Apotheosis

Head to head with the Blood Spirit Tortoise's huge mouth, Zen didn't flinch at all.

He was well aware that it would not be an easy task to kill the Blood Spirit Tortoise, but he could also tell it wasn't good at attacking. It might've ranked first among the top ten ferocious beasts of the chaos, when it came to the defensive power.

If Zen wanted to kill it with a single strike, he'd have to wait for the perfect opportunity.

Combating the tortoise head on made his chances extremely slim, but Zen was never the type to back down in the face of adversity.

Fortunately, Zen's trick to mock the beast had successfully infuriated it, enticing the Blood Spirit Tortoise to devour him.

Zen smiled wryly. Most of the time, an excellent opportunity could only be found in the midst of great danger!

Zen pretended he was incapable of dodging, and allowed himself to be swallowed by the Blood Spirit Tortoise in one gulp without much of a fight.

The eyes of the Blood Spirit Tortoise glowed red. Then, all the lightning flowing through its body streamed through its neck, until it was all gathered in its mouth.

The beast was confident it could kill anyone, once it had them in its mouth — even if it were an Eternal Realm master.

A silence fell over the Oneness Sky Palace as they witnessed Zen being swallowed alive.

Just moments earlier, they had felt a sliver of hope. But now that he had just been devoured by the Blood Spirit Tortoise, everyone fell into the depths of despair.

However, Libby was able to shake off her feelings of hopelessness and snapped back to reality. Pulling her gaze away from the illusion, her eyes landed on Zen's real body. Hope surged within her once more.

"Don't worry! Zen is fine!" Libby reminded the others excitedly.

If a warrior's Soul of Light got injured on the Other Shore, their soul in the Source World would be injured similarly.

However, if one's Soul of Light was completely destroyed on the Other Shore, then this creature would lose soul in the Source World, rendering them a simpleton.

Such instances weren't rare.

The same problem existed for those who entered the Other Shore in their physical forms. If their physical forms on the Other Shore were injured, their physical bodies in the Source World would suffer equally.

As Libby had pointed out, Zen's body in the Source World remained unscathed. This meant he was unharmed even from within the Blood Spirit Tortoise's mouth!

With rumbles of thunder, the red bolts of lightning exploded inside the mouth of the Blood Spirit Tortoise.

The red lightning wrapped around Zen tightly, surrounding him with an unimaginable amount of energy.

At this point, the power of the energy flow had already exceeded one hundred thousand divine megatons of force. Not even the Chaotic Source Spirits could withstand this much energy!

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The people below gasped. On the other hand, Athemar acted quickly and flew up to catch Zen. Gently, he placed him on his flying sword.

As for the other powerful warriors of the Oneness Sky Palace, they were still too stunned to react.

"So, the Blood Spirit Tortoise was killed by Zen... just like that?" Pearce asked, clearly still bewildered.

"I suppose so... Killing it on the Other Shore is the same as killing it in the chaos," Auden nodded to confirm.

"Then, that would make him the new Eternal Realm master of our Oneness Sky Palace!"

"No, he hasn't reached the Eternal Realm yet. But, he's strong enough to kill one!"

"Zen's a legend!"

The warriors of the Oneness Sky Palace all at once began to cheer loudly.

Since ancient times, the Eternal Realm masters had been the most powerful beings in the chaos.

Every time an Eternal Realm master in the chaos died, it meant one gone in the batch of limited number. However, it had been a well-known fact that only an Eternal Realm master could kill another at the said realm!

Now, Zen had performed an impossible miracle!

Many warriors of the Oneness Sky Palace surrounded Athemar's sword, excitedly waiting for Zen to wake up.

But even after a long while, Zen still showed no signs of consciousness.

"Libby, go and have a look!" Athemar demanded. His brows furrowed, he was worried that Zen might've encountered more troubles on the Other Shore.

Libby quickly sat cross-legged on Athemar's huge sword as she activated her Truth of Godly Way and returned to the Other Shore. To her surprise, Zen was holding the Celestial Spear at the spot, with a trace of helplessness on his face.

Since he was in his physical form, Zen had been unable to put away the Celestial Spear. He had been waiting helplessly for Libby to return to the Other Shore and leave the spear in her care before he could leave the Other Shore.