At that critical moment, the Dragon-shaped Soul Beast's voice echoed in Rocky's mind. "Wait! You can't control the Divine Spiritual Source with your current strength. If you go on like this, you will be devoured alive by its power."
Rocky's eyes turned cold. This was the only thing he could do. It was tantamount to suicide, but he had no other choice. If it didn't work, he would try to separate the nine spiritual treasures.
"It's still too early for you to do so, but if you are willing to be possessed and become evil, you can unravel its true form ahead of time. If you do that, you may still have a chance," the Dragon-shaped Soul Beast said after a moment's hesitation.
"Are you talking about the true form of the Evil-fight Divine Bead?" Rocky replied, enduring the sharp pain in his head.
"Yes, but if you want to release the final form of the Evil-fight Divine Bead, you have to abandon everything, fall into the evil, inherit the mantle of Divine King Belial, and cut off all your emotional connections with human beings. That is to say, once you let loose the true form of the Evil-fight Divine Bead, you will no longer be a human being, but a stronger existence surpassing the spiritual race. However, you will also become cold and ruthless, and the people around you will also be affected by your evil spirit. It is a rather lonely destiny, so please think about this carefully," the Dragon-shaped Soul Beast continued.
Rocky fell silent after hearing that. Obviously, the Dragon-shaped Soul Beast meant that if he wanted to obtain more potent power, he had to unravel the true form of the Evil-fight Divine Bead, but he had to pay the price for it. He would have to sacrifice everything, and would even have to stay away from the people he loved, cherished, and wanted to protect. He would be all alone for the rest of his life. Of course, such a price was terrible torture for a human of flesh and blood.
However, Rocky had no time to choose. If he didn't unravel the final form of the Evil-fight Divine Bead, he wouldn't have enough strength to control the power of the Divine Spiritual Source.
He had no luxury of time here. He neede
on the Holy Mask, obscuring his entire face. Its evil light shone as if it had merged with his face. Then, he felt an extremely powerful evil will pouring into his head from the Holy Mask and occupying his entire mind as if another soul had seized his body.
Between one blink and the next, Rocky's eyes changed instantly. His eyes resembled the glassy and lifeless eyes of a cold-blooded and ruthless man. His whole face looked like it was carved from marble—emotionless and cruel.
"Ha-ha!" The next moment, Rocky suddenly burst into peals of wild laughter full of evil energy, which shocked the heaven and earth.
All the members of the spiritual race who heard his laughter were stunned. In their eyes, Rocky looked like he was seconds away from being devoured by the Divine Spiritual Source's power. Despite his situation, he could still laugh so carelessly. What was going on with him?
Meanwhile, he looked up at the sky and let out a great shout. "Release your power! Evil-fight Divine Bead!" The whole sky was instantaneously covered with dark clouds, as lightning flashed and thunder roared endlessly. Waves of tremendous evil energy roared and filled heaven and earth.
After that, the ninth layer of the seal in Rocky's body was removed. The strong spiritual power surged in his body in an instant, turning into countless beams of black light that spilled out of his body, as if they were about to break through his skin.