Chapter 007: Reinforcements

But the Nagas, who had grown into realm masters, didn’t simply kill these strong opponents—they effortlessly drained their vital energy and all their strength! Their ability to absorb others’ energy and vitality for their own use made them monstrous killers, especially those skilled in combat!
As the Nagas grew stronger, their targets became even more elite. All the skilled warriors on the continent began to feel threatened.
Word of this gradually reached the current Pope, who then led the Church’s strongest warriors to hunt down and fight against the Nagas.
The battle lasted a month, and in the end, the continent’s skilled warriors paid a heavy price before finally defeating the Nagas. From then on, the Nagas disappeared without a trace. Yet no one expected them to reappear at this moment, standing on the side of the Church and attacking Du Fan and his group.
Seeing the Nagas before him without any immediate action, Du Fan calmly asked Liao Luo, the elder of the elf tribe beside him, “If we fight them now, what are our chances of winning?”
“Thirty percent,” replied Elder Liao Luo with a bitter smile before adding hopefully, “If your second brother can maintain his Fire God form, I think our chances could rise to fifty percent. But that would require us to act first, before the Nagas do anything. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to defeat them.”
“Fifty percent?” Du Fan looked at the Nagas in confusion. This legendary warrior who once brought terror to the entire continent seemed to possess no divine power at all, yet his aura was strangely eerie. Without careful caution, it would be hard to withstand his attacks.
“Third brother, go ahead,” said Basha, turning to Du Fan and swinging his massive axe forcefully. At the same time, the fire elements in the air became denser, and the temperature rose significantly.

“Then let’s get started.” Du Fan waved his hand, and instantly a ruler appeared in it. Stars of various sizes kept flashing on its surface. Even though Du Fan wasn’t using the power of stars within his body, phenomena that only occurred when that power was active appeared in the sky—the Star-Picking Tool, painstakingly crafted by several elders of the Dulu tribe among the dwarves. Sensing this unique power of stars, Du Fan’s mood immediately calmed down. At the same time, Basha also raised his giant axe. The fire elements in the air and the power of stars merged perfectly at this moment… Feeling the fire elements and the power of stars in the air, the soldiers of the Sacred Army and those in the inner ranks of the Third Army seemed to go mad, rushing desperately toward the outer troops, with some even throwing away their weapons in a moment of panic. Watching these soldiers retreat like a tide, Rob also realized that in such a war, without using divine power, he likely wouldn’t be able to do much. Shaking his head, Rob flew straight toward those ordinary soldiers!

Wind and thunder energy surrounded him entirely, with gusts of wind blades and bolts of lightning constantly attacking the soldiers below. “Second brother, to what extent can you control your energy?” Du Fan asked Bashah after looking at him. Hearing Du Fan’s question, Bashah intensified the transmission of fire elements in his hands and replied coldly with a grunt, “I’ve basically pushed the true form of the Fire God to its limit. I can hold on for a while, but I’m not sure about this Naga.” Upon hearing Bashah’s words, Du Fan shook his Star-Picking Ruler vigorously, causing streams of star energy to reflect tiny golden lights in the sky and shoot toward him. Sensing the greatly different star energy from usual, Du Fan let out a satisfied groan before opening his eyes and saying to the Naga ahead, “Then, let’s begin now.” With Du Fan’s voice, Bashah beside him swung his massive axe at the same time, and two extremely violent energies surged toward the Naga in front of them. “Damn it!” The Naga cursed under his breath, moving all four hands at once. The weapons in his hands suddenly gleamed as he counterattacked with the violent fire elements mixed with star energy. “Boom!” A thunderclap rang out in the sky, and a lightning bolt as thick as a thumb struck the shovel in the Naga’s hand, emitting a faint thunderous sound. The Naga’s body swayed slightly, and a strange smile appeared on his face! This bolt of lightning not only failed to harm the Naga but seemingly even strengthened him further! “How is this possible?” Du Fan stared in astonishment at the Naga. His repeated attacks had done nothing; instead, the energy he sent seemed to nourish the enemy! “Since you know of the fame of my Naga clan, why don’t you know our strengths?” the Naga said with a playful smile as he looked at Du Fan. “Naga, I never thought the rumor was true—that the Pope used that mysterious power to split you into two living beings,” said Elder Li Luo from the side. As an being who had lived for tens of thousands of years, Elder Li Luo knew much more than most ordinary people. Initially, the decision to send him to protect Naixiu was partly due to his broad knowledge.

“Of course it’s true. Since the Pope needs me, I obviously can’t appear in this form,” Nagas said coldly. “Due to my unique appearance, the Pope split me into two beings, but we can rejoin at will.”
“Good, good! I never expected that the Holy Church would always hide its despicable actions under the guise of legitimacy!” Li Luo said excitedly upon hearing Nagas’ words.
Li Luo never imagined that Nagas, who had once been hunted down by the Holy Church with the help of many skilled warriors from the continent, had become a lackey of the Church! Clearly, after capturing Nagas, the Holy Church did not bring him to trial but instead used him for their own purposes.
“I can’t care about that! When I was captured, I had no choice but to cooperate with them!” Nagas shouted loudly to the sky. “If you want to fight, then fight! Why ask so many questions about the past?” Nagas snapped.
With that shout, Nagas rushed toward Du Fan and Ba Sha like a whirlwind.
Wielding his four long arms, he used four weapons to attack Du Fan and Ba Sha at the same time. While fighting against both Du Fan and Ba Sha, Nagas still held the upper hand!
“Second brother, something’s wrong!” Du Fan shouted to Ba Sha.
Every time his attacks reached Nagas, they immediately lost their strength. Not only that, but the more he got close to Nagas, the more his energy seemed to drain rapidly!
“My energy is draining!” Ba Sha roared in response to Du Fan’s question.
With Ba Sha’s roar, the axe in his hand emitted a bright red glow.
As a god-tier expert, Ba Sha’s attacks carried some elements of divine power. Coupled with the fact that his axe was a highly ranked divine artifact—the Sunfire Divine Axe, the ancestral treasure of the Dodge tribe—Ba Sha was able to use its power to break through Nagas’ outer energy defenses with just one swing.
However, as he broke through Nagas’ outer defenses, Ba Sha felt his energy draining even faster!
Seeing that a single swing of his axe wasn’t effective, Du Fan gritted his teeth and took the opportunity to gather energy while Ba Sha was busy fighting Nagas.

Just as Basha was retreating in defeat after being killed by the Naga, Du Fan suddenly lunged at him.
“Du Fan, you loser! How dare you attack now?” The Naga laughed scornfully at him, stretched out his arm, and immediately wrapped it around Du Fan.
At that moment, Du Fan’s eyes snapped open! The Thunder Sword in his hand emitted a black-and-white electric arc from such close range.
Space Rending Slash! In such a critical moment, Du Fan used Space Rending Slash again!
Other than Space Rending Slash, Du Fan really had no way to deal with this monster.
At such close range, the Naga couldn’t react in time!
Instantly, Space Rending Slash pierced into the Naga’s body. After the black-and-white electric arc entered its body, a strange expression appeared on the Naga’s face. Soon after, the Naga split in two!
Lying on the ground were two people—none other than Qian and Xun.
The Naga hadn’t died even after being struck by Space Rending Slash!
After all, Space Rending Slash, one of the divine forbidden techniques, had the power to devour everything, yet it still hadn’t killed the Naga outright!
“I never expected such a move!” Xun shouted loudly.
After saying that, Xun took out a magic scroll, grabbed Qian’s hand, and slammed the scroll against his own body!
Soon, a white light flashed, and the two disappeared simultaneously.
Seeing them leave suddenly, Fish’s face twisted in displeasure! Those two could be considered Fish’s last resort in dealing with Du Fan! Their departure finally allowed Du Fan to breathe a sigh of relief!
Suddenly, things changed at this point! Shouts of battle echoed across the battlefield on all sides! Facing this sudden turn of events, Du Fan immediately flew into the air!
Looking down from above, he saw countless armies surrounding the battlefield!
When Fish had stationed troops here to stop Du Fan, he intended to wipe out all the remaining forces of the Northern Army here at any cost. So, after mobilizing almost all of the empire’s elite troops, Fish still sent many more forces to besiege Du Fan. As a result, the other armies finally arrived at this time.
Looking at the armies surrounding him, Du Fan roughly estimated that there were over three hundred thousand soldiers approaching!

“Attack!” The sound of drums and gongs echoed from afar. A massive army rushed toward the battlefield at this moment. The soldiers at the front carried flags in their hands—Fisher’s reinforcements had arrived!
After a long battle, not only did experts like Du Fan feel their energy reserves depleted, but the ordinary soldiers also had little strength left to fight. But now that Fisher’s reinforcements had arrived, if Du Fan stayed to continue fighting, he was bound to lose!