"That is not what I want. I want to have the same power as you to dominate the world!" Woods raved wildly, as his eyes flashed with a crazed gleam.
"You have definitely gone off the deep end..." Rocky muttered, shaking his head in dismay.
"Cut the crap! After I catch you, everything will be easily solved," Woods insisted as maniacal laughter escaped from his lips.
"What are you waiting for? Come at me then!" Rocky waved the Flaming Blade in his hand, as his face grew darker and darker with each step he took. He felt slightly guilty because he had made a grave mistake. If he hadn't helped Woods become the Timber Deity Empire's emperor, perhaps Woods wouldn't have become like this. Therefore, he had to redeem himself. He had to prevent Woods from drowning further in power and desire.
"You know what, there is a secret that neither you nor my sister knows." As he spoke, Woods suddenly took out a weapon that resembled a wooden ruler from his sleeve. Rocky could sense that it was full of strong evil aura, so it must have contained countless original souls.
"It's the Demonic Ruler!" When Glutton, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw the weapon, its eyes flashed with recognition and bone-deep fury.
"That's a forbidden item!" Rocky's eyes turned cold at the sight of the weapon, as he immediately recognized it as a forbidden item.
At first, it seemed incredibly strange that Woods had a forbidden item. But Rocky thought of one possibility. This forbidden item very likely belonged to the Wood Clan. Elder Evita had told him that it was impossible for anyone to find their forbidden item. Perhaps, it was because the forbidden item was in Woods' body.
"This Demonic Ruler has been sealed in my body since I was born. I didn't know that until our patriarch told me this secret before Alston attacked the Wood Clan more than a year ago. Only then did I find out that I have been used by the Wood Clan as the furnace to seal the ruler. I can't become a spirit manipulator because of the ruler," Woods said resentfully.
"Who helped you take out the ruler?" Rocky knew that Woods didn't have the strength to take out the Demonic Ruler, so someone else must have taken it out for him.
"You should know who it was," Woods sneered.
"Alston?" Rocky asked coldly, although he already knew that he was right.
Woods nodded smugly and added, "It is thanks to him that I have this great power now. Even though I am not powerful enough, sooner or later, I will also have the kind of power that could intimidate even the spiritual race, just like you."
As soon as Rocky heard that, he immediately understood that Woods became like this because of the forbidden item. The more evil one was, the more easily he would be controlled by the forbidden item. Back then, in order to save Lena, Rocky was controlled by the power of the Evil-fight Divine Bead. But fortunately, Marcia helped him remove the power of the bead. Otherwise, he would have died.
"Stop it. It's not too late," Rocky persuaded Woods keenly, for he didn't want to hurt him for Alyssa's sake.
"No, it's too late." Woods shook his head with a bitter smile. He also knew that the Demonic Ruler had full control over him right now. Nobody could save him.
The next moment, he became violent again. He waved the ruler in his hand, and the ground in front of the palace suddenly rumbled and trembled. Rocky felt that his body was getting heavier and heavier as if a mountain was bearing down on him.
When the spirit manipulators at the Immortal Stage and the spiritual masters saw that Rocky had been suppressed by the Demonic Ruler's power, they exchanged glances with each other and immediately rushed forward, intending to take advantage of Rocky's momentary weakness to kill him. They knew that if they didn't kill Rocky, Rocky would definitely kill them instead.
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