Simultaneously, the eyes inside the sockets suddenly narrowed, and they were emitting a cold and
frightening bluish light. The figure who had just walked out of the dust turned into an ice shadow, and it
rushed toward the spirit manipulators at the Heavenly Stage.
Although the spirit manipulators at the Heavenly Stage exerted their best spiritual martial arts skills to
the best of their abilities, they could not prevent the ice shadow from moving forward. With the help of
the Ghostly Ice Fox-wolf Armor, Rocky completely ignored the attacks of spiritual martial arts that came
from all directions. He bulldozed through all of them like a tsunami, an unstoppable force. He had
copied the Ghostly Ice Fox-wolf Armor from Robin, and it came with excellent defensive power. In
addition to that, Rocky could also protect himself with his spiritual power, so the Heavenly Stage's
spiritual martial arts could not touch him at all.
When Alston saw that the spirit manipulators were falling like flies, he could not sit still anymore. It
became worse when he noticed that more than half of them were now dead or disabled, all thanks to
Rocky!
"You there! Fight him," Alston commanded to the several masters, not taking his eyes off the ongoing
battle.
Soon, five masters at the primary and middle grade of the Supernal Stage had appeared in front of
Rocky. Almost at the same time, they all summoned their spirit-manipulated beasts, as they joined the
group of masters at the Heavenly Stage to block Rocky's way.
When Rocky saw the five masters at the Supernal Stage and their spirit-manipulated beasts coming
towards him, he didn't hesitate or even flinch. The only visible response he had was the flames on his
left arm, as they increased in volume and numerous fire snakes flew out.
The five masters used their spiritual martial arts to resist this attack.
The next moment, the area around them was shrouded in dazzling flames and spiritual light, as strong
explosions rang out one after another.
But not long after, a figure rushed out from the light works and headed for Alston.
"All of you people are worthless! So many of you cannot even stop him? Fight with all you've got, and
stop him at all costs!" Alston was in a lot of pressure at that moment. He cursed in distress, and
immediately signaled to the rest of the masters at the Supernal Stage to join the battle.
At once, the rest masters at the Supernal Stage did as he bid them. They were above the medium and
premium grade, and five of them had fought in the competition for marriage held by the Ji Clan, so their
formidable strength was not hard to imagine, especially when they joined hands.
Soon, more than a dozen masters at the Supernal Stage and their spirit-manipulated beasts above the
fourth grade of the four-star level had trapped Rocky. Several dragon beasts flew through the air,
working with the spirit-manipulated beasts on land to corner Rocky.
At that moment, Ken, who was previously floating in the air, descended from the sky. As soon as its
feet touched the ground, its crystal deer horns immediately emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the
surroundings.
As soon as this light erupted, all the spirit-manipulated beasts' pupils changed dramatically, and all of
them went berserk at the same time. They lost control of their faculties, as they started attacking
everything, including each other and themselves.
Everyone was stunned by what they saw, as not one of them had expected Ken to have such a
terrifying ability. They had no idea that just a month ago, Ken had activated the guardian power at the
third grade. As a result, it also strengthened its ability to control spirit-manipulated beasts through
hallucination. Now, it could influence the minds of spirit-manipulated beasts within a specific range in a
short period, causing them to go ballistic.
Without those spirit-manipulated beasts as his opponents, he could concentrate on fighting the masters
at the Supernal Stage.
As soon as the aura around him increased, he began to attack the masters with all his might.
The fierce battle raged on.
Soon after, Rocky had wounded half of the masters, as they had a difficult time resisting Rocky's
invincible attack.
When he saw this, Alston's face twitched in anger. More than one thousand palace guards, dozens of
masters at the Heavenly Stage, and a dozen masters at the Supernal Stage had already joined hands,
but they still couldn't hold Rocky for two hours. Moreover, he seemed to have an endless well of
spiritual power, which made those masters at the Supernal Stage retreat.
During the fierce battle, three of the masters at the Supernal Stage died, while eight were gravely
injured. The remaining four looked exhausted. All of them appeared like they had been traumatized,
and they warily looked at Rocky as if he was some kind of monster.
"Your Majesty, I think it's time for the masters at the Divine Stage to battle him. If it goes on like this,
there will be more casualties," Elder Duke whispered to Alston without taking his eyes from Rocky.
Alston nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty, let me fight to stop more casualties." An elder of the royal family, who was one of the
seven peerless masters at the Divine Stage, suddenly volunteered. This elder was the strongest
among the seven masters, and he was already at the sixth grade of the Divine Stage.
This elder was already very powerful among royal family's members though he was not as powerful as
those elders who had lived in seclusion, or those elders who helped found the empire.
"Elder Kerr, since you are willing to fight, that's great," Alston said sternly.
"But I hope you can tell me who he is after the battle. Why does he have to break into the Witch Palace
alone?" Elder Kerr added. He didn't want to be fooled.
"Of course," Alston replied perfunctorily.
It turned out that after Alston returned to the Palace City, he had blocked the passage of information
and didn't allow anyone to enter and come out of the Palace City. Therefore, no one in the Palace City
knew that the person they were fighting was Prince Basil, who was not dead. If they knew, they would
never agree to fight him, especially the royal elders like Elder Kerr.
After that, Elder Kerr stretched out his body, and in the next breath, he transformed into a shadow. In
the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the masters at the premium grade of the Supernal Stage.
He waved his hands with a flourish and shouted, "All of you, step back!"
Upon hearing that, those masters immediately stopped their attacks and retreated to both sides.
"Although I don't know who you are and why you broke into the Palace City, I'm impressed that you can
fight until this moment. However, this is the end for you. You can't fight against the royal family alone. If
you surrender, maybe I can plead with the acting emperor for you and spare your life!" Elder Kerr
persuaded earnestly.
"Oh. You are an elder of the royal family, aren't you?" Rocky could tell from Elder Kerr's tone and
posture that he was an elder of the royal family.
"Yes, I am," Elder Kerr replied.
"Alston even sent an elder of the royal family to fight me. It seems that he has no other choice," Rocky
said as he sneered.
"You are so powerful at your age. I think it's rare in the Holy Dragon Empire. It would be such a waste if
you died here. So, why don't we stop this nonsense? You know that if all the masters at the Divine
Stage join hands, you have no chance of winning. Of course, if I fight you, you will never have a chance
to take another step forward," Elder Kerr stated proudly.
"Don't be too confident. I'm here to take away the Witch whatever it takes. Even if a strong master tries
to stop me, he will not prevail, and neither will you. I will trample on anyone who gets in my way," Rocky
declared with all his heart.
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