"All right. You just have to make sure that Tessa would be safe," Harrison finally agreed as he issued a
strict warning.
"You can trust me on that. Thank you very much, sirs!" Rocky quickly answered, nodding respectfully at
Harrison and Timothy.
"Go on and have a rest. You already had a long day." Timothy waved his hand as he dismissed Rocky.
Rocky then bowed and left the Arcane Sword Hall. As soon as he stepped out, he saw that Tessa and
Ramon were there, waiting for him to come out. Tessa immediately walked up to him and asked, "How
did it go? What will they do to you?"
"Well, what do you think?" Rocky asked as he smiled brightly.
"Judging on your smug face, I should assume that they let you stay. Am I right?" Tessa guessed
immediately.
"Yes, that’s right. However, they’re letting me stay on one condition." Then, Rocky fixed his gaze on
Tessa and let out a mysterious smile.
"What is it? And why are you looking at me like that?" Tessa asked with furrowed brows.
"You have to be my disciple!" Rocky exclaimed out of nowhere.
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Why should I be your disciple? You’re not even qualified!"
Tessa snorted coldly, thinking that Rocky was just messing with her.
"It’s true! The sect leader and the governor wanted me to teach you my unique skill. That is their
condition for letting me stay," Rocky explained.
"Unique skill? Which one are you talking about?" Tessa asked, still confused but expectant at the same
time.
"Remember the spiritual skill that I used to fuse the power of my spiritual beast with mine? That one
that I used earlier during my match with Xavier?" Rocky replied.
"What?! I can learn that? You’re going to teach me such a powerful spiritual skill? I swear I’ll beat you
up if you’re lying to me!" Tessa was so thrilled to hear it, but she was in utter disbelief that Rocky would
agree to such a condition.
"I’m not lying! I promised the leader and the governor, and I fully intend to keep that. I have to make
sure that you learn it. Otherwise, I will have to pack my things and leave," Rocky said casually as he
lightly scratched his head.
"Don’t worry! I’m confident that I’m smart enough to learn anything that you will teach me. I’ll do my
best. I promise!" Tessa even patted her chest to show her confidence and determination. But then, the
very next moment, she lowered her head and asked, "Will it be too difficult?"
"Ha-ha! Well, you can worry about that when we start the lesson." Rocky chuckled and then turned
towards Ramon who had been silent all this time. "If you want to learn it, I don’t mind teaching you
together."
"No, thanks. First of all, I don’t possess a spiritual beast. And I just think that that unorthodox way of
fighting doesn’t suit my style," Ramon said, obviously unwilling to lower his pride.
"All right then. I won’t force you," Rocky answered as he shrugged his shoulders.
"So, when are you going to teach me?" Tessa asked impatiently. It was obvious that she couldn’t wait
anymore that her eyes were almost twinkling excitedly.
"Hmm, we still have a few days before we enter the Martial Spirit Graveyard. Do you think we can start
already?" Rocky said after thinking for a while.
"Of course! Let’s go!" Tessa couldn’t help but exclaim and hurriedly took Rocky’s hand so that they
could leave right away. Ramon was left there, watching the back of the two.
"There are still lots of work that I need to do. I won’t let that brat get out of my reach. I’ll get much
stronger. Just wait and see," Ramon uttered with a serious expression. The next moment, he also left
the place.
At the same time, the news that Rocky was not kicked out of the sect and the city had immediately
reached Miguel’s camp.
"What?! The leader actually let that guy stay? Damn it! What are they thinking?" Miguel roared as he
paced back and forth in his pavilion. He couldn’t help but grit his teeth and clench his fists as he heard
the news. It obviously pissed him off to the extreme.
"Young master, please calm down. There are still many chances to deal with that guy. We just have to
be a bit more patient," one of his men advised.
"Bullshit! Didn’t you see what happened in the competition? That bastard is more powerful than Xavier!
That means that he’s much stronger than me! And unless I also break through to the King Realm, there
will be nothing I can do about him!" Miguel shouted resentfully.
"That’s not true, young master. Aren’t you going to the Martial Spirit Graveyard soon? Everyone knows
that it has nothing but dangers. It should be the perfect place and opportunity for you to get back at
him. I’m sure you can find a way to deal with him there," the henchman suggested.
"That’s actually a good idea. Many spirit warriors at the King Realm, who will be entering the graveyard,
have a good relationship with me. I can definitely ask for their help and teach that Basil the
consequences of going against me!" Miguel said with a wicked grin on his face.
Meanwhile, on the border battlefield of the Ethereal Region, several figures could be seen sneaking
into a very remote and inconspicuous human military camp at a fast speed. A moment later, they were
able to steal some of the soldiers’ clothes and quickly changed into them in a hidden area not far from
the camp.
Soon enough, these figures rushed out and disguised themselves as human soldiers.
As they came into the light, it turned out to be the people from the Wild Spirit Land—Marcia and the
others who were captured before.
Back then, Marcia led a team to investigate the mysterious area in the Wild Spirit Land and sneaked
into the alien land alone. Consequently, she was the first to discover that there were other races from
another world that were trying to invade the Wild Spirit Land. Realizing that their world was in grave
danger, she deliberately let herself be caught to investigate the other world further. After being sent to
this land, she was temporarily imprisoned in a concentration camp where she saw a lot of people,
members of the spiritual race, and spirit-manipulated beasts that were also being held against their will.
Soon after, she discovered that the creatures from the alien land had already started invading and
plundering her world. Therefore, after knowing this, she tried her hardest to get back to the Wild Spirit
Land, but unfortunately, she didn’t succeed. Hence, she did all she could to gather information in the
concentration camp to figure out what kind of land she was brought to.
Later on, Marcia saw Bryant and the other people from the Wild Spirit Land that were also captured. At
that point, she knew that even though their land assembled the strongest army that they could form,
they still fell into the hands of the Shura Race and also failed to destroy the door that connected the
alien land and the Wild Spirit Land. Therefore, it was natural that she despaired and almost lost all
hope.
However, since they were still alive, they couldn’t give up just yet. Not long ago, several humans and
members of the spiritual race that were imprisoned in the camp were escorted away in different
locations. None of them knew where they were being sent; thus, they were pretty anxious.
The group of prisoners where Marcia was included, happened to set out relatively later than the rest.
Moreover, there were just a few of them, which was the reason why they were able to catch the Shuras
escorting them off guard. Marcia led her fellow prisoners to fight back and managed to successfully
escape.
However, as they fled, their enemies chased after them, killing many of their companions in the
process. In the end, the only ones to survive were Marcia, Sabina, Allen, Marin, and Cherry, who was
the current matriarch of the Butterfly Divine Clan.
"Master, why didn’t we enter the area of the human race of this land first? I think it should be safer to
hide there. If the Shura Race came to find us, they would be looking for a needle in a haystack,"
Sabina asked in confusion. Right now, there were very close to the border of the human race. If they
kept going, they would be able to enter the human region in about a day. By then, there was a huge
possibility that they could lose the members of the Shura Race that were chasing after them.
"Although the Supreme Ether Land is in a situation of tripartite confrontation, the Shura Race is still the
true ruler of the whole world. The human race and the spiritual race won’t be able to do anything to
them, and they are also extremely afraid of them. Even if we sneak into the human region, as long as
the Shura Race is that determined to find us, I’m afraid that they will still be able to have their way. The
worse thing that could happen is that we would become the target of the all the human race here. So, I
think that it’s better if we sneak into the military camp first. The military camp is a lot different. We can
easily hide our identities here," Marcia explained.
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