Church Envoys Arrive

Two hours had passed since Bolan slaughtered the Fenlai royal palace. Bolan still sat cross-legged in the center of the palace hall, the two Bloodslayers drawn and resting across his folded legs.

Bolan lifted the two Bloodslayers from his lap and stared expectantly toward the outside of the hall. The Radiant Church had arrived!

Two Saint-level experts and six four-winged angels flew swiftly over from outside the palace. One of them wore a black robe and had an unremarkable face, but his eyes brimmed with gloom. His entire presence resembled that of a venomous snake. Before coming to Fenlai, Bolan had memorized all the Radiant Church's experts. This man was Wusennuo, the head of the Radiant Church's Religious Inquisition. He excelled in the Shadow Clone Technique of the Laws of Darkness and was a true peak Saint-level expert, roughly on par with Heidesen.

The other was nearly eight feet tall, with a white flame mark on his forehead and a silver staff in hand. He was Leiming, the leader of the Radiant Church's fanatics. He was even stronger than Wusennuo and, to Bolan, a worthy opponent.

After entering, the sinister-eyed Wusennuo fixed his gaze on Bolan, who held a sword in each hand, and glanced at the two Bloodslayers.

"You're that Dragonblood Warrior from the O'Brien Empire," Wusennuo coldly shouted.

Though they had never met, the Radiant Church's intelligence network had long learned of Bolan's battle with Olivier. After all, Bolan was the only Saint-level expert on the continent who wielded two blood-red swords. No matter what, they were both peak experts of the continent and had been recorded by the Radiant Church.

Bolan ignored Wusennuo's question.

He looked at the people before him with interest. Two peak Saint-level experts and six mid-Saint-level four-winged angels—truly fine opponents for testing his sword.

At that thought, Bolan could not help but laugh.

Wusennuo was thoroughly enraged by this, but he did not wish to attack immediately. After all, if a Saint-level expert decided to cause trouble for the Radiant Church, it would be quite troublesome.

Moreover, the intelligence reports clearly stated that Bolan was a peak Saint-level expert.

"Attack!" Seeing Bolan's provocative smile, Leiming immediately shouted to Wusennuo and the six four-winged angels beside him. He gripped his silver staff and swung it down at Bolan. From its momentum, Bolan knew he could not meet the blow head-on. He instantly transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior, his figure flashing as he shot toward the six four-winged angels. Wusennuo and Leiming were both focused entirely on Bolan, never expecting him to feint with his sword.

"Sword One!" Bolan coldly shouted, cleaving four six-winged angels in two. Then, with two casual slashes, he beheaded the remaining two angels.

To the current Bolan, mid-Saint-level four-winged angels were not even worth mentioning. That Angel Battle Formation those birdmen formed was somewhat interesting.

Seeing Bolan move with such speed, Wusennuo and Leiming watched as the four-winged angels—the Radiant Church's foundation—were slaughtered by Bolan as easily as cutting vegetables. Fury surged in their hearts. Both roared as Wusennuo's shortsword and Leiming's silver staff slashed and smashed toward Bolan's head.

When Bolan saw the two charging at him with weapons drawn, his eyes lit up. With his left hand, he used Sword One and broke Wusennuo's incoming shortsword. Then, with his right hand, he unleashed "Sword Two" to meet Leiming's unstoppable staff strike.

Seeing Bolan underestimate him so greatly, Leiming put even more force into his attack.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out. Bolan and Leiming were both blasted backward. As the dust settled, blood trickled from the corner of Bolan's mouth. Across from him, Leiming's lips were also stained with blood, his eyes locked fiercely onto Bolan. In that exchange, Bolan had used the Laws of Wind against Wusennuo and Leiming, two peak Saint-level experts—and fought them to a draw!!!

The battle continued. Just as Leiming was forced back, Wusennuo moved like a ghost, splitting into four phantoms. Astonishingly, all four phantoms seemed corporeal and capable of attacking. Bolan knew this was the Shadow Clone Technique Mystery of the Laws of Darkness that Wusennuo had comprehended. Unfortunately, Wusennuo had not mastered it well enough. Bolan's Sword One, swift as the wind, annihilated all four figures. One of them became Wusennuo himself, his chest marked by a long wound from Bolan's blade. His body was covered in injuries of varying depths, blood streaming all over him as he looked utterly miserable. With a single sword strike, Wusennuo, head of the Radiant Church's Religious Inquisition, was defeated!!!

Seeing his companion severely injured, Leiming's white flame mark began to shine brighter and brighter as though it were a real flame. He swung the silver staff in his hand even more fiercely toward Bolan's head.

Facing that ferocious strike, Bolan slashed out with both Bloodslayers. The newly created "Sword Three", an attack fused with the Destruction Rules, seemed capable of splitting space itself. The twin swords traced marvelous arcs as they cut directly into Leiming's powerful staff strike. With a clang, a small section of Leiming's silver staff was sliced away by Bolan.

"Hiss..." Wusennuo, watching from the side, drew a sharp breath. If that sword had struck me, I probably would have died. Still shaken, he looked at Leiming, who had received the attack and was equally shaken.

The two exchanged a glance before attacking together. Black and white intertwined as the Laws of Light and Darkness joined forces. Even Bolan did not dare underestimate this strike.

Just as Bolan was about to draw his sword, the black-and-white radiance dispersed, and the two men fled outward. Bolan froze for an instant before pursuing them. Yet the moment he chased them out through the palace gates, Leiming and Wusennuo had vanished. The two were already fast, and even for Bolan, catching them would not have been easy.

Seeing that the two had fled, Bolan sheathed his Bloodslayers and flew toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

This was, after all, the Radiant Church's stronghold. If the two escapees brought back reinforcements, he might truly end up dying here. Besides, after this great battle, Bolan could clearly sense that his Destruction Rules had improved again. He needed to contemplate them carefully. Even the Death Law, which he had only just begun to grasp, had progressed a little.

Furthermore, the fusion of the "Fast" and "Slow" Mysteries within the Laws of Wind that Bolan had long cultivated had finally drawn another step closer. Though he was still far from becoming a god, Bolan was now unquestionably the foremost expert beneath the limits of the Saint-level.

Heh, I'll count those six angels as the interest I've collected this time, Bolan muttered inwardly.