The battle that followed looked fierce and chaotic on the surface, but in truth, anyone with sharp enough eyes could see that it had already entered garbage time.

Unless Gulis had reinforcements or some hidden trump card, Daniel's relentless assault would inevitably strip away his HP little by little until his death.

Of course, Daniel was not entirely unscathed.

Although Gulis lacked the offensive capability to kill, its control over rock and earth was frighteningly precise.

Almost instantly, Daniel would find himself engulfed in countless layers of crushing stone, an overwhelming weight pressing in from every direction.

But Daniel didn't panic. These injuries were nothing that Flashback couldn't fix.

Even if he couldn't stay completely unharmed, any damage he suffered was healed the instant it appeared.

Before reaching the demigod level, Daniel wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly.

But now? His divine power had risen dramatically, and even the effects of his God Rank Skills had improved.

To put it simply—any wound within 10% of his total HP would recover instantly.

Within the Infinity Domain, the battle burned like hellfire itself.

The endless rocks that Gulis summoned were reduced to dust, then to molten lava beneath the storm of divine attacks.

The ground itself became a living furnace, glowing red-hot under the wrath of God Rank Skills.

Daniel, however, was no longer personally involved.

He had left the ongoing battle to one of his avatars.

His true self had already returned to the pink beaches of the City of Luck.

Warm sunlight, the soft sound of waves, the scent of the sea breeze—cold soda and bright bikinis under the parasols.

The contrast was almost absurd.

The serenity of the moment made him feel as though he were on vacation, not in the middle of exterminating gods.

But the feeling was pleasant.

As the gentle surf washed over the shore, Daniel's mind was already reviewing the battle.

Overall, his conclusion was clear—weakening the ancient pantheon's Fake Gods by stripping away their faith was the correct approach.

The results spoke for themselves.

The test on Gulis had proven that the combat framework built on faith deprivation worked perfectly.

If he continued developing this method, soon every Fake God from the ancient pantheon in the Backworld would become his prey.

Each one would eventually end up as materials stored neatly within his inventory.

Meanwhile, back within the Infinity Domain, the battle had reached its final act.

Thousands of Meteor Arrow Rains fell in unending torrents, leaving Gulis powerless to respond.

His defenses crumbled; his massive shell split apart under the bombardment.

He let out a final, echoing roar—half fury, half despair—before his colossal body toppled and fell silent.

Then suddenly, a flash of white light split through the domain.

Gulis's massive body vanished.

The battlefield fell into eerie silence.

When Daniel opened his eyes again, he realized he had been pulled back—five seconds earlier.

He was back before the killing blow, before Gulis's final moment.

Daniel lowered his raised hand and canceled all active attacks inside the Infinity Domain.

This time, he did not kill Gulis.

Across from him, the stone god's HP began rapidly regenerating.

Gulis drew power straight from the ground beneath its body, its divine energy roaring back to life.

The air quivered as its domain began to stabilize again.

Daniel's brow twitched slightly as he sensed that terrifying recovery speed.

Good thing this was an ancient Fake God who had lost most of its faith power.

If it had been a Fake God of the modern pantheon, his attacks wouldn't even outpace its regeneration.

From this encounter, Daniel had gained a clear understanding of the gap between the two systems of divinity.

Without faith power, an ancient Fake God wasn't even a tenth as strong as a modern one.

But with faith at full strength, the ancient gods could easily surpass their modern counterparts.

In the end, Daniel had only been able to kill Gulis so easily because he had already stripped away its faith.

Otherwise, killing it would have been far more difficult.

Meanwhile, Gulis was seizing the opportunity to recover as fast as it could.

It didn't understand what had just happened or why Daniel had stopped attacking, but this pause gave it precious time to breathe.

With each passing second, its HP surged back upward.

The madness in its eyes didn't fade—it burned even hotter.

Its rational mind was gone, but its instinct to fight was stronger than ever.

In its limited perception, Daniel's sudden pause could only mean one thing—his attacks had run out of power.

That meant it was time to counterattack.

The ground began to quake.

From beneath the soil, thousands of massive rock spires shot upward, sharp as spears and dense as forests.

Gulis launched its counteroffensive.

In the blink of an eye, Daniel's surroundings filled with erupting stone pillars.

He barely moved before dozens of them pierced through his body.

Blood sprayed into the air.

The attacks struck true—but Daniel's face remained completely calm.

His eyes were cold, his expression unchanged, his breathing steady.

He stared at Gulis with quiet indifference, as if looking at a corpse.

Because in his eyes, Gulis was already dead.

"Time's up," he murmured softly.

The next instant, a white radiance exploded outward, engulfing everything.

Gulis's massive body vanished—completely.

The light faded, leaving no trace of the Fake God behind.

That light was the power of Daniel's newly acquired God Rank Skill — [Erasure].

In a single instant, it could completely remove any existence.

Not kill, not destroy—erase.

The difference was absolute.

Erasure meant true deletion, a total obliteration of being.

Gulis's body, soul, faith, and essence—all wiped away as though they had never existed.

Nothing remained except the few physical items that had been stored within its divine space.

"Such a waste," Daniel muttered softly, glancing at the spot where the god had stood.

Had he killed Gulis normally, the remains could have been used to craft Common Materials.

Erasing it entirely meant losing everything.

A pity, really.

Still, it had been worth it as an experiment.

Using a Fake God to test a new skill was hardly a loss.

After all, this was the first time Daniel had ever tested [Erasure] in combat.

Satisfied, he decided to experiment further.

He raised his hand and invoked a Resurrection Spell.

If Gulis had merely died, this would bring him back.

But seconds passed.

No reaction.

No presence.

No divine echo.

Gulis did not return.

The result was clear—both soul and body had been truly erased.

Even resurrection could not reverse it.

The realization sent a quiet thrill through Daniel's chest.

The power of Erasure was even stronger than he had imagined.

He smiled faintly, his eyes glimmering.

Then, without hesitation, he activated Time Stream once more and returned to five seconds before the skill's activation.

This time, before casting it, he pulled out a dagger — the God of Thieves' Blade.

With a single cut through space, he copied the [Erasure] skill scroll, duplicating it perfectly.

He learned the skill, and yet the original scroll remained intact in his inventory.

Daniel examined it and nodded in satisfaction.

The experiment had been a complete success.

[Erasure]—a God Rank Skill that could erase existence itself.

Truly, a divine power worthy of its name.

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