Then, Rocky immediately stepped into the air and flew over the heads of the soldiers and the spirit
warriors. In a flash, he landed in front of the vicious Emperor Realm spiritual beast. Although he was
facing an army comprised of powerful spiritual beasts, he was not fazed at all. The next second, he
activated the Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill.
"My name is Basil. Can you clearly hear me, sir?" Without any hesitation, Rocky introduced himself to
the Emperor Realm spiritual beast.
"Hmm. You actually looked like an ignorant young man, but you know to speak the beast language!
That is quite impressive," the spiritual beast said in surprise.
"Pardon me, sir, but I don't know any beast language. I can just communicate with you by
synchronizing my spiritual sense with yours. Anyway, may I just ask a question? Why are you
surrounding our troops? I don't think we have done anything to offend you and your army," Rocky said
with a straight face.
"Well, you are wrong about that. You and your people have entered the forbidden area, which is the
most sacred place for us. You just can't barge in here and defile it!" the spiritual beast roared
aggressively.
"I see. We sincerely apologize because we did not mean to do it. We just happened to pass by
unintentionally," Rocky explained.
"Ha! You think a simple apology would suffice? What's done is done. You can't take that back," the
spiritual beast replied stubbornly.
"Then, what can we do to make up for it? Just tell us and we will do it," Rocky bargained as he
clenched his fists.
"Oh, really? Then, leave two hundred of your men with us as tributes. Do that and I may consider
letting the rest of you go," the spiritual beast replied with a defiant sneer.
"You are asking for the impossible." Of course, Rocky would not deliberately sacrifice the lives of two
hundred people in exchange for the safety of rest of the army.
"You asked me what you can do, and I answered you. Now, if you can't do that, then there's no need
for a discussion. It's either you make a sacrifice or all of you are going to die. After all, you humans
have no chance of winning against my spiritual beast army!" the Emperor Realm spiritual beast
declared mightily.
"Fine. You also leave me with no choice!" Rocky could easily tell that the spiritual beast was full of
greed and evil desires, so he deemed that it was useless to negotiate with him. Thus, he flew back and
instantly landed beside Deputy Commander Lin, bearing a serious expression on his face. "Sir, could
you please let me take command of the entire army for the time being?"
"Why? What happened?" Deputy Commander Lin was stunned by Rocky's sudden request. From the
look in Rocky's eyes, he could say that the negotiation fell apart.
"This is a matter of life and death. Please trust me with this, sir," Rocky pleaded as his momentum
already soared magnificently.
"All right. The army is yours. Do whatever you can to get us out of this predicament." Seeing Rocky's
imposing manner, Deputy Commander Lin was actually intimidated that he didn't have the guts to
refuse. Then, he announced, "Listen carefully! Captain Basil will temporarily take command of the
army. Since he has the most experience in fighting against spiritual beasts, everyone will obey his
orders!"
Although it was a bit unexpected, the soldiers and spirit warriors in the patrolling army had no
complaints with the deputy commander's decision. After all, most of them respected and even
worshiped Rocky's capability.
"Soldiers, listen to me! Form a square array at once!" Rocky decisively commanded as he took on the
role of the army's leader.
Upon hearing Rocky's order, the patrolling troops quickly deployed a square array.
Once the array was ready, Rocky shouted, "Move forward together with the square array! Don't stop!"
Immediately after, the troops began to move towards the army of spiritual beasts.
On the other hand, the Emperor Realm spiritual beast roared and also deployed its army. Then, dozens
of huge spiritual beasts with varying levels from the Spirit Realm to the Spiritual Infant attacked the
patrolling troops from both sides at the same time.
Seeing this, Rocky wasted no time and chanted the Buddhist Spell skillfully. In the blink of an eye, a
shadow of the golden Buddha fell from the sky and enveloped the entire troop.
Under the protection of the Buddhist Spell, the spiritual beasts outside were unable to harm the
members of the patrolling troops. They were completely blocked off by the defensive barrier.
At this moment, Deputy Commander Lin as well as the soldiers and spirit warriors were flabbergasted.
They did not expect that Rocky's skill would be so invincible. There was absolutely nothing that could
penetrate it.
While being protected by the Buddhist Spell, the patrolling troops had already approached the
encirclement of the spiritual beasts. However, the truth was that Rocky did not intend to make a direct
assault. Their formation and actions earlier were just a cover-up. His primary goal was to take
advantage of the disorientation of the spiritual beasts so that they could find a chance to break through.
As the soldiers rushed all the way to the camp of the spiritual beasts, the power of the Buddhist Spell
gradually weakened. At this point, the dozens of the spiritual beasts surrounding the patrolling troops
became more impatient as they wanted to slaughter these humans. Hence, they constantly attacked
the barrier that was made by the Buddhist Spell.
Fortunately, before the power of the Buddhist Spell completely dissipated, Rocky found a breakthrough
point using his amazing perception. Therefore, he immediately ordered, "Halt! Move northwest this time
and keep the array intact!"
Then, the patrolling troops began to charge towards the direction that Rocky instructed.
As they continued to march, a bear-shaped spiritual beast welcomed them. It was more than ten
meters high and looked like a hill that carried enormous power. It turned out that it had also reached the
medium grade of the Spiritual Infant.
Rocky firmly ordered the patrolling troop to get close to the bear-shaped spiritual beast, which also did
not hesitate to attack them head-on.
At this time, the power of the Buddhist Spell had completely dissipated, meaning that the patrolling
troops were about to face the direct impact of the attack of the bear-shaped spiritual beast. At the same
time, the other spiritual beasts rushed towards them, intending to cut off their escape routes.
The Emperor Realm spiritual beast let out an evil grin as it saw the current situation of their enemies. It
was confident that these humans would not be able to sneak out of them alive.
However, the next moment, an extremely dazzling light burst out from the patrolling troops. It was like a
scorching sun suddenly glowed in their midst, rendering the spiritual beasts unable to open their eyes.
Then, after a few moments, as the dazzling light disappeared, the patrolling troop had already vanished
without a trace.
Seeing this, the Emperor Realm spiritual beast could not help but roar angrily. It did not know how
Rocky and the entire army suddenly disappeared. But of course, it would not let them get away that
easily. It summoned the fastest spiritual beasts in their army and ordered them to scatter in various
directions to search for the patrolling troops that escaped.
Meanwhile, the patrolling troops suddenly appeared about three miles away from the encirclement of
the spiritual beasts.
However, it seemed that no one among them knew what happened. They just recalled that when they
saw the blinding light, their bodies moved on their own at an astonishing speed. The next thing they
knew, the spiritual beasts that surrounded them earlier were nowhere in sight.
"Spiritual King Basil, what on earth exactly happened?" Deputy Commander Lin asked in bewilderment.
"I don't have time to explain it right now. We are still in danger. I know that the spiritual beasts will not
let us go that easily. As we speak, they should be chasing and looking for us. Getting us out of there is
all I can do. From here on, we have to rely on our strength. We have to outrun them before they could
find us again," Rocky said sternly. The number of times that the patrolling troops could use the Army-
blessing Scroll had already reached its limit. So, for now, he could do nothing to assist them.
"All right. Don't stop moving! Let's continue retreating!" Hearing Rocky's words, Deputy Commander Lin
didn't dare to be complacent and careless. Thus, he immediately ordered the entire army to start
moving and retreat from the primeval forest.
As Rocky expected, before they could even reach a few miles, they already found about seven or eight
spiritual beasts that were running behind them.
At this moment, Rocky summoned the Purple-flaming Phoenix to lead the way and cooperate with the
team of spirit warriors to intercept the attacks from the spiritual beasts that were chasing after them.
Although they incurred a handful of casualties as they tried to escape, they were still able to
successfully withstand the attacks on their way out of the forest.
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