"I can recognize you even if you turn into ash." The Dark Lord gritted his teeth in anger. If it weren't for
the fact that the Sea Blue Magic Jade he had obtained with great efforts had been taken away by
Rocky, he would have already broken through his current stage.
"It's a pity, but I'm not here for you. Get out of the way. Don't waste my time," Rocky said with an icy
glare.
The Dark Lord seemed to have sensed Rocky's hidden powerful aura and was shocked. Back when he
first saw Rocky, the latter was only a very weak human spirit manipulator. Now, he could break into the
Ghost Master Clan alone, and had just defeated several advanced spiritual slaves like it was child's
play. That meant that his strength had at least surpassed that of the Divine Stage. How did a measly
human boy improve that fast?
Rocky's great leap in strength certainly astonished the Dark Lord. However, in his opinion, Rocky was
still not on a par with him, and he could definitely defeat him easily.
"Brat, you broke into our Ghost Master Clan without permission and hurt our members. You're doomed.
Do you want to do it yourself or let me settle it for you? But if you give my stuff back to me, I might even
consider letting you go," the Dark Lord said. He was lying through his teeth, of course. He didn't intend
to let Rocky go. He just wanted the brat to hand over the Sea Blue Magic Jade first, so he could kill him
and pour all his hatred from their previous encounter.
Rocky didn't even respond, and his eyes remained as cold as a desert night.
Seeing that Rocky didn't intend to surrender, the Dark Lord grew even more irritated. In the blink of an
eye, he moved and stretched out his thin finger. Immediately, his exceedingly evil spiritual power rose
sharply, blowing sand and stones into the air.
"Secret skill, the Ghost Burial!" The Dark Lord didn't want to show mercy to his old enemy. As soon as
he launched the secret skill, the ghosts overlapped, crying and screaming, within a radius of ten meters
around Rocky. It was a very frightening thing to witness. A strong spiritual power rushed to Rocky from
all directions, as if the energy itself wanted to devour him alive.
"Is that all you got?" Rocky sneered. Then, his aura suddenly soared as if challenging the Dark Lord's
surging power. A black roaring flame rose all over his body, and at first glance, it seemed like he was
burning. However, Rocky remained at ease, and on a closer look, the ghost shadows around him were
the ones actually burning, while he stayed safe and unharmed by the fire.
Seeing this, the Dark Lord was even more disturbed. He didn't expect that Rocky would break through
his secret skill before he could make a move. However, he still felt that he could trounce Rocky like a
newborn babe, then immediately launched another move. "Secret skill, Myriad Ghosts Tribulation!"
All of a sudden, countless ghost shadows rushed out from beneath Rocky's feet and moved to attack
him. But in the next moment, he disappeared into thin air, leaving the ghosts to attack thin air.
By the time the Dark Lord reacted, Rocky had already appeared in front of him. With a simple wave of
his hand, the black flame on his entire arm rushed towards the Dark Lord with great momentum,
sudden and swift like a meteor's flight. Boom! Rocky's flaming arm hit the Dark Lord on his chest and
sent him flying like a paper doll. He rolled over and over, only stopping when he hit a huge black stone,
which shattered into pieces upon the impact.
Behind the shattered stone was a more prominent rock, where the impact had buried and embedded
the Dark Lord like a Christmas ornament. "How— How is that possible?" The Dark Lord shook his head
in confusion as he processed what just happened in his mind. Obviously, it was hard for him to imagine
that Rocky had grown infinitely more powerful than he was in just a few short years. Even if he had the
Sea Blue Magic Jade, he could not have launched such powerful attacks.
Between one breath and the next, the Dark Lord fainted abruptly. And when the other ordinary spiritual
beings saw this, their expressions shifted into uncertainty and fear.
"Are you going to fight together?" Rocky asked them coldly, casting a cold glance at the ordinary
spiritual beings.
The beings looked at each other and couldn't help but shiver. No one dared to go forward. At that point,
dozens of spiritual beings rushed forward to support them. Still, when they saw that Rocky defeated a
middle level ordinary spiritual being with one move, they were also terrified. Rocky didn't care one whit
about them and continued to the top of the black stone mountain, where the palace was located.
Meanwhile, more and more members of the Ghost Master Clan appeared in all directions, as many as
hundreds of them. But they, too, were overwhelmed by Rocky's strength, and didn't dare to make a
move.
In this way, without any hindrance, Rocky flew directly into the top of the skull-shaped mountain, even
as numerous clan members surrounded him. Soon, he landed in front of the magnificent palace.
As soon as Rocky touched down, the guards in front of the palace, whose strength was above the
ordinary spiritual beings, immediately stared at him with extreme vigilance.
Soon, the previous ordinary spiritual beings and hundreds of members following him showed up behind
him, effectively blocking his retreat.
"Take him down!" one of the ordinary spiritual beings shouted. "Don't let him enter the palace!"
All the ordinary spiritual beings and spiritual slaves, including the guards, rushed toward Rocky. In an
instant, Rocky was under a tight encirclement, and a fierce battle seemed inevitable.
Despite the coming battle, Rocky's eyes were cold and evil, and a fierce, murderous look flashed
through his eyes. It was obvious that if he seriously tried to fight, all the members of the Ghost Master
Clan would probably die on the spot.
"Stop!" At that very moment, a cyan figure with a strong aura walked out of the palace. It was evident
that this man was a spiritual master.
As soon as the cyan figure appeared, all the members of the Ghost Master Clan immediately stopped.
With a respectful look on their faces, they all shouted in unison, "Greetings, Guardian Zack!"
"You can leave now..." Zack immediately waved his hand to dismiss them.
And when Rocky heard that, he turned to look closer at the guardian. Although the man looked like an
ordinary member of the Ghost Master Clan, he seemed fierce and gave off a very calm demeanor.
Obviously, he was not an ordinary person.
"Allow me to guide you. This way, please," Zack told Rocky calmly, gesturing with his hand where to go.
Without saying anything, Rocky nodded and entered the ghastly ghost hall with the guardian. Once
Rocky was inside the hall, he thought that the inside was even more frightening than the outside. As
soon as he stepped foot inside, he saw two ghost statues with tusks, about ten meters high, standing
on both sides of the hall. Although the place was brightly lit and there were exquisite antiques, stone
carvings, and paintings in sight, it didn't look welcoming at all. In fact, it resembled a dreary history
museum, as it gave off the illusion that he was entering a dark and terrifying hell.
They passed through the front hall and walked through the ghost hall's depths along a straight corridor
where a gate could be seen at the end.
The moment that they arrived at the gate, it opened automatically. Rocky came upon a great hall
inside, where several thick stone pillars stood on both sides, engraved with frightening ghosts.
Eighteen figures stood among the stone pillars, looking grave and solemn.
A figure with extraordinary aura was sitting on a skull-shaped bone chair in the front of the hall. Of
course, to Rocky, he was an acquaintance. The person on the bone chair was the patriarch of the
Ghost Master Clan.
"Patriarch, he is here." With that said, Zack respectfully bowed to the patriarch, then moved to stand
aside.
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