Since Phoenix Cloud Mountain had been occupied, the Phoenix Master Clan's surviving members, led by Jill, and the Magic Phoenix Empire's army marshaled by Felicia, had no choice but to return to the empire. They would make new plans after they settled down.
On their way back, Jill had a talk with Rocky. She had held a grudge ever since he took the Divine Spiritual Source and killed thousands of spiritual race members. She also didn't understand why he seemed to have become another person. She intended to take this opportunity to ask him what was going on. After all, when Rocky appeared this time, he showed that he was not as cold and ruthless as he used to be. What left her truly puzzled was that he didn't give the impression that he was against the spiritual race. Otherwise, he would not have saved the Phoenix Master Clan.
Jill thought that speaking with Rocky might dispel her doubts. She was also very grateful to Rocky because he not only saved her, but he had also prevented the Phoenix Master Clan from being exterminated.
"Thank you for everything you did to help us." Jill's tone conveyed that her gratitude was genuine. She couldn't help but lean close to Rocky as if she was testing him.
When Rocky saw this, he shifted sideways, and Jill missed.
Jill's face darkened, and she couldn't help but grumble, "What's the matter? Don't you like me?"
"You are the matriarch of the Phoenix Master Clan. Do I dare to say that I don't?" Rocky replied with a wicked grin.
"You rascal..." Jill glared at Rocky.
"What brings you here? Did you come here just to curse me?" The playful smile on Rocky's face vanished. Now, his cold, stern gaze bore into Jill as he waited for her to reply.
"Why did you become like this? Is it because of the influence of the Divine Spiritual Source or the power in your body?" Jill was baffled by the abrupt change in his demeanor. In fact, he had confused her so much that she couldn't help but exclaim.
"I don't think you should care about this," Rocky replied coldly.
"Why shouldn't I? You control my clan's Demonic Soul Cauldron. What if you use it to deal with us? I would like to know the reasons!" Jill deliberately used the Demonic Soul Cauldron as an excuse to push him to reply her question. From his behavior earlier, she understood that Rocky did not want to make the spiritual race his enemy. And so, he must have another reason for behaving peculiarly. But she couldn't figure it out.
"The Demonic Soul Cauldron doesn't belong to the Phoenix Master Clan. It never does. It's best if you stop thinking about it. As to whether I will deal with the Phoenix Master Clan or not, it doesn't matter because the clan is too insignificant." Arrogance dripped from every word he spoke. Jill's eyes widened with astonishment. She was so bewildered that she didn't know how to respond. Obviously, she had underestimated Rocky. Now that he had the Divine Spiritual Source, he didn't take any spiritual race clan seriously, and the Phoenix Master Clan was no exception.
"But I'm worried about you. I just want to know why you have become like this. Why are you so cold and ruthless?" Tenderness reflected in Jill's voice as she spoke.
"I have my reasons. Leave me alone. You need to think about the future of the Phoenix Master Clan." Rocky coldly dismissed her concern for him.
"If you trust Basil, the first thing you need to do is separate the Magic Phoenix Empire from the Phoenix Master Clan." A delicate voice broke the silence in the space.
Rocky and Jill turned in unison and found Marcia walking toward them.
"Separate the Magic Phoenix Empire from us? I can't. Without our support, the Magic Phoenix Empire will be targeted." Horror reflected in Jill's expression at the suggestion. She never expected Marcia to put forth such a recommendation.
"In your current situation, you can't even protect yourself. How will you safeguard the Magic Phoenix Empire? Sooner or later, the Magic Phoenix Empire will be isolated. If you split from them, the Magic Phoenix Empire will have no choice but to ally with the united empires. This will allow us to gather our human strength and fight the spiritual race. In this way, we would no longer have to obey the spiritual race. We can survive independently. This is Basil's plan," Marcia explained.
Jill was taken aback.
She didn't expect Rocky to be ambitious enough to unite the human countries in the Wild Spirit Land and spur them to gain their freedom from the spiritual race.
But Jill was a sensible person. She knew that Alston was getting more and more powerful in the Wild Spirit Land. Moreover, with the support of the other human countries, he was invincible!
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