Walker Of The Worlds

2803  Culling The Divine Order

Lin Muʼs permission was all it took for the twins to unleash their power.

HISS! HISS!

With a synchronized cry, the twins vanished from sight, their forms blurring into streaks of motion that defied the eye.

Before the clergy and inquisitors could even register the threat, they were already falling. Some found their chests punctured by invisible force; others simply collapsed, their heads twisted at unnatural angles. No warning. No mercy. The twins cut through them like phantoms of death.

So swift and surgical was their assault that even Little Shrubby—normally a blur of claws and flame—was left trailing behind, blinking in disbelief.

Within seconds, a tenth of the enemy forces were lying lifeless on the stone floor.

”Time for me to join as well,” Lin Mu muttered as he drew his two blades—Ocean Raker and Afternoon Pine—from his back.

His gaze locked onto the most formidable enemies, the Archbishops and elite warriors standing at the rear.

He moved.

The world around him slowed as his body surged forward like a meteor. Cloaked in a halo of murderous intent, Lin Mu tore through the ranks of clergy before they even realized he was among them.

”Whatʼs happening?!”

”How are they dying?!”

Panic bloomed in their ranks, but it was too late. Confusion clouded their minds, and in that gap, Lin Mu struck.

”AFTERNOON PINE!” he roared, slashing horizontally.

A fan of silvery energy burst from his blade, cutting through ten priests in a single arc. Their bodies fell to the ground in neatly sliced segments, blood soaking into the cobblestones like crimson ink.

”Enemy!”

”Itʼs the heretic!”

At last, the clergy found their voices and retaliated.

SHUA! SHUA! SHUA!

Golden beams of light were launched, streaking toward Lin Mu with deadly brilliance. Other clergy summoned radiant symbols in the air, forming circles of divine scripture that pulsed with strange energy. The air grew dense with power—binding glyphs, searing rays, barriers of holy light.

Lin Mu danced through them.

His feet barely touched the ground, each movement a perfect blend of precision and instinct. The beams passed inches from his face, searing the edges of his robe but failing to so much as singe his skin.

ʼInteresting,ʼ Lin Mu thought as one of the symbols managed to activate a Slowing Hex around him. He felt the energy drag against his limbs—but only faintly. A mere one percent reduction in speed. Hardly worth noting.

”Chains of Absolute Binding!” the Archbishops shouted in unison.

Three golden circles materialized around Lin Mu, each summoning spectral chains of divine metal. They burst from the ground, twisting and homing in on him with uncanny intelligence.

CLANG! CLANG!

Lin Mu slashed some out of the air with Ocean Raker, sparks flying with each impact. But several chains found their mark, wrapping tightly around his arms and torso.

”We got him!” one Archbishop crowed.

”Kill him now!” shouted another, rushing forward with a golden Holy Spear crackling with sacred energy.

DENG!

The spear struck—but instead of piercing Lin Mu, it rebounded with a harsh metallic ring.

A thick layer of rocky Armor had materialized over his skin just in time, rendering the divine weapon harmless.

”Truly lacking in skill,” Lin Mu said calmly, unbothered by the restraints.

He tensed his arms.

The chains tightened.

Then—

SHATTER!

With a simple motion, Lin Mu ripped the bindings apart like paper streamers.

”He… broke the Chains of Binding?!”

”Howʼs that possible?!”

Their disbelief was almost laughable.

”You lot are simply weak,” Lin Mu said with contempt as he dashed forward.

His target: Archbishop Leon.

THUD!

Leon raised his staff to block, but Lin Muʼs twin blades hammered down with unrelenting force. The Archbishop staggered backward.

CRACK!

A savage knee to the stomach knocked the wind from him. Leon bent double, wheezing.

SNAP!

Lin Muʼs sweeping kick shattered the manʼs knee. Leon screamed, collapsing in agony, his leg bent unnaturally.

”ARGHHHHHH!”

His staff clattered to the ground.

”You dare insult our god-given authority?!” one of the remaining Archbishops shouted, his face contorted with rage.

”A god that cannot protect you,” Lin Mu said coldly, ”is no god at all.”

With one fluid motion, he swung Ocean Raker.

SHING!

Archbishop Leonʼs head tumbled from his shoulders, his eyes still wide in disbelief. The body collapsed like a puppet with cut strings.

”Archbishop Leon!”

”Donʼt worry,” Lin Mu said, blinking behind the second Archbishop in an instant. ”Youʼll join him.”

CLANG!

The Archbishopʼs spear blocked the first strike, sparks dancing through the air. But Lin Mu pressed forward, his twin blades hammering like drums of war.

”Y-You…!” the Archbishop grunted, barely withstanding the relentless assault.

Each block drained him. Each strike pushed him back.

Then Lin Mu feinted, twisted—and tore the spear from the manʼs hands.

SHICK!

Both swords plunged into his chest. He gasped.

Lin Mu didnʼt stop.

He wrenched the blades apart, slicing the man clean in half.

”ARCHBISHOP CLEO!” the last man screamed, frozen in place.

”See?” Lin Mu turned his cold gaze to the final Archbishop. ”Your god can do nothing.”

He moved.

A blur.

With the final leader down, Lin Mu turned to mop up the remnants. The twins and Little Shrubby were already hard at work—tearing, slashing, and burning through the scattered survivors.

The battle lasted less than five minutes.

When it ended, not a single soldier of the Divine Order was left standing.

Lin Mu hovered in the air, surveying the battlefield. Smoke, ash, and blood marred the once-pristine stones of the Holy cityʼs great plaza.

There was no pity in his eyes.

Only judgment.

He took out a jade slip and activated it, contacting Daoist Chu.

”Howʼs it coming along?” Lin Mu asked.

”The fourth batch has just been sent off,” came the reply. ”You can return. Iʼm working on our coordinates now.”

”Alright,” Lin Mu said.

He took one final look at the ruined seat of the enemyʼs power. The place where false faith and borrowed strength had once ruled.

No more.

He turned and vanished into the sky.