[Rule Two: Punishment of the Seven Sins] was silently affecting everyone.
The negative emotion known as "Envy" began to soundlessly erode the Great Hall.
It did not cause direct damage.
Instead, it was like an invisible probe, precisely piercing into the emotional centers of Lin Xiyue and the other two, stirring them frantically.
Fury, humiliation, the irritability of being looked down upon...
All sorts of negative emotions were amplified several times over, and the dam of reason was on the verge of collapsing.
On their Attribute Panels, the values for Strength, Agility, Spirit, and other attributes were continuously declining with a slow but resolute momentum.
A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated.
Even if the opponent was an over-aged loli who looked like she hadn't fully developed.
Just as the rage of Lin Xiyue and the other two was about to burn through their reason, and they were preparing to stage a full-scale brawl to "tear the God apart with their bare hands."
Crunch.
An untimely crisp sound echoed clearly within the Great Hall.
Lin Qingyue, leaning against a platinum pillar as smooth as a mirror, had just crushed another hard candy.
There was not a hint of anger on her face. Instead, her beautiful pink eyes were filled with keen interest.
Interesting.
Too interesting.
Her mind was racing.
This White Tiger Loli had a poisonous tongue; every sentence was like a needle coated in deadly poison.
From the formation's positioning to the scratches on the shields, from the hair color to the flow of Magic Power, even the inertial sway of the fat on their chests was analyzed with impeccable logic.
On the surface, this was the ultimate humiliation, an impotent rage stemming from "Envy."
But Lin Qingyue captured the overlooked details.
For example, when He furiously berated Lin Xiyue, saying her "force transmission nodes were a complete mess," that Slaughter Qi actually traced a perfect power conduction model from the deltoids to the latissimus dorsi and then to the core beside Lin Xiyue's body.
And for instance, when He cursed Su Wan, saying her "Magic Power flow was like a clogged sewer," a sharp aura exquisitely simulated the energy trajectory of an "Ice Needle Puncture Dredging" on the left side of Su Wan's body.
This behavior had already surpassed simple insults.
It was more like a technical director with late-stage OCD, driven mad while reviewing a piece of garbage code submitted by a subordinate, filled with bugs and logical loopholes.
How was this venting rage?
This was clearly... a super-high-precision, live-streamed teaching demonstration, mixed with personal attacks and furious roars!
The curve at the corner of Lin Qingyue's mouth became more pronounced.
A Celestial God corresponding to "Envy"?
No.
This was clearly a top-tier tech geek with extreme perfectionism and severe OCD!
The so-called "Envy" was not at all the "unable to stand others doing well" that mortals understood.
Instead, it was a zero-tolerance attitude toward imperfection.
Any flaw would cause His central processing unit to instantly overload, then wildly output a "bug report."
Unfortunately, He was not good at communicating and could only express Himself in the harshest language, resulting in being misunderstood by everyone...
His exasperation of "Why can't you idiots do it more perfectly?" was simply and crudely translated into "Envy" by the Dungeon Rules.
After figuring this out, the irritable white-haired loli in front of her instantly changed nature in Lin Qingyue's eyes.
A hard-to-please Celestial God?
No, this was a treasure trove on legs, a mobile, ultimate tsundere technical guidance master!
"Sis?"
Lin Xiyue noticed Lin Qingyue's abnormality and asked in a low voice through clenched teeth.
"You can still smile? This guy is obviously looking for trouble!"
"Looking for trouble? No, no, no."
Lin Qingyue waved her hand, straightened her body from behind the pillar, and the easy smile on her face made the White Tiger Loli extremely displeased.
"Xiyue, I think we should thank this... Lord White Tiger."
As the words fell, not only were the three people including Lin Xiyue stunned, but even the White Tiger Loli on the throne, who was ready to continue blasting, forced the malicious words on her lips back in.
Thank?
Was this pink-haired fool's brain eaten by worms?
Lin Qingyue moved.
Under the shocked gazes of her three teammates, she strode forward with her long legs, walking through the golden storm that could shred steel as if she were strolling in a courtyard.
Those violent blades seemed to come alive, automatically sliding away from her by a meter, without harming her in the slightest.
She walked openly and unabashedly up to the magnificent Platinum Throne.
She lowered her head, a long strand of pink hair falling down, a pure and harmless smile on her face.
Her height of 175 centimeters created a pure physical suppression.
She just looked down from above, staring at the white-haired loli on the throne whose small face was flushed red with anger.
The latter subconsciously straightened her small back and even quietly stood on tiptoe, trying to regain a bit of momentum.
Just a little short, she couldn't reach the ground...
"What are you looking at!"
He shouted angrily, his voice rising with rage.
"You, a Priest who moonlights as a Mecha pilot, are even more ridiculous! Your magic circuits are as messy as a pot of paste! Your affinity is as high as a sieve, leaking everywhere! You are simply insulting the Creator's wisdom!"
"Your very existence is a torture to my aesthetic sense!"
"Oh?"
Lin Qingyue was not angry at all, but the smile on her face deepened instead.
She gently tapped the staff "Beloved," which she was accustomed to using as a long spear, on the ground.
"Buzz—"
The surging Holy Light Energy wildly gathered in her palm.
An incredibly thick [Sunlight Spear], emitting a blinding golden light from its entire body, materialized out of thin air.
The volume of this spear was exaggeratedly large, yet its internal energy structure was visibly loose, with golden light particles darting around like headless flies. A ring of gaudy, continuously rotating halo special effects also circled the spear's body.
She had done this deliberately, creating a special version that combined "shoddy craftsmanship" and "light pollution."
Cradling this "glow stick" in one hand, she raised an eyebrow at the White Tiger Loli on the throne, who was already dumbfounded. Her tone carried three parts provocation and seven parts mockery.
"Respected Lord Celestial God, since you feel we are completely useless."
"Then you might as well... help me appreciate it."
She paused deliberately, speaking word by word in a nearly boastful tone:
"How is my big and bright spear...?"
Boom!
As soon as her words fell, the Metal Qi of the entire temple instantly boiled!
The White Tiger Loli's exquisite little face, set against the blinding golden light, turned as black as the bottom of a pot at a visible speed.
"Stop! Stop this instant, in this God's name!"
The White Tiger screamed, jumping down from the throne in a fit of rage.
Because her movements were too hasty, she stumbled slightly upon landing. She quickly regained her balance to hide the awkwardness of her short legs.
She pointed a slender finger at the gaudy [Sunlight Spear], berating her:
"Are you constructing an energy body or setting off fireworks in a public restroom?! You are shaming the very face of the Holy Light Law!"
"The structure! The structure is as loose as a heap of sand! At least thirty-seven energy nodes are completely redundant!"
"And the core condensation method! Which idiot taught you to use crude stacking? It should be a double-helix cross-compression! And then supported by triple-nested stabilizing runes! You... this lump of energy trash is an outright provocation to energy aesthetics!"
"Stupid! So stupid! In all my long life, I have never seen an energy manipulation method more stupid than yours!"
Her scolding held not a hint of killing intent, only the despair and frustration of a designer who sees their client request a logo made of "colorful black."
Watching this scene, the smile on Lin Qingyue's face was bright and brilliant.
I guessed right.