Maya had been watching Yumo grow up for hundreds of years, so she knew all about Yumo's little habits. That bad habit of smacking people's butts? Yeah, Maya was totally aware.

To be honest, Maya actually liked it. Over the years, every time Yumo smacked someone's butt, it always cracked Maya up. Watching other people get their butts smacked was just plain fun.

But if she was the one getting smacked? That was a whole different story.

Wait a second. This brat… is she planning to smack me?

Maya's face twitched like crazy. She couldn't help but cover her own butt with her hand. Her whole vibe, which was usually calm and holy, suddenly felt heavy and suffocating, like a storm was about to break out.

She'd always treated Yumo like a little troublemaker for her own amusement. But now, not only was Yumo rebelling, she was actually aiming for her butt?

Heh, hehehe, hehehe, how truly... laughable...

….

After putting some distance between herself and the coalition forces as well as the space where Sky Nation was located, the bone wings behind Maya quietly dissipated.

The silver-haired woman no longer had any intention of playing tag, and instead slowly turned around to directly face the roaring crimson torrent rushing toward her.

Gazing at Yumo, who was enveloped by the swarm of bloody butterflies and firing at full power, the tremendous energy constrained within Maya's spiritual body surged violently for the first time in hundreds of years. As her aura continuously expanded, a pair of ancient runes slowly emerged in her eyes. In an instant, different from the crimson energy torrent, a holy and powerful radiance suddenly bloomed.

"Since you're being a bad girl... looks like I'll have to properly punish you."

Before her words even finished, the energy wings behind Maya suddenly collapsed and transformed into a holy sword.

Holding the holy sword, shrouded in holy light, Maya fearlessly crashed into Yumo's violent crimson aura.

The next second-

BOOOOOOM!!!!

In an earth-shaking, universe-rattling explosion, the brilliant light formed by the fusion of crimson and gold suddenly illuminated the entire star region. The destructive aura that spread out seemed to play the prelude to the world's end...

...

Within Sky Nation's territory, on a certain mountain peak,

Through Mengxi's butterfly earrings, Pierre and Kalina, standing at the entrance of a cave, were able to observe the scenes of this epic battle despite being far away.

Watching their mom going all-out in her terrifying form, Pierre, who had just gotten cocky from gaining power, couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.

"This is... mom's power? So, so scary..."

He had thought that after reaching Level 9, he could occasionally tease his mom, but now it seemed... Pierre would have to abandon that idea. With his current strength, his mom could probably knead him with just one hand.

After dismissing the treasonous thoughts from his mind, Pierre couldn't help but turn his gaze toward that silver-haired woman, toward that existence who bore sixty to seventy percent resemblance to Mengxi.

She... is that goddess? The Guiding Saint... the one who's been toying with mom's fate...

Even though he couldn't sense the other party's aura, from the video projected by the earrings, Pierre could see that this silver-haired woman possessed power that completely exceeded his imagination. That wildly released, unrestrained purifying golden divine power that annihilated everything... even through a screen, it made Pierre feel a chill down his spine.

That pressure, even the eight Level 9s from Sky Nation combined couldn't match it.

"Worthy of being the one who bullied mom for hundreds of years, she's definitely pretty tough... but, but that's as far as it goes!"

Staring intently at the screen, Pierre's gradually revealed an excited smile.

The past is the past, the present is the present!

Mom right now doesn't need to fear that woman at all!!

Watching the silver-haired woman in the screen being completely suppressed by his mom, Pierre's smile grew even brighter.

"Hahaha, looks like there's nothing to worry about at all!! Right, Kalina?!"

As he spoke, Pierre turned his gaze seeking approval toward his sister Kalina, who had been silent for a while.

However, after he asked his question, Kalina didn't nod enthusiastically with sparkling eyes to show agreement as Pierre had expected. Instead, she remained silent from beginning to end, staring at the scene projected by the earrings.

Indeed, from the current situation, Mother was undoubtedly holding a huge advantage.

She had to admit, that Guiding Saint's attacks were truly varied and ever-changing, all sorts of forbidden magic spells, divine artifacts that could transform into guns, swords, cannons, chains, and other weapons... But no matter how diversified the attacks were, they couldn't cause any actual damage to Mother.

Almost all attacks were neutralized by the swarm of bloody butterflies surrounding Mother.

And Mother's powerful crimson torrent seemed to have completely suppressed the silver-haired woman. The almost infinite bloody butterflies, tens of millions of Origin Blood Crimson Bullets, tens of thousands of Shadow Annihilation beams, and the Abyss Emperor cannons mixed among the Shadow Annihilation completely suppressed the Guiding Saint, beating her like a rat as she fled in embarrassment throughout the star region.

This situation was normal.

After all, Mother, who had liberated all her power, had an energy level exceeding 90 million, completely crushing the Guiding Saint who only had around 50 million even after liberating her power.

Whether from energy level or real-time battle situation, Mother held an absolute advantage, and victory was just a matter of time.

But...

"Why..."

"Huh??"

Seeing his sister muttering to herself with a grave expression, Pierre quickly asked:

"What are you talking about, Kalina?"

"Why... have none of Mother's attacks actually hit that woman??"

"Huh??"

At these words, the slow-to-realize Pierre suddenly showed a stunned expression and turned to look at the projection with a completely changed expression.

...

Actually, not only Kalina and Pierre, but Yumo at the center of the battlefield had also realized this problem.

As Yumo clenched her right hand's five fingers, the bloody butterfly swarm that received her signal immediately released the vast Shadow power they had been compressing for so long. In an instant, space twisted, red light bloomed, and tens of thousands of crimson energy beams shot toward Maya like a violent storm, unstoppable!! They directly shattered Maya's divine power aura and blasted the asteroid belt behind her into nothingness.

Without a doubt, if Yaohuaba's coalition forces from Sky Nation had faced such indiscriminate bombardment, they probably would have been finished within three seconds of the battle starting.

However, as the bloody energy dissipated, the figure surrounded by golden light still emerged from the smoke completely unharmed. Facing such high-density bombardment, Maya wasn't just uninjured, she didn't even have a single scorch mark on her clothes. Not only that, facing the subsequent dense swarm of Crimson Bullets that came attacking, the silver-haired woman still moved her body unhurriedly, easily dodging those attacks that would make ordinary people despair.

Her dodging posture was beautiful and noble, like an elegant dancer performing on stage.

Tch.

While continuing her fierce assault, Yumo clicked her tongue in annoyance.

After noticing the golden runes flickering in Maya's eyes, Yumo bit her lip and couldn't help but recall what Mengxi had told her earlier.

So that's the Eyes of Revelation?

The Guiding Saint's authority, eyes that can see through the past and predict the future?

She predicted the trajectory of my attacks, so that's why she can dodge my attacks so leisurely?

Damn it, being able to predict the future, are all Saint authorities this cheesy? No wonder Mengxi said her mother had never been injured in battle for hundreds of years.

Really, I hate these cheaters the most.

Yumo couldn't help but grumble and complain.

If she had this ability, probably no one would be able to deceive her, right?

But so what if she can predict the future?

Playing dirty?

This young lady isn't afraid of you!

As a plan came to mind, Yumo's lips gradually revealed a smug smile.

"It's time to teach this woman a lesson~"