You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

"It seems you're very confident in yourself, believing you can handle three opponents at once..."

Susanoo's voice was like muffled thunder, containing anger, and when he spoke, the entire void reverberated with thunderous vibrations.

"Too arrogant, kid!"

"To be honest, I only reached the level of a Godslayer after my duel with you."

Iori shook her head: "Unfortunately, my first time killing a god didn't give me any sense of accomplishment."

"Damn it! Let's begin, you little devil of the Godslayer!"

Susanoo unleashed a torrent of lightning in the void, raised a divine sword called Ame no Habakiri, and pressed down with immense force!

"call--"

Iori exhaled softly, her eyes slightly focused. She did not swing the divine sword in her right hand. A thought flashed through her mind, and a huge avatar of a war god stood in the universe. With a single slash, he shattered the sky full of lightning, and Susanoo was crushed by the blade like a speck of dust. His momentum was forcibly interrupted, and he fell heavily to the ground.

"I told you, all of you come at me together."

Iori said calmly, "That'll be faster."

Silently, both Veleslana and Mekal unleashed soaring divine power, signaling the imminent arrival of a great battle.

"Okay, that's more like it."

Iori didn't adopt any fighting stance; he simply stood there seemingly relaxed, yet he possessed a tremendous intimidating power that forced the Steel Heroes to be cautious.

Iori also coldly observed her opponents:

In fact, this was entirely within his expectations, because theoretically, the more gods one kills, the more causal threads will entangle one, and Iori has indeed provoked quite a few gods in order to gain power.

It is only natural that the goddess of fate would manipulate these causes and effects to deal with him.

However, the goddess was not as cunning as humans and failed to realize the fundamental problem:

When she goes to great lengths to deal with Iori, she is actually increasing Iori's "weight"!

Originally, the fate of this world presented a binary balance, with the "gods" versus the "demon kings," representing the ebb and flow of two opposing camps. The final king was the one who would emerge when the demon kings gained power, ending everything and restoring the balance.

But now, there is no second Demon King in the human world, but all the Steel Heroes Gods that can be mobilized have gathered here, making it a battle between "Gods" and "Iori" alone!

Throughout history, no other god-slaying demon king has ever stood in this position!

not to mention--

Iori stretched out her hand, and the platinum longsword shone with an unprecedented brilliance, instantly stealing the heroes' attention. Only then did everyone notice this special divine weapon, and they couldn't help but gasp.

Behind him, a massive magic circle, hundreds of meters in diameter, had appeared out of nowhere.

Like a giant sun wheel, it lies across the void, divided into several layers that rotate in opposite directions, and into countless small grids, each with different styles of totem patterns.

Layer upon layer, at first glance there seem to be five or six layers, but upon closer inspection there seem to be more than fifteen or sixteen layers. If you try to examine it more closely, you will be confused by the constantly rotating cycle, and your mind will be in a daze.

Countless divine weapons were arranged in a certain order within the ring, rotating along with the entire formation, like stars, the incarnations of gods and Buddhas, revolving in the night sky.

And Iori stood before this great formation, radiant with divine light like the king of gods—

"This mandala of the heavens is still missing a few weapons. Why haven't you all returned to your positions?"

Chapter 404 The Divine Blade of Salvation! Slicing Through Stars!

Trembling—an emotion that should never have appeared in gods—struck the three gods, leaving them feeling utterly absurd.

Who are they? They are steel heroes who have the merit of slaying dragons and snakes, annihilating enemy forces, and saving the world!

Perhaps they have their flaws, such as Mekal's arrogance, Susanoo's cunning, and Vereslana's persistence, but they are definitely not cowards!

So, it's not their problem, but rather that the sword is so special that it captivated the hearts of even the most renowned war gods in various mythologies.

The finest steel!

That was undoubtedly a divine sword blessed by the gods, belonging only to the "hero who annihilates the demon king"!

The strongest demon king is also the strongest hero?

Even the many martial gods who were used to grand scenes found it incredibly exaggerated... and even wanted to laugh a little.

The world has somehow become something they can't understand at all!

At the same time, Iori was also unusually shaken, feeling inexplicably comfortable. The object in his hand seemed to have become a part of his body, and they were connected in spirit, able to feel the endless joy of the divine sword.

It seems that it has been lying low for a long time, waiting for the day to conquer its great enemy!

Only then was the tempering of the world-saving divine sword officially completed.

Of all Iori's weapons, apart from the Zanpakuto born from his soul, none of them required as much effort as the God of Salvation. He invested a great deal of resources and effort in sharpening the blade of the God of Salvation—and this was by no means in vain!

Iori has plenty of magic, but he insists on using the Holy Grail, an irreplaceable sacred artifact, to forge the scabbard, so that he can utilize the affinity between the Earth Mother Goddess and steel to perform a perfect reforging.

The original owner, a white-haired boy, had severed his connection with the sword. The identity of "Rama" and the fate of "the Last King" were both combined in Iori. Even the [Steel] that coexisted with the white-haired boy naturally came under Iori's name.

The compatibility is in no way inferior to that of the original owner!

Iori is currently only missing a "Covenant Law," which she can obtain instantly if she simply nods and agrees to form a contract with the Goddess of Fate... Of course, that's a shady contract, and Iori has absolutely no interest in it.

"Do you really think this thing can frighten me?!"

Mekal was the first to rage, his divine power surging through his armor, and dazzling lightning erupted, sweeping away everything around him. Even Veleslana had to keep his distance.

"Stop looking down on people!"

"No, I didn't mean to look down on either of you."

Iori looked solemnly at the young war god and the Mediterranean god king.

"It is precisely because I know your strength that I use this."

He didn't look at Susanoo when he spoke, which greatly angered the Japanese god who had just been knocked away once.

"You little brat... are you doing this on purpose?"

Iori didn't even glance at Susanoo, completely ignoring him.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!

One after another, sharp blades of various shapes, but all radiating divine brilliance, emerged from the mandala of the heavens.

"Ten breaths—this is your last time."

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!

The space trembled like a buzzing sound as it was pierced by hundreds of weapons, creating ripples that resembled the surface of water under a downpour. The blades, sung about in mythology, shot out with astonishing density, as if they were made of the cheapest steel.

This is a storm of divine artifacts!

Vereslana, Susanoo, and Mekal were invigorated, summoning gales and thunder, raising their thick clubs, and each displaying their unique abilities to counter Iori's offensive.

If hit by a weapon of this caliber, even a god would be injured, and in multiple cases, might even perish!

However, they are all battle-hardened warriors, possessing both skill and technique. Faced with divine weapons that only fire in a straight line, their defenses are impregnable when handled with caution.

Veleslana even transformed into the wind to dodge, and after reappearing, he launched a counterattack against Iori, summoning a magnificent wild boar that twisted the void with scorching flames and crashed towards Iori like a meteorite from outer space!

"seven!"

Iori narrowed her eyes slightly. (The last part is a fragment and doesn't translate directly.)

hum!

A divine artifact placed within a mandala released dazzling lightning, then lost its form, transforming into irregularly leaping arcs of electricity. Then, like a chain reaction, all sorts of divine artifacts transformed into lightning power, ultimately converging into thunder that engulfed the entire formation!

But that was not lightning that should exist in nature, and even a god like Mekal, who possessed divine status, could not evoke such a miracle.

Because this is the power of destruction born from mythical weapons!

"Forbidden divine thunder that annihilates the Demon King, fall!"

The divine lightning, shining brightly in the cosmos, converged into a dazzling pillar of light with the power to destroy all things in the universe, and bombarded the wild boar.

In an instant, the beam of light pierced through the avatar!

Veleslana activated [Phoenix] to enter a state of divine speed and evaded the bombardment of divine lightning, but he had no chance to catch his breath, because one after another thunderstorm descended from the sky!

Each strike possesses the power to annihilate any disobedient god!

Veresla's pupils constricted upon seeing this, and all the muscles in his body tensed up—even divine speed could not completely evade such an attack, and whether the avatar of [Strong Wind] could evade the destructive power of divine lightning was still unknown.

It can be said that this one blow pushed the general to the brink of despair!

Although he also has the power to control lightning, it is as different as cotton compared to steel; there is absolutely no possibility of him contending with it.

After all, that's lightning fueled by steel...

"I'm here to help you!"

Mekal and Susanoo shouted simultaneously, their combined, raging divine power materializing into a single, equally destructive bolt of lightning. The two bolts collided, instantly illuminating the entire universe!

"O white horse of the sun, bring me the halo of your lord!"

Taking this opportunity, the boy chanted an incantation, and golden light shone on Veleslana, dispelling the darkness in the universe, like a brightly rising sun.

Within this sun, a magnificent white horse neighed and charged out, crashing into Iori with overwhelming scorching heat!

boom--! ! !

A massive energy surge enveloped everything in an instant.

"Did you make it?"

Susanoo was extremely concerned, "It should have hit me head-on!"

"But……"

Vereslana himself was not particularly excited; instead, he stared solemnly at the epicenter of the explosion.

call--!

Suddenly, the flames were blown away, and Iori's figure appeared in the void. The mandala behind her was slowly rotating, radiating an awe-inspiring and inviolable golden light.

"Four... I also need to show my true skills."

The savior sword was raised above his head and pointed by Iori to the distant, boundless end of the starry sky. As if echoing her, the countless stars in the universe became incredibly bright at this moment, and the vast Milky Way stretched across the ages.

Om-! ! !

The platinum divine power gradually gathered, and the thousands of feet of light shot up into the sky, and turned into a small sun in the chaos!

"O divine blade of salvation, obey my command and manifest here! I am the one who saves all, and I am also the one who destroys all; all things in the universe are in my hands!"

As the blade swung down, the miniature sun suddenly plummeted, twisting and shattering all of space, unleashing a torrent of divine power that swept the three gods into it without warning.

They struggled, resisted, and unleashed their divine power to the maximum, but they were still devoured...

Chapter 405: A Major CG Explosion!

The power of the curse surged through the void, and three gods survived the fall of the platinum sun... or perhaps none.

Susanoo's body was mostly destroyed, leaving only a mutilated half of his body. To say he was on the verge of death would be too optimistic; he had clearly lost all vitality and was merely a wisp of consciousness remaining.

Mekal transformed into a lightning storm in an attempt to escape the radiation range of "Sunset," but the platinum celestial body was like a black hole with infinite gravity, swallowing up all his divine power. He barely managed to reach the edge but was pierced by a divine artifact flying through the air.

With the Phoenix, Veleslana can strike first after being caught off guard. He is the only one who avoids most of the damage, but after re-forming his body, he will have to face Iori directly!

He did not chant any incantation to attempt to use the Golden Sword—in reality, it was merely an avatar used to create openings, meaningless to an enemy like Iori who crushed everything with absolute brute force.

[White Horse], [Wild Boar], [Bull]... These powerful incarnations were also defeated without any suspense. Iori did not give this Eastern war god any chance, expressing his respect for Vereslana with unreserved firepower suppression!

The divine blade swung down again, slicing the young war god's body diagonally in half. Throughout the entire process, he had no chance...

"...Hahaha~"

I never expected... to lose to the same person twice... I've made a fool of myself.

The young war god slowly exhaled, and after giving Iori a deep look, he simply sighed and returned to mythology.

"I have to admit, you're stronger now! In the end, I'm still one step behind..."

Once you conquer fate, you'll become even stronger... Haha, a monster like you will eventually reach a place even the gods can't reach!

If I had the chance, I would like to see the same scenery as you, but... it will probably never be possible.

Farewell, my enemy... Aizen Iori, may your blade remain sharp forever!

After the boy's figure disappeared, Susanoo let out a long sigh: "I know you deliberately ignored me just now to provoke me so that I could divide and conquer you. You are indeed different from other god-slayers, possessing both wisdom and courage."