"Chief Lucilla, you have to consider it well. If you and your people dare to meddle in this matter, your
whole clan will definitely be uprooted from the Timber Deity Empire tomorrow," Geoffrey said
threateningly.
Lucilla narrowed her eyes. In fact, she had already considered the consequences before she came.
She didn't want to implicate the Cao Clan, but still had to save Rocky.
"Cao Clan, listen to order! No matter what happens next, no one is allowed to interfere! From now on,
everything I do is my own business and has nothing to do with the clan!" She swept her gaze over the
members of her clan before eventually fixating it on Queenie. "Queenie, come here."
Although Queenie was puzzled, she still came forward.
"Queenie, from now on, you're the chief of the Cao Clan. Keep this token. It represents our clan's
chief's identity." Lucilla took out a purple gold token and put it in her sister's hand.
"Sister?" Lucilla had worked hard for this position for a decade, so it really came as a shock to Queenie
that her sister would give up the position so easily!
She naturally wasn't the only one to feel astonished. Lucas and other members of the Cao Clan, as
well as Geoffrey and Algy, were also shocked by Lucilla's abrupt decision.
"Your Royal Highness, are you satisfied now?" Lucilla turned to look at Geoffrey and asked.
Geoffrey's eyes darkened. Fury was etched on his face.
"I don't want to be the chief at all! I also want to save that bastard! Whoever wants to be the chief can
take it right now. I don't give a damn!" Queenie immediately threw the token backward, completely not
caring about where or whom it landed on. She put on a determined look as if she was ready to risk
everything to save Rocky.
"Master Lucas..." Lucilla looked at Lucas, hoping that Lucas would take the token and thus the position
over.
"Have you really made up your mind?" Although Lucilla's sudden decision surprised him, Lucas could
understand why she did so. He asked that just to make sure she was already resolute.
Lucilla answered with an earnest nod.
"All right then!" Since Lucilla had made up her mind, Lucas knew that saying anything further would
only be a waste of breath. He just directly turned to face the members of the Cao Clan and said,
"Everyone, retreat now! Our Cao Clan can't and won't interfere in this matter..."
Upon hearing this command, the members of the Cao Clan looked at each other doubtfully, but still
retreated as commanded.
"Queenie, we should go," Lucas, who saw that Queenie didn't budge, promptly said.
"I don't want to leave." Queenie shook her head willfully.
Nevertheless, Lucas naturally wouldn't let Queenie do as she wished. He directly lifted her up from
Robin's body and then moved more than ten meters to the back along with the members of the Cao
Clan.
"Why are you doing this?" Rocky said with a bitter smile. He never thought that Lucilla would give up
her chief position just to save him. In fact, he was completely able to escape by himself. Now, however,
this abrupt scene changed everything.
"Just consider this as me returning your favor." Lucilla smiled faintly. Truth to be told, she had never
thought that she would one day give up the clan's chief position for Rocky. When she saw him in
danger, however, she found that saving him was the thing she wanted to do the most. She could even
give up her position as the chief of her clan to save him.
"What a pair! An adulterer and a slut—a match made in Heaven! With this woman by his side, he
definitely won't dare to do anything reckless! Everyone, attack!" Geoffrey, who had been waiting for an
opportunity, ordered maliciously.
The remaining three Supernal Stage spirit manipulators and several other Heavenly Stage spirit
manipulators exchanged glances with each other. Soon afterward, all of them rushed towards Rocky
and Lucilla with their spirit-manipulated beasts.
Rocky had lost his fighting power for the time being because of the Spirit Possession's side effect, and
Lucilla could only ward off their attackers for a while at best, so their situation now was extremely
dangerous.
The severity of their situation was obvious even to the observers. All Cao Clan's members, Lucas
included, were beside themselves with fright. Queenie would've even rushed up and joined the fight,
had Lucas not hold on to her shoulders.
Realizing that the situation was unfavorable, Rocky could only summon the ancient spiritual beast to
take the two of them away. Doing this would turn Lucilla into a traitor for the Timber Deity Empire, but
he knew that persuading her to let him fend for himself would be useless. Any attempt he made to
dissuade her from helping him would only fall on deaf ears.
In no time, the three masters at the Supernal Stage, who had just been beaten black and blue by
Rocky a moment ago, had made the first move. They rushed straight towards Rocky. Lucilla's delicate
body moved at a lightning speed. Before they knew what happened, she already stood in front of
Rocky and gathered her spiritual power. Her body quivered, and a fourth grade of the four-star level
spirit-manipulated beast, which looked like a cyan bird, flew out of her Magic Spiritual Space abruptly. It
spread its wings and immediately pounced on the three Supernal Stage masters.
Although these three masters were much stronger than Lucilla, she remained unruffled.
Right at the moment the battle was about to break out, a phenomenon suddenly occurred. A huge
dragon-shaped spirit-manipulated beast appeared in the sky. Its momentum was astonishing, and it
was emitting a strong aura at the six-star level, which seemed particularly sinister in the dark night.
While everyone was staring agape at the dragon-shaped spirit-manipulated beast, a delicate figure fell
from the sky. Her cold, beautiful eyes swept across the crowd. The moment her gaze fell on Rocky,
who was covered with bruises all over, sparks of anger immediately appeared in her eyes.
"Who hurt him?" the woman shouted angrily, shocking everyone on the scene.
Everyone's expression suddenly changed. An astonishing spiritual pressure had fallen upon them.
Aside from those Divine Stage masters, everyone was having a hard time under this pressure. The
weaker spirit manipulators at the Heavenly Stage even vomited blood on the spot.
Before the figure even made her real move, the power she displayed had already unnerved everyone
present.
"In the entire Wild Spirit Land, aside from Her Royal Highness, only one other woman can reach the
Divine Stage at such a young age and can control a dragon beast. Is she…?" Lucas stared at the
delicate figure with his turbid eyes. All of a sudden, his expression changed. He looked as if he had a
guess about the woman's identity.
"I'm Marcia Mu from the Holy Dragon Empire. I'm here to pick up our Prince Basil. Please note this; I'll
kill anyone who dares to hurt him!" Her words gave another shock to the crowd.
"She's Marcia Mu? One of the Three Great Generals of the Holy Dragon Empire?"
"This super powerful figure of the Holy Dragon Empire came to our empire in such an aggressive and
showy way as if she was walking into an empty land..."
"I heard that Marcia Mu's strength is comparable to that of our princess and that she's a beautiful
woman. Now that I'm seeing her in person, I have to say—she does deserve the reputation..."
Everyone was stunned. It had never once crossed their minds that this delicate figure was Marcia, one
of the Three Great Generals of the Holy Dragon Empire.
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