The man who once commanded a deity

Ishtar radiated an incredibly fierce aura from head to toe. Her eyes were wide as she stared fixedly at Yuan Shikai, clearly having gone berserk.

There was only one thought in Ishtar's mind: I have to catch this hateful man, string him up, and beat him. I'll make him suffer.

Although his summoned creature was powerful, she believed Gugalanna would not lose, and neither would she.

She clenched both hands, gathering power throughout her body in an unending stream. Even the air around her seemed to warp under that immense energy.

Maanna, beside her, also began charging up, and she unleashed the attack with all her might.

Although this attack still fell short of a Noble Phantasm, its power was not to be underestimated. It could easily punch straight through a towering mountain.

If Yuan Shikai died from this attack, then he was not worth Ishtar's anger in the first place. Everything that had just happened would simply have been a joke, a bit of entertainment.

"Scumbags Must Die!" Ishtar roared furiously. With that shout, a dazzling beam of light shot from her hands, hurtling straight toward Yuan Shikai like lightning.

Her cry of "Scumbags Must Die!" also reached everyone's ears.

Those with a flair for romantic drama immediately began imagining an entire emotional saga, especially Rin Tohsaka, who instantly cast them in their roles.

Perhaps Ishtar had once been abandoned by this man, and his stepping in to block that arrow earlier had merely been atonement for his past.

Then, just now, he had rejected Ishtar once and for all, sending her straight into battle mode.

Similar plots surfaced in many people's minds, some even more elaborate than that.

Faced with the fierce incoming attack, Yuan Shikai merely shifted slightly, effortlessly dodging Ishtar's lethal strike.

The beam swept through