The three attacks closed in at once, leaving no room to evade.
After a brief assessment, the goddess's gaze immediately calmed, and she decisively chose to meet them head-on.
After all, she was already a true god in every sense of the word.
Though she was merely a demigod who wielded a single authority, compared to a God's Chosen One, she stood in the heavens while they stood on the ground.
Even if all three attacks carried the power of authority, it did not matter.
The gulf between them was there for all to see.
It would not be bridged by simply piling up numbers to create a change in quality.
What concerned the goddess more was how Taowu had managed to force her into such a "desperate situation" in one move.
The authority she wielded was closely tied to fate.
As someone capable of glimpsing the "lines of development" of all things, she should theoretically have been able to foresee every attack Taowu launched!
So why had she failed to notice this time?
Had her battle instincts not warned her, she might have been struck by the very first wave of scarlet fireballs!
If she ruled out the possibility that her own lack of focus had caused an oversight, then only one possibility remained—
Taowu had used some method capable of interfering with the "lines of development" she saw!
By the time the thought occurred to her, the attacks had already arrived!
The three strikes landed one after another, exploding into huge masses of black flames and smoke in midair.
Sharp objects formed from dark matter scattered in every direction, while the explosive clang of metal colliding rang out continuously like rain beating against banana leaves.
But after only a moment, the violently brutal scene came to an abrupt