Apotheosis

Everyone felt a glimmer of hope when they realized the light film was protecting them.

Just a moment ago, they had all been grimly resigned to their death.

But now it seemed all was not lost after all!

"Is it Zen? Has he come to rescue us?"

"Zen!"

"Father!"

Each person in the group called out.

There was no response from the voice they were expecting to hear.

A mocking voice rang out instead.

"Finally, you decided to appear," the downgrader taunted. "But you won't be able to change their fate. Hahaha!"

Rumble!

A thin spike shot out from a purple light ball. The spike spun wildly, gathering momentum before stabbing at the pale yellow light film.

The pale yellow light film was condensed from the Energy Transfer Extreme Form, which could easily isolate, transfer, and gather all kinds of energies. But it was vulnerable to piercing. The sharp spike entered the light film with only a slight twist.

"Auntie, watch out!"

As the spike headed toward Yan, Geoffrey threw his whole body in front of her, exposing his back so the spike would hit it instead.

Phew!

The spike skewered Geoffrey's shoulder, baring his bones.

"Ahhh!"

Geoffrey's face contorted in pain, but he remained in place, blocking Yan.

"Geoffrey!"

Yan felt her heart drop. It was unbearable seeing Geoffrey suffer for her.

Buzz!

Despite her exhaustion, Yan once again used her Energy Shaft to try to control the purple spike.

To her dismay, however, she found that she could not. She had been able to control the purple light balls before when they had been owner-less. But now, the purple spike was under the control of the downgrader. Yan's Energy Shaft couldn't wrest control at all.

Geoffrey gritted his teeth and hissed as the spike continued to sear through his flesh, blood, bones, and his insides.

The others could only despair at the sight. They were completely helpless. They knew if they came into contact with the Destruction Extreme Form, they would turn into ashes. Only Geoffrey's extremely strong physique could endure it.

"This is your son, isn't it?

Can you really bear to see him slowly melt away and die in agony?

What kind of father are you?"

The downgrader had no empathy, but he could read the memories of those gathered

ffled sound, a fist print appeared over a hundred feet above the fairy palace. An enchanted barrier that protected the fairy palace came into view.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Fist marks crowded the surface of the enchanted barrier as the punches landed like rain.

A million punches had landed in only a few seconds, but they were all blocked by the enchanted barrier!

"What's this?" the downgrader spat out, taken aback. "How is that possible?"

In his opinion, Zen couldn't possibly bear a million punches, but now he did it right before his eyes!

"Have I underestimated you?"

It began to dawn on the downgrader then that the energy given by the ancestry-level bloodline must be much more powerful than he had imagined. He steeled himself and once again activated the Probability Extreme Form to launch another strike on the fairy palace.

Countless downgraders gathered around the fairy palace in clouds created by the Probability Extreme Form. They all struck out their palms downward at the same time.

"Ten billion strikes!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Over ten billion palm prints appeared on the enchanted barrier. The enchanted barrier trembled from the impact, but it remained intact.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

"A hundred billion strikes!"

The downgrader kept stepping up his attacks, but the enchanted barrier of the fairy palace continued to withstand it.

After some time, the downgrader paused in silent thought. Something was amiss, and he had finally figured out what it was.