"Could he be a member of the spiritual race?" Rocky speculated as he observed the Dark Lord from the distance.
Rocky could tell that it was the Dark Lord behind the identity of Sheehan. But what was he doing in a treasure hunting team? Rocky could not comprehend.
Before exposing himself as the Dark Lord, Sheehan took part in the treasure hunt. He also fought his way through a crowd of greedy spirit manipulators and worked towards obtaining the Sea Blue Magic Jade. However, as soon as the jade was going to be acquired by masters at the Heavenly Stage, Sheehan merely stood on the sidelines and observed everyone trying to kill each other.
If he was really the Dark Lord, one of the rare spiritual race, then he would easily be stronger than the spirit manipulators. He could have easily killed all of them as soon as they were in the Myriad Beasts Ground and no one would know he was at fault.
But instead, the Dark Lord chose to hide among human spirit manipulators and reveal himself only at the hall with the masters of the Heavenly Stage.
And he only revealed himself when Rocky grabbed the Sea Blue Magic Jade.
It was obvious that the Dark Lord did not want to kill them. He must have had some other plans.
"Return the Sea Blue Magic Jade to me," the Dark Lord commanded Rocky. He said it with such authority. It was as if the rare treasure was his.
If it was indeed his, then perhaps he staged the gathering at the hall to trigger a battle among masters at the Heavenly Stage. Perhaps the Dark Lord merely wanted
been better if you all were stronger, unfortunately there's only one beautiful girl here who is at the Supernal Stage." The Dark Lord snickered with a devilish laugh.
The anger in the crowd turned to fear. The spirit manipulators realized that the Dark Lord in front of them would willingly kill people without blinking.
"I won't let him win, and I definitely won't let him take the Sea Blue Magic Jade back." Rocky muttered to himself as he stared at the jade that was now at his possession. He tried to feign confidence but he also knew that the Dark Lord was much stronger than him. He looked around. He needed someone to distract the Dark Lord and give him an opening to leave with the jade.
The Dark Lord stomped and caused the earth to shake. They were unable to confront him.
"I need to distract the Dark Lord." Rocky repeated to himself. Since he was faced with one from the spiritual race, he needed to take advantage of every opportunity presented at him. He was determined to leave with the Sea Blue Magic Jade.