Can't affect Lily's performance?
Hearing this, little Garling was at a loss for a moment.
The two of them were both at the level of Primordial Gods and Buddhas. One possessed a rule-breaking level Gift, and the other could transform into a Pure-Blooded Dragon. Together, they were more than enough to fight against a small army of the Asura clan.
How could such combat power hold them back?
Noticing the doubt on her face, Guinevere didn't explain much, but just pointed to the distant battlefield and let little Garling see for herself.
Garling looked at the battlefield with suspicion. In the next instant, the scene she saw completely destroyed her inherent cognition.
"How can there be an attack of this level... s-so strong!"
After her inherent worldview was violently impacted, Garling was so shocked that she was almost speechless.
She finally understood why Guinevere had said that. With the effect that Saber Alter had achieved, if the two of them went up, they would really slow down the other party's efficiency.
On the battlefield, hundreds of thousands of Asura Gods and Buddhas were arranged in a dense formation. Even if the flames of the Great Peng Golden-Winged Bird clan were fierce, in the absence of a leader and with the clan's numbers at an absolute disadvantage, it was difficult to fight against them.
The golden flames were gradually shrinking under the siege of the black tide-like army, like a spark that could be extinguished at any moment in a storm.
Just then, behind the black tide-like army, in the direction of the Asura clan's main camp, the pressure of an unfamiliar spiritual rank rose.
The Asura King turned around warily and looked in the direction of the palace, realizing that there was an enemy. However, at this time, it was too late to react.
A beam of aurora, blacker than the black tide, shot out from behind them.
"!"
The black aurora swept through like a tidal wave, more violent than the flames of the Great Peng Golden-Winged Bird clan, and more ferocious than the army of the Asura clan.
The reversed Holy Sword of the Stars was no longer the magnificent and holy posture it once was. The blade had become completely black, with only a few ominous red patterns left.
Originally a weapon of preservation forged to fight against extraterrestrial enemies, it was now filled with an aura of destruction after being reversed.
Under the black aurora, the earth, the army, weapons, energy... everything in its path was directly destroyed.
The land of the heavenly realm was much tougher than the lower world, but a huge trench was still plowed out. And along the path of the trench, all the Asuras were directly destroyed, not even ashes were left.
With just one strike, nearly ten thousand Asuras were destroyed, which was one-tenth of the entire Asura clan's military strength.
Even with the toughness of the Primordial God and Buddha's stellar bodies, they could not survive under such destructive power.
One person against an army?
No!
Artoria could destroy a large army with one strike! A large army formed by Primordial Gods and Buddhas!
And that wasn't all.
While the power of the black aurora shocked the entire battlefield, and even the Asura King was stunned for a moment, trying to identify the origin of the power used by the interloper...
"!"
The black aurora tidal wave once again shot out with an all-sweeping momentum, the interval between the two outputs was less than a second!
"BOOM!!!"
Under that destructive momentum, the large army of the Asura clan was once again cut apart by the sword light, and thousands of Asuras were turned into dust on the spot, returning to mythology.
Before they could resist and dodge, the third black aurora had already arrived.
"!"
This mad dog-like offensive silenced the entire battlefield.
Even the Great Peng Golden-Winged Bird clan, who were fighting hard, forgot to press their advantage for a moment. To be able to frequently erupt with such a rule-breaking level of attack without any cooldown was simply beyond their imagination.
"So brave, whose general is this?" someone in the observing pantheon muttered to themselves.
Unfortunately, Saber Alter didn't hear it, otherwise she would definitely show a proud and self-satisfied smile. To be able to make others exclaim in such admiration was both an admiration for her Master and the greatest praise for a servant.
Compared to the normal version of Artoria, the reversed Saber Alter actually had no advantage in terms of basic performance. Even after stepping onto the Path of Destruction, the power of the Holy Sword of the Stars was actually weakened in the single-target domain.
After all, it was a holy sword forged by the Planet, not a natural demonic sword. This weapon could only exert its greatest, and even beyond its limits, power when in the correct posture and facing the correct enemy.
However, the decrease in the upper limit of single-target output was exchanged for an increase in area-of-effect ability.
The Altered Excalibur not only had a much larger judgment range, but its charging speed had also been increased to the point of almost no cooldown. If she wanted to, she could even constantly release Excalibur, pushing this rule-breaking level Gift far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
And now, the three consecutive shots of the black Star's Holy Sword were just to divide the battlefield before the other side could react, so that she could easily defeat them one by one later.
Since she had received her Master's order, in order to show off in front of Su Mo, she naturally had to defeat the enemy before her as quickly as possible. If it were up to her own ideas, she would even want to perform a feat of "exterminating the Asuras while the wine is still warm" in front of Su Mo. If she could do that, she should be qualified to ask for a reward from Master, to have Master be close to her, right?
"BOOM!"
Under Saber Alter's calculations, the third black aurora shot out, attempting to complete the final division of the battlefield.
Unfortunately, in the real world, not everything could go according to one's wishes. If this were another world, Saber Alter's idea would be easy to realize. Let alone an army, she could destroy a galaxy with a single sword. However, this was Little Garden, the paradise of the Asura Gods and Buddhas.
Even if the attack of the Holy Sword of the Stars was terrifying, and had even reached the level of a Three-Digit, it was definitely not invincible, let alone able to cut through everything.
"Insolence!!!"
Along with a momentum even more shocking than the black aurora, the Asura King's hair stood on end, and he let out a thunderous roar.
Facing the black aurora before him, he directly stretched out a hand, and his arm grew with the wind, expanding to hundreds of meters long in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the Asura King's body also expanded in an instant, manifesting the wrathful Dharma form of a demon god.
In an instant, a huge demon god descended upon the world. He was a thousand meters tall, with nine heads on his shoulders, a thousand eyes on his heads, and spitting out scorching flames from his mouth. And under his shoulders, there were nine hundred and ninety-nine arms, and eight legs under his body, stabilizing the demon god's posture like pillars of heaven.
The spiritual rank of a Three-Digit Full Authority Domain level erupted in an instant, reigning over everything with an unparalleled momentum. This was the Asura King's full power form, and also his original form in mythology.
"Mere dregs!"
A mere Four-Digit existence dared to slaughter his subordinates in front of him, swaggering around as if he didn't exist. Even a Buddha had anger, let alone a foreign race like him who fed on wrath!
An arm like a mountain directly blocked the black aurora.
"BANG!"
The moment the sky-covering demon god's arm came into contact with the sword light, the aftershock destroyed hundreds of nearby Asuras.
A Four-Digit level existence was no match for a Three-Digit. Even a top-tier Four-Digit could at most barely hold their own. An ordinary first-rate Four-Digit didn't even have a chance to hold their own. He had originally thought that he could easily brush away this black aurora with a single palm, but he hadn't expected—
"Hmm?"
The moment the palm and the sword met, the fingers on his palm were actually cut off at the roots. Divine blood splattered on the ground. The other party had actually broken through his Three-Digit level defense and dealt him penetrating damage!
That strange nature of destructive power was far from as simple as he had thought.
"Retreat!"
The pain of ten fingers connected to the heart was just food to catalyze the demon god's anger. Realizing that one palm was not enough, the Asura King slapped again. This time, it was different from before. The sky-covering palm flowed with the golden light that only Buddhist supernatural powers had.
"BOOM!"
The next impact descended, and at the cost of the deaths of several hundred surrounding Asuras, the black aurora wave was annihilated by the Asura King's palm.
"Buddha's Palm Kingdom" was a very famous supernatural power in Buddhism. The Buddha had once used it to suppress the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. The Asura King was not proficient in this skill, but with the blessing of his spiritual rank, he could still simulate the concept of a world, making it cancel out the light of the Holy Sword of the Stars.
After successfully blocking this attack, the Asura King finally turned his gaze to Saber Alter before him.
A thousand blood-red eyes turned at the same time, taking in the entire situation of the main camp.
"How dare you kill my son! You, your death will not atone for your crime!"
Noticing the blood of the Asura royal family dripping from the tip of Artoria's sword, and realizing that his son had been sent back to mythology by the attacker, the Asura King's eyes were about to split, and his wrathful fire burned to the extreme.
Without any intention of communicating, he directly slapped with all nine hundred and ninety arms at the same time. With his current Dharma body, this strike could not only shatter stars, but could destroy a sea of stars.
The monstrous attacks were superimposed, and each arm was entwined with the brilliance of Buddhist supernatural powers. Even a Three-Digit level existence could not withstand this strike head-on, let alone a mere Four-Digit.
"Oh no!" Seeing this scene, little Garling exclaimed. "Miss Lily is in danger!"
Even a Pure-Blooded Dragon, if it were only at the Four-Digit level, could not take a wrathful strike from a Full Authority Domain. If she were really hit, this cold-faced knight princess would most likely die on the spot.
Just as little Garling was in a panic, Guinevere on the side showed no worry at all. Not only that, but she also showed a very calm smile.
"Don't worry!" she patted little Garling's head and said to her. "Not to mention that Lily is better at defense than offense. Even if she doesn't use that power, you don't have to worry about her."
"Why?" Little Garling looked up in a daze, very puzzled. It was obviously so dangerous, why was this woman still smiling?
Hearing her ask this, Guinevere tilted her head and pointed to the battlefield. "Didn't Lord Su Mo say before? The only thing given to Lily was the Asura clan's army. Obviously, the Asura King is not part of the army."
"You mean?" Little Garling's eyes widened. She finally understood something and looked at the battlefield in the direction Guinevere was pointing.
"In that case, the Asura King will naturally be dealt with by Lord Su Mo himself. Look!"
Under the gaze of the two, a familiar figure of a black-haired, black-eyed man appeared in front of Saber Alter. The man's ink-black eyes clearly reflected the Asura King's attack.
In the next instant, he raised his palm and formed a hand gesture that everyone present except Saber Alter could understand.
The Demon-Subduing Mudra.
This was the fixed starting gesture of Buddhist supernatural powers.
At the same time, he softly chanted the name of the power he was using, thereby strengthening its spiritual rank.
Its name was—
"Indra, I offer my life!"