Lin Yi couldn't really complain.
Yaoshi had come with nothing but good intentions—
bestowing blessings and authority.
If Lin Yi had been at a disadvantage, about to die, it would have been wonderful.
But since he had been winning, the situation felt rather awkward.
All Lin Yi could do now was console himself.
Polka Kakamu was probably dead beyond resurrection.
And even if she somehow survived—
She would no longer pose any threat.
Unfortunately, reality turned out exactly as Lin Yi had predicted.
Polka Kakamu indeed didn't die.
Yaoshi had casually tossed her to the desolate edge of the universe.
But it was also true that she would never again threaten Lin Yi.
Killing an Emanator of Abundance completely?
Only Lan personally could accomplish that.
The Xianzhou had plenty of experience killing Abundance Emanators.
Normal methods simply couldn't kill them.
There was nothing that could be done.
Lin Yi looked toward the crown of thorns resting on the head of his body inside the cultivation chamber.
Then he looked at the crown on the body he currently possessed.
He casually pulled the thorns off.
After switching to another body and possessing it—
A new crown of thorns grew again atop his head.
Lin Yi smiled.
"Interesting… a binding and identification mechanism."
Right now he really wanted to find Screwllum and use the Soul Source Code technology to analyze his soul.
He wanted to see exactly what had changed compared to before.
But that could wait.
The most urgent matter now was cleaning up the attack sealed in this confined space.
As he had said earlier—
This ultimate move was easy to launch but difficult to retract.
Once fired, it couldn't simply be taken back.
Lin Yi sighed.
"Ah… what a waste."
"The energy loss is only 0.37%."
"Looks like I started with excessive firepower."
Lesson learned.
Next time—
Do the same thing again.
His firepower insufficiency anxiety was incurable.
Lin Yi began considering how to deal with the mess.
Plan One:
Leave it alone and wait until the energy naturally dissipates.
Plan Two:
Open a gap in the recursive space loop, seize the opportunity, and release the attacks like opening a floodgate—sending them to some remote uninhabited region.
So…
That day—
The Antimatter Legion witnessed an extraordinary number of fireworks.
Beautiful.
Magnificent.
Especially the vanguard forces led by Lord Ravager Phantylia.
After all, Phantylia preferred grand and direct tactics.
The Legion's marching routes were widely known.
Since Lin Yi had nothing better to do—
And wasting the attacks would be a shame—
Why not bomb the Legion instead?
Phantylia: !!!
Phantylia gritted her teeth.
"Whoever did this… better pray I never find out!!!"
Anyone would be furious if they were happily eating hot pot and singing songs—
And suddenly got bombarded out of nowhere.
One Calamity Vanguard cautiously approached.
"With this scale and precision of spatial teleportation…"
"It's probably that Genius Society #85 — Lin Yi."
"And for some reason he's always hostile toward the Legion."
Phantylia took a deep breath, suppressing her rage.
Did she not know it was Lin Yi?
Of course she did.
But Nanook, the Aeon of Destruction who normally ignored such matters, had once issued a divine decree.
Lin Yi was to be allowed to live until the moment before all things were destroyed.
The rough meaning was simple:
Leave Lin Yi alone.
As long as he lived—
He would inevitably create even greater destruction unintentionally.
A few Legion casualties didn't matter.
After all, they were born to be consumed by destruction anyway.
To be fair—
Phantylia actually agreed with Nanook's reasoning.
The Genius Society had never produced anyone harmless.
And Lin Yi's weapons were extremely effective.
In fact—
Phantylia had once sent a team specifically instructed to politely visit Lin Yi and request to purchase his weapon designs.
The destruction efficiency was far higher than Doomsday Beasts.
Unfortunately—
Lin Yi probably refused.
That team had never returned.
No news whatsoever.
Still—
Being suddenly bombed like this naturally left her furious.
And anger had to be vented somewhere.
If she couldn't retaliate against Lin Yi—
Then she would vent it on the insignificant civilizations blocking the Legion's advance.
"Send the order!"
"Accelerate the march!"
"Annihilate the next civilization that resists destruction!"
"Grant them the fair destiny that awaits all things—
Destruction!"
"Split the army."
"Send a vanguard."
"Wipe out Hien and Sedunilamo along the way."
"Oh right."
"I remember a dying planet called Jarilo-VI that Lin Yi supposedly saved."
"Wasn't that planet left unfinished 700 years ago?"
A subordinate replied.
"Yes, Lady Phantylia. That is correct."
"Good."
"You will take command."
"500 million Voidrangers."
"3,000 Doomsday Beasts."
"Three Calamity Vanguards."
"Erase it."
"After that, find every planet Lin Yi has helped…"
"And destroy them all."
"And that so-called Peace Planet — Kasbelinyat."
"What nonsense."
"No war? No conflict?"
"Let's see if they can withstand the Legion of Destruction."
The Calamity Vanguard remained kneeling, listening.
Phantylia calmed slightly and waved her hand.
"Go."
"Bring destruction to your enemies."
"And welcome destruction for yourselves."
"The force you lead is a lone army."
"No reinforcements will come."
"March toward destruction."
The Calamity Vanguard stood and departed.
He showed no concern about the fact that this mission meant certain death.
Phantylia had clearly been angered and shaken by the sudden bombardment.
And Nanook's decree prevented her from retaliating directly.
Which made her even angrier.
She respected Nanook's decree.
But anything outside the decree was fair game.
Thus—
The incident was merely a small episode.
Orders had been issued.
No need to think about it further.
After all—
The bombardment hadn't caused major damage.
Even though the casualty numbers looked large—
Compared to the Legion's enormous scale, it was barely a scratch.
…
Meanwhile, back with Lin Yi.
After dumping all the stray attacks elsewhere—
He felt much better.
The moment the high-energy environment returned to normal—
The door suddenly burst open.
Zhuxing rushed in.
Then leapt straight into Lin Yi.
Thud.
Lin Yi could clearly feel it.
That impact broke three of his ribs.
Ridiculous.
Was an Emanator of Abundance really this embarrassing?
This wasn't like before.
Previously, the body he possessed lacked Path energy and was much weaker than his true body.
But now—
The power of Abundance was bound to his soul.
Then Lin Yi suddenly remembered Screwllum's latest research.
Screwllum had overturned their earlier conclusions.
In the new theory:
Consciousness is merely an extension of the soul—
but not the soul itself.
Lin Yi's possession ability did not transfer the soul.
"Ah."
"That makes sense."
Ironically—
The being who had studied the soul most deeply was an inorganic lifeform like Screwllum.
Which was actually pretty amusing.
Lin Yi grinned.
Looks like he had prepared one "tiny" surprise for the Astral Express crew.
Good luck, Astral Express.
Jarilo-VI Conversation
Jarilo:
"Wait… I'm fighting Phantylia? Seriously?"
?:
"Fake."
"It's not Phantylia."
"Just a few Voidrangers."
Jarilo:
"Oh thank goodness."
"How many Voidrangers?"
?:
"Five hundred million."
"Not that many."
Jarilo:
"…Guess I'll die peacefully."
To be fair—
That number wasn't exaggerated.
It might even be an understatement.
Once the scale of the setting expands to a realistic interstellar civilization—
The Legion's numbers become absurd.
Even tiny Earth has 8 billion humans.
So a detached Legion army of hundreds of millions was nothing unusual.
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