Chapter 558: Chapter 493: Spatial Dislocation, Reversal of Direction, This is Divine Power!
Five round iron balls, propelled by electromagnetic force, hurtled towards the distant Sky Dome Tower at twenty times the speed of sound.
The distance of two kilometers, at such speed, didn’t even require a second to traverse…
However, the situation was the opposite; affected by some force, the speeding iron balls slowed down and only barely reached the Sky Dome Tower after three seconds, then flew past around it.
Was there some sort of protective field like force field magic nearby?
Lynn immediately realized this and wasn’t surprised. Such a critical place, which couldn’t be destroyed even by an underground nuclear explosion, would definitely have some form of protection.
A more powerful offensive was necessary to deal with this!
This thought flashed through Lynn’s mind, but it was soon interrupted by an intense premonition of danger. Without any hesitation, his figure transformed into a streak of light and he retreated backward!
Almost at the same moment, a golden red scepter fell from the sky, its point of impact being precisely where Lynn had just been standing!
Accompanied by a teeth-grittingly loud explosion, the scepter was deeply embedded into a piece of rubble. The Divine Arts runes twinkling on its body lit up one by one, and elements from the void poured into it like birds returning to their nest.
In an instant, a massive gaseous vortex had quietly formed and began expanding rapidly in all directions.
The surrounding broken eaves, debris, and even corpses were swept into it and then torn to shreds by the elements that continuously gathered and swirled around the scepter.
In just a second or two, the vortex swelled into a giant with a diameter of three hundred meters, erasing everything within its range.
Fortunately, everyone’s reactions were quick, and they had already fled the area upon sensing the danger…
The expanding vortex soon reached its limit and then, the matter gathered inside erupted out at an even faster pace!
A powerful shockwave swept across the entire area. Vittorio extended his hand, and consecutive Rune Chains appeared in front of him, forming a solid wall that blocked both the shockwave and a rain of various materials flying towards them.
When the gaseous vortex dissipated, all that remained was a trench hundreds of meters long on the ground…
The golden red scepter also disappeared from its original location, having spontaneously landed in the hands of a middle-aged man dressed in a white robe and wearing a crown.
“Pope Alvis?” Lynn narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although he had never met the man before, the information council had collected quite a bit about the Pope, so naturally, he recognized who it was.
Lynn then looked toward two other people behind Alvis. These must be the remaining legendary clergy of the church, the monk Rava and Saint Randall!
Seeing that no fourth or fifth person appeared, Lynn and Harrov breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that aside from the Holy Maiden and Edwell, the two hidden legends of the church, there were only five legendary clergy in the open. This was undoubtedly good news.
“Sinners! You dare to destroy the Holy City, the land of the Lord’s promise… Now, accept the judgment of the Lord!” Alvis’s rage had long surpassed its limits as he raised the golden red scepter in his hand.
The next moment, streaks of starlight appeared in the sky above the Holy City, then plummeted down like meteors!
This was the legendary spell, Star Rain!
The range encompassed the entire central city district!
Realizing they couldn’t escape the range of the Divine Arts with their speed, Lynn and his companions decided to stand their ground and mount a forceful defense!
“Each of us will take one down, and we need to be fast. The Pope with the scepter might be a bit tougher, so I’ll deal with him alongside Lynn,” Vittorio suddenly spoke up.
Harrov and Aurora understood immediately, dodging a few streaks of starlight before rushing swiftly towards Rava and Randall.
Alvis did not stop them because this was exactly what he wanted. Despite the overflowing anger in his heart, he hadn’t forgotten his objective. As the scepter in his hand moved, the starlight plunging from the sky exploded upon touching the ground!
The fierce Star Fire almost swept through the entire district, burning all matter that it touched to ashes in the rising flames.
This unique Soul Fire was none other than the Purgatory Flames, the fires of hell, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures…
Ah… the genuine kind!
Harrov and Aurora were also within the attack’s range, and they were reluctant to directly confront flames that could scorch souls. At the moment the starlight descended, they soared into the sky.
Most of the starlight exploded upon impact with the ground, so the sky was somewhat safer.
Rava and Randall were no exception. In most cases, spells don’t differentiate between friend and foe, and there have been numerous wizards who were killed by their own Fireball Technique.
This was also the reason Harrov and Aurora could easily evade the Star Fire—Alvis had to be a little concerned about the welfare of his own people…
But Lynn and Vittorio weren’t as lucky; as the prime targets, they were bombarded with the most starlight, leaving no place to hide… The Star Fire surged, engulfing the entire area.
“Burn in the fires of hell, sinner…” Alvis’s cold words echoed through the rising Star Fire, and the next second, he suddenly stopped, his expression turning more solemn.
Because the eerie and powerful Star Fire was being blocked about three meters from Lynn and Vittorio.
If one could see on a microscopic level, they would notice an invisible crystalline shield swirling around the two men. The strong outside electromagnetic field was blocking the advance of the Star Fire.