After listening from the sidelines for quite a while, Riku raised his question. He had always been working tirelessly to secure the basic needs of the humans in the settlement, and he knew even less about something like the Star Cup than Cao Cao did.
"The prerequisite for the Star Cup to appear is the display of power surpassing the combined strength of all Divine Spirit Races. If we want to find power greater than the sum of the Divine Spirit Races in this world, we can only target their place of origin."
The boy, who had had three chocolate bars stolen by Orphis and Lilith during the explanation, bared his teeth and reached out to tug at the two girls' mouths, making Ereshkigal's eyelids twitch as she watched from the side.
"As for why the Star Cup appeared before Arteshu, the God of War, it's because the Star Cup itself is a device made for the strongest god. And the concept held by Arteshu, the God of War, is 'the strongest' in terms of battle."
The God of War was invincible in this world. His concept was simple, clear, and brutal: the strongest in battle. This ensured that no living being in the world could surpass him. If one did exist, then that being's strength would become part of the concept of "strongest."
Because of this, Li Zihan had not brought the Salvation Divine Blade in. If that bizarre concept could affect the Salvation Divine Blade and regard its full-power mode as the strongest, then the already terrifyingly powerful God of War would instantly level up into a bug capable of crushing a stellar system with his bare hands.
If that happened, there would really be no point in playing anymore. Everyone in this world from second place down