Although Felicia had sent all the spirit manipulators and guards of the Magic Phoenix Empire to the
square, they were still unable to suppress these crazy half-human, half-beast monsters.
At present, it would take some time to call for reinforcements. However, what with the ferocity of these
monsters, they were going to suffer great losses with each second that passed.
"You three, go help them!" Rocky ordered the three women at once.
They nodded obediently and quickly dispersed to fight off those evil monsters.
By now, many powerful spirit manipulators from different empires had begun to organize a resistance
and were counterattacking.
Once the three women left to join the battle, Rocky immediately looked back at the battle ring where
Erica was. His eyes were fixed on the man in the cyan robe.
As though it was his cue, the man in the cyan robe also began to transform. All of a sudden, the man
froze. His body swelled up, and his skin turned cyan. His body grew more than two meters high in the
blink of an eye. His human face turned into that of a demon, with green skin and sharp fangs. His aura
suddenly surpassed the Divine Stage, and he had completely transformed into a monster.
The cyan monster roared and rushed directly at Erica, who had been forced into a corner moments
prior. Unfortunately, Erica was weighed down by her injury and her strength had waned by now.
Moreover, what with the cyan monster's abnormal aura, it was no question that he was much stronger
than her. Fear filled her eyes as she realized she had no way to fight back.
She wasn't the only one in trouble. The entire square had erupted in chaos due to the sudden
transformation of these monsters. Even Felicia was preoccupied, and failed to notice Erica who was
about to be torn to shreds.
Just as the cyan monster was about to sink its claws into Erica's delicate skin, a tall figure suddenly
appeared in front of her. A giant Moon Blade shot out and thrust straight at the cyan monster. The
monster let out a piercing scream, and the claw that was reaching towards Erica instantly fell to the
ground limply, blood gushing out.
"It's you!" Erica narrowed her eyes when she recognized that it was Rocky who saved her.
"Are you alright?" Rocky asked her with concern.
She shook her head piteously.
Rocky's eyes turned cold when he saw how gravely injured Erica was. Immediately, he turned to face
the cyan monster before him. The next moment, he turned into a shadow and rushed at the cyan
monster. The cyan monster roared and pounced on him madly.
Then, it abruptly stopped in its tracks. After a quiver, the cyan monster collapsed into two halves,
cleanly cut by Rocky.
Just as the cyan monster fell, a strange red light immediately shot out of its wound.
Rocky noticed the red light immediately. It looked like a soul, but it seemed to be incomplete. However,
he could sense that the evil spirit from it was very strong.
In a flash, the evil red light disappeared in front of Rocky.
After a while, by the joint forces of the spirit manipulators and guards of the Magic Phoenix Empire led
by Felicia, the three women and some spirit manipulators from other empires, the monsters were all
killed.
However, because of the sudden incident, hundreds of spirit manipulators, including the ones from
various empires, were left dead or gravely injured. The whole square was a total mess.
"Thank you for saving my disciple, Prince Crimson," Felicia said graciously, as she walked to Erica's
side, bowing to Rocky gratefully.
"It's all right," Rocky said distractedly, his eyes lingering on the corpse of the cyan monster in front of
him. He then said to Felicia, "Preceptor Felicia, can you prepare a separate empty room for me?"
"What do you plan to do?" Felicia raised her eyebrows. She couldn't help but ask. Rocky had said that
they were going to leave soon, but now it seemed they were planning to stay, which was also strange.
"I want to study these spirit manipulators who have transformed into monsters to see what makes them
like this," Rocky said bluntly, without missing a beat.
"I was going to ask my people to check the bodies of these spirit manipulator monsters, but since you
are willing to help, I'll leave it to you, Prince Crimson." Felicia sighed with relief. She had heard that
Rocky had great attainments in medical skills. If he was in charge, maybe he would get to the bottom of
this quickly.
Rocky nodded curtly, then left without saying anything more.
Before long, Felicia organized for Rocky to have an empty room, then she had the corpses of several
spirit manipulators who had turned into monsters sent to Rocky for his research.
One day passed.
Wearing a white gown and a white mask, Rocky was dissecting the corpse of a half-human and half-
beast spirit manipulator lying on a table. On the other side of the room, there were several dissected
corpses.
After dissecting the previous corpses, Rocky had found that the reason why these spirit manipulators
had mutated was all due to the influence of some kind of power. Moreover, the way of gene mutation
did not happen based on the original genome, but on a new one. This new genome could only be found
in the spirit-manipulated beast or the supernatural beast. It was precisely because the new genome
was mixed with that of the original human one that caused the mutation.
However, what perplexed Rocky was the question of how the non-human genome appeared in the
human's body.
"Is it related to the soul-like red light?" Rocky asked himself quietly.
When he was done researching, he truthfully reported his findings to the queen of the Magic Phoenix
Empire and Felicia.
"You mean the reason why these spirit manipulators underwent the mutation is that they are affected
by some kind of power?" Felicia asked with a deep frown.
"I think so. I noticed a red light flying out from the body of the spirit manipulator I killed before. It was
really weird. So, I think it might have something to do with that," Rocky added hesitantly.
Felicia and the queen exchanged glances. It seemed they knew something Rocky didn't.
Rocky also noticed this, but since they didn't seem to want to tell him anything more, he decided not to
ask. Anyway, what would happen next should have nothing to do with him. The reason why he took the
initiative to study the spirit manipulators who underwent the mutation was mostly out of curiosity as a
scientist.
"Actually, Prince Crimson, I have one more thing to ask you," Felicia said, after thinking for a while.
"Please go ahead, Preceptor Felicia," Rocky replied calmly.
"I was hoping you would come with me to the Phoenix Master Clan," Felicia said slowly.
"Go to the Phoenix Master Clan with you?" Rocky echoed, evidently puzzled.
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