The Medallion

"Oh really?" Rocky asked with his eyebrows raised in surprise.

"Matriarch, are you really going to tell him?" The elders and advanced ordinary spiritual beings of the Phoenix Master Clan, as well as Felicia and Erica, were also shocked. They didn't understand why the matriarch had changed her mind and why she was planning to tell Rocky the truth.

"Well, I think he can do something that not even we can do. So it might not be a bad thing to let him know the truth," explained the matriarch. Then she turned to Rocky and said, "Prince Crimson, follow me." With that said, she left without a backward glance, leaving the others with disbelief still written on their faces.

When she was gone, their watchful eyes followed Rocky instead, but he soon left to follow the matriarch.

Not long after, they stopped at the gate of a sacrificial hall not far from the nest of the legendary guardian beast.

As he approached the sacrificial hall, Rocky could clearly feel a powerful demonic aura coming from it, which was very similar to the aura emitted by the mutated spirit manipulators and the Ice Phoenix Queen.

"Where are we?" Rocky asked as he spun around and cast a curious look at his surroundings.

"This sacrificial hall is one of the forbidden areas of our Phoenix Master Clan. No other members are allowed to enter here, except for me and several elders. But today, I will make an exception for you." As the matriarch finished speaking, she walked into the hall and gestured for Rocky to follow her.

discomfort. He looked around a little to see where it could be coming from, but the hall was as bereft as the day it was built. There was nothing but a black and cyan cauldron, which came up almost to his chest, placed on the central platform. He didn't know what material it was made of, but it gave him an ominous feeling. The evil aura that he had been feeling since earlier seemed to be coming

he gave it a closer look, he realized that the cauldron and the evil aura felt vaguely familiar, as if he had encountered it before. More than

the soul of the most powerful demonic beast in the ancient times. However, a few days ago, several formidable spiritual masters of the spiritual race broke

of ancient spiritual beasts before." It was

evil, while the latter was considered good. The ancient demonic beasts were too ferocious and bloodthirsty, and they liked to hunt the members of the spiritual race as food. For this reason, the spiritual race had no interest in preserving them, so they later became extinct. As for the herculean demonic beast in the ancient times, it was said that it had lived for over a thousand years before it was suppressed inside the cauldron. It was so formidable that its soul remained intact even after its body was destroyed, so it had to

But

herculean demonic beast from the ancient times had been refined by the former owner of the cauldron into an original soul and countless remnant souls a long time ago. However, it turns out that the process was left unfinished, and it was still one step away from being

continue to refine it?" Rocky asked in confusion.

this hall, and no one is allowed to get close to it. This time, however, it was opened, and the original soul and countless remnant souls escaped. Although we arrived to stop some of them in time, many of them escaped and scattered all over the Magic Phoenix Empire. The mutated spirit manipulators that you saw in the martial arts contest were all affected by the scattered remnant

belong to your clan, where did it come from? Based on what you said, it should have existed for long. So, it must be ancient too, right?" Rocky asked

tell you that." It seemed that Rocky had hit a stone wall in his investigation, as the matriarch didn't look willing to answer any more of his questions. He

opted to turn his attention back to the cauldron this time, peering closer at it before glancing at the matriarch questioningly.

right, but please be careful." Thankfully, the matriarch didn't refuse him and only opted to warn him. Rocky's curiosity was killing him, and his body felt like it was being pulled closer to the cauldron by

a respectful nod, he approached the cauldron on the central platform of the hall. With every step he took, he felt the evil power in his body as it surged in excitement.