Gaia and Alaya moved together, targeting one of the Seven Luminaries of Rot—Rezo Royard.
With the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception activated, their rainbow-colored eyes locked onto the lines of death running across his body.
In the next instant—
The two girls vanished.
They reappeared beside Rezo Royard like flashes of light.
Blades materialized in their hands out of thin air, and they slashed directly toward the fatal lines they had identified.
Rezo Royard reacted without hesitation.
He immediately summoned his Four Generals to his side.
The mechanical warriors moved at once, intercepting Gaia and Alaya to block their lethal strikes.
At the same time—
Tiamat transformed into a massive battlefield weapon.
Her colossal body expanded as she unleashed devastating attacks toward the countless servants brought by the evil gods.
From the edges of the battlefield, she continuously bombarded the enemy forces.
Within moments, the enemies caught in her assault were pushed onto the defensive.
...
Meanwhile, Izumi and Avrora had already rushed toward Regalzeva and Melvazoa.
Izumi raised his fist.
An Aurora Beam erupted from it and blasted forward.
Regalzeva and Melvazoa immediately split apart, narrowly avoiding the terrifying strike.
At that moment, Avrora seized the opportunity.
She summoned two of Izumi's Star Beasts.
At the same time, her body began undergoing a dramatic transformation.
Her form expanded, bones shifting and wings erupting outward—
In an instant, she transformed into a giant dragon.
"ROOOAAAR!"
The dragon's roar echoed across the battlefield.
Avrora immediately set her sights on Melvazoa.
The Star Beasts Leo of Gold and Amber of the Minotaur King charged forward as well.
Three SSS-rank beings instantly surrounded Melvazoa.
The atmosphere within a thousand-kilometer radius turned deadly.
...
Meanwhile—
Izumi and Regalzeva shot upward into the sky.
The two clashed repeatedly in the void.
Each collision shook the entire world.
At first, both sides were simply testing one another.
Izumi exchanged blow after blow with the mechanical god.
But he quickly noticed something troubling.
Regalzeva's metallic body was unbelievably durable.
Every time their attacks collided, Izumi felt a sharp sting in his fists.
It was absurdly hard.
Regalzeva's five glowing eyes stared at him.
After a moment, the mechanical god finally spoke in a deep, metallic voice.
"If this is all you have…"
"Then die."
As his voice fell—
A surge of violent energy exploded from his body.
Both of his arms transformed into massive cannon barrels.
Blinding energy blasts fired directly at Izumi.
But Izumi didn't meet the attack head-on.
Instead, he stretched out his hand.
Spatial Exchange.
The incoming attack instantly twisted through space and was redirected straight back toward Regalzeva.
Regalzeva barely reacted.
He simply glanced at the returning attack—
And the blasts instantly disintegrated into nothingness.
Then the surrounding space began to warp under his control.
Izumi suddenly felt his body being pulled forward.
His expression changed instantly.
He pushed his space authority to its absolute limit.
In the next moment—
He teleported high into the upper atmosphere.
Izumi hadn't expected Regalzeva to possess such powerful spatial manipulation.
It was almost on par with his own authority.
Seeing Izumi break free from the spatial restraint, Regalzeva immediately gave chase.
He accelerated suddenly.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Izumi.
Then—
His massive fist slammed into Izumi's stomach.
The blow sent Izumi flying backward at terrifying speed.
He smashed through the atmosphere and was launched straight into outer space.
In the vacuum of space, Izumi remained completely unaffected.
He quickly stabilized himself.
Regalzeva soon arrived as well.
Seeing that the mechanical god intended to continue the fight, Izumi finally snapped.
He clenched his fist.
Energy gathered again.
Then he fired another Aurora Beam.
BOOM!
The beam tore through space like a falling star.
Regalzeva dodged the attack in a flash.
Then he accelerated upward, entering outer space himself.
Raising his arm, he fired several energy cannons toward Izumi.
Meanwhile—
Izumi's earlier Aurora Beam descended toward the battlefield below.
Unfortunately for one of the Seven Luminaries of Rot, the attack landed directly on him.
The unfortunate warrior was obliterated instantly.
Back in space, Izumi withdrew his fist and quickly evaded Regalzeva's counterattacks.
Soon, the two began exchanging relentless bombardments across the vacuum of space.
Their battle immediately began affecting the entire EXE World.
Because when their attacks collided—
No one was there to intercept the stray blasts.
So the excess energy rained down upon the world below.
Several cities were wiped out instantly.
The invading forces across the EXE World soon noticed the terrifying battle in the sky.
The aftershocks alone were horrifying.
The heavens themselves seemed ready to collapse.
From time to time, terrifying beams of energy fell from above.
Seeing this, countless warriors inhaled sharply.
Even Sirzechs Lucifer was utterly shocked.
He could clearly see that the one fighting above was Izumi.
He had always known Izumi was powerful.
But he had never imagined he was this powerful.
Any random attack from that battle—
Would be something Sirzechs himself couldn't survive.
The scale of the battle had far surpassed the limits of the Transcenders.
At this level—
Even Transcenders were little more than cannon fodder.
A single stray attack could erase them instantly.
Watching the battle raging across the sky, many warriors felt a burning desire for greater strength rising within them.
After this war ended—
Many of them would undoubtedly devote themselves to training.
...
Back on the battlefield below—
Melvazoa, who was fighting Avrora, had also been stunned by the fight occurring in space.
That human…
Was actually this powerful?
Seizing the moment of distraction, Avrora gave an order.
The Star Beast Leo of Gold lunged forward.
With a ferocious roar, the golden lion pounced on Melvazoa and tore at him.
"ROAR!"
The sudden attack snapped Melvazoa back to reality.
His eyes widened as the massive lion appeared right before him.
Before he could react—
Leo of Gold opened its enormous jaws and bit down violently on his arm.
With a tearing sound—
Melvazoa's arm was ripped clean off.
His eyes flickered with strange light.
In the next moment—
His body blurred like a mirage.
Then he reappeared elsewhere—
Completely unharmed.
Seeing this, Avrora frowned.
"…The power of time."
Melvazoa possessed the ability to manipulate time and even interfere with versions of himself from parallel worlds.
It was somewhat similar to the abilities of the Dragonia race from No Game No Life.
By manipulating time, he could converge timelines into the present moment.
In other words—
Defeating Melvazoa directly was almost impossible.
Only now did Avrora truly realize how troublesome this opponent was.
This mechanical lifeform wasn't someone she could defeat on her own.
She clicked her tongue in irritation.
That meant she could only stall for time.
She would have to wait for Izumi to finish his battle and come help her.
But that was impossible right now.
Izumi was still locked in a fierce battle with Regalzeva in outer space.
Melvazoa's attention returned to Avrora.
"Vampire…"
"You are quite impressive."
"You actually managed to push me this far."
As he spoke—
An even more terrifying power erupted from his body.
A massive sphere of destructive energy formed above him.
Then he hurled it directly toward Avrora.
"As a reward…"
"I'll send you on your way."
That was the thought currently occupying Melvazoa's mind.