"Quite so. There's resentment all over this palace. We might encounter demonic martial spirits here,"
Vivian added while she roamed around.
In fact, Rocky and Vivian had already sensed the extraordinarily aggressive aura as soon as they
stepped inside the crystal palace.
"Really? Why don't I feel anything?" Alex curled her lips. It bothered her that she was the only one who
didn't sense the aura, when logically speaking, she was stronger than both of them. She should at least
have had an idea.
"Maybe you're just too careless," Rocky uttered teasingly.
"No, I'm not!" Alex shot back like a child, annoyed at the thought.
"The martial spirit must be hidden deep beneath. We'd better be careful. It might come out at any time."
Actually, Rocky wasn't completely paying attention to Alex. He was busy trying to look for any kind of
clue that could be useful.
"That sounds dangerous!" Realizing the possible danger they might face, Alex felt nervous and forgot
about the annoying thing that Rocky said to her earlier.
"For now, let's just keep on checking things out and hope we didn't waste our time coming here," Rocky
encouraged.
When they all came to an agreement, the three of them went deep into the dark, dilapidated palace.
Meanwhile after waiting for a few hours, the Lingji Clan had finally met with the teams of the other two
clans as soon as they arrived outside the crystal palace.
Elder Ruth wasted no time and discussed with the leaders of the two squads what they could do about
the crystal staircase. The other clans willingly accepted the collaboration, where all three high-level
Spiritual Emperors from different clans would lead three teams up the staircase and into the entrance
of the crystal palace.
About two hours later, they finally reached the entrance at the top.
Since Rocky had already opened the gate when they got here, it saved the three other teams time from
trying to figure it out. They rushed into the crystal palace and scattered to look for the treasures.
However, they were welcomed so horrendously with inexplicable attacks. After a day of trying to fend
themselves off, about a third of them got killed, while many of them sustained severe injuries. They
were losing men, yet they still couldn't figure out what they were fighting.
What frustrated them even more was that they had exhausted all their efforts trying to stay alive and
look for any kind of treasure, but they still found nothing. It was all in vain.
In the end, they had no choice but to leave.
While they were on their way out, three figures on the other side of the palace were descending along
the underground stairs.
"Whoa! It looks like the people who built this place didn't want anyone to find out about it. How did you
discover this passageway, Rookie? You're awesome!" Alex couldn't believe her eyes.
Half a day ago, Rocky, Vivian, and Alex had scoured every corner of the crystal palace for treasures,
but to no avail. As if that wasn't enough bad luck, they had also been attacked relentlessly by the
mysterious shadow. Fortunately, they had been well prepared, so they all came out safe and sound.
They didn't want to waste any more time here, so they had already planned to leave. On their way back
from the depths of the crystal palace, they accidentally stumbled upon a hidden recess they didn't
notice before. It took them a moment to figure out where its entrance was.
Although they didn't know where the secret passage led to, the three of them still decided to go through
it and find out what was waiting for them.
However, it was longer than they had expected. They had been traversing this passageway for over
two hours, yet they still hadn't reached the end. It felt like it stretched out to the ends of the entire
crystal palace.
About another hour later, the three of them finally got out of the secret passage and found themselves
standing before a closed chamber.
It wasn't really spacious, and there wasn't even furnishing—no beds, no chairs, no anything—just a life-
size crystal statue at the center of the chamber.
It was an alluring woman that looked so lifelike despite being a crystal statue. Not to mention, it exuded
a remarkably charming aura.
"Wow. Who might she be? She's so beautiful!" Even Alex couldn't help but marvel at the statue's
beauty.
"Maybe she was the owner of this crystal palace," Rocky speculated with his hand on his chin.
"Rookie, don't you think something's weird about this statue?" Vivian had her brow furrowed. She
seemed to have sensed that there was something wrong with it.
Hearing what Vivian said, Rocky tried to observe the crystal statue carefully. Soon, he saw that there
was a faint flash of spiritual light inside the crystal statue. It was very weak and dim, and it couldn't be
easily noticed if one didn't look at it thoroughly.
Then, while Rocky and Vivian were busy staring at the light around the crystal statue, Alex suddenly
lost control of her body, and her hand reached out to touch the crystal statue.
Before Rocky and Vivian could react to Alex's actions, her hand already made contact with the statue.
In the blink of an eye, the crystal statue suddenly cracked open. At the same time, the spiritual light that
Rocky and Vivian saw within the crystal statue flew out and directly rushed into Alex's body.
The next moment, her delicate body emitted a dazzling icy light, making her clothes disintegrate
completely as she floated into the air.
At the sight of this, Rocky and Vivian were a bit shocked. However, from what they could see, they had
already more or less guessed that the spiritual light might be a martial spirit that had been sealed inside
the statue. On the other hand, they could not determine the level of the marital spirit, so they could just
patiently wait for it to merge its power with Alex.
Of course, fusing with a martial spirit had certain risks. The stronger the martial spirit was, the greater
the danger would be.
Boom! Boom!
All of a sudden, the whole crystal palace began to shake violently as if a massive earthquake was
going on. It seemed that a huge force was the primary cause.
The members of the great clans in the crystal palace were also taken by surprise as soon as they
experienced the shaking of the ground. They were all dumbfounded and didn't know what had
happened.
Almost at the same time, the door of the crystal palace immediately shut closed, barring anyone from
going out.
Then, the entire crystal palace fell into endless vibration and darkness. Of course, almost all the people
inside trembled with fear since they had no idea what was going on.
Eventually, a few hours passed.
In the chamber, Rocky and Vivian were already getting worried as they guarded Alex, who was still in
the middle of fusing with the martial spirit. Since the martial spirit seemed to be very powerful, they
knew that with Alex's strength, it would obviously be difficult for her to merge with it.
Finally, after a long time, the icy light surrounding Alex's body suddenly flashed and entered within her.
Then, the vibration in the entire crystal palace eventually stopped.
Afterward, Alex's unconscious body slowly landed on the ground. Rocky and Vivian immediately
noticed that her originally pure and perfect body was now covered with strange ice textures. At the
same time, her delicate body exuded an aura that was at the God Realm.
"Is this true? The martial spirit is actually at the God Realm?! It seems that she has been extremely
fortunate this time!" Rocky was relieved and delighted to see that Alex had successfully integrated
herself with the mysterious martial spirit.
"It is indeed at the God Realm. It means that the spiritual race will soon have a peerless warrior. This is
not a good thing for the Shura Race. Don't tell me that you made this happen on purpose?" Vivian
suddenly turned to Rocky, casting him a sharp glare. After all, if it wasn't for Rocky, they wouldn't have
been able to discover this secret chamber. Moreover, Alex wouldn't have the opportunity to merge with
a martial spirit at the God Realm by accident.
At this time, Alex let out a soft groan as if she was already regaining her consciousness. She opened
her eyes slowly and looked at Rocky and Vivian in disbelief. "What happened to me? Why do I feel that
my body is filled with a great and mysterious power?"
62fb1bb41dcb31934bd49bda