Apotheosis

These hands were nothing for Zen. However, the Souls of Light simply found them totally vulnerable to their attacks.

Even though Dorothy had an Indigo Soul, it was still difficult for her to defend herself.

More importantly, she had just seen an Ear Mouse being dragged into the wall. The mouse had instantly lost its life. Therefore, she understood what was at stake if the hand won.

Faced with such a desperate and impossible struggle, the Necklace of Mystic Soul on her chest began to shine. Then, the soul sword shot out and slashed at the hand.

Crack!

Dorothy let out a gasp. The almost invincible soul sword had only left a shallow mark on that hand!

And after her first attack failed, the hand reacted so fast that there was no chance for her to launch another one. She was directly dragged towards the wall.

Just as her body was about to be squeezed into the wall, Zen rushed over, grabbed the hand with one fist and squeezed. "Crack!" There was a loud snapping sound, and the bones inside the hand were instantly broken to pieces.

"Yargh!"

A face on the wall let out a shrill cry of anguish and rushed back into the wall.

However, more faces appeared on both sides of the passageway and more hands began to come out on both of the walls. It was as if there was an army of attackers around them.

Zen wrapped his arms around Dorothy and pulled her towards the center of the passageway. He then called out, "Follow me, all of you!"

When the Ear Mice saw that even the Soul Protection Shield could not protect them against this unknown foe, their faces turned deathly pale.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

Squeaking shrill cries of fear, they rushed and nestled around Zen, wishing to enter his body for protection.

A demonic laughter rang out.

More hands began to creep out of the walls and the entire passageway was almost filled with the creepy sight.

Zen, who was standing in the center and was therefore at a distance from them, didn't seem to care. However, if any of the hands tried to reach out and grab the Ear Mice or Dorothy, he would instantly cut them one by one with his bare hand.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

More and more broken pieces of deathly white bones began to pile up on the ground. They were already almost as high as Zen's knees.

"Squeak! Squeak! Come here, Thad!"

"Help! Help!"

"Cut it out!"

The Ear Mice were all panicking badly. Their temperament and grace were gone. They seemed completely different from what they used

that they didn't want Zen and Dorothy to know. Otherwise, why would they start discussing among themselves in their tongue?

Zen had seen with his own eyes how shrewd and clever the Ear Mice were.

He didn't know what they were plotting, but since they didn't want him and Dorothy to know about it, something was definitely up.

Zen's face darkened and he said, "Alright then. Since you guys don't want me to know what you are up to, you can go ahead by yourselves. Dorothy and I are going to leave the Grand Sky Temple."

He was being clever now. The group was still exploring the 19th passageway. Without Zen, the Ear Mice wouldn't be able to leave the passageway alive, let alone explore the Dark Region.

These three hearts were quite a significant discovery. The truth was, they wanted to obtain the maximum benefits for their own selves, so they were discussing whether to tell Zen and Dorothy the truth or not.

While they were chatting non-stop, they suddenly became anxious when they heard Zen's words. If he really did leave, they were gone!

"Squeak! That's not what we meant!"

"Squeak! Alright, listen. These are the Hearts of Accomplice. They are one, or rather, three of a kind!"

"We've only seen one of those in the Source World. And even that was a long time ago. But now, there are three of them in front of us, which is quite a surprise! The Grand Sky Temple is truly a miraculous place!"

The Ear Mice explained at once. Obviously, they were very excited about this discovery, but also frightened of him leaving.

Despite their disorganized and incoherent speech, Zen and Dorothy still understood what they were trying to say.