As Pandora's voice faded, the reality of the local area was instantly distorted.
As reality was twisted, the rules of that particular area were also instantly changed.
Before Poison Island Ayako could even react, the magic power in her body instantly dissipated, and even her divinity was suppressed within her body, unable to spread out.
With her divinity suppressed within her body, "All Things Must Die" also lost its effect.
The power in her body was disappearing at an extremely rapid rate.
"Wh—what?" Poison Island Ayako's expression changed drastically. An unparalleled sense of weakness swept through her entire body, making it impossible for her to even support her own weight. She plunged her katana into the ground in front of her, using it as a crutch to support her body.
"All my skills are—... How is this possible—... This was brought by a Blessing."
At this moment, the effect had not yet passed. Poison Island Ayako only felt her vision blurring, her consciousness seemingly sinking into the sea, and even her memories beginning to blur.
"This is bad..."
Is this what a Divine-level expert is like? Even if not a true god, they possess some of a god's power—
Although she was a demigod with divinity and rule-based skills, she was helpless against a Divine-level existence.
Divine-level, this was not a rank set by Lord Xia Wei.
It was a level that they, the familiars, had arbitrarily assigned to beings possessing some of a true god's power.
It was clear that the white-haired girl in front of her was a Divine-level existence possessing an Authority.
Just as Poison Island Ayako felt her consciousness about to sink into the deep sea, a golden light pulled her out and dispelled the suppressed rules on her body.
It was the golden seed at the very center of her soul. The seed was emitting power, guarding her soul, memory, and consciousness, preventing her from falling into the abyss.
Moreover, the seed was emitting wisps of white airflow.
These airflows carried sounds from different worlds.
These sounds were from ordinary people who were praying to her.
"Lord Xia Wei is protecting me." Poison Island Ayako's consciousness was continuously pulled out of the deep sea. Feeling such a warm and safe aura, all the tension and fear in her heart dissipated.
"This time, someone with unknown power from the Great Falls world has come." Pandora looked at the blank-eyed Poison Island Ayako, slowly walked over, and gently extended her hand, wanting to caress Poison Island Ayako's cheek.
Because she was only 1.4 meters tall, she had to stand on her tiptoes to touch Poison Island Ayako's cheek.
"In the past, those who came from the Great Falls were just ordinary humans. I wonder how much change you can bring to the world of my ideals."
Pandora muttered to herself, full of hope.
She had witnessed the endless falsehoods, endless lies, and endless betrayals of the world, and distances that could never be bridged. This was the darkness of human nature.
She wanted to create a world of Great Unity, without falsehoods, without barriers, where everyone treated each other with honesty.
Shateira and she used to be Witches with the same ideal. Unfortunately, Shateira wanted to be loved too much, which led to a personality split. This ultimately caused the original desire to eliminate humanity's ugliest "Jealousy" to transform into another personality that envied what she didn't have, and wanted to devour the world to merge everything with her, thus becoming the "Jealous Witch" who possessed everything.
Although she also had a hand in pushing this behind the scenes.
But she only wanted Shateira to use her Authority on the entire world to reveal everyone's true inner thoughts, thereby preventing everyone from hiding their false true selves, and thus eliminating falsehood and jealousy.
However, she did not expect Shateira's heart to be so fragile, leading to the rampage of the Witch Factor.
Creating the "Witch Cult" four hundred years ago was also to select the "Archbishops of Sin" who had already been brainwashed to assist her in resurrecting Shateira by using the "Witch Factors" of the deceased Witches.
Only Shateira could make the "Authority of Jealousy" possess the ability to "reveal people's true hearts." Others who obtained the "Jealous Witch Factor" would only gain other abilities.
The Sins who obtained the "Witch Factor" would gain completely different powers due to their inner selves, and these powers varied in strength.
The only variables brought to this world were those from outside the world, from the Great Falls.
However, in the past, those who came from the Great Falls were ordinary people, or those who had received the world's Divine Blessing.
But a mere Divine Blessing was completely insufficient to make her take them seriously, and it was useless for her plans.
Only outsiders who possessed an Authority, or the power to change the world's trajectory, could provide her assistance.
"This power? Is it fate? Or a power similar to mine?"
Pandora was startled by the aura emanating from Poison Island Ayako before she even touched her.
An incomprehensible power was continuously surging from the girl's soul, a power that she couldn't fully grasp.
This power was twisting the distortion of reality caused by her "Authority of Vainglory."
"How interesting. This power, it doesn't seem to belong entirely to you. Is there an unimaginable existence behind you?"
Pandora stopped her hand, choosing not to continue touching the girl in front of her.
The effect of her Authority had already been dispelled.
This was the first time her Authority had failed.
Even other Witches could not consciously perceive the effect of her Authority, not even Shateira.
Yet now it had been dispelled. Her Authority had failed to cause any substantial distortion to this Otherworld girl.
Moreover, if she were to harm the girl, the power within her would cause irreversible damage to Pandora.
She was not sure if she could withstand such damage.
Boom—
A crimson storm erupted from Poison Island Ayako's body, and her lifeless eyes instantly cleared.
"Ah! Die!" The power within Poison Island Ayako instantly reached its peak, her combat strength fully unleashed.
The next moment, Poison Island Ayako appeared behind Pandora.
Poof—Pandora instantly burst into a red mist, staining the surrounding air and ground crimson.
"Are you angry? Can we talk properly? I believe that with good communication, we can understand each other." Pandora's figure appeared on a stone nearby, speaking in a gentle voice.
"Kill!" Poison Island Ayako completely ignored Pandora's voice. All she wanted now was to kill this inexplicable woman in front of her.
The Blessing within her had dispelled some of her fear and immunized her to the other party's power. Since that was the case, then kill. Regardless of the outcome, she had to envelop this inexplicable woman in slaughter.
Before Pandora could finish speaking, she once again burst into a cloud of red mist.
"Calm down. Being consumed by slaughter is not a good thing. You possess a beautiful will; you must be a good child." Pandora's figure appeared beside the blood mist and continued to speak.
"We—"
Poof!
Before she could continue, she was cut into pieces, her limb fragments splattering everywhere.
"This is troublesome. I've done something bad—" Pandora's figure reappeared, but was once again cut into pieces.
"Kill, kill, kill, kill—" Poison Island Ayako, with crimson eyes, reappeared in front of Pandora and cut her down with a single slash.
No matter how many times Pandora appeared, she was cut down by Poison Island Ayako that many times.
What made Pandora a bit uncomfortable was that the other party seemed to have marked her. No matter how she appeared, she would be instantly struck.
And even if she retreated, the other party would know her coordinates and continue to pursue her.
"This is somewhat helpless. Let's stop here for today, girl. We will have plenty of time later."