Then, Rocky immediately stepped into the air and flew over the heads of the soldiers and the spirit warriors. In a flash, he landed in front of the vicious Emperor Realm spiritual beast. Although he was facing an army comprised of powerful spiritual beasts, he was not fazed at all. The next second, he activated the Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill.
"My name is Basil. Can you clearly hear me, sir?" Without any hesitation, Rocky introduced himself to the Emperor Realm spiritual beast.
"Hmm. You actually looked like an ignorant young man, but you know to speak the beast language! That is quite impressive," the spiritual beast said in surprise.
"Pardon me, sir, but I don't know any beast language. I can just communicate with you by synchronizing my spiritual sense with yours. Anyway, may I just ask a question? Why are you surrounding our troops? I don't think we have done anything to offend you and your army," Rocky said with a straight face.
"Well, you are wrong about that. You and your people have entered the forbidden area, which is the most sacred place for us. You just can't barge in here and defile it!" the spiritual beast roared aggressively.
"I see. We sincerely apologize because we did not mean to do it. We just happened to pass by unintentionally," Rocky explained.
"Ha! You think a simple apology would suffice? What's done is done. You can't take that back," the spiritual beast replied stubbornly.
"Then, what can we do to make up for it? Just tell us and we will do it," Rocky bargained as he clenched his fists.
"Oh, really? Then, leave two hundred of your men with us as tributes. Do that and I may consider letting the rest of you go," the spiritual beast replied with a defiant sneer.
"You are asking for the impossible." Of course, Rocky would not deliberately sacrifice the lives of two hundred people in exchange for the safety of rest of the army.
"You asked me what you can do, and I answered you. Now, if you can't do that, then there's no need for a discussion. It's either you make a sacrifice or all of you are going to die. After all, you humans have no chance of winning against my spiritual beast army!" the Emperor Realm spiritual beast declared mightily.
"Fine. You also leave me with no choice!" Rocky could easily tell that the spiritual beast was full of greed and evil desires, so he deemed that it was useless to negotiate with him. Thus, he flew back and instantly landed beside Deputy Commander Lin, bearing a serious expression on his face. "Sir, could you please let me take command of the entire army for the time being?"
"Why? What happened?" Deputy Commander Lin was stunned by Rocky's sudden request. From the look in Rocky's eyes, he could say that the negotiation fell apart.
"This is a matter of life and death. Please trust me with this, sir," Rocky pleaded as his momentum already soared magnificently.
"All right. The army is yours. Do whatever you can to get us out of this predicament." Seeing Rocky's imposing manner, Deputy Commander Lin was actually intimidated that he didn't have the guts to refuse. Then, he announced, "Listen carefully! Captain Basil will temporarily take command of the army. Since he has the most experience in fighting against spiritual beasts, everyone will obey his orders!"
Although it was a bit unexpected, the soldiers and spirit warriors in the patrolling army had no complaints with the deputy commander's decision. After all, most of them respected and even worshiped Rocky's capability.
"Soldiers, listen to me! Form a square array at once!" Rocky decisively commanded as he took on the role of the army's leader.
Upon hearing Rocky's order, the patrolling troops quickly deployed a square array.
Once the array was ready, Rocky shouted, "Move forward together with the square array! Don't stop!"
Immediately after, the troops began to move towards the army of spiritual beasts.
On the other hand, the Emperor Realm spiritual beast roared and also deployed its army. Then, dozens of huge spiritual beasts with varying levels from the Spirit Realm to the Spiritual Infant attacked the patrolling troops from both sides at the same time.
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