He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

"Bang----!!!"

A beam of golden sword light shot into the sky, instantly driving back more than half of the surrounding dark insectoid horde.

However, this was merely a repulsion.

Artoris gripped the sword hilt in reverse and spoke with his back to Ivy.

"What's going on with your divine kingdom? Why are so many insects getting in?"

Hearing her question, Ivy deflected the 'insect' that rushed at her with her sword and retorted in a low voice.

"I didn't want this either. Nobody wants so many bugs in their house..."

As she spoke, Ivy increased the force in her hand, cleaving the space in the sky with a single sword strike.

[The Divine Power of Fate: The Predestined Reappearance]

The next second, a golden crack tore open in the sky above the divine kingdom, revealing a chilling pressure.

Atoris suddenly looked up.

"Wait, what are you doing? What's that...!?"

A huge wreckage that fell from a building?

She stared in disbelief at the platinum-colored wreckage that was about to collapse.

The ruins of the High Court crumbled at dusk.

Faced with Atoris's second question, Ivy didn't offer much explanation, but simply said...

"Didn't you say before that directly borrowing the power of the divine kingdom was too inefficient? Now I'll use divine authority to help compress it a bit, you can use it as you see fit."

Hearing Ivy's somewhat reckless explanation, Atoris's eyes twitched.

"After you create that thing, can you control it yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Ivy glanced at him.

"Mmm..."

"That seems to be an indiscriminate area attack; I don't think I can stop it."

Atoris paused, his small hand gripping the sword hilt.

"So you expect me to be able to use that thing?"

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene became somewhat quiet.

A moment later, Atoris raised his crimson greatsword and spoke with a hint of helplessness.

"Fine, I'll give it a try anyway."

Upon hearing this, a vast and powerful aura instantly erupted from Atoris.

[Conquering Divine Authority: The Vastness of Heaven and Earth]

The next second, the huge wreckage suddenly stopped falling, as if it was being dragged down by some invisible force, and swayed precariously in mid-air.

Upon seeing this, Atoris smiled smugly.

"Looks like it was a success..."

Having completely seized control of the ruins, the next step was to requisition its power, concentrate that power, and unleash an even more powerful sword beam to annihilate the insects.

Just as Artorias was thinking this, she suddenly sensed a will emerging from the now-destroyed ruins, bypassing her body and locking onto her consciousness.

At that very moment, a gentle golden aura swept over her consciousness, enveloping her in a protective shield.

Atoris turned around and saw Ivy standing behind her, her expression serious.

"Alright, now that you've been enhanced, hurry up and sweep those bugs... ugh!!! Get them out of here...!"

With a shift in her gaze, she noticed that the insects she had previously repelled had all gathered together and were now attacking the two of them together.

After sensing that the power of the wreckage had been completely transformed into his own, Atoris took a deep breath and gently raised the greatsword, which was glowing with platinum light.

The next second, a golden sword light carrying supreme power suddenly rose up.

"Whoosh—!!!"

In an instant, the world turned into a blank space.

The black insectoids that had surrounded them were also swallowed up by the white light, leaving only specks of black remains.

After seeing that the insects had been completely wiped out, Ivy breathed a sigh of relief and then slowly walked out from behind Atoris.

"For now, it seems the crisis has been temporarily averted."

As she spoke, she looked at Atoris and gently patted his back with her small hand.

"It seems our teamwork is pretty good; we were even able to take care of these bugs."

Upon hearing Ivy's praise, Atoris's little face went blank.

The teamwork was pretty good?

Upon hearing this comment, Artorias closed his eyes.

Putting aside how these strange insects managed to infiltrate the divine realm, she herself hadn't even figured out why she was here helping Ivy deal with these insects.

What just happened was so bizarre; it was full of oddities from every angle, like a dream.

I feel like I was tricked into becoming a henchman by the other party's forces of fate, but I can't produce any substantial evidence.

However, what the other party just said about good teamwork does seem to make some sense.

The opponent possesses the authority of a true god, which allows them to summon a vast amount of power, but their witch body is too weak to unleash the full power of their authority.

As the one who wields the power of conquest, she excels at controlling and appropriating, maximizing the power she acquires.

But no matter how skilled she is at controlling and requisitioning, she still needs the capital to support her conquest.

And right now, Ivy, who can draw upon the power of diverse destinies, has become her best support.

In this combination, Ivy is the power bank that ensures continuous power, while Atoris is the main attacker who unleashes high-powered damage at the forefront.

"But why did things turn out this way, with me and her working together...!"

Artoris clenched his little hands tightly.

Even now, she still feels confused about everything in front of her.

"Bang!!!"

Just as she was distracted, a series of dark passages suddenly exploded in mid-air, conspicuously hanging above the two of them.

Then, one, two, three...

Countless dark passages appeared in the sky above the divine kingdom, densely packed and almost covering the entire sky.

"Wait, what's going on now?!"

Atoris stared in astonishment at the suddenly appearing dark passageway.

She hadn't expected that after just dealing with one group of enemies, a second group would arrive so quickly.

And judging from their posture, they are clearly going to come out in full force.

"Whoosh—"

A bright star suddenly appeared and blocked Atoris's way.

"???"

Before she could react, more starlight emerged one after another, all converging above the two of them.

"What...what's going on now?"

Atoris was momentarily stunned as he looked at the dazzling cluster of stars overhead.

She was a little confused. Was this still the Kingdom of Destiny? Why were all sorts of strange and unusual things popping up here?

Just as Atoris was wondering, a longsword emitting starlight effects slowly dispersed from the cluster of starlight.

The long sword swayed back and forth in the air, as if searching for something.

The Starshine Sword only stopped shaking when it pointed at Ivy, and the entire blade became completely stable.

next second.

"Whoosh—!!!"

The Starshine Sword suddenly burst forth from its spot, piercing straight through Ivy's body.

The speed was so fast that even the vigilant Atori didn't have time to react.

"I...Ivy?"

Atoris looked at Ivy in disbelief, at her chest pierced by the longsword.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Ivy's face still showed shock.

She never expected that a longsword would appear with dazzling starlight effects, its sole purpose being to stab her when she wasn't looking.

The pain belatedly surfaced within her, jolting her awake.

Strangely, even with such severe injuries, not a single drop of blood flowed from her body.

Only a tiny, inconspicuous glimmer of starlight emanated from her body.

Before Ivy could struggle free from the pain, a thought suddenly echoed in her mind.

[The "Starry Sky Godhood Fusion and Ascension Ceremony" failed, but all punishments have been waived.]

[Possible cause: The promoted individual possesses an unknown bloodline, and the matching data is incorrect]

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[Solution derived: Repeat the "Starry Sky Divine Essence Fusion and Ascension Ritual" until the analysis is complete]

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