"That's why I said gods can't participate in this fight!" Indra shrugged, placing Garuda's heavy body in front of him and using a Buddhist Nirvana technique on him.
He had learned this divine art from the World-Honored One and had originally intended to use it as a trump card for a counterattack at a critical moment.
But now, it seemed completely useless, so it was better to use it to save Garuda from the brink of death.
Fortunately, Garuda himself also mastered a similar type of Buddhist divine art. After being awakened by Indra, he immediately triggered his own innate passive ability and, through rebirth from flames, managed to suppress the fatal wound.
"Greetings, Lord Su Mo!" After recovering, Garuda saw Su Mo beside him and immediately knelt on one knee in salute.
As the leader of the great golden-winged roc bird clan, he was naturally arrogant. Even when facing the leaders of other god-groups, he would show respect but would never lower his attitude to this extent.
But Su Mo was different, not because he was the Master of the Christian Church, but because he had once helped the great golden-winged roc bird clan escape the crisis of extinction and had even annihilated their mortal enemies, the Asura clan.
As a member of the Buddhist pantheon, he couldn't openly praise Su Mo's actions. But personally, he felt he owed Su Mo a huge debt of gratitude.
Of course, if you factored in that his rebellious daughter had been saved by Su Mo and seemed to have an unusual fondness for him, things got complicated. In any case, he was happy to be on good terms with Su Mo.
After saluting Su Mo, Garuda hastily turned back and asked Indra, "What happened? What kind of Gift was I defeated by just now?" Even after recovering, he was still very confused about the previous battle.
As a 3-digit first-class war god, he possessed the unique divine speed of the great golden-winged roc bird clan, capable of attacking at nearly the speed of light.
In addition, his Sun Wheel Golden-Winged Flame was far more powerful than his daughter's. Even if Azi Dahaka was an evil god of Zoroastrianism and was naturally resistant to fire, his powerful special attack against gods and dragons was still enough to cause significant damage to Azi Dahaka.
But why was he crushed before he could even unleash his full power?
Faced with Garuda's question, Indra spread his hands. "You were defeated by your own Gift... To be precise, this is the effect of Zoroastrianism's Another Cosmology, Avesta."
It defines oneself as one of the two poles of good and evil, then imitates the target's worldview, adding it to oneself like a mirror.
In this way, not only can it imitate the enemy's cosmology, but it can also copy their Gifts verbatim or cancel them out.
This is the ultimate power of dualism, ensuring that one will never be at a disadvantage in terms of stats, no matter the opponent.
The more enemies one faces, the more Divinities one can stack, and the more Gifts one can use.
"Just like now," Indra pointed to the golden sky above.
Garuda was slightly taken aback. He had already withdrawn his Gift. Why was there still such a powerful aura of the Sun Wheel Golden-Winged Flame in the sky?
Looking up, he saw that the golden Sun Wheel Golden-Winged Flame had already attached itself to the three-headed dragon's jet-black shadow blades.
The exceptional Gift, with its special attack against gods and dragons, had no effect on Azi Dahaka himself; its special attack would be automatically cancelled out by Avesta.
But for the god-groups, this flame was a corrosive poison.
Thus, Garuda could only watch in rage as the three-headed dragon used his divine speed Gift and his Sun Wheel Golden-Winged Flame to crush the million god-groups before him with unparalleled speed and destructive power.
"That's why I said gods can't fight him..." Indra sighed. "It doesn't matter if we get hurt, but if our power is copied by Azi Dahaka, it becomes very difficult to deal with."
Hearing Indra's explanation, everyone present couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines. "Unconditionally add others' Divinities, imitate others' cosmologies, and even choose to copy or cancel their Gifts?" Even Canary had never seen such an outrageous effect from an Another Cosmology.
Could a bug of this level really be recognized by the center of Little Garden?
"Is there no upper limit to this copying range?" She glanced at Su Mo and couldn't help but ask.
Having fought in Little Garden for many years, she understood that even the best Gift required sufficient strength to be fully effective.
Even if Avesta had no upper limit, Azi Dahaka, the user, should have one, since he was only a 3-digit being.
She wasn't very clear about Su Mo's strength, but she knew he could defeat a 2-digit Son of God. If Azi Dahaka's copying had an upper limit and couldn't copy a 2-digit Divinity, then it wouldn't be a problem for Su Mo.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as she wished. Indra glanced at Canary and shook his head helplessly. "Theoretically, Avesta has no restrictions and can allow the user to obtain a Divinity and strength that surpasses the Almighty Domain... In other words, even if we summon an Almighty being and allow them to take the stage, the only consequence will be that Azi Dahaka will also be promoted to the Almighty Domain."
Saying such a terrifying piece of news, Indra said with a troubled look, "Theoretically, not to mention a million god-groups, even if all the gods of the Celestial Realm were added together, they would only become nourishment for Azi Dahaka to increase his Divinity... This is another monster that cannot be solved by the God species alone!"
Not to mention a million god-groups, even ten million god-groups would be no match for the opponent.
"How can such an absurd existence exist in the world... isn't this practically invincible?" Hearing this, even Garuda couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He had only led his team here to support after hearing the alarm and had no idea what kind of ferocious monster he had just faced.
"...After all, it's a Last Embryo!" After a sigh, Canary quickly accepted this information.
As Indra had used the word "another" before, there had been precedents of Demon Lords that the God species could absolutely not defeat, Demon Lords that could destroy all the god-groups in Little Garden single-handedly.
Although in terms of harm to human history, Azi Dahaka had not yet caused as severe an impact as the Dystopian Demon Lord, in terms of pure combat power displayed, Azi Dahaka was perhaps the strongest Last Embryo of all time.
Understanding this, Canary was not discouraged. She had experienced even more desperate moments, and it was not yet time to give up. "Does Avesta really have no loopholes at all?" she asked Indra, who should theoretically know the most about the Zoroastrian cosmology.
If Avesta was truly so invincible, the Zoroastrian religion wouldn't have met its end. There must be some loophole.
"Of course," Indra gripped his long spear and nodded. "A mirror cannot reflect itself, nor can it reflect the air... Avesta cannot copy Zoroastrianism's own cosmology, nor can it copy the human cosmology. These are the only two exceptions."
"That sounds pretty useless..." Canary frowned slightly.
The mainstream of Little Garden was the god-group cosmology. A purely human cosmology, even if it existed, was only in fragments.
As for Zoroastrianism's own cosmology... "If I remember correctly, apart from Azi Dahaka, you're the only Zoroastrian deity left in Little Garden, right?" Canary looked at Indra.
"To be precise, a former Zoroastrian deity," Indra immediately corrected her.
"Otherwise, my lightning wouldn't have been so easily blocked just now."
The current Indra, although his Divinity retained a part of the Zoroastrian cosmology, was more of the Hindu and Buddhist cosmologies.
So, even if he was the only remaining descendant of Zoroastrianism, he was a grafted variety, and most of his methods were ineffective against Azi Dahaka.
"As expected, a useless god that can't be relied on!" Canary sighed.
"Hey, is this the time to belittle me?" Hearing this, Indra tightened his grip on his spear and wanted to say something, but the corner of his eye caught the evil god racing across the sky, and he held back, assuming a dissatisfied attitude.
"If you're useless, then relying on the human cosmology... there seems to be a suitable candidate." Canary pondered for two seconds and remembered something. She immediately looked up, searching for something. "Didn't you guys say before that Lady Shiroyasha was helping... ah, I see her!"
Above the shattered Trāyastriṃśa, a shining sun descended from the sky. A scorching sun rose in the middle of the night, blooming with a brilliance that obscured the starry sky.
Accompanying the descending sun was a white-haired girl who was completely different from her usual state.
"Azi Dahaka! If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!"
Shiroyasha's 3-digit form, the White Night King, had arrived!