Sheridan and the three women tried their best to protect the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire from
being attacked by the dragons swooping down from the sky.
After a short stalemate, Bryant and Marcia finally got away from the Dead Valley, trying to join the
foursome. Yet, five ordinary spiritual beings chased after the two.
"General Marcia! I don't care about your plan, but the most important task right now is to save His
Majesty. We should work together to break out of the encirclement!" Bryant shouted to Marcia.
She nodded. Two beams of residual light appeared as they moved in lightning speed towards their
group. And in an instant, they were beside Sheridan and the others.
"Why are you here?" the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire asked, surprised to see Bryant and
Marcia.
They stared at the emperor in dismal shock. They had never in their worst nightmare expected to see
their hale and hearty emperor in this state.
"Let's go." Bryant signaled to the group and then nodded to Marcia.
They formed a closed perimeter around the emperor, and led by Bryant and Marcia, the group quickly
broke out of the encirclement.
But the five ordinary spiritual beings caught up to them, and in the blink of an eye, blocked their path.
Another figure appeared in front of them at lightning speed, and dealt a direct attack to the five ordinary
spiritual beings, distracting their attention from the group.
The figure turned out to be Rocky who had just escaped the siege of the spiritual slaves.
"Go! Go!" Rocky shouted to the others.
Bryant immediately summoned his seven-star spiritual beast. "Get on!" he yelled to the rest of the
group. After all of them mounted the beast, it soared into the air.
"Bryant! Wait! We should help Basil!" Sabina exclaimed in horror. Rocky was fighting against the five
ordinary spiritual beings on his own now. Even the weakest of them was at the preliminary grade of the
Divine Stage, almost as powerful as Rocky, and the strongest of them was at the fifth grade of the
Divine Stage. No way could Rocky fight and win against all of them!
Rocky didn't take his eyes off the spiritual beasts. This battle was as fierce as the one that had taken
place in the Witch Palace not long ago. However, this time, Rocky was facing a more dangerous threat.
At the same cultivation level, the spiritual race was far more powerful than humans. Furthermore, he
had to take care of the constantly approaching spiritual slaves and dragons.
He was trapped with no means of escape.
"Prince Basil is trying to block the pursuers all by himself..." Bryant said, his face darkening.
"No!" Sabina and Lucilla gasped together.
"No way! Are you kidding me? My dear disciple!" Sheridan exclaimed, looking down at Rocky's distant
figure.
"Prince Basil asked me to leave it up to him. I had no reason to refuse. He also asked me not to let
anyone interfere. So, if anyone tries to leave the back of this beast, I will stop him!" Bryant warned in a
cold tone.
"But... Basil... He..." the emperor stammered and coughed. He had already gotten off from Ken and
mounted the spiritual dragon.
"Grandpa! You know that he will not be able to battle so many original spiritual beings alone," Shirley
exclaimed, joining the others in protest.
"I have to help Basil! No one can stop me!" Sabina said, biting her pink lips in anxiety.
"I am coming too!"
"We can't leave him alone."
"Count me in!"
None of them wanted Rocky to fight against those strong enemies all by himself.
"If you go to his rescue, then his plan will fail. Our duty is to save His Majesty, ensure his safety and
escort him back to the Holy Dragon Empire. Prince Basil is risking his life so that we will have the
maximum combat power to protect His Majesty in case of any danger. If you leave now, not only will
you fail to help Prince Basil, but also endanger His Majesty's life and yours as well. Our plan will
completely fall apart," Bryant shouted at the group in utter dismay of their lack of self-control.
Except Marcia, the others couldn't help but look dejected.
While they were talking, Bryant's seven-star dragon carried them far away from the fight. Rocky and
the spiritual race had become pale black dots on the ground.
"I think we are out of danger now. The rest is up to you, Bryant. I'll leave my spirit-manipulated beast
with you." Marcia fully stretched her delicate body and instantly disappeared from the back of the
seven-star spiritual dragon.
Ken disappeared along with her, and at the same time, the spiritual dragon belonging to Marcia showed
up, hovering in midair.
"Master..." Sabina shook her head at a loss for words.
Rocky was a little out of breath as he continuously fought against the ordinary spiritual beings and the
spiritual slaves. His spiritual power was almost running out, but he had only brought down one ordinary
spiritual being and a few spiritual slaves.
As he tried to take a deep breath, a colorful beast shadow flew down from the sky and approached him.
"Ken!" he exclaimed in relief. With Ken beside him, he could at least use the Spirit Possession to delay
the enemies for a while.
When the beast landed on the ground, Rocky was surprised to see the beautiful lady who got off his
back.
"General... Marcia?" Rocky stared at the woman in disbelief.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have come, but I didn't have any other choice." Marcia said, feeling a sense of guilt.
Rocky didn't understand what she was talking about. However, he noticed the complicated look in her
eyes.
At that moment, hundreds of figures appeared from the south side of the Dead Valley and rushed
towards the two at full speed.
At the same time, dozens of dragons appeared above them, blotting the sky and covering the sun.
Their momentum was astonishing!
Among them, was a huge dragon; it was like a moving fortress in the air. Its steel-like skin shone
incomparably under the light of the sun. The other dragons shrunk in comparison to it. On the back of
the enormous dragon stood three figures, and their auras were similar to the moonlight, covering the
sky and ground, including the whole of Dead Valley.
Rocky and Marcia, who were besieged, sensed the intense spiritual auras from the three figures.
"The patriarch is coming..." Marcia said coldly, but her tone was very calm. She seemed familiar with
the auras. Rocky turned to look at her. It seemed like she had come back awaiting these three people.
Rocky's face darkened as he watched the gigantic dragon scoop down from the sky and land only a
hundred meters away from them, raising a wave of dust around it.
As soon as the dragon landed, the hundreds of figures that had appeared along with it, the spiritual
slaves and the spirit manipulators knelt down on one knee and bowed their
heads.
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