Apotheosis

Efrain was the first to rush over to where the huge Champion Fish were tangled together, knitted into a huge fish column. Zen followed closely behind.

Milo was trapped in the middle of the column.

"Burn!" Efrain shouted.

A sizzling noise rent the air.

Purple soul flame had begun to burn intensely.

Efrain's soul flame was powerful. The huge Champion Fish had thick, rough skin, but under the soul flame's intensity, their twisting bodies were scorched black.

Efrain removed the charred corpses of the fish from the outer layer. But there were still a lot of fish inside. No one knew how many layers of fish had wrapped themselves around Milo.

Zen was also working hard and trying his best to save Milo, but to no avail so far.

Killing these fish was much more difficult than they had imagined. These were several times stronger than the smaller ones they had dealt with before.

Even with his sharp Mind Sword, Zen had managed to kill only six of them.

They looked at each other, their hearts sinking. It looked like Milo was going to die this time.

They needed to be careful of the Champion Fish sneaking up on them while they tried to save Milo. What was more, they had to be cautious of the creepy vines that sprang suddenly out of the ground.

Seamus had, in fact, intended to finish off Zen and the other four warriors who had come to attack him. He had sent only half the number of Champion Fish to attack the disciples of the Oneness Sky Palace. The other half kept gathering together, forming a huge circle.

To Seamus, the guys who were rushing towards him were already dead.

Zen suddenly felt a chill emanating from the column that the Champion Fish had formed.

Efrain was burning the Champion Fish with his soul flame. But it was extinguished the moment the chill began to spread outwards.

"It's so cold!"

This chill was a hundred times more horrifying than that of the Sea of Truth. Even Zen and Efrain who had Indigo Souls had to beat a retreat.

The Champion Fish that formed the column wriggled madly, and only stopped moving when the chillness spread over them. It wasn't long before the entire column froze and became a solid, unmoving column.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

Cracks began to appear on the surface of the column, and those huge Champion Fish brok

as just about to give up when a sudden chill went through him.

"What's that?"

A sword mark could be seen on the smoke wall. It was the mark left by Milo's strike. Cold blue air rose around the mark.

The strike that Milo had launched with all his strength hadn't hit Seamus. Instead, it brushed past his arm and had traveled several thousand feet to hit the wall.

"The wall is frozen!" Zen exclaimed, his eyes flashing.

Zen had no idea how things worked on the Other Shore, but in reality, anything that was frozen would become crisp.

Now Zen was in a desperate situation, and as the idea crossed his mind, he rushed along the smoke wall and headed towards the sword mark on the wall.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Thousands of Champion Fish were still chasing Zen, leaving hardly any space for Zen to move.

Crack!

A Champion Fish caught up with him and bit him on the shoulder.

Zen's soul force burst out at the immense pain.

"Mind Sword!"

In a flash of white, three Mind Swords shot out simultaneously and circled around Zen, killing a lot of Champion Fish and clearing some space for him.

He continued along the space and finally closed in on the sword mark. His body ached from all the wounds that the Champion Fish had inflicted on him.

"Break!"

Zen was finally relieved. Uncaring about everything else, he activated his Mind Sword to hit the wall.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The wall that had been tough before became so crisp that it cracked under Zen's blow. A large round hole appeared on the wall.