Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

A fist slammed into the "Doctor's" cheek, shattering his skull, while Dotole, in that frenzied state, also used his fist to smash into Pantalone's ribs.

This was a battle devoid of any skill, yet it was a battle that determined the life or death of both sides.

So what if the laws of lightning are powerful enough to destroy the world and even stars?

So what if it's a terrifying fire that can destroy everything and incinerate all things?

Those are merely insignificant effects.

This was a true duel to tear each other apart, and anyone who witnessed it would likely have their soul stolen simply by looking at it.

The sounds of human muscles and bones colliding with human flesh and blood were incessant and chilling.

The scholar, who used to be elegant and composed, now looked at the man who was his nemesis with utter disarray, yet he showed no sign of embarrassment.

Instead, his face remained unchanged, gazing at Pantalone with the same fervent curiosity unique to scholars.

With a maniacal smile on his face, he laughed loudly, displaying the madness of a scholar to the fullest.

The reason why what should have been a contest of intellectual wisdom between scholars turned into this is simply due to the power that exceeded the cognitive scope of a "doctor".

That power completely erased their strength, leaving them only able to fight each other with the most primitive weapons—their physical bodies.

Having personally experienced the power known as the "power of restraint," he now knew exactly what that power was.

That is a power that can contend with the ultimate laws of the universe, capable of restraining all forms of energy and neutralizing the power beyond his comprehension that those energies possess.

It is precisely the existence of this power that prevents them from using any form of energy, and they can only compete and confront each other in this way.

Even though he understood what the power that transformed everything into this state was, the "Doctor" still couldn't comprehend what that power, so different from the ultimate law, was.

That is a force that is completely different from any universal ultimate law.

It is a power that exists solely to oppose 'imaginary numbers' and all forms of energy.

Pantalone's fists collided with "The Doctor's," and under the impact of their incredibly powerful clash, countless drops of blood seeped from their bodies as their tiger's mouths split open.

Even without the influence of 'imaginary energy', their battle raged on.

The battle between the two shattered the earth, causing the ground beneath their feet to crumble.

With nowhere to stand, the two had to separate, but they still did not give up watching each other, continuing to gaze at each other's figures from afar.

"Is this the 'power of restraint,' the power you rely on?"

Although he still possesses the strength to fight Pantalone, after being restrained by the "Bound Power," he has actually fallen into a disadvantageous position in his duel with Pantalone.

He is now almost completely exhausted, but his rival Pantalone is in no better shape.

It was nothing more than a candle flickering in the wind.

The "Doctor" stared at Pantalone's figure, wiping away the blood that had spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"A power that is completely incomprehensible. That authority is not like any power that exists in the ordinary world. It is simply a power that opposes 'imaginary numbers' and all forms of energy existence."

"The power possessed by such authority is far too abnormal; the so-called 'power of restraint' bears an extremely deliberate trace, which anyone with sufficient discernment can see."

"This force has a very deliberate trace in terms of the universal laws that exist in the universe. It is almost like a power that has been created by man. Such a power should not exist in normal circumstances."

As one of the beings standing at the pinnacle of the study of 'imaginary numbers' in this world, Dottore believes that his understanding of 'imaginary numbers' is unmatched by anyone except Pantalone.

That's why he understood just how abnormal the power in Pantalone's hands, which was so different from any other power in the mortal world, truly was.

He was not unaware that Pantalone, after touching the same realm as him, would come into contact with that higher realm and thereby gain power beyond the world.

Or perhaps it was precisely because he came into contact with that higher realm that he was able to touch and stand at the very edge of divinity.

However, this power completely exceeded common sense and was even different from Dottore's understanding of universal truth. This power could not be neutralized by any wisdom or knowledge.

It is simply the power to restrain all things in the world, in order to oppose all forms of energy.

He does not react to any universal truth; he is a power that is independent of everything and outside of common sense.

I can't understand it at all.

It does not conform to the laws of truth.

It is simply an existing authority.

This authority exists just as he said, without directly reacting to anything.

It is as if it was deliberately created, possessing authority bestowed upon it by others.

The "doctor" can only draw such conclusions and results.

Although he believed in the existence of infinite possibilities in the world, the existence of such power was almost like nature changing with time.

Through countless coincidences, a machine with all the parts of a true god was created, and then, by coincidence, driven by nature, everything was assembled together, and it even just so happens to work in the same absurd way.

At least "Doctor" doesn't believe that there exists such a deliberate and convenient authority in the world that can control all forms of energy.

"So the conclusion is that there is only one possibility left: you also entered that field, encountered those 'higher-dimensional wills,' and obtained their power?"

Although it was a question, the "doctor's" tone was extremely certain.

Even though Pantalone's actions never demonstrated this, as someone who had witnessed that higher-level world firsthand...

He was absolutely certain that Pantalone, like him, had encountered those beings of 'higher-dimensional will' and obtained the power of that supreme realm.