As a consumer of the Spatial Fruit, any spatial attack was a miss against Vervi. That was how he had been able to release the sophons.
Because the sophons were microscopic weapons that manipulated changes in particles, using them on first-order species resulted in instant kills, and using them on second-order species also resulted in instant kills.
Only when used on third-order species would they fail to kill instantly. Even then, they would inflict a damage-over-time and skill-sealing debuff.
Spatial sophons were especially troublesome. In addition to "damage over time" and "skill sealing," they also added the negative effect of "spatial disorder."
The reason for creating a spatial version was supposedly to prevent certain low-level civilizations' Swordholders—such as some fellow named Zhang Beihai—from sensing something was wrong in advance and fleeing at lightspeed with their fleets when sophons were used to destroy planetary civilizations.
If spatial sophons were used, large-scale spatial folds would be produced throughout the star system. At that point, even if the Swordholders of certain low-level civilizations wanted to break away on their own, they would be unable to do so.
And a sophon containing adjustments to physical laws on the inside and spatial-folding effects on the outside was naturally a lock-picking tool.
Vervi gazed into the distance. At the center of the folds, he saw a naked figure enter the field. Spatial folds as vast as mountains and seas collided with the terrifying biological magnetic field around him, as though cannon fire were pounding into his body, producing intense energy fluctuations.
"Whoa, your boss is pretty impressive. He's almost as good as our previous one."
"What previous one? I had a predecessor?"
"You don't even know Commander Shrek? What universe are you from?"
"Universe JR451. In my universe, there's no Commander Shrek, only Lord Stringbinder and