Apotheosis

While Ajay flew backward, Zen followed him, and timed his next punch just right.

Ajay tried to regain his footing, so he could stop himself after being knocked back. But Zen's punch stopped him from doing that. He tried to catch Zen's fist, but Zen altered his fist's trajectory and hit him in the face.

If it were any other creature, this punch would have shattered its skull.

However, Ajay's bone structure was dense. He was fairly powerful, so Zen kept hammering away with his fists.

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

With three strong punches, Zen smashed Ajay into the big pit at the precipice of the Dark Region.

But the Golden Body race was indeed tough. Even though he'd taken a lot of damage, Ajay's breath control was unaffected. But, no matter. They knew who had won this time. Ajay said dejectedly, "I admit defeat."

Zen looked down at him in the pit and said, "You're not worth the trouble it would take to slay you—I'll spare your life, this time."

A serious look suddenly appeared on Ajay's face. He said, "You are a brave man to defeat me. Makes me sorry I have to do this. I respect you, but I promised the Bearing race you would die."

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden bone appeared in his hand. It looked like a rib. Then, without another word, he plunged it into his chest.

"Howl!" A dazzling golden light burst from Ajay's eyes, and his momentum soared once more!

So engrossed in what was going on, the members of the Golden Body race took a bit to notice something strange. The six members also held golden bones. They stabbed these bones into their chests and roared. Their momentum went sky high as well.

The Golden Body race was one of the strongest races of Stage Thirteen. Not only did they have the golden hammer, they also had 22 Golden Battle Bones.

Before the chaos where they lived was destroyed, the hammer transformed them, so they all possessed a golden body. The hammer was certain it couldn't escape the disaster, so it disintegrated its body. After that, it sent its arm and leg bones and ribs to the Other Shore.

Once the Golden Body race stabbed themselves with the Golden Battle Bone, it would give them great power almost instantly, but only for

man.

"Who is she?"

"Is she from the Other Shore? Or the Dark Region? She's a human!"

"What a stunning woman! She's the hottest girl I've ever seen!"

Elvinia was clad in clothes woven of light, her long legs bare. Her delicate features had a touch of innocence. Everyone could feel her aura, an aura of a unique and extraordinary charm.

She drew everyone's gaze. From the Bearing race to the Divine Farmer race. But she was about to stun everyone with what she said next.

Her voice was loud and clear as she addressed Zen. "I'm here to help you!"

When the warriors who were busy surrounding Zen saw Elvinia, their faces darkened. Was this woman a denizen of the Other Shore? Or did she come from the Dark Region? None of those combatants were happy.

Then, everyone saw Elvinia gently wave her finger, and an ethereal voice rang in their ears, saying, "Great Sanskrit Light!"

"Buzz..."

A thin light column spread to engulf everything, and the environment turned incandescent. Everyone was blinded by this. Their surroundings, and everything in their vision was a bright white.

When the light dissipated, their vision returned to normal.

The Souls of Light from the Bearing race, the Divine Farmer race and the Sun Crow race were still shivering, while those from the Golden Body race looked confused.

The bright light was indeed astonishing, but it did not harm anyone.

That woman shone her light on others.

What kind of theurgy was she using?