The Medallion

In his fear and frustration, Abdullah could only call out to everyone. They looked in his direction with the realization that someone finally said what they had been thinking.

At the same time, the three demonic beasts that Rocky and the others had previously engaged suddenly gathered towards the demonic beast in the cave while their bodies flashed with demonic light. After a few seconds, the power of the three demonic beasts increased greatly, until they had reached the premium stage of the Emperor Realm.

The real trouble was that the gap that had opened earlier had now been sealed again.

"I don't think we can eliminate all these monsters with just three Spiritual Emperors," Anita said as her face grew serious. She didn't expect that their first trial would be this difficult.

When Abdullah heard what she said, his face darkened. As the third young master of the Xiayu Clan, the thought of dying in the Ethereal Valley perturbed him. Nonetheless, he still refused to think about this possibility.

"Something's not right. It should be impossible for these monsters to suddenly break through and reach the premium stage of the Emperor Realm that easy-unless..." After some careful observations of these furious monsters, Rocky inferred something.

"Everyone, gather together and defend with all your strength. I'll go down the burrows and take a look!" Rocky yelled. He couldn't wait around and do nothing any longer.

Of course, the members of the three clans furrowed their brows in confusion at the sudden venture.

Before they could even react, however, Rocky had already jumped into a burrow.

Seeing this, Vivian immediately followed behind him.

As soon as Rocky fell into an underground cave, Vivian also appeared beside him.

"Oh? Why are you here?" Rocky glanced at Vivian with raised brows.

"I figured it'd be much more efficient if we kill this monster together," Vivian replied. She had already anticipated what Rocky wanted to do.

Rocky simply chuckled. Then, they quickly moved forward and started looking for clues. A moment later, they found an abnormally huge demonic spiritual beast lying in the depths of the burrow, emitting the aura of a premium-stage Spiritual Emperor. When they looked closer, this demonic spiritual beast also had a few slender bodies living on it that stretched upward. Apparently, the upper parts of these bodies were the demonic beasts that Rocky and the others had been confronting all this time.

"I've been wondering why those demonic beasts could increase their strength that much in so little time. It turns out they're just part of another demonic beast," Rocky stated as his eyes narrowed. "Should I kill it?" Vivian asked as she looked at Rocky.

"No. Let me. If you release your power here, the people above us will surely perceive it," Rocky quickly reminded.

"Oh, right. Well, hurry." Knowing it could get them in trouble if they noticed a different aura from her, Vivian instantly agreed.

Rocky dashed forward straight away and condensed the fighting energy at the Mystery Stage in his palm.

Sensing Rocky's aura, the giant demonic beast immediately whipped a tentacle towards him.

However, it instantly got dismembered by the dense black power around Rocky the moment it approached him.

In response, the giant demonic beast let out a painful howl.

Immediately after, Rocky silently appeared before the giant monster with his fighting energy still condensed in his hand.

Then, Rocky hurled the fighting energy into the enormous body of the monster, making it suddenly swell up.

Boom!

As the beast exceeded the limit, it exploded with a loud bang. Green blood splashed everywhere, and all of its broken limbs scattered all over the ground.

At the same time, the parts of the demonic beast, which trapped the warriors of the three clans above, also dried up and turned into mummies.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes widened. They were utterly dumbfounded at what suddenly happened.

However, they did not have the time to bother about the reason for now. Instead, they immediately took the opportunity to get past the burrows and reach the other side of the cave.

Meanwhile. Rocky and Vivian also quickly returned above the ground and reunited with their team members.

"What happened down there? What did you do? Why did all of those monsters suddenly die?" Alex immediately asked, looking at Rocky and Vivian with curious eyes.

Of course, all the members of the other two clans also focused their eyes on Rocky. They were smart enough to realize that Rocky and Vivian must have done something to kill those monsters after they entered that burrow under the ground. However, even after racking their brains, they didn't have an idea what exactly happened down there.

"Nothing. It's not a big deal. We should just go ahead and continue our journey." Of course, Rocky would not give any more detail. He just waved his hand, jumped into the air and walked towards the other side of the cave.

The warriors from the three clans could just exchange puzzled looks with each other. Nonetheless, they did not have the time to pry on it at the moment. The most important thing for now was to get out of there and proceed to the reserved cultivation area.

With this, the teams of the three clans eventually moved forward.

After walking for about half a day, they encountered three forks which would require them to make a crucial decision.

If they chose to go separate ways and pick different forks, they would definitely end up encountering different trials.

"Abdullah, Spiritual Emperor Anita, you can choose first which way you are taking," Alex politely offered.

But of course, since no one really knew what kind of trials would be behind these forks, there was actually no difference whether who was the first one to choose.

"No, Alex. You can choose before me!" Abdullah immediately replied, trying to sound like a gentleman.

"To some degree, you are my juniors. Hence, I should let you choose first," Anita also chimed in, generously giving the other two the chance.

"Then, we'll take on your offer and choose the left one," Rocky suddenly said without any reservation.

Hearing this, Alex turned to Rocky, and the latter just nodded his head at her.

"All right. We are taking the left fork!" Knowing that Rocky must have his own reason for choosing the specific path, Alex made up her mind and trusted his instincts.

Afterward, the team of the Wankong Clan walked towards the left fork and parted ways from the other two clans.

Alex's team walked for about two hours before they suddenly entered an area filled with snow. The place was so cold that the surroundings were dozens of degrees below zero. In fact, even though they protected themselves with their spiritual power, the freezing sensation was still permeating into their skin and bones.

"Damn it! This area is so cold!"

"Why did we even choose this path?"

"We might freeze to death in here!"

At this point, many of the team's members grew dissatisfied with Rocky's choice. They assumed that they had chosen the wrong path.

"Rookie, why did you choose this path to begin with?" Alex also could not help but ask.

"Well, my hunch told me to choose this one," Rocky uttered with a carefree smile. The only reason why he chose this path was because the God-killing Sword in his Magic Spiritual Space suddenly resonated when they were in the process of making the decision. Obviously, if the God-killing Sword was pointing at this fork, then the path it led to must have something to do with it.

"Look ahead of you. It seems that we are not the first ones to have arrived here. Other groups arrived earlier than us." Rocky then pointed at the footprints on the snow in front of them. It looked as if they extended into the distance.

"If someone is exploring the way ahead of us, then we can just follow these footprints," Alex declared after thinking for a while. After all, this was the best course of action in this case.

Hence, after taking a short break, the group continued their journey on this snowy land.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐