Spiritual beasts were ferocious in nature, so they couldn't show any mercy to them. Soon enough, the
battle became fiercer, and the corpses from both the humans and the spiritual race piled all over the
ground.
Fortunately, even with the heavy casualties from both armies, they were able to get closer to Harlan's
lair.
About two hours later, the human army and the spiritual race army were able to carve a bloody path to
reach the entrance of Harlan's lair. Under the protection of the soldiers, Rocky and the two Emperor
Realm masters of the spiritual race rushed towards the lair of the Beast of Fire and Ice without
hesitation.
At the same time, Harlan was already waiting for them, and its ginormous body welcomed them.
"Imbeciles! How many times will you dare to disturb my cultivation? I shall kill all of you tonight!" Harlan
roared and unleashed an astonishing momentum.
Seeing this, Rocky and the two Emperor Realm masters also unleashed their power and began to
assault the raging beast.
As for Beverly, who was in charge of the overall command, she carefully paid attention to the ongoing
battle as she commanded the soldiers outside the lair to resist the other spiritual beasts.
Meanwhile, Eunice and the others also led their troops to the ruins of the Star Divine Race as per
Rocky's instructions. They needed to set up traps immediately in order for them to surprise the spiritual
race army the moment they showed up.
Not long after, their target had finally arrived.
A troop of twenty thousand soldiers appeared near the entrance, seemingly prepared to break into the
ruins that were heavily guarded by the spiritual beasts.
As soon as they arrived, Eunice and the others immediately led their troops to ambush them.
Obviously, the spiritual race army was caught off guard, and they easily fell to the traps laid for them.
At the same time, Rocky, who was still pretending to cooperate with the spiritual race army, winked at
Harlan during their battle.
Recognizing the signal, Harlan deliberately let itself be hit by Rocky's attack. It instantly screamed in
agony and fled back into its lair, pretending that it had been seriously injured.
"Good job! Let's go after it and finish this already!" Seeing that Harlan seemed to be seriously injured,
the two Emperor Realm masters wasted no time and rushed into the lair.
Then, Rocky followed them closely from behind.
Buying the act of the beast, the two Emperor Realm masters let their guards down as they were lured
into the lair. Noticing this, Rocky immediately grabbed the chance and launched a sneak attack on one
of them. Taken by surprise, the Emperor Realm master took a direct blow, making him spit a lot of
blood.
"You! What do you think you're doing?!" The Emperor Realm master, who was badly injured, glared at
Rocky furiously. He didn't expect that Rocky would suddenly attack him at this point.
"I'm doing what I have to. I'm afraid both of you are going to die here in a bit," Rocky said with a sneer.
"Have you gone mad? Do you think you can acquire the beast cores alone by doing this? If both of us
were killed, what makes you think that you can survive?" It seemed that the Emperor Realm master
thought that Rocky attacked them because he wanted the beast cores for himself.
"Of course, I will survive. In fact, I have no interest in those beast cores at all," Rocky said with a shrug
and a smug look on his face.
"What are you saying? Isn't it the whole point of this plan?" The other Emperor Realm master furrowed
his brows, baffled at the turn of events.
"I am not stupid. I knew all along that your real purpose is the sacred weapon in the ruins," Rocky
answered as he crossed his arms on his chest.
"Bastard! How did you know about that?" The two Emperor Realm masters were utterly stunned.
"Well, it told me," Rocky replied as he pointed at Harlan.
"The beast? You can communicate with it?" The eyes of the two Emperor Realm masters widened in
shock.
"That's right."
Only then did the two Emperor Realm masters realized that they were deceived all this time. Since
Rocky could communicate with the beast, he must have known everything from the start. Hence, they
fell into his ploy.
"Now that you know, it's time for you to die!" Rocky roared as his eyes blazed in fury.
"No! Retreat!" At this point, the two Emperor Realm masters were smart enough to recognize that once
Harlan and Rocky launched a joint attack, they would definitely not stand a chance. Hence, they
instantly tried to escape from the lair.
Then, Harlan let out an earth-shaking roar. The powerful waves created from it toppled the huge rocks
on top of the lair, instantly blocking off the entrance. Thus, the two Emperor Realm masters were
trapped inside.
Meanwhile, Beverly, who was still commanding their troops outside the lair, suddenly sensed that
something wrong was going on when she saw that the entrance of the lair collapsed out of nowhere.
Immediately after, she ordered some of the spiritual race soldiers to remove the rocks that blocked the
entrance.
At the same time, the Emperor Realm masters inside the lair started to panic. Since their escape route
was blocked off, they had no choice but to fight Rocky and Harlan with all their might. Otherwise, they
were as good as dead.
Unfortunately for them, Harlan was extremely powerful. Even with just minimal assistance from Rocky,
the Emperor Realm masters stood no chance of surviving. Eventually, they were shoved to a corner.
In the end, Rocky was able to successfully kill one of them, while the other one was seriously injured.
At this time, the spiritual race soldiers had finally removed the blockade created at the entrance of the
lair.
Seeing this, Rocky quickly instructed Harlan, "I'll get out first. Then, take care of the rest just as
according to our plan."
Harlan nodded in agreement, fully understanding what he meant.
Soon enough, Rocky rushed out of the lair and appeared in front of Beverly, pretending to be terrified.
"What the hell happened? Where are the two masters?" Beverly could not help but ask anxiously the
moment she saw Rocky's face that was covered with dust.
"We were deceived by the beast. We thought we injured it, so we rushed inside to corner it. However,
the moment we entered, it blocked off the entrance and began to attack us. Even with our combined
efforts, we could not put up a fight. I'm sorry, but the other two were..." Rocky didn't try to finish his
sentence and just shook his head.
Hearing this, Beverly let out a frown and was rendered speechless.
"I think it would be better if we retreat for now. The beast is about to come out, and both our sides
might suffer heavy losses," Rocky suggested. He knew that without the two Emperor Realm masters,
the confidence of the spiritual race army would be greatly affected.
"No. We need to hold on for a while longer." Beverly was well aware that the situation had turned out
for the worst, but she had already sent a troop to the ruins, so she needed to buy some more time.
"We are clearly going to be wiped out! Why do we need to keep fighting the beast?" Rocky asked
convincingly, pretending that he knew nothing about her plans.
Of course, Beverly could not give Rocky the answer, so she could just grit her teeth as she avoided the
question.
"Humph! It seems that you are still hiding something from us. If that is the case, I have no choice but to
pull my forces out of here. I will not lead my soldiers to a meaningless battle," Rocky uttered. Then, he
quickly gave the order for the human soldiers to retreat.
As soon as the human army retreated from the lair, the spiritual race army was left alone, fighting the
vicious spiritual beasts.
Without the assistance of the human army, the spiritual race army was quickly put in a very bad
position.
Not long after, Harlan strode out of the lair, carrying the corpses of the two Emperor Realm masters in
its mouth. Then, it aggressively threw the corpses on the ground, intimidating the forces of the spiritual
race army to the extreme.
Realizing that her troops had already lost the will to fight, Beverly made up her mind and led her
soldiers away from the lair to cut their losses.
Besides, she thought that the troop that she sent to the ruins should have already accomplished their
mission by now. Unfortunately for her, Rocky already knew her plan and made the necessary
arrangements to thwart it. In fact, her troops were currently in a very disadvantageous situation as they
faced the army led by Eunice and the other spirit warriors.
Then, as Beverly and the spiritual race army retreated from Harlan's lair, Rocky reappeared in front of
the beast.
"It was a successful cooperation!" Rocky immediately cupped his hands, wearing a huge smile on his
face.
"Well, thanks to your brilliant plan, I easily defeated those weaklings from the spiritual race. Now that
our business is finished here, follow me to the ruins," Harlan urged.
With that, Rocky immediately leaped onto Harlan's back as they headed towards the ruins of the Star
Divine Race.
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