Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 119 A New Life

Just before arriving at the Gehenna Border, Rocky and Uriah had almost fully recovered. Althoughthe power of the Holy Dragon Bead had long been sealed by Marcia, Rocky was pleasantly surprisedto replace that the spiritual power at the first grade of the Earthly Stage that originally belonged to himwas still at his disposal at the moment. He sighed in relief. At least he still had this.

However, since the power of the Holy Dragon Bead had been sealed, and the special devouringpower that existed before was now completely useless, Rocky was no different from an ordinaryspirit manipulator at the first grade of the Earthly Stage.

And when those royal spirit manipulators saw that Rocky and Uriah had just recovered from theirinjuries and their strength had even returned to normal, they were all startled. Their surprise camefrom the fact that just a few days ago, when they had thrown Rocky and Uriah to the carriage, Rockyseemed to be as weak as a cripple and even unable to move. His beast, meanwhile, seemed to haveonly half a breath left and looked as if it could die at any second.

Despite the fact that only a few days had passed since they were injured, Rocky and Uriah turnedout to become safe and sound, as if nothing had even happened to them. It was quite surprisingthat they had such an amazing recovery ability, which really made the royal spirit manipulatorspresent scratch their heads in confusion.

The Gehenna Border was the only area in the Wild Spirit Land that did not have any ownership orjurisdiction. However, since it was located in the center of the Wild Spirit Land, it tended to becomea distribution center for spirit manipulators who could no longer lead a decent life. Most of themwere extremely evil criminals, with strengths ranging from very strong to very weak. However, it wasbeyond doubt that they almost all belonged to gangsters or bandits who burned houses, killedinnocent people, raped women, and committed all kinds of offenses against the laws and theirfellow humans. And as a zone between several countries, it had also become a region where warsfrequently occurred. Therefore, these spirit manipulators often became hired mercenaries of variouscountries and served the one that offered higher prices.

At the same time, there were many wild spirit-manipulated beasts in the Gehenna Border, and theywere mainly war beasts. Of course, there were also extremely rare spiritual beasts among them. Dueto different living areas, those wild spirit-manipulated beasts were not as strong as those found inthe mysterious and miraculous place, which was only accessible to the spirit manipulators above theHeavenly Stage. However, because many scuffles took place in this area, even the weakest warbeasts displayed strength that was equivalent to a spirit manipulator at the fifth-grade of the MortalStage. Meanwhile, the stronger ones even showed strength above the level of the Earthly Stage! Ofcourse, there were also spiritual beasts that had an amazing growth power.

All these different factors had rendered the Gehenna Border an even more dangerous and perilousplace.

It was said that if you wanted to survive in the Gehenna Border, you had to remain extremely alert atall times to keep vigilant against any danger that could come your way. What's worse, you had tobecome a cruel person devoid of any compassion towards others. Everyone living here met astruggle of life and death, and "the law of the jungle" was the governing policy in this forsakenplace. As soon as spirit manipulators entered the Gehenna Border, they became very cautious,despite the fact that they had once been very arrogant. Along the way, they were very careful toavoid being attacked by evil spirit manipulators or wild spirit-manipulated beasts. At last, thecarriage carrying Rocky and Uriah had finally reached its destination without incident. They hadarrived at a small military camp stationed in the northeast side of the Gehenna Border.

One of the royal spirit manipulators showed his identification to the camp's guard, and after brieflytalking with the guard, he walked back and motioned for Rocky and Uriah to get off the carriage atonce. After that, the royal spirit manipulators hastily hurried off with the empty carriage.

Rocky stood in front of the military camp, patting Uriah's head as he looked around. He could seethat the military camp was located in a flat and desolate area, surrounded by vast and endless land.From time to time, there were strong winds that blew in forceful gusts here, and the yellow sandwould swirl into the sky and make it dark. This place was extremely desolate.

Not far ahead, Rocky could faintly see the flames of wars, as well as the defective weapons and wornarmor scattering on the ground. It seemed that not long before their arrival, there had just been afierce battle.

Just then, a middle-aged man came out of the military camp. He was dressed in a gray-blue militaryrobe. His eyes looked smart and brimmed with radiating vigor. He had purposely grown a beard onhis chin, so as to make himself look very dignified.

"You. Come with me now." He motioned for Rocky to follow him, after giving them a thoroughonce-over.

Soon afterwards, Rocky and Uriah followed the middle-aged man all the way into the military camp.To their surprise, they discovered that the whole military camp was not as small as they thought. Itsedges could hardly be seen. Shortly after entering, Rocky saw a large battlefield on which thousandsof soldiers were lining up in several special formations at the moment. They were having training onthe battlefield now, making howls from time to time, which made the army have even strongermomentum. For a while, the powerful formations kicked up dust all over the sky.

After passing through the battlefield and turning a corner, Rocky saw many spirit manipulatorspracticing on a training ground. Their strength was almost between the Mortal Stage and the EarthlyStage. Among them, the best spirit manipulators were only at the first grade of the Earthly Stage,but their number was also extremely few. Disappointingly, the others were only at the Mortal Stage.The spirit-manipulated beasts beside them were just as weak, for they were basically at the one-starlevel. Even the number of two-star spirit-manipulated beasts was few. Of course, there were nospirit-manipulated beasts comparable to his Uriah in this place.

"Do all the spirit manipulators in this battlefield only have that low level of strength?" Rocky askedthe middle-aged man beside him, feeling quite surprised.

The middle-aged man immediately looked at him with a stunned expression. "Where the hell hasthis guy come from? His strength is obviously very weak, so how can he even dare to look downupon the spirit manipulators here with such an arrogant attitude?"

Of course, his doubt was quite reasonable. Firstly, because of the Holy Dragon Bead, Rocky's aurawas very strange, and his appearance gave off the illusion that his strength was extremely weak,making it impossible for others to guess his real strength. Secondly, after the power of the HolyDragon Bead was forcibly sealed by Marcia, Rocky's breath became even weaker. Therefore, whenjudging from his appearance, it seemed that he was only at the second or third grade of the MortalStage. Besides, the middle-aged man was not a beast evaluator, so he had no way of knowing thatUriah had the strength at the second grade of the three-star level. His appraisal of Rocky as a veryweak spirit manipulator was only to be expected.

Rocky had been used to seeing the royal spirit manipulators with extraordinary strength above theHeavenly Stage in the Palace City. He had no idea that the Mortal Stage level in such a battlefield onthe border was the typical strength. After all, ordinary spirit manipulators and royal spiritmanipulators were totally different.

Royal spirit manipulators could acquire a certain strength bases by integrating the Dragon SpiritBead, while ordinary spirit manipulators could acquire a certain strength only by integrating thespiritual power through continuous efforts of their own. In other words, the cultivation of ordinaryspiritual manipulators from the Mortal Stage to the Earthly Stage was as difficult as that of royalspiritual manipulators from the Earthly Stage to the Heavenly Stage. It could be seen how difficult itwas for ordinary spirit manipulators to practice.

This was why royal spirit manipulators were regarded as the elite strength of the Holy DragonEmpire, because their potential and growth power were beyond that of ordinary spirit manipulators.The fact that only twenty to thirty royal spirit manipulators emerged every year made them anextremely rare group.

Therefore, in this small military camp, a spirit manipulator at the Earthly Stage was alreadyconsidered powerful. If a spirit manipulator was at the preliminary level of the Heavenly Stage, hecould have a strength equal to that of a commander of a small military camp. Meanwhile, strongerspirit manipulators could only be seen in larger military camps.

The spirit manipulators that Rocky saw in front of him were all considered as part of an elite troopof spirit manipulators in this small military camp.

Of course, in the cruel battlefield, sometimes strength was not even the most important thing. Evenif you were a spirit manipulator at the Earthly Stage, it was quite easy to lose your life if you werecareless in the unpredictable fighting ground. Therefore, in order to survive in harsh environment,one needed not only strong perseverance and faith, but also luck and sharpness.

After bypassing the training ground, Rocky saw rows of shabby houses, which contained the verybasic function of keeping out the wind and rain for the inhabitants. At the end of a row of houses,the middle-aged man stopped, pointing to a most shabby-looking house. Expressionless, he toldRocky, "This is where you will live from now on. My name is Cliff Li, and I am the officer in charge ofthis military camp. I am responsible for the daily affairs and work of the spirit manipulators. Thereare many places in this military camp with important military secrets, so if you have nothing else todo, you should stay in the house first and don't move around at will. Later I will send someone totell you about the rules of the military camp, for there are some other things for you to payattention to."

Rocky nodded with a frown. After watching Cliff leave, he stepped forward and pushed open thedoor, which was slightly shining through the crack of the door in endless dark. With a gust of windand accompanied by some dust, a pungent musty smell came to his nostrils. Rocky grimaced.