Night Cherry Tangle's reply was like ice water poured into boiling oil, making the archangel's already raging fury burn hotter still.
Divine Blood still flowed from the wound on his right arm. Golden drops struck the battlefield with a hiss, corroding tiny pits into the ground.
The Shadow Power and Judgment Power clinging to the wound were like parasites burrowed into bone. They kept eroding his Divine Origin, slowing his recovery.
"You wretched thief! I'll show you the true majesty of a god!"
The archangel roared and gripped his holy sword in his left hand. The Holy Light around him, which had dimmed slightly, surged again, fiercer than before.
High above, his fury drove the enormous golden Judgment Formation to spin faster. Countless arcane runes flashed as terrifying energy gathered within it, enough to change the face of heaven and earth.
"Holy Light, cleanse this world of filth!"
The archangel raised his holy sword, its tip pointing straight at the sky, as though drawing on the power of the entire formation.
A golden pillar of light, thicker and more concentrated than the earlier Holy Flame Judgment, shot from the formation's core and crashed down with the force to destroy everything in its path!
"Night Cherry Tangle, look out!"
Urgency rang in Tiga Lingyu's voice. She unleashed her frost power, trying to raise barriers in the pillar's path, but the overwhelming Holy Light pierced them with ease.
The force startled the Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture as well. Each drove back his opponent for an instant and looked over in alarm.
Faced with a blow that was practically Divine Punishment, Night Cherry Tangle remained calm.
The God of War Divinity Spark and Shadow Power within him circulated faster than ever. The Judgment Shadow Blade gave a soft hum