Apotheosis

Before they could fathom what was going on, Marco had come dangerously close to the stone of the Flow Sword Sect.

At this moment, Zen was maneuvering the boulder with finesse. However, when the gaze of the onlookers fell on Marco charging fiercely at them, they doubted Zen would be able to dodge such an attack.

They expected Zen to be out of the competition once Marco's stone made contact with theirs, judging by his aggression and the height Zen was at with his boulder.

Additionally, only seven disciples remained on the Flow Sword Sect's stone. Their combined strength was already insufficient to pull it up, not to mention they had to bear the attack of an approaching stone.

However, under the watchful gazes of the exceedingly anxious spectators, the giant boulder of the Flow Sword Sect suddenly changed its course.

The flexibility with which it maneuvered its way away from Marco's attack was far beyond anyone's conjecture.

Swish!

Swiftly, Zen had controlled his giant stone to ascend above Marco's boulder. It rolled over as it escaped from harm's way.

The two stones grazed against each other, and the shrieking noise caused by the friction reverberated in everyone's ears.

Since he planned on going above Marco, it was evident Zen didn't intend on just evading, he wanted to counterattack.

Now that Marco's boulder was underneath Zen's, it was the perfect opportunity.

"Now! Go down!"

Zen pointed towards Marco's stone and yelled to command the giant boulder. He focused his energy and unleashed the Strength God Totem once more.

As the Other Shore Power erupted below his feet, Zen's stone crashed down on to Marco's like a comet freefalling from space.

Already on the verge of falling from attempting to attack Zen, Marco's boulder accelerated further down after Zen's action to tackle him head-on!

Before his giant stone could touch the ground and eliminate him from the competition, Marco turned to one of his companions and shouted, "Jabril! Speed up!"

The giant boulder of the Vastness Mountain suddenly rushed away from Zen's crushing stone and shot up with a strong force. In their attempt to escape the fierce attack, four disciples of the Vastness Mountain fell off their positions and were eliminated.

So close to being out of the competition made Marco break out in a cold sweat as he composed himself.

"Awesome move, Zen!"

Dorothy clapped her hands subconsciously after witnessing the fierce battle of the two from afar.

Like everyone else, Dorothy was sure Zen was screwed when Marco was preparing to launch his attack. She felt proud as he maneuvered himself out of it and turned the tables the other way around.

"Dorothy..."

Jermain feebly reminded her to stay focused as he operated the giant stone of Origin Mountain.

After all, Dorothy was the direct descendant of Origin Mountain, and Zen was her opponent in this competition. Her concern for him would affect the morale and performance of their mountain.

'Unbelievable, Zen i

with a frown. "Mekhi, get out of the way. Let me deal with this!"

All the elite disciples respected Konnor and trusted him to keep them out of harm's way. Since he left, they all relied on Zen with the same amount of faith. Upon hearing Zen's orders, Mekhi nodded and obediently moved away.

Swiftly, Zen placed one foot on the controlling rune and the other on the speed-up rune.

It wasn't easy for him to turn the tables around by evading three attacks simultaneously at once alone.

However, Zen remembered the time when Konnor had mentioned the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent would help him a lot during this competition.

The higher level of understanding of the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent, the easier it would get to control a giant stone. That was why the enchanted barrier of Vastness Mountain was thicker than that of the Flow Sword Sect.

Jax from the Flow Sword Sect was weak when it came to the understanding of the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent, which affected the strength of their enchanted barrier.

But Zen was a much stronger warrior than Jax. He had the capability of Instant Enlightenment. Thus, he faced no trouble operating the controlling rune. It explained how their stone was much more flexible in terms of maneuvering compared to the others.

Since the three runes on the boulder were similar to the Imperial Sword Seal, was it possible for them to absorb the latter part of the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent?

After all, those two Sanskrit words were linked to the previous ones. Zen had grasped more than a hundred words of the translation, but since he couldn't control the white energy cyclone, he had never tried to understand the rest using the Imperial Sword Seal.

Once he had processed all the possibilities in his mind, it was time to execute them. He began to unleash the truth aura again while reciting the follow-up of the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent.

In response to his recitation, the cyclone made out of white energy spiraled violently in his mind again.