Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1181 The Legendary Guardian Beasts

While Rocky was raising the spirit-manipulated beasts that could produce treasures, he still tried to reproduce them as much as he could. These types of spirit-manipulated beasts were rare, so he wanted to produce and raise various kinds of them. However, it was not easy to reproduce a large number of these beasts. If one wanted to have a high success rate, he needed to find a very consistent gene alignment.

Fortunately, Rocky didn't need to worry so much about the resources because the Timber Deity Empire and the Holy Dragon Empire had established lots of beast hospitals in different cities and even in other countries. The success and the benefits that could be acquired from these beast hospitals were overwhelming. Some countries had started to wonder who the originator of this plan was. A lot of beast hospitals were constructed in just a few years.

The mastermind behind this brilliant plan was Rocky, the famous Prince Crimson of the Wild Spirit Land, though he didn't really want to take much credit from it.

For him, he didn't care much about fame and fortune. His vision had always focused on the development of the gene technology and the advancement of his researches.

A few months ago, he used the genes of Marcia's Holy-blood Dragon King and his own Dark Magic Insect to cross-breed a few Nigel Dragon Insects through asexual reproduction. The result was more than gratifying because they were growing up healthily. Rocky was looking forward to seeing the kinds of treasures that these Nigel Dragon Insects would produce after they grew up.

Furthermore, huge progress had been made in the genetic modification of the four legions’ spirit- manipulated beasts. After taking the newly developed genetic medicine, the rejection and death rate exhibited by the spirit-manipulated beats was less than five percent. This was an astonishing feat, meaning that the development had a high success rate, and its effect could be readily observed soon after. However, Rocky's target was to bring down the rejection and death rate by one percent. He knew that even though the progress was great, there was still a lot of room for improvement. In terms of science, research, and development, Rocky was a perfectionist who didn't want to settle for less.

Two months ago, the four legions’ spirit-manipulated beasts that had undergone the genetic modification process were sent into battle. Upon observation, they all exhibited surprisingly good results. Their speed and strength increased dramatically, and they could use their capabilities to their fullest potential. Those beasts that were especially used in combat were invincible. In the face of these superior spirit-manipulated beasts, the army of the other countries trembled in fear.

As the spirit-manipulated beasts became more powerful, the casualties in battles were also greatly reduced. Even if there was a lack of soldiers in the field, the overall combat prowess of the army was still solidified.

Obviously, all of the other countries noticed that the sudden increase in the abilities of the four legions® spirit-manipulated beasts was completely extraordinary, raising an urgent concern. However, the genetic modification process was carried out in secret, and thus, no one outside the Holy Dragon Empire knew that the changes exhibited by the beasts were due to genetic enhancement that was carefully studied and performed by the Prince Crimson himself.

Of course, the other countries also had brilliant doctors and scientists, so it would only be a matter of time before they realized that the upgrade of the spirit-manipulated beasts was due to genetic modification. However, it didn't pose a threat or concern to the Holy Dragon Empire, because throughout the entire Wild Spirit Land, Rocky was the only one who had completely mastered the genetic technology. Even though he had assistants, he was the only one who knew the final process of producing the medicine for genetic modification; thus, there was no way that the secret of the medicine would be leaked.

Through the smooth implementation of the genetic modification, several countries had started to fear the Holy Dragon Empire. After battling the empire for more than a year, these countries suffered heavy casualties without making any progress. They realized that they were just wasting their lives and resources all this time. Therefore, some countries had already withdrawn from the borders of the Holy Dragon Empire. Although there were still some countries that stayed and tried to push their luck on besieging the empire.

Therefore, the originally tense situation all over the empire was gradually alleviated. As the battles decreased, the borders became relatively peaceful. However, they had no time to relax yet.

The entire Wild Spirit Land was still not peaceful and could break out wars at any minute because of the existence of the spiritual treasures.

More than a year ago, the clans of the spiritual race in the Wild Spirit Land had begun to diligently search for these spiritual treasures. At that time, only two of the nine spiritual treasures had not been found yet. The Sunrise Magic Dragon Bow was in Rocky's possession, while most of the spiritual treasures were in the hands of the clans of spiritual races who had originally possessed them. The Wood Clan, the Phoenix Master Can, the Butterfly Divine Clan, and the Ghost Master Clan, which were the four major spiritual race clans, had all found their own spiritual treasures. On the other hand, there was one clan that possessed two spiritual treasures and was quickly making a name for itself in the Wild Spirit Land—the Heavenly Demon Clan.

Although the Heavenly Demon Clan kept a low profile, it wasn't a secret to everyone that they had two spiritual treasures. Moreover, some of the prominent spiritual race clans, including the Wood Clan and the Phoenix Master Clan, were aware that the Heavenly Demon Clan had been growing stronger and stronger in the past few decades. However, they just turned a blind eye on them because they couldn't risk unnecessary deaths in their clan. The clans of the spiritual race were facing a dilemma in terms of their reproduction. Their number was growing smaller as time passed by. If a war started between two clans, the consequences would be dire. The involved clans would suffer great damages, and the other clans might take that opportunity to take advantage and overpower them. Everything would eventually be in disarray. Because of this, the major clans of the spiritual race weren't able to move freely and take action against the Heavenly Demon Clan like they did to the Butterfly Divine Clan back then.

On the other hand, the Heavenly Demon Clan was pretty smart. They were so careful with their actions so as not to provoke the major clans of the spiritual race. Previously, they even set a plot to ally themselves with the Wood Clan. However, that plan was ruined by Rocky. It was pretty obvious that their main goal was to acquire the legendary guardian beast of the Wood Clan. Unlike the other spiritual race clans, the Heavenly Demon Clan didn't have its own legendary guardian beast. Even if they possessed two spiritual treasures, they weren't satisfied. After all, spiritual treasures were not something that could be readily used by any member of the spiritual race. Only powerful spiritual masters that were recognized by the spiritual treasures would be able to use them. Therefore, even though they had two precious spiritual treasures, there was still a possibility that they might not be able to use them.

In comparison, it was more practical to seek for legendary guardian beasts. Although they might not be as powerful as the spiritual treasures, they could be enhanced over time and reach a level that was as powerful as a half-god or even stronger.

For example, the descendant of an ancient spiritual beast without a soul possessed by Rocky was so powerful that the spiritual masters of the Wood Clan couldn't do anything to defeat it. In the end, they could only resort to taking its soul away. The legendary guardian beasts were transformed from the nine strongest ancient spiritual beasts that were born in the same era when the spiritual race was born. To say the least, such beasts were extremely powerful that they were coveted by many.