"Predicting the future? How the hell am I supposed to fight that?"

Yumo's confidence crumbled the moment she heard Mengxi's words at the tea party.

"If your mother can see the future, what am I supposed to battle her with?"

"Calm down. It's not as broken as you think."

Mengxi patted Yumo's head and quickly spoke up to comfort her:

"Mother can indeed see the future, but what she sees varies depending on the target."

"What do you mean?"

"How should I put this... Mother's ability is pretty complex and hard to explain. But basically, for people with insufficient strength and weak soul power, Mother can predict almost their entire life. But if someone's power is strong enough, even if Mother can see their future, that future can change at any time. Against Lv9s, the future Mother can truly confirm is only about ten seconds."

"Ten seconds isn't enough?! Between Lv9s, you can exchange thousands of moves in one second! Ten seconds? That's enough time for your mother to turn me into mincemeat!"

"That's for ordinary Lv9s. You're different. You're a very special existence."

"Special?"

"Yeah. So you need to remember, when you face Mother, you must unleash all your power from the very first moment! That's the only way to maximally interfere with the Eye of Revelation's foresight."

"Oh, I got it..."

...

When the moment came, Yumo followed Mengxi's advice to the letter. She unleashed everything - her first real all-out battle. Her violent Shadow power erupted outward, designed to scramble the Eye of Revelation's predictions. With 90million energy coursing through her, even Maya could probably only see one second ahead.

But Yumo knew that wasn't nearly enough.

Jamming Maya's foresight was just step one. The real plan was about to begin.

---

"Abyssal Cannon!!"

Yumo took a deep breath. Crimson Shadow power swirled around her like a hurricane before condensing into ten world-destroying beams that tore through space toward Maya.

What would drain other Abyssal Lords completely? Yumo fired them off like party favors. Ten Abyssal Cannons, each one capable of obliterating planets, all aimed straight at Maya.

The roaring Abyssal Cannons carried devastating power as they struck toward Maya.

Yumo's goal was smiple: use continuous powerful attacks to restrict Maya's movement patterns, so even if she could predict the attacks, she couldn't perfectly dodge them. At the same time, this barrage lasting dozens of seconds clearly exceeded her prediction range.

The strategy worked. Maya's graceful dodging became frantic, scrambling as the barrage intensified.

She slipped past the first few Abyssal Cannons, but more kept coming from every angle, boxing her in completely.

Hmph~

"Let's see if you can dodge this!!"

Yumo smugly lifted the corner of her mouth.

Unfortunately, she seemed to underestimate this Guiding Saint.

As the Guiding Saint, Maya didn't have Momo's bad habit of actively taking hits. She kept dodging mainly to maintain an elegant fighting stance.

That didn't mean she could only dodge...

Maya faced the incoming assault with nowhere left to retreat, with narrowed eyes as complex incantations began chanting rapidly from her lips.

"Heavy Star Wheel - Daiwan"

The next moment, Maya's holy sword suddenly disintegrated. As the Guiding Saint's divine artifact, it once again displayed its ever-changing abilities. The golden light followed its master's will and immediately reformed into dozens of magnificent silver magical circles.

Then dozens of powerful golden lasers burst from the circle's mouths, colliding head-on with Yumo's Abyssal Cannons.

BOOM!!!

The final death light bloomed again as Maya's position was suddenly swallowed by destructive energy torrents...

...

"Huff... did I get her?"

Yumo stared at the swirling vortex of destruction where Maya had been standing. She pressed her hand to her chest, breathing hard.

Although unleashing her power greatly boosted her attack power, stamina, and recovery ability, firing dozens of fierce ultimate moves like the Abyssal Cannon in one go still put some strain on her body.

Since her internal power hadn't recovered yet, the butterfly swarm surrounding Yumo that prevented Maya from easily approaching her also began to show signs of dispersing.

Though it was only a brief moment, in the eyes of top-level fighters, this brief moment was a fatal opening.

The next instant, Yumo's brow furrowed as a powerful aura forcefully entered her sensing domain.

?!!

"Behind me?!"

Yumo realized something was wrong and quickly turned around.

At that moment, with golden holy light flashing, Maya - who had been swallowed by the Abyssal Cannons - had somehow broken out of that sea of fire and instantly appeared behind Yumo. The countless bloody butterflies that should have been guarding Yumo were torn open by golden spiritual power, creating a huge gap.

Then Maya's eyes suddenly contracted as the Staff of Truth, transformed into a holy sword, thrust toward Yumo's waist!

Yumo's protective Shadow power was effortlessly broken by the Sword's radiance.

She wanted to build a defense, but due to the weakness from firing the Abyssal Cannons, she couldn't construct a new energy shield in time.

For a moment, Yumo could only watch helplessly as Maya's attack drew closer and closer.

"This is bad!!!"

Yumo's eyes went wide.

But her lips curved into a smirk.

Hehe~ You fell for it, idiot!!

As Maya closed in, Yumo kept up her panicked act while practically purring with satisfaction inside.

This whole thing was a setup. Maya had been playing defense this entire time, never going for a killing blow. She was obviously looking for a chance to capture Yumo alive. Well, if that's what she wanted, Yumo would serve it up on a silver platter.

Maya's ability could predict her actions one second ahead, right?!

Then if she delayed reflecting the damage back by a few seconds after getting hit, Maya wouldn't be able to predict it!

And Maya's attack definitely wasn't meant to kill her, but to disable her fighting ability. So if she reversed Maya's attack back at her, she could directly subdue that arrogant Guiding Saint!

Hmph!

My win

Yumo declared victory in her heart, watching the blade approaching her with anticipation! At the same time, her authority power activated as the terrifying invisible force of 'Causal Reversal' surged forward! Vaguely, Yumo seemed to already envision the beautiful scene of Maya losing her fighting ability and begging for mercy.

...

But life has a way of throwing curveballs. Just as Yumo triggered her authority power, ready to reverse Maya's attack, the blade vanished in a flash of golden light. Maya disappeared with it.

?!!

"Huh?!! What?!!"

Yumo's smirk died on her lips. She blinked hard, trying to process what just happened.

Wait... she just stopped? Right before landing the hit?

This was the perfect opening! Why would she

But before Yumo could figure out what was happening, the blood-colored butterfly swarm to her rear side was suddenly torn apart by golden light!! A golden arrow pierced through the stars, bypassed Yumo's sensing domain, and struck directly at her abdomen!

Puff!!

Blood exploded from the wound as the golden arrow punched through her abdomen. Her Shadow power flickered and died. Yumo doubled over with a strangled gasp - unlike Momo, she actually hated pain.

She pressed both hands against the wound, biting her lip hard enough to draw blood.

This arrow... it's not just piercing her. It's burning away her Shadow power from the inside out.

Damn it! She saw right through the trap. That's why she pulled back from the frontal attack - she knew it was bait. Then she circled around for a sneak attack...

"But... heh, hehehe..."

Despite the pain in her abdomen, Yumo let out an evil twisted smile.

So what if she changed direction? As long as she attacked me, she's asking for death!

Thinking this, her authority power fully activated. Yumo's crimson eyes suddenly contracted as she quickly turned to look behind her.

"Damn Saint! Take... huh?!! What?!"

However, when Yumo quickly turned around, trying to reverse all her injuries back to Maya, Yumo discovered an extremely awkward fact that caught her completely off guard.

That was...

"Where... where is she??"

Behind Yumo was only empty void in the star field - there was no sign of the silver-haired woman. Not only that, within the vast range covered by Yumo's sensing domain... she could no longer sense Maya's aura at all. That Guiding Saint seemed to have just vanished on the spot?

At the same time, a playful voice reached Yumo's ears without warning, making her frown instantly.

"Hey, little Yumo, the power I gave you - you think I wouldn't know how to deal with it? Don't underestimate me, little girl~"

As soon as the words ended, another arrow struck, piercing through Yumo's shoulder...