"Alex, you have to realize that this place is no joke. Although you have become a Spiritual Emperor at the peak state and obtained the divine treasure, you are still not strong enough to go against that evil spirit. There's no need for you take this risk with us. Tripp and I have our mission to complete. With your current strength, you should be able to lead the Wankong Clan and make it rise again," Rocky said with a firm and serious look on his face.
"That's not fair! Without the two of you, I wouldn't be able to attain my current strength. You are my benefactors. Therefore, before I leave the Ethereal Valley and part ways with you two, I will definitely do my best to help you. You don't have to worry about me. I am not the kind of person who's afraid of death," Alex replied stubbornly. It seems that she was not ready to let this matter go.
"Fine. We'll try things out. But promise me that if we can't deal with the evil spirit, you will leave first," Rocky said with a sigh. From the short time that they had been together, he got to know what kind of person Alex was. If she had already made up her mind, it would be almost impossible to dissuade her. Furthermore, the Ice Wand was in her hands, so she was the only one who could open the door of the crystal palace. Hence, Rocky wouldn't have much of a choice.
"All right." Alex nodded, satisfied with Rocky's compromise.
After that, the three of them wasted no time and quickly searched for the aura of the evil spirit. Soon enough, they were back deep into the crystal palace again.
Along the way, they saw more dead bodies of the spirit warriors one after another.
"This is bad. It won't take too long before almost all the spirit warriors in the crystal palace get killed," Rocky murmured and shook his head. He knew that the more strong spirit warriors died, the worse the situation would be for the entire spiritual race.
Then, after searching in the crystal palace for more than two hours, the three of them finally found a hidden hall situated at the end of the crystal palace.
However, they didn't dare to act rashly. They stayed outside the hall first, hid their auras, and observed from their current position.
At the same time, on the other side of the pool in the hall, Ruth of the Lingji Clan and the Spiritual Emperors of other clans were being trapped by a strong force that floated in the air. Moreover, something was constantly absorbing the power from their bodies, making them weaker every passing second.
In the pool, the purple shadow sat with its legs crossed on the surface of the water, perfectly still, and was emitting a strong demonic aura. Just as Rocky guessed, it was a devil spirit and it was a powerful member of the demonic race.
"It is a devil spirit. A very powerful one. Judging from its malevolent aura, it is definitely not just an ordinary devil spirit!" Rocky had been alone with Phillip's soul in the Heavenly Demon Tower before, so he was quite sure when it came to distinguishing the strength of a member of the demonic race. Although the aura of the purple devil spirit in front of him was not as strong as that of Phillip, it was just about a level lower than Phillip's. Therefore, it was at least a medium-stage devil.
"Yes, I can feel it! This devil spirit seems to be exceedingly powerful!" Now that Alex had become a Spiritual Emperor at the peak stage, she was now able to feel the strength of powerful beings such as the purple devil spirit.
"From what I can see, I'm afraid that even with the three of us working together, we won't manage to hurt it at all," Vivian said with an obvious frown. Even if the devil spirit hadn't technically reached the God Realm yet, its strength was already close to breaking through to the God Realm. Thus, even if she and Rocky released their real strength, they would also just be close to the God Realm. At present, they could not count on Alex's fighting power, and she might even be a liability in battle. In addition, the opponent was a devil spirit without a real body. Once they fought head-on, their chance of winning was slim to none.
"Then, I don't think it would be wise to risk our lives in a losing battle." Even Rocky had to admit that they had no chance of winning against the purple devil spirit.
"But what about the Spiritual Emperors? Are you saying that we'll just abandon them?" Looking at Ruth and the Spiritual Emperors who were trapped inside, Alex couldn't help but feel sorry for them.
"Most of their power has been absorbed anyway. Even if we managed to save them, I'm afraid that they would be disabled for the rest of their lives. Besides, you felt the power of the devil spirit, and you know that saving all of those people is beyond our abilities," Vivian uttered straightforwardly.
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