Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 998 Delay In Rocky's Journey

Based on his previous experience, Rocky was certain he and this Fire Rock Turtle would end up in afight. He was not worried, because his current strength was more than enough to deal with such acreature. Without a doubt, it would surrender or crumble under his power.

However, the fierce fight that he expected did not happen. The Fire Rock Turtle did not advance tochallenge him. Instead, its body started to shrink and slipped back into the ethereal crystal whichserved as its shell.

Before long, the crystal gave off a strong spiritual power and became ablaze with radiant spiritualflame. It spread like wildfire and burned the ground several meters from where he stood. The flamewas so fierce, Rocky could not go near it. The situation just became more difficult for him.

Rocky's head began to ache. He could not attack the ethereal crystal, even if it would force the FireRock Turtle to go out. Blasting the crystal would cause it to break and could hurt the Fire RockTurtle. If that happened, all his efforts would be in vain. It was just too risky.

"What a weak creature! Shame on you!" Rocky felt so frustrated, he could not help but curse. Backwhen he tried to capture the Dark Heaven Insect, it required a lot of force. After all, it was a brutalconfrontation. But it was not as irritating as this. This creature hid itself inside the shell and did notrespond despite his efforts. Everything he did was pointless, and it annoyed Rocky.

Rocky needed to get on in his journey and hunt the spiritual treasure as soon as possible. He couldnot afford to waste so much time with the Fire Rock Turtle. With this, he focused his mind with thetask at hand, hoping to come up with an idea on how he could seduce it to come out. A momentlater, he took out the few magical saliva he had kept, and placed the bottle right in front of theturtle. If it relented and dared to come out, he would knock it out at once.

However, the Fire Rock Turtle was more cunning than he expected. It resisted the temptation of themagical saliva and did not made a single sound, let alone come out. It was wise enough to chooseits safety over the magical saliva.

Rocky became more distressed when the turtle refused to come out. Anxious, he paced back andforth, but failed to come up with another idea. He knew he needed to calm down, so he sat downon the ground and closed his eyes.

A couple of hours went by, and the day was about to end, but the Fire Rock Turtle never came out.It seemed determined to stay inside the crystal until Rocky gave up and left.

Before long, Rocky opened his eyes. He looked at the unmoving turtle and let out a sigh. He staredat it for a few more minutes, then stood up from the ground. Without a word, he walked towardsRobin, and then led him away.

The Fire Rock Turtle was fearful and cautious. It stayed in the ethereal crystal for another hour, evenafter Rocky left. After a little while, the crystal trembled slightly and the bright spiritual flame dieddown. A small, round head popped out of the crystal and looked around with its tiny eyesConfident that no one else was around, it stretched out its miniature body little by little. It moved ata slow pace until it smelled the magical saliva. Suddenly, it became fearless and crawled towards itsgoal. As the Fire Rock Turtle busied itself with the magical saliva, a beast shadow crept up beside itwithout a noise. Instantly, the crystal horn on its head lit up.

The Fire Rock Turtle sensed the presence of the silent figure beside it. Panic-stricken, it wanted toretreat into the ethereal crystal once again, but it was too late. It could not move its small body.Rocky was smiling from ear to ear.

"You could escape a flying spear, but you could not guard against an invisible arrow. That strategyworked well on you!" An hour ago, Rocky felt that the Fire Rock Turtle was near its breaking pointafter it stayed motionless with him for hours. He figured it would go hungry and would come outany time. He also knew that it would try to get rid of him. However, Rocky considered the power ofthe spiritual flame released by the ethereal crystal. It was too dangerous, and he decided not tofight against the Fire Rock Turtle to avoid any accident. Instead, he pretended to give up and left.But he did not leave at all. The moment he was out of sight, he summoned Ken and instructed it tosneak quietly near the turtle. They waited for the perfect time, and it was not too long when theturtle came out. The plan worked perfectly. There was no escape for the turtle, the moment it let itsguard down and went out of the crystal.

The technique Rocky and Ken used was very effective, but this kind of capability would only work ifthe opponent was taken off guard. In the case of the Fire Rock Turtle, it was motionless for a longtime, and became careless when it thought no one else was around. It was attracted to the magicalsaliva, and it allowed Ken to accomplish its job easily.

Rocky then opened the Magic Spiritual Space with his spiritual power and instructed Ken to take theFire Rock Turtle inside. He later tied it tightly with the same chain he used to tie the Dark HeavenInsect. This prevented the turtle from slipping back into the crystal. Rocky planned to tame it oncehe had returned from this journey. He would subdue it slowly, the same way he tamed the DarkHeaven Insect.

It took him almost a day to catch the Fire Rock Turtle, but it was worth it. This turtle was rare andwas very difficult to replace. More so, it possessed the ability of producing valuable treasures.

And it was Ken who made it all possible. It was Ken who discovered the cave, and it was itsextraordinary ability that captured the turtle. If it wasn't for Ken, catching the Fire Rocky Turtlewould remain a dream for Rocky.

Another day had passed, and there was still no lead to replace the spiritual treasure. Rocky had to goon with his journey. After he had secured the turtle, he moved on to explore the Hell of DragonFang.

Meanwhile, the treasure hunting teams led by the six princes lingered around the Hell of DragonFang. They were scattered in different places in search of the treasure the emperor asked them toreplace. There were so many of them, that even the smallest team had more than 20 masters. The Hellof Dragon Fang was a habitat of spirit-manipulated beasts, and the treasure hunting activitiesdisturbed them.

Soon, all the teams were too exhausted to continue hunting. They had fought all kinds of spirit-manipulated beasts, and several men were wounded or had died. The teams led by two princessuffered the most, because of their lower strength.

No one really knew what kind of spiritual treasure they were looking for. It was a dark and extremelydangerous place. As if they were looking for a needle in a haystack. Grand masters like Lucas couldonly assume the location of the treasure based on their experience and training. Nothing wascertain, and it was impossible to succeed.