'Humph, this guy has guts. But I believe he won't be able to come back alive. If so, I don't even need to
kill him by myself!' With those thoughts in mind, Miguel sneered slyly.
In the spiritual fog, Rocky was unable to discern his bearings and was forced into a dead end by the
martial spirits chasing after him.
Just as Rocky was about to hide in his Magic Spiritual Space for a moment, he suddenly sensed a
strange aura behind him. It felt like something was summoning him.
'There seems to be something behind me,' he mused. A huge flat rock wall as smooth as jade met his
eyes when he turned to look. After a moment's hesitation, he headed towards it. Just a moment later,
he discovered that his body passed through the rock wall. Instead of being real, the rock wall felt more
like a phantom. After he took a couple more steps, the scene in front of his eyes turned into utter
darkness.
"So a mysterious place like this exists in the Martial Spirit Graveyard." Rocky was in high spirits. After
he entered the rock wall, the martial spirits stopped chasing him.
When he surveyed his surroundings, he discovered a ray of red light dimly shining not too far away in
front of him, so he couldn't help but approach it in the hopes of understanding his current situation.
After he stepped closer towards the light, he discovered that it came from a headless corpse wearing
an ice blue armor covered in dust, a huge sword made from unknown material was thrust on the
ground beside it. Although the corpse was incomplete, there was no sign of decay even though it
seemed to have been there for a long time. Moreover, there was a distinctive red jade hanging on the
corpse's chest.
"The corpse is hidden in such a secret place and hasn't rotted yet. I wonder why." Rocky considered it
for a moment before he reached out to take off the red jade on the chest of the corpse.
The moment the red jade was removed, the headless corpse instantly turned into ash.
"Oh, no! I'm so sorry!" Rocky quickly apologized, putting his palms together. Although he gave it some
thought, he didn't expect that the reason the headless corpse didn't decay was because of the red jade.
Meanwhile, the red jade suddenly lit up and instantly turned into a fiery red soul shadow wearing a
piece of tiger-shaped ice armor. A huge sword was strapped on its back. Although it looked mighty, it
did not have a head.
"My successor, you're finally here!" A deep and low voice rumbled out of the headless soul shadow and
each word echoed around Rocky.
"Hey, wait, did you just say that I'm your successor? This is exactly the same as when I met the
Dragon-shaped Soul Beast before. Why do I become a successor wherever I go?" Rocky was at a loss
whether to cry or to laugh, because the scene really was similar to his experience when he met the
Dragon-shaped Soul Beast in the past.
"This Scarlet Heaven Jade contains all my strength. Since you obtained it, it means that you'll inherit
my strength and become my successor. You have only one mission! Regain the throne of the Shura
Race for me!" the headless soul shadow declared.
"The throne of the Shura Race?" Upon hearing those words, Rocky became interested. He then added,
"Sir, would you please tell me who you are..."
Before Rocky could even finish his question, the headless soul shadow suddenly rushed into his body.
The next moment, dizziness overtook Rocky and his body felt like it was being torn apart. Vague
images appeared in his mind, and it felt like grasping incomplete memories. They were mere fragments
of memories. However, he saw a woman very similar to Marcia in the memories, and she seemed to
have something to do with the history of the Shura Race.
Soon, Rocky could no longer concentrate on the memories because his body seemed to be on the
verge of being torn apart. Even though he lost consciousness with only his soul left aware, it felt like he
was about to be devoured in the endless darkness.
After a long time, Rocky slowly regained his senses, but the feeling was completely different from all
the other times he woke up. His body felt like it had been modified and seemed to have been reborn.
Every inch of him was filled with a sense of tyranny. Moreover, the spiritual power in his body became
endless and inexhaustible. However, the enormous spiritual power soon surged out again and turned
into the Scarlet Heaven Jade that settled on his palm. At the same time, there was a human-shaped
figure in the depths of his soul sea, and it was like a newborn baby.
"The Scarlet Heaven Jade should be transformed from this guy's martial spirit power, and then this guy
used his own power to change my body. However, since the jade is transformed from the martial spirit
power, it should be far more powerful than this. I'll study it carefully after I go back." Since the headless
soul shadow seemed to have completely disappeared, Rocky could only figure it out by himself.
Afterwards, Rocky carefully examined his body and found that there was a human-shaped light shadow
like a baby deep in his body.
"Is this... the Spiritual Infant?" Rocky was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he had successfully
cultivated the Spiritual Infant which obviously contained very vigorous power.
"I didn't expect that I'd be this lucky. With the help of the Spiritual Infant, my cultivation will be much
easier. I surprisingly still have good luck after I came to this world!" Rocky sighed in relief.
However, he realized that Tessa was still merging with the martial spirit under the protection of Uriel
and the others. She might have been besieged by a large number of martial spirits and was facing
great danger. At the thought of that, he immediately put away the headless corpse's belongings and
flew back along the original route. In the blink of an eye, he rushed out of the rock wall. The martial
spirits that were chasing after him before had completely disappeared.
He hurried back as fast as he could. Because he managed to cultivate the Spiritual Infant and his
strength had broken through to the middle stage, his speed was twice as fast as before. In no time, he
flew back to the original position and saw Uriel and the others were surrounded by a large number of
martial spirits.
It seemed that Tessa almost completed the fusion. However, the defensive spiritual barrier was on the
verge of collapse and could no longer hold on.
At the sight of that, Rocky suddenly exuded a strange aura, as if he was ruling the world. In an instant,
he swooped down and fell upon the martial spirits. Without any hesitation, he shouted towards the
surging martial spirits, "All of you, retreat immediately!"
Instantly, a fiery red light burst out from his body and filled the surroundings. Despite the aggression of
the martial spirits earlier, they suddenly seemed terrified and all of them knelt down in surrender.
Uriel and the others were stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.
"This guy's still alive! Damn it!" At the sight of Rocky returning safe and sound, Miguel was so stunned
that he could only gnash his teeth in anger.
"Leave," Rocky casually ordered with a wave of his hand like a king.
The martial spirits immediately scattered and fled with their tails between their legs.
Meanwhile, Tessa was only a single step away from fusing with the martial spirit, but it was obvious that
her strength was still lacking and she would be unable to completely merge with it.
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