Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 59 The Contest

"Someone really thinks highly of himself. You only reach grade two of the Mortal Stage, dude! Areyou that stupid to think that you are invincible now? Man, you maybe piss your pants when thecontest starts.” Bear chimed in with Priest Dean.

The other young men began murmuring among themselves and laughing at Rocky.

When Rocky heard Priest Dean and their laughter, he opened his eyes at once and jumped up fromhis chair, with an imposing air. He shot Priest Dean a taunting glance and asked haughtily, "What ifthe tables turn against the phoenix spirit manipulators you're tipping to win?"

Everyone looked at Rocky as if he was a lunatic. Nobody took his word seriously and they thoughthe was making some ridiculous jokes.

"All right! Why don't you join the contest then?" A sharp voice from the rest area interrupted them.Everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice, where a slender woman was passing, dressedin a cloak. When she took off the cap, her stunning features left everyone in awe.

"General Beauty!" Rocky cried out in surprise. Priest Dean and Mia were surprised as well. They knewwell that Marcia was a quirky person who didn't like crowded places and rarely showed up atceremonies.

"General Marcia! Why didn't you notify us ahead of schedule that you would be attending thefunction?" Priest Dean changed his poker face and tried to fawn on Marcia.

"How would I have informed you when I didn't know anything about the event? I was only taking astroll, and it's by pure coincidence that I passed by here,” Marcia answered as she looked at Rocky."May I inform His Majesty of your presence? Please wait for a second. I will have one of my menprepare a seat for you,” Priest Dean said.

"You don't have to do that. I've said I'm just passing by. I'm not staying, so it's not necessary tobother His Majesty,” Marcia replied, her brows knitting with firmness. Then pointing at Rocky shesaid, "He looks arrogant. Let him join the contest. I want to see what makes him so smug!"

Rocky smiled and shook his head. He knew Marcia said that on purpose, but he couldn't figure outthe reason why she wanted him to participate.

"General Marcia! Although this is just a minor contest, it's not wise to count on him for our side. Hewill bring us embarrassment with a resounding defeat,” Priest Dean said nervously.

"Don't make it such a big deal, Priest Dean! You have said that this is just a little contest. The resultdoesn't matter that much. I want him join the contest anyway. Do you have a problem with that?"Marcia shot a cold glare at Priest Dean, pressuring him.

Beads of sweat broke on Priest Dean's forehead. Now that Marcia insisted that, he had no way todeny Rocky's participation. Finally, he agreed. "All right, General Marcia.

Since you ask, I will let him join the game,” he promised. Without another word, Marcia turned toRocky with a meaningful smile, before putting on her cap as she left.

"Priest Dean, are you sure?" Mia asked as she glanced at Rocky.

"Arrange for him to go up in the last round of the bout.” Priest Dean nodded and continued,"Choose the best six among those boys." Then, he also left.

"Basil, are you sure about that?" Mia asked, looking at Rocky with cynicism. She was worried thatRocky might run away during the contest. If they arranged for Rocky to feature in the last round,he'd definitely be up against the best phoenix spirit manipulators.

But Rocky didn't answer. Instead, he only smiled at her casually and headed to the beast stablebehind the rest area to check on Uriah.

After he left, Mia picked the best six, including Bear and Flint. All of them were at least grade threeof the Mortal Stage. They were the strongest ones among the thirty royal spirit manipulators, andtheir war beasts were at least two-star.

But such a team was no match for those phoenix spirit manipulators. Once the preparations weredone, the contest participants from both sides moved to the stage for the official start of thecompetition, — an area, measuring about five hundred meters in diameter at the center of thesquare.

The first round began. The two spirit manipulators from the Holy Dragon Empire and the MagicPhoenix Empire brought their war beasts along for the match.

After they bowed to each other, their war beast charged forward first, to signal the beginning of thematch.

Although both of them were grade three of the Mortal Stage, the spirit manipulator from the MagicPhoenix Empire was stronger by far. It took him a little over twenty minutes to wrap up the battle.Then he was given to the second opponent whom he also made short work of.

On and on, in less than two hours, he alone had easily bundled out four opponents from the HolyDragon Empire.

Right on home turf, with the emperor himself watching, the Holy Dragon Empire had their backsagainst the wall. Although they knew well they had a formidable opponent this time, the defeat wasbeyond what utterly embarrassing.

It was until Flint entered the ring that they got some ray of hope. Working with his Cloud Tiger,whose Ice nature had been triggered by Rocky, Flint launched a surprise attack that quickly turnedthe tables, handing the Holy Dragon Empire their first taste of victory.

But the victory was short-lived as Flint met a worthy opponent in the next round. The nature of thephoenix spirit manipulator and his war beast was both Fire. The Fire nature was aggressive and sogood at restraining the Ice nature. Although Flint and that phoenix spirit manipulator were at thesame level, Flint lost the match in the end, bringing the total number of loses for the Holy DragonEmpire loses to five, against only two for the Magic Phoenix Empire.

That meant Phoenix had five more players to field, while Holy Dragon had only two left. Next in lineafter Flint, Bear went up amidst wild cheers from all of Holy Dragon who knew their chances wereminimal and their remaining players had to fight tooth and nail to save the day. This was almosttheir last ray of hope, and they cheered him on as if their lives depended on him. Born into the HolyDragon nobility, Bear was a Ximen — one of their very best of the best. And true, he didn't let themdown, as he handed Holy Dragon their second victory of the day, trouncing the phoenix spiritmanipulator who had defeated Flint.

They finally saw the chance now. If Bear took down another one, the score would be five to four.That would be a better way to wrap up the day. However, their expectations fizzled, the momentthey saw the next phoenix spirit manipulator in the ring. Although Bear was a talented man, hisopponent was a class higher. It was ridiculous to expect another victor for Holy Dragon.

Six to three, Holy Dragon was again exposed, unless something drastic happened. And so they oncemore rallied all their support for their next man in the ring. Logically, their last player was thestrongest. He might have a chance or even turn everything around. However, their jaws droppedwhen they saw a man, strutting to the ring without his war beast.

It was Rocky, who joined the contest purely on Marcia's insistence.

Just on purpose, Rocky didn't bring Uriah along with him to the ring. That way, no one would knowwhich grade his war beast had reached. What's more, he could easily take down these phoenix spiritmanipulator, even without Uriah's help.