Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1196 The Abnormal Response Of The Demonic Soul Cauldron

"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 ofthe Phoenix Master Clan, as well as Felicia and Erica, were also shocked. They didn’t understand whythe 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 lethim 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 stillwritten on their faces.

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

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

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

"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 areallowed 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.Rocky felt an overwhelming demonic aura rush towards him as soon as he stepped foot inside, andhe could not help but scrunch his nose in discomfort. He looked around a little to see where it couldbe coming from, but the hall was as bereft as the day it was built. There was nothing but a black andcyan cauldron, which came up almost to his chest, placed on the central platform. He didn't knowwhat material it was made of, but it gave him an ominous feeling. The evil aura that he had beenfeeling since earlier seemed to be coming from the cauldron.

As he gave it a closer look, he realized that the cauldron and the evil aura felt vaguely familiar, as ifhe had encountered it before. More than that, he felt strangely attracted to the cauldron, whichinexplicably made him want to get closer to it.

"This cauldron is called the Demonic Soul Cauldron. It was used to suppress the soul of the mostpowerful demonic beast in the ancient times. However, a few days ago, several formidable spiritualmasters of the spiritual race broke into this sacrificial hall and forced the Demonic Soul Cauldronopen, so the soul sealed inside escaped.” The matriarch looked at the Demonic Soul Cauldron in thehall sorrowfully as she told Rocky the truth.

"It held the most powerful demonic beast in the ancient times? I've only heard of ancient spiritualbeasts before.” It was the first time that Rocky had heard of the ancient demonic beast, so he waseager to know more.

"Back at the beginning of the spiritual race, the ancient demonic beasts and the ancient spiritualbeasts coexisted in the world. The former was evil, while the latter was considered good. The ancientdemonic beasts were too ferocious and bloodthirsty, and they liked to hunt the members of thespiritual race as food. For this reason, the spiritual race had no interest in preserving them, so theylater became extinct. As for the herculean demonic beast in the ancient times, it was said that it hadlived for over a thousand years before it was suppressed inside the cauldron. It was so formidablethat its soul remained intact even after its body was destroyed, so it had to be suppressed in thecauldron,” the matriarch explained.

"So the legendary guardian beast is affected by the soul power of the most powerful demonic beastin the ancient times? But if that's the case, what made the spirit manipulators in the martial artscontest mutate?" Rocky said with a puzzled look.

"The cauldron is not only used to suppress, but it can also refine the souls into potent power whichcan be used by its owner. The soul of the herculean demonic beast from the ancient times had beenrefined by the former owner of the cauldron into an original soul and countless remnant souls along time ago. However, it turns out that the process was left unfinished, and it was still one stepaway from being completed,” the matriarch continued.

"Why didn't you continue to refine it?" Rocky asked in confusion.

"The cauldron is a taboo object. Since it was brought back to our clan, it has been frowned uponand perceived as dark and dangerous. That is why it had been sealed in this hall, and no one isallowed to get close to it. This time, however, it was opened, and the original soul and countlessremnant souls escaped. Although we arrived to stop some of them in time, many of them escapedand scattered all over the Magic Phoenix Empire. The mutated spirit manipulators that you saw inthe martial arts contest were all affected by the scattered remnant souls. The reason why ourlegendary guardian beast has become like that is that it has devoured the original soul of the mostpowerful demonic beast from the ancient times," the matriarch said.

"Yeah, I think I am beginning to understand now. I have a question, though. If the cauldron didn'tbelong to your clan, where did it come from? Based on what you said, it should have existed forlong. So, it must be ancient too, right?" Rocky asked curiously.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you that.” It seemed that Rocky had hit a stone wall in his investigation, asthe matriarch didn't look willing to answer any more of his questions. He decided to shelve thatthought for later.

Rocky opted to turn his attention back to the cauldron this time, peering closer at it before glancingat the matriarch questioningly. "Can I get a closer look?"

"All right, but please be careful.” Thankfully, the matriarch didn’t refuse him and only opted to warnhim. Rocky's curiosity was killing him, and his body felt like it was being pulled closer to thecauldron by an unknown force.

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

"Why does the cauldron give me such a feeling?" Rocky murmured to himself in wonder.

When he was less than two meters away from the cauldron, it suddenly started shaking violently,and demonic light flashed and sparked around its surface.

The evil power of the Holy Dragon Bead in Rocky's body came out almost at the same time, and theevil light radiated in all directions. It set off the demonic light emitted from the cauldron, similar tothe way a powder keg could explode with a single spark.

The next moment, a streak of demonic light shot out from the cauldron with a loud rumbling sound.It vaulted off the ceiling, breaking the roof in the process and lighting up the sky.

The whole hall seemed to shake and tremble as if it was a living thing shaking in fear.

As the demonic light that rushed out of the hall flew outside, it exploded like fireworks that lit upthe evening sky, and surely, everyone in the Phoenix Cloud Mountain could see it. The members ofthe Phoenix Master Clan who saw this stopped in their tracks to admire the view, thinking thatsomething momentous had happened.

The matriarch, who was standing behind Rocky, was also taken off guard by this development. Shedidn't expect that Rocky could cause such a violent reaction from the cauldron. Why did it respondto him in such a way?

It had never reacted this way, ever. Even when it was brought back to the Phoenix Master Clan,there had been no abnormal movements. It had always been like an ordinary cauldron, except forthe astonishing demonic aura and the forceful opening of it not long ago. Therefore, it was the firsttime that the matriarch had seen it react this way. What a shock! And to think that a mere humanwas the one who caused such an abnormal response!