"You just said, the Sword of Victory and not the Sword of Victory?" Indra asked in surprise.
"That's right. Is there a difference?" Shiroyasha nodded, not understanding, and looked at Indra with a puzzled expression.
"Of course there's a difference, and it's a huge one!" Indra suddenly looked up at the golden light shining in Su Mo's hand. "The Sword of Bahram is a Gift possessed by Bahram himself, an embodiment of the aura bestowed by the supreme good god. At most, it is on par with the Light of the Right bestowed upon Michael."
"But the Aura itself is the sublime essence of the supreme good god Ahura Mazda, the absolute guarantee of the truth that good will triumph over evil."
As a former deity of Zoroastrianism, Indra was very familiar with its doctrines. Therefore, he understood perfectly what the power held by Su Mo represented.
"When this power is bestowed upon Demon Lords and evil gods, it becomes what Azi Dahaka is now using, the strongest Gift of the flash-heat type—the Halo of the Hegemon!" As he spoke, Indra's gaze shifted from the three-headed dragon to Su Mo. "And when this power is bestowed upon kings and heroes, it becomes—"
Before his voice had even fallen...
BOOM!
The shining golden sword radiated a vast torrent of light, cleaving through the twilight-like Draconic Remnant in its path. With a might that illuminated the three realms, it directly struck the strongest flash-heat Gift before it, the Halo of the Hegemon.
In that instant, the stars trembled, and a storm that pierced through the three realms blew. The unprecedented energy impact caused almost everyone to lose their vision.
In this pure white blankness, Indra finally had a chance to finish what he was saying and speak the name of the Gift Su Mo was using.
"The Aura of Kings!"
In the myths of Zoroastrianism, it was the power of a hundred battles and a hundred victories, symbolizing that the hero would inevitably defeat the Demon Lord, that the good would inevitably triumph over the evil.
In this impact, which was like a supernova explosion, only a Celestial Star Spirit like Shiroyasha was completely unaffected and could still clearly capture the scene on the battlefield.
The strongest flash-heat Gift, the Halo of the Hegemon, and the Aura of Kings, which were of the same origin and rank, clashed, releasing light and heat without limit. The heat consumed in an instant was enough to destroy a corner of the universe.
Noticing that the two seemed to be in a stalemate, with a hint of being evenly matched, Shiroyasha was a little puzzled. "Eh? According to what you said, the Aura of Kings and the Halo of the Hegemon are two sides of the same coin, the same thing. Doesn't that mean there's no way to determine a winner?"
At least for now, with the naked eye, the energy released by the two Gifts was completely on par, and it was impossible to see a winner.
"No!" Although he couldn't see the situation on the battlefield, just from the pressure of their Divinities, Indra also understood that the two sides were engaged in an extremely fierce confrontation and knew that they were temporarily evenly matched.
But, he still shook his head firmly, his closed eyes having already known the answer to this conflict. "In this clash, Su Mo will definitely win!"
"Why are you so sure?" Shiroyasha was a little curious. She was also extremely confident in Su Mo's victory, but she was curious about Indra's standard of judgment.
After all, with what she knew of Su Mo's strength, all he needed to consider was how to win; the outcome itself was not in question.
And looking at the current situation, the power Su Mo was using didn't seem to have too much of an advantage!
"Is it because the Aura also follows the concept of good triumphing over evil?" On the other side, Canary also joined the conversation, proposing her own conjecture.
Although she knew nothing about the current situation on the battlefield, from the state of Shiroyasha and Indra, she had also obtained enough information to make a judgment.
Returning to the problem at hand, in a clash of powers of the same origin and type, the consumption of Divinity was not a problem for either side. They could go all out in terms of output.
What would decide the winner must be some small details. For example, the Zoroastrian cosmology of dualism itself had already doomed the evil side to defeat.
"No, it's not for a reason of that level." Indra shook his head.
It had to be said that Canary's insight was very unique, and the possibility she proposed was crucial.
If what Su Mo had grasped was really just the Aura of Kings, then it was indeed possible that, as Canary had said, after a long exchange of blows, Su Mo would win a hard-fought victory by relying on the law of good triumphing over evil.
But the reality was not so. Because...
"What Su Mo has grasped is not just a one-sided power like the Halo of the Hegemon or the Aura of Kings!"
Looking at Su Mo's brilliant figure, Indra seemed to see the former head of the good gods, the shining holy fire that Zoroastrianism revered.
"What he has grasped is a power more fundamental than both of them, a power that belongs solely to the giver."
"It is the source of the Aura, and it is the original scripture of good that only the supreme good god is qualified to master, the core power of the cosmology!"
Accompanied by Indra's praise, a golden light shone. The original scripture of the good side of Avesta appeared beside Su Mo, empowering the Aura of Kings to a more fundamental form.
Under the incomprehensible gazes of the gods, including Indra and Azi Dahaka, the phantom of a pink-haired goddess suddenly appeared on Su Mo's right, in a posture of embracing him.
And on Su Mo's left, in the dark night, the figure of a long, straight-haired black witch quietly snuggled beside him.
The phantoms of the two girls, who were beyond the comprehension of gods and even the Full-Authority Domain, gave the gods a sense of trepidation that transcended dimensions.
And surrounded by the goddess and the witch, Su Mo gently extended his right hand. The clashing Aura of Kings and Halo of the Hegemon instantly merged into one, becoming a pure white light that fell into the palm of the pink-haired goddess.
In mythology, these two Gifts were originally the bestowal of the supreme good god Ahura Mazda, influencing the development of the entire world.
Now, under the attraction of the pink-haired goddess's phantom, these two Gifts were simultaneously reclaimed by the supreme good god, and finally, from the hands of the pink-haired goddess, fell into Su Mo's grasp.
Good and evil, yin and yang.
The holy fire flickered and burned, and the aura illuminated heaven and earth. The clash between the Halo of the Hegemon and the Aura of Kings ended with both of them being reclaimed and mastered by Su Mo.
Su Mo held his sharp sword, and the cosmic truth contained in the pure aura had been completed to a degree comparable to the original scripture of Avesta.
Then, he held his sword horizontally, its tip pointing directly at the dazed three-headed dragon.
"Do you have any other tricks?"
"..." The three-headed dragon did not answer, seemingly still in shock that his strongest trump card had been taken by Su Mo without any injury.
Su Mo did not wait and directly charged forward.
SCHLICK!
The pure white sharp sword was like the sharpest weapon in the world, cutting through everything in its path.
Whether it was the enemy or the world, in front of the pure aura, they were as fragile as paper and easily shattered.
DONG!
With just a single strike, Su Mo had cut off one of Azi Dahaka's heads, turning this three-headed dragon into a two-headed one.
The head that fell to the ground immediately transformed into a peak 4-Digit clone, but these small fry were not qualified for Su Mo to analyze and were quickly swallowed up by the Gastrea army.
And on the battlefield, Azi Dahaka was awakened by the intense pain, breaking free from his dazed state.
At that moment, if Avesta hadn't instinctively operated, and if the boost he received from being Su Mo's enemy hadn't been so great, allowing him to instinctively unleash the sixth cosmic velocity, he might not have escaped Su Mo's fatal blow.
However, even if he had regained his senses, it did not mean that he was out of danger. On the contrary, Su Mo's offensive did not stop at all. He engaged in close combat, every strike drawing blood.
The body parts cut off by the aura longsword had no possibility of healing.
In that instant, Azi Dahaka once again displayed the extremely high fault tolerance of Avesta. Arm strength that surpassed the limits of humanity, defense that surpassed the limits of humanity, starlight that surpassed the limits of humanity...
With the vast Divinity granted by Su Mo, Azi Dahaka even displayed physical stats that surpassed a typical Full-Authority Domain.
The mass that could rival the entire universe, simulated from Shiroyasha's Divinity; the sixth cosmic velocity, simulated from Kalki's Divinity; the innate wisdom, simulated from God's Divinity...
With the performance of Avesta, by consuming a large amount of Divinity, Azi Dahaka fully displayed a combat power that surpassed the World-Honored One and even the Twin Goddesses.
Seeing this Absolute Evil Demon Lord's domineering appearance, the hundreds of millions of god-groups in the night sky began to tremble faintly.
Even the war gods who supported Su Mo and wanted to fight Azi Dahaka to the end finally understood the concerns of the upper echelons of the god-groups.
It couldn't be entirely blamed on their cowardice. A monster of this level indeed had the strength to wipe out all the god-groups in Little Garden by himself!
Without Su Mo, even with the addition of the Christian god-group, the entire Little Garden could only be toyed with by the other party.
Azi Dahaka, who could use the trump card Gifts of other god-groups at any time, was practically invincible!
Gulp!
Looking at the situation on the battlefield, the hundreds of millions of gods swallowed nervously, their eyes filled with fear.
However, this gaze was not directed at Azi Dahaka, but at Su Mo.
Because, even after displaying such an invincible posture, in the contest between the two, Azi Dahaka was still on the side of absolute disadvantage.