Rocky looked right back at Vivian with a blank face, and then turned to Alex with a smile.
"Congratulations! You have reached the peak of the Emperor Realm."
There was an extraordinary aura emanating from Alex. Although it was yet to mature, Rocky and Vivian
could sense that she had undergone an astounding transformation.
"Wait, what? Did you just say the peak... of the Emperor Realm? How would that even be possible?!"
Alex couldn't believe her ears. Still a little dazed, she tried to make sense of what Rocky had said.
"That's just the beginning. It won't be long before you can break through to the Shura Realm," Vivian
remarked rather indifferently. She was quite familiar to what Alex was experiencing at the moment
since she had gone through it in the past. Back then, she had also merged with a martial spirit at the
God Realm when she was still a Spiritual Emperor. As a result, her strength had advanced by leaps
and bounds and reached the Shura Realm in no time. She could even make amazing progress in her
cultivation.
This was the power of a God Realm martial spirit. However, merging with it would only be effectual if
she could control its power. Otherwise, the martial spirit might fire her back.
"Huh? Break through to the Shura Realm? Me?" Still trying to piece together what they were telling her,
Alex rubbed her temples. She was starting to feel her head ache from confusion.
"Listen, Alex. Today seems to be your lucky day. Remember that crystal statue you just touched? There
was a God Realm martial spirit sealed inside it, and when it broke, the martial spirit directly integrated
into your body. There were three of us here, yet it chose you. That means you're destined to change
the fate of the Supreme Ether Land." Rocky gave her a little overview to enlighten her a bit.
"So you're telling me that I have somehow fused with that powerful martial spirit? Is that for real? I've
only heard that in legends." Although Alex seemed to have understood what they meant, she still
couldn't get her head around this fact.
"God Realm martial spirits do exist. It's just that, among the three races, only the members of the Shura
Race can see them," Vivian elucidated.
"I see. But how did you know that I've fused with a God Realm martial spirit? You both seem to know a
lot about these things." At this point, Alex was already a bit suspicious. Normally, if she had fused with
a God Realm martial spirit, Rocky and Vivian should be very surprised. But instead, the two of them
looked too calm as if this phenomenon was not that uncommon for them.
"I'll leave the explaining to you," Vivian said, glancing at Rocky. She knew that right now, it would be
difficult to hide their identities anymore. After all, because of the God Realm martial spirit inside her
body, Alex would definitely be able to sense the real strength of the two.
"To tell you the truth, we are oracles. We actually came to the Ethereal Valley to carry out our mission
under the deities' orders. However, as you know, it was not easy to enter the Ethereal Valley. Hence,
we had no choice but to disguise as members of the spiritual race and enter your clan. After passing
the test of your clan, finally, we were able to enter the Ethereal Valley." Rocky quickly made up a
convenient excuse since he could not tell Alex that he and Vivian were from the Shura Race.
Nonetheless, he was actually partly telling the truth because they were indeed oracles now, and they
were ordered by the deities to come to this place.
"What? Oracles? Deities? Wait a minute... Are you telling me that deities really exist in this world?"
After hearing what Rocky said, Alex was shocked to her core.
Rocky and Vivian nodded at the same time, knowing that this was the best option at this moment.
"Oh my! I can't believe this! I'm not dreaming, am I?" Alex felt that everything was too unreal. The
moment she woke up, she found out that she had fused with a God Realm martial spirit. Then, right
now, Rocky and Vivian were telling her that they were oracles. Of course, anyone would have a hard
time digesting these information if they heard these for the first time.
"Well, I guess we have to stop talking about this problem in the meantime. Put on some clothes first.
Look at you. You are barely wearing anything..." Rocky then cast a glance at the almost naked body of
Alex. Immediately after, he took out some clothes from the Magic Spiritual Space and tossed them to
her.
"Ah! What on earth happened? Why are my clothes gone? And you! Turn around!" As Alex lowered her
head, she realized that she was indeed naked. She could not help but exclaim while her face blushed
to the extreme.
"That is not our doing. They were disintegrated by the powerful energy of the God Realm martial spirit
when it merged with you." Rocky then turned around, smiling naughtily.
However, Vivian did not feel the need to turn around because she was also a woman.
"Tripp! What are you doing? Turn around!" Of course, Alex was yet to know that Vivian was actually a
woman, so she naturally became angry.
"Calm down. We're both women, so you don't need to be vigilant around me," Vivian replied
indifferently.
"What did you say? Y-you are actually a woman?" Alex stammered and immediately rushed to touch
Vivian's chest on impulse. Afterward, she indeed felt a soft sensation in her hand.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Vivian glared at Alex while her breasts were still being felt.
"I'm just trying to confirm it! Well, now I know that you really are a woman," Alex replied, feeling a little
embarrassed.
"Now, hurry up and put on those clothes," Vivian urged impatiently, crossing her arms in front of her
chest.
Eventually, Alex was able to put on the clothes that Rocky handed her.
"All right. Let's leave this place as soon as possible. The God Realm martial spirit that was sealed in
the crystal statue clearly had a purpose as to why it was here. Perhaps it is the one suppressing the
powerful evil spirit that we sensed when we came in. Now that the martial spirit has been released, I'm
afraid the suppressed evil spirit will also come out soon enough," Rocky warned them as a bad feeling
emerged in his heart.
Realizing that Rocky might be right, the three of them quickly left the chamber and went back to the
crystal palace through the secret passage.
Then, just as Rocky had expected, in the innermost room of the crystal palace, a large number of
bubbles suddenly burst out from a pool. Afterward, the whole pool began to roll up. Soon, a faint purple
light emerged from the bottom of the pool and slowly soared into the air. Eventually, the faint purple
light turned into a transparent soul shadow, unleashing a strong resentment that immediately spread
out.
"Humph! Thousands of years have passed, and now, I'm finally free. In order to vent my surging hatred,
I will kill all the creatures in the Ethereal Valley!" the purple soul shadow shouted menacingly and
disappeared in an instant.
Since the gate of the crystal palace was still shut, the members of the different clans, who were trapped
inside, were easily chased by the purple soul shadow. They were horrified by its vicious power that they
almost collapsed.
By the time Rocky and the two women got out of the secret passage, many members of the other clans
had already been slaughtered. Meanwhile, the rest of them were still desperately fleeing for their lives.
Along the way, Rocky and the two women could not hide the frown on their faces as they saw many
dismembered corpses. It only meant that these people were terribly tortured to their death.
"Did that evil spirit do all these things? This is just horrible!" Alex said with fear written all over her face.
"I don't think we can easily leave the crystal palace at this point," Rocky remarked as his eyes
narrowed. As his gaze swept at the miserable scene, he could infer that the evil spirit was extremely
cruel, and obviously, its power was astonishing. He thought that even if he and Vivian joined hands,
there was a possibility that they wouldn't be able to defeat it.
"So, what should we do now?" Vivian asked, anticipating that they would be in great trouble.
"I'm quite sure that Alex's Ice Wand must be able to open the gate of the crystal palace again. Vivian,
send her away first. After that, come back and help me defeat that evil spirit. In the meantime, I'll go
and meet with it first..." Rocky replied without any hesitation. Logically, there must be someone who
should divert the attention of the evil spirit so that Vivian and Alex could get out without a problem.
Hence, he readily proposed this plan. At the same time, Rocky also wanted to take advantage of this
chance to see if he could find any useful clues to open the entrance to the Holy-Evil World.
"What? No! We are going to leave this place together!" Alex said sternly, fully knowing that Rocky was
trying to take all the burden by himself again.
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