Divine Punishment Hand

Deep within the Space-Time Gate, a point of light swelled rapidly in the darkness, as though it had crossed the ages and was racing in from an infinite distance.

In the blink of an eye, that point of light filled the entire Space-Time Gate. The darkness was driven back until nothing remained but light.

From within that light, a gigantic hand reached out. It seemed to move slowly, but descended with terrifying speed.

The hand was enormous. Once it passed through the Space-Time Gate opened by the Magic Circle and entered the Main World, it expanded even faster. It covered the Square before Saint Ivan Cathedral and several nearby blocks. Nearly a kilometer stretched from the base of its palm to its fingertips. Blotting out the sky, it descended upon all five Legendary powerhouses and thousands of soldiers in the otherworldly allied army.

Some residents of Friedenburg City were among them, but the huge golden hand paid them no heed as it slammed down.

"Wicked heretics, invaders from another world, accept your judgment! Only the Holy Light is supreme! Only the Holy Light shall reign! Only the Holy Light shall endure forever! Praise the Holy Light, praise our Lord..."

Archbishop Sido's voice rang out from inside the cathedral and echoed through the air. Beneath its calm lay madness.

In the Spirit World, Green looked up at the descending hand. A sense of danger welled up in him, startling him into fleeing at once. He was even more shocked by the Holy Light Church's formidable reserves of power: the Divine Punishment Hand it had summoned was strong enough to affect the Spirit World!

But the Spirit World followed different rules from the real world. The Divine Punishment Hand had sealed off the area before Saint Ivan Cathedral in the real world,