Jill led hundreds of members of the Phoenix Master Clan and flew down as fast as they could to meet
Felicia and the other spirit manipulators who had retreated to the safe area.
"Matriarch Jill!" Upon seeing her, Felicia immediately walked up to her, heaving a sigh of relief.
"How's everything going?" Jill asked as she focused her eyes on the Ice Phoenix Queen that was
constantly absorbing the remnant soul. Its evil aura continued to get stronger and stronger while
nothing was done against it. Even without asking, she knew that the situation was pretty bad. A serious
expression showed on her face, as she knew that they had to hurry up and stopped it, or there would
be more dire consequences.
"We tried our best to restrain those monsters, but the situation is getting out of control now..." Felicia
answered while looking down, feeling a little helpless.
"It's alright. You've done pretty well." Seeing the injured and fatigued spirit manipulators behind Felicia,
Jill was still a little relieved. If not for their efforts to buy time, the mightiest demonic beast in the ancient
times could have been born through the body of the Ice Phoenix Queen.
Then, she immediately addressed the hundreds of members of the Phoenix Master Clan and ordered,
"No matter what the cost, we can't let those monsters get close to the legendary guardian beast!"
As soon as she issued the order, all the members of the Phoenix Master Clan, except the elders who
were also the spiritual masters, dispersed immediately. They went deep into the area where the group
of monsters close to the Ice Phoenix Queen was lurking. They rushed towards them and fought with all
their might to keep them from approaching the legendary guardian beast.
The raid launched by the members of the Phoenix Master Clan was extremely formidable. Not long
enough, they were able to push back and secure a clearance of about a hundred meters away from the
Ice Phoenix Queen.
Immediately sensing the threat being imposed by the members, the Ice Phoenix Queen quickly
exhibited its own vicious counterattack. Countless ice scales turned into ice demon shadows that
scattered on the ground. They unleashed exploding beams of light in an attempt to resist the invaders.
However, the intensity of such attacks was not able to hinder the members of the Phoenix Master Clan
from carrying their orders.
As soon as Rocky and the others saw what was going on, they immediately retreated and entrusted the
situation to the members of the Phoenix Master Clan.
At the same time, Jill also began to take action and stretched her delicate body. In the blink of an eye,
she arrived where Rocky and his team were.
"Matriarch Jill," Rocky greeted Jill as soon as he saw her.
"I've heard from Preceptor Felicia that you are the reason why we were able to easily find the
legendary guardian beast. I cannot thank you enough for helping my clan." Although she tried to say
these words as calm as possible, it was hard to hide the overflowing joy due to gratitude. Furthermore,
as she looked at Rocky, there was a complicated emotion gleaming in her eyes.
This didn't go unnoticed in the eyes of Marcia, who was standing right next to Rocky. Feeling quite
uncomfortable with Jill's stares, she immediately stepped forward and greeted Jill, blocking her view.
She cupped her hands as she introduced herself, "My name is Marcia Mu. Nice to meet you, Matriarch
Jill."
"Oh, you are Marcia? The human daughter of Malcom, the former patriarch of the Dragon Master
Clan?" Earlier, Jill heard about Marcia's true identity and what had happened to her before she became
a true member of the spiritual race. Thus, when she finally met Marcia for the first time, she couldn't
help but stare at her. There was an expression of surprise and thrill on her face.
She also knew that not long ago, Rocky was the one who helped Marcia remove the curse seal in her
body. Right after that, she was able to become a spiritual master. However, Jill recognized that her aura
was much stronger than the others. In fact, Alyssa's curse seal was also removed, but the gap between
her aura and Marcia's was still significant.
"I see. You heard about me." Marcia pretended to be a bit surprised.
"Of course. How could I not know? In the entire Wild Spirit Land, you and Princess Alyssa are the only
two human beings that also belong to the spiritual race. Furthermore, the one who undid the curse
seals in your bodies is..." Jill's voice suddenly softened as she said her last sentence. Immediately
after, her gaze fell on Rocky again. She began to imagine how special he was. Not only did he possess
such a powerful hidden evil power in his body, but he was also able to remove the curse seals for
Marcia and Alyssa. She felt that Rocky was outstanding in every aspect, and she also couldn't deny
that she had feelings for him before.
However, Jill also deemed that there wasn't much time to be wasted on chatting. She immediately
composed herself and turned to Rocky while wearing a serious expression. "I know it's already too
much to ask, but I hope that you could help the Phoenix Master Clan again, Prince Crimson."
"Sure. What should we do now?" Rocky's expression also became serious. He wanted to know Jill's
next plan now that the members of the Phoenix Master Clan had already suppressed the monsters that
were trying to approach the Ice Phoenix Queen. The originally critical situation had been alleviated, but
they still couldn't let their guard down.
"I, together with the seven elders, who were also spiritual masters of my clan, will use the forbidden
skill of my clan to extract the original soul from the body of the legendary guardian beast. However, this
forbidden skill will consume a lot of spiritual power. During the time that we are performing it, we cannot
be disturbed until the end, or else, all our efforts will be wasted. Therefore, we need powerful people
who will stand guard in order to guarantee that the Soul-extracting Array be completed without any
problem," Jill explained to Rocky.
"All right. We can do that for you," Rocky immediately replied after glancing at Marcia and Alyssa. He
completely understood what would be their role in this operation.
"Thank you. We owe you guys a lot. Well then, let's start!" Jill gave the signal to Rocky and also
nodded at the seven spiritual masters.
In the blink of an eye, Jill and the seven elders turned into eight rays of dazzling light, rose into the sky,
and shot down at the Ice Phoenix Queen.
"Let's move out too!" Rocky gave the signal to his team members. They spread out on the ground and
surrounded the Ice Phoenix Queen, 'I didn't expect that the legendary guardian beast has become so
powerful. If I had known this earlier, I should have gathered more spiritual masters to easily perform the
forbidden skill. This skill was originally prohibited by the ancestors of our clan, and it shouldn't be used
unless there's no other way. But right now, this is the only thing that we can rely on. If we don't manage
to extract the original soul even with the forbidden skill...' Jill thought as she felt a hint of panic. Ideally,
she had planned to use the forbidden skill after Rocky had already suppressed the mutation of the Ice
Phoenix Queen through the gene inhibitor. However, several elders rejected this idea. They reasoned
that they should only use the forbidden skill as the last resort. If possible, they didn't want them to use it
at all. After all, it was a pretty risky skill. Once they committed a tiny mistake during the process, the
lives of those who employed the skill would be in absolute danger.
However, the situation had already escalated to the point that the forbidden skill was the only answer to
their dilemma. Although several elders of the Phoenix Master Clan were still unwilling to permit its use,
they had no choice but to allow it now.
"With our combined power, we should be able to smoothly perform the forbidden skill, but at this point,
there's no guarantee if we can expect a positive result. But we don't have time to procrastinate. If the
demonic nature of the legendary guardian beast becomes even stronger, it will be more troublesome
and dangerous!" one of the seven elders strictly warned.
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