My setting is above yours!

Chapter 120 I'm waiting for the CD, what are you waiting for? (4k6)

It's like injecting adrenaline into a blood vessel.

Ron suddenly became several times more energetic, and his thinking became more agile the moment the [Ability Formula] was activated.

Computing power, personal reality... even his ability model, which only had a 35% control level, all received a significant boost at this moment.

The control over [Vector Manipulation] reached forty percent, and computing power and personal reality were also greatly enhanced. Ron once again activated his "omniscient perspective," experiencing the subtle feeling of having everything under his control.

"A total of fifty-three spiritual threads are piercing towards me..."

In an instant, he clearly saw the danger around him, and by observing the flow and direction of the air, he discerned the direction from which those almost intangible, translucent threads were approaching—

Then, like butterflies fluttering in the air, they simply brushed past each other!

The dozens of spiritual threads failed to pierce Ron's body, instead piercing the ground with irreversible force, eventually breaking and shattering, thus failing to achieve any real results.

Seeing Ron suddenly dodge the [Curtain]'s attack with such unimaginable speed and agility, [173] was stunned, filled with bewilderment:

'This is the extraordinary ability of the [Mysterious] Sequence Four Demigod, the [Curtain Weaver]...'

'The power I begged that great one to grant me, this kid easily dodged?! He... he's not only skilled in magic... he even possesses this unimaginable [power formula]!'

But after a moment of confusion, came a sense of amazement and longing:

'Such immense power, such extraordinary talent… if I were to possess his body, wouldn't I be able to avoid the agonizing struggle to tear open the rift in the spirit world?'

'With his talent alone, I could attempt to complete that "Experiment of Knowledge" and become the strongest being at the pinnacle of this era!'

'In that case, with the power of Lv.5, I might be able to rebuild my body on my own. Why should I risk my life for a bunch of Outer Gods who have long been swept into the dustbin of history... I deserve a better future!'

Thinking this to himself, he found a path to a brighter future and knew exactly what he should do [173] and immediately lost his false loyalty and respect for the gods.

His gaze toward Ron was now tinged with an even more extreme longing, and his mind had made up its mind without hesitation:
'No... we can't let him slip away under this [Curtain] using such methods!'

'I must read his [threads of information]...I must seize this opportunity to influence his soul, directly possess and usurp his body!'

'That trump card I created using my extraordinary abilities to deal with those Lv.5 stalling tactics... it's time to use it on this person!'

Thinking of this, [173] immediately took out several bottles of medicine and poured them into his mouth, his aura rising steadily.

Then, without hesitation, he took out several more bottles of dark gray, purplish-red, and pitch-black potion bottles and flung them at Ron.
"Ha, if you've got the guts, then take this one!"

Before hearing this, Ron had already known the trajectory of the potions with the power of [Omniscience Domain - Pseudo], easily dodging them and watching them smash on the ground, turning into pools of murky liquid emitting thick smoke.

But Ron immediately realized:
'Wait a minute...why would he say that to remind me?'

'He's trying to draw my attention to these potions...he's trying to hide something else!'

In an instant, Ron, who was already used to playing high-level games in the "Potion Era," immediately understood [173]'s idea. He activated [Omniscient Domain - Pseudo] at full power and indeed discovered more than a dozen lines of spirits hidden in the shadows, heading towards him...

If he hadn't noticed, this action of dodging the potion would have caused him to immediately collide with these spiritual threads, which would have pierced his body and led to his complete defeat.

but……

"That's all!"

He chuckled softly, and his [Vector Manipulation] activated at lightning speed, easily pulling Wang Yi, who was still struggling against the spiritual threads and trying to regain consciousness, in front of him.

Then, Ron used him as a human shield, easily catching all the spirit threads and letting them pierce into Wang Yi's body...

"Ow—"

In an instant, Wang Yi, who had been frowning and contorting his face as he struggled against the spiritual threads, turned purple, and unimaginable screams of pain emanated from his mouth...

Although his formidable strength prevented him from completely disintegrating into threads of information, his desperate, contorted expression alone revealed the immense pain he was enduring.

Ron looked closely and realized that the spiritual threads were so cunning that they had pierced Wang Yi's vital points... It was so painful to watch that one could feel the pain as if they were in his shoes.

He curled his lip, tossed Wang Yi aside, and looked at [173] with considerable ease.

But in that instant, Ron saw a hint of mockery and the smug satisfaction of a successful scheme in [173]'s eyes...

'...Did I fall for their trap?'

'Those dozen or so spiritual threads weren't his deepest hidden purpose... He still has a trump card!'

But Ron couldn't detect any physical movement trajectory in his "omniscient perspective," which puzzled him for a moment:
'It's nothing...'

But the question had barely surfaced in his mind when Ron immediately realized:
'Oh, no, this is probably just a pure magical effect that doesn't cause any physical movement!'

But although he had figured out how to do it [173], it was already too late...

If he could equip the [Embers of the Age of Gods] now, he would see an extremely dense array of runes appear on [173]'s body, with a bright silver spear emerging from it, leaving a murky, multicolored trail as it thrusts towards Ron—

The moment the gleaming silver spear pierced Ron's body, [173] finally breathed a sigh of relief, laughing as he chanted in Old Rodland:
"Haha... [Confusion]!"

The next moment, Ron realized that the world had changed.

In his mind, the air became poison gas, reason became chaos, blood became acid, and boundless energy became weakness and illness.

All the knowledge and concepts he understood suddenly became chaotic at this moment, words turned into riddles, and concepts twisted into a jumbled mess...

Ron immediately felt the air he breathed begin to burn his respiratory tract, his thoughts became chaotic, heavy, sluggish, and hazy, his blood burned his body like sulfuric acid, and all his strength seemed to be drained away—

Theoretically speaking, Ron, who failed to see through [173]'s actions and was tricked by him, was actually in a desperate situation.

But at this moment, Ron felt absolutely no pressure.

After all... he had already experienced the amplified version of this kind of thing before.
[173] The trump card, used with all its might, is nothing more than a [Confusion] similar to the ability [7] used before.

Judging solely by its effect, the [Confusion] used by [173] was indeed powerful, and it must have come at a great cost to be able to use it, otherwise it could not possibly be similar to the [Confusion] used by a [Saint]...

But... so what? Powerful as it may be, compared to the impact of [7]'s casual [confusion], [173]'s all-out effort was still far inferior.

Ron, relying on the power of [Omniscience Domain - Pseudo], was able to survive and maintain a certain level of mobility even under [7]'s [Confusion], and took the opportunity to scheme against [7]... let alone when facing [173]'s [Confusion]!
'Heroes of the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river... Those who have survived the trials and tribulations of the [Potion Era] are certainly not as easy to deal with as opponents raised in the ivory tower of Ideal City Academy.'

But Ron sighed inwardly, and silently opened the [Dimensional Update Manual], looking at the [Ability Overload] that he rarely used.

'Faced with such an opponent, I should naturally go all out... It just so happens that I've been wanting to test whether I can barely control my out-of-control 'Vector Manipulation' in the 'Omniscient Domain' state...'

'However, this does require a little preparation...'

Ron thought to himself, and just pretended to be completely confused, standing there silently like a lifeless puppet.

At this moment, seeing Ron completely enveloped in the seven-colored paint, [173] strolled over with a relaxed expression and sighed:

"You're really something, kid... If I hadn't been prepared, I probably would have lost to you."

"With your abilities and talents, in the previous era, in the glorious age when gods still existed, it wouldn't have been impossible for you to receive divine favor and become a saint or even an angel..."

"But now... you can only become my food, the first stepping stone for me to start anew!"

[173] He then burst into unrestrained laughter.

At this moment, shrouded in the murky seven-colored paint, Ron, who had theoretically lost all reason, moved his eyes and stared silently at [173] in front of him with an indescribable and strange look...

[173] also noticed Ron's gaze and immediately took two steps back.

However, upon discovering that Ron's spirituality was still completely clouded by the power of the "mystery," and that his own "extraordinary characteristics" were still stuck in Ron's consciousness as the core of the spell, [173] breathed a sigh of relief once again, and his face once more wore that confident expression:

"I never expected you to retain any consciousness... but what good is it now?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you—[Confusion] is the most fundamental extraordinary ability of the [Mysterious] Sequence Five 'Mithril Knight'."

“I once received an oracle from the Gate of a Thousand Threads, which separated my extraordinary characteristics, taking the Sequence 5 ‘Mithril Knight’ and creating a one-time ‘Confusion’ rune…”

"This trump card was originally intended for Ideal City's Lv.5... Now that I'm using it on you, you should feel honored by this respect I've shown you!"

As he spoke, the greed in his eyes as he looked at Ron was overflowing and almost impossible to conceal:
"Alright, let me see your threads of information, let me rely on you..."

As he spoke, he drew upon the remaining spiritual threads of the [Curtain] he had summoned, and thrust them toward Ron.

But before these spiritual threads could fall, he suddenly saw Ron, who was completely "confused" and theoretically unable to move, suddenly speak, saying:
"I'm waiting for the CD, what are you waiting for?"

"What……?"

[173] He instinctively asked a question, but before he could react, he heard a sudden whistling sound of wind—

Suddenly, Ron's personal reality began to fluctuate.

He gently pressed the silver collar around his neck, shutting off its power, and simultaneously activated his pre-prepared [Ability Overload]—

The overloaded Vector Manipulation went completely out of control, but it was barely managed to be controlled by Ron under the extreme operation of Omniscience Domain - Pseudo. All his abilities were immediately applied to [173] and all the vectors around him...

The vectors began to stir erratically, everything rose and fell, colliding and shattering at high speeds, before being swept into a whirlwind that appeared out of nowhere.

In the next instant, everything in front of Ron was engulfed in a chaotic, violent, and irreversible vector storm!
Sandstorms, plasma explosions, force field distortions...

Even Ron himself had no idea what [Vector Manipulation] was affecting. He was simply using all his strength, relying on the computing power brought by [Omniscient Domain - Pseudo] and his prediction and control of physical movements within his personal reality, to forcibly limit this vector storm to a radius of three or four meters around [173].

But even in such a small area, the impact has far exceeded expectations!

As a heroic spirit's body composed purely of magical energy, theoretically [173] it shouldn't be greatly affected by this kind of physical damage...

But in the utter chaos of the vector storm, the endless collisions of particles directly destroyed his magically constructed body, shattering him into dust in an instant!
All expectations and ambitions, all confidence and fantasies… everything belonging to [173] was utterly shattered in the vector storm, turning into a cold notification sound—

"Announcement to all candidates: Candidate 'Ron' has defeated the final boss [173] and gained 110,000 points."

The black curtain that had once shrouded the sky was suddenly shattered by Ron's vector storm that pulverized everything, and the enormous door shrouded in mist, seemingly crossing the boundary between reality and virtuality, helplessly closed its narrow crack...

The enormous red moon thus disappeared, and the simulated sunlight belonging to the [Hollow Battlefield] shone down, gently falling on Ron and draping him in a gilded veil.

At this moment, the examinees who had just been controlled by the spiritual threads but were barely able to fight back and had not completely retreated slowly regained their senses. Their eyes, when looking at Ron, were filled with a hint of awe, as well as a bright expectation and recognition.

Even though Ron is currently overloaded and in poor condition due to his recent actions, no one wants to betray him and steal his points.

Even Yuan, who had always regarded Ron as a formidable rival and his only opponent, completely lost all hostility!
Yu'an, who was standing to the side, came back to his senses from the chaos. He saw that Ron's aura was obviously weakening rapidly due to the vector storm and seemed to be on the verge of collapse. It could be easily crushed. However, Yu'an had a complicated expression and did not make any other move.

Theoretically, he should take this opportunity to try and defeat Ron, whose condition is clearly worse than his own, steal the 110,000 points Ron just earned, and use this opportunity to win first place in this monthly exam, taking another step towards becoming [Prometheus] Lv.5...

However, he completely abandoned the idea.

Because at this moment, Yu'an realized something completely in his heart—

At the moment when Ron defeated this Heroic Spirit single-handedly and won first place in the Physics Department's monthly exam with absolute strength, he had completely proven his ability.

Even if he used every trick in the book and managed to steal Ron's first place in the monthly exam, no one would think he could be Ron's enemy, and he would never be able to compete with Ron for the authority over [Prometheus]...

He is now completely ineligible to be Ron's enemy.

After all, absolute strength, absolute confidence...

Ron is now above everyone else and has become the absolute number one!

Meanwhile, Ron looked toward [173] the place of death, where a mottled glass bottle and a dark silver spearhead had fallen out of nowhere...

'[Mysterious] Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence Six and Sequence Five—'

'The Potions Master and the Mithril Knight...?'

(End of this chapter)