Sima Xuanxuan grasped the Canghai Jade Flute in his hand, his expression fearless as he faced the Bright Pope.

"Boom!"

A sky-shaking explosion rang out, causing the earth itself to tremble, making it impossible for people to stand.

This was the might of a Demigod, nearly shattering the vast Illusion Realm that enveloped the Bright Church.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Even before the fight started, just the collision of Demigod-level auras had stirred up tempestuous winds and thunderous roars, shattering all objects within a hundred meters!

All those present, except for Elder An protected by Sima Xuanxuan, were blasted away by the intense pressure, including the SSS+ Archbishop, who was sent flying over a hundred meters!

"Come! Fight!"

Facing the Pope's purification Divine Arts, Sima Xuanxuan gently blew the Canghai Jade Flute, summoning divine thunder with its melodious sound.

Subsequently, a visible wave of sound carrying the power of thunder spread out from the Canghai Jade Flute in all directions!

"Boom!"

Where it passed, deafening thunder rolled, warping the space and causing the ground to quiver!

"Boom!"

The Divine Arts clashed with the sound wave, releasing a terrifyingly powerful energy fluctuation!

Members of the Bright Church who were originally standing a hundred meters away were forced to retreat continuously, only managing to withstand the residual effects of the battle after retreating a kilometer!

Even so, among the crowd, Abnormals with strength below SSS level were also shaken to the point that their blood surged, leaving them pale-faced!

Everyone looked on in horror at the center of the battlefield, where Sima Xuanxuan and the Bright Pope stood.

Just the release of that terrifying supreme pressure was enough to grievously injure them!

Such was the horror of a Demigod!

At the heart of the battlefield, Sima Xuanxuan and the Bright Pope stood their ground against this terrifying energy, not retreating an inch!

Behind Sima Xuanxuan stood Elder An; if he retreated, Elder An, a common man, would be annihilated by the residual energy wave!

Behind the Bright Pope was the Bright Church Headquarters; if he retreated, the Headquarters would be turned into ruins by the energy's aftermath!

The two stood apart in the air, as an even more violent energy slowly rose from the Bright Pope.

"You are stronger than I imagined, but still too weak!"

The Bright Pope's expression finally showed seriousness after perceiving Sima Xuanxuan's true strength!

"Divine Arts: Divine Presence!"

The Holy Bible slowly turned, and when it reached the last page, it burst into a light that illuminated the heavens!

For a hundred miles around, it was as bright as day!

A tremendous Divine Radiance cascaded down from the sky like a waterfall!

Atop the Divine Radiance stood a hazily outlined man!

"Welcome, Father God!"

A supreme pressure pervaded this part of the world, and including the Bright Pope, everyone bowed down to the ground!

Only Sima Xuanxuan and Elder An struggled to hold on, for the men of Hua Xia kneel only to the heavens, the earth, and their parents!

"My goodness, the Bright Pope actually directly summoned a fraction of Father God's Divine Thought incarnation!"

"Is this the power of Father God? Just a fraction of His strength surpasses even the Bright Pope!"

The Abnormals were extremely shaken in their hearts and didn't even dare raise their heads!

"Holy Father, please purify this evil heretic!" the Bright Pope respectfully implored, pointing at Sima Xuanxuan.

The avatar of Father God slowly turned his gaze towards Sima Xuanxuan, and from his profound eyes shot a golden light!

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Merely being looked at by Father God, Sima Xuanxuan was already shaken back several steps by that terrifying pressure!

The Divine Presence Technique executed personally by the Pope, as opposed to that by a fanatic, was fundamentally different; the incarnation of Father God's Divine Thought wielded by the Pope was much stronger!

Although Father God's incarnation of Divine Thought was but a minor fraction of energy for the true being, it was still a Demigod, and moreover, one at the pinnacle of Demigod strength!

And Sima Xuanxuan had only recently stepped into the realm of Demigods; between the two, the stronger and the weaker were immediately clear!

"Purify!"

The incarnation of Father God spoke with a voice full of authority; then, a golden giant hand motioned in the void, sending the Divine Radiance from beneath its feet, carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, hurtling towards Sima Xuanxuan!

"Canghai Waves Serenade!"

Upon sensing the terrifying Divine Radiance, Sima Xuanxuan did not hesitate to deploy his ultimate skill that he had kept under wraps!

The soul-stirring sound of the flute rose, and in an instant, the entire battlefield became a vast ocean of Gang Qi! Wave after wave surged from the Void, as if about to engulf heaven and earth!

Sitting in meditation by the seaside for ten years, Sima Xuanxuan had only just begun to grasp the essence of this piece, turning the melodious flute into towering waves of azure sea!

Two demigod-level powerhouses clashing, forcibly turning fertile fields into a vast sea!

Everyone felt as if they were in the midst of an ocean, above which shone ten-thousand zhang of Divine Radiance!

Two terrifyingly massive energies were constantly devouring each other!

"Suppress!"

Just as these two energies were at a deadlock, the Divine Presence incarnation standing atop the Divine Radiance stretched out a giant palm and then slowly pressed it down towards Sima Xuanxuan!

The original face-off of equally matched forces was instantly shattered by the descent of this golden giant palm!

Barely resisting the invasion of the Divine Radiance, Sima Xuanxuan could only watch helplessly as the golden palm thunderously smashed down!

"Boom!"

The golden palm slammed down, and the surrounding hundred miles trembled violently as if struck by an earthquake! The spot where Sima Xuanxuan stood was smashed into a crater nearly a hundred meters deep!

"Sima!"

Elder An's expression changed dramatically, and he hurriedly crawled to the edge of the deep crater, looking down anxiously.

Under everyone's gaze, the golden palm lifted the pale-faced, bloodstained Sima Xuanxuan from the deep pit into the air!

At this moment, Sima Xuanxuan was covered in blood, with his bones shattered and internal organs severely hemorrhaging, puppeteered about like a rag doll.

If he weren't a demigod-level power, he would have died from such severe, terrifying injuries long ago!

"Since I, the old man, have lost, then give me a swift end!"

Sima Xuanxuan looked up defiantly, his bones on the verge of splitting, but he showed no fear as he yelled furiously at the Pope of the Bright Church!

His eyes were filled with endless rage and an indomitable pride.

Even in defeat, he remained just as proud!

An innate pride that could not be broken, a spine that could not be crushed!

The Pope used divine power that surpassed his own strength, while his own cultivation level was inferior to Sima Xuanxuan's.

The Divine Presence incarnation emotionlessly dropped Sima Xuanxuan onto the ground, then dissipated into golden light, vanishing between heaven and earth!

"Do not worry, after the Holy War concludes, I will publicly purify you in front of all Hua Xia's Abnormals!"

After stripping Sima Xuanxuan of his cultivation, the Pope ordered two Holy Knights to take him and Elder An down!

"Defeated a demigod-level Abnormal Superpower with merely two moves!"

"Father God above, Your Radiance shall illuminate the land!"

"We shall follow in Father God's footsteps unto death!"

...

After witnessing the terror of the Father God, the assembled Abnormal leaders immediately knelt down and submitted!

Seeing this, a subtle conspiratorial smirk appeared on the Pope's face.

His direct summoning of the Divine Presence incarnation was to make these people submit to the Bright Church!

To let them know that with the support of the Father God, the Bright Church is invincible!

A mere demigod-level Abnormal is nothing in the presence of Father God!

...

In the center of the Bright Church's dark dungeon, used to imprison heretics, there is a huge blood-red Holy Water pool.

The originally pure white Holy Water, now dyed red with the heretics' blood!

"Gurgle..."

The blood-red Holy Water constantly bubbled, occasionally splashing droplets that incinerated mosquitoes into ash!

Next to the Holy Water pool stood a two-meter-high copper pillar that required two men to embrace.

Flames continuously emerging from the base of the copper pillar turned it red-hot, making even the dungeon's temperature unbearably sweltering!

These are the two methods used by the Bright Church to purify the heretics, the Holy Water pool, and the Fire Torture Rack!

Currently, a person is firmly tied to the Fire Torture Rack!

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