The crimson firework rose like a shooting star; even in the bright daylight, it drew the attention of many people within the city.
“Is that... a signal for help?”
Viscount Finn was patrolling atop the city wall when he saw the signal firework in the distant sky, and his expression shifted.
After ordering the Blue Fox Warband warriors to maintain their vigilance at their respective posts, he grabbed his greatsword, leaped down from the wall, and swiftly rushed toward the location where the signal flare had been fired.
On the other side.
Miles was on guard against the Black and White Hand cultists, who had realized things were going south and might desperately strike back at any moment.
Right at that moment, hearing the sharp screech in midair and seeing the signal flare, his face also tightened slightly.
“Stay on alert and watch out for the crazed cultists!”
After giving the command, Miles stopped conserving his mental power, rapidly took to the sky, and rushed toward Leon's location.
Meanwhile, in the Gold-Touch District.
Bang!
With a loud shattering sound, the magic barrier broke once again. The sole remaining ordinary cultist had completely exhausted his magic scrolls and could no longer withstand the attacks from the Radiance Longbow.
The invisible hammer arrow crashed down violently, instantly pounding him into a pile of mush right before his horrified eyes.
However...
Even though all his subordinates had died, Martin did not panic.
At this moment, his body was completely enveloped by raging fire elemental power. His size had suddenly ballooned several times over, and his entire body was covered in a layer of crimson flame armor.
Molten lava seemed to flow slowly within the armor, emitting a suffocating heat and a piercing scarlet light.
At the same time, magic patterns resembling magic circles emerged across Martin's face.
His entire being seemed to assimilate with the element, his figure gradually blurring as if transforming into an elemental body made of pure fire.
“Power! This is the power of a pure elemental creation!”
Martin clenched his fists, a look of obsession on his face as he indulged in the surging, powerful energy.
He could feel the fire element flowing through his veins like wild mana, washing over his body and reforming him into a pure elemental creation without any weaknesses!
He, Martin Sommer, was no longer human!
“Beautiful! This is simply magnificent!”
The sensation of this transcendent power coursing through his body filled Martin with ecstatic joy. He turned his head and locked a cold, sharp gaze onto Leon in the sky.
“Leon Douglas! I admit, you are indeed a peerless genius.”
Whoosh!
Having transformed into an elemental body, Martin stamped violently. His figure flickered, and he soared into the sky, leveling himself with Leon.
He looked at Leon, his eyes carrying both appreciation for a genius and killing intent.
“To break through the Silver rank and advance to Gold at your age... your talent is indeed the greatest I have ever seen in my life!”
Martin spoke slowly:
“But because of that very reason!”
“If we allow you to grow any further, you will surely become a grave threat to our Black and White Hand in the future!”
“So, do not blame me for using my superior experience to crush you. I will strangle you to death right here!”
Martin suddenly detonated the fire elemental power within his body, and a whip composed entirely of pure fire elements materialized in his palm.
This elemental whip contained a temperature far more terrifying than subterranean lava. Merely hovering in midair, it scorched the surrounding air until it was boiling hot.
The light around the whip was distorted by the extreme heat, and the air itself seemed to melt, making the scene blurry and unstable.
Leon silently watched Martin's posturing. Through his perception field, he could clearly sense that the strength of this Black and White Hand bishop before him was already greater than the strongest opponent he had previously fought—the Mad Shark King!
After transforming into a fire elemental body, Martin no longer possessed any of the weaknesses of a human.
This meant that even if his skull was smashed or his heart was blown to pieces, Martin would still survive.
Unless the fire elemental power within Martin's body was completely dispersed, it was practically impossible to kill him in this fire elemental state!
“In that case... I just need to disperse the fire elemental power.”
Leon thought calmly.
In his perception field, Martin's strength was indeed greater than the Mad Shark King's.
However, it was still only within the scope of the peak Gold rank, nothing more.
Although Leon had only just advanced to the Gold rank, making his next thought seem incredibly arrogant...
But...
“Why the hell didn't you say earlier that your strength after transforming would only be at the peak Gold rank?! Seriously, you made me worry for nothing. I thought you were actually going to be strong!”
Boom!
A tempest of mental power erupted from Leon's body!
At this moment, Leon's originally pitch-black eyes turned completely into a translucent, pure white. As light flowed within his pupils, they exuded a divinity that transcended the realm of ordinary mortals!
【Power of the Three Saints】
“I declare: this strike shall shatter the body of the person before me.”
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Upon the Radiance Longbow, one Buff Inscription after another flashed and lit up, bursting with brilliant and dazzling light.
At the same time, as Leon's authoritative words fell, a majestic aura, like the Milky Way hanging upside down, abruptly descended!
【The Power of the Three Saints has resonated with the Wishing Art, triggering the Wishing Art's special effect—Signal Enhancement】
【Signal Enhancement: While in the divine state of the Power of the Three Saints, you have established a deeper connection with an extremely ancient existence in the world. The messages you transmit will be perceived more clearly by them.】
Buzz—
At this exact moment, Leon felt a subtle yet definite connection form between himself and an unimaginably colossal figure.
That will was as vast as an abyss, capable of enveloping the entire continent. It showed no emotion, merely shifting its gaze, which had been fixed on the starry river, slightly toward Leon.
It lasted for only an instant!
And in that very instant, the blue-gold giant released the bowstring!
The clear crack of the snapping string exploded in midair!
Boom!!!
The invisible Hammer of Sacred Light transformed into a cold stream of light. Holy light, shining like stars, gleamed on the hammer's head as it abruptly plummeted at a speed Martin was completely unable to perceive—
Sizzle!
The moment the Hammer of Sacred Light touched Martin's elemental body, his blazing fire elemental form was instantly extinguished, like a raging flame plunging into an ancient, frozen abyss!
His massive body, which had been bursting with majestic power, was suddenly wiped away in this instant as if erased by an eraser!
Rustle.
In this single instant, Martin's entire body below his head completely vanished!
Even on his head, the left half of Martin's face had abruptly disappeared, as if wiped clean like paint.
One second, Martin Sommer had been enveloped in fire elements; the next second, only the right half of his head remained!
“How is this possible...”
Martin's sole surviving right eye suddenly went wide. Bloodshot lines instantly spread across the white of his eye like a cracking spiderweb, and his crimson pupil contracted and trembled in extreme horror, looking as if it would burst apart in the next second.
Before his newly acquired flame body could even react, that cold, sacred light had already pierced through his entire perception!
The majestic power that had filled his entire body... completely dissipated at this moment!
Even his fire elemental body, which possessed no weaknesses and could theoretically regenerate infinitely, was utterly useless before that sacred light!
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