The enormous Vines swept forth with terrifying, overwhelming might, as though they would wipe out everything before them.
Elsewhere.
Atop a tall building.
Several figures watched it all from afar.
"It's finally begun."
"The battle between a Heretic God and a God Slayer."
"I wonder whether this Godslaying King, who achieved that feat as a devil, will satisfy the sect leader?"
As they spoke.
A deafening roar had already erupted in the distance.
Under their gazes.
A bolt of lightning collided head-on with the Vines.
Boom!
An immense mushroom cloud shot into the heavens, seemingly becoming a blazing sun that radiated endless light and heat.
Immediately afterward.
A visible shock wave spread outward.
The earth seemed to have been utterly pulverized, leaving a shattered landscape.
Countless buildings kept collapsing, ultimately reduced to heaps of rubble.
At the sight, all their expressions changed.
"This is a battle between a God Slayer and a Heretic God?"
"Just a single clash has this much terrifying power?"
"It's simply too frightening."
Shock showed on every face.
Although they came from the Five Prisons Sacred Church.
And were all nominally followers of that King.
A battle of this caliber.
Was something they had never witnessed before.
At that very moment.
Saturnus rose into the air, Cursed Power suffusing his entire body as he radiated a terrifying presence.
His eyes brimmed with palpable fighting spirit and wild fervor.
Why were Heretic Gods called heretical?
Because no matter how benevolent a god might be, once they emerged from mythology.
Their hearts would fill with instincts for battle and destruction, bringing tremendous devastation to the world.
And that was even more true when they encountered a God Slayer.
"Hahaha, you truly are our sworn enemy. Have you seized an Authority over Thunder?"
"But if that's all you have,