Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1577 A Little Hope

The next moment, the beast blew out a raging wind from its mouth. In an instant, a violent gust ofwind formed, ravaging the river up and down.

Then, the fire wall floated on the surface of the surging river. As the wind roared mightily, it blewdirectly towards the army from the western region who happened to guard along the riverside.The soldiers that were led by Commander Ling were caught off guard. They didn't have the time toprepare and defend themselves from the sudden attack that was aimed at them. It was already toolate when they saw the river water mixed with fire oil surge towards them. As the fire made contactwith fire oil, it instantly lit up and created a huge sea of flames. Moreover, due to the strong winds,the fire rapidly spread and consumed them.

Many human soldiers were burnt to ashes on the spot, while some rolled on the ground, screamingin pain and agony.

At the sight of the disaster, Commander Ling and the three deputy commanders weredumbfounded. They didn't expect that their plan would actually be the reason for the predicamentthat they were in right now.

Seeing that, Rocky could not help but shake his head. He knew that at that point, the whole armywould be in big trouble.

The soldiers were thrown in a state of chaos, and the spiritual toad beasts were already approachingto wreak havoc. If the soldiers weren't able to regain their composure, they might be done for."Commander Ling, please retreat at once!" Rocky shouted without hesitation as he appeared infront of Commander Ling.

"Don't joke around! The members of the spiritual race are already heading towards us. If we retreatright now, the land along the river will be occupied by them. When that happens, our position at thefront line will inevitably be doomed,” one of the deputy commanders responded sternly.

"If we don't retreat right now, all of our soldiers will be annihilated in two hours! What will be thedifference then?" Rocky retorted with a serious expression on his face.

Hearing that, Commander Ling and the three deputy commanders were intimidated by Rocky'simposing aura. In fact, they knew that Rocky was right, but they hesitated because they did not wantto give up just yet.

"Commander Ling, hurry up and give the command!" Rocky strongly urged.

"Damn those spiritual race... Everyone, retreat!" Commander Ling was also aware that the soldierswere heavily flustered by the sudden siege, and right now they were suffering from low morale.Hence, even if he commanded them to fight right now, chances were many lives would just bewasted.

"Commander Ling, there are still other ways to overcome this..." The deputy commander, whoseidea caused them such great trouble, insisted that he still had some ideas to turn the tables.

"Don't be stupid! Don't you realize that if it weren't for you, we would not have suffered such heavylosses? Retreat! Now!" Commander Ling shouted in rage and frustration.

Soon enough, the horn sounded, signaling their retreat. Upon hearing it, the soldiers immediatelyretreated from the front line as if a huge boulder was removed from their chests.

In the blink of an eye, the land along the river, which was heavily guarded just a while ago, becameinstantly desolated.

At the same time, the beasts did not pursue the retreating soldiers. Instead, they occupied theriverbank and guarded it as if it was now their territory.

As the soldiers made it back to their camp, Commander Ling immediately counted their casualties.He could not help but shake his head as he learned that more than a thousand people were eitherkilled or seriously injured during the battle earlier. Most of the dead ones were burned to a crisp,while the injured ones also had a large part of their bodies burnt. With that, they would not be ableto return to the battlefield, meaning they were also considered as losses.

With the casualties tallied from the first time the beasts attacked, plus the recently countedcasualties, the grand total almost reached two thousand.

The whole army of the western region was comprised of ten thousand soldiers. With the loss ofnearly two thousand people in just a few days, it was obviously a great blow to them.

At the moment, Commander Ling's camp was enveloped by a deafening silence. No one wanted toutter a word, and the atmosphere was very melancholic.

Even Commander Ling himself just sat in his seat, wearing a long face. The three deputycommanders lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe heavily. Of course, the deputycommander, who gave the plan that resulted in a catastrophe, looked more upset than everyoneelse.

"Sir, pardon my intrusion... I bear some bad news!" A scout rushed in and he was almost out ofbreath. "Bad news?

What is it this time?" Commander Ling's face darkened upon hearing the scout's words.

"The army of the spiritual race has already begun crossing the river," the scout replied quickly."What did you say?!" Commander Ling was not able to stop himself from standing up as hisexpression changed dramatically.

"It seems that they have calculated everything. The first time they attacked us, they must have beentesting out our capabilities to resist them. But since they thought that we are not a match to them,the second raid they made was the actual one, and its purpose was to buy time for the army of thespiritual race to cross the river. This time, they made sure to occupy the land along the river so thatwe will not be able to do anything anymore while they execute their plan. A straightforward butunbeatable strategy,” Rocky remarked as he analyzed their grim situation.

Hearing that, Commander Ling felt very hopeless.

"If only Commander Ling trusted me before, we wouldn't end up being pushed to the edge," Rockysaid without mincing his words.

"Who do you think you are? You think you're so great that you can question the commander'sdecision?" one of the deputy commanders defended Commander Ling. The truth was that he wasalso defending himself because it was he who insisted on the plan that went downhill.

"Well, since you say so, I might as well return to the Tiger Whisker Pass,” Rocky answeredstraightforwardly. Besides, even if the front line of the western region was lost for good, it hadnothing to do with him. If they didn't want his help, then he also didn't want to waste his time withthem.

However, upon seeing that Rocky was about to leave, Commander Ling immediately stopped him."Spiritual King Basil, don't be so hasty!” Then, he turned to the deputy commander who spokerudely just now and scolded, "Don’t you know when to shut up? Basil is an elite from the Sky-suppressing School, and one of the representatives of the Spiritual Infant Contest! You, of all people,are not qualified to question him!"

"He's from the Sky-suppressing School?" "A representative of the Spiritual Infant Contest?" Thethree deputy commanders were taken aback because they had no idea about Rocky's identity. Theythought that he was just an ordinary captain of a team that consisted of spirit warriors.

"Spiritual King Basil, do you have a way to deal with those beasts? Maybe we can still dosomething." At that point, Commander Ling could just place all their hopes on Rocky.

"I actually do have a way of dealing with those beasts, but now that they have already occupied ourprevious station by the river, I'm afraid it would just be meaningless. Even if we can defeat them, Idon't think we can stop the army of the spiritual race from crossing the river,” Rocky said with astraight face. It was a battle against time. Dealing with more than twenty spiritual beasts would notbe easy for them, and worse, the spiritual race might come ashore at any time.

"Damn it! Is there no other way?" Commander Ling almost desperately pleaded at Rocky.

"If I could control the beasts to prevent the army from crossing the river, then we still have achance.” At the moment, it was the only way that Rocky could think of. However, it also meant thathe had to somehow gain control of the beasts from the girl that he met before.

Of course, it would not be an easy thing to accomplish. Although Rocky's Mysterious BeastTransformation Skill had already reached the highest level, he had never tried such a method.Besides, he needed to subdue a large number of beasts, which were under the control of a powerfulbeast tamer. That would undoubtedly be a huge challenge for him.

"What? You are planning on controlling the beasts? Are you kidding? Is that even possible?"Obviously, the three deputy commanders did not believe that Rocky was capable of doing such aseemingly impossible thing.

"Spiritual King Basil, can you assure that you can do it?" Commander Ling was also in doubt, but atleast, they had a little hope to grasp on. After all, if Rocky could not make it, the front line of thewestern region would be finished.