Total Annihilation and Interrogation

"A low-level defensive divine artifact?" Sean saw that his sword strike hadn't destroyed the opponent's head, only shattered the interior, and realized the man was wearing a material defensive divine artifact. Although the weapon in his hand was a high-level divine artifact, he himself was only at the Saint-level. He couldn't destroy a low-level divine artifact, but the disparity in power was so vast that he could still shatter the head inside through the artifact.

The other five people nearby, even as Saint-level experts with powerful souls, were stunned by the scene before them.

Lurenjia, the most promising candidate in the Darkness Church to reach godhood, a dual-path magic warrior who had already reached the limit of the Saint-level, had actually been killed in a single strike? And he had been equipped with both a material defensive divine artifact and an offensive divine artifact. Even if they had just stood there without fighting back, the five of them combined couldn't have broken through Lurenjia's defense, yet now...

Sean didn't care what the others were thinking. He wouldn't waste time. After killing the leader, he immediately flashed toward the two people on the right like lightning. One of them was the person who had questioned him earlier; that condescending tone had really annoyed him. The other practiced the Wind Law, which excelled in speed, so he had to resolve that threat while he was in close quarters.

Although he wasn't worried about losing in the current situation, if five Saint-level experts were determined to flee—especially if some of them had comprehended profound mysteries related to speed or escape—he wasn't truly confident he could leave them all behind.

If even one escaped, it would be trouble for him, as he was only a little over a hundred thousand miles from Shengyue City. Once one escaped and contacted the god-level experts of the Darkness Church, if he didn't run fast enough, he would be the one to die.

The two Saint-level experts didn't even have time to react before they immediately summoned their weapons to block Sean's Purple Blood God Sword. But they didn't even possess divine artifacts, so how could they possibly contend with the Purple Blood God Sword?

"Puchi." The divine sword swept easily across the heads of the two men. Just like the person before them, they didn't even have time to react.

Having killed three people in succession, although Sean's strength was far superior, he was still not at the god-level and lacked a divine domain. Without attacking, he had no way to restrain the remaining three.

Seeing three companions stronger than themselves slaughtered in succession, the three dared not stay. One of them roared: "Run!"

"Run fast, scatter!"

There was no time to ask why. If they stayed for even a second longer, the fate awaiting them would surely be a ruthless execution.

The three ran in three different directions. Even with Sean's speed, he might not be able to kill them all; he could only hope to catch as many as possible.

Sean flashed toward the nearest one and killed him with a single sword strike. But in that brief moment, the other two had already run several miles away. They were still within the range of Sean's soul coverage, but if he went to chase the second one now, the last person might reach a place beyond his detection.

Just then, four ten-meter-tall black tigers suddenly appeared in mid-air. It was Kong. The four tigers attacked one of the women simultaneously. The woman being attacked couldn't truly ignore such an assault, so she hurriedly dodged while raising a pale blue light sword to counterattack, but because of this, she was pinned down.

"Lord Sean, go deal with the other one first," Kong said via soul transmission.

"Good." Sean flashed toward the other person like lightning.

"My lord, any misunderstanding can be resolved. Please don't kill me; I can do anything for you." At this moment, the last person fleeing, seeing Sean chasing him and moving faster than himself, fell into despair. Once Sean closed the distance, he would surely die. However, because there was still some distance, he had a moment to speak via transmission.

Sean didn't reply. He caught up and killed him with one strike, then quickly returned.

"Roar!" In the distance, Kong was fighting the last woman from the Darkness Church. She practiced the Water Law and emitted a strange, pale white mist from her entire body that was extremely cold. Combined with the snowy weather, its power was significantly enhanced.

Although Kong primarily practiced the Darkness Law, he possessed an innate fire attribute. At this moment, black flames erupted from his body, but even so, he couldn't block the bone-chilling cold in the face of the strange white mist. It wasn't just his body; Kong felt his soul becoming numb, and even his thoughts were slowing down.

The sword in the woman's hand, while not a divine artifact, was no ordinary object. It must have been forged from some special material, posing a great threat to his magical beast body. Aided by the extreme cold, she had already slashed his hind leg, and the wound contained a trace of strange water-attribute energy that prevented it from healing quickly.

In normal times, if he encountered such an expert, Kong would have to burrow underground to save his life. But today, he only needed to stall for a moment. His four dark energy clones had been destroyed by the woman's light sword, but since they were just manifestations of energy, he gathered four more in no time and charged again.

"Damn it." The woman, attacked by the four energy clones again, had already realized that her last companion had been killed and that the terrifying man was rapidly approaching her. Furthermore, he was faster than her, meaning that even if she killed this black tiger now, she wouldn't be able to escape.

Consequently, she stopped fighting immediately. The range of her white mist shrank from dozens of meters to a sphere less than three meters wide, shielding her entire body. Seeing the opponent stop attacking and not attempt to flee, Kong stopped his counterattack as well, knowing that Sean had returned.

"You're quite smart, knowing you can't escape." Sean flashed back to a position above the woman in white, not attacking.

"My lord, as long as you spare my life, I will agree to do anything," the woman in white said, bowing hurriedly.

"I'll ask you a few questions first," Sean said directly. "Where are the god-level experts of the Darkness Church?"

"I... I don't know," the woman in white paused after hearing the question and replied.

"Don't lie to me. Your heartbeat just now wasn't normal. Don't force me to kill you right now," Sean said sternly.

"My lord, I truly don't know," the woman in white said hurriedly. "However, in recent years, the god-level experts have been keeping each other in check on the front lines. Except for the time they took action at Shengyue City, it has been us Saint-level experts and the regular armies fighting ever since."

"Oh? The god-level experts haven't taken action again? Why?" Sean asked. Logically, the existence of a mid-level god was basically invincible unless the Radiant Church had some hidden trump card. But if they did, they should have used it back at Shengyue City. Normal people weren't like Ultraman; they wouldn't wait until they were nearly dead to use their ultimate move.

"I don't know about that," the woman in white said.

"Fine, next question. Is that mid-level god of your Darkness Church a practitioner of the Death Law?" Sean asked again.

"Yes." The woman in white didn't dare to lie; there was no need to hide this fact. They had clashed many times, and many god-level and Saint-level experts should know this. She just didn't know why this Saint-level expert, whose strength was infinitely close to the god-level, was unaware of it.

"So, that means the slaughter of countless living beings in and around Shengyue City previously was all under his orders?" Sean asked coldly.

PS: Everyone, please don't "stockpile" the book, especially since Tuesday is when next week's recommendations are decided. I ask you all to keep up with the daily updates. The climax of the material plane's plot is coming up very soon.

This book shouldn't be very short. I hope it gets some good results so I can write it to over a million words.