"I know you have doubts about me, and you are suspicious about my motives for being here. But if you
have any ounce of trust in me, please do as I say. Of course, I won't hurt you or make things difficult for
you, even if you give the whole spiritual treasure to the Timber Deity Empire behind my back. You may
not believe me, but you are one of the reasons that I am doing this. Keeping this Mysterious Raw
Gemstone will be beneficial for you too. Who knows? Maybe you will need it at a critical moment
someday, and it could save your life," the woman from the spiritual race explained lengthily. Amazingly,
she was able to address most of Rocky's concerns as if she had seen through his mind.
"Since you have given me a choice, allow me to think about it for a while. However, I have one
question. How did you know that there is a hidden power in my body? Is it because you touched me
before?" Rocky asked with a frown.
"I'm afraid you have too many questions, and I don't have the time to answer them one by one. If you
have any other requests, tell me now," the woman said impatiently. Rocky was quiet for a while, as he
thought about his options.
"Can I have a drop of blood essence from you and your guardian beast?" he asked.
"Mine and my beast's blood essence? What are you going to do with that?" the beauty from the
spiritual race asked in confusion.
"Nothing important. I just need them for something." Rocky thought that it was better if she didn't know
the particulars.
It seemed that she was in a hurry because she didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she promptly
disappeared as soon as the word passed from Rocky's lips. She reappeared a moment later with two
drops of sweet dewdrops in each hand. She handed the blood essence in the dewdrops immediately to
Rocky.
"Are you satisfied now?" The beauty of the spiritual race looked at Rocky.
"Yes. Well... Almost." Rocky was not a greedy person, but the beautiful woman from the spiritual race
was willing to do whatever he wanted. He had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, so he
would not dare waste it by being reckless and impulsive.
The woman seemed to understand his intention, for she reached out and handed him the gemstone
that Rocky had taken. "Put away this Mysterious Raw Gemstone first," she instructed.
After Rocky got it from her, he opened the Magic Spiritual Space and called Robin. Then, he asked it to
take the Mysterious Raw Gemstone to the laboratory.
"Has your spirit-manipulated beast eaten anything so that it has the qualification of a guardian beast?"
the woman asked curiously. She was eyeing Robin intently, not taking her eyes off until the beast had
left.
"Yes. It has taken a magic pill I found by accident before, and after that, it has evolved into its current
status," Rocky said frankly, as he had no intention of covering up Robin's strength.
"Was it the Spirit Purification and Transformation Pill? Wow, you are quite lucky that you found a Spirit
Purification and Transformation Pill. That kind of pill is usually used by the spiritual race to evolve the
supernatural beasts into the guardian beasts. Even though it could also transform regular spirit-
manipulated beasts, we rarely do so. That is because it would take at least ten years to refine a Spirit
Purification and Transformation Pill, which is completed by collecting materials to the refining stage. It
would be a pity to use such a rare and hard-won pill on regular spirit-manipulated beasts. Moreover,
only a being from the spiritual race who is above a high-grade ordinary spiritual being can refine the
Spirit Purification and Transformation Pill. Therefore, it is a rare treat even for the spiritual race. And for
the human spirit manipulators, it is priceless." The beauty's eyes lit up while she talked about the pill to
Rocky.
"Really?" Rocky didn't expect that the magic pill he had found in the Myriad Spirit Tomb was a very rare
treasure, even for the spiritual race.
"They are coming." While they were talking, the pleased smile on the woman's face was quickly
replaced by alertness, as she gazed at where the others were. Suddenly, she threw the other half of
the spiritual treasure, which was the cyan wooden frame without the Mysterious Raw Gemstone, to
Rocky. Then, she hit Rocky on his chest with a strong force.
He felt the powerful thrust lift him at once, and he was thrown back and slammed against the stone wall
of the flame mountain behind him. Anyone who saw that would think he got hurt, but to his surprise, he
wasn't hurt at all.
Meanwhile, Alyssa and several peerless masters at the Divine Stage came just in time to see Rocky,
as he was hurled away by the woman. They had retreated from the flame mountain and were about to
regroup outside when they came upon the shocking scene.
"Are you okay?" Alyssa immediately flew to Rocky's side. At the same time, she looked at the beautiful
woman who had hit him, and she recognized that she was from the spiritual race at once.
She stared down the woman from the spiritual race, who smiled out of the blue. Then, Alyssa heard her
voice through their telepathic link, "I'll take the Mysterious Raw Gemstone. Tell the Wood Clan that they
should never think of getting any more spiritual treasures, or I'll rob them every time I see them..." After
saying that, she soared into the air like a fairy and instantly disappeared from their sight.
"Sorry, I..." Rocky murmured in a rough voice, pretending to be seriously injured. At that moment, he
decided to temporarily believe the words of the beautiful woman from the spiritual race. He would keep
their conversation to himself.
"It's not your fault. I was too careless. I didn't expect that there would be a being of the spiritual race
lurking here. But which clan of spiritual race is she from?" Since she was in such a hurry earlier, Alyssa
didn't see much of the beautiful woman. She was also too surprised to look at her closely.
"Leave this to me, okay? Don't tell anyone about what happened. This is only between you and me,"
Alyssa told Rocky seriously.
He nodded and handed over the incomplete spiritual treasure to Alyssa, and she hastily hid the spiritual
treasure into the Magic Spiritual Space.
At this time, the remaining peerless masters at the Divine Stage and the spirit manipulators at the
Supernal Stage also came out from the flame mountain, including Lucas and Lucilla.
The two landed on the ground not far away from them, and they were shocked to see both Rocky and
Queenie on the ground. Rocky looked like he was injured, but Alyssa was beside him. On the other
hand, Queenie seemed to have fainted, so they hurried to her side to check if she was still alive.
Alyssa also went closer to them to help. She nodded after examining her and turned to Lucas and
Lucilla.
"She is fine. She just fainted because of some spiritual skill. Her body isn't hurt at all. Don't worry," she
said reassuringly. The two could not help but sigh in relief.
"Your Royal Highness, what happened here?"
Lucas asked curiously, looking around the place. But Alyssa only shook her head and said, "Now isn't
the time.
Let's talk about it later." Of course, it was because Alyssa didn't want to make a scene, especially when
a stranger had just stolen half of the spiritual treasure. If the other princes found out, they would surely
make a fuss about it. That would put Woods in a bad light. Therefore, it was better to hide the truth and
explain it to the emperor in person.
However, since several masters at the Divine Stage had come at the same time as Alyssa, they also
saw the beautiful woman from the spiritual race. Thus, as soon as the treasure hunting teams had
retreated out of the flame mountain, the other princes found out about it quickly, and they all went to
Alyssa to ask what had happened.
Alyssa kept her explanation short. She only told them that a spiritual race being had attacked Rocky
and Queenie, but the spiritual treasure was safe and sound, and she had already put it away.
The princes were skeptical at first. Fortunately, they were too preoccupied with the contest, which
Woods must have won because it was Queenie that had snatched the spiritual treasure. Woods' victory
meant that he had the highest chance of succeeding the throne. Of course, the other princes didn't
want to admit defeat, especially Geoffrey, because he had put in a lot of effort to win the throne. None
of them had expected Woods, who was behind them, to catch up.
However, Geoffrey still hated Rocky the most, because he also realized that Rocky must be his
nemesis. He thought that ever since Rocky appeared, he had never surpassed Woods. Besides,
Woods would never have won today without the help of Rocky, and Queenie was able to grab the
spiritual treasure with Rocky's help as well!
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