Apotheosis

Zen had been consuming the Other Shore Power all the way. At this point, his power was almost completely exhausted.

Even in the last part of his journey, Zen continuously exploited the Strength God Totem, as well as the Other Shore Power of the Eye of Will. After finally exhausting both, he began exploiting the power of his own physical body.

In the end, he ended up exhausting his physical strength. His body was like an empty bottle when he fell to the ground.

Before she was able to finish her words, Elvinia was startled by Zen's fall.

"Zen, what's wrong?" she asked, her anxiety rising.

Rarely, perhaps even never, had Zen seen himself in such a weak situation.

While his strength was waning, his mind was still as sharp as always. "I'm fine…just exhausted."

"Exhausted?" Elvinia certainly wasn't expecting that. "How can this be?"

In theory, after reaching the True God Realm, a warrior would never deplete their strength.

When the Other Shore Power was used up, the Godly Ways' internal momentum could be used. Once this was used up, life vitality could take its place. But what happened once life vitality was used up as well? One's inner world would probably collapse.

Zen's situation was unique—after the Other Shore Power of both his Other Shore Tokens was exhausted, they were now absorbing Zen's own energy.

Two enormous whirlpools stood by the exit of his inner world, preventing Zen from utilizing the internal momentum and power of life vitality.

At this point, Zen found it difficult to even open his mouth—he gave up explaining things further to Elvinia.

The black monkeys that were hiding in the distance saw Zen fall clearly with their own eyes.

It was a dangerous area in the depths of the narrow ravine—even the black monkeys didn't dare to rush in mindlessly.

But Zen was right on the verge of it.

Originally, the monkeys were already planning to give up. But now that Zen was lying on the ground, barely able to m

e. Only the best of superpowers could withstand it.

But in these black monkeys' eyes, such an attack was nothing—even if they were defenseless, Elvinia couldn't hurt them at all.

But right before her golden whips slashed them, they began screaming, as though the whips somehow scared them. Their faces grew full of fear before they turned back and ran away.

"What's going on?"

She wasn't expecting them to run away so quickly. Did the divine flame of the Sun Crow race somehow repel them?

But before she could figure it out, black, brown, and gray tentacles emerged from behind her, one after another. In an instant, there were hundreds of them, covering up almost the entire space in the ravine.

Splash!

The creeping tentacles looked like running black water as they went around Elvinia and rushed toward the black monkeys.

While they were running at great speed, the tentacles were faster.

"Cluck!"

"Squeak..."

"Quack..."

Soon, they were entangled in the tentacles and dragged into the depths of the ravine, leaving behind only sharp roars that echoed in the space.

When it went quiet, Elvinia was still standing in her spot, petrified.

The touch of the tentacles skimming over her soul surface made her Soul of Light tremble in fear. But why did they leave her and Zen behind?