Apotheosis

"The Shade Stone has been absorbed?"

Zen's heart skipped a beat.

He knew his body was capable of absorbing flames. It had happened many times before.

But it had never swallowed any real objects!

Potentially, the Shade Stone could be used to forge the Other Shore Treasure.

Alas, Zen was at a loss. However, before he could think about the consequences, he heard a loud crack from behind him. Crack!

The atmosphere seemed to be ripping, and from the cracks Elizabeth emerged. She was now not more than thirty feet away from him.

"How... How long can you resist?" She was genuinely curious.

The grade of the divine flames she had released was much higher than that of Bella's and Mary's. But even so, Zen seemed to remain unharmed, continuing to flee as he was on fire.

"Let go of me, and I'll tell you," Zen replied slyly.

"Do you really think I'd do that?" Elizabeth smiled without a trace of malice. "If you are willing to follow me back to the Divine Lair, I promise I won't kill you."

"Do you really think I'd do that?" Zen threw the question back at her.

While he knew that Elizabeth was actually speaking truthfully, if Elizabeth brought him back to the Divine Lair, then everything he had been trying to hide for so long would be exposed.

If he leaked the secrets of the divine land, the consequences would be worse than being killed.

"But it's not up to you," Elizabeth answered indifferently.

She gently stretched her hands towards him, and a golden ball materialized above Zen's head.

Zen's expression darkened. He sensed something different about this golden orb. It felt more powerful than the others.

It was the same one used to destroy the four Arrays of Innumerable Swords. The force within the golden ball wasn't something he could take lightly.

Would his journey to the Source World end now?

Zen's resolve remained the same. He would rather die than be taken away by this demon!

With a slight nod, Zen knew what he had to do.

Bang!

He immediately extracted the power of the Other Shore Token. If he was going to die, he might as well put up a fight!

With the power of the Other Shore Token, his aura strengthened tenfold.

"You're overestimating yourself," Elizabeth remarked nonchalantly.

Little did she know that Zen was using not only the power of the Other Shore Token, but

ountless Sun Crows flew in a formation that resembled rivers and valleys, circling the lair nonstop.

Positioned at the very center of the Divine Lair, on a raised platform, was a massive golden throne. Sitting on the throne was a gloomy figure with large, golden wings.

The winged figure's eyes fluttered open and she frowned. Elizabeth had just withdrawn from the Illusory Projection.

"Anna," she said in a serious tone to the woman who sat at the foot of the throne, "I'm going to perform the third Illusory Projection." Elizabeth couldn't hide the frustration in her voice.

Anna looked at Elizabeth in surprise.

"Master Elizabeth," she said cautiously, "if you use the Illusory Projection for the third time so soon, your strength will decrease by half again!"

The Illusory Projection was not limited by the distance or the space. It was usually a forbidden skill of the Truth of Void Destruction because it expended too much power to use.

Anna was confused. If Elizabeth was facing a powerful enemy, it was useless to use the Illusory Projection for the third time.

On the other hand, if she was dealing with a weak enemy, she should have just killed the enemy when she used the second Illusory Projection.

"Do as I say," Elizabeth commanded coldly.

There was no way she'd admit to Anna that some human boy who had just reached the Other Shore Realm had managed to escape from her.

Fortunately, the moment the Wind Cloud Escape was activated, she had planted a mark on Zen's body. With it, he shouldn't be able to escape, not this time.