[Ding! Your lie has made Polka Kakamond suspicious. The lie has become reality. You have obtained the special passive skill "Anti-Erudition Specialist" and 10,000 Chronicle Points!]
[Remaining Points: 102,009]
[Anti-Erudition Specialist: Damage dealt to beings on the Path of Erudition is increased by 30%.]
"And you think I'd believe you?" Polka said coldly.
Kiana almost couldn't stop herself from laughing.
If the system notification hadn't popped up, she might actually have been fooled by Polka's act.
Believe it or not, you already dropped the points.
Was there anything more honest than that?
Still, Polka reacted fast enough. Almost the instant she finished speaking, her figure vanished from where she stood.
In the next second, a scalpel was already at Kiana's throat.
Fast.
Faced with such a shameless sneak attack, Kiana's pupils narrowed and her body reacted on instinct.
She twisted aside. The Herrscher of the Void's authority activated at once. At the very moment the scalpel brushed her skin, her body dissolved into Imaginary energy and reformed ten meters away.
"Oh?" Polka still stood where she had been.
"Imaginary-space relocation. So you also possess spatial authority?"
Naturally, Kiana had no intention of answering that.
She snapped her fingers.
In an instant, countless black holes bloomed behind her, each one brimming with Subspace Lances from the Herrscher of the Void.
Boom!
A barrage of violent attacks rained down on Polka.
Of course, Polka had no intention of waiting around to be hit.
Her first instinct was to evade the onslaught, but she immediately realized the surrounding space had been locked down. There was no time to escape.
So Kiana really did possess extremely high-level spatial authority.
With no other choice, Polka hastily threw up a defense.
But unfortunately for her, with Kiana's current stack of Destruction authority, she could practically replace Phantylia as the strongest Lord Ravager already.
The Subspace Lances swiftly pierced through Polka's defenses.
And at that very moment, Polka suddenly broke free of Kiana's spatial lock, vanishing once more.
Kiana's eyes sharpened.
The next second, a cold blade flashed from behind her.
This attack came without warning, without prelude, even without the slightest trace of killing intent.
But Kiana's reaction was still faster.
The Herrscher of the Void's authority let her sense every disturbance in the surrounding space with perfect clarity.
At the instant the scalpel touched her clothing, she shifted into Imaginary form again, then countered with a sweeping slash of her sword.
Kamui—anyone get it?
Very soon, the fiery arc of Judgment of Shamash collided with the scalpel, and golden-red flames burst through the void.
Polka retreated several steps, then lowered her head to look at her wrist.
There was a burn there.
"You're truly strong," she said. "Far stronger than I imagined."
Kiana stood with her sword in hand, the corners of her lips lifting. "You're not seriously thinking that a couple compliments and a token admission are enough to settle this, are you?"
A faint smile appeared on Polka's face.
"Admission? I never said I was conceding."
She lifted her wrist, and the burn healed at a visible speed, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
"I'm merely stating the facts. Your strength exceeded my expectations, but that doesn't mean I'll stop here."
"Nous used the 'Moment' to declare a model of a perfect future. Your existence, and that of this Theresa, may very well shatter that future."
"I won't allow it. So I must uncover everything and erase that future from this Omniscient Domain."
The moment she finished speaking, the entire space of the Simulated Universe began to warp.
Kiana instantly sensed something was wrong.
Her awareness of the surrounding space was growing blurry. The coordinates that had once been crystal-clear began to jump and distort, as though some outside force were forcibly interfering with them.
So this was Polka's Omniscient Domain?
Kiana was somewhat familiar with it.
In the original future, Polka had used this very method to suppress Herta's four-genius team.
If Aha hadn't intervened inside the Simulated Universe, Polka might really have soloed all four of them.
"Be careful. Polka in this state is different. I've completely lost my authority over the Simulated Universe!"
At that moment, Herta was the first to panic.
As the master of the Simulated Universe, she could sense better than anyone just how outrageous Polka's current state was.
She looked anxiously at Kiana.
"You're different from us. Your consciousness has been locked inside the Simulated Universe. In a second, run as far as you can."
"I'll have Ruan Mei go die once to buy time. Then I'll blow the entire Simulated Universe sky-high!"
Ruan Mei: "…All right."
There was no helping it. Though Herta's wording might have been a bit off, what she said really was the optimal solution in the current situation.
In an instant, the little bird that Ruan Mei had become shot straight toward Polka.
Bang!
The elegant little bird exploded into a spray of data fragments inside Polka's Omniscient Domain.
Yikes. That didn't seem to buy any time at all.
Herta ground her teeth. "Damn it! Our authority's been suppressed this badly? Ruan Mei got insta-killed?"
She turned to Kiana. "Why are you still standing there? Run!"
Kiana: "..."
So this was the genius strategy?
Touching, yes—but also more than a little awkward.
Forget it. Rather than relying on others, she'd be better off beating Polka flat herself.
Kiana yanked Herta behind her, then looked up at Polka, who was now slowly approaching within the Omniscient Domain.
The Lord of Silence had completely changed.
Her sharply tailored black windbreaker was now lifted by some invisible force, while her candy-colored gauze dress swayed in the void.
And the face that had once been blurred beyond recognition had at last taken on human shape.
"Miss Kiana," Polka said calmly, "your power truly surprises me. But within my Omniscient Domain, everything is subject to my rule."
"Your spatial authority, your Destruction authority—even your every breath lies within my calculations."
"That is the true meaning of Omniscient Domain: within my territory, I know all, while you know nothing."
Kiana arched a brow. "Sounds impressive."
"But did you forget one thing?"
Polka tilted her head. "And what would that be?"
"I already told you," Kiana said, tightening her grip on Judgment of Shamash.
"I'm anti-Erudition."
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