"Spiritual Pierce—Mu Shiki!"
He combined the barrier-breaking essence of "Mu Shiki" with god-tier spiritual force techniques, forging a spiritual spear capable of piercing divine souls. It struck precisely at the War God Remnant's forehead—her core!
BOOM—!!!
Under the pincer attack of phoenix and divine spear, even a being as powerful as this divine remnant finally let out a cry of unwilling anguish.
Cracks began appearing across her body of pure divine power, like porcelain about to shatter.
Finally, with a crack, she broke apart completely, transforming into countless golden motes of light.
They had won!
"Hah... hah..."
Both Cloud's and Athena's spiritual forms had grown significantly dimmer—clearly massive expenditure. They looked at each other and smiled, seeing victory's joy reflected in each other's eyes.
Those scattered golden light particles didn't dissipate. Instead, drawn by an invisible force, they flowed like baby swallows returning to their nest, pouring entirely into Athena's body.
"Ahh..."
Athena let out a comfortable moan. She felt the final barrier between herself and that power completely dissolve.
From this moment on, she had finally become the true master of that world-ending divine power!
A metamorphic transformation was about to begin.
Athena felt like she was soaking in the warmest, most comfortable hot spring in the world. Every spiritual cell was cheering.
A massive flood of information poured into her mind like a bursting dam.
No longer the vague "bloodline memories" requiring personal enlightenment—this was systematic, complete, "god-tier" knowledge inheritance!
"On the Basic Construction and Application of Divine Power"
"Thirty-Six Spiritual Force Shaping Techniques: From Rolling Balls to Building Gundams"
"Spatial Law for Beginners: How to Elegantly Flash and Teleport"
...
Countless exquisite techniques and mind-boggling spiritual force applications downloaded into her brain instantly like knowledge stored in the cloud—auto-installing, perfectly compatible, even including "lifetime free updates"!
Her spiritual force underwent a qualitative transformation in this moment!
If before she was running on "broadband," now she had "quantum fiber" directly connected to the root server!
The most visible manifestation of this transformation was her power level's insane surge!
Cloud watched slack-jawed as Athena's rapidly climbing stats went absolutely berserk!
Absolute Domain 50%... 55%... 63%... 71%... 80%...
"Holy shit!" Cloud couldn't help but curse.
This speed was faster than a rocket! More powerful than a Bugatti Veyron!
That blockhead Ryo Sakazaki had ground away in closed-door training for ages just to painstakingly "farm" his way to 68%. Athena had basically just entered a cheat code into the game!
After hitting the terrifying threshold of 80%, the crazy growth finally slowed like a 5G signal running out of data—but still climbed steadily, stubbornly, step by step.
It felt like a final "system optimization" was in progress.
[...85%... 88%... 89%... 90%!]
Finally, the progress bar stopped at "90%"—a number that would make both Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami want to forfeit and go crying to mommy.
The entire process took only a few breaths.
Cloud felt his worldview shattered like never before—like a worker who'd slaved away saving money from paycheck to paycheck, only to watch his neighbor get billions deposited into their account overnight because their house got demolished for development.
He looked down at his own system—the one he'd called "strongest in the universe"—as ten thousand grass-mud horses stampeded through his mind, flooring the gas pedal as they went.
"System, get out here and explain yourself!" Cloud mentally roared.
"Look at HER cheat! What do you call this?! This is a Daughter of Destiny! This is the patch update's favorite child! Starts with divine equipment, skills auto-max-level! And look what you gave ME! 'Direct Finals Pass'? Sounds impressive but it's basically a super VIP spectator ticket!"
"I have to analyze everything myself to level up, learning bit by bit like some poor research dog! Did you buy this system from a Pinduoduo flash sale, bundled with tissue paper?!"
[System: ...Host, please calm down. This system reiterates: Ms. Athena Asamiya's situation is bloodline atavism—inheriting an estate. You, Host, are a self-made entrepreneur starting from scratch. The two are not comparable.]
[Furthermore, this system's growth potential and plasticity cannot be matched by any inheritance. Please focus on the future, Host, and do not let temporary gains and losses disturb your Dao heart.]
"Yeah right!" Cloud was so angry his teeth itched. "This crappy system—besides snarking and issuing 1-SP quests, what else is it good for?! Watch me go leave a one-star review in the app store!"
Just as Cloud and his system were "passionately debating," Athena—the eye of this storm—slowly opened her eyes.
What eyes they were!
Those originally clear, pure purple irises had become deep as the vast star-sea.
As her gaze moved, it seemed as if countless ancient runes and wisdom were being born and dying within them.
Her entire bearing had undergone an earth-shaking transformation. No longer merely the energetic psychic idol on stage—she now carried an otherworldly, transcendent divinity that looked down upon all existence.
That golden bikini armor no longer seemed revealing on her—instead radiating sanctity and majesty.
She could clearly "see" the law-lines flowing through the spiritual world, "hear" the whispers from the void between dimensions, "feel" the power in Cloud's divine soul—blazing and warm as a star.
Moreover, she could sense that both her spiritual form and her physical body in reality had been reconstructed.
An indescribable feeling of clarity permeated her entire being, as if every cell was celebrating.
She felt like the "sacred body for cultivation" her master had mentioned—training now would be like having a dozens-times experience multiplier, gaining cultivation from drinking water, achieving enlightenment from using the bathroom.
After a brief daze, enormous, irrepressible joy flooded over her like a tide.
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