Don't confiscate my identity as a human race

"Your aura is very similar to Violet's."

Hesintos didn't want to act anymore,

"I really want to crush your heart."

He spoke in a voice only Sigrid could hear, knowing that no one could oppose him now.

On the scorched earth battlefield, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood.

Hesintos and Sigrid stood tens of meters apart, confronting each other.

Invisible sparks burst forth at the meeting of the two strong individuals' gazes in the air.

Hesintos gripped his longsword tightly, despite being covered in scars, his gaze was still as sharp as a knife.

Sigrid stood upright, fists clenched, as the Divine Light of the Original Slabs flowed around her.

A breeze swept across the battlefield, stirring a wisp of dust.

In that instant, both moved simultaneously.

Hesintos exploded with power, swinging his longsword to unleash a terrifying slash capable of cutting through mountains.

At the same time, Sigrid charged like an arrow released from its bowstring, rushing toward the sword's energy.

Her fist was enveloped in silver brilliance.

Fist met sword, resulting in a thunderous explosion that radiated outwards from the two, sweeping up surrounding stones and dust into a swirling dust vortex.

When the dust settled, Hesintos's ninth-order strength indeed far exceeded Sigrid's; even though she dodged the strongest strike of the Seross Spirit Sword, the pervasive sword energy left her arm with deep wounds down to the bone, blood continuously oozing out.

However, Sigrid seemed oblivious to pain.

Sigrid's eyes burned with lightning-like resolve, a silver brilliance erupted from her body at its peak, as if the force gathered in her hands could shatter any barrier.

She gathered all her strength to unleash the most powerful strike of her career, her body transformed into a comet, and in an instant, she smashed her Fist Intent toward Hesintos!

"Bang!"

Sigrid seized this small opportunity, landing a heavy punch onto Hesintos's chest.

This punch seemed to gather all her strength, actually forcing the injured Hesintos to stagger backward repeatedly.

Hesintos staggered back several steps, a trace of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

"Quite a bit of strength, huh."

He looked at Sigrid, a hint of mockery and surprise in his eyes.

Evidently, he underestimated the strength and resilience of the Bishop of Hegemony.

Sigrid steadied herself, her wounds healing rapidly as she posed ready for battle, the silver light around her growing even more intense.

"If we were both ninth-order, it would be you who falls."

Her voice was firm, once again clenching her fists to engage in a risk-for-injury battle against Hesintos.

Outside the Holy Astore Barrier.

Watching Sigrid and Hesintos clashing, hearing the earth-shaking rumble, they swallowed nervously for Sigrid.

Sigrid was not a ninth-order like Hesintos.

Though her attacks didn't suffer counteraction, she ultimately hasn't stepped into the Divine Realm, creating a significant gap with Hesintos.

More importantly, even though Sigrid has healing spells, forced by Hesintos's countermeasure interrupting her casting, she couldn't use healing, and now she could only rely on her life force to fight strongly against Hesintos.

But if this keeps up, even though Sigrid possesses naturally strong vitality and regenerative ability, she likely won't last much longer.

"That punch from earlier was Sigrid's big move, even so, it could only push Hesintos back a little."

At that moment, Antanas is squatting on the ground, healing Loren who was reclaimed by Tolyado.

For the Seventh Ancestor Marquess Helitier, enduring Sigrid's full-force punch would almost mean a burst.

"With Loren in this state... even if he can escape danger, can he really go back to fight Hesintos with heavy injuries?"

The Bingxue Witch, while rescuing Loren, asked anxiously.

But she knew Loren would, as long as Loren could stand up again, he would unhesitatingly drag his near-dead body to face Hesintos and risk his life.

Fortunately, Loren didn't actually die, his high resistance to elements ensured that facing the Heavenly God's punishment won't be fatal, but the previous battle with Hesintos had accumulated too severe injuries, after blocking the direct Heavenly God's punishment for those outside the barrier, he finally lost his combat ability.

Antanas, Bingxue Witch, and Migaya were striving to heal Loren.

This was their only hope at present.

But at this rate, time won't be enough for them to save Loren.

Hesintos would emerge from the Holy Astore Barrier first, preventing them from restoring Loren.

Their biggest dilemma now was that even if they got Loren back up, the imbalance swallower was still unsolvable.

Hesintos's cooldown was always faster than Loren's, essentially suppressing Loren's Heavenly God's punishment.

From Sigrid's offensive capability and Hesintos's all-around combat and recovery, the only thing truly capable of killing Hesintos would be the Heavenly God's punishment.

"Lanci, your wolf was already used when blowing up Blood Moon City, with a cooldown of a full month, even if they found Rashal as fuel, such a widespread explosion could blow us all up and still might not kill Hesintos."

Abigail's voice came through the communication channel.

She was still in the central chamber of the Voice of Truth group building, controlling the broadcast, aware of how unfavorable the situation was.

Lanci's Nuclear Fusion Wolf could rival the Eternal Radiant Destruction of Saint Polante Pope with sufficient fuel, while the sheer power of Eternal Radiant Destruction didn't quite match the Heavenly God's punishment.

The dreadful aspect of Eternal Radiant Destruction was its vast range, but now they needed concentrated firepower to destroy a single target.