Chapter 1273
Chapter 1273 - 1159: The Stone that Trips the Foot
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Time had shifted slightly once more, some matters and some people had actually been prepared long ago.
"You know, isn’t this thing kinda invincible?"
"I am the ’Wisher’. As long as I desire something, it will happen. Everything within the affected range is instantly annihilated. Isn’t that too invincible?"
"How could that be... After all, this is the Observer ability of the Scholar series, using will to interfere with reality. Therefore, some common weaknesses definitely exist. Firstly, it depends on the resistance of the interference, with the Golden Rules crushing the Silver Decree ..."
Any ability also depends on the strength of both the user and the ability itself. Interfering powers speak volumes, and if the gap is too wide, even the strongest ability won’t take effect.
"... But its power is fundamentally very high."
If it concerns the World Fragments, even Lu Ping’an, who has strong resistance against Malicious Life Transformation, isn’t sure he can withstand it.
Could there really be no way out? Could they only be unjustly crushed by the opponent’s Authority?
Lu Ping’an needed an answer. If there truly was no hope, he would not hesitate to leave this world.
"There is one, but it’s difficult, because the high-level Pure Scholars are generally not foolish. They know the weak points of their own abilities and also carefully avoid them. Two of them are most fundamental..."
Recalling the initial "small talk", Lu Ping’an sighed. Although some "logic" should be universal, this infinite world always provides exceptions.
If his judgment errs this time, he might really be doomed... But at this moment, he had no other choice.
"Scholar’s Universal Taboo one, you can be a judge or a referee, but please don’t be foolish enough to enter the fray yourself..."
Big Cat was referring to the old version of the rules. The new version was modified because some people enjoy entering the fray themselves for high risk and high reward.
"Entering the fray is fine, but don’t be both a referee and a participant. When you involve your own power, your power will entangle you..."
Looking at the enormous creature in front of him, Lu Ping’an smiled.
At least his first step had already succeeded.
Is "Newborn" very strong? Extremely so, but by being "Hand of Desire" itself entering the fray, it was no longer the aloof Judge or a pleased audience enjoying the story but part of the "wish" it entangled itself in.
It had strangled itself.
"I wish..."
Lu Ping’an’s calm words echoed throughout the world. Perhaps the being before him was indeed almost supreme and invincible, but once it entered the fray and made itself part of the wish, it also naturally couldn’t be an invincible entity.
"...I wish to cancel the previous wish."
The calm words were reinforced with Scholar Ability as curse words. Even with the simplest phrases, he had to avoid being modified.
The simpler the words, often the richer the content that could be filled, but such clearly directed "curse words" were hard to modify directly.
The Giant Beast was still roaring, still furious, but it failed to realize this wish.
Lu Ping’an laughed, as expected, it had its limits. It could only misinterpret on a literal level, and Lu Ping’an’s wish, even with attempts at distortion, could not be fulfilled.
What would happen if the previous wish was canceled?
This massive creature, this monster, would naturally revert to its prior form.
The Life it had just possessed would vanish, but it couldn’t completely return to its prior "dispersed state". The parts that had been erased or consumed couldn’t be regained, and how could an existence that "lost a part of its body" remain intact?
This is precisely why "Scholars" should never casually participate directly; once you become a part of the "reality" you weave, you cannot resist your own power.
And since you play with the rules, naturally, your opponent can use your rules to harm you!
"Heh, so it can’t be achieved after all?"
Right before Lu Ping’an, this giant creature grew increasingly agitated,
What happens if a creature of rules, a bearer of Authority of rules, defies its own rules, refusing to fulfill its own Authority?
"It will destroy itself."
When Big Cat spoke at that time, its tone was very certain.
It was a fragment of the World Rules, a "tool," and if it did not execute its authority, it would naturally lose its "reason for existence."
Of course, to reach the extent of self-destruction, merely going against it once was not enough.
It could completely pretend it hadn’t heard or "delay execution"... Possessing self-consciousness, it had the ability to twist or postpone the execution of its authority.
"It must be very uncomfortable now..."
Just as birds are meant to fly and fish are meant to swim, going against one’s "settings" brings about a great sense of discomfort.
And the source of it all was merely its choice to optimize its own options, turning itself into a part of the newly-born demons.
If it were just to this extent, it still could not harm it...
"I wish, I hope that everyone can understand each other and live in peace forever!"
Lu Ping’an recited his wish word by word, with no hesitation and no alterations.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
The giant God fell heavily to the ground, rolling around in agony.
A wish was its sword, but this time, it had turned against itself.
"Ha, as expected, it can’t be realized again, what kind of god of wishes is this..."
More accurately, it’s not that it "can’t do it," but rather "shouldn’t do it."
Being unable to fulfill a wish does no harm to the god of wishes, but "not doing" it is a foolish act of going against its rules... Yet, it truly dared not fulfill this wish.
The same words, the same speech, had occurred just a short time ago.
This was what Lu Ping’an had inquired about, "the second wish’s full phrase," and at this moment, it was all returned to this god of wishes.
"Scholar’s Universal Taboo number two, each spoken word, each meant implication, speak carefully, speak carefully."
While the words seemed shrouded in mist, they were quite simple and straightforward, essentially saying "each word and each sentence has a target reference."
The Scholar ability is the power of definition, the correspondence between "the imagined" and "the real."
When you speak an "explanation," turning the unknown into the known, and decide that unique "one"... that "one" equates to your "explanation."
You can twist words or play word games, but when you use your power to "interpret" afterward, no matter how absurd, it still becomes the reality you have confirmed.
Reality speaking, something that has been twisted and explained once cannot be twisted again.
"Before it was ’twisted,’ but this time, it suddenly can’t make normal wishes anymore, the only thing it could do is to twist it again, turning all creatures back into mist..."
At this moment, Lu Ping’an was also gambling a lot.
Betting that the other party was constrained by the "reality" he had confirmed, betting that it could no longer twist reality, betting that it would not dare to realize this wish where everyone perishes together.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
The giant God was still screaming in agony.
"Cancel, I want to cancel... Unable to cancel..."
"Mutual understanding...can’t do it..."
The instinct to fulfill a wish and the self-will to refuse fulfilling it mixed together, pushing its instincts to the limit, and at that moment, Lu Ping’an prepared this ultimate weapon.
"I wish... let us merge together."
— End of Chapter 1273 —