User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Shin DxD 4 discussion/@comment-44928201-20200219193049/@comment-28884330-20200220151850

@Crowned Clown 97 Normal dragons are also called embodiments of power, and they can still be killed just like anything else. Such descriptions are clearly poetic and it's inaccurate to try and rely on its for such physical issues.

@Manipulator of Laws "Ophis can increase and restore her power without limit" This is incorrect, at the very least the first one is not true at all. If that was the case then she wouldn't be in the same ballpark as something like Trihexa, which is clearly just brute force. Hell, this isn't even supported by the story, so it's meaningless.

"and possesses destructive energy equivalent to Power of Destruction, making her much more lethal than equal ranked beings" This is completely incorrect too. This has never been mentioned or even implied. Ophis' attacks have never been attributed with any inherent destructive quality not coming from her raw strength. The only special quality they have is their "infinite" trait which makes them difficult or impossible to deal with through an absorption or multiplication ability.

"and Great Red can turn illusions into reality (probably restore his power and body) and it wouldn't be weird if he made a true illusion which played with the Evil God's senses to make him believe he killed Great Red easily, as making perfect illusions shouldn't be above his abilities." Even if he could do the first thing was possible he would need to be conscious to use such a power, naturally. And if he was killed, possibly instantly, then he's not conscious, thus unable to use that power or any others. The illusion wouldn't work because DxD consistently portrays weird, conceptual type powers as being nullified by large differences in strength, such as that portrayed here.

"In the first place, if Sephiroth Graal can revive people who are death since ancient time, it is possible to revive him as long as even a fragment of his soul is intact." If Valerie got completely messed up just from reviving a bunch of Evil Dragons then there's no way she's gonna be reviving Great Red.