Chapter 532 I Doubt That

"You know Erica?" Tasha asked in surprise. She never expected Rocky to call out Erica's name. 'Have they ever met before? Or did he just hear about her?' she asked herself.

"Know her? I guess you could say that—if defeating her in combat counts, that is," Rocky replied with a wry smile.

"Liar! Are you delusional? How could you possibly be on Erica's level? She's in the Supernal Stage and can knock you down with just the twitch of her finger," Tasha said with doubt. Tasha was quite apprehensive of Rocky's words. Little did she know that she was conversing with the man who not only won over her and various phoenix spirit manipulators at the Holy Dragon Empire's national celebration but defeated Erica alongside Mia as well.

"The Supernal Stage? You mean she finally managed to break through and reach it?" Now it was Rocky's turn to be surprised. He was awestruck by the fact that Erica managed to upgrade from the Heavenly Stage to the Supernal Stage in just one year. Everyone knew just how difficult it was for spirit manipulators in the Heavenly Stage to break through the bottleneck into the Supernal Stage. Going as far back as ancient times, countless spirit manipulators in the Heavenly Stage had yet to break through into the Supernal Stage up until now—a regret many of them had to live with for the rest of their lives.

At a young age, Erica had managed to break through that very bottleneck that even her own predecessors couldn't overcome. Along with proving her unquestionably strong talent and intelligence, her rapid progress had made it hard for many experienced spirit manipulators to keep pace with her. All of this made her worthy of being called one of the rarest spirit manipulators in the Magic Phoenix Empire.

"So she scares you? Well then, you ought to be kinder to me. Otherwise, Erica won't spare you once she finds out about us," Tasha threatened with a triumphant note in her voice. Her face lit up with joy at the surprised look on Rocky's face.

"I already have you in the palm of my hand. Why should she scare me? Besides, a naive girl like you? Before she finds out, you might just…" Rocky stopped and then gave her a wry smile tinged with arrogance.

"I might just what? What are you planning to do with me?" Tasha asked fearfully. She became more alert upon seeing the smirk spread across Rocky's face.

"Don't you think you owe me something in return for saving your life?"

your spirit-manipulated beast?" If Rubygon wasn't his, then he must have a way with spirit-manipulated beasts.

Raising his head, he looked at Tasha and thought, 'This girl is so curious about everything, isn't she?'

"Both," Rocky replied casually.

"Impossible! How could you manage two spirit-manipulated beasts?" Tasha asked surprised. Of course, she didn't believe what he said.

Unperturbed, Rocky asked Tasha, "Impossible? I only have two spirit-manipulated beasts. What's so strange about it?" In reality, Rocky actually controlled three spirit-manipulated beasts if he were to include Rainbow Glow Unicorn. Besides, there was a Ghostly Ice Fox-wolf waiting for him to train.

Upon hearing this, Tasha's eyes opened as wide as saucers. The disbelief on her face was so obvious that Rocky could already tell exactly what she was thinking.

"You don't believe me?" Rocky asked her. 'Of course not!' Tasha thought. Sensing her doubt, Rocky whispered something to Uriah and Rubygon.

Instantly, Uriah and Rubygon rushed towards Tasha, pinned her down, and started licking her face with their tongues. It seemed as though they wanted her to play with them.

"Don't! Please! It tickles!" Shaking her head, Tasha giggled and had to beg for mercy. "Alright, I believe you! Please, just tell them to get off of me! Please!"

Once she begged, Rocky called Uriah and Rubygon back to his side.

Tasha got off the ground. Her expression had changed from annoyed to confused. It was still so hard to believe that a spirit manipulator could control two spirit-manipulated beasts with as much ease as Rocky did.