Apotheosis

"Go to hell!"

The broken flying blade cut through the air with high speed that it looked like a silver line to the naked eye.

"Bash!"

The heads of the snake were not as strong as Zen thought because they got cut off easily.

Without the heads, the snake would die. After its body wriggled in the air, its severed body finally fell to the ground motionless.

Standing on the dead body of the snake, Zen sighed of relief. At this point, he heard Saul's voice from the sky, "You really are surprising, kid! Who would have thought you're immune to snake venom? It looks like you can make it through this round."

The most difficult part of the third round was to face the venom of the nine-headed snake that could rotate its heads at any direction. But he was not afraid of snake venom at all so the hydra's deadly venom was useless. Zen killed it without breaking a sweat.

After hearing Saul's word, Zen smiled but he didn't relax. He immediately jumped and rushed towards another hydra.

"Go to hell!"

Zen was not threatened by the hydra's venom, so as soon as he approached it, he could quickly cut off its heads.

In total, Zen had killed six hydras in no time.

But the rest of the hydras realized that their venom had no effect on Zen, so they changed their attack strategy. When Zen attacked the hydra, it bit him and tried to swallow him whole.

Zen wasn't ready for such an attack, so he didn't have time to dodge it. He was swallowed whole by the hydra. However, only after a few seconds, the hydra's head burst open and sputtered blood all over its body.

The hydras were no match to Zen's brute strength, so he used this as an advantage to break the hydra's head from the inside.

"Go to hell, you beast!"

He went on a killing spree and finally killed all the hydras.

In this round, Zen had all the advantages that helped him finish the round faster and advance to the next round. For one, he was immune to all the toxins in the world. And two, the number of opponents in this round was smaller than the previous rounds, so he finished in a short time.

"Congratulations on passing this round. You can now get the Cloud and Flying Birds Picture as your prize for getting through this far. This picture dates far back. If you look at the picture, I'm sure you will benefit from it. You can make your choice now," Saul told Zen.

Zen shook his head firmly.

"Do you really want to go through the fourth round? Trust me, each task gets tougher as you move up and only the most gifted races can pass all the rounds. Well, you've done well, but you're still an ordinary human being so there's no way you can pass the next rounds. Take my advice and leave with the picture," Saul advised Zen. It wasn't an insult, but rat

aked eye and just followed his other senses when attacking.

And it worked! He had pierced a ghost.

"Only five left!"

Zen gritted his teeth. He stood up despite the dizziness and continued to fight.

However, the Goddess of Luck was not always on Zen's side. When he tried to use the same trick on the remaining ghosts, it didn't work again. The ghosts continued to attack him, and the pain became more overwhelming. His soul became more fragile and weaker.

"Well, look at you. You're not only immune to any toxins but you can also use your mind to attack your enemy. If you're lucky, maybe you can hit another one. But from how I see it, your soul attack is simple and lame. You might end up dead before you can quit," said Saul.

Zen was weak and could barely stand, but he was not giving up. He gritted his teeth and shook his head, "Just give me a little more time. I will definitely defeat them."

"How can you kill them? Your soul attack level is low. Turning your soul into a thorn to attack is a primitive method, but these ghosts have way more advanced thinking. You're just lucky to have killed two ghosts. Better give up now while you're still alive," Saul suggested, "These ghosts will attack you again. What can you do now?"

The five ghosts surrounded Zen from all angles.

It appeared to them that Zen was ready to give up, so they wanted to eat his soul completely.

Despite being surrounded, Zen just stood. He suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted, "Ahhhhhhh!"

As he yelled, a cyan dragon figure roared in Zen's deep mind.

The dragon's roar turned into an invisible cyan shock wave that spread out in all direction.

When the cyan hit the ghosts, they vanished instantly.

And in that instant, all the five evil ghosts vanished. The cyan shock wave dispersed them all in one attack.