Apotheosis

Grayson rubbed his eyes hard in disbelief, his heart seeming to have stopped.

He couldn't move. He stared in shock at the blood spreading across the water. It was true; this was reality. Lazlo, his elder brother, who had been talking happily with him and Drystan a moment ago, was now dead.

"W-what's wrong?"

Marco asked in a weak voice, floating on the surface of the water. He was trembling terribly.

"Lazlo is dead. He was killed by that guy!" Grayson said furiously, his face menacing.

Marco was stunned for a second. He couldn't believe what he just heard. "It's impossible..."

"I will avenge my brother!"

Drystan jumped out of the water surface, and an impossibly huge wheel appeared on his back. The wheel started emitting a dazzling light, so bright it was almost impossible to look directly at it.

At the same time, a golden copper stick suddenly appeared in his hand!

"Sun Fiend Wheel! Spin!"

Under Drystan's command, the wheel rapidly spun on its own.

After a while, it finally stopped.

The wheel had six different patterns. A totem like a fiend statue stopped above Drystan's head when it was done spinning.

In the blink of an eye, the aura enveloping his entire body changed immensely.

It was like he was possessed by a fiend, slowly becoming evil and powerful.

The Sun Fiend Wheel was a special kind of Other Shore Token within Stage Fourteen of the Other Shore. It had a total of six different forms. Every time it was activated, the chosen form would possess the warrior's body.

Some forms were powerful enough to make the warrior become indestructible, while others were only supportive.

Whether the opponent would encounter a powerful form or a weak one from the wheel, it was entirely up to their luck.

"You are unlucky. Perhaps my brother's still protecting me. This is my most powerful form!"

Three sharp horns suddenly appeared on Drystan's head, growing slowly to their full lengths. Then blood vessels in his entire body started becoming visible, emitting a bright red light!

Zen stood unmoving on the surface of the water, his eyes narrowed slightly, assessing the situation. He released his truth aura quietly and unnoticed.

Even though he had already killed Lazlo, he couldn't let his guard down even for just a second.

Zen had been able to kill Lazlo because he caught him off guard. On the other hand, Drystan and Grayson had already surpassed the Lust World, and their strength shouldn't be underestimated.

As Drystan swung

as stared at directly like this by Zen, he actually felt a little scared!

"Shadowless Broken Sticks!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The endless stick shadows surrounded Zen, and almost each of them charged at his vital parts at the same time, making it harder to dodge.

At this time, the white light in Zen's eye flashed more dangerously, and Drystan trembled.

When people were angry, they could overcome fear and rise more powerful than before.

The death of Lazlo infuriated Drystan greatly. The effect of the demonic eye on him was reduced significantly.

But life and death could be decided in a second in a fight between powerhouses.

Drystan was caught in fright for only the blink of an eye. But that was long enough for Zen, who had been watching him intently, to find his weakness.

'Finally, I can see it clearly. It's in his chest...'

With only his target in mind, Zen swung his sword with minimal power.

He didn't have to use much strength.

That attack carried only a force of fifty to sixty divine megatons.

If the sword had stabbed other parts of Drystan's body, it wouldn't even be able to break the protection of his fiend form.

But Zen saw it. Two inches to the right corner of his chest was Drystan's biggest weakness.

Three cracks started spreading down his chest, two downwards and another upward. Slowly, as the cracks extended throughout his body, Drystan's whole form turned into tiny little pieces like a broken porcelain.

As Zen raised his hand gently, the sword radiance rushed out and charged at Drystan. When his body was successfully broken, his soul was destroyed by the sword radiance with a final strike.