272: Chapter 271 System Update, Causal Critical Strike! This cheat is a bit too much!

As the three twelve-petaled lotus flowers slowly merged into Lin Feng's crown, the visions between heaven and earth finally began to dissipate.

However, the lingering tremors within the rules of the Dao left everyone present feeling palpitations. A Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and a twelve-petaled one, the likes of which have never been seen in eternity! This was no simple Realm improvement; it was a leap in the hierarchy of life, an Ascension of species.

Lin Feng hovered in the Void Realm, not in a rush to descend.

He kept his eyes closed, appearing to be stabilizing his Realm, but in reality, he was listening to the wonderful System prompt in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully advancing to Grand Unity Golden Immortal!]

[Detected that the host has broken the limits of the Heavenly Dao, achieving the twelve-petaled three-flower state. The System is undergoing a major version update... Update progress 100%!]

[Update complete! New functional modules have been loaded!]

Lin Feng's heart stirred: "System, what new tricks did this update bring? Don't give me that flashy nonsense, give me something practical."

[Ding! The core feature of this update is — [Karma Critical Hit]!]

[Karma Critical Hit (Passive/Active): The host's attacks are no longer limited to the physical or energy level, but act directly upon the lines of Karma.]

[Effect Description: When the host attacks an enemy, not only will it inflict critical damage on the enemy's physical body, but the damage will also travel along the lines of Karma, passing on to those with close ties to the enemy (e.g., Sect, blood relatives, Dao Companion, those connected by Luck).]

[Transfer Ratio: Depends on the depth of the Karma, up to 100% true damage conduction!]

[Bonus Effect: One person goes to heaven, the whole family goes with them!]

"Holy crap?!"

Lin Feng opened his eyes abruptly, barely managing to hold back a curse.

What kind of godly feature is this?

In the past, when fighting, it was always: beat the young, the old ones come; beat the old ones, the even older ones come. It was an endless cycle, commonly known as "Matryoshka-style" cultivation.

Now, with this [Karma Critical Hit], when I beat the young one, the old one sitting at home drinking tea will spit blood! Hit one, injure the whole nest! This is practically the cultivation version of "sending a hitman through the Wifi cable"!

This is the true — divine skill of implicate the nine generations!

"System, isn't this a bit too brutal? But... I like it!"

Lin Feng's lips curled up wildly. This was tailor-made for someone like him who liked to cut weeds and eliminate the roots. Think of how much time he'd save on traveling!

[Ding! In addition to Karma Critical Hit, the System store has unlocked "Grand Unity" level product access, the base value of the critical hit multiplier has been increased to 500,000 times! And unlocked "Conceptual" level critical hit — Probability Critical Hit!]

[Probability Critical Hit: In any future actions (including but not limited to Alchemy, Artifact Refining, lucky draws, or even picking up money while walking), the host has a high probability of triggering an "European Emperor Moment," forcibly twisting the probability results.]

"Got it, so it means whatever I want, I get, right?"

Lin Feng took a deep breath, feeling the Grand Unity Immortal Qi within him, vast as an abyss. Now, he felt like he could punch that arrogant Seven Luminaries Immortal King Clone into atomic particles with a single blow, without even needing much effort.

"Master! Master! You've become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal?!" Fugui finally dared to creep over. Its shifty eyes sized Lin Feng up and down, as if looking at a walking mountain of gold. "The scent on you has changed, it's become... even more fragrant! It has the scent of the Dao Origin, it's making me drool!"

"Get lost, don't you dare have ideas about me." Lin Feng laughed and scolded, pushing away Fugui, who was trying to lick him. "Now, it's time to attend to business."

"Business? Didn't we just finish Undergoing Tribulation? Aren't we going back to set up a few tables and celebrate?" Fugui rubbed its claws.

"Celebrate my ass!"

Lin Feng's gaze turned cold abruptly, casting his eyes toward the distant, mist-shrouded, Immortal Qi-filled place — the Yaochi Wonderland.

He hadn't forgotten that a few days ago at that so-called "Welcome Banquet," that group of self-proclaimed noble second-generation immortals and Sect Saints were so arrogant, and how they had humiliated him.

Especially that Young Lord of the Zhou family, Zhou Tian, who led the provocation and kept calling him a "country bumpkin"! And that snide female immortal!

At that time, he had endured it for the bigger picture (actually, it was to scam the Seven Luminaries' natal star).

Now?

Endure my ass!

"Fugui, do you remember that Zhou guy who dressed like a human but acted like a dog, and said we lowered the class of the place?" Lin Feng asked calmly.

"I remember! Even if he turned to ash, I'd remember! That guy's look back then, it was like I was some dirty thing! He even said he wanted to peel my skin off to make a scarf!" Fugui's fur instantly stood on end; it was extremely vengeful.

"Very good."

Lin Feng cracked his neck, making a "crack" sound. Although the chaos asura blade in his hand was still sheathed, the killing intent radiating from his body had already frozen the surrounding air.

"We're going to Yaochi right now."

"New feature is online, we have to find a lab rat to test the effect, right?"

"Let's go! Go give them a 'Karma' gift package!"

...

Yaochi. As the dojo of the Queen Mother of the West, this place had always been the most comfortable and luxurious place in the Immortal Realm.

At this moment, although the commotion over at Lingxiao Palace was huge, Yaochi remained full of singing and dancing. After all, for this group of second-generation immortals with deep backgrounds, even if the sky fell, there were taller people to hold it up; they only needed to enjoy life, flirt, and incidentally look down on the bumpkins who ascended from the Lower Realm.

Inside an exquisite pavilion. Zhou Tian was holding a charming fairy, holding a jade cup in his hand, looking very content.

"Brother Zhou, I heard that Lin Feng is Undergoing Tribulation to become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal? The commotion is quite big." A lackey next to him said cautiously.

"Tch, loud thunder, small raindrops, that's all."

Zhou Tian sneered disdainfully, downing the nectar in his cup. "A barbarian from the Lower Realm, it's no surprise he has some brute strength. But his foundation is too shallow, he doesn't know the rules. This time he offended the Seven Luminaries Immortal King, so what if he succeeds in Undergoing Tribulation? In the future, in these Nine Heavens, he won't be able to move a single step."

"Exactly, Brother Zhou is right." The fairy in his arms giggled. "How can such a vulgar person compare to Brother Zhou? The Zhou family has an Old Ancestor serving in the core of the Immortal Court, with a deep foundation; how can a nouveau riche like him compare?"

Zhou Tian was overjoyed, reaching out to pinch the fairy's waist, preparing to say a few suggestive words to liven things up.

Suddenly—

"BOOM!!!" A loud noise, like the sky collapsing and the earth splitting!

The protective Formation of Yaochi, which was claimed to be impregnable and would require even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal to spend some effort to break, actually in this instant... shattered!

It was like a piece of fragile glass, kicked to pieces by someone!

Fragments of the Formation fell like a meteor shower, causing the cranes in Yaochi to fly in chaos and the goddesses to scream.

"Who is it?! How dare you trespass into the Forbidden Ground of Yaochi!!"

The heavenly general in charge of guarding had just flown up when he was trampled into the ground by a giant golden foot descending from the sky, just like stepping on an ant, with a "splat" sound, he couldn't even be pried out!

The smoke and dust dissipated.

A figure in black, carrying a long blade on his back, with a two-tailed weasel squatting on his shoulder, walked in swaggeringly, as if entering an empty land.

Every step he took, the jade floor beneath his feet shattered. That terrifying pressure, just broken through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and not yet fully restrained, swept across the entire Yaochi like a tsunami!

Lin Feng's gaze was like lightning, instantly locking onto the dumbfounded Zhou Tian in the pavilion.

A cruel smile curled on his lips:

"Young Master Zhou, how have you been?"

"I heard you think I lowered the class? Then today I'll let you see..."

"What is called — Dimensional Reduction Strike!"