Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1523 The Sixteen Disciples Were Determined

Hayden was not someone who would give up easily. However, Rocky had single-handedly causedHayden and his two companions some severe injuries. Indeed, he had extremely powerful strength,so no matter how stubborn Hayden was, he couldn't let Rocky kill him.

"Fine! I give up!" Setting aside his pride, Hayden resentfully backed down.

"Well then, sleep tight!" As soon as Rocky uttered those words, he swiftly appeared right in front ofHayden, who fainted when he suddenly felt a wave of overwhelming spiritual pressure come at him."The second round is almost over. I should start hunting now! If I could lessen the number ofopponents in the third round, that should also give Eunice a better chance at achieving the goal ofthis contest...” Rocky reckoned, raising his eyebrows. After a quick pondering, he disappeared fromwhere he stood.

Not a second later, three figures turned up. They were surprised the moment they saw Hayden andthe two other disciples.

"Isn't this... Hayden? The young master of the Summer Palace? He's been defeated?!"

"It shouldn't have been a problem for him to at least enter the third round with his strength. Whathappened?”

"What's more, these other two are also at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant, and they've bothsuffered serious injuries. Who on earth could've done this to them? I can only think of one person inthis contest who can defeat these three, and that's Moore.”

"Well, we'd better take them to the safe area first since they have lost their fighting power. And weshall report this to the master.”

The three figures then quickly took Hayden and the two others away.

Later, upon seeing the injured disciples, three masters of the school started healing them in the safe,hidden area of the Black Abyss Cave. Meanwhile, three other masters were busy checking the list ofthe remaining participants.

When the group battle ended, more than seventy disciples made it to the second round. Since somehad either surrendered or lost their fighting power, less than forty disciples were left standing. Thatonly meant that the second round was about to be concluded.

Indeed, mostly the strong ones—especially those at the medium stage of the Spiritual Infant—remained.

The news about Hayden and the two other injured disciples had apparently attracted the attentionof the school's masters.

"Wait, isn't this Hayden? Someone managed to beat him in this competition?" The elder in a blackrobe, quite a famous senior elder in the Sky-suppressing School, was stunned.

It was also him who had explained the rules before the second round of battle began. His name wasFelton Chang, and everyone knew him as the "Black-faced God" due to his swarthy face, solemnexpression, and selflessness.

"Yes, it's him. He was defeated right at the same time as two other disciples,” one of the masterswho brought them back explained.

Hearing about it, the other masters were just as astounded. It was clear to them that not evenMoore could single-handedly defeat three people, more so someone with Hayden's strength.

Of course, thinking about how someone could have outdone them like that totally puzzled them.Felton Chang approached the two disciples who didn't pass out to replace out what actually happened.With concerned eyes and a firm yet mellow voice, he asked them, "Who got the better of you?"The two disciples exchanged looks. Believing that they would be humiliated, they were reluctant totell others that it was Rocky, someone who was weaker than them, who had defeated them.

"Go on, tell me. Don't hem and haw." Felton Chang's face dimmed, and it looked terrifying.

"It was... It was Basil," one of them stammered after briefly hesitating to admit it.

"Basil? Do you mean that he defeated the three of you by himself? Was he that strong? I reallydidn't notice that he would possess such great strength...” Obviously, Felton Chang was stunnedupon hearing the confession of the disciple. After all, he didn't expect that a disciple with aseemingly unimpressive strength would actually defeat Hayden and two others all by himself.

At the same time, the other masters also seemed to be in disbelief.

"Elder Felton, Basil was recommended by the Di Clan. He came with a girl named Eunice when theyenrolled here,” one of the masters informed.

"The Di Clan? Hmm. If he is indeed a member of the Di Clan, then it might be reasonable enough.However, just the fact that he fought and defeated three warriors at the medium grade of theSpiritual Infant is quite inconceivable!" Felton Chang responded with hints of dubiousness in hiseyes.

"Elder Felton, should we send some of our people to keep an eye on him? If by any chance that heis using some despicable means, we must stop him as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would betotally unfair to the other disciples who are participating in the competition. This is just my opinionbut under normal circumstances, how could the young master of the Summer Palace be defeated tosuch an extent?" One of the masters expressed his thoughts. It seemed that he had close ties to theSummer Palace.

"Of course, that already entered my mind..." Felton Chang nodded his head in response, thinkingthat it was indeed a bit strange.

While they were still discussing the matter regarding Rocky, a master suddenly appeared, lookingvery anxious.

"Elder Felton, I just received a disturbing news from some monitoring spots in the Black Abyss Cavethat the disciples within their monitoring range have suddenly disappeared one after another. Untilnow, they are nowhere to be found,” the master directly reported.

"What? Did anyone see what happened? Why would they suddenly disappear?" Felton Chang feltdiscombobulated. He was still dealing with a troublesome matter, and now another one poppedout.

Before the master could say anything, another master hurriedly followed him and announced, "Wehave found them! The missing disciples have actually lost their fighting power. More than ten ofthem are found in the abandoned well of the Black Abyss Cave. It also means that there are justabout twenty disciples left..."

Hearing that, Felton Chang and the other masters were utterly perplexed. They couldn't help butwonder who would be able to defeat so many disciples in such a short amount of time.

Moreover, because of what happened, there would be an inevitable change for the next round.According to the rules of the second round, if the number of participants left had reached thirty-two, all of them were then eligible to enter the third round. But now that there were just a littlemore than twenty remaining, it would definitely have an impact on the third round.

"Elder Felton, what should we do now?" The masters present realized what it entailed, so they alllooked at Felton Chang and sought his decision.

At the moment, Felton Chang couldn't help but put on a long face. After all, it was the first time thatsuch an incident had happened. He believed that someone did it on purpose, but he wasn't surewho and why he did that.

"Announce at once that the number of disciples that would enter the third round will be reduced tosixteen. Also, send some people to keep an eye on the participants who haven't been eliminatedyet. Make sure that no more strange things will happen from here on," Felton Chang ordereddecisively after thinking for a while.

Soon enough, a loud sound echoed in the Black Abyss Cave. An announcement was issued that thenumber of participants for the third round would be reduced to sixteen. When the disciples in theBlack Abyss Cave heard about it, they became rather restless. After all, since they reduced thenumber of disciples that could pass in half, it basically meant that their chances of entering the nextround were also reduced. Thus, they still needed to be very vigilant during the remaining time.Finally, after two hours of the severely tense atmosphere, the sixteen disciples who were going toenter the next round were determined.