Apotheosis

Surrounded by three other sects' stones, the Flow Sword Sect knew they were in grave danger of being knocked out soon.

Dorothy's eyes darted from the helpless disciples to the giant rock Elvinia was controlling as she watched on her own. She sighed in frustration, knowing she couldn't do anything to help.

If Elvinia weren't there, she might have been able to persuade Jermain to help the Flow Sword Sect out. But Elvinia was aggressively attacking their rock; those from the Origin Mountain had been too preoccupied.

Among the chaos, Dorothy still focused most of her attention on Zen.

She felt a small surge of hope as she recalled how Zen had miraculously managed to solve the Flow Sword Sect's crisis some moments earlier. 'Perhaps the situation isn't so bad?' she thought to herself.

On the other side, Zen had recited over ten words and a cyclone had appeared in his mind.

He was standing on top of the two runes, continuously emanating his truth aura.

The cyclone began to swirl more violently as it started to change his truth aura.

Buzz!

The controlling rune beneath his left foot and the accelerating rune beneath his right began to shine a bright yellow light. Suddenly, the patterns on the rock glowed the same bright yellow.

"This is..."

Zen whispered, slightly surprised.

When he first set foot on the controlling rune, he had noticed that it was almost the same as the Imperial Sword Seal. As long as he released his truth aura, the rune would absorb it all.

When he had summoned the cyclone, the two runes he stood upon suddenly began to absorb the truth aura more quickly!

On top of the cave, Athemar suddenly stood up urgently from his seat when he saw what Zen was doing — he barely even flinched when he knocked over a cup of hot tea. He trained his eyes on the runes beneath Zen's feet.

Goran, Winchell and the old man responsible for distributing the flags were surprised at his reaction. Following Athemar's gaze, they too noticed the strange bright yellow light emanating from Zen's runes and the big rock.

The weight runes and the rules were designed by Goran. As for the three runes on the giant rocks, they were made by Athemar himself.

This game was not one to test combat skills or mere strength — otherwise, it might as well have been a martial arts contest. This was a game of teamwork. They were testing the camaraderie among these elite disciples.

The three runes set by Athemar were actually variants of the Imperial Sword Seal. They were meant to

top of the cave.

She knew that Goran and the rest had been watching the game from above. If someone had cheated, she knew they would know.

As soon as she looked up, she heard Goran's calm voice echoing in her ear, "No one cheated. Let them continue."

Tacy nodded and made a gesture of "No" to Hare and the rest. "They didn't cheat. You were knocked out, fair and square."

"Then how will you explain their incredible speed?" Hare said, with suspicion on his face.

"I agree! That's not normal at all!"

"Even a disciple capable of Instant Enlightenment can't make it! We strongly demand the game to start again!"

The disciples of the two sects couldn't accept the fact that they had been kicked out of the game by Zen in an instant. Some of them even walked towards the giant rocks on the ground. They really wanted to return to the game.

Seeing this scene, Tacy's eyes narrowed slightly. As she crossed her thumb and her little finger, countless invisible threads immediately appeared around those disciples.

Hiss! Hiss!

In the blink of an eye, these disciples were tied firmly with threads and were yanked and dragged onto the metal mountain, till they hung upside down in front of Tacy.

"How dare you question my announcement? All of you, get out of here now!" Tacy spat angrily as she spoke. With a flick of her finger, she tossed the disciples onto the wall of the cave.

All people who had entered the Land of Sword Grief obviously had a very bad temper.

When the other eliminated disciples saw this, they didn't dare to argue anymore and could only retreat dejectedly to the edge of the cave to join those who had already been kicked out of the game.