This was what Takeyo had asked The God to help him with.
Some time ago, he'd enlisted her assistance to modify his Longinus, the Sacred Heart of the True World Dragon.
He'd seen Issei successfully fuse the powers of Ophis and Great Red in the original timeline, ultimately awakening the power of Dragon Deity. His Sacred Heart had possessed Ophis's template from the beginning and received Great Red's template not long ago. In theory, merging their powers should have been easier for him than it was for Issei.
But theory was one thing. Actually doing it? That was the difficult part.
After extensive research and modifications with The God, they'd finally succeeded in achieving their goal.
Dragon Deity.
This represented a fusion of the two most powerful forces in the DxD world, a combination of absolute strength itself.
With just a casual wave of his hand, Takeyo felt the surrounding space shatter from the sheer pressure.
Perhaps it was because he'd only just obtained this power that he couldn't control it perfectly yet. When he truly mastered it, all his strength would be concentrated within himself instead of leaking out like this. Whether attack or defense, every ounce of power would be used with maximum efficiency.
"Success," Takeyo said to The God with satisfaction.
After all, this had only been a possibility, he hadn't expected they'd actually pull it off.
With Dragon Deity transformation active, Takeyo possessed strength that completely surpassed the Evil God level.
And unlike when he used his Super-Limit Incarnations or Original Incarnation, there was virtually no time limit with Dragon Deity. After using it, there would be no adverse effects on his body whatsoever.
This was the stable, permanent, overwhelming power he'd been pursuing.
"So then... want to have some fun?" Takeyo said with a confident smile, beckoning toward the Evil God Melvazoa.
Countless golden weapons materialized behind him, floating in the air.
Gate of Babylon!
At Takeyo's current level, every sword from his treasury possessed the power to split stars.
With a mere thought, the endless golden arsenal descended upon the Evil God Melvazoa and the Evil Spirit Seraselbes, leaving massive wounds across their mechanical bodies.
"How is this possible?!"
Melvazoa was shocked by the tremendous change that had occurred before his eyes.
Shouldn't you be the kind of prey we came here to slaughter? A fat fish that could only flop around on the chopping board at most? How could you suddenly possess such extraordinary power?
Instinctively, he sent an emergency signal to Regalzeva who was attacking elsewhere.
But for Takeyo, it made no difference.
They were all going to be destroyed anyway.
Just as Regalzeva began rushing toward this location, Takeyo gently raised his hand.
"Boom!"
An extremely simple light cannon.
Takeyo didn't use a holy sword's light blast, nor did he employ his Overlord's Light Wheel. This was just a basic attack that anyone who'd learned magic should be able to perform, a straightforward energy projectile.
However, blessed by Takeyo's near-invincible attributes, this most common technique became a death sentence for Melvazoa.
"Boom!"
In an instant, most of Melvazoa's mechanical body disintegrated.
"Missed? Well, I didn't intend to finish you off quite that easily anyway," Takeyo said with a slight smile.
A golden spear materialized in his hand.
The Holy Spear of Twilight!
A masterpiece combining The God's power and soul! It had easily reached the limits of what a Longinus could achieve and surpassed that very concept.
And the Holy Spear of Twilight's power was specifically prepared for Melvazoa.
This was a weapon that truly pierced through parallel worldviews and universe views.
"Holy spear!"
"True holy spear that penetrates the world!"
Endless starlight poured into Takeyo's body.
"Absorb the ideals of the emperor sleeping within me, "
"Explore the gap between future and infinity, "
"You, "
"Reveal the truth and transform it into glory!"
The holy spear radiating endless brilliance transcended time and space, striking Melvazoa who had lost most of his body.
Melvazoa could use reincarnation techniques, manipulate the concept of "existence," unify his parallel world selves, control time, and employ countless other methods to ensure his survival.
However, the True Holy Spear of Twilight was a divine weapon that could pierce through worldviews and parallel universe views.
No matter how many versions of himself existed across parallel worlds, as long as there was a single timeline where the Holy Spear of Twilight was created and achieved this penetrating strike, all instances of Melvazoa across every worldline would be completely annihilated.
This was the True Holy Spear of Twilight, representing the power to pierce through all space-time views and worldviews.
Even The God herself estimated she wouldn't be able to wield it to its full potential, since the holy spear required her as a constituent component to manifest its perfect power.
This weapon was actually based on information The God had gathered while observing the endless multiverse, using Takeyo's stored power from that journey to the future.
She'd heard Takeyo describe the characteristics of their future enemies beforehand. Compared to his simple, brute-force idea at the time, directly creating clones across all worldlines to completely block any possibility of Melvazoa's resurrection, The God had chosen this method instead.
Now, the holy spear with the power to pierce through worlds struck Melvazoa.
"Crack!"
From the point where the Holy Spear of Twilight hit, Melvazoa's body began disintegrating inch by inch.
The mechanical form transformed into golden particles and vanished into the universe.
At the same time... all versions of Melvazoa and his contingency plans completely disappeared because of this world-piercing strike.
"Brother!"
The Evil Spirit Seraselbes watched her brother disappear. Although they hadn't always gotten along, she fell into a state of extreme rage.
But she recovered immediately.
How could this be? How could life forms from this world possess such power?!
All her mental activity was visible to Takeyo. He said nothing, simply wielding the holy spear with calm efficiency.
"Since it's come to this, you can join him."
Takeyo spoke in the tone of a victor.
At this moment, he didn't need to worry about time limits like when he'd used his Super-Limit Incarnations before, nor did he have the weakness of being a "three-second man" like with his Original Incarnation.
Power close to eternity and true infinity circulated through his body. He had both the time and strength to deal with these enemies.
Of course, that wasn't really his nature anyway.
"Sending you on your way now!"
A noble holy sword with white as its main color and golden embellishments appeared in Takeyo's hand.
"Holy Sword Terminus Est!"
"Loading... Loading object... True Holy Spear of Twilight!"
"Loading successful!"
"Boom!"
Pure white holy light drew a brilliant boundary line across the universe.
Everything it touched transformed into holy essence, breaking down into the most primitive particles, completely annihilated from existence.
The three strongest beings on the Evil God side had fallen!
The overall situation was decided!
In the void, Takeyo looked down at the holy beasts and mechanical army fighting below.
Although his holy beasts could regenerate infinitely, losses that could be avoided should be avoided. What he preserved now was power that could be used in the future.
"Furious Thunder: Heaven's Descent!"
Using his complete mastery of magic, Takeyo could easily employ any spell from the DxD world. Naturally, he chose this most comprehensive tactic for clearing out small fry.
Thunder-attribute attacks were particularly effective against these opponents with electromechanical attributes. Most were directly eliminated by the lightning strike.
Even the remaining portion had basically lost their ability to continue fighting.
"Then... there's only one left."
Takeyo narrowed his eyes.
The leader of the Seven Luminaries of Rahu possessed power beyond even Ophis and the Infinite Dragon God. He should currently be leading his army to disrupt their defensive layout.
Unfortunately, that was all within Takeyo's expectations.
With the forces he'd brought along, it would be impossible to break through any of the major mythological faction systems in a short time.
Takeyo and his allies had deliberately lured the three major Evil Gods and more than half their army outside Earth.
He'd also calculated that with his Dragon Deity power, Earth might accidentally be shattered by him, so it was better to stay far from both Earth and the solar system entirely.
At this moment, on Earth, the leader of the Seven Luminaries of Rahu twitched his mechanical face as he looked at the holy beasts that he and his army had slaughtered.
He was currently under siege.
Besieged by Longinus users.
Although he could kill one or even several in a short time, what frustrated him was that everyone he killed returned in a very short period.
Several of them had actually managed to injure him.
One was Issei, the Red Dragon Emperor who possessed Dragon Deity power. Another was Vali, who'd been transformed into a demon. The third was Cao Cao.
As for the others, they could basically only harass him.
This was a squad composed entirely of Longinus users. As long as they employed Dimension Lost's abilities to ensure the survival of the Sephiroth Graal user, they could guarantee almost sustainable combat effectiveness.
Since both Takeyo and The God possessed the ability to locate Longinus users, they'd simply gathered all the Longinus wielders here.
Users of previously unmentioned Longinus like Innovate Clear, Ultimate Karma, Telos Karma, and Star Buster Star Blaster were all part of the team.
As for why these Longinus users were on the team?
Naturally, it was because everyone from Cao Cao to Vali to Hikari Kanzaki had all had a "pleasant" heart-to-heart talk with Takeyo.
If they didn't join, he'd confiscate their toys. Whether they were convinced or not, they'd better comply first and discuss other matters later.
The rest was simply a matter of bloodshed.
Until a figure pierced through the sky.
"Boom!"
With a burst of white light gleaming between heaven and earth, the powerful opponent they'd been fighting suddenly vanished in an instant.
Lavinia stared in stunned silence.
What remained in that spot was a man exuding an overwhelming presence.
He stood quietly between heaven and earth, yet seemed to be the center of all creation.
Actually, Takeyo had stopped there for a reason.
He'd just completed the sign-in for "Evil Gods' End."
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for completing the plot check-in! Sign-in level: King!]
[Sign-in plot: Evil Gods' End!]
[Plot requirement: Destroy all existences above the second Dragon God level in the ExE world!]
[Congratulations to the host for the reward: Hub World, Little Garden!]
[Hub World: Little Garden: The original concept of Little Garden is a self-contained small world that can accommodate all kinds of phenomena and landscapes. In the Hub World version, this concept is infinitely magnified.
Although it begins as an infinite blank space, it possesses the ability to infinitely incorporate or observe other worlds to expand its own worldview and power. The upper limit is... the limit of infinite universes!
Those who possess the Hub can transform ownerless worlds into their own "Little Garden" and establish their own rules within it.
The one who owns this Hub is the master of Little Garden!
Note: The Hub World is different from the Little Garden Center. The Hub World is an epitome of infinite dimensions including the Little Garden Center.]
"This thing..."
Takeyo narrowed his eyes, momentarily frozen.
He remembered that Little Garden was a stage created for gift holders with powerful abilities to enjoy themselves and have fun.
It was originally a god-made world built to guide the correct development of the outside world, that is, the Third Observational Universe. Since spirit species and human history were interdependent, the Little Garden world would be destroyed simultaneously if humanity perished.
But this Little Garden of his seemed different.
While it would be affected by the outside world, the impact was far less severe. More importantly, it could actively interfere with the outside world.
After all, if you don't interfere, how can you strengthen yourself?
"Wait... ownerless universes?"
Takeyo noticed something important.
The DxD universe wasn't ownerless.
And the Red Dragon Emperor certainly wasn't likely to be the master of the DxD universe...