Apotheosis

It looked like the man was telling the truth. He wasn't able to see who Zen was. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to attack Zen.

After all, no ordinary Souls of Light could cause Zen any real damage. Attacking him was like courting death.

"It's okay," Zen said, finally relaxing.

Crack! Crack!

The two armors were nearly catching up. Any moment, they would be climbing out of the basement.

Zen wanted to run away right away. He was already exhausted from trying to lose them during the climb.

"These two armors are strong. We have to go," Zen announced as he dragged Dorothy's arm.

The members of the Nine Li race looked at each other and hesitated.

They knew that the two armors could not leave the basement.

The basement was, as a matter of fact, a trap. As soon as the thin wall was destroyed, the two armors would be activated, resulting in the collapse of the underground passage. All the Souls of Light inside would die.

The armors weren't supposed to be capable of climbing out of the basement.

The Nine Li people exchanged looks of hesitation.

The girl's brother reacted out of haste. "We have to get out of here right now! The armors are too powerful! Let's go! Hurry up!"

The others reacted the same way. They pretended to be scared.

As they were about to leave, Dorothy halted in her tracks. "Wait," she said, grabbing Zen's arm.

She felt that something was wrong.

She looked at the crowd. They were acting strangely.

After the door of the basement was opened by the Ear Mice, all the Souls of Light of the other races had entered, but they stayed outside.

There might be two reasons.

First, they only came after the armors entered the basement. Perhaps they didn't want to enter it when they saw how bad it was.

Second, they might have stayed outside because they knew that something bad was going to happen in the basement.

At first, Doro

ill anyone in sight easily in the Grand Sky Temple. There was no place for them to run to.

Perhaps the humans thought that Zen would spare them. They did not know that he wouldn't hesitate resorting to violence if necessary.

"We can't force the back door of the Grand Sky Temple open. If we do that, everyone will die," the girl's brother explained.

It was no use to continue tricking Zen. He had to tell the truth.

"Is there a way to open it?" Zen asked.

Everyone was silent again.

If they revealed the clue, they risked exposing their identities.

It would be as good as surrendering their lives to Zen.

"Say it," Zen ordered.

Dorothy tilted her head slightly.

"I heard you talk about the Nine Li race outside the temple," the girl chirped. "You don't intend to harm the Nine Li race, do you?"

"Sally!"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

She then kept silent, not wanting to disappoint her companions.

She knew she asked a foolish question.

It wasn't a good time to ask such things.

At that moment, Zen had the upper hand. She was but a powerless being compared to him.

She nearly told Zen that they were from the Nine Li race.

Everyone else stood tense and worried as Zen and Dorothy exchanged a meaningful look.