The crowd froze in disbelief. Alston had no time to react to Rocky's move and received the blow in an instant.
Despite the obvious gap in strength between them, the crowd thought that Alston would at least try to block the attack and minimize the strength of the blow. But Alston couldn't even move from his spot.
"You— What... What did you do?" Alston asked, pointing his finger at Rocky. His voice trembled in complete disbelief. His Thunder Dragon Spear lay on the ground, away from its master.
A sinister smile appeared on Rocky's lips. "Surprised? I devised this strike especially for you. It has never been used before."
The strike was a combination of Robin's speed attack and Ken's invisibility power, thereby making the quick attack invisible. Among the crowd, only the figure in the black robe and Bryant could sense the invisible strike's approach.
However, this strike consumed a large amount of spiritual power, especially when combined with the Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill. So, it could only be used once. Rocky was saving the attack and hadn't used it against any of the other spirit manipulators ever since his reappearance. He wanted to attack Alston without giving him a chance to counter. He had known all along that it would not be easy to kill Alston, who had the support of the spiritual race, with an ordinary attack. This combination attack was the ace up his sleeve to finish off Alston, once and for all.
Alston would never expect that his arrangements to deal with Rocky were frustrated by him one by one.
Even though he had gathered the most elite power of the royal family, it ended up being meaningless in front of Rocky.
After being hit by Rocky's deadly strike, Alston's body had been greatly damaged, and he could not hold on any longer. His legs gave away and he fell to the floor on his knees in front of Rocky, as if asking for his forgiveness.
Rocky's Frozen Wind Dagger was pointed towards Alston. He looked at the man on the ground coldly and asked, "You never imagined that you would end up like this, did you? This is called karma."
"I... Please... I don't want to die! Spare me!" The arrogant expression on Alston's face had turned into one of complete despair. He continued to spit blood and looked at the figure in the black robe not too far away from where he was. Alston was completely different from the man who was aggressive and fierce not long ago.
But the figure in the black robe remained unmoved.
Then Elder Duke, one of the few peerless masters at the Divine Stage, stood up and shouted while pointing his finger at Rocky, "No matter what kind of feud you had with the emperor, it's all over now. If you kill the emperor, you will be regarded as a traitor, even if you really are Prince Basil!"
Rocky looked at the crowd around him. They were staring at him, probably wondering if he was really about to kill the emperor.
Just at the moment, Bryant appeared beside Rocky in the blink of an eye. He grabbed Rocky's hand which was holding the Frozen Wind Dagger and said in a serious voice, "That's enough. It's meaningless to kill him now. He has already received the punishment he deserved."
Turning to look at Bryant, Rocky finally dissipated all his strength. His body shook lightly. He had obviously reached his limit.
The women led by Marcia appeared beside Rocky and supported him with all their strength. Marcia immediately took out the Dragon Twined Wood to seal the two layers of power released from Rocky's body.
Bryant turned to look at the pitiful man on the ground. "Alston, when did you become a puppet of the Dragon Master Clan? Does the emperor's disappearance have anything to do with you?" he asked coldly.
Alston looked up at him and scoffed, "Everything— Everything I did... was for the Holy Dragon Empire. Everything! You... It's you...who are trying to... to take it away from me. You want to take away the Holy Dragon Empire from me! The empire is mine! It's mine!" Saying so, he started laughing wildly.
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