Chapter 1107: Sunfire Returns

Ke Er Sa Luo is the name of the Sunfire Giant Troll Captain.

Lei En knows him and has an impression of him.

In fact, Lei En is familiar with all the upper‑tier giants of the Sunfire Tribe.

Among three Sunfire Warriors, more than ten temple priests, over a hundred high‑ranking Holy Warriors, and the top three hundred plus of the five thousand‑plus elite Holy Warriors, the Thundercast Celestial Soldier infiltrated Sarta, secretly observed for over a month, gathered information on these strong ones, and knows the entire tribe like the back of its hand.

This Ke Er Sa Luo left a relatively deep impression on Lei En because he is very young.

High‑ranking Holy Warriors are the backbone of the Sunfire Tribe, equivalent to legends among humans; most Sunfire giants become high‑ranking Holy Warriors around forty, but Ke Er Sa Luo became one in his early thirties, a testament to his outstanding talent.

Among the younger generation of the Sunfire Tribe, Ke Er Sa Luo's talent is first‑rate, yet still slightly inferior to the very top few giants.

However, Ke Er Sa Luo's background is rather unique.

He is an orphan.

When he was three, his parents died while out hunting, much like today, killed in an ambush by the Bounty‑Hunter Tribe.

Fortunately, Ke Er Sa Luo has a formidable grandfather.

His grandfather is the Sunfire Tribe chief "Zu Lazabu", the supreme ruler of Sarta, and also the strongest among the three Sunfire Warriors.

Unfortunately, Chief Zu Lazabu has many descendants; just among Ke Er Sa Luo's generation there are over a dozen. Although Zu Lazabu adopted him after his parents' death, he only received a worry‑free life and little personal care.

When Ke Er Sa Luo reached fifteen and came of age, he began living independently, taking part in the tribe's hunts and battles, growing step by step.

It wasn't until two years ago that Ke Er Sa Luo was promoted to high‑ranking Holy Warrior, prompting his grandfather to lavish a couple of praises.

But that was all.

Zu Lazabu did not start to look at Ke Er Sa Luo differently, and Ke Er Sa Luo felt some resentment but dared not show it; since childhood he has only revered and kept distance from his grandfather. His ambition is great; knowing he is still young and too weak to contend with his grandfather, lacking status and voice in the tribe, he hides all thoughts, diligently cultivates Holy Light Power, hones combat skills, and aims to prove himself to his grandfather in the future, even to replace him.

During his growth, the Sunfire God became his most important spiritual support, and he prayed at the temple daily.

He is Anse's fanatic!

A Thundercast Celestial Soldier observed Ke Er Sa Luo secretly for several days, saw through all the young giant's details, knowing him better than he knows himself.

Overall, Ke Er Sa Luo is a gifted, capable, faithful, and ambitious giant; if he survives, he may achieve great things in the future.

Unfortunately, he has no future now.

Lei En had long seen the stalker approaching Ke Er Sa Luo from the shadows and could have rescued him with a hand's ease, but he did nothing, coldly watching the stalker pierce Ke Er Sa Luo's heart.

For his own grand scheme, Ke Er Sa Luo could only meet a heroic death.

"Ah…"

Ke Er Sa Luo cried out in pain; the intense stimulus triggered a burst of Holy Light Power inside him, and with a booming blast, the stalker behind him was blown away.

It was a dying‑backlash; after the explosion, he immediately waned.

The stalker's short sword was coated with potent poison; although it hadn't shattered the whole heart yet, the toxin spread, and blood mixed with Holy Light Power gushed from his chest. In an instant, he felt his entire body numb, his strength and life raging away.

"No…"

Ke Er Sa Luo, eyes filled with disbelief, knelt down, murmuring, "How could I die here?"

His mind went blank, his vision blurred.

Before succumbing to darkness, Ke Er Sa Luo mustered his last ounce of strength and shouted loudly, "My lord Anse, is this the destiny you have arranged for me…"

A sharp arrow struck his forehead, the tip piercing out through the back of his head, and the sound abruptly ceased.

Bang.

Ke Er Sa Luo's corpse fell to the ground, completely lifeless.

"Captain!"

The Holy Warriors struggling against the enemy shouted in anger, but on their faces, beyond anger, lay despair.

Even the strongest captain is dead; they cannot possibly break the encirclement, certain death.

The Bounty‑Hunter Tribe's giants kept their distance from the Holy Warriors, sending only three high‑ranking fighters to engage head‑on and hold the prey, while the remaining over a hundred giants scattered in the surrounding forest, firing bows and spears from afar, with a few stalkers waiting to backstab.

As the battle progressed, Holy Warriors fell one after another.

Soon, only two elite Holy Warriors and four regular Holy Warriors of the Sunfire giants remained. Their armor was heavily damaged, they were wounded and poisoned; even without the giants' ranged threat, they could not match the three high‑ranking fighters and were close to death.

In the sky.

Sheng Jilies and a Sunfire Avatar appeared beside Lei En; the Sunfire Avatar looked at Ke Er Sa Luo lying on the forest floor, every detail from inside out fully revealed.

Its size and appearance began to shift.

A few seconds later, the Sunfire Avatar transformed from the form of an ordinary Sunfire giant into another Ke Er Sa Luo; its skin tone, posture, build, even tusks and pupil color matched Ke Er Sa Luo perfectly.

Even the giants closest to Ke Er Sa Luo could not tell real from fake.

The Sunfire Avatar donned a set of high‑ranking Holy Warrior armor, forged by Lei En using Sunfire Tribe craftsmanship and identical materials, the same grade as Ke Er Sa Luo's armor. He quickly created damage on the armor to match Ke Er Sa Luo's, even faked a pierced‑heart wound and an arrow lodged in the forehead.

Because of the rushed timing, the armor damage and bodily wounds could not be made exactly identical; close observation still reveals slight differences.

But that mattered little.

The battle in the forest was about to end; it could not be delayed further.

Boom—

A massive roar echoed over the forest, like thunder on flat ground; the sky shuddered, startling the battling giants, who quickly scattered and looked upward.

They saw the light.

It was a brilliance brighter than the sun, holy and blazing, piercing the canopy to illuminate every corner of the forest; dead branches and fallen leaves ignited, instantly turning to ash.

Within a radius of a kilometer, sky and earth became transparent; the giants felt a terrifying pressure descend, and they all crouched to the ground.

"Luo A?"

The Bounty‑Hunter Tribe giants shouted in alarm.

Immediately, they sensed something amiss; this aura differed from that of the deity Luo A, being more grand and awe‑inspiring, holy and untouchable, seemingly a tier above Luo A. The Bounty‑Hunter Tribe giants worship the Hunting God and occasionally receive divine response, so they were not unfamiliar with such an aura.

Divine!

Giants on both sides were crushed to the ground by this aura, trembling; the Holy Warriors first panicked, then realized the terrifying power felt familiar.

This is Holy Light Power!

Even the chief's Holy Light Power is less than one percent of this Holy Light.

The four surviving Holy Warriors were struck by a flash of insight, simultaneously recalling something, and boldly looked up at the radiant glow in the sky.

At that moment, an even more dazzling pillar of light descended from the heavens, shining onto the forest clearing and enveloping the Holy Warriors, including the corpses already dead on the ground.

The Holy Warriors bathed in Holy Light, and a surging power rushed into their bodies.

They instantly felt their wounds cease bleeding, heal rapidly, the toxins in their bodies expelled, stamina restored to its peak, and the spent Holy Light Power not only replenished but surged onward, growing ever stronger.

"Sun above!"

The four Holy Warriors trembled with excitement, could not help but kneel, and shouted loudly, "My lord, this is the power of my lord Anse!"

The trolls of the Headhunter Tribe turned pale.

They had fought the Sun Tribe for millennia, so they knew the Sun Tribe worshipped a "Sun God" who had fallen more than ten thousand years ago, which is why they dared to attack, treating the Sun Tribe's trolls as prey.

Could the Sun God have revived after all these years?

Three high‑rank troll warriors exchanged glances, signaling a swift retreat, and struggled to move through the mountain‑heavy divine aura, trying to leave the battlefield.

However, after only two steps they saw something even more terrifying, and their bodies froze instantly, like stone statues.

Amid the flickering light, those corpses on the ground moved!

The dead Holy Warriors rose one after another.

Their wounds healed at a visible speed; even fatal injuries that pierced brain and heart were restored within seconds, souls returned to their bodies, eyes opened, gazes blank, evidently not understanding why they had died and revived.

Ke Er Sa Luo also revived.

Yet amid the great shock, none of the trolls noticed that the Ke Er Sa Luo before them had been swapped; he was no longer the Ke Er Sa Luo they knew.

Ke Er Sa Luo's bewilderment vanished swiftly, and he knelt toward the celestial radiance, trembling with excitement, shouting, "My lord! You have risen again like the sun, your brilliance illuminating the sky, your greatness everywhere, omnipotent! You have granted me a second life; I, Ke Er Sa Luo, will offer the most devout faith, serving the great Sun God for life..."

He loudly recited the Sun God's doctrine.

The newly revived Holy Warriors recovered as well, kneeling and loudly praying to the deity they worshipped.

Their resonant voices echoed through the forest; the trolls of the Headhunter Tribe were utterly shocked, but after the initial stun their faces turned fierce and resolute, like a pack of fearless beasts.

Even a god cannot stop its own hunt!

The leading troll was a high‑rank warrior lord; this ambush was his own scheme, and the earlier fight had not shown his full strength.

He swiftly signaled to his nearby subordinates.

Then his body swelled rapidly to over three meters tall, eyes bloodshot, letting out a roar, resisting the Holy Light's pressure, and brandishing his massive axe toward Ke Er Sa Luo. The axe blade surged toward Ke Er Sa Luo's neck; he intended to behead the enemy while they prayed.

The other two high‑rank warriors also sprang into action, attacking from other directions, besieging the revived Holy Warriors near Ke Er Sa Luo.

Outside the clearing, troll hunters fired a hail of arrows.

"Watch out!"

A Holy Warrior at a distance warned.

Ke Er Sa Luo seemed to have sensed it early, sprang up, and already grasped his weapon—a two‑handed greatsword.

He held the greatsword's hilt with one hand, using the momentum of his turn to swing a slash.

Boom!

Holy Light erupted violently, a sword‑like beam over ten meters long materialized, formed of solid‑like golden flame, sweeping outward and flashing past the trolls' eyes.

The three charging high‑rank warriors suddenly halted.

The leading warrior lord looked down, saw his torso separated from his legs, and with a bang, half his body fell to the ground; the waist cut was charred, with no blood spilling. The troll's vitality was extremely tenacious; even after being bisected at the waist, he did not die instantly, and a wail escaped his mouth.

"Ah, ah..."

But after two cries he fell silent.

The golden flame on the wound spread, instantly turning to ash, and even his massive axe melted into a pool of molten metal.

The other two high‑rank warriors met similar fates; after being bisected at the waist, their bodies were burned clean.

The clearing fell silent.

Ke Er Sa Luo, after slashing the enemy with a sword, raised his empty left fist, which glowed; a semi‑transparent golden shield instantly unfurled, dome‑shaped, protecting the Holy Warriors within.

Divine Technique—Protective Aura!

Arrows and spears struck the shield, instantly rebounding with a clanging sound; the shield did not tremble at all.

The Holy Warriors stared in amazement, then erupted with excitement—this is Divine Technique!

Divine Technique bestowed by the Sun God.

Since my lord fell, for over ten thousand years the Sun Tribe's Holy Warriors have been unable to wield Divine Technique, only using Holy Light Power in close combat, combining martial skills to boost strength and defense, yet its potency is far inferior to Divine Technique.

At last, the Holy Warriors can wield Divine Technique again!

Ke Er Sa Luo turned his head, eyes flashing like lightning, and roared, "Get out!"

His voice carried a divine pressure, lofty as a deity judging an unforgivable sinner.

Divine Technique—Judgment!

Several silhouettes appeared nearby, crouched, clad in tight black leather armor, wielding short swords or daggers. These troll stalkers were closing on the Holy Warriors, ready to ambush, but Ke Er Sa Luo's roar shattered their concealment, their souls trembling, bodies rigid.

The surrounding Holy Warriors surged forward, cutting them into fragments.

Beyond the Protective Aura, the Headhunter Tribe's trolls sensed the unfavorable turn; a high‑rank hunter shouted, and the trolls fled swiftly through the forest.

"Captain, we can't let them go!"

A Holy Warrior shouted anxiously, vengeance blazing in his eyes.

"They can't escape," Ke Er Sa Luo said calmly, deactivating the Protective Aura, raising his greatsword toward the sky, the blade brimming with massive Holy Light Power; three seconds later, a blinding Holy Light burst outward in all directions, covering an area of several hundred meters.

"Divine Storm!"

Ke Er Sa Luo's voice rang across the forest canopy.

(End of Chapter)