Spiritual beasts were ferocious in nature, so they couldn't show any mercy to them. Soon enough, the battle became fiercer, and the corpses from both the humans and the spiritual race piled all over the ground.
Fortunately, even with the heavy casualties from both armies, they were able to get closer to Harlan's lair.
About two hours later, the human army and the spiritual race army were able to carve a bloody path to reach the entrance of Harlan's lair. Under the protection of the soldiers, Rocky and the two Emperor Realm masters of the spiritual race rushed towards the lair of the Beast of Fire and Ice without hesitation.
At the same time, Harlan was already waiting for them, and its ginormous body welcomed them.
"Imbeciles! How many times will you dare to disturb my cultivation? I shall kill all of you tonight!" Harlan roared and unleashed an astonishing momentum.
Seeing this, Rocky and the two Emperor Realm masters also unleashed their power and began to assault the raging beast.
As for Beverly, who was in charge of the overall command, she carefully paid attention to the ongoing battle as she commanded the soldiers outside the lair to resist the other spiritual beasts.
Meanwhile, Eunice and the others also led their troops to the ruins of the Star Divine Race as per Rocky's instructions. They needed to set up traps immediately in order for them to surprise the spiritual race army the moment they showed up.
Not long after, their target had finally arrived.
A troop of twenty thousand soldiers appeared near the entrance, seemingly prepared to break into the ruins that were heavily guarded by the spiritual beasts.
As soon as they arrived, Eunice and the others immediately led their troops to ambush them. Obviously, the spiritual race army was caught off guard, and they easily fell to the traps laid for them.
At the same time, Rocky, who was still pretending to cooperate with the spiritual race army, winked at Harlan during their battle.
Recognizing the signal, Harlan deliberately let itself be hit by Rocky's attack. It instantly screamed in agony and fled back into its lair, pretending that it had been seriously injured.
"Good job! Let's go after it and finish this already!" Seeing that Harlan seemed to be seriously injured, the two Emperor Realm masters wasted no time and rushed into the lair.
Then, Rocky followed them closely from behind.
Buying the act of the beast, the two Emperor Realm masters let their guards down as they were lured into the lair. Noticing this, Rocky immediately grabbed the chance and launched a sneak attack on one of them. Taken by surprise, the Emperor Realm master took a direct blow, making him spit a lot of blood.
"You! What do you think you're doing?!" The Emperor Realm master, who was badly injured, glared at Rocky furiously. He didn't expect that Rocky would suddenly attack him at this point.
"I'm doing what I have to. I'm afraid both of you are going to die here in a bit," Rocky said with a sneer.
"Have you gone mad? Do you think you can acquire the beast cores alone by doing this? If both of us were killed, what makes you think that you can survive?" It seemed that the Emperor Realm master thought that Rocky attacked them because he wanted the beast cores for himself.
"Of course, I will survive. In fact, I have no interest in those beast cores at all," Rocky said with a shrug and a smug look on his face.
"What are you saying? Isn't it the whole point of this plan?" The other Emperor Realm master furrowed his brows, baffled at the turn of events.
"I am not stupid. I knew all along that your real purpose is the sacred weapon in the ruins," Rocky answered as he crossed his arms on his chest.
"Bastard! How did you know about that?" The two Emperor Realm masters were utterly stunned.
"Well, it told me," Rocky replied as he pointed at Harlan.
"The beast? You can communicate with it?" The eyes of the two Emperor Realm masters widened in shock.
"That's right."
Only then did the two Emperor Realm masters realized that they were deceived all this time. Since Rocky could communicate with the beast, he must have known everything from the start. Hence, they fell into his ploy.
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