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"Why don't both deacons join in together!"
Sensing that the potion within his body had digested by more than half after defeating Dunn and Jayne in front of everyone, George immediately extended another sparring invitation to Crestet and Raelda.
"Fine, then let us see exactly how strong your body is!"
Crestet and Raelda glanced at each other; neither refused.
To be honest, after seeing the strength and speed George had just displayed, they weren't entirely confident they could handle George individually.
Thus, when George asked them to come at him together, they didn't refuse for the sake of pride.
On one hand, the two needed to test the limits of George's physical body so they could determine how to treat him moving forward based on his actual strength.
On the other hand, the two still needed George to understand that while his body was indeed powerful, it was nothing in the face of the truly powerful Churches.
Perhaps you possess strength comparable to a Sequence 4, but a Church doesn't just have one Sequence 4; two Sequence 4s could suppress you completely.
And above Sequence 4, there are Sequence 3s and Sequence 2s.
Furthermore, there wasn't just one orthodox Church—there were seven.
They couldn't let George underestimate the Churches; they had to instill a sense of awe and reverence in him. This would make it easier to recruit him in a moment.
Since George had passed the inspection and even the Goddess hadn't found anything unusual, he could be recruited into the Church to become an official Beyonder.
With a physical body this powerful at only six months old, he was destined to be a pillar of the Church in the future.
Waking the two captains, they had them lead their respective team members to clear the area of any potential civilians, and then the battle began.
Battles at the demigod level could easily destroy a city like Tingen with their aftershocks.
Even if the two deacons would surely exercise extreme restraint during the spar to prevent power from leaking out and causing damage, the scene was bound to be terrifying.
Sure enough, as soon as the battle started, Raelda flew directly into the air. With a casual wave of his hand, violent lightning descended from the sky, striking toward George.
The Tyrant pathway allows for short-range flight at Sequence 6, and the flight capabilities are significantly enhanced at Sequence 4.
The reason Sequence 4 of this pathway is called Catastrophe Manipulator is because once they activate their abilities, it is no different from a natural disaster.
George found the Tyrant pathway interesting; the early stages focused on physical strengthening, comparable to the Warrior pathway, yet at high Sequences, they turned into top-tier Archmages.
The violent lightning overhead was no weaker in power than the lightning magic of a top-tier lightning mage from the Fairy Tail world.
Of course, given George's physical body and the superpower within him that controlled lightning, even without any defense, this lightning would have a hard time harming him.
However, he naturally wouldn't let the lightning actually hit him.
On one hand, he feared that taking a direct lightning strike completely unscathed would be too shocking for the two deacons.
On the other hand, he had to consider that since he couldn't use his "abilities" right now, while his body would be fine, his clothes would be turned to ash.
Fighting with a bare butt would be quite detrimental to his image—even if his current body was just a six-month-old infant.
With a flash of his figure, he successfully predicted and dodged the lightning just before it could strike him.
But just as he dodged, a pure white bone sword hacked down toward his head.
It was Crestet, intercepting him with the Sword of the Goddess.
The coordination between the two High Deacons was the exact opposite of the two captains.
Previously, the Evernight pathway's Dunn was responsible for long-range suppression while the Tyrant pathway's Jayne handled close combat.
Now, the Evernight pathway's Crestet was handling close combat, while the Tyrant pathway's Raelda provided long-range suppression.
"Speed like this won't hurt me."
Facing the incoming Sword of the Goddess, the corners of George's mouth curled slightly as he prepared to sidestep the attack.
However, at that moment, for some reason, his foot suddenly slipped. His body instantly lost balance, preventing him from making an effective evasive maneuver.
Was this a joke? With his control over his body, how could he make such a low-level, amateur mistake?
"My fate was tampered with."
In an instant, George realized what was happening.
Just as he was preparing to dodge, that Sword of the Goddess had quietly nudged his fate, causing him to be plagued by misfortune in that moment, leading to a clumsy mistake like slipping.
"Interesting!"
He was becoming more and more interested in the high-sequence abilities of this world.
"I wonder what kind of abilities a high-sequence Seer would have."
Since he couldn't dodge, George simply stopped trying. He reached out and, with lightning speed, flicked the side of the Sword of the Goddess.
The immense force instantly diverted the sword's trajectory, causing it to slash past his side, while he used the momentum to leap away.
However, mid-leap, a massive wind blade sliced down toward him from above.
That wind blade came from Raelda.
Clap!
In mid-air, George slammed his hands together. The physical gale created by the impact instantly met the wind blade, shattering it on the spot.
"What!"
Seeing George break his wind blade in such an inconceivable manner, Raelda couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Evernight!"
The moment George landed, Crestet's attack came again.
Compared to the initial probing strike, Crestet did not hold back this time.
His expression was solemn as he held the Sword of the Goddess. Spiritual energy surged frantically into the blade, and he swung the sword vertically while still five meters away from George.
The blade of the Sword of the Goddess seemed to transform into a black hole, sucking in all surrounding light and emitting a serene yet dangerous darkness that spread toward George.
Simultaneously, several powerful spiritual entities emerged from Crestet's body, fading into the darkness and making it even more perilous.
This was one of the abilities of Crestet as a Sequence 5 Spirit Warlock.
Combined with the power of the Sword of the Goddess, once the darkness enveloped an enemy, even a Sequence 4 demigod would be affected, dragged into the depths of the darkness by those spirits to gradually fall into an eternal slumber.
"It's over."
Up in the sky, Raelda, who was preparing to follow up, pulled back his hand upon seeing Crestet get serious.
George's strength lay in his physical body, and Crestet's method of attack was the bane of Beyonders who relied on physical melee combat.
That boundless darkness was something George couldn't dodge, no matter how fast he was.
And as for an attack targeting the soul, no matter how strong George's physical body was, it would be difficult to resist.
Therefore, he shouldn't need to act again.
Though, if not for his suppression, given George's speed and strength, Crestet likely would have found it difficult to launch an attack of this level so smoothly.
"This move is somewhat interesting. It seems it's time to show some true power!"
Seeing the darkness surging toward him and sensing the danger within, George stretched his limbs, preparing to counterattack.
Actually, if he used his modified Magician's flame ability now, he could escape the encirclement or block the attack.
But since this spar was primarily to showcase physical strength, he planned to use a different method.
(End of Chapter)