"Boom!"
A dazzling light burst forth from the battleground when the three flaming tails crashed on Rocky.
Everyone could feel the spiritual power spreading rapidly, like an overwhelming wave of energy.
They all held their breath at the sight of such an intense scene. Though it was merely a fight between
spirit manipulators at the Mortal Stage, they were still attracted by the exciting combat.
No matter who won this fight in the end, there would still be two stars rising in the Holy Dragon Empire
and the Magic Phoenix Empire.
But the crowd was still buzzing in anticipation at who could possibly win.
Even Felicia, seated beside the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire, couldn't help but stand up and
gaze at Tasha, who had removed the Spirit Possession, and Rocky, who was shrouded by fog. Tasha
was out of breath, panting rapidly. No one knew whether Rocky was alive or not. Felicia thought the
winner would be her disciple. Though Rocky had once more improved his spiritual power, she did not
believe that he could reach the ninth grade of the Mortal Stage just yet. Yet she had still been
surprised. After all, Rocky, only at the seventh grade of the Mortal Stage, had still managed to make
her disciple use her full power to defeat him, even after activating the Spiritual Possession. Felicia was
even a little jealous of the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire, for he had two gifted sons.
"Basil..." Lena could bear it no longer, after bearing the agony of staring into the unmoving fog for what
felt like an eternity. She stood up and went to the battleground after she glanced at the emperor of the
Holy Dragon Empire.
At the same time, Mia was with the other trainees in the resting area and also felt worried about Rocky,
who still did not show up. He had definitely surprised all of them with the leaps and bounds his power
made. She hurried to the arena as well.
"Reckless man!" From the crowd, Marcia also rushed to the fighting site.
These three women coming from different directions were all worried about him. What a lucky fellow he
truly was!
When everyone thought that Rocky had lost the fight, a strong spiritual power unexpectedly blasted out
of the fog and transformed into a whirlwind which blew away the fog and dust in the air. A figure
encompassed with twinkling light appeared. His strong spiritual power continually rose, shrouded by a
peculiar light. The crowd immediately sensed that a different kind of power had permeated everywhere.
The three women all stopped and looked at this development in surprise.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground. This was truly unexpected!
It was exactly Rocky who was emitting the spiritual power.
He did not appear to have sustained any wounds! What was more, his power seemed to be above the
Mortal Stage. Rocky stood still, his sharp eyes scanning the crowd.
"How is this possible?!" Felicia was utterly shocked. The power she could sense now was exponentially
greater than what Rocky had been emitting moments ago!
Aside from Felicia, however, many powerful spirit manipulators had not yet fully sensed Rocky's current
power.
This was to be expected, because Rocky had devoured the spiritual power of the three tails using his
dragon spiritual power when the three huge flaming tails hit him. The spiritual power inside Rocky's
body all gathered into the Dragon Spirit Mark as it was devouring the power.
The Dragon Spirit Mark on his arm began to change. Like a vine, it grew to his shoulder rapidly.
This had never happened before. It looked like the Dragon Spirit Mark on Rocky's arm was alive!
What was most important was that the trace of Rocky's power seemed to have disappeared suddenly
when the Dragon Spirit Mark changed, which was why most people couldn't sense it. But to be precise,
it had merely transformed.
Rocky had planned on using the power of the yellow spiritual crystal to withstand Tasha's power at the
ninth grade of the Mortal Stage. He had not expected that the risk he took would catalyze the Dragon
Spirit Mark to evolve! To be exact, the power of the Holy Dragon Bead inside his body had transformed.
Although originally strong, he had activated the secret power hidden in the Holy Dragon Bead inside his
body as he absorbed the power from the yellow spiritual crystal at a high speed, running twenty to thirty
times faster than normal.
The power he showed before was only the outermost power of the Holy Dragon Bead. After cultivating
using the yellow spiritual crystal, he had gotten closer to the power in the depths of the Holy Dragon
Bead. This time he had eventually opened the gates of this stronger power after absorbing the spiritual
power of the yellow spiritual crystal thoroughly.
He also had realized that the power of the Holy Dragon Bead was likely to be sealed, so he had to
access its power layer by layer.
When the power of the Holy Dragon Bead broke out, he saw some ancient images. Though they were
all blurred, he felt as though they were someone's memory. There seemed to be hidden information in
these glimpses he saw.
All in all, Rocky was no longer at the Mortal Stage. He had upgraded from the Mortal Stage to the
Earthly Stage after getting the new power from the Holy Dragon Bead.
Soon everyone had noticed his power was at the Earthy Stage and they all held their breath, struck
speechless.
Abject shock ran throughout the crowd.
It was unheard of that someone could rise from the seventh grade of the Mortal Stage straight to the
Earthly Stage in the middle of a combat. Absolutely no one had seen this kind of breakthrough in the
entire Wild Spirit Land. They were still struggling to believe what they had seen with their own eyes!
The emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire was so excited that he even stood up.
He had lost all composure, much like everyone else present.
This was miraculous for the Holy Dragon Empire. It was a development that proved to the world the
power of their empire.
Felicia was dumbfounded. A few moments ago, she thought Tasha had defeated Rocky, but right now
her face grew stiff.
Priest Dean stared at him angrily. And Alston, who was resenting his brother more and more, was
flushed and breathless, with a glint of insanity in his eyes.
However, Lena, Marcia and Mia, the three women who had been concerned about Rocky, were now
shocked that his power had reached the Earthly Stage. The expressions on their faces were lively, to
say the least. Excitement, joy, shock, and even confusion flashed in their eyes.
Rocky would have definitely broken out into loud laughter if only he saw the looks on their faces.
The quiet square was soon full of exclamations that spread like a great flood. The din grew louder and
louder. Everyone looked at Rocky with disbelief. They shook their heads, remembering how he had
been widely known as "Prince Loser"!
But right now, this "loser" had shocked them with his splendid gifts. He was the first one in the land who
could level up from the first grade of the Mortal Stage to the Earthly Stage within two months. The
crowd erupted into total joy, disbelief, and amazement. The noise grew greatly deafening!
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