Crossover: With Heaven-Defying Insight, I'm Shaking the Very Aeons

The simulated Divinity that Su Mo currently grasped was mainly a power derived from Vulcan's Authority. Therefore, it was primarily suitable for use with weapons and not quite suited for creating gods.

The pseudo-god manifestation technique that Guinevere had mastered was different. She could create a phantom of a god that was all power and no substance, thereby protecting herself.

This was a self-defense art she possessed as the creator of the Magical Holy Grail, and also a piece of wisdom she had retained from her time as an Earth Mother Goddess.

The combat power of the created pseudo-god was not important. What was important was that this technique had managed to extrapolate a simulated Divinity to a god itself.

If he could master this technique, coupled with the simulated divine armaments he had already mastered, Su Mo would be able to completely grasp the power of simulated Divinities, achieving full mastery from gods to divine instruments.

If he could achieve this, the power of Su Mo's Mythical Thaumaturgy would receive another huge boost.

Before, his Mythical Thaumaturgy could only be constructed with the Divinities Su Mo had obtained. In the future, it could be constructed based on simulated Divinities he had not yet mastered.

There would be a huge improvement in both the effect of the spell and its flexibility.

"Godslayer... Is Lord Su Mo very interested in the technique of pseudo-god manifestation?" Guinevere also keenly sensed this.

Desperate, she suddenly had a new idea. "If I were to offer this technique to you, would you agree to let us go?" she asked tentatively.

At this time, she had not given up on taking Lancelot with her.

Hearing this, Lancelot shook her head, thinking to herself that Guinevere was still too naive to be bargaining with the Rakshasa King. When talking to a superior, sometimes being direct was more convenient.

She immediately spoke up. "You don't have to include me. As a loser, I have no reason to escape."

After refusing, she looked at Su Mo and asked frankly, "Rakshasa King, what do you think of this deal?"

"Guinevere is not a Heretic God and is too weak for you. There is no meaning in killing her."

Hearing her say this, Guinevere was first a little disappointed, but she also understood that a Godslayer would not spit out the meat that was already in his mouth.

Then, she looked at Su Mo with some expectation, hoping that he would agree to this request.

Unfortunately.

"Of course not." Su Mo shook his head, flatly refusing. "Why should I bargain with my own spoils of war?"

The person was already captured. To be negotiating terms now, wasn't it a bit too late?

"If you don't agree, I will never tell you this technique!" Guinevere immediately spoke up.

With her mastery of magic, as long as she didn't want to speak, no one could pry open her mouth.

"You seem a little overconfident." Su Mo calmly ignored Guinevere's statement. "It's just a matter of dealing with a spoil of war. I don't need your consent. Not to mention, it's not a particularly difficult technique."

It was nothing more than an extra layer of Divinity manifestation mechanism. Su Mo could have deduced it himself. It was just that it wasn't necessary to go through that much trouble now.

"..."

Not a particularly difficult technique? If she hadn't mastered this technique through the inherited memories she received when she was reincarnated as an Earth Mother Goddess, Guinevere would have almost believed him.

How could the essence of an Earth Mother Goddess's wisdom accumulated over thousands of years be simple!

The negotiations had failed. Guinevere suspected that the other party was bluffing, but she had no proof.

Su Mo, of course, didn't need to care about their thoughts and directly opened a spatial passage to the Astral Plane.

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"Good morning, my dear child!"

As soon as he entered, Pandora came over for a bear hug, then looked sleepily at Lancelot, who was following behind Su Mo.

"Only one?"

By now, she had completely gotten used to Su Mo's frequent visits, batch god-slaying, and other behaviors. If anything, she was a little unused to seeing him kill only one Heretic God this time.

"Mm, only one." Su Mo nodded.

After the physical contact, he no longer kept Pandora at arm's length and directly led this great goddess to the center.

"Let me borrow the Usurpation Cycle."

"Mm, okay!"

In a daze, Pandora casually handed her most precious divine instrument to Su Mo. It wasn't until Su Mo took out the God Spear of Salvation and she, as an Earth Mother Goddess, instinctively felt a great threat that Pandora was completely jolted awake.

"The God Spear of Salvation?! Little Su Mo, where did you get that?" As a god herself, she naturally knew more about the Last King.

"A spoil of war from defeating her," Su Mo answered every question.

"Eh? This presence, a detestable Steel Hero God? And a girl at that?" Only then did Pandora realize the special nature of Lancelot's Divinity. Then, she also noticed Guinevere following behind.

"Heh~ I was wondering what was going on. So it's a traitor to the Earth Mother Goddess clan, that detestable Steel's handmaiden!"

The moment she recognized Guinevere, Pandora's eyes narrowed, her expression becoming somewhat unfriendly, and her tone carried a rare dissatisfaction.

She had always been careful to maintain her image in front of Su Mo, but at this moment, she could not hide her hostility.

It was no wonder. As the creator and mother of Godslayers, her position was naturally aligned with theirs. The Last King, however, was the tool used by the gods to clean up the Godslayers.

In other words, for thousands of years, all the Godslayers Pandora had reincarnated had been killed by the Last King.

Even the current Godslayers who had not been killed were very likely to be slain by the Last King in the future.

Even without considering the grudge between the Steel clan and the Earth Mother clan, Pandora and the Last King were mortal enemies.

Guinevere, as a god-ancestor belonging to the Last King, naturally would not receive a good face from Pandora.

Not to mention, Guinevere was originally from the Earth Mother Goddess camp, but had later betrayed them, wanting to follow the Last King.

Such a god-ancestor who disregarded the tragic fate of the Earth Mother Goddesses and only wanted to wag her tail and beg for pity from the Steel Hero Gods was naturally looked down upon even more by Pandora.

It was a good thing Pandora had a good temper. Otherwise, if the radical Athena were here, she would have probably already made a move on Guinevere and killed this traitor.

Faced with Pandora's sarcasm, Guinevere bowed, but her expression remained respectful.

"Lady Pandora, as Earth Mother Goddesses, resisting the Steel Hero Gods is indeed our clan's long-cherished wish. But if we are defeated by the Steel Hero Gods, is it not also natural to submit to the victor and recognize them as our master?"

"Do you think I should abandon the etiquette of battle and be a sore loser who doesn't admit defeat?"

No matter how the conflict between the Steel Hero Gods and the Earth Mother Goddesses went, the consensus on battle etiquette was the same.

"Hmph! Sharp-tongued!" Pandora pouted unhappily and turned her head, not wanting to talk to this traitor.

Seeing Su Mo holding the God Spear of Salvation, the Usurpation Cycle, and the Sword of Promised Victory and other divine instruments, seemingly trying something, she tugged on Su Mo's sleeve and asked curiously, "My most adorable child, what are you doing?"

"Forging the Origin of Swords." Su Mo explained his previous statement again, adding some details.

"The God Spear of Salvation symbolizes the most aggressive aspect of the Steel Hero Gods, representing an incomparably sharp blade and lightning-like high temperatures. It can also extract the essence of the earth, making it a mortal enemy of the earth."

"The Usurpation Cycle symbolizes the plundering aspect of the Steel Hero Gods, representing their ability to seize the power of their enemies through conflict and make them their subordinates."

"The Sword of Promised Victory and the Protection of Steel correspond to the other two parts of the Origin of Steel, plus King Arthur's Divinity..."

The construction idea for the Origin of Swords was actually not difficult. It only required the representative concepts of the Steel Hero Gods to be completely refined and constructed into a complete spell.

Steel is born from the earth, forged with fire, fanned by the wind, and finally quenched with water to form a sharp sword... And the typical image of a Steel Hero God is a hero holding fire and a sword, treading on the earth, and slaying dragons and serpents.

Right now, the several divine instruments and Divinities Su Mo possessed were the powers closest to the Origin of Steel.

He only needed to integrate the powers of these divine weapons through Mythical Thaumaturgy to obtain a Mythical Thaumaturgy similar to the Sword of Victory: the Origin of Swords.

Su Mo explained the principle in great detail. As the Earth Mother Goddess who hated Steel the most, although Pandora didn't fully understand the implementation details, she roughly understood the principle.

"In other words, you want to obtain the characteristics of all Steel Hero Gods by forging the Origin of Swords?" Pandora asked.

"Correct." Su Mo nodded.

"Then won't you be able to obtain a god's Authority in the future without the Usurpation Cycle?" Pandora's eyes widened.

"In that case, won't Mommy's greatest use disappear? Waaahhh, Mommy, I don't want to be abandoned! I finally have a considerate child! I don't want to be lonely for the rest of my life!"

Her eccentric train of thought immediately brought to mind the image of her future empty nest, and she started wailing while hugging Su Mo's thigh.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Artoria was already used to it. Guinevere, however, found it breathtaking.

She secretly complained in her heart, You don't even care about your dignity as an Earth Mother Goddess, what right do you have to criticize me? At least, I've never acted cute and thrown a tantrum.

After all, so far, she had not yet met the Last King.

Pandora's worries came and went quickly. When Su Mo reminded her that they would definitely see each other often, even if it was just for Sakura's magic studies, she immediately returned to normal.

"Ahem! In that case, let's start with this Steel Hero God! I'll activate the Usurpation Cycle to demonstrate for you. You just need to adjust the effect of the spell."

"Okay!" Su Mo did not refuse Pandora's goodwill.

He was already extremely familiar with the Usurpation Cycle. By using a simulated Divinity, he could easily create a copy.

It was just that the design of the Origin of Swords spell involved the combination of multiple Divinities, plus the boost from the remnant of the God Spear of Salvation. It still required fine control to achieve the desired result.

With Pandora's example, the adjustment speed would surely be much faster.

Once prepared, Su Mo held the platinum blade and recited the divine words to awaken the Origin of Swords.

"Steel is to vanquish evil and reveal justice."

Under the blessing of the divine words, the platinum blade bloomed with a white light.

Then, the power of the Origin of Swords automatically adjusted, with the "Simulated Divinity: Usurpation Cycle" as its core, adjusting the nature of the Origin of Steel to Sacred Plunder.

Sensing that the plundering attribute had been adjusted to its best, Su Mo brought his sword down, directly piercing Lancelot's heart with the blade forged by the Origin of Swords.

The Heretic God's Divinity was instantly pierced, then plundered and absorbed bit by bit along the blade of the God Spear of Salvation, all of it superimposed into Su Mo's body.

Without using the Usurpation Cycle, without activating Pandora's dark ritual, Su Mo had obtained the complete Divinity of the Heretic God using only the Origin of Swords.

"Uncle!"

Watching Lancelot's figure completely disappear, Guinevere's eyes showed a look of sorrow. The last person who could support her was gone just like that.

Just as she was lamenting that she would soon follow, a strange change occurred.

After the Authority was completely absorbed, the effect of the Origin of Swords spell had not stopped. The platinum blade was still shining.

A few seconds later, Su Mo felt the magical energy in his body flow back out, and he did not stop it.

The gushing magical energy turned into motes of light and began to condense bit by bit, finally forming the body of the female war god.

As if time had reversed, before Su Mo, Lancelot, who had already turned into motes of light and disappeared, suddenly reappeared before everyone.

"Did it fail?" Pandora was stunned.

"No, it succeeded." Su Mo shook his head, a satisfied expression on his face.