Chapter 006: Naga

“Du Fan, what’s wrong?” Rob looked at Du Fan, whose face was pale as iron, with curiosity. At the same time, the power of the gods in his hands began to coalesce quietly, ready to unleash the wrath of a god-tier warrior the moment Du Fan gave the signal.
Perhaps sensing Rob’s divine power, Qian stretched out his finger at Rob and said, “Little tiger, I underestimated you. I didn’t expect you to be a god-tier warrior too. Come on, let’s have a fight.”
Hearing this provocation, Du Fan didn’t even have time to stop Rob, who already appeared in front of Qian, delivering a punch covered in divine power.
“Pop!”
A cracking sound echoed in front of the old man. A crack appeared in the space before him. It was then that Du Fan was convinced the old man must also be a god-tier warrior, likely a lower-tier Middle Guardian God—far stronger than Rob by many orders of magnitude.
“It’s my turn,” Qian said calmly. His arm moved like a snake, charging at Rob. Not only that, but as Rob was sent flying, Qian followed up with another punch. After 25 punches in total, Qian stopped, leaving Rob knocked back to Du Fan’s side.
Du Fan helped Rob up and asked in a very low voice, “How strong is that old man? Is he even stronger than you?”
Hearing Du Fan’s question, Rob could only lick his lips helplessly and reply softly, “If I don’t use my divine power, I can’t defeat him at all. Just look at the domain he’s using—it’s not something any of us alone can easily overcome. If we really have to fight, I think we should go together.”
Rob’s words confirmed Du Fan’s thoughts—dueling that old man would be pure self-harm. Meanwhile, the three of them, along with Qian and Xun, remained stuck in their positions.
However, the situation on the other side was much better. Relying on his axe, Basha hadn’t used much of his domain power, yet he had still forced the five Red-Clothed Archbishops to retreat.
“Second brother, I wonder if you can deal with these troublemakers in one go. Otherwise, if this drags on, things don’t seem very optimistic for Du Fan,” Nayixiu suggested to Basha, who was currently playing around with the five Red-Clothed Archbishops on the ground.

Hearing Nayixiu’s words, it was only then that Basha realized that not only had Du Fan been defeated, but even Rob, who already possessed divine powers at the godly level, had also been defeated.
“Very well,” Basha said, his eyes narrowing as he became serious. His massive axe emitted a red glow once again, with layers of flames covering it, unleashing fierce energy.
Feeling the violent energy from Basha’s axe, the five red-robed elders were momentarily at a loss and began to chant together, combining their powers.
“Great God of Light, please grant your people boundless divine power, so that your envoy may punish the sinners of this world!”
Layer after layer of elemental forces surged in Basha’s direction. Against this extremely powerful forbidden magic created by the five of them, even Rob would likely not dare to resist easily. But at this moment, Basha did something completely unexpected.
Instead of raising his axe to confront the five red-robed archbishops, he spread his arms wide, welcoming the elemental forces generated by their combined magic. Feeling the energy being stripped away from his body, Basha let out a satisfied groan. A few moments later, when only one-tenth of his energy remained, he still kept his eyes open and chanted to the five archbishops, “Great God of Fire, please grant me your true form, so that I may, as your envoy, burn all demons in the world to ashes!”
At that moment, something unexpected happened—the elemental forces turned into fire elements. All the original five elements in the air transformed into fire, and even Du Fan’s Star Domain became fire as well.
A giant five meters tall, with hair that flickered like flames and skin resembling burning red carbon, stood before everyone, a faint mocking smile on his lips, his face closely resembling Basha’s.
“Second brother…” Du Fan stared intently at the giant. If he was right, this was still the true form of the God of Fire—but it was completely different from the one displayed by the dwarf clan’s great elder before. This version of the God of Fire was more than ten times larger than the one created by the great elder.

“Not good!” At this moment, Qian, who had been calm before, cursed under his breath after seeing the true form of the Fire God. He instantly teleported in the direction of the Fire God’s true form. Yet, just as he had moved about 500 meters, Du Fan, Moses, and Rob, three powerful warriors, quickly blocked his path.

Du Fan smiled as he looked at Qian and said, “It seems you’re indeed one of Fischer’s men. But with such great strength, will you just allow Fischer to do things that go against the will of the God of Light?”

“Against the will of the God of Light?” Hearing Du Fan’s words, Qian laughed heartily. His earlier impatience vanished completely, and he replied calmly, “The will of the God of Light is that all enemies of the Holy Church should go to hell to be punished. No one can defy the orders of the Holy Church.”

As soon as Qian finished speaking, a violent force of domain power mixed with divine power surged forth, heading toward Du Fan and the others.

“Does this old man plan to attack just because he can’t defeat me?” Du Fan looked at Qian helplessly while raising his hand without delay. Not only domain power but also the star power that had been absorbed by Bashah was now unleashed.

Rob stared at Qian seriously. The domain power he had gathered, mixed with divine power, was on the verge of collapsing. With just a wave of his hand, a violent energy ball was sent toward Qian.

Moses also didn’t idle away; he gathered all his energy and struck in Qian’s direction.

The combined attacks of these three domain experts reached Qian’s vicinity, and soon three sharp sounds of destruction were heard. After dispelling each of their energies with a wave of his hand, Qian finally looked at the three of them seriously.

Du Fan watched Qian, feeling a hint of satisfaction. The tentative attacks earlier had shown that Qian’s strength wasn’t that great, but his defense was extremely strong. Perhaps he didn’t possess divine-level abilities; maybe it was because of a divine artifact that he dared to withstand the attacks from these three domain experts so recklessly.

Thinking this, Du Fan tightened his grip on the ring in his hand. If divine artifacts were counted, he indeed possessed one genuine one. If necessary, he would definitely use it without hesitation to counter his opponent. But it was still too early.

At this moment, Basha, who had become the true avatar of the God of Fire, looked down on the five cardinal archbishops before him with utter disdain. No matter how loudly they chanted, it had no effect on Basha, who wielded the true power of the God of Fire; instead, his attacks inadvertently strengthened their strength.

“Hehe, you five, it’s time you took a break,” Basha said, lifting his massive axe and swinging it down at the five cardinal archbishops without hesitation.

To Basha, the axe might have seemed a bit large, but for him, who now possessed the true form of the God of Fire, it was just the right size. Enhanced by the axe, his attacks even generated a faint divine energy.

“Boom!”

As soon as Basha’s axe struck the ground, the nearby mountains shook violently, and terrifying cracks appeared on the surface. If that axe had hit a human, there would likely not be even a trace left.

“Second brother, be careful behind you!” Nayixiu shouted, her bow never stopping as she shot another arrow at the cardinal archbishop trying to attack Basha from behind.

Hearing Nayixiu’s voice, Basha swung his arm without turning, causing the archbishop hit by the arrow to crash into a rock and fall unconscious.

Now, only four cardinal archbishops remained on the battlefield, which undoubtedly reduced the pressure on Du Fan’s side. As long as Du Fan could defeat Qian He Xun from the Holy Church, victory would ultimately belong to them.

“You three kids still don’t seem to understand what true divine power is,” Qian said excitedly, looking at the three of them. At the same time, He Xun flew over to Qian, having just finished treating Fei Shi.

“Old man, are you okay?” He Xun asked helplessly, placing his hand on Qian’s arm. A cool energy circulated within Qian’s body, curing all his minor injuries.

“Mm, these minor wounds are nothing. It seems they’ve forgotten we’re still here in the Holy Church. We should remind these kids of our existence,” Qian said with a smile, looking at Du Fan and his companions. But at Qian’s smile, the three of them couldn’t help but shiver.

Qian and Xun exchanged a smile as they looked at each other. At the same time, a strange black light appeared around them, and waves of extremely bizarre energy kept converging from all directions, enveloping the two powerful warriors like a cocoon.

“What is this?” The elven elder beside Nai Xiu stared gravely at the black cocoon, feeling fear creeping into his heart. It seemed as if there was someone in his memories who had once filled him with such fear.

“Don’t let these two merge!” the elven elder shouted, but it was already too late. The black cocoon began to crack, and from within emerged a monster that no one had ever seen before.

This monster had four arms, each wielding a strange weapon. Shrouded in black light, it constantly sent dangerous messages to Du Fan and his group.

“What is this thing…?” Du Fan asked in horror, looking at Rob. Rob and the others shook their heads before swallowing hard. They summoned the power of the stars and their own domains, preparing to fight this monster.

“No, absolutely don’t fight this monster,” the elven elder said, flying in front of Du Fan and explaining in terror, “This is the Nagas—a monster that once existed in the Holy Church but has since disappeared.”

“Nagas?” Hearing this name, an unprecedented fear quickly seized everyone’s hearts.

Nagas—famous demons from the continent hundreds of years ago. At first, they weren’t very powerful, so most domain masters turned a blind eye to them. But gradually, these so-called Nagas became domain masters within just a few months. An unprecedented sense of threat swept across the continent, prompting all the powerful warriors to unite and hunt down the Nagas.