"What are you doing?" William immediately changed his approach, simplifying the question.

"Waiting..." This time, the Bending Blade Cockroach clearly understood William's question and promptly responded.

"Waiting for what?" William continued to ask.

"Waiting for the other party to stand up." The Bending Blade Cockroach answered.

"What happens after they stand up?" William was confused and asked further.

"Initiate the attack." The Bending Blade Cockroach's answer remained concise.

"So you’re saying you wait for them to stand up before attacking," William raised an eyebrow, perplexed. What kind of logic is this? When the opponent gives up resistance, they don’t attack, but must wait for the enemy to prepare before launching an attack.

"Yes..." After receiving a confirmed answer from the Bending Blade Cockroach, William sent his doubts back to it.

"Why? I mean, why do you wait for the other party to stand up before attacking, rather than attacking when they give up resistance?" As soon as this thought passed through the bond of faith, the Bending Blade Cockroach paused slightly, as if processing William's words before answering.

"Because of the will of the god." After receiving the Bending Blade Cockroach's response through the line of faith, William was once again stunned.

William was certain he had never issued such a strange command to the insect swarm, yet all the insect units acted in the same way. The problem must lie with him.

He immediately began to recall the commands he had given to the insect swarm.

"The order for the Toxic Stinger Dragonflies was to enter the enemy’s divine domain, advance, spread out, scout, and preserve themselves from harm. No problem there." He ruled out the Toxic Stinger Dragonflies' orders and quickly thought about the orders given to the other two units.

"The order for the Bending Blade Cockroaches was to eliminate enemy creatures in the sky, take control of the airspace, and assist the Piercing Wolf Spiders in their assault. No problem there either." The Bending Blade Cockroaches had carried out their tasks flawlessly.

"The order for the Piercing Wolf Spiders was to eliminate all standing Jackalmen... No problem, wait a minute..." Breaking free from his habitual thinking, William finally realized where the issue lay. He felt as though a herd of alpacas was stampeding through his mind.

When he issued this order, he had meant to kill all the Jackalmen and turn them into corpses. However, for the low-intelligence Piercing Wolf Spiders, they took it literally: the command was to eliminate all standing Jackalmen, so the ones lying down didn’t need to be killed.

William felt speechless. Luckily, the insect swarm's genetic programming maintained a high level of vigilance toward living prey, and the lying Jackalmen weren’t simply ignored. The moment these prone Jackalmen made a move, they would be met with the Piercing Wolf Spiders' relentless attack.

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"Good thing, good thing... this is a minor mistake, and it hasn't caused significant damage to the insect swarm. I’ll definitely pay more attention to this in the future." With that thought, William pulled his focus back to his divine domain.

The semi-divine projection floating in the sky casually swiped, and a light screen appeared in front of William, starting its habitual recording.

"From now on, all commands to the insect swarm must be clear, simple, and easy to understand. No metaphors, subtleties, sarcasm, or anything requiring basic units to think or interpret." After writing this down, William paused and continued his record.

"The intelligence of the ordinary insect units must be improved. They cannot continue fighting mostly based on instinct like they do now. We must prepare for the potentially complex battles ahead, at the very least, they should have the ability to make some basic judgments and think in the field..." After documenting this issue, William once again directed his consciousness to the Toxic Stinger Dragonflies, who were still gnawing away at the altar.

Looking at the large hole that had already been excavated at the center of the altar, William could only suppress his anxiousness and wait patiently.

"Finally done," William smiled with satisfaction upon seeing the exposed divine core. His serious face finally broke into a pleased expression.

He floated lightly onto the golden, spherical, illusory crystal that was the divine core, while the other Toxic Stinger Dragonflies immediately retreated, creating a clear space around the exposed golden crystal.

William began slowly channeling his divine power into the core through the Toxic Stinger Dragonfly attached to it.

There was no resistance; the divine power originally in the core had already been drained by Orin, making it much easier for William to take control of the divine core.

As William's divine power entered, the glow on the illusory crystal gradually faded.

"Buzz..." In an instant, the entire divine domain vibrated. All the beings in this domain felt it and looked up at the sky. The previously bright sky slowly darkened, turning into a vast black void.

"Done," William watched as the once-glowing mysterious core lost its light, and he could hardly contain his joy.

Now, with three days until the divine core completely shattered, William had enough time to absorb the entire divine domain into his own with minimal loss.

Normally, demigods would directly shatter the enemy’s divine core, and the domain would collapse in just a few minutes. The victor would then have to frantically absorb or seal the resources within that domain during that brief window.

After the divine domain collapsed, they could continue to scavenge the remains. The unprotected fragments of the divine domain would be exposed to the void, causing tremendous damage to any creatures still within.

However, William’s method of using divine power to saturate the enemy’s divine core allowed him to preserve the maximum value of the resources in the entire domain, maximizing the benefits of this battle.

In normal situations, to saturate the enemy’s divine core with his own divine power, he would face fierce resistance from the opposing god. The mutual consumption of divine power was secondary. If the opposing god decided there was no hope, they might activate the divine core to detonate, causing the domain to collapse immediately. The remaining window for gaining resources would shrink to under ten minutes.

After the opposing divine core lost resistance, William’s semi-divine projection immediately arrived. He stood in the air above the divine domain, scanning the world below as he spread his divine power and scanned the entire domain.

"I am..." William began to speak, extending his voice with divine power throughout the domain. However, after only saying two words, he hesitated.

At this moment, William was deeply conflicted. Having never considered what his divine name should be, he suddenly didn’t know what to call himself.