Speaking of this, she also became somewhat uncertain.
Tang Keren was momentarily stunned, but quickly caught on.
"But, if that's the case..."
"If one could ensure absolute superiority in the authority contest, then even if one couldn't defeat the opponent in battle, there should be absolutely no reason to feel anxious, right?"
"Exactly so." Amber nodded.
Upon hearing this, Zihan's heterochromatic eyes turned to look at the pitch-black witch on the water surface below.
They saw the Pride Witch's face, identical to Airwen's, wearing an indescribably grave expression.
"Meaning... it's currently Mengmengxiang who has the upper hand in the authority contest?!"
Tang Keren said casually: "Yeah, anyone can see that."
"Actually, I have a guess."
Amber looked at the red-haired girl's confident and spirited figure, a meaningful smile curling at the corner of her lips.
"The Domain of Pride... its ownership should primarily depend on whose will is more 'arrogant.'"
Everyone was slightly taken aback.
"Look, the current Mengmengxiang seems far prouder than that Witch King, completely looking down on It."
She remarked with some emotion: "No... perhaps from the very beginning, Mengmengxiang was always like this."
Meanwhile.
Top of the Happiness and Stability Committee building.
Su Jingyan had recovered somewhat, leaning against the corner of the wall, staring up unblinkingly at the massive live broadcast screen in the sky.
— Somehow, the red-haired girl's current demeanor gave him, the strongest modern game designer, an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Like a...
player.
In the past, in order to better serve players, he naturally had a very deep understanding of player psychology.
Suppose a player pulls an extremely rare top-tier character in a game, or grinds out a set of outrageously overpowered god-tier equipment.
Then what would that player do first?
Most people would take a screenshot, send it to friends, or post it elsewhere, and they would also be eager to rush into the hardest dungeons and fight the strongest monsters.
But the fundamental purpose of doing all this is actually to show others, to satisfy their own desire to show off, or to make themselves happy.
— That girl named Mengmengxiang was actually enjoying everyone's astonished gazes, wanting to share that feeling with everyone, with all the magical girls.
Except for the Pride Witch on the opposite side... her gaze had almost never truly focused on It.
Would a person seriously communicate emotions with a monster they were about to farm?
Unless one was lonely to the extreme, absolutely not.
People only communicate with those they recognize as their own kind.
At this moment, that disregard became ultimate contempt and arrogance.
…………
Meanwhile, in the Origin Space.
"How is this possible?!"
At this moment, the Pride Witch finally lost composure, a voice interwoven with anger and confusion echoing through the space: "How did you do this?!"
She had been the one to initiate the attack, yet her supreme Domain had again been savagely torn at, gnawed upon, and stripped of another ten percent by that scorching foreign object!
[Pride Domain: 17.1%→27.1%]
Facing the Pride Witch's interrogation, Lin Guang finally turned her gaze back onto Its face, but showed no intention of answering Its question.
Because the reason was, in fact, inconceivably simple.
Her occupation, [Saint Relic Pilot], was composed of two A-Rank talents: [Soul Link] and [Precision Operation Engine].
Simply put.
If she hadn't successfully achieved Full Bloom and refined that tiny fragment, then even if Lin Guang's talent was also A-Rank like Its Pride Domain... victory would have been impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
Even if the system panel rated both as A-Rank, they simply could not be compared.
A talent is a possibility awaiting realization, while a Domain is a fruit already ripened.
Even with the introduction of an existence from beyond this world, she couldn't negate this morbid world.
The disparity in scale, the initiation of the ritual, the three-hundred-year scheme, and various home-field advantages—all of these gave It an absolute edge.
But.
A Soul Gem that has lost its master, its essence...
Is it not simply the remains of a magical girl?
And Lin Guang's truly most powerful technique, without a doubt, was—
Piloting the remains of magical girls.
As long as she was given the slightest opportunity, even just 0.1% control, then everything was already decided.
Once she found the timing, taking over control of this Soul Gem was as natural as eating and drinking—a deeply ingrained instinct carved into her very existence.
She didn't need to learn any experience, nor did she need to adapt to any use of Domain.
Devouring a witch's Domain and reversing truth and falsehood was, to her, merely the most basic instinct.
As for combat skills...
Lin Guang suddenly asked the witch a question: "How many life-or-death battles, where you had to go all out, have you experienced?"
The witch was slightly stunned.
Combat?
From beginning to end, It had never regarded those ant-like magical girls' challenges as combat.
Even the crimson girl before her now was nothing more than a foreign object.
How could the arrogant witch possibly regard other existences as equal [opponents]?
Lin Guang understood Its meaning and shook her head.
— Only those who play on easy mode would be like this.
"Pride is humanity's greatest sin, and also humanity's privilege."
"Just as I thought."
"No matter how you, as the Abyss Will, initially existed as something anti-intellectual, anti-logical, like a law of nature, under the influence of your Domain, you've become more and more like a person."
"You are indeed arrogant, but..."
Lin Guang looked down at It, speaking calmly: "Generally speaking, when an uncommunicative monster starts becoming more human, it means it's about to break its limits."
This matter has also been recorded in countless works.
Everyone who knows, knows the Three Laws of Monsters.
"You!!"
This contempt seemed to sting the black witch's pride.
With Its fury, the endless black fog in the reflection surged up once more, and thousands of sword lights howled out from the water's surface, slashing apart the eternal darkness of the Abyss.
Lin Guang merely slowly lowered the longsword in her right hand, as if drawing down something from the sky.
The witch suddenly froze.
It immediately looked up, suddenly realizing something.
That blue light point that had been launched with the slash, seemingly carrying an infinite attraction...
Had actually never disappeared!
The red-haired girl said calmly: "Tengai Shinsei."
The next instant.
Under the horrified gazes of all the spectators, something terrifying beyond measure suddenly appeared in the sky of the entire Origin Space.
A colossal meteor, like a star, abruptly materialized there and began to fall.
In comparison, the several-hundred-meter light fixture above Tang Keren's domain looked as tiny as a ping-pong ball.
It tore through the profound void, crashing down upon the entire Origin Space like divine punishment.
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