Using a single immortal art to force back the Valor Apostle, Zhurong strode forward with upright confidence, closing in on the Glory Apostle head-on. The Pine Pattern Heavy Sword swept out in an utterly simple horizontal slash, yet it carried the aura of leveling mountains as it cut toward his opponent.
Sweet inwardly cried, Well struck! The Glory Apostle had now deployed the Divine Domain. As long as the Radiant Sacred Hall existed, all frontal attacks would be enhanced.
The Glory Apostle neither dodged nor defended.
The Knight's Spear, decorated with dark-gold patterns, thrust forward. Ripples surged around the spear, and this strike had already received the domain's enhancement.
As Sweet had expected, this direct thrust would not only parry Zhurong's heavy sword but also leave a breach in the Crimson Divine Machine.
However, when the Pine Pattern Heavy Sword swept against the Knight's Spear, Sweet's expression changed. The Empathy System numbed his right hand, and the Glory Apostle nearly lost its grip on the spear.
For a moment, the spear deviated from its original trajectory, sliding past Zhurong's side and stabbing into empty air.
Sweet's expression changed again. He had not expected that even with the Divine Domain's enhancement, a spear thrust that should have been certain to hit would still miss.
He sighed inwardly.
The Hermes he was acting as was not very compatible with the Glory Apostle. In particular, using Hermes's Authority of Theft within the Glorious Radiant Sacred Hall would only result in a negative enhancement.
If he were piloting the Justice Apostle now, he could use the City of Justice to distribute both sides' power evenly. Then, combined with the Authority of Theft, even Zhurong would be at a disadvantage.
What a pity.
This world had no room for hypotheticals.
Still.
The Glory Apostle's attack