Apotheosis – Ascension to Godhood Chapter 399: High-Speed Spinning

Chapter 399: High-Speed Spinning

When Zen had entered the Cloud Hall, he honestly wanted to keep out of trouble. He still needed time to think about what he had obtained in the Cloud Road. The best thing to do was to focus on practice and stay away from any distractions.
However, Tia obviously didn't let him have his way. She had done a bit of a trick.
The real strength she exhibited in the Cloud Road was only at the level of Illuminating Soul Realm. According to the cyan dragon, she had drawn out her original cultivation base and started over. Since she had just returned to the Cloud Hall only recently, it was impossible for her to level up so rapidly. Thus, Zen assumed that there must be some Cloud Hall masters who had her back and did a trick to control his body.
'This hateful woman! Is she going to ruin me?' Zen thought.
Then again, he had already made a spectacle, so he had to face the consequences. This was Tia's scheme--she took him by surprise, so now he couldn't escape. Besides, even if he wanted to escape, there was no way he could evade trouble now.
Meanwhile, Frank raised his eyebrows and his eyes glinted fiercely.
He had never hated on anyone since he started to practice in the Cloud School. He had always given off the impression of a young, handsome gentleman and he seemed to have a special aura around him.
He never got issues with the others because he never paid attention to those on the same level as him. Moreover, he certainly didn't take whatever they did to him to heart.
When it came to Zen however, Frank found it hard to be open-minded. He had always thought that he was the best of the best and the most fortunate among everyone. He thought that no one in the same level could be on par with him. However, the journey on the Cloud Road was a big blow for him. He never thought that a strong opponent came from a mere second-grade sect. Based on Zen's talents or potential, it was highly possible that he might surpass Frank in the future.
Frank thought that he was the most gifted and talented in the Cloud Hall ever since it was established. He would never allow anyone like Zen to threaten his position. Thus, he had long planned to find a chance to cause trouble for Zen.
Firstly, he wanted to force Zen to tell him the secret of the Cloud Road. Secondly, Zen had a lot of Devil Phantom essences with him. How did such precious things fall into the hands of a nobody from the Eastern Region? Wasn't that a big waste of the treasure?
On that day when his father Emanuel had questioned Zen, Emanuel suddenly received a message through the message rune. He retreated after he got the message, which was strange. Frank had no idea what had happened. But since his father didn't explain anything, he planned to get what he wanted all by himself.
“Zen, do you think that you can do anything you want with what you achieved in the Cloud Road? You're not qualified to teach me!”
Frank's shoe roughly scratched the ground as he stood in an offensive stance. “If you don't believe this,” Frank started, lifting his white spear as he pointed it towards Zen. “Then the spear in my hand will make you believe!”
Cultivators who sparred with each other for practice and skills improvement seldom directed the point of a spear or a sword at their opponents. It was provocative. Unless it was a real battle or the person just hated his opponent, nobody would act so imprudently in usual cases.
Frank had felt like the latter. Even if Zen had shown how strong he was, he was still nothing to Frank.
Zen cast a cold look at the spear's pointed end. Frank's spear was quite powerful. He realized that this battle was inevitable. Patrick's Green Lotus Karma Fire failed to just burn the Flying Yaksha's skin, but Frank had killed it with his long spear.
“Fair enough. It's true that it's not my place to decide who can teach a lesson to whom, so let's see if your spear can have the say over my sword,” Zen calmly said as he slowly drew out his Blood Drinking Sword.
As soon as he finished his words, he struck first to gain the upper hand. He stood in a very strange stance and charged with the equally strange Sword Steps. The Blood Drinking Sword cut into the air and shot straight at Frank.
The spear's advantage lay in its length. “What made one thing stand above others could be summed up to four short words--a little bit more,” as the saying went. It was why Zen had struck first. He wanted to quickly get close to Frank to engage him in a dogfight.
However, Frank had practiced with the spear for over a decade. How could he not know what Zen had thought?
He swiftly turned and made a gesture of attacking. The spear energy suddenly appeared and formed a solid wall, then its irresistible force attacked Zen.
It was impossible for Zen to dodge the spear energy, no matter how fast or strong his movements were. Thus, he had no choice but to back down.
The attack drew a distance between them, so there was enough room for Frank to use his spear in any way he wanted. He wielded it more fiercely as the spear's point flashed silver lights. It constantly charged at Zen's chest, but Zen had managed to dodge it with his Sword Steps.
“Air Stab!”
“Cycle Stab!”
“Spiral Stab!”
Frank swung his spear around and did three movements in a row. He rushed aggressively towards Zen as the long spear sliced through the air and stirred up a gust of wind.
Zen grew more cautious as he fought against Frank's quick moves and excellent spear techniques. He constantly used the circle parry to deflect Frank's attacks. However, the building space was limited, and every move Frank did with his spear came too close at Zen. Thus, Zen was forced to back down a lot, and was finally cornered when Frank used the three consecutive spear movements.
Frank's eyes glittered with smugness. He had already gauged Zen's real strength through the test on the Cloud Road. Zen was stronger than Rocher, and a little stronger than Patrick. Compared to him however, Zen still fell behind.
If Zen had already entered the Illuminating Soul Realm, Frank wasn't sure if he could beat him. Unfortunately…
This guy was too impatient. Zen was only a nature creature but he dared to challenge Frank. He had recklessly courted death!
Since he asked for it anyway, Frank decided to satisfy him and make him know how defeat felt.
“Super Spinning Spear!” Frank shouted.
He suddenly flew into the air. His body and his spear became one. Then he rushed forward at Zen who was driven to a dead end.
When they were in the Cloud Road, flying was forbidden. Frank had to use a technique where he pushed his feet off the ground and leapt. But now they were in the Cloud Hall, so Frank flew directly into the air.
Zen couldn't move backwards anymore as he was stuck in a dead end. His face scrunched into a frown as he observed Frank whose body integrated itself with the spear, and fiercely lunged at him. Zen recognized that it was the technique that killed the Flying Yaksha. It was quite a powerful technique. He had seen Frank use it before.
Although Zen's body was a spiritual weapon with a strong defensive power, he estimated that his body was still weaker than the Flying Yaksha after it transformed into a golden one. Since the Super Spinning Spear attack had killed the Flying Yaksha, then it could surely kill Zen.
“It's impressive that a nature creature could reach such level. But for me, he won't be able to resist this blow from Frank,” a Cloud Hall elite said.
“Of course, he's surely dead this time. It's true that this technique is Frank's secret weapon, but not his most powerful one!” Finlay, who watched the battle on one side, said with a laugh. “If Frank used his Spear of Annihilation, even I would need to be careful while fighting him,” he added.
“This guy has the talent and strength which entitled him to his arrogance, but he is too impatient. I'm afraid he could really sweep all of us away when he enters the Illuminating Soul Realm,” another Cloud Hall elite commented as he watched Zen with mixed feelings. He was quite impressed by Zen's use of Sword Steps.
Frank's Super Spinning Spear had almost reached Zen in the blink of an eye. The fast spinning spear point formed a strong vortex, which looked like it could grind anything that came near it into smithereens.
At that moment, Zen suddenly rolled his eyes. A purple-black light lit up the tip of his Blood Drinking Sword. It was his demonic life vitality.
After that, Zen slightly turned his wrist, and the Blood Drinking Sword began to turn at the same time as well. The sword drew a perfect circle in the air in a flash, then the demonic life vitality on the sword's tip followed the circle's path. The faster Zen turned his wrist, the quicker the circle spun. After a short while, an Exterminating Wheel appeared in front of Zen.
Frank also saw the black ring, but thought nothing much of it. His Super Spinning Spear was extremely powerful. It could turn anything that came in its way into ashes. A powerful weapon could beat ten warriors that came at it. No matter how ingenious Zen's trick was, his game was only a child's play for Frank.
However, when the tip of Frank's spear poked the black ring, a strong force suddenly pushed him to spin at the circle's speed. His spear's point was now firmly attached to the black ring as well.
“What happened?”
Frank suddenly felt dizzy. He had to maintain a high spinning speed to use his Super Spinning Spear technique. Now, the black ring made his spinning speed many times faster.
The Cloud Hall elites that watched the battle also noticed there was something very strange. At the beginning, they thought that Frank intentionally sped up the spinning. In the Super Spinning Spear technique, the faster the spear spun, the more power it could produce.
But… hadn't Frank spun too fast? The speed was too much that they could barely see Frank's face. He now looked like a dazzling flash of bright light because of his high-speed revolution. His body twisted around like a silver carp in surging water.
A smile crossed Zen's face. He already had a clear idea about the properties of the Exterminating Wheel due to his practice in the past few days.
The first technique of the Malicious Wheel of Life and Death seemed to use the life vitality to form a high-speed spinning life vitality wheel. The spinning life vitality wheel sucked in anything that went into it, and then it shot them out.
Zen didn't fully understand the theory behind this technique yet because he hadn't completely mastered the Malicious Wheel of Life and Death. He was at the very initial stage of the Exterminating Wheel.
Moreover, before he used this skill, he only assumed that the Exterminating Wheel might suck Frank's spear into it. That was when Zen decided to give it a try. If the Exterminating Wheel failed to resist Frank's spear, then he would immediately summon Lily and the huge sword of the Blood Fiend Emperor. He would use the huge sword to deflect Frank's attack. However, most of the disciples of the Cloud Hall had seen the huge sword when they were on the Cloud Road. It would certainly cause a spectacle if he used the sword.
It surprised him that the Exterminating Wheel had worked well. At least Frank didn't look too good now.
The wind whistled past Frank's ears. He spun and spun more rapidly and he couldn't stop. He now felt very dizzy and couldn't think clearly because the speed was too much. He couldn't even say a word now because of the ultra-high speed of spinning. He could only grasp his white spear to keep him upright.
Several Cloud Hall elites were also stunned. They didn't have any clue what was happening now.
Finlay certainly didn't know that the black ring Zen conjured was the technique in the Blood Fiend Emperor's Malicious Wheel of Life and Death. However, he sensed that Frank was in trouble. “That's enough! Let go of Frank!” he shouted coldly.
However, Zen turned a deaf ear to Finlay. “He has hands and legs. If he wanted to stop, he could just loosen up his hands and get out of it himself,” he sneered.
It was true that Zen's Exterminating Wheel only locked Frank's spear, but not his hands and legs. If Frank dropped his spear, he could get out.
“I'm telling you to let him go!” Finlay said icily once again. He lifted his bloody red spear and was prepared to fight.
“Okay. All of you in the Zhuo family are unreasonable. You can't win in a one-on-one fight, so come in groups. Shame on you. Alright, I'll release him.” Zen seethed, then waved his hand to stop the Exterminating Wheel.
The Exterminating Wheel went into a halt, but Frank still spun crazily fast. The Exterminating Wheel's force had stopped, but the inertia transferred the high-speed spinning into Frank and threw him up to the ceiling. His body hit the ceiling and left a gaping hole in it, then he fell on the ground with a loud thud.