Lin Qi.

Or drag the entire Cosmos down into destruction together.

Previously, the Heavenly Fire Overlord had thought that if Lin Qi wanted to win this game, there were only three strategies: upper, middle, and lower.

But in truth.

To wound the enemy at one's own expense, to be strong through having no desires — that was the supreme strategy.

Thus, after the dark-gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao flickered nineteen million two hundred sixty thousand times within a thousandth of a second.

After deducing every possibility following Lin Qi's exit from the game.

The dark-gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao finally landed in the palm of Lin Qi, who was about to leave the game.

【Fortuitous Encounter Quest: Rock-Paper-Scissors】

【Quest Content: Play one round of Rock-Paper-Scissors with the Heavenly Dao. Win, and Level +1】

【You played Paper, the Heavenly Dao played Rock】

【You won.】

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