His enormous hand slowly tightened around a ferocious battle blade wreathed in crimson lightning at his waist; his patience was rapidly waning.
Seeing his three heavily armored, imposing high-ranking guards charge in vain and be repelled time and time again before the defensive line constructed by the Holy Light Barrier and the Lava Warhammer, he was deeply moved.
Even the outermost defensive perimeter of Mark's squad and Kyle's squad couldn't be truly breached, and his bronze face turned completely gloomy.
"Useless trash!" Grom's roar shook the surrounding withered trees. "You can't even crush a bunch of insects! Get out of my way!"
His massive body leaped off the back of the swamp behemoth, the heavy landing causing the swamp to tremble.
However, just as he was about to crush the "insects" himself, an aura that he found extremely disgusting and instinctively wary of suddenly rose from Ruby, who was being protected at the core of the position!
Ruby's wine-red eyes were closed, her hands clasped tightly in front of her chest, and the emblem symbolizing the Fiery Sister and the Seraphim shone brightly on the back of her hands.
Her clear and resolute voice pierced through the roars and clashes of weapons on the battlefield, resounding like a divine proclamation:
"O holy flame that burns away all defilement..."
"I will bear your will in my own body..."
"O Seraphim who judges darkness..."
"Listen to the call of believers..."
As she chanted each prayer, the damp, cold miasma in the air seemed to be dispelled by an invisible heat wave.
A pure, scorching, and judgmental holy flame began to gather and compress wildly around her!
This aura rose steadily, instantly surpassing Ruby's own early-stage high-level level, and even faintly revealing a pressure that made Grom feel a stinging sensation on his skin!
Above her head, the space was vaguely filled with distorted light and shadow and the outline of blazing white flames taking shape!
Grom's crimson pupils suddenly contracted.
He could verbally mock Alfonso as a "coward who only knows how to run away," but as the person in charge of handling the aftermath of the tribe's death...
He had personally witnessed the horrific scene of Alfonso's seven incursions into the Orcish Royal Court, slaughtering a group of mid-to-high-ranking Orcs until their blood flowed like a river. Deep down, he knew better than anyone the terrifying power of the Holy Light Church's top-tier traditions!
Especially with prayers that summon high-level holy light beings, the consequences are unpredictable once they are completed!
Even legendary powerhouses of the orc race could suffer a major setback!
"Stop! Bugs!"
Grom let out a roar of shock and rage, not of fear, but of fury triggered by an absolute desire for control over a potential threat!
He absolutely cannot allow this variable to take shape!
boom--!!!
With no more reservations, a terrifying power, comparable to Alfonso's, burst forth from Grom's body, reaching the pinnacle of the high-level realm!
The vast expanse of mud beneath his feet was instantly pushed aside and flattened by an invisible force, even cracking!
He transformed into a bronze-colored raging hurricane, ignoring Enzo's powerful sweeping Lava Hammer blocking his way, ignoring Kael's hastily constructed Holy Light Barrier, and ignoring the arrows and Holy Light impacts that Ana, Oak, and others shot at his joints and eyes!
Those attacks that would have left ordinary high-ranking guards in a sorry state only produced sparks and metallic clangs when they landed on his body, which was as if it were cast from refined steel, and his violently overflowing energy, like mosquito bites!
Enzo was sent flying by the terrifying impact, hammer and all, leaving a deep trench in the ground!
Grom's goal was crystal clear.
Interrupt Ruby's prayer and capture and kill the core members of the Holy Light Church before you, Kyle and Ruby!
Since this nun seems to be able to summon seraphim, it's hard to say that this clergyman might summon the true holy light!
That's what's truly terrifying!
His enormous hand, covered in thick keratin and capable of crushing rocks, appeared less than three feet above Ruby's head in an instant, ignoring the distance in space!
The raging bloodthirsty power gathered in her palm was enough to smash Ruby and the illusory Seraph she had not yet fully summoned into a pulp!
Ruby's prayer came to an abrupt halt. She suddenly opened her eyes, and in her wine-red pupils, she saw the colossal hand that blotted out the sky. The chilling aura of death instantly enveloped her!
Kyle's eyes widened in fury, and the Holy Light Cross erupted with unprecedented light in an attempt to intercept it, but it was already a beat too late!
The defensive perimeter crumbled the moment the orc prince made his move!
Ruby is on the verge of death!
Just as Grom's massive hand, wreathed in bloodthirsty power, was about to shatter Ruby's head—
"Buzz!"
A beam of starlight, clear and cold as water, unexpectedly tore through the perpetual gray-green miasma above the Lor Swamp.
Like a galaxy falling from the heavens, it struck Grom and Ruby with perfect precision!
Boom!
The starlight exploded, without a deafening roar, but it unleashed a spatial distortion force that was condensed to the extreme!
The raging bloodthirsty energy was as if it had crashed into an invisible shield wall, instantly deflected and annihilated, turning into chaotic energy streams that scattered and flew everywhere.
The wind whipped Ruby's long hair and cloak wildly, stinging her cheeks, but she was unharmed!
Grom's seemingly inevitable strike was abruptly halted by the sudden arrival of starlight!
His enormous hands were slightly numb from the recoil, his crimson pupils contracted sharply, and he looked up at the source of the falling starlight with a mixture of shock and anger.
About ten meters above their heads, the void rippled like water.
A slender figure stepped onto the invisible stairs, as if walking out of a painting, and landed lightly on the pillar of light where the starlight had not yet completely dissipated.
The newcomer was a woman, dressed in her signature silver-gray star-and-moon robe, covered by a black cloak that seemed to devour light.
In her arms, a small black dog with glossy fur stared with innocent, wide eyes, curiously surveying the tense battlefield below, as if it were her own backyard rather than a killing field.
It's the stars and the moon!
She casually teased the little black dog's ears with one hand, while the other hand remained in the elegant posture of guiding the starlight, as if what had just blocked the earth-shattering blow was nothing more than a fallen leaf that had been casually brushed away.
"Tsk tsk, the little dog of the Orcish Royal Court, it's been years, but your temper is still as fiery as ever." Xingyue's voice carried its usual laziness as she looked at Grom, whose face was ashen. "Now that you've grown into a big dog, can you still get so easily angered by these young people?"
The appearance of Xingyue was like throwing a piece of ice into a powder keg about to explode, causing the atmosphere of the entire battlefield to change drastically!
"The Star-Moon Church?!" Grom recognized the newcomer, his bronze face contorting with rage as he unleashed a deafening roar that nearly overturned the surrounding orc guards. "Who gave you the audacity to interfere in my affairs?! Get out of my way! Otherwise, I wouldn't mind hanging your foul-mouthed Star-Moon mage's head on my chariot too!"
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