The Omnipotent System-Chapter 245: An Unknown Entity 2

Shadows peeled off its body, forming twisted duplicates—each a distorted mockery of the original. A dozen jagged grins flickered in the void.

Kieran's stomach turned. "You've got to be kidding me."

Erren's interface blared with warnings. "It's multiplying!" Her fingers flew. "New analysis—each copy retains a fragment of the core presence. They're not illusions; they're real."

"Great," Elamenor muttered. "More to break."

His body blurred—

BOOM!

He shot forward, fist-first, crashing into one of the copies. The moment of impact—

CRACK!

The clone splintered apart, its form unraveling into liquid shadow. But before Elamenor could pull back—

SSSSHHHHK!

The fragments moved—tendrils surging toward him.

Arianna flicked a wrist.

The shadows froze.

They didn't just stop—they ceased. As if the concept of movement no longer applied to them.

"Focus," she murmured. "They're shifting tactics."

Kieran barely registered her words before another clone lunged at him.

FWOOOOOSH!

Jameson intercepted. His sword flashed—one, two, three precise strikes. The clone's form distorted, unable to reform.

Then—

BOOOOOOM!

A shockwave rippled as Jack landed beside Kieran. "Alright, I'm getting tired of this thing." His hands crackled. "We break the real one, yeah?"

Kieran nodded. "Find the core."

Erren's eyes narrowed, her interface flickering wildly. Then—

"There!"

A pinpoint—a single dark mass at the heart of the battlefield, barely distinguishable from the chaos.

Kieran didn't hesitate.

His body moved.

SHOOM!

His Phantom Reaper's Cloak flared, his form flickering in and out of existence. He closed the distance—blade poised—

And struck.

SHIIIIINK!

The core buckled. The Entity convulsed.

Then—

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A detonation of pure void energy erupted outward. The clones dissolved, the battlefield cracked—reality itself seemed to strain under the force.

The Entity shrieked. Not in pain—

In exhilaration.

Its form buckled, folding inward, its presence fluctuating violently.

And then—

It spoke.

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"Ahhh… fascinating."

The battlefield steadied. The void no longer swirled chaotically. The Entity's grin did not fade—but something changed.

Kieran felt it.

A shift.

This wasn't over.

The Entity had been holding back.

Its form condensed, the shadows withdrawing, its presence sharpening into something far more… precise.

Arianna exhaled softly. "Phase two."

The Entity laughed.

"Now…"

It raised a hand—its fingers jagged distortions against reality itself.

"Entertain me properly."

FWOOOOOOOOM!

A new battle began.

Kieran's grip on his blade tightened. The air around them crackled, bending under the sheer force of the Entity's condensed presence. The void was no longer just a backdrop—it was alive, pulsing, reacting to every movement.

Jack cracked his knuckles, his grin widening. "Heh. Finally. I was starting to think this thing wasn't taking us seriously."

Erren's interface flickered with new warnings. "Be careful—its energy signature has stabilized. No more chaotic shifts. It's fully in control now."

Arianna's eyes shimmered, her voice calm but edged with tension. "Then we do the same. No holding back."

The Entity's jagged fingers twitched.

FWOOOOOM!

A storm of void tendrils erupted from its form, spiraling outward with terrifying precision. They didn't lash wildly—they hunted. Each one locked onto a target, weaving through the battlefield with impossible intelligence.

Elamenor moved first.

BOOM!

His foot shattered the ground as he launched forward, fists glowing with sheer force. He met the tendrils head-on, smashing through them with brute strength. Each impact sent shockwaves through the void, but the tendrils simply reformed, slithering back toward him.

"Persistent little—"

SHINK!

A streak of silver cut through the air. Kieran's blade carved through multiple tendrils in a single motion, severing them before they could reach Elamenor.

"Don't waste your strength," Kieran warned. "It's testing us."

The Entity's grin widened. "Clever."

Then—

FWOOOOM!

It shifted.

No, it split—not into clones, but into variations. Each fragment of its form twisted into a different shape, a different essence. One radiated burning darkness, another crackled with anti-light, another shimmered with an eerie, reflective stillness.

Jack's eyes lit up with excitement. "Alright, that's new."

Arianna's gaze flickered between the shifting figures. "It's manifesting concepts. Be ready."

Jameson didn't hesitate.

BOOM!

He launched forward, his sword gleaming with radiant force. He swung at the burning darkness—only for his blade to phase through, the entity absorbing the energy like a living void.

"Not solid," Jameson muttered, adjusting his stance. "That's going to be a problem."

"Then we change the rules." Arianna raised a hand.

For a brief instant—

Everything stopped.

The void ceased to shift. The tendrils halted. Even the Entity's grin flickered.

Then—

CRACK!

Reality snapped back, and Arianna's influence broke the unstable form of one of the variations. It collapsed inward, dispersing like shattered glass.

The Entity's laugh echoed.

"Ahhh… intriguing."

It raised its hand again.

This time, the void itself bent.

A colossal pressure bore down on them—reality folding, space compressing, time distorting. A gravity that wasn't gravity. A force that wasn't force.

Erren's interface screamed warnings.

"Compression field—it's trying to collapse the battlefield!"

Kieran's instincts roared. He gritted his teeth.

No hesitation.

He lunged.

FWOOOSH!

His Phantom Reaper's Cloak flared, distorting his form as he bypassed the warping space. His blade, shimmering with violet energy, struck toward the Entity's core—

SHIIIIINK!

Impact.

The Entity buckled.

For the first time—it flinched.

BOOOOOOOM!

A shockwave exploded outward. The compressed battlefield cracked. The variations flickered.

Jack wasted no time.

BOOM!

His black lightning detonated against the core's exposed weakness.

The Entity reeled back, its jagged form fracturing—

And then—

Silence.

The battlefield steadied. The pressure lifted.

The Entity remained.

But something was different.

Its form did not ripple chaotically. It did not reform instantly.

Instead—

It was watching.

Kieran exhaled. "What now?"

Arianna's eyes narrowed. "It's learning."

The Entity's grin remained, but its voice was softer. More measured.

"...Fascinating indeed."

It flexed its jagged fingers.

"Very well. I acknowledge you."

The void trembled.

Kieran tensed. "What does that mean?"

The Entity smiled.

"It means… you're worthy of the next step."

FWOOOOOOOOOOM!

The battlefield changed.

Darkness stretched infinitely. The sky cracked, revealing something beyond the void.

Something deeper.

And the Entity—

It was no longer an opponent.

It was a gatekeeper.

"Come," it whispered. "Ascend."