Boom!
With a burst of strong flames, the gates of the royal palace were opened, and smoke rose from all over
the place. Then, Rocky turned into a light shadow and rushed inside.
At that moment, Woods was sitting on the throne in the royal palace. He immediately stood up when he
heard a loud sound at the gates. In a blink of an eye, a figure appeared in front of him.
"Finally, you're here!" Woods wasn't surprised at all at the sudden appearance of the figure in front of
him.
The man in front of Woods was no other than Rocky, who urged immediately, "Hurry up, let's go." After
that, he turned around and began to walk out of the palace.
However, just as he turned around, a sinister smile suddenly crept at the corners of Woods' mouth. He
slowly got a dagger glittering with green light from his sleeve and quickly stabbed Rocky who was
totally defenseless and clueless.
Rocky did not expect at all that Woods would launch a sneak attack on him. Although he sensed that
something was wrong and somehow dodged the attack, the green light dagger still brushed past his
shoulder and left a ferocious cut.
"What are you trying to do? Why did you do that?" Rocky incredulously stared at Woods and coldly
asked.
"Oh, don't blame me. I have no other choice. It's not easy for me to get to where I am today. I don't
want to lose it. Spiritual King has promised me that he will not only make me hold onto the throne of the
Timber Deity Empire, but also make me the emperor of the united human empires in the future. That
will all come true if I capture you alive!" Woods seemed in pain as he was saying this, but it was
obvious in his tone that he was full of ambition.
"Do you really believe what Alston said?" Rocky coldly snorted. He knew that Woods must be
bewitched by Alston, but he also understood that Woods had done a lot to get the throne. The Timber
Deity Empire had now become Alston's puppet, and the emperor of the empire would exist in name
only. So, it was reasonable for Woods to be eager to prove himself. But even so, it was wrong of him to
kill his old friend in such a way.
"I have no way back. What I can do now is to strive for this last opportunity. Just do me a favor, will
you? You can never defeat Alston. He is now the Spiritual King of the unified spiritual race clans. His
power is not something you can resist at all," Woods madly said.
"Is that all you have to say? If your sister sees you like this, she will be extremely sad and
disappointed," Rocky reminded with a deep frown. He never expected that Woods would become like
this. But of course, Rocky knew that power and desire could easily change a person, especially for
Woods who was once a useless prince. What he had now was so precious that he would not easily let
go of it!
"So, what if my sister sees me? Even if she is standing in front of me right now, I will still remain
merciless," Woods viciously said.
"If that's the case, then it seems that we have nothing else to say to each other." Rocky knew that
Woods had already made his choice. He could not change it and would not stay any longer in this
place. Seeing that it was meaningless to continue, he turned around and was about to leave right away.
But just as Rocky turned around, he felt that the spiritual power in his body suddenly stopped
circulating.
"Do you think I will let you go that easily? This dagger is smeared with a secret medicine of the Wood
Clan. It can make your spiritual power useless in a span of an hour. I heard that your power has
surpassed that of the spiritual race, but your body is still human. This secret medicine will definitely
have an impact on you," Woods, who was behind Rocky, evilly said with a sly smile on his face.
Hearing that, Rocky clenched his fist. If it were someone else who did this to him, he would have
instantly killed him. However, Woods was Alyssa's brother. If he killed him, it would just undoubtedly
wound Alyssa. So, he still resolutely walked towards the gate of the royal palace.
Woods followed him immediately when he saw that Rocky wasn't stopping.
When Rocky walked to the palace gates, he saw that the spiritual race beings outside had besieged
the whole place. If Rocky's three beasts didn't block the gates, they would have already rushed into the
palace. Not that far away, Glutton was dragging the spirit manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire led
by Geoffrey. However, the spirit manipulators were so many, and they continued to swarm the palace.
Soon enough, the entire royal palace was surrounded by hundreds of human spirit manipulators and
spiritual race beings.
Seeing that the situation was totally unfavorable to them, Glutton retreated to Rocky.
"You see, I've already deployed the tight encirclement to capture you. There's no way you can escape,"
Woods, who just walked out of the royal palace, firmly said. He was really determined to capture
Rocky.
Meanwhile, the spiritual power in Rocky's body was greatly affected. Although it was not completely
limited, he was unable to freely release the evil spiritual power.
In that instant, the five spiritual masters and the ordinary spiritual beings noticed that Rocky seemed to
have a problem. They immediately approached him and quickly joined hands as they tried to take the
opportunity to suppress him and make him unable to escape.
Although the three beasts and Glutton were beside Rocky, he was hopelessly outnumbered.
In addition to the five spiritual masters, there were also several top-grade spirit manipulators at the
Immortal Stage from the Timber Deity Empire. Their strength could not be underestimated. If they also
joined hands, Rocky would fall into a very disadvantageous situation.
The only thing he could do now was to try his best.
All the enemies united to attack Rocky, his three beasts, and Glutton. They rushed over them like a
tide.
"Brat, why don't you go first? If I recover my original form, I can block them and buy you some time,"
Glutton suggested as it glanced at Rocky. If something happened to Rocky, it would die with him in the
end. So, it had to prioritize Rocky's safety.
Rocky hesitated for a moment after hearing that. However, he was sure that it was dangerous to stay
here especially with the current situation. If there was a chance, he would naturally leave. But he was
worried that Alston would suddenly appear.
At the thought of this, Rocky immediately called back the three beasts. He asked Robin and Ken to go
back to his Magic Spiritual Space and then immediately rode on Uriah.
Almost at the same time, Glutton roared, and its body rose with red light all over. The evil aura instantly
shrouded a wide range. Everyone who saw it was shocked and got scared.
Then, Glutton turned into its original form and stood in front of the royal palace, overlooking the
enemies.
Then, it immediately acted, intending to cover for Rocky as he left. At that moment, seeing that Rocky
was about to take advantage of Uriah to fly away, Woods suddenly showed a strange smile. Then, he
raised his left hand and suddenly waved it. With that, the whole square in front of the palace suddenly
began to shake violently.
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