"Wait a minute, I think this is all a misunderstanding, Your Excellency Mage. Please stop. I can apologize to you on behalf of Alexander [ Son of God ]. Let's leave it at that. The Church will not pursue this matter further." Sensing the dangerous glint in the white-robed mage's eyes, the red-robed deacon Pellegrini's heart skipped a beat. He spoke up first, adopting a humble posture.
This can be considered as giving the white-robed mage a way out.
The white-robed, blue-eyed mage's gaze lingered on the face of the red-robed deacon, Pellegrini. His eyes flashed with emerald light, clearly unwilling to give up so easily. He paused, then chuckled and asked, "What if I don't agree?"
"This..." The red-robed deacon clearly hadn't expected that, under such circumstances, this white-robed mage of unknown origin would remain so defiant, daring to disregard the authority of the Church. Overwhelmed by the other party's powerful aura, he paused, momentarily at a loss for words.
"If you insist on killing, you'd better kill everyone here before dealing with Alexander [ Son of God ]. Otherwise, once the news leaks out, the Church Judgment Department will send experts to investigate, and you probably won't live past the next day." The young priest Garcia stepped forward, blocking Sun Fei's path. His voice was unhurried and his tone was relatively gentle. His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, yet there was an imposing aura about him, making him much better than the red-robed deacon.
Sun Fei's eyes lit up; it was the first time he had noticed this young and strong divine master.
"Haha, kill everyone here? Haha, hahaha, you think I wouldn't dare? You really can't do it?" The bewitching light in the blue-eyed, white-robed mage's eyes gradually turned mad, and a dangerous aura began to fill the air. Before anyone could react, he simply raised his hand, and two pre-prepared streams of flame flickered like leeches, instantly arriving in front of the red-robed deacon and the priest Garcia.
"You..." A tremendous danger descended in an instant, and the red-robed deacon's pupils contracted.
Poor Pellegrini's silver Holy Power, at the Mid-Tier New Moon Class Seventh Stage, hadn't even had a chance to unleash its full potential. In just a fleeting moment, a crimson stream of light clung to his body. Instantly, like a Mars splashed into gasoline, the light transformed into a raging inferno. Pellegrini was engulfed in blinding flames, becoming a human torch. He barely managed a half-scream before his entire body turned into a wisp of smoke, leaving not even a trace of ash. He died a gruesome death on the spot.
On the other side.
Garcia, the divine master whose strength far surpassed Pellegrini's, reacted much faster than the red-robed deacon Pinpe. He retreated explosively, and with a whoosh, a surge of Holy Power erupted. The enormous [ Wings of Divine Grace ] stretched out from his back, with streams of holy aura flowing around them. The silver-white Holy Power wings bent at the last second, blocking the deadly stream of flames.
This incredibly quick first reaction saved his life.
Although the [ Wings of Divine Grace ] couldn't withstand the crimson light the moment it came into contact with the flames and burst into flames instantly, Garcia's roar spurred the growth of a second pair of white wings, which wrapped him up like a dumpling, blocking the fire for a moment.
The next second, flames instantly enveloped him, forming a Fireball that burned the second pair of [ Wings of Divine Grace ] to ashes. However, that slight delay gave Garcia a chance to escape. No one knew what mysterious method the young priest used, but with a Blink of white light, he teleported away, miraculously escaping the deadly Fireball and appearing disheveled about twenty meters away.
"This... this is insane, he must be insane!!"
"You actually killed a cardinal of the Church, you actually dared to attack a clergyman of the Church, you're dead, you're dead... You'll be sent to the stake at the foot of Ten Thousand Streams Peak, not even the gods can save you!"
"Stop! Stop right now! Do you know what you're doing?"
The other three survivors of the Church were stunned by what they saw.
They could hardly believe their eyes. In a single glance, this evil white-robed mage had swiftly killed a red-robed Judgment Division from the northern suburbs of the Church... This was blatant defiance of the Church! Who gave him such audacity?
"Huh? You actually dodged it. That's quite unexpected." The white-robed, blue-eyed mage, hovering in mid-air with a sinister aura like a god of death, showed a hint of surprise on his face when he saw Garcia dodge his carefully prepared fatal attack. He was clearly a little taken aback.
However, it was only slightly unexpected.
The next moment, amidst maniacal laughter, the white-robed, blue-eyed mage spread his arms, and an extremely powerful aura surged from his body. Everyone felt their bodies stiffen, and then everything in their sight changed. Everything before their eyes began to twist and transform inexplicably, and their vision became blurred. Time and space underwent an incredible transformation in that instant, as if the stars were shifting and the world was spinning.
At this moment, everyone had the illusion that the torrent of time and space was unstoppably rushing over them, crushing them.
It was just a fleeting moment, yet it felt like countless centuries.
Once all senses returned to normal, everything before my eyes had changed.
The distant, undulating mountains were gone, the lush green grass underfoot was gone, the dilapidated ruins of the ancient castle on the hills were gone, the rushing, roaring river in the distance was gone... all the scenery that had been around them before had vanished.
At this moment, everyone found themselves in an absolutely unfamiliar place—a Sword Peak of unknown height, with a platform of about a hundred square meters at its summit. They were standing on the platform, and about a hundred meters below the Sword Peak peak, instead of white clouds and mist, there was boiling orange-yellow magma.
The magma surged like the sea, spreading all the way to the distant horizon, constantly boiling and churning, releasing absolute high temperatures. Even though everyone was a master, they still felt waves of heat hitting them, sweating profusely and feeling extremely uncomfortable from the scorching heat.
"What's going on? What happened?" A Church priest, bewildered and terrified, asked in a trembling voice, "How did we suddenly end up here?"
"This is..." The Necromancer, a powerful figure, frowned slightly. The next moment, he seemed to have discovered something, and his expression changed drastically. He flashed to Sun Fei's side and whispered a few words. The next instant, Sun Fei's expression also changed.
"Hahahaha..." A grand and terrifying laugh echoed between heaven and earth, its sound waves rolling like thunder, deafening, as if a god were displaying his power, creating shockwaves in the air that resounded in everyone's ears. "Haha, ants, welcome to... the Death Realm."
Before the words were finished, a thunderous roar of magma erupted.
Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, a massive bulge suddenly appeared in the torrent of lava on the western side of the mountain, like a giant, rapidly rising steamed bun. Soon, a pillar of lava, hundreds of meters high, emerged.
Soon, something even stranger happened.
The pillar of magma began to writhe as if it were alive, slowly transforming into limbs, a torso, a head, fingers, and facial features. In the end, it transformed into a magma Giant about a hundred meters tall, with raging orange-yellow flames burning at its joints. The scorching air hissed softly, and extremely hot, emerald-green flames shot out from its enormous eye sockets, almost distorting the void itself.
A terrifying magma Giant, hundreds of meters tall.
That thunderous sound just now actually came from the mouth of this magma Giant.
Sun Fei stared intently at the magma Giant, and sure Giant, he sensed that extremely familiar aura emanating from it.
"Ahhh... I understand... God, this is Great Sun Phenomenon! That guy is a Great Sun-Rank Venerable! He's actually Great Sun-Rank Venerable! We're doomed... We're doomed!" Finally, someone realized what had happened. It was a middle-aged priest from the Church's Divine Judgment Squad. He was so shocked by what had happened that he was incoherent, his face pale, and he roared madly.
"Hahaha, it seems there are still some sensible people among this horde of ants... Indeed, I ascended to the Great Sun-Rank Venerable a year ago and have already mastered the Great Sun Phenomenon. Hahaha, you only realize this now? It's too late. You are all already enveloped in my [ Realm of Blazing Flames ]. I can crush you all with a flick of my finger. So what if I killed the Church Deacon? You're all dead, and who will even know?"
A thunderous laugh echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
Flames writhed atop the magma Giant's head, and a white-robed, blue-eyed mage, wand in hand, slowly emerged from the flames. His entire body was engulfed in orange-yellow flame armor, protecting every part except his head. He looked down at the people on the summit platform with a mocking expression, like a god looking down upon insignificant mortals, his eyes gleaming with an arrogant sense of control over everything.
At this moment, even some of the weaker experts who hadn't yet understood what was happening couldn't help but show expressions of despair on their faces.
This mysterious mage in white robes and with blue eyes is actually a legendary Great Sun-Rank Venerable?!
Sun Fei's expression changed.
He knew he had miscalculated a bit this time. He hadn't expected the old man to be so powerful and act so recklessly, trying to kill everyone by himself. And now it seemed that this madman really did have the ability to do it... However, the King was not flustered. Instead, he felt a sense of excitement and anticipation.
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