Apotheosis

Zen had a rough grasp of the scene he had just witnessed.

Freya was not able to take the jades, but that did not mean that he couldn't.

Freya's features morphed into frustration. Immediately, she said, "Let's leave this place. If the beast stirs, we'll be screwed."

Zen, however, only reached out a hand towards her. "Hand it over," he said.

Freya looked at his outstretched hand in confusion. "What?"

"Your robe," Zen replied. "Lend it to me."

A look of understanding dawned on her face. "You want to get the life vitality jades?" she asked, almost incredulously.

Zen nodded. Freya did not know what to make of it. She was a full realm higher in cultivation than Zen. If she had failed to get the life vitality jades, what more could he do?

As if reading her mind, he smiled. "Don't worry. I can make it."

She had her doubts, but as she looked at his determined expression, she knew she had to. It was as if something told her that Zen would succeed.

After all, they were already here. It would be a pity to go back empty-handed. If Zen wanted to give it a try, she had no reason to refuse. She took off her robe and handed it to Zen's waiting hand.

"Thank you!"

The robe cloaked one's breath. Zen wore the garment, and instantly his energy was muted. His aura had become almost inaudible.

Then, wordlessly, he rushed towards the life vitality jades at lightning speed.

Freya barely had time to register what was happening. Zen was acting so recklessly. One of her hands went up in shock to cover her mouth. Her pulse picked up with his every step closer to the life vitality jades. She held her breath, not daring to breathe. He made no sound as he got closer, and she finally allowed a relieved sigh. 'This guy is too rash!' she thought.

As he approached the life vitality jades, Zen wanted to directly pull one of them down from above just as Freya had done.

However, it refused to budge from his tug.

Zen used the power of the dragon scales and gave it another pull.

He had activated 1, 000 dragon scales, but it was to no avail. The life vitality jade remained wedged from above. This time, however, he no longer increased his strength.

His current power would be enough to pull even huge mountains. This meant only one thing: there must be some Law of Causality hidden within the life vitality jades, which meant that this was not a problem that could be solved by force.

As he thought of this, Zen's b

and Death Realm dares to steal my life vitality jades? Your attempts at escape would be futile. I advise you to stop the senseless running. These nine brothers of mine have been starving for a long time."

Zen's eyes flashed. It seemed that the Nine-head Snake was intelligent enough to communicate with humans. Coupled with its power, it was a dangerous enemy.

The Nine-head Snake was considered to be among the ranks of legendary beasts, just like the cyan dragon. It was much smarter than ordinary humans.

"Quick!" Zen shouted. "We will go through the cave in front of us!" Zen was running on the path that they had taken when they came. Freya was at a loss of what to do. If she didn't follow Zen, she might have run away aimlessly. If it happened, she would have alerted more and more vicious beasts and brought more trouble.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two of them ran, and the Nine-head Snake kept up the chase.

"Is there any way to make it slow down?" Zen asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, Freya turned around. Her life vitality spread out from within her body, instantly condensing into a rapidly dancing snow ring.

"Snowfall Domain!"

In normal circumstances, when a domain was condensed, it would follow its summoner and move around. However, after Freya had condensed this domain, she immediately threw it to the snake. She followed closely behind Zen.

When the Nine-head Snake passed through the Snowfall Domain, it slowed down. However, the next moment, it swung its tail forcefully and lightly knocked against the ground. The Snowfall Domain that Freya had condensed was shattered like shards of glass.