SWOOOSH!!!

Before Damian could press further against Corbin, a massive figure suddenly towered over him from the side.

The nine foot archangel appeared almost instantly beside Damian, his enormous fist now encased within a massive golden gauntlet overflowing with divine flames. The heat radiating from the weapon distorted the air violently.

The flaming fist swung toward Damian’s head ruthlessly with enough force to collapse buildings.

Hmph!

Damian snorted disdainfully.

BOOOOOOM!!!

Dark purple aura erupted violently from his body before the punch could even land.

The sheer force of the explosion blasted outward like a detonation.

Corbin was hurled away instantly while Gilbert himself was forced backward across the battlefield, his massive feet carving deep trenches into the ground as he skidded uncontrollably.

The surrounding priests nearly lost balance from the shockwave alone. Yet Damian remained standing calmly at the center of it all.

His expression did not change.

Slowly, he slid both hands into his pockets before casually beginning to walk toward Gilbert. With every step Damian took, his aura exploded outward again in violent consecutive waves.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Each surge of demonic force smashed into Gilbert relentlessly, never allowing the archangel time to stabilize himself.

The waves struck like invisible hammers.

Gilbert’s massive body kept sliding backward repeatedly while divine energy exploded around him desperately trying to resist the overwhelming pressure. Yet Damian simply kept walking forward calmly like a predator cornering helpless prey.

"Silly angel..." Damian sneered coldly "You should have stayed dead the last time."

BOOOOM!!!

Another wave of dark purple aura exploded outward violently.

Gilbert’s burned body jerked backward again while several damaged feathers tore loose from his wings entirely.

"Now you’ll have to die a painful death by my hands." Damian’s glowing violet eyes narrowed slightly.

Gilbert gritted his teeth furiously. The demonic aura crashing into him continuously was poisonous to divine beings just as holy energy was poisonous to demons.

Every impact disrupted his ability to gather divine energy properly. The demonic residue flooding his system made stabilizing himself nearly impossible.

BANG!!!

Gilbert smashed violently against one of the cathedral walls. Golden cracks spread across the divine structure instantly yet Damian’s assault still did not stop. If anything it intensified.

The pressure waves became stronger and faster.

The surrounding priests and guardian angels stared in complete shock. Damian was overpowering an archangel inside a Cathedral made no sense.

This was a divine territory specifically created to weaken demons, even a Duke of hell will struggle here. The sight completely shattered their understanding of power.

"DEMON!!!"

Corbin’s furious roar suddenly thundered across the battlefield.

Damian frowned slightly before glancing backward over his shoulder only to see a tsunami of golden flames collapsing toward him from behind. The divine inferno surged across the battlefield like a holy ocean intending to consume everything in its path yet Damian looked almost bored.

Casually, he turned halfway before raising one bare hand toward the incoming flames.

"Pay attention!" Rin suddenly warned sharply from atop his head.

Damian’s eyes narrowed instantly. He turned back just in time to see Gilbert’s hands glowing brilliantly with compressed golden flames.

The brief distraction had given the archangel enough time to recover.

Gilbert thrust both hands forward mercilessly and twin streams of divine fire erupted toward Damian from the front.

Hmph!

Damian snorted coldly. He lazily raised the other hand toward Gilbert.

[Hellfire Activated!]

BUUUUZZZZ!!!

Dark green flames exploded violently from Damian’s palm. The inferno surged outward like a living tidal wave, colliding directly against the divine flames attacking from both directions.

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

A catastrophic explosion erupted instantly.

The collision between Hellfire and divine flames distorted the battlefield violently while massive shockwaves exploded outward across both sides.

The priests shielding the cathedral staggered violently. Several weaker demons were blown completely off their feet. The cathedral itself trembled heavily. Yet despite the overwhelming explosion the golden flames continued pushing forward slowly.

Damian frowned.

His demonic heart was beating sluggishly beneath the Cathedral’s suppression. The restriction was limiting his output heavily.

Normally, overpowering either Gilbert or Corbin individually would have been effortless. But dividing his strength between two powerful attacks simultaneously reduced his advantage considerably.

"They actually make a pretty good team," Damian admitted calmly.

Rin immediately smacked his forehead with a paw.

"Stop complimenting your enemies!"

Damian chuckled softly.

"What harm is there in praising dead men?" he rolled his eyes.

But then his smile faded slightly.

Something felt wrong.

The danger did not come from Gilbert nor Corbin.It came from outside the battlefield itself!

Damian’s glowing violet eyes suddenly turned cold as they shifted toward the priests gathered around the cathedral.

The chants had changed.

They were no longer reciting the same incantation from before. The rhythm was different and the divine energy gathering around them had changed completely.

The pressure building outside the Cathedral was becoming increasingly abnormal. Rin grinned darkly atop Damian’s head.

"You see?" the fox chuckled. "You should’ve killed those damn priests first."

SWOOSH!!!

Damian did not dare remain trapped between both attacks. The instant he sensed the converging divine flames closing around him, his body exploded upward like a black meteor.

BOOM!

The air beneath him detonated violently as he shot toward the skies at terrifying speed, escaping the range of the collapsing infernos within a single second.

The two oceans of golden fire crashed into one another beneath him instead.

BOOOOOOM!!!

The collision erupted into a catastrophic explosion that shook the entire cathedral from within. Golden flames swallowed the battlefield below while violent shockwaves spread across the divine structure endlessly.

Yet Damian’s expression did not ease because the moment he escaped Corbin screamed.

"NOW!!!"

Damian’s eyes darkened instantly. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The priests surrounding the cathedral all slammed their palms against the ground simultaneously. Golden veins of divine energy erupted across the cathedral walls like rivers of light.

The entire structure began humming violently.

Rin slowly lifted his tiny fox head from Damian’s shoulder and sighed.

"Yep... We are getting fucked tonight." he chuckled darkly.

Damian desperately wanted to insult him for joking during such a critical moment. Unfortunately he never got the chance. A terrifying pressure suddenly descended from above.

Damian’s instincts screamed instantly.

He turned sharply and froze. Something massive was emerging from the ceiling of the cathedral itself. It was a colossal golden aura avatar silently descended from the heavens above.

It resembled a divine deity formed entirely from condensed holy energy. Its upper body alone dwarfed buildings. Radiant golden robes flowed around its enormous form while countless divine scriptures rotated around its body endlessly and It’s face lacked features

Yet somehow it still felt alive.

The giant entity slowly stretched both massive arms outward toward Damian like a loving embrace but Damian felt no warmth from it.

Only overwhelming danger.

The giant hands continued spreading wider and wider until they completely sealed every direction around him.

The scale difference was horrifying. Damian looked microscopic before it. The massive palms had not even fully curled inward yet Damian already could not see a single escape route remaining.

"DIVINE ART: EMBRACE OF THE DIVINE!!!" the priests roared together in unison.

"Yep... We are really getting fucked in the ass with a mop stick tonight." he muttered.

Damian’s lips twitched slightly despite the life threatening situation.

"Can you stop describing danger like a traumatized prostitute?" he snapped irritably.

"Sorry,It’s the best comparison." Rin shrugged.