103: The sacred site was destroyed, and the Heavenly Sparrow retreated.

Meanwhile, at the center of the battle.

As the Sky-Burning Sparrow erupted once more, the entire sky turned into a sea of fire.

Countless Fire Meteors now transformed into massive fire meteorites, each carrying enough Solar Power to incinerate the defenses of a demigod.

Wei Guangming's expression became much more solemn as he raised both hands high—

“Barrier Release: Holy Purification!”

“Hum—”

Suddenly, within the previously condensed Light Barrier, dense light energy erupted. The moment the falling fire meteorites entered the barrier's range, they were forcibly purified by the holy power of light, dissipating into pure light energy.

However, there were too many meteorites. Although they were eventually purified, the entire Light Barrier ultimately collapsed because Wei Guangming had consumed too much of his own divinity energy to maintain it.

Seeing this, the Sky-Burning Sparrow opened its beak and spat out a highly concentrated Solar Ray.

“World-Extinguishing Light!”

Wei Guangming's face was somewhat pale, but seeing the opponent's attack, his eyes suddenly lit up with a blinding golden light.

“Sizzle—!”

Two beams of light condensed from Law power collided in mid-air, forcibly tearing the surrounding space and revealing pitch-black cracks with terrifying suction that swallowed all the energy from both sides.

“Human, return my child...”

“I told you, your child has nothing to do with Dawn City, and I have never seen it...”

“Then die...”

Receiving no answer, the Sky-Burning Sparrow suddenly dove down, its wings like blades, slashing toward Wei Guangming!

“Truly impossible to reason with...”

The twelve light wings behind Wei Guangming suddenly folded, transforming into a massive blade of light that slashed toward the Sky-Burning Sparrow.

“Clang—!”

A sound like metal clashing rang out as the Sky-Burning Sparrow's wings and the blade of light collided head-on, erupting in blinding sparks.

The power erupted by both sides was similar, but the Sky-Burning Sparrow's physical strength was even more terrifying, forcing Wei Guangming to retreat.

Furthermore, the Sky-Burning Sparrow's claws suddenly grabbed Wei Guangming's shoulders, and its incredibly sharp beak pierced straight toward his head.

If he were struck by this peck, Wei Guangming would be crippled if not killed.

His expression changed, and the light around Wei Guangming surged as he used Light Retrace Echo once more, forcibly and strangely making the Sky-Burning Sparrow's movements backtrack to one second ago.

Immediately after, Wei Guangming took the opportunity to throw a punch.

A fist imprint condensed from the Law of Light landed heavily on the Sky-Burning Sparrow's chest!

“Bang!”

In his Apostle of Light transformation, Wei Guangming's body was dozens of meters tall, and his strength was naturally significant. Under this strike, even the Sky-Burning Sparrow's massive form was sent flying.

Its chest could be seen caving in slightly, golden blood flowing out and scattering across the sky.

However, the moment the Sky-Burning Sparrow stabilized itself, flames surged wildly around its body and converged on the injured spot; the wound healed completely in no time.

All birds carry a trace of the Phoenix Bloodline.

Upon reaching A-rank Mutated Beast status, the Sky-Burning Sparrow's Solar Divine Power contained powerful Nirvana Energy.

It could even be reborn through Nirvana if destroyed.

This was why Wei Guangming did not want to get too entangled with the Sky-Burning Sparrow; unless its divinity was completely annihilated, it would quickly recover entirely, just like a Phoenix through Nirvana.

However, Wei Guangming's goal this time was merely to drive it away.

Seeing that too much time had been consumed and fearing further complications,

His aura suddenly surged again, and the Holy Light Patterns on his body seemed to come alive. The wings on his back vanished, transforming into light energy that circled his body, making him look like a small sun illuminating the surroundings—

“Divinity Release!”

In the next instant, Wei Guangming turned into a streak of light, appearing before the Sky-Burning Sparrow as if teleporting, and threw a punch!

“Bang—!”

At this moment, after releasing his divinity without reservation, Wei Guangming's strength had basically reached the Middle Stage Demigod level. His punch instantly pierced through the Sky-Burning Sparrow's chest.

But in the next second, the Sky-Burning Sparrow's wound was repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, its talons suddenly lashed out, attempting to tear Wei Guangming apart.

The two sides soon collided hundreds of times. The Sky-Burning Sparrow's body was riddled with puncture wounds, while Wei Guangming's body in his Apostle of Light form also showed massive claw marks, one of which went deep into his flesh, nearly tearing him in half at the waist.

“Quickly, someone is approaching rapidly!”

At that moment, the previous voice spoke out. Wei Guangming's expression tightened, and his eyes turned cold as he looked at the already recovering Sky-Burning Sparrow.

He then continuously formed hand seals—

“Light Eruption: Holy Annihilation!”

“Boom!”

In the next instant, accompanied by a painful shriek that echoed through the heavens, pure Law of Light suddenly appeared from the various wounds on the Sky-Burning Sparrow's massive body, and then erupted all at once.

Its body began to disintegrate, and the flames surrounding it were forcibly purified. At this moment, the Sky-Burning Sparrow finally felt the threat of death.

It struggled incessantly, forcing its internal divinity to erupt. Flames appeared on its wings, forcibly annihilating the power of the Law of Light.

Not daring to stay, its battered body turned into a streak of fire and light, fleeing into the distance in an instant!

Although it possessed Nirvana power, each rebirth required a safe environment. If its divinity was consumed too much, it could fall into a long period of weakness and be detected by other Mutated Beasts of the same level.

Wei Guangming also let out a long breath, his body slowly shrinking back to its normal state.

His aura was now withered, the holy patterns on his skin were dim, and he had numerous wounds all over his body.

Though he appeared to have the upper hand in this battle, he had actually used hidden means to force the Sky-Burning Sparrow away. In a true head-on clash, he would have been the one to lose.

At this time, the "Dawn" also slowly flew in from the distance and landed near Wei Guangming.

“Don't come out.”

Wei Guangming's voice reached the ears of Zhou Xing and the others, leaving them somewhat confused.

“Boom!”

Just then, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from the distance. Following that, a sky-covering palm hundreds of meters wide emerged from the horizon, striking toward Wei Guangming.

“Gao Yun, it really is you, you damn fellow, behind this.”

Based on the aura alone, Wei Guangming recognized his old rival, the City Lord of Godfall City from Divine Gene—Gao Yun.

“Humph!”

With a cold snort, his aura erupted once more. With a wave of his hand, a massive amount of light energy surged, and a hundred-meter-long holy sword of light emerged, suddenly splitting the giant black hand in two.

“Boom!”

In the next instant, as the light power erupted, the giant black hand was completely purified by the light and dissipated.