Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 125 The Dangerous Maze Forest (Part One)

The sixth squad had been following the fifth squad for a few moments. It didn't take the latter a lotof time to realize that they were being followed. All of a sudden, all the members of the fifth squadincreased their marching speed drastically to get rid of whoever was following them. The strength ofthe spirit manipulators in the fifth squad was not bad. As soon as they traveled at their full speed,they were able to get rid of the sixth squad, whose strength ranked at the bottom of all the squads.The sixth squad felt as if in the blink of an eye, the fifth squad had disappeared into the denseforest. They had missed their target and were now at a loss.

"Damn it! The fifth squad is so shrewd. They must be thinking of finishing the task single-handedlyso that they could get the merit alone. They are not chivalrous at all!” Zander swore angrily. He wasignoring the fact that to fish in troubled water and get the merits, he was deliberately following thefifth squad. "How could he swear against others like that? He was also among those kind of people!"his subordinates thought stealthily.

"Captain, what should we do now?" a spirit manipulator of the sixth squad asked blankly as helooked around at the large and dense forest. He was totally confused like the others, about whatthey should do next. So he had to ask his captain. After all, they needed a leader to lead them andplan out their next move.

"You are asking me what we should do now, are you? Of course, we will continue the search on ourown. Actually, I wanted to give the fifth squad an opportunity to pave the way in front of us. Whoknew that these guys are so ignorant that they would waive away such a good opportunity! Hmm!Let's wait and see. We, the members of the sixth squad, must be the first one to finish the task andreplace the spirit-manipulated beast. Then, they will regret profoundly for not catching theopportunity,” Zander said in an irritated tone. The fact was that he was just bragging. Though hewas weak and mindless, he had to pretend to be strong and smart in front of his subordinates.Throwing a cold glance in the direction where the fifth squad had disappeared, he took his spirit-manipulated beast and began to walk in a random direction aimlessly.

Rocky, who was at the end of his squad, saw his captain behave like that and frowned slightly. Hehad realized that Zander had a terrible sense of direction and that he was not smart enough to leadthe squad to finish the task at all. Moreover, he was not quite familiar with the paths in the denseMaze Forest, where they all stood now. If he continued to lead the way like that, Rocky was afraidthat the entire squad would be completely lost. But he didn't stop him, or did he say anything to theothers. With his current power, which he was hiding deliberately, he was confident that he couldprotect himself from any harm if he was in danger. No matter how special or difficult thecircumstances would be, he could deal with any emergency. Thus, he just kept silent and wanted tosee what would happen next.

Despite his confidence, he was still very cautious and left an obscure mark on a big tree beside himby touching its trunk casually when everyone was not paying attention to him. If Zander lost thedirection later, the mark might be helpful. Quietly, under the leadership of Zander, whom Rockybelieved to be a mediocre and incompetent captain, he continued to march forward.

The random direction that Zander picked was towards the center of the Maze Forest. As they keptwalking deeper into the forest, they saw that all the trees were towering and lush. They thicklycovered the space above their heads. As a result, the light in the forest was growing dimmer andthey could only see the sky in between the spaces which the foliage made. They felt that within theforest it was getting darker than the outside world. The deeper they walked into the Maze Forest,the dimmer the light became. They ended up with poor visibility. After a little while, they could onlysee the things within three meters distance. They had to walk more slowly and carefully. The weedsaround them were about as half tall as an adult, and the vegetation was also flourishing. They felt asif they were now exploring deeper into a mysterious virgin forest.

Fortunately, except Rocky, all the other spirit manipulators of the sixth squad brought their ownspirit-manipulated beasts. Therefore, they simply let the spirit-manipulated beasts found out theway for them first. They just followed their beasts.

Gradually, the surrounding area around them became completely silent. Only occasionally, therewere screams of beasts and worms. Those eerie sounds coupled with the dark and dim light gavethem a gruesome feeling, as if they were walking in the jungle at night.

At once, the sixth squad, which was still marching forward, noticed that at the side about twometers away, there was a strange rustling of branches and leaves, as if something was about tojump out of somewhere. A few spirit-manipulated beasts, which were standing ahead of the squad,were also roaring anxiously with teeth bared and claws outspread, to meet whatever would come atthem, even if it was something very dangerous. The abrupt sound after the silence was ratherterrifying. Consequently, all the spirit manipulators of the sixth squad, except Rocky, were takenaback. They jumped to their feet and immediately took all kinds of weird postures. Afraid that theywere to confront a formidable enemy, they looked quite uneasy.

As the rustling sound grew louder, everyone was so alarmed that they geared themselves to fightagainst whatever it was. The next moment, their attacking actions stopped abruptly because theysaw a cute, white rabbit come out from the thick branches and leaves. After a taunting and innocentlook at the members of the sixth squad in front, it turned around and leaped away in the otherdirection.

"Damn it! It turned out to be a rabbit. How dare you taunt us like that! Be careful! Next time I seeyou, I'll roast you alive,” Zander yelled as the rabbit left, leaping away. After he found out that it wasjust a rabbit, he felt greatly relieved. But his body showed what he was going through, for hisforehead was already full of beads of sweat. It clearly exposed his extreme uneasiness a fewmoments ago.

The other spirit manipulators also breathed a sigh of relief at that precise moment. Perhaps becauseit was the first time they had come to perform such a task. They looked indifferently, but the factremained that they were extremely nervous deep inside.

"Since you are so afraid of death, I think it's better for us to go back earlier. If you really get hurt inthis task, it's really not worth it," Rocky said with a cold sneer. Instead of wasting time and energy infinishing the so-called task with these cowards, he felt that it was better for him to go back andcontinue his secret cultivation, which he believed would be more meaningful and helpful to improvehis strength.