Possessing a human Divinity and not possessing one were two completely different states for Azi Dahaka.
Hearing his question, the gods were all slightly taken aback, then shook their heads.
Impossible! The great Master of the Christian Church, even if he held the Divinities of many other gods, was still an undisputed congenital god or buddha. The upper limit for a human Divinity was the 4-Digit level.
How could Su Mo possibly still be human?
However...
"Indeed." Su Mo gave a faint nod of acknowledgment.
This action alone sent an infinite shockwave through the gods of Little Garden. A 3-Digit, perhaps even a 2-Digit level deity, actually possessed a human Divinity? Was Su Mo joking?
However, before they had time to question it, an unparalleled might erupted from Azi Dahaka's body. The majestic scale of his Divinity surpassed even that of a typical Full-Authority Domain.
Empowered by this Divinity, Azi Dahaka projected a presence that towered over heaven and earth, over the hundreds of millions of god-groups.
Unlike the disbelieving god-groups, Azi Dahaka held not a shred of doubt in Su Mo's words.
Therefore, he drew back the corners of his savage mouth into a final, terrifying grin, unleashing his majestic Divinity to its absolute peak, showcasing his malevolence in its purest form.
VMMMM—
A tide of jet-black shadow blades blotted out half the sky.
Boosted by a Divinity that surpassed the scale of a typical Full-Authority Domain, even a Gift like the Draconic Remnant was elevated to a terrifying state.
However, Azi Dahaka had no intention of using a Gift of this level against Su Mo. Not only because he knew it would be useless, but because the man before him deserved the highest degree of respect.
And so...
"It has been hundreds of years, hero! Come at me!"
His ruby eyes, burning like purgatory, fixed intently on Su Mo. The heads on Azi Dahaka's left and right sides opened their maws to their widest extent.
Between the two savage, blood-red mouths lined with what looked like a forest of spears, a colossal, scorching, and brilliant ball of fire began to form.
His central head, however, roared with glee at his opponent.
"Exhaust every ounce of your strength!"
"Deplete all your cunning!"
"Expend all your courage!"
"And try to become the blade of light that pierces my chest!"
The moment his challenge ended, all three of his heads whipped forward, mercilessly launching the colossal sphere of light straight at Su Mo.
An unparalleled aura of destruction radiated from the colossal, brilliant sphere. The very world trembled in the wake of its trajectory.
Halo of the Hegemon!
"What... what is this power?"
The earth-shattering Divinity and the ferocious aura that seemed capable of destroying the world made the young Black Rabbit's heart pound in her chest.
What worried her even more was that even the main god of the Moon Rabbit clan, Indra, now wore an incredibly grave expression.
"This is bad! That bastard Azi Dahaka has been nurturing a power of this level all along!"
Even he couldn't help but feel his heart pound in terror at the sight of this power. He would never dare to take it head-on.
"Indra, this Gift... is it Azi Dahaka's legacy as a Last Embryo?" Canary guessed, seeking confirmation from Indra.
"That's right." Indra nodded with difficulty, his eyes filled with the same worry as the vast majority of gods who had recognized the origin of this Gift.
"This is a legacy containing the power to destroy one-third of the world, and it is the strongest Gift of the flash-heat type!"
"Compared to Avesta, which was entrusted to him by the suzerain, this is Azi Dahaka's true trump card, unique to him!"
While the evil dragon clones and the Gastrea army were fighting, Azi Dahaka had not been idle. He must have already activated this legacy back then, accumulating sufficient power.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to unleash it with such ferocious speed and unstoppable might, making it impossible to dodge as it hurtled towards Su Mo.
That was a legacy capable of destroying one-third of the world, Azi Dahaka's proudest power. In terms of sheer destructive force, even Indra's Vajra paled in comparison.
Faced with a world-ending Gift of this magnitude, even if Su Mo displayed the power of a 2-Digit Full-Authority Domain God-species, he could not emerge unscathed. Unlike their dominance in the Almighty Domain, in the Full-Authority Domain, the God-species had the weakest defense.
"A world-ending Gift..." Her guess confirmed, even Canary's gaze grew heavy. "Without considering Avesta, Lord Su Mo should have a way to deal with it." On this point, Canary still had great faith in Su Mo.
If nothing else, God's Divinity alone offered many corresponding Gifts. After all, God was no stranger to apocalyptic myths.
However...
"If we factor in Avesta, then he must use a power that cannot be nullified or copied for it to be effective..." That was the hard part.
After using the fruits of Evolution Theory to defeat the evil dragon clone army, did Su Mo have any other Gifts related to human cosmology that could withstand a world-ending level of power?
Although Canary was unwilling to think so, the hope seemed slim. Purely human cosmology had not yet developed to a world-ending level.
"Besides human cosmology, there is another power that can circumvent Avesta, but..." Gazing at the golden spear in Su Mo's hand, Indra had never regretted his own weakness more than at this moment. "My Indra's Spear alone is not enough to resist a world-ending Gift, unless—"
The word "unless" had just left his lips, but before he could finish the sentence, a sudden change on the field made Indra's eyes widen subconsciously.
It wasn't just him; the hundreds of millions of god-groups were now staring nervously at the finishing move unleashed by Azi Dahaka.
Although they disagreed with Su Mo's actions and resented him for blocking their escape route, at this moment, they had no choice but to pray that Su Mo could withstand this blow.
After all, if even Su Mo couldn't stop him, then what followed would be Azi Dahaka's hunting time.
And under everyone's watchful eyes, Su Mo calmly gripped the golden long spear in his hand. It was Indra's Spear, entrusted to him by Indra before the battle, imbued with the Zoroastrian cosmology.
It contained the cosmic rule that "to pierce is to win," a divine weapon comparable to Gungnir. Although its sheer destructive output was inferior to Azi Dahaka's ultimate attack...
"To deal with a Zoroastrian Gift, it's more logical to use a Zoroastrian power, isn't it?" Muttering this, a golden divine light flowed from Su Mo's palm, forming the shape of a sword that overlaid the surface of the golden long spear.
Seeing the phantom of this golden sword, all the gods present who had witnessed the civil war in the Christian Church couldn't help but tremble.
Even among Su Mo's own subordinates, the angel army summoned anew through faith, they subconsciously felt a chill on their necks.
Any god who had experienced that event and witnessed the sight of Su Mo, with a single sword, easily felling the five great armies of light, would never forget this weapon.
It was a holy sword, real and true, capable of directly annihilating an entire god-group—a weapon closer to an Another Cosmology than a cosmic truth.
"The Sword of Bahram!" Canary, having done her homework on Su Mo's powers, recognized the legacy at the root of the golden sword.
"That's right! The power Su Mo wields surpasses even Bahram himself!" As a former member of the Zoroastrian religion, Indra was naturally familiar with the power of this guardian god.
He had seen Su Mo use this move during the battle in the Christian Church, so he had known from the beginning that Su Mo's attainments in the field of Zoroastrian dualism were profound.
However, even knowing this, his expression was not relaxed at this moment. After all...
"The Sword of Bahram excels in combat, not in firepower duels. No matter how skilled Su Mo is, trying to use this Gift to defend against the Halo of the Hegemon is almost impossible!"
Indra was absolutely certain of this.
He said this not because he thought the Sword of Bahram was inferior to the Halo of the Hegemon, but because the two Gifts had completely different purposes.
It was just like his own Indra's Spear; its cosmic truth of unconditionally winning upon piercing was actually more useful in a fight than the Halo of the Hegemon, but in a pure firepower contest, it was no match.
A directional, single-target skill competing in destructive power with an AOE skill—it was impossible to win.
Even if the Sword of Bahram that Su Mo wielded was closer to dualism than his own Indra's Spear or Azi Dahaka's Halo of the Hegemon, the result would be the same.
With Su Mo's intelligence, he should understand this. So why was he still doing it? Could it be that he just wanted to slightly obstruct the Halo of the Hegemon to give himself time to evade?
While Indra was racking his brains, Shiroyasha, who was watching from the side, blinked and spoke with some confusion. "That's not right. I remember Su Mo saying the name of this technique. It wasn't the Sword of Bahram, but was called the Sword of Victory, right?"
"'Sword of Victory' is just another name for the Sword of Bahram, after all, he is the ever-victorious war god... Wait, Shiroyasha, what did you just say?"
Halfway through his subconscious correction, Indra noticed the subtle detail. His expression immediately became one of utter disbelief.