"Finally, it has come to this step... I am the Pope, the one who precedes the gods, Pope Mephiel."

...

As the light in Mephiel's eyes gradually dimmed, Caesar's gaze was like a deep spring, quietly watching him being swallowed, just like over two hundred years ago, on the day the two made a promise to each other on the continent.

That day, Caesar bid farewell to Mephiel, his travel companion, and suddenly received a message requesting a meeting from Mephiel.

As friends who had traveled the continent together for three years, Caesar naturally went to meet this powerful and friendly friend.

Who could have imagined that two young men who secretly left home that year to travel afar would later become the pillars of two factions?

Caesar only remembered that day, the distraught Mephiel found him and softly told him that he had failed.

Back then, Caesar thought he was saying he hadn't become the Pope of the Church of Love and Change. He intended to comfort him, but Mephiel didn't pause at all, disappearing from his sight just like that.

Later, he received news from the outside world that Mephiel had become the Pope of the Church of Love and Change.

From the day he received that news, Caesar understood what had happened.

Mephiel, oh, he was such a proud person. No one understood Mephiel's perseverance better than he did. From the moment he embarked on the path of a priest, he had sworn to dedicate his life to the path of sanctifying the holy Briania.

But that day, Caesar understood that what he saw was not false.

Although Mephiel said nothing, as a former friend and now enemy, he understood long ago.

So, whether for the Yibel Federation or for his past dear friend, he needed to prepare in advance.

Because his enemy did not even exist on this continent but came from beyond dimensions, quietly overlooking the world—these gods.

"So then... Mephiel, it's truly time to say goodbye."

Caesar quietly watched this former Fishman walk towards death.

Mephiel's face showed a hint of a smile.

He was the first to discover the fall of the God of Love and Change, but ultimately, not long after becoming Pope, he resolutely chose to embrace the Lord of Dawn and become Pope Mephiel.

He didn't mind becoming the Lord of Dawn's pawn to uphold his so-called justice, as long as the Lord of Dawn could liberate the gods he longed for, then it didn't matter.

Of course, after becoming the Pope of the Dawn Lord Church, the Lord of Dawn naturally made his demands. He needed to use his status and strength to become the vessel for the descent of the Four Gods, and use the special methods told by the Lord of Dawn to transform his body into a vessel.

Only in this way could those fallen righteous gods find nowhere to escape.

And only in this way could he completely isolate the part of the goddess that had fallen.

"Come, Caesar, as a former dear friend, we have never truly fought to the death, it's a pity, but now it's time for you to kill me!"

Mephiel spread his arms as if embracing the world.

Caesar showed no mercy, and amid a flash of lightning and thunder, Mephiel's gaze dimmed.

Caesar slowly withdrew his right hand, stained with the blood of his dear friend, and supported the falling Mephiel: "Good night, my friend."

Blood rain descended from the sky, one after another, an unprecedented downpour.

"Execute the justice of the gods."

A cold voice of Ban Suzi and others sounded, and from Mephiel's body, lying on the ground like a rag, came waves of screams.

The Life God and God of Death were severely wounded, and the divine part immediately dimmed. Even the two gods' divine realms, enveloped by the Fiery Sun Divine Realm, began to tremble.

The blade of light that descended from the sky tore through Mephiel's body, and this attack, born of conceptual damage, almost instantly split the divine right and essence of the original God of Love and Change from the corpse.

Along with it, the essence of the corrupted and fallen Evil God was also separated.

"Tsk, these gods, each one is so difficult to kill!"

Mephiel said in a deep voice.

Using the defeat of the divine descension's chosen ones to cause the fall of the gods, this combat mode fundamentally targets the main body of divine descent, the 'gods', destroying the combined form of conceptual power origins, causing backlash to kill the gods' true form...

The premise is that the thing is still a god.

This attack, initiated from the root law of the opportunity of the gods, did not exist for the God of Love and Change, who had already twisted into a divine abomination.

"Old Dragon, let's strike together. Although divine abominations are more dangerous, they no longer have the untouchable divine rule suppression."

"Okay!"

The Old Dragon King, though angry about being schemed against by Caesar, didn't say a word and directly joined the battlefield.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Kael's lineup in the Floating City also began to face a situation.