Apotheosis

The demon's holy fire was a technique only Aldrich could perform. Within the range of the demon fire, Aldrich's strength and speed would be immensely maximized.

But Spencer's warning came a little too late.

The demon core in the hands of the demon king suddenly burst into a black mist and immediately filled the surroundings.

"Whirr…"

Yolande tried to evade the mist, but it spread so fast that she was engulfed in it within seconds.

Zen was free falling to the ground when Yolande released him, but when he was about to hit the ground, the black mist enveloped him.

"Wait, what is this thing?"

Zen could feel the thickness of the mist as if he had sunk deep into a mire. There was nothing but darkness when he opened his eyes.

The black mist seemed to have devoured all the light.

Before Zen could adjust to the light, he suddenly felt a searing pain in his skin.

"What is this mist? It's slowly disintegrating my body!"

Zen's body was a spiritual weapon and it couldn't be destroyed by any normal weapon or even the three-corpse poison, which was the most fatal poison from the Eastern Region.

But the black mist was very different. It was like millions of small ants that could hardly be seen by the naked eye, gnawing on him bit by bit. Though his body had the strength of a spiritual weapon, the black mist could still bite his skin little by little.

What could he do about it?

If Zen could not find a way to deal with this, the mist would eventually nibble away his whole body and soon there would be nothing left of him.

But he was already at his wit's ends.

The demon king's technique was immensely powerful and there was no w

There was still hope. Zen was overwhelmed with joy. At least the barrier was not as tough as Yolande's enchantment where his punches didn't have any effect. The invisible barrier could be broken if he would continue to punch it with all his strength.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After three consecutive punches, the barrier trembled like the ripples of the river.

The waves flashed and shook more fiercely, but then it stopped. The barrier was still intact despite the powerful punches Zen threw at it.

'This is not good. With my normal strength, I won't be able to break through this barrier. Maybe I could use the demonic life energy and see whether it could break it, ' Zen thought.

Zen clenched his fist and raised it above his head. The demonic life energy started to accumulate in his fist, and he concentrated it to devour the barrier. But to Zen's surprise, the demonic life energy didn't do much damage to the barrier.

It was the strangest thing that Zen had ever witnessed. He had used the demonic life energy often and it had never failed him. So why now?

It didn't work and it was strange.