As is well known, the power of a nuclear bomb is highly dispersed; most of its energy is wasted unless it is in a highly confined environment.
And at this moment...
Within the Frost Giant's body, countless fading sword shadows suddenly coalesced, transforming into white light.
The Frost Giant, having just completed its recovery, let out a furious roar but suddenly froze in place.
Its entire body was engulfed by numerous spheres, surging like waves.
An incredibly terrifying energy was being suppressed.
Until—
A faint light began to seep from the giant's skin.
First one or two rays, then thousands of beams burst forth...
The giant was forcefully transformed into a "porcupine," and then the torrent of light surged, sweeping everything away!
The ultimate brilliance erupted!
Having honed his skills through training within the folds of the Crystal Barrier Galaxy, Sterl had significantly improved his mastery over various abilities. This allowed him to employ a delayed release technique after enhancing it with the power of Fission.
The sword shadows of Shattered Void fully blossomed, and it took nearly a second before the Fission light manifested!
Under the suppression of the dual giant's membranes, all the power flowed into the giant's body without resistance. Sterl couldn't help but smile.
He had a new idea; this wave of using Shattered Void to embed sword shadows into the enemy and then detonating them with the Fission Law would become his strongest killing move!
In terms of damage output, it was already on par with the radiant-level technique previously used by Billie.
Of course, hers was an area-wide extermination, while Sterl could only achieve single-target destruction, and he couldn't guarantee the stable activation of Fission from within the enemy...
There was still a gap.
Sterl pondered, tilting his head away, not even looking in the direction of the Frost Giant.
Uh...
He felt certain that his enemy was doomed and, recalling the style from movies in his past life, he expertly struck a pose.
Sure enough, the giant's entire body transformed into a brilliant white light!
The radiance spread everywhere, as if a brief sun had risen.
The intense light melted away all the ice and snow, leaving only a vast expanse of white earth.
And amidst the light, Sterl stood calmly with his hands in his pockets.
At this point, everything dissipated.
The once-mighty, invincible monster exploded into countless pieces.
Ultimately, those remnants also transformed directly into soil and stone...
Sterl recalled that the Frost Giant had been brought to life from a mountain by the golden code.
Now, with the disintegration of the Frost Giant, the spherical representation of the golden code also vanished, freeing the code, while the Frost Giant reverted to its original form—sand and dirt.
However, as soon as the code broke free from the sphere, it was eager to escape from this place.
It first dove downward, but then feigned a move and shot back up into the sky.
The entire action was extremely swift, almost as if it possessed a form of intelligence.
Yet, no matter how quick the code reacted, it could not match Sterl's efficiency. He had enhanced himself with a time acceleration effect, becoming a blur of phantom images.
In the blink of an eye, he seemed to be everywhere in the surrounding space. Sterl regarded this peculiar code with great seriousness, intercepting all avenues of escape.
When the code first fell from the cracks of the Crystal Barrier Galaxy, it had already revealed its speed limit—merely that of an ordinary demigod in flight.
Naturally, with nowhere to run, the code was instantly caught in Sterl's palm.
Then, the golden stream of light struggled, a wave of helplessness flooding into Sterl's body.
"Hmm?"
"Do you want to go to war with our Orichalcum Kingdom?"
"Stop! Are you crazy?"
...
Sterl focused on reading their lips, and due to their virtual state, he couldn't sense their actions through his abilities.
The dozens of gods were purely filled with impotent rage.
Without hesitation, Sterl swung his Flowing Water Blade.
The Iridescent-Level Shattered Void was unleashed, causing the effect of space to solidify for an instant before dissipating, the energy saved transforming into even more sword shadows to tear apart his foes.
This time, Sterl didn't need to concentrate his output like he had against the Frost Giant; as a result, a rather spectacular scene unfolded.
Countless beams of light from swords whirled across the entirety of Giant City!
The sword shadows reflected throughout the city!
The six gods were caught off guard and were instantly obliterated!
The main reason was that they were attempting to fully become physical forms, which rendered them rigid. Although it lasted only a moment, it became a fatal weakness against the master of the Law of Time!
Combined with the fact that the items forcing them to become corporeal severely weakened their overall strength, including their defenses, it led to the scene unfolding before them.
These gods felt that their deaths were utterly unjust.
Gods rarely engaged in direct combat against one another; they often spent a long time testing the waters before unleashing their powers. Divine-level battles could obliterate souls, and all gods avoided targeting opponents of the same level with full force—if things went wrong, it would lead to a death that could not be reversed!
Who would dare to gamble?
But Sterl was here to kill!
Then...
The dozens of divine phantoms roared in furious outrage, and without hesitation, they fully infused a special power into their attacks.
The phantoms of the gods began to dim, but the shadow of Giant City rapidly solidified.
"Kill him and blood-sacrifice him!"
"I'll extract his soul and roast it with Flame for a thousand years!"
"Damn it! Six gods! We'll need at least six hundred years to replenish ourselves!"
...
However, just as these divine entities were in an uproar,
Sterl had already vanished.
Even though only a few seconds had passed,
Giant City had transformed into reality, and countless chains shot out toward the position where Sterl had stood. But it was futile!
He was already gone.
On the other side...
Sterl slowly opened his eyes, slightly twisting his neck as the game pod before him automatically opened.
That's right; he had logged off.
But it wasn't through the usual exploit granted by the disk.
After acquiring the golden code, Sterl received a prompt that allowed him to merge the item into the game pod core he possessed; this prompt was issued by the cheat.
Naturally, Sterl chose to trust it, preparing to log off after leaving Giant City and ending his combat state.
However, at the moment of merging with the golden code, it granted him a free log-off opportunity.
Faced with the siege from the gods of the Orichalcum Kingdom, Sterl didn't hesitate to wipe them out and then took advantage of the free log-off.
In his view, the code was something he couldn't afford to lose, so it was destined to create a deep enmity with this top-tier force.
Moreover...
As for the gods who were further away, that was one thing, but the few divine phantoms that had been closer had likely already seen the data code within the golden light.