After all that was said, Miguel fell silent, immediately pulling a long face.
Even Xavier stared at Rocky morosely. It turned out that he still held a deep grudge against Rocky because of what happened during the competition.
Soon enough, the badly injured spirit warrior at the King Realm was taken back safely.
"His injuries look serious. We need to find a place where we can treat him first," Uriel said with a frown after carefully checking the warrior's condition.
Then, he continued leading the team as they passed through the area. Fortunately, they didn’t encounter any difficult obstacles on their way. About half a day later, they entered a jungle area that seemed to be relatively safe. Eventually, they found a cave where they could rest for a while.
After they settled in, it was already late at night. Since they expected that many spiritual beasts appeared at that time in the valley, Uriel arranged a group of disciples that would guard the cave in turns while he and three of the warriors at the King Realm healed the injured.
At the moment, Rocky and Ramon, who were included in the same group, were hiding near the entrance of the cave to monitor the situation in their surroundings.
However, Rocky soon noticed that Ramon seemed to be looking at him from time to time.
"Captain Ramon, if you keep staring at me like that, I might get the wrong idea that you like me or something," Rocky said in a shy tone, teasing the captain.
Ramon just rolled his eyes and uttered, "I can’t help but wonder if you can really see through the weaknesses of the spiritual beasts. That’s a pretty convenient skill if you ask me."
"Why? You don’t believe me?" Rocky asked with a faint smile on his face.
"That’s why I’m asking you. As far as I know, even a master at the King Realm who happens to cultivate the Imperial Soul may not be able to do that," Ramon said flatly.
"Well, maybe some abilities are just innate. Oh, in other words, I’m a genius!" Rocky said proudly.
Ramon was at a loss for words when he heard Rocky’s arrogant yet slightly innocent remarks. Normally, he wouldn’t believe that. However, after being with Rocky those past few days, he could not refute that the young man really had several hidden talents and skills.
"Hmm. If you’re interested, I can share some of my experiences with you. Maybe you can get something from it," Rocky suddenly offered.
"You’d really do that?" Ramon hesitated for a moment but ultimately showed interest.
"Of course! Aren’t we good friends?" Rocky said as he laughed in a carefree manner.
Ramon slightly shook his head and scoffed a little but didn’t say anything, as if he had agreed Rocky's offer tacitly.
After that, Rocky taught some of his knowledge regarding spiritual beasts, and Ramon felt rather surprised that he had learned a lot from him.
After midnight, it was the turn of Miguel, Tessa, and another warrior at the King Realm to stand guard. However, instead of returning inside the cave and taking a rest, Rocky opted to stay outside and chat with Tessa.
Because of Rocky’s presence, Miguel wasn’t able to approach Tessa, and he couldn’t drive Rocky away either. He could only watch the two of them talking and laughing until dawn, infuriating him to the extreme.
At daybreak, Uriel and the other three warriors at the King Realm had finally finished treating the injured. After resting for another two more hours, they were ready to continue venturing into the depths of the valley.
Taking the lesson from their previous encounter, Uriel didn’t dare to be careless anymore, so he deliberately chose a more secluded route.
Although they met a few spiritual beasts at the King Realm along the way, they completely evaded them and didn’t take the risk to fight any of them. They also collected some ethereal crystals and spiritual treasures. It could be said that they gained a lot.
At the same time, Rocky also seized the opportunity to catch a few ordinary spiritual beasts in secret to let Tessa cultivate the Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill with them.
"Then, how can we catch one?" Rocky asked, a bit confused about what the elder just said.
"I see. Since it’s your first time exploring this place, you don’t know about the magic object that we specifically use to capture martial spirits. Good timing. I can show it to all of you now," Uriel said as he took out a hexagonal spiritual disk.
"This is the Spirit-restricting Disk, and there is a Spirit-restricting Array inside it that can restrain the martial spirits’ movements. But it will need strong spiritual power to activate it," he explained further.
"I see. It’s an awesome item," Rocky said as he examined the disk.
"Everyone, pay close attention to your surroundings. If you notice any strange movement, inform me right away," Uriel commanded.
Then, they moved forward while each of them was monitoring a specific direction, waiting patiently for the rare marital spirits to make an appearance.
After a while, the spiritual fog in the valley became extremely dense.
Then, that was when Rocky suddenly noticed a blurry shadow floating nearby that looked like a ghost.
"Elder Uriel, is that the martial spirit?" Rocky asked as he quickly pointed at the shadow.
Uriel turned and looked towards the direction where Rocky was pointing, and his eyes immediately lit up. "Yes, that’s it! Don't make a loud sound or you will alert it. I’ll get close to it first."
The elder tried his best to restrain his spiritual aura to a minimum as he slowly approached the floating martial spirit.
When he got close enough to it, he began to chant the spiritual incantation. Then, the Spirit-restricting Disk in his hand suddenly emitted a dazzling light and instantly flew towards the martial spirit.
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