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"I will seal you all inside this Floor. You will remain trapped here forever!"

With all his divine power and authority, Ra swiftly sealed the entire Floor 61, making escape impossible.

From Floor 62, he quickly arranged a giant formation using his divine soul and countless divine machines.

Then, on Floors 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, and finally 69, he created even more formations.

All the formations stacked together, forming an Ultimate Sealing Technique that locked down the world so completely that not even teleportation items or spatial tears could free them.

"I-I did it! They won't… They won't reach me now! I am safe…!"

Ra sighed in relief as he returned to his throne in Thebes, the original world where he and the other gods had originated.

"With this, everything will be okay—"

BOOOMMM!!

"WHAT?!"

Ra screamed in shock.

A massive explosion rocked him as a giant crack tore open in space right in front of Thebes' Capital, the gigantic futuristic Egyptian city.

Inside the largest pyramid, which stood five hundred meters tall and housed his great Altar of the Sun, Ra stared in disbelief at the scene unfolding before him.

The titanic wound in space had been opened by a single devastating slash through space and time. All the world-level seals he had created exploded instantly.

From the massive tear stepped a tall figure wrapped in ghostly flames and nightmarish shadows.

Her glowing red eyes pierced through everything.

"So this is Thebes, huh? More sand. How original."

Maria looked around calmly, her long black dress fluttering violently in the strong winds.

While Ra had fled like a coward, Maria and her team had already destroyed everything on Floor 61.

Then, using the power of the Path of Genesis, which could sever all things as long as she had enough strength and energy, Maria sliced through several worlds' worth of formations.

This created a giant wormhole between the connected worlds, allowing her to step directly to the end of her journey in Thebes.

"Y-YOU?! HOW ARE YOU EVEN…! GAAACCK! DAMN IT! FIGHT! KILL HER! NOW!!!"

Ra, who had just begun to relax, desperately deployed all his forces.

The skies darkened as hundreds of flying machines, massive divine robots, and pyramids appeared overhead.

Maria looked up at the scene, her eyes filled with quiet amazement at the immense time and resources these people must have spent to build it all.

"Hmm~"

She smiled and walked toward the largest pyramid where Ra was hiding.

With every step she took, a Sword Formation shaped like a Dome of Swords formed around her.

The dome protected her from the countless projectiles raining down from above.

At the same time, thousands of divine spirit arrows shot into the skies, bombarding the machines.

Meanwhile, lush vegetation burst forth everywhere. Giant spirit trees sprouted from the arid sands, swinging their massive branches and destroying everything in their path.

Emeraldine and Oberon stepped forward.

"Maria, slay that bird!"

"We'll take care of things from here, Mother!"

"Thank you."

Maria transformed into exploding thunder and blitzed through the city, reaching the largest pyramid in mere seconds.

"Damn it!"

Ra quickly possessed the entire pyramid. The people inside panicked and screamed in horror as his divine soul took control of them as well, forcing them to obey.

RUMBLE!

"Hm?!"

Suddenly, Maria watched the giant pyramid transform into a massive golden bird titan that spread its gigantic blazing wings.

"YOU'VE FORCED MY HAND, YOU WRETCHED OUTER GOD SPAWN!"

With a monstrous roar, Ra's blazing fists rushed down, clashing against Maria with full force.

"...!"

BOOOM!

The massive attack erupted in a gigantic explosion, burning and blasting away everything around her in seconds.

Countless houses and people were engulfed by the flames, incinerated into ashes.

And yet…

FLASH!

Amidst the raging inferno, a bright dark blue light surged, mixed with red and black energy.

Ra's eyes widened in shock as he saw Maria standing unharmed within the hellish flames.

Her aura surged powerfully as she revealed her true realm.

The Fifth Realm of her own Cultivation Method.

The complete cultivation of her Soul and Dream Heart to their limits.

Her Soul…

"A galaxy?!"

It resembled a beautiful galaxy composed of millions of stars spiraling around her body.

Each star, however, was a concentration of her own Intent, Consciousness, Sword, Dream, and Nightmare Ki.

Facing the giant blazing fist over a hundred meters long, Maria swung her sword.

Her Sword Soul Heart whispered to her.

"Cut."

Cut through all things!

"{Myriad Firmaments Sword Soul Dream Heart Art}"

"{First Form – Path of Nihility}"

"{Echo – Sword Star Shower}"

A modification of the Path of Nihility by fusing her previous techniques with her own unique Soul.

By unleashing her Stellar Dream Galaxy Soul Realm at full power, there was now nothing Ra could do.

"A-Ah…!"

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

His entire blazing arm was sliced apart instantly as hundreds of stars surged from Maria's soul with every swing of her sword.

Each star was the equivalent of a Dream Ghost in sword form.

Upon contact, they exploded and dealt tremendous damage.

What's more, Maria boosted her thought process and movement speed by infusing those stars into her Upper Dantian.

"AAAAAAAAHHH!"

Ra screamed and called upon the rest of the Egyptian Gods, who all descended in their mechs.

He swiftly escaped Maria's attacks and rushed into the skies as the mechs of the other Egyptian Gods appeared.

All of them overflowed with their own distinct auras.

Set, God of Storms.

Thoth, God of Wisdom and Magic.

Osiris, God of Afterlife and Resurrection.

Sekhmet, Goddess of War.

All four of these Ancient Gods manifested their Mechanical God Vessels, summoned by their families as they faced the greatest crisis in their long history.

A single woman and a few of her family members were devastating an empire that had taken them thousands of years to build.

"Lord Set, God of Storms!"

A giant green bird-like humanoid machine of gold and green roared as it unified with Ra.

"Thoth, God of Wisdom and Magic!"

A giant white crane-like machine of gold and white cried out, flying toward Ra.

"Osiris, God of Afterlife and Resurrection!"

A titan of green and gold metal stepped forward, merging with Ra even further.

"Sekhmet, Goddess of War!"

A giant lioness carrying a long spear merged with Ra, granting his body even more strength and a new spear-like blazing weapon.

Towering nearly seven hundred meters tall, the gigantic Ra roared and clashed against Maria once more.

Maria flew into the skies, swinging her sword against his blazing spear.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Ra was immense, but his enormous size also made him incredibly slow.

He attacked with everything he had, yet Maria easily dodged his blows, predicting them with her glowing eyes.

Using a combination of Ghostly Lightning Dragonfly Step and Soul-Chasing Ghostly Viper, she constantly transformed into a giant wasp of thunder and ghostly energy. She avoided his strikes, then used her sword like a stinger to pierce the giant mech's body.

She followed up by combining it with Sword Star Shower, bombarding Ra with countless blows whenever she found a vulnerable spot.

"Osiris' Authority: Resurrection!"

However, Ra still had aces up his sleeve. He rapidly healed the damage Maria inflicted on his vessel, then caught her and swung his storm-infused fists against her.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

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