A power sufficient to shake the sea of stars converged in Jibril's palm.
Originally, in the hands of the War God Artosh, the Godly Smite possessed the power to destroy galaxies. Now, after the Flügel were equipped with stellaron cores, they had collectively upgraded. A single Flügel, even among the Asura Gods and Buddhas, was a first-rate Four-Digit existence.
And when their powers were combined in a specific way and received the blessing of a Path...
What was born was a killing blow that was comparable to a full-power strike from a Three-Digit.
"Godly Smite!"
The vast light transformed into a spear, crushing everything with unparalleled momentum. A thousand stellaron cores vibrated at the same time, producing a brilliance that would even make an Aeon turn its head.
Under this dazzling brilliance, the angel legion, which did not know how to defend and was single-mindedly focused on attacking, immediately melted like snow under the sun.
After the torrent of light had passed, a huge straight line was cleared in the center of the angel legion. All existences along the line were vaporized, and a hundred thousand troops vanished in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this scene, the surviving Great Peng Golden-Winged Bird clan swallowed their saliva and showed an extremely grateful look. If it had been Jibril who had attacked in the previous battle... they would probably have disappeared along with the Asura clan!
After the full-power output, the Flügel legion did not transform into their loli forms as usual.
Normally, due to Jibril's mischievous nature, she unilaterally believed that Su Mo had a better impression of the Flügel's loli form, so she would deliberately revert to that form.
But in the middle of a battle, able to obtain infinite imaginary energy through their stellaron cores, they no longer had a period of weakness.
In other words, an offensive of this level was something they could use repeatedly.
"All units, again!"
Faced with the results of the battle, Jibril raised her right hand again and issued an unshakable command. The power of a thousand stars converged once more, and an offensive capable of annihilating one hundred thousand angels rapidly took shape. As Su Mo's most obedient child, she intended to wipe out the million-strong pantheon in one go.
"Godly Smite!"
The immense energy converged in the blink of an eye, and the spear of light shot out again, sweeping through everything.
Faced with Jibril's offensive, the heartless angel legions felt no fear. In fact, they had no hearts to begin with, let alone a fear of death. Under their leader's command, they continued to charge forward, their expressions colder than machines.
For Jibril, this level of opponent was the best kind of target. Heartless angels were more like machines than even the Ex-Machina, making them incredibly easy to deal with. It was like reaping wheat; all one had to do was swing the scythe.
Unfortunately, as the leader of the angel legion, Michael, the Lord of Light, could not just let his subordinates die in vain like this. The lives of the angel legion were not important, but what was important was that their sacrifice had a corresponding value.
Therefore, he could not allow the enemy to show off here.
"BOOM!!!"
The aftershock of the energy confrontation shook the heavenly realm.
The spear of light, capable of burning away space and time, containing the power of a thousand vibrating stars, was stopped by a crimson longsword before it could reach the angel legion and sweep away all the angels in its path.
"Mere heretical angels! How dare you call yourselves by the name of God!" Michael's face was icy cold, but crimson flames burned in his pupils, and the fiery sword in his hand burned fiercely.
"In the name of the Lord, all heretics shall be cast into hell, suppressed under lava and sulfur, never to be reborn for all eternity!"
In the clash between the crimson longsword and the golden spear, it was Jibril's Godly Smite that was beginning to falter.
"How can this be? This is... a Cosmic Truth?!"
By now, Jibril was no longer the pure novice she once was. Having followed Su Mo for a long time, she knew a thing or two about the power of myths. If it were a Three-Digit on the level of the Asura King, even if he could withstand the power of the Godly Smite, he would never have such an advantage. The divinity of Artosh, named "The Strongest," was still highly potent against gods.
For the opponent to so easily surpass her now, it had to be a power that transcended divinity.
For example... a Cosmic Truth.
And as it happened, as an existence on the same level as Indra, Michael did indeed possess a Cosmic Truth of certain victory.
"This is the Light of the Divine Right, granted by the Lord, symbolizing the undefeated fate bestowed by His grace. I once used this to slay the Lord of Darkness, and I will use it to slay you all!"
Michael gripped his longsword and fully unleashed the power of his Gift, the Light of the Divine Right.
It was recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls that Michael, as the Lord of Light, had led the angel legion to attack the fallen angel legion, but he did not defeat the enemy and was instead defeated by the Lord of Darkness.
Therefore, God granted him light, and with God's grace, he defeated the fallen angel legion, slayed the Lord of Darkness, and was thus promoted to the position of Vice-Regent of Heaven.
For Michael, the Light of the Divine Right was his strongest power, even more important than the Brahmastra was to Indra. And based on his past experience, once he used this power, no one could stand against him. This was the merit he had accumulated to this day, and also the reason why the other archangels never questioned his position.
A Cosmic Truth held absolute dominance over other concepts. There were no exceptions to this.
Its name was the Light of the Right, and its meaning was certain victory!
With the confidence of certain victory, Michael swung down his longsword. There was no need to consider power; the Light of the Right would surely destroy the enemy. There was no need to consider speed; the Light of the Right would surely hit the enemy.
In the blink of an eye, the aura of the flames on his sword surpassed Jibril's. It seemed that victory and defeat would be decided in an instant.
Saber Alter immediately prepared to deploy Avalon. No matter how powerful the Light of the Right was, as a concept within the universe, it could not break through a barrier from outside the universe.
But before she could act, she heard Jibril's stubborn voice. "It's just a Cosmic Truth. Who doesn't have one?"
As Su Mo's most favored child, the authority of the blessings on her was quite high. It was only because the cosmologies Su Mo had mastered were not yet complete; otherwise, she could even borrow a cosmology, let alone a mere Cosmic Truth.
Therefore—
"I am the strongest, and the one who holds all victories in my hand!"
Along with the declaration that enhanced her spiritual rank, the spear of light in her hand not only did not disintegrate but became even tougher and more brilliant.
"Lord Su Mo once said that good will surely triumph over evil, just as where light shines, darkness will have nowhere to hide!"
Using herself as a vessel, Jibril called upon Su Mo's power. For his own child's request, Su Mo naturally gave his silent permission.
Thus, a Cosmic Truth comparable to that of Buddhism's Indra and Christianity's Michael was bestowed upon Jibril.
Both were powers of light, both were fates of certain victory. For a moment, the two were locked in a stalemate, with no clear winner.
"How is this possible?"
Seeing this scene, the distant messenger, the Archangel Gabriel who had once appeared to the Virgin Mary in a dream and announced the birth of the Son of God, showed a look of disbelief.
Michael's Light of the Divine Right was a power personally granted by the Lord in the past, a destiny of certain victory. How could a mere Four-Digit from the opposing side fight Michael to a draw?
Besides that, there was another very strange problem.
"This Flügel big sister is so amazing!"
In a corner of the battlefield, little Garling's eyes also widened in amazement. She had originally thought that Artoria was already a top-tier fighter, but she didn't expect Jibril to be even more ferocious.
And after observing the battle between the two, she also noticed a problem.
"The Cosmic Truth held by this Flügel big sister seems so similar to that mongrel angel's!" she exclaimed.
If even the Roc Demon King could see it, the two in the center of the battlefield could naturally see it too. Not only that, but Michael could see even more than they could.
"A similar type of Gift... Good will surely triumph over evil. This is the cosmology of Zoroastrianism, but how is this power so similar to the power granted by the Lord?"
Both were light-attribute Gifts, both were fates of certain victory, and both could even draw out power that surpassed the enemy's.
In the world of Little Garden, even if Cosmic Truths appeared similar on the surface, their actual concepts would have considerable differences. For example, the specific effect of Indra's Brahmastra was certain victory after piercing, while Odin's Gungnir was certain piercing after being thrown. The actual effects of the two were different.
But now, the similarity in the effects of the Cosmic Truths they were using was a bit too high.
Hearing this, Su Mo glanced at Michael with some surprise.
"As a high-ranking member of Christianity, don't you have any idea who you were plagiarizing when you were stitching things together back then?"
"The pantheon of Zoroastrianism isn't completely extinct yet! Isn't it a bit early to start rewriting history?"
Few people knew that the prototype for the concepts of heaven and hell actually came from Zoroastrianism. Even the concepts of Judgment Day, angels, and demons were first proposed by Zoroastrianism.
Of course, with the decline of Zoroastrianism, the myths of the Persian region had long been lost to the past. It wasn't impossible for Christianity to claim that it was wisdom they had developed independently during the same period.
But to plagiarize and then have the audacity to bring it up in front of the original, wasn't that a bit too shameless? Michael was one of the few angels who had existed since the Old Testament period, just with many popular settings added during the New Testament period.
Logically, he shouldn't have asked such a foolish question.
However—
"Plagiarism? Rewriting history?"
Hearing this, Michael's face showed genuine confusion, and soon, this confusion turned into anger.
"To slander the Lord's glory with such base words, it is truly the act of a Devil King!"
Evidently, he thought Su Mo was just maliciously slandering him.
"Are you pretending to be stupid, or are you really that stupid?"
Seeing his reaction, Su Mo suddenly became interested.
If he was just pretending to be stupid, then it was nothing, just simple malice, fitting the stereotype of a mastermind. If he really didn't know, then this matter would be much more interesting.
"What are you trying to say?" Michael questioned coldly.
In fact, he didn't want to listen to Su Mo's slander, but he was held back by Jibril and couldn't free his hands for a moment, so he needed to stall for time. Answering Su Mo's question was a good way to do this without arousing suspicion.
Su Mo also understood his intention, but he didn't care. In the current Little Garden where Full Authority Domains could not take the stage, there were almost no existences worthy of his caution.
"I admit that your Christianity's monotheism is a great improvement over Zoroastrianism's dualism. You didn't just plagiarize; you also managed to innovate."
Su Mo spoke with an incomparably calm attitude, his words piercing the heart.
If the conditions hadn't been prohibitive, Michael would have already erupted in rage and cut down this blasphemer with his sword. Unfortunately, with his insufficient strength, he could only continue to endure.
And at this time, Su Mo continued to speak.
"However, I'm very curious about one thing."
"If we set aside the difference between monotheism and dualism, can you tell the difference between the Royal Radiance of Ahura, the source of good, and the Gift of Light from Jehovah?"
As he spoke, two swords appeared in front of Su Mo at the same time. The two swords emitted the same luster and the same aura of a Cosmic Truth.
"The Royal Radiance should be a bit stronger, so let's adjust them both to simulated divinities for now... hmm? What's going on?"
Halfway through his words, just as he had set up the test, Su Mo's eyebrows suddenly twitched, and a slightly stunned expression appeared on his face.
Both Gifts were Original Divinities?
How is this possible?