The moment the cult leader Nosna opened her mouth, Xia Lun pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang!
The bullet spun through the air, its black flame trailing in a straight line as it roared toward the cult leader's eye socket. But in the next instant, golden-red flames surged from the ground and unfurled into a towering wall of fire!
All the Holocaust Bishops beside Nosna had joined forces to cast Blazing Shield—except the Green-Robed Holocaust Bishop, who was studying the Tactical Nuclear Bomb!
The Black Flame went out. Before the silver-gray bullet could pierce the barrier, it melted into dark iron. Sparks flew as the Buzz-Cut Brawny Man and Cripple opened fire in return, while Mavis ducked behind a pillar.
His shot had missed. Xia Lun lowered his body, drew his sword, and charged the enemy.
His boots ground through the bloody mud. Tremendous force rose from the balls of his feet, ran through his taut Achilles tendons and twisting hips, and drove him forward. Massive stone pillars flashed past on either side. The air ahead seemed to congeal into a deep-sea current—then the sound barrier shattered, and a wedge of scorching vapor exploded beside him!
He turned his wrist. The cold blade reflected the blazing wall and Nosna's mask. Xia Lun burst through the flames and was about to take her head when a Holocaust Bishop screamed and threw himself onto the tip of his sword!
Boom!
The resistance against the sword tip vanished at once. The bishop's frail body tore apart, bursting into a cloud of warm blood—
Xia Lun charged on through the spray, but the Arsonists had reacted. They crowded into his path! He dug his heels into the ground, tightened his core, and turned with the momentum of his charge. His blade hummed, sweeping out