Apotheosis

At this moment, all the disciples were stunned, astonishment reflected in their expressions.

Once the evil spirit engulfed them, the disciples drew away from the inner disciple that had spoken.

"Shiiiiing!"

Cleve unsheathed his sword, pointed it at that inner disciple and yelled, "I believe that you are not Gavin. Who the hell are you?"

"Kekekeke..."

A weird chortle was heard from the inner disciple named Gavin Xu. Soon after the chortling finished, several sharp thorns stretched out of his body. Everyone present was shocked to see that not a drop of blood was shed even though the sharp thorns had pierced his skin.

"I have lurked in Sky Forest for quite a long period. In all this time, I have not noticed any traces of human beings. Now, I have finally encountered some human beings. I must say, the taste of human flesh is as delicious as I expected!" After making this horrifying statement, the inner disciple shot out a rather long, strange tongue and began to lick his lips. Afterward, his head crumbled into pieces and the flesh, brain matter, and bone bits were exposed.

It was at this moment that the others present realized that the inner disciple was a demon disguised as Gavin Xu.

"When did you swallow Gavin and hide yourself inside his body?" questioned Cleve. He pushed his gleaming sword closer to the demon as he spoke.

As the demon grinned, it exposed rows of sharp teeth. With a smug smile, it answered, "You are nothing more than a lowly human being. Do you think it is necessary for me to answer your questions?" The demon let out an ear-piercing shriek as soon as it finished speaking. All of a sudden, dozens of demons darted out from one side of the valley. Not only were these demons extremely hideous, but they also emanated such strong evil spirit that the disciples trembled involuntarily.

"Kill them!" yelled Cleve resolutely. He knew that they could not flinch in front of these demons. No wonder Cleve was an inner disciple! He maintained calm, issued an order, and boosted the morale of other disciples all at the same time in a critical situation.

The disciples of Drizzle Peak were out of luck to have met so many fierce demons simultaneously.

It was common knowledge that demons often snuck into Sky Forest to scout their enemies'

ry and Gury were scared out of their wits. Their bodies trembled as they stood rooted to their spots.

Zen shook his head at this scene. He could not do much from this distance. He stamped his foot in frustration before dashing forward. When he was about 30 feet away, he tossed the broken flying knife.

"Puff, poop!"

The broken flying knife sliced the heads off both the demon soldiers.

As Zen walked over to Henry and Gury, he asked, "The two of you act like cowards. Are you certain that you wanted to come to Sky Forest to kill demons?"

Henry was grateful and surprised when he realized that Zen had saved his life. But when they were spoken to by Zen in such a belittling manner, both Henry and Gury felt a little ashamed.

The lack of action by Henry and Gury was not because they didn't dare to resist. They stood still in a daze, only because when they wanted to step forward to fight the demons, they couldn't move. It was as though their feet had been glued to the ground. The two hadn't felt fear like this before.

"I would never have thought that the top outer disciple of Drizzle Peak would be a good-for-nothing!" Zen sneered.

Upon hearing Zen's sneer, a red tinge crept on Henry's neck and extended to his face. Henry's life had been very smooth. He had not faced any challenging hardships. Ever since he was little, everyone treated him with awe and admiration as he had been a genius. But now, Zen was cursing him.

Being humiliated by someone inferior was a fate far worse than death to Henry.