Anime Crossover: Unparalleled Comprehension, Shocking the Star God

That's why he didn't take Mekal's trap seriously; in the face of a lightning-fast, deadly technique, all his preparations were in vain.

Compared to this battle, which had no suspense from the very beginning, Su Mo was more concerned about what he had just comprehended.

The moment Mekal unleashed his final trump card, Su Mo keenly sensed the true nature of the "true power" that Vereslana had spoken of.

[Rin Tohsaka: "Lord Su Mo is far too modest!"]

[Rin Tohsaka: "Didn't these two rebellious gods fight once before? If this war god is really that powerful, he would have annihilated the other like Lord Su Mo did. How could they have ended up both being severely injured?"]

Xiaoyuan: "That makes sense!"

[Xiao Yuan: "Big brother is definitely more amazing!"]

Unaware of what official cheats were, they didn't believe the outcome of the battle was a matter of power.

Otherwise, why couldn't Vereslana himself do this?

Su Mo actually had the same question about this.

For some reason, in the world of Godslayers, those who like to use their powers to play tricks are usually Godslayers.

The gods who do not obey seem to be rather conservative in their use of authority; the technique of layering incarnations is something that Vereslana, the god of war, really doesn't know how to do.

Kanae: "Seeing a god get instantly defeated always leaves me with mixed feelings."

Xiaoyuan: "What's wrong?"

[Kanae: "Does anyone remember that Lord Su Mo was actually just promoted to the third rank?"]

Kanae, who lived during the Taisho era, was not a Shintoist, but she naturally had a certain sense of reverence.

But now, after witnessing how easily Su Mo could kill gods as easily as killing chickens, she suddenly found it difficult to feel any reverence for those deities.

So even gods have their limits!

[Rin Tohsaka: "I understand how you feel. However, back then, when Lord Su Mo was only at the second tier, he was able to kill a third-tier god. It's not surprising that he could instantly kill a god after advancing to the third tier, is it?"]

[Kanae: "It's not surprising... Rather, it's hard for me to find anything that Lord Su Mo does surprising now."]

Rin Tohsaka: "I second that."

Xiaoyuan: "I second that."

Seeing the members in the group gradually having their worldviews transformed into Su Mo's shape, Erica nodded in agreement.

Just then, she suddenly sensed a strange spatial fluctuation.

Erica immediately became alert.

The next second, a familiar spatial passage unfolded before Su Mo, a path leading to the Netherworld.

"Erica, I'm going to the Underworld. It might take some time. You should go back first."

After casually giving an order, Su Mo stepped inside.

Generally speaking, except for the first time one kills a god, one does not need to go to the underworld to kill a god; one can directly obtain power.

However, Su Mo is an exception.

To remove the restriction that only one authority can be obtained through a single act of god-slaying, and to seize all the divine power of the disobedient god, he currently needs to act personally.

032 A Bountiful Harvest of Power: The Essence of the God of War's Divinity

"The Lord of the Sky, who controls the sky, storms, and thunder; the Lord of the Raging Sea, who controls the ocean and voyages; the Lord of Life and Death, who controls harvest and desolation; and the Lord of the Underworld, who controls the underworld."

"Wow, you've gained four powers in one go! This is something other kids wouldn't even dare to dream of. Little Su Mo, you've hit the jackpot!"

In the Netherworld, a girl with long purple twin ponytails raised her hands and cheered, seemingly even happier than Su Mo himself.

If she hadn't been stopped a few times, given her personality, she might have secretly hugged him.

Faced with information he already knew immediately, Su Mo found it difficult to feel excited.

"Mekal's divinity is quite complex. If he descended under the name Baal, his powers would likely be even greater."

Just like the relationship between Servants and Heroic Spirits, when a god descends to the mortal realm as a non-servant god, he will be matched with different divine titles depending on the circumstances, which is reflected in the difference in his divine name.

Under this mechanism, even the same deity will appear in different forms if they descend to the mortal realm twice.

Mekal was the chief god worshipped by the Semitic people. As a typical sky god, he later showed a tendency to transition into a single god, similar to Odin and Zeus. At the same time, he was also the prototype of Saint George and had many other names such as Beelzebub and Baal.

The four powers he currently possesses are by no means his limit.

"That's what they say, but wouldn't that make things much more difficult to deal with?"

As she spoke, Pandora suddenly patted her head.

"Oh! I almost forgot, ordinary disobedient gods are no problem for you."

While other god-slayers might have to worry about their safety when hunting gods, Su Mo didn't have to worry at all.

Or rather, the ones who should be worried are the disobedient gods.

During the previous ritual to strip Pandora of her authority, she tried to strike up a conversation with the god-king Mekal, but the proud god-king remained completely silent, seemingly having been discouraged by Su Mo.

Judging from his appearance, he probably won't descend to the mortal realm again.

Hopefully, it didn't leave him with any psychological trauma.

"These four powers are quite effective, but I think they are more important for divine weapons than powers themselves."

After ascertaining the extent of the authority's power, Su Mo turned his attention to the two sticks in front of him.

The Chaser (Yagrush) and the Exile (Aymur).

Su Mo simply raised his hand slightly, and the two divine weapons obediently circled around to his back.

After obtaining Mekal's divine essence, these two divine weapons naturally became Su Mo's possession.

Unlike the Golden Sword, a weapon of authority that relies on its master for power, this divine weapon does not require Su Mo to provide divine power. It can accumulate power on its own, and Su Mo only needs to manipulate it.

"Eh? Why do you say that?"

Pandora tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

"Although its power is not bad, divine weapons and authority are generally evenly matched, right?"

Both are powers based on divinity, one is controlled by the individual, and the other is entrusted to a divine artifact; there is no obvious superiority or inferiority between them.

"That's usually how it is, but this weapon is different."

Su Mo shook his head and looked at the exile.

“Mekal once used this weapon to turn Veleslana into ten incarnations, which means that this divine weapon has the power to harmlessly dismantle divinity!”

"so what?"

Pandora still didn't quite understand.

This ability is rare, but it's not very useful, is it?

"Therefore, it is very suitable for research."

As a weapon, the Exile's characteristics are clearly somewhat lackluster.

They could have shattered Veleslana's divine core, but they couldn't kill him, giving him the opportunity to reorganize his divine core—a pointless effort indeed.

However, if it is not used as a weapon, but as a surgical instrument like a scalpel, then this weapon becomes very useful.

Dismantling a deity without causing any harm is like using a scalpel with built-in safety guarantees.

“Research… Little Su Mo, you really enjoy exploring this kind of knowledge. Even the God of Wisdom I know isn’t as curious as you.”

Through several encounters and spying sessions, Pandora gained a general understanding of Su Mo's behavior.

Hearing this, he wasn't particularly surprised, only sighed slightly.

"Knowledge is the ladder of human progress."

Su Mo replied calmly.

"Of course, the same applies to the gods."

"If you had spent these years studying the structure of gods and myths instead of spying, you might not need a god-slayer to exact your revenge on the God of Steel."

From the moment he opens his mouth, it's like a bowl of toxic chicken soup.

"Stop reading! Stop reading! Spare me! If I don't know this, I really don't know it!"

Upon hearing this, Pandora immediately clutched her head and shook it violently, as if she were under a spell.

As a former member of the Earth Mother Goddess, Pandora is definitely not bad in terms of mythological magic, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to create the Pandora Dark Festival.

But compared to Su Mo, he is far inferior.

Pandora still can't understand how Su Mo managed to pull off a feat that even Vereslana himself couldn't do, right after gaining power.

Relying solely on a newly acquired power, he instantly annihilated a disobedient god of god-king level. This feat would be considered extremely explosive in any era.

Therefore, she did not intend to listen to Su Mo's lecture and immediately changed the subject.

"By the way, do you know what the 'true power' that Vereslana mentioned before is?"

"Ah."

Su Mo nodded gently.

Although this battle was a one-sided, instant kill, he still obtained the information he wanted.

"Tell me! You should be able to tell me, right?"

Pandora immediately looked on with curiosity.

She was also curious about what gift Vereslana could leave for Su Mo.

"What he was talking about was less about power itself, and more about the correct way to use power, or rather—the essence of the godhood of the war god."

Su Mo had no intention of hiding this information.

Because it wouldn't matter to others even if they knew.

"The essence of the divine status of a war god?"