The Wheel of the Overlord's Radiance expanded outward, its brilliance covering nearly half the starfield.
If someone were observing from the depths of the cosmos, they would witness an astonishing sight.
Across the EXE World's surrounding galaxy—
Countless stars began exploding one after another under Izumi's overwhelming attack.
Those collapsing stars formed an even more terrifying cosmic storm.
"ROOOOAR!"
A furious roar burst from Regalzeva.
He attempted to resist Izumi's attack with all his strength.
But it was completely useless.
Stars shattered one after another under Izumi's assault, their fragments becoming devastating shockwaves that rushed toward the EXE World's planet.
Countless meteor fragments began plunging toward the surface.
In that instant—
The entire world was engulfed in a sea of flames.
Endless mechanical lifeforms perished under the catastrophe caused by Izumi's attack.
Even the warriors who had arrived from the DxD world were horrified by the scale of destruction.
None of them dared remain.
They quickly retreated back through the dimensional gates.
The battle had reached a level where they could no longer participate.
In fact—
They couldn't even remain in this world safely anymore.
Seeing the destruction spreading across the planet, Ophis and the others exchanged glances.
Without hesitation, they changed the battlefield.
Dragging Melvazoa with them, they moved the fight directly into outer space.
...
In the depths of space—
The blinding white light slowly faded.
Regalzeva's body was now completely battered and damaged.
His once-pristine mechanical armor was torn apart in countless places.
At this point, he had completely lost his sanity.
Black mist continued to pour from his body, making his appearance eerily distorted.
Seeing Regalzeva in this state, Izumi frowned slightly.
This guy really is ridiculously tough…
He had actually endured that attack.
Although the power Izumi used wasn't as overwhelming as the one wielded by Great Red, it was still tremendously destructive.
Yet Regalzeva had survived it.
Granted—
He was severely wounded.
But he had genuinely endured the attack.
Even worse—
The wounds on his body were slowly regenerating.
Seeing this, Izumi's expression became more serious.
Just as he was about to launch another attack—
Melvazoa suddenly appeared beside Regalzeva.
Izumi paused briefly.
In the next moment, Ophis, Avrora, and the others arrived beside him as well.
When Izumi saw Great Red, he blinked in surprise.
He hadn't expected the Dragon God to appear here as well.
But he didn't dwell on it for long.
Instead, he spoke calmly.
"Since everyone's here…"
"Let's finish this together."
"Today will be the day these two meet their end."
With those words, Izumi was the first to move.
The Dragon's Remnant Shadow activated.
Two pitch-black blades formed and sliced forward toward the two enemies.
Regalzeva and Melvazoa exchanged glances before charging forward to meet the attack.
They had no choice.
There was no retreat left for them.
Either they defeated the enemies before them and rebuilt everything—
Or they would perish here.
Their world had already fallen.
Because of their battle, the entire planet had become a blazing ruin.
They had nowhere left to run.
If they won, things might still be salvageable.
Their databases still contained all the data needed to recreate their mechanical servants.
Rebuilding their armies wouldn't be difficult.
In fact—
With their power, they might even be able to invade Izumi's world and seize it completely.
But if they lost—
Everything would be over.
At this moment, both of them were filled with regret.
If they had been more decisive back then—
If they had forcibly taken that other world when they had the chance—
None of this would have happened.
They had hesitated too much.
And now—
They deeply regretted it.
But there was no such thing as regret medicine.
Facing Izumi's charge, they could only fight back.
...
Just as they counterattacked—
Avrora, Ophis, and Great Red launched their assaults as well.
In an instant, Izumi's group surrounded Regalzeva and Melvazoa.
Then they began attacking relentlessly from every direction.
Two fists couldn't defeat four hands—
And here they faced five overwhelming opponents.
Even though Ophis was slightly weaker than them individually—
A direct hit from her attacks was still extremely dangerous.
Meanwhile, Izumi was confronting them head-on.
If they exposed even a single opening—
They might not die instantly, but they would certainly suffer devastating injuries.
...
Gradually—
As more stars exploded across space—
Even the EXE World's home planet became riddled with destruction.
The mechanical lifeforms that once filled the world had nearly all been wiped out.
Most of them had been destroyed by the meteors raining down from space.
Others were erased by stray attacks falling from the heavens.
Before long—
The entire EXE World had turned into a massive wasteland.
The empire that Regalzeva and Melvazoa had built over countless years had become history.
The only things left were the two of them.
And even they were now surrounded by Izumi's group.
Ophis and Great Red had both suffered injuries during the battle.
Regalzeva and Melvazoa were in even worse condition.
After Izumi seized several opportunities to land devastating blows, the two mechanical gods were now critically wounded.
In fact—
If they had the chance, they would have already attempted to escape.
But Izumi wasn't giving them any opportunity.
Every time they tried to open a spatial gateway to flee—
Izumi immediately interfered and shut it down.
Meanwhile, Melvazoa continued using his ability to interfere with parallel timelines, restoring his body repeatedly.
On the surface, he appeared unharmed.
But Izumi could clearly sense that his aura had weakened dramatically.
His so-called immortality was nothing more than a fading illusion now.
...
No one knew how long the battle had continued.
Time itself had lost meaning.
They simply kept clashing again and again.
By now, outer space was filled with countless black holes.
These had formed from the destruction of massive planets during the battle.
The cosmos had become eerily quiet.
Aside from the occasional explosion echoing through space—
All other celestial sounds had vanished.
Even the system's sun had been affected by the battle.
Fortunately, Avrora's two Star Beasts were suppressing its instability.
If not for them—
Even the sun might have been destroyed.
Izumi had come here to conquer this world, not destroy it.
Erasing the mechanical lifeforms was one thing.
But if the sun were destroyed as well—
Then the entire world would truly become unsalvageable.
Even the gods who lived in dimensional spaces connected to this world would likely abandon it and migrate elsewhere.
Because of that, Izumi had asked Avrora to stabilize the sun.
As long as the sun remained—
The world could eventually recover.
And once it did, the EXE World would become territory belonging to Izumi's side.
Just as the battle continued—
A voice suddenly echoed inside Izumi's mind.
It was Aiba Asagi.
"Izumi-kun!"
"We've finished."
"We cracked their database."
"And we've created a virus."
"It won't completely shut down those mechanical lifeforms…"
"But we can definitely cause them to lag and malfunction for a while!"
Hearing that message—
Izumi's eyes lit up.
Without a doubt—
That was excellent news.