Just as Pulle was about to seize the God-slaying Spear, an invisible yet immense force suddenly slammed into him. The tremendous power was like a raging tidal wave from the heavens, crashing hard into Pulle.
The colonel let out a muffled grunt and was sent flying backward.
Pulle forced himself to look toward Michael, only to see the giant hand he had condensed from Thunderous Power disintegrating inch by inch.
Brilliant golden light erupted, and it seemed as if a miniature sun had risen inside Papal Hall.
Within that "sun," Michael stood expressionless as strands of golden light interwove into a gigantic heart, obscuring his figure within.
The golden heart throbbed powerfully. With every beat, it sent out a ring of invisible ripples.
They spread continuously like tides, battering anyone and anything that tried to approach the heart before pushing everything away.
At the same time, the golden heart rapidly extended countless golden fibers. They wove together other organs and then produced a skeleton.
In the blink of an eye, a complete set of biological organs and a gigantic golden humanoid skeleton had taken shape.
Next, the golden light continued weaving nerves and blood vessels across the skeleton, followed by muscles and skin.
Finally, it formed clothing and armor.
In an instant, a giant appeared in Freedom City.
The golden giant's feet stood in Papal Hall. Long golden hair cascaded over his shoulders and down his back, while brilliant golden light shone from his face, making his features impossible to discern.
When a silver-white mask decorated with patterns of golden wings gently covered that face, two golden pupils appeared within the mask's eye sockets.
Cross Patterns and Divine Inscriptions filled both pupils.
Then one dazzling golden wing after another emerged from the giant's back and spread wide.
For a time,