"The Explosion Core!" the three members of the Ling Clan shouted in excitement. They eyed the Explosion Core with greedy eyes.
"Hey, buddy. Is the Sense of Realm inside the Explosion Core? If so, how can we obtain it? After all, there is no way we can break through the heavenly power that is surrounding the Explosion Core!" Andrea asked Clark.
"And we can't explode it either! Once the Explosion Core is exploded, this continent will be destroyed as a result. Would you care to enlighten us?"
"When the Sense of Realm matures, it will come out on its own. But I don't want to wait that long. If someone stronger arrives and takes it, all my efforts will be rendered useless," Clark said.
Andrea and Colin gaped at Clark in shock. That was the first time that they heard of that plan.
"What do you mean? Do you want to destroy the Explosion Core?" Their shock started to be replaced with rage when they understood the implications of what Clark had said. Clark obviously did not care whether the continent would survive his plans or not. The father and son had already considered this continent as their territory. There was no way that they would just accept this plan so easily.
Moreover, once this continent was destroyed, the Ling Clan would become homeless.
It would be difficult to occupy another continent so they could not afford to destroy this one.
"You two, listen to me. If you help me get the Sense of Realm, I will take you out of this Heavenly Void and to a bigger continent. You know that you can only become a demi-spiritual emperor at most in this continent but on the other continents, you can achieve more than you can imagine." Clark tried to persuade them when he noticed that they seemed to be against his plan.
"Hey, buddy. This is not part of our plan. You didn't tell me that you want to destroy it. Come on, man. We can just wait for a few more days. The Sense of Realm will be yours very soon. You don't need to destroy it. Just be patient.
Besides, I never wanted to bring our clan to another continent. This place is good enough for us!"
Despite his calm words, there was a brewing tension between them that grew tighter as time passed.
"It seems that Andrea and Colin have no intention to hand over the Sense of Realm. I'm afraid that they don't care about whether the Star Continent would be destroyed or not but only want to take advantage of this chance to turn against the old man!" Pearl whispered to Ricky delightedly.
"There is another possibility as well. Maybe the old man named Clark deliberately said those words to spark a fight against the Ling Clan. Now we can just stay here and watch them fight. When both sides are damaged badly, I'll jump in and take everything away!"
"Wow. That's quite an arrogant claim. Why are you so confident?" Pearl asked when she heard Ricky's words. "From my point of view, that old guy is no weaker than you."
"Trust me, Pearl. You know I would never put myself in danger unless I am one hundred percent confident about my chances," Ricky replied with a determined look. Pearl huffed and looked back at Clark instead of answering.
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"So what now? You guys want to fight against me?" Clark asked when he sensed the growing hostility.
"If you insist on destroying it, then I'm afraid this fight is unavoidable. That's the only solution to this problem," Andrea responded with a stern look.
"Ha-ha! With all due respect, what gives you the courage to think that you can defeat me? Let me remind you that the effect of the Fire-resisting Pill you just took will not last long in this Explosion Core area. And even if we fight in a normal environment, you are still no match for me."
Clark looked at them with disdain as if they were bugs that needed to be crushed underfoot.
"Man, do you think that we did not prepare anything at all?" Andrea claimed confidently. Clark raised a questioning eyebrow at him.
"Really? Then show me what you have prepared. If you have a weapon that is strong enough to threaten me, I will gladly submit to you." Clark stared at them intently. He seemed to be gauging whether they were telling the truth or not.
Clark knew that it was impossible for Andrea and Colin to fully trust him. This was why he had expected that he would be fighting them as well.
"Dude, open your eyes and look at this carefully. Colin, show him your real power!"
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