"Let's start tracking them!" Allen said firmly. As the head of the Elite Regiment of the Crimson Dragon Army, Allen's tracking ability was beyond doubt.
Rocky also summoned Ken and followed Allen, so as to avoid encountering dangerous spirit-manipulated beasts.
Guided by Allen and Ken, the other three of them—Rocky, Sabina, and Lucilla—began to track Alston's spirit manipulator team, which had entered the Nine-phoenix Demonic Land.
Just as it had been in the Hell of Dragon Fang, the deeper they went into the Nine-phoenix Demonic Land, the more powerful spirit-manipulated beasts they encountered. Fortunately, Rocky and his companions were all above the Supernal Stage. In addition, their spirit-manipulated beasts were stronger than other spirit-manipulated beasts of the same star level, especially Robin and Ken. Along the way, these two spirit-manipulated beasts showed such astonishing strength that even Allen and the two women were shocked.
Therefore, they didn't encounter too many obstacles.
After three days of tracking, the four of them finally found a trace of the spirit manipulator team sent by Alston.
At this moment, the large spirit manipulator team was encamped in a spacious woodland, and a dozen masters at the Heavenly Stage were guarding the camp in turns.
Meanwhile, Rocky and the other three were hiding in the dense grass a hundred meters away from the south side of the camp to observe the movements of the spirit manipulator team.
"This team is much stronger than I thought they would be," Rocky noted in disappointment. After observing them for a while, he had discovered that the Heavenly Stage spirit manipulators sent by Alston were all royal spirit manipulators with the strength above the medium level of the Heavenly Stage. He also saw several powerful warriors at the Supernal Stage going in and out of the camp. They were all elite forces of the royal family and naturally very strong.
"What is Alston looking for that he sent so many powerful people to find it?" Sabina wondered out loud with a frown.
Rocky sighed internally. He had already had a vague guess of what Alston's motive could be, but after scoping out the spirit manipulator team sent by him, he confirmed his guess. "It seems that he's looking for the spiritual treasure," he said.
"Spiritual treasure?" The three others turned to Rock
the two of them walked through the ice forest, they couldn't help but gape at the various ice sculptures in awe. It was hard for them to imagine how much time and effort must have gone into making these.
After a while, though, the initial novelty wore off, and the two of them turned their attention back to searching for the spiritual treasure instead. They had a hunch that they would find it in this magical ice forest.
Sure enough, a while later, they discovered a three-meter-tall ice stone in the center of the ice forest, surrounded by dozens of ice sculptures of large spirit-manipulated beasts. However, it was not the ice stone that caught their attention, but rather what was inside it. There was a strange sword sealed in the ice stone. Unlike a normal sword, its blade was curved like waves.
Although it was a rare artifact in this ice cave, Rocky was still not completely sure that it was the spiritual treasure they were looking for. He began circling the ice stone and studying the sword from all angles. After careful observation, he noticed that there was a spiritual stone embedded on the hilt of the sword. It looked similar to the Mysterious Spirit Raw Gemstone he had obtained before. The only difference was its color.
Rocky's eyes glinted. "This must be the spiritual treasure," he said firmly.
"Really? But what should we do now? There seems to be neither a guardian beast nor an enchanted barrier that we have to cross. It looks like just an ordinary ice stone," Lucilla said as she touched the ice stone with her hand and looked at Rocky.