Death observed the two entities on the ruined battlefield below, continuously clashing against each other. They already possessed Divine Power, and their physical forms had long since Transcended human limits.

He inexplicably felt as if he was watching two newly grown young dragons, launching an assault against beings like them.

He felt a certain amount of emotion stirring within, along with a sense of foreboding.

However, War was already somewhat annoyed by his frequent lecturing and couldn't help but mockingly say:

"What's wrong, Death? Most of the time, don't you consider yourself the end of all things, an eternal existence?"

"Now, watching two humans fight each other, you're actually starting to worry about gains and losses? After such a long period of silence, your courage has vanished too."

"No matter what state they beat each other into, it has nothing to do with us, or with the gods!"

After saying this, War looked at the situation below and added one final line:

"At most, it only has something to do with me."

Death: "......"

"Indeed, that's true."

After thinking it over, He also felt there was no issue. After all, this Game had been dragged out until now merely as an insurance policy.

It was to present a lose-lose situation to the human side, and incidentally, to let the gods see what caliber the current peak human combat power roughly was.

No, wait... with Pleasure having lost an unknown amount of power, who exactly was the peak human combatant was truly hard to say...

But regardless, this Game was no longer important to the gods. The matters to be discussed afterward were far more significant.

Subsequently, Death seemed to vanish. He finally gave a nod to the Arbitrator, indicating a meeting in the opened-up palace after this was over, and then fell silent himself.

As for the Arbitrator, this referee, from beginning to end, he showed no movement, as if invisible, making it clear this Game required no judgment from Him, directly placing himself outside the affair.

By now, He also understood He had been played by Agony and "Sin." This "ally" status needed careful, long-term consideration.

......

On the other side, while the gods were having their inexplicable chat, Lu Ce and the Sun before him were completely unaware.

The battle between the two of them right now was the most exhilarating fight they'd ever had, a time when their abilities were fully unleashed.

The explosive, seemingly completely uncontrollable Raging Flames on Sun's body were finally moving as if extensions of his own limbs, his manipulation becoming exceptionally smooth, reminiscent of his former self.

As for the current Lu Ce, a touch of dark gold adorned the center of his light green mask's forehead. Wrath and Pride were simultaneously present on his person, augmenting his Divine Power.

Due to his wide-open, unrestrained fighting style, multiple wounds had appeared on his body. At the location of each wound, a red fragment was attached.

That was the power of Gluttony, devouring power for him, repairing his body.

Lu Ce simply had too many abilities. Even without using any skills obtained from CHOSEN’S PARADISE!, just the masks alone provided a dazzling array of tricks.

In this battle of trading wounds for wounds, force against force, he had forcefully pressed Sun—whose body was already completely non-human—into a disadvantageous position.

"Huff... huff..."

A bellows-like low roar issued from Sun's throat. Every cell in his body trembled violently, tearing under the swelling of energy.

"Intense!"

"Didn't expect it before. The way you devour Divine Power is quite something too."

Sun's voice held a note of surprise. He knew his own situation. His medal was the Blasphemer's Medal; insulting deities allowed him to devour Divine Power.

The current "Sin" was clearly no ordinary person either. So with every collision, as the power erupted between them, Sun would frantically devour it, thinking he'd grow stronger the more they fought.

But the problem was, Lu Ce's usual fighting style was also to grow stronger the more he fought!

Because the power of Gluttony was also constantly devouring everything. This resulted in the two of them fighting for so long, mutually devouring, yet neither gained any advantage!

*BOOM!*

Sun's Spiked Club smashed down overhead, clashing heavily with the golden Extreme Path Battle Axe, like the direct collision of celestial bodies in the universe.

Amidst the deafening roar, Sun looked down from his superior position at this man who, from their very first meeting, had loomed like an insurmountable mountain. He grinned and continued laughing:

"Almost there. I've sharpened myself enough on this whetstone!"

"It's about time... to shatter it!"

As he spoke, Sun's body suddenly crouched low. As the several-meter-long Spiked Club swung, it struck out like a spinning millstone!

Lu Ce's Heart-Piercing Thunder almost instinctively moved to block downward. Then his body jumped up, the Extreme Path Battle Axe chopping straight down at Sun's head.

Under the collision of golden and dark red light, both their figures rapidly separated, withdrawing a thousand meters from each other.

During the previous exchange, Sun had familiarized himself with his body and power, while Lu Ce had gradually adapted to his combat proficiency of freely switching between multiple masks.

The next stage was about to begin.

"Hey, you vermin lurking in the gutters! You've been watching your daddy for so long, still not satisfied?"

Sun was extremely direct, lifting his head and starting to curse outright.

Since "Sin" had already told him the gods were spectating, he naturally should make use of that fact.

The Blasphemer's Medal activated immediately. At the same time, he also began forcibly absorbing the energy War had placed within his body.

"And you! Don't be so stingy either! This stuff will be mine sooner or later anyway, hand it over!"

Starlight suddenly blazed across Sun's body, as if his physique was about to explode, beginning a frantic fusion of Divine Power.

His method of fusion was completely different from Xie Antong's gentle assimilation—it was pure, violent fusion!

During this painful fusion period, he wasn't worried in the slightest about "Sin" launching a sneak attack. It was as if there was a certain tacit understanding: as long as the opponent's power was still growing, they would wait to fight at their peak state.

Lu Ce also lowered the two divine weapons in his hands. His mask reverted to pink, an aura of deathly stillness enveloping him.

That was the Divine Power Death had previously transferred to him. At this moment, he too was absorbing it on the eve of battle!

Furthermore, Lust, Life, Pleasure, and even War! All the Divine Powers he had ever mimicked or absorbed before also began to surge within him at this moment.

And simultaneously, within his body, a strand of Divine Power he had never truly seen before actually began to quietly grow!

Lu Ce didn't know what it was, but in his heart, he had a flash of understanding—it was most likely the Divine Power belonging to Agony.

And now, that was also equivalent to being his own Divine Power, indistinguishable, nourishing his entire body!

This method of generating Divine Power oneself and fusing with Divine Power required no instruction whatsoever. Upon reaching a certain realm, one naturally knew how.

The battle between Lu Ce and Sun—these two beings whose lifeforms were still ostensibly human—resembled nothing less than a battle for promotion to godhood, an Ascension Battle!