Rocky's words provoked a burst of anger in the crowd of phoenix spirit manipulators behind Erica. Even Sabina gave a contemptuous look at him as she felt that his words were inappropriate.
"Tasha, if this guy has done anything bad to you, just tell me. I will surely seek justice for you. I am with you on this. Don't be afraid to open up," said Erica. She looked at Tasha waiting for her reply. If Rocky really did something horrible to Tasha, she would not let him off easily.
"He... he didn't do anything to me. Also, he saved me twice," replied Tasha. After hesitating for a while, she still told the truth although she hated him. Yet, she didn't tell them that Rocky had spanked her.
Hearing this, Erica and the other phoenix spirit manipulators were shocked. They thought that they had misheard something. Rocky held Tasha as a hostage. But he had saved her twice. It was obviously not something that could be understood by their common sense.
"By now, you should have realized that I am a good person," said Rocky. He looked at Erica with a playful smile and folded his arms across his chest. He knew that Tasha had a kind heart and she wouldn't say anything that was wrong.
"You are a good man? Do you think so? Then the good people in the world must have been dead," Erica retorted without any hesitation. She always spoke her mind out loud.
Rocky shrugged and smiled. It seemed that he had been listed as an evil man by her. It would be more difficult to change her impression of him than touching the sky. So he didn't bother to defend himself. He knew that the best option was to stay quiet.
"Can you leave now?" the butterfly shadow uttered again.
"We are leaving right now. Again, thank you so much for saving our lives. We are grateful," said Erica sincerely as she bowed to the shadow. The other phoenix spirit manipulators followed suit.
After that, Erica suddenly thought of something. She opened her palm and held the bottle that Rocky gave her earlier to attract those wild spirit-manipulated beasts.
She raised it and said to him, "I return it to you. It belongs to you now."
"You don't have to give it to me. It's my gift for your protection just now. I am offering this with my whole heart," said Rocky, waving his hands.
"No gain without pain. Thus, I won't accept it. Moreover, I protected you only because you threatened us with Tasha's safety," Erica replied coldly.
"I know it was wrong of me to threaten you with a little girl. But they are two different things. If it weren't for you, I couldn't have gotten the Sea Blue Magic Jade. So please take it. I would feel less guilty if you accept this. It will be your loss if you don't keep it. You know its power," said Rocky and smiled calmly.
Hearing what Rocky said, Erica immediately glared at him with her beautiful almond eyes. Then she took the bottle and hid it well.
After that, she gave a hint to her people and ordered, "Let's go." She rode her Glint Phoenix and was about to leave.
"Oh right! Tasha, I should return your spirit-manipulated beast," yelled Rocky. Then he opened his Magical Spiritual Space. This caused Tasha's three-tailed fox to run out and it returned to her side. It seemed that it was frightened by something. Its eyes were stunned and it wagged its tail.
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