Apotheosis

The first to rush upwards were the three Other Shore creatures of the Wind Wave race.

The Wind Wave race was one of the ancient races on the Other Shore. Although they had also submitted to the Element Spirit Civilization, their status was much higher than that of the Violet Cloud race. The Eternal Realm masters of the Wind Wave race even had a certain influence within the Element Spirit Civilization.

This time, the Wind Wave race was quite lucky. Among the four members they sent into the Eternal Scroll Painting, only one died on the first page.

The moment the second Evil Orochi appeared, the three members of the Wind Wave race guessed that it would likely rush up along the passage, so they quietly crept upward ahead of everyone.

They were already in the lead, and when the Evil Orochi below really did rush up, they immediately took to their heels.

"Rush out as fast as we can!"

"We'll be safe as long as we can come out of the maze!"

"……"

The three members of the Wind Wave race also had a strong desire to survive.

They didn't know whether or not they could successfully break out of the maze. However, they knew that if they continued to stay where they were, they would definitely die.

Although the chance of making it out alive was slim to none, they could only continue to fight for their survival!

Nevertheless, what happened next just completely extinguished their hope. The huge black snake hiding at the end of the passage suddenly came out of its hiding spot and slithered towards them at a lightning speed. Its jaws were wide open. The last thing the three of them saw before they were swallowed was an endless, slimy, black hole inside the snake's fanged mouth.

Everything happened in a matter of seconds. The three disappeared without even leaving a tiny bit of scream, much less traces of blood on the scene. But it was actually such a quietly creeping death that planted an indescribable fear in the hearts of the others. Lives had disappeared before they even knew what was happening.

Almost right after those three Other Shore creatures were swallowed, three streaks of bloody light fell on three of the Three Purities Stones in the Grand Plain Stage. The area where they fell was precisely the territory of the Wind Wave race. Upon seeing the bloody lights, the members of the Wind Wave race waiting outside immediately roared in anger.

Each race had suffered heavy losses this time, except for the Wind Wave race, which only had one member dead. The Wind Wave race had been secretly rejoicing in their hearts because of this. How could they possibly think that they would lose the remaining three people at the same time?

The surviving Other Shore creatures in the pa

way from where they were hiding.

"Let's make a turn and move to another passage," Zen said calmly.

As the passage where they were now was a horizontal one, he, Egan, and the others turned at one of the corners and entered a vertical one.

As soon as the Evil Orochi entered the horizontal passage, it found that its prey had all fled to the vertical one. After a moment of surprise, it slowly turned its head and followed after them.

However, a slow Evil Orochi wasn't a threat to them.

They continued to move back and forth between the horizontal and the vertical passages. Slowly but surely, they crept upward bit by bit.

Their speed wasn't fast either, but by moving this way, they were moving closer and closer towards the exit of the maze. As they continued to slowly make their way towards the exit, the rekindled hope in their hearts continued to grow brighter.

"It seems… the Evil Orochis aren't as powerful as people said..." an Other Shore creature said with a trace of disdain.

"What's so terrifying about animals that can't even turn at a corner?" another Other Shore creature replied with a laugh.

Nevertheless, if it was so easy to deal with those snakes, how could so many Other Shore creatures become their victims before?

Zen didn't say anything. He always felt that something was wrong with this whole thing.

If the Evil Orochis were really that easy to deal with, people wouldn't have put the word "evil" in its name. After all, those who could enter the Eternal Scroll Painting were all supposed to reach the Eternal Realm. They were all smart and would never do something without a good cause.

Just as they moved to another horizontal passage from a vertical one, a black shadow suddenly flew towards them from a distance at a high speed. It was the other Evil Orochi!