Apotheosis

As soon as he saw the girl with red eyes, Zen shrank back almost reflexively.

The girl, however, had a warm look on her face and inquired, "Are you awake?"

She had been talking to Zen for a while now, but he had not been responding at all. She naively thought that he had fallen asleep.

He was amused by her innocence and he almost laughed out loud.

But when he thought about how useful she would be to him, his heart skipped a beat.

In the black water area, Sword Chen had decided to obtain this supreme treasure of belief together with Zen. He had even helped Zen arrange the sword array and make use of the force of primitive fear in the black water.

But Zen had been unexpectedly brought to the ice palace by the mysterious woman.

And now, the True Demon Body was so close to him after the chaotic battle.

Wasn't it the right time to refine the True Demon Body?

"Yes, I'm awake now," replied Zen playing along.

Pleased by his answer, the red-eyed girl asked, "Are you my companion now?"

"Your companion?" Confusion flashed across Zen's eyes.

What he had been thinking about was how to refine the True Demon Body.

Back when he had obtained the jade seal in the Time Sea, there was no need to refine it. He had become its owner by merely touching it.

In fact, the process of refinement had begun from the moment Zen had entered the inner world of the jade seal. Everyone who had entered that world had an equal opportunity to obtain the recognition of the jade seal. Zen had made it before everyone else and so it became his.

Similarly, did this red-eyed girl seem to be seeking recognition from him too?

A smile appeared on Zen's face when this thought popped in his mind. He immediately said, "I'm not afraid of your flames! Do you think I'm your companion?"

The red-eyed girl widened her eyes and thought for a while before replying excitedly, "Yes! I think so!"

"And then?" Zen continued.

The girl tilted her head and thought some more. Finally, she said, "I have very few companions so I have to cherish every one of them."

Her eyes turned a darker shade of red as she spoke.

Zen was staring at the girl curiously. Suddenly, he had a strange feeling in his heart. He felt as though his eyes were intensely attracted to the girl. He was simply unable to look away!

Then h

k you'll have a chance to survive? Don't forget her purpose for coming here." Before Samuel could finish his sentence, a fluctuation in space appeared above him. The woman had already launched her attack again.

Samuel brandished the Spear of Supreme Harmony and disappeared immediately.

He had fought over a thousand rounds with that woman before.

He just kept fleeing into space. So it was never an easy feat to kill him.

However, Samuel hated to keep running like this.

If he missed even the slightest detail, he would be gravely injured by this woman. If it continued this way, he would be killed by this woman eventually.

He racked his brains for a solution to this deadlock.

Whoosh!

He used the Grand Teleportation technique once again and reappeared at the center of the void. His eyes followed a thin line in the void and he spotted the blue-eyed girl in an ice flower.

It seemed that the girl was confused by the numerous space channels he had been creating constantly. She stood blankly in the void without moving.

Seeing this, a bold idea slowly began to take shape in Samuel's mind.

Instead of wasting his time with that woman, why not try to refine this girl?

Samuel didn't know the method of refining, but he had no other choice. He believed that at least this was better than fleeing all the way.

At this point, he vanished once again before the woman could catch up with him.

Whoosh!

He reappeared at another spot and pricked the line that connected the two girls using his Spear of Supreme Harmony!