Apotheosis

The demon women from the Divine Lair of the Sun Crow race all had a pair of huge sprawling wings.

Flamine and Elvinia were as beautiful as those demon women, but they didn't have wings.

This sudden encounter with Elvinia's mother had made Zen uncomfortable and was creating a little trouble for him.

Looking at a stunned Zen, Flamine calmly instructed, "Follow me. I'll take you there."

She entered through the palace gate as she spoke, gliding with graceful steps and dragging purple ribbons behind her.

Zen hesitated a moment before deciding to follow her in.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi had many children, and the Phoenix Palace was quite large and magnificent.

They came across very few people as they walked. Any guards and maids they saw knelt and saluted Flamine respectfully.

They walked along a tall red wall for some minutes when Zen turned and was faced with a gigantic palace gate. Just before it stood a triangular bronze furnace. In it, flames flickered and jet out in spurts and a faint golden light glowed from within.

"This is the divine flame of the Sun Crow race," Zen pointed out in surprise, raising his eyebrows slightly.

Flamine walked just ahead of Zen, but she was stunned when she heard him and turned back to look at him. "You know the flame?"

"I have been to the Mountain Viewing Province. There I saw... I saw the demon women and such flames," Zen said.

He had intended to tell her he had seen Elizabeth then. But after considering the link between Flamine and Elvinia and the Divine Lair, he changed his mind, afraid that Flamine would ask many questions.

Flamine pointed lightly at the bronze furnace. A divine flame flew from the furnace, turning into a small fire bird and rushing to Flamine. It then stopped when it reached her and settled itself on her sleeve.

Zen didn't know what material her beautiful purple dress was made of but she clearly was not afraid of the burning of the divine flame.

The fire bird stayed in her hand for a short while and then snapped into a wisp of flame. It hissed and entered her mouth horrifyingly. Flamine had swallowed the divine flame!

She spoke as she swallowed, "The Sun Crow race was born in the divine flames, and their blood power is hidden in them. Even the demon women born in the Divine Lair can't live without the divine flames."

She had just a

She realized immediately that she had got it all wrong.

It seemed as if Zen's right hand was made of fine steel, and the power that he unleashed was beyond her imagination. He grabbed her, swung his arm over his head, and slammed her into the ground behind him.

Bang!

The floor was cracked and near destroyed from the impact.

Elvinia appeared almost buried.

If it were Marco who had been thrown, he would have been seriously hurt if not dead. However, there were indistinct fire textures on the surface of Elvinia's body, and she appeared unharmed.

"Tell me! Where are they?"

Zen snarled mercilessly.

If Elvinia didn't tell him the whereabouts of his wives, he would kill her right in front of her mother.

Lying on the ground, Elvinia opened her eyes wide as she looked at Zen. She could not believe how Zen treated her. She had never been treated this way in her life.

She snapped back to reality and her irritation returned with her.

She raised her head and sniggered, "As I said, if you want to know their whereabouts, defeat me first."

As she finished speaking, two golden lights suddenly materialized in her hands.

A golden sun appeared in her right hand, and a golden moon appeared in her left.

She closed her eyes and slapped both hands into the ground firmly.

Buzz!

A huge stone statue had appeared before Zen.

The stone statue had a strange shape. It had sixteen arms in total, and fifteen of them were on its left side. There was only one on the right.

The moment it appeared, it thrust its only right arm at Zen.