Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 999 The Gathering Of Beasts

Over the span of a few days, many perished.

Each treasure hunting team lost around ten or more members to injury or death. Only Geoffrey'sand Woods’ teams each had only five casualties, which could show just how strong they were.However, the deeper they trudged into the Hell of Dragon Fang, the stronger the spirit-manipulatedbeasts they faced. Even more casualties were to be expected as the situation grew more and moredangerous.

Just now, Woods' treasure hunting team had the misfortune of stumbling into the habitat of theDemonic Rock Dogs. They were violently ambushed, and the battle was fierce.

Among the Demonic Rock Dogs, their leader was the strongest, at the fifth grade of the five-starlevel. Few of them were at the fourth grade of the five-star level, and the rest were at the fourthgrade of the four-star level. Together, they attacked fiercely, like a pack of wolves defending theirterritory.

Two peerless masters at the Divine Stage, Lucas and Brook, had spirit-manipulated beasts at the six-star level. However, the Demonic Rock Dogs stood over two meters tall, with rock-hard skin. Lucas’Sacred Timber Galaxy Colossus was fighting neck and neck with the leader of the Demonic RockDogs. While the leader might've been a star lower than Lucas’ spirit-manipulated beast, it still putup one hell of a fight. Meanwhile, Lucas, Brook, and Brook's spirit-manipulated beast fought againstthe few Demonic Rock Dogs at the fourth grade of the five-star level; the warriors at the SupernalStage and the masters at the Heavenly Stage all struggled against a dozen Demonic Rock Dogs atthe fourth grade of the four-star level.

Although the eight warriors at the Supernal Stage and eight spirit-manipulated beasts at the four orfive-star level were strong enough to survive their attacks, some of the Demonic Rock Dogs brokethrough their defense line. To their horror, these scoundrels headed straight for the weaker spiritmanipulators at the Heavenly Stage.

Chaos ensued. Several spirit manipulators at the Heavenly Stage lay moaning on the ground, havingbeen mangled violently.

"Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid things aren't looking good for us," Lucas said apprehensively. "Itwon't do us any good if we continue to fight like this. We can't risk getting caught by other spirit-manipulated beasts in the area. We'll be sandwiched!" said Lucas, who had just killed a DemonicRock Dog with Brook and immediately returned to Woods to protect him together with several spiritmanipulators at the Heavenly Stage.

"Is there way we can escape?" Woods asked Lucas as he surveyed the bloody scene before him."Yes," Lucas answered promptly. "If I remember correctly, there is a gorge road one hundred metersnorth. We can retreat there and hold up a front. Maybe we can even make this group of DemonicRock Dogs retreat.”

"Good idea, let's do it," Woods affirmed with a slight nod.

With that, Woods, guarded by the spirit manipulators at the Heavenly Stage, led the retreat. Theeight spirit manipulators at the Supernal Stage followed closely with their spirit-manipulated beasts,trying their best to hold back the Demonic Rock Dogs that were chasing after them. Lucas andBrook were the last ones to retreat, as they were the ones in charge of protecting the treasurehunting team.

It didn't take long before they reached the gorge road that Lucas mentioned.

"All of you, go in and block the entrance,” Woods barked. "Leave a small gap. Kill any dog that triesto break through!” Without hesitation, the whole treasure hunting team obeyed Woods and enteredthe gorge road in succession, where they set up a line of defense at the entrance. Several warriors atthe Supernal Stage and their spirit-manipulated beasts formed an impenetrable wall at the entrance,leaving only a small gap. Together, they waited vigilantly for the Demonic Rock Dogs to throwthemselves into the net.

To their surprise, the Demonic Rock Dogs were very intelligent. Seeing that the treasure huntingteam had retreated into the gorge road, they gave up the chase. Instead, they lingered nearby,growling fiercely.

"It seems that these Demonic Rock Dogs aren't planning on leaving any time soon..." From behindthe defense line, Woods studied the Demonic Rock Dogs wandering near the entrance of the gorgeroad. "Alright then," he said, clearing his throat, "now you can recover your energy and spiritualpower. If the Demonic Rock Dogs still don't leave after six hours, we will bring the battle to them!""I'm afraid this will eat up all our time. We have no idea whether the other princes have found thespiritual treasure.” Lucas shook his head and sighed.

"Don't worry. We have a secret weapon, remember?" Woods replied calmly.

Lucas’ eyes flashed and he smiled knowingly.

At that very moment, Rocky was securing his newly-captured and extremely rare Fire Rock Turtle. Hehad gone ahead of the others and was deep in the center of the Hell of Dragon Fang. As he actedalone, he worked more efficiently. In addition, he had the help of Ken, who had the ability to keepboth of them stealthy, so Rocky hadn't encountered much trouble along the way.

However, upon entering the center of the Hell of Dragon Fang, they were met by spirit-manipulatedbeasts above the five-star level. They all came out of nowhere! These spirit-manipulated beasttraveled in groups of three or five. Rocky tried his best to avoid all of them, which unfortunatelyslowed them down.

Rocky didn't mind moving slowly, but he was a bit depressed that he still had no idea what exactlyhe was looking for. The spiritual treasure was left ever-elusive and vague, which frustrated him to noend,

"Oh, heavens! Give me a hint!" Just as Rocky was shaking his fist at the sky, he suddenly felt theground beneath his feet tremble violently, as though tens of thousands of beasts were gallopingnearby. Sure enough, it wasn't long before countless shadows of various beasts surrounded them.Rocky turned pale. There was no way he could face these beasts all at once. Immediately, he hidwith Ken.

Suddenly, a shadow fell over the land, as though something massive had blotted out the sky.Looking up, Rocky saw a group of spirit-manipulated beasts of different shapes and sizes flyingacross the sky, all heading towards a certain direction.

"What is happening? Are these spirit-manipulated beasts in a hurry?" Rocky was puzzled. Out ofcuriosity, he decided to follow the beasts closely, although he and Ken remained carefully hidden.After flying about five hundred meters and passing through a dense forest of dead trees, Rockyfound himself at a circular valley. The valley was not very large, and three sides were surrounded bysteep cliffs.

The beasts of all sorts of shapes and sizes filled up the valley, and even the cliff sides were crowded.Everywhere he looked, there was a spirit-manipulated beast.

Rocky held his breath. The scene was quite spectacular!

Suddenly, Rocky noticed a protruding arched stone hanging at the end of the valley, which led to acave entrance.

Then, a human-like figure emerged from the cave. The figure wore a tattered black robe thatswayed with the wind.