Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 119 A New Life

Just before arriving at the Gehenna Border, Rocky and Uriah had almost fully recovered. Although the power of the Holy Dragon Bead had long been sealed by Marcia, Rocky was pleasantly surprised to find that the spiritual power at the first grade of the Earthly Stage that originally belonged to him was still at his disposal at the moment. He sighed in relief. At least he still had this.

However, since the power of the Holy Dragon Bead had been sealed, and the special devouring power that existed before was now completely useless, Rocky was no different from an ordinary spirit manipulator at the first grade of the Earthly Stage.

And when those royal spirit manipulators saw that Rocky and Uriah had just recovered from their injuries and their strength had even returned to normal, they were all startled. Their surprise came from the fact that just a few days ago, when they had thrown Rocky and Uriah to the carriage, Rocky seemed to be as weak as a cripple and even unable to move. His beast, meanwhile, seemed to have only half a breath left and looked as if it could die at any second.

Despite the fact that only a few days had passed since they were injured, Rocky and Uriah turned out to become safe and sound, as if nothing had even happened to them. It was quite surprising that they had such an amazing recovery ability, which really made the royal spirit manipulators present scratch their heads in confusion.

The Gehenna Border was the only area in the Wild Spirit Land that did not have any ownership or jurisdiction. However, since it was located in the center of the Wild Spirit Land, it tended to become a distribution center for spirit manipulators who could no longer lead a decent life. Most of them were extremely evil criminals, with strengths ranging from very strong to very weak. However, it was beyond doubt that they almost all belonged to gangsters or bandits who burned houses, killed innocent people, raped women, and committed all kinds of offenses against the laws and their fellow humans. And as a zone between several countries, it had also become a region where wars frequently occurred. Therefore, these spirit manipulators often became hired mercenaries of various countries and served the one that offered higher prices.

At the same time, there were many wild spirit-manipulated beasts in the Gehenna Border, and they were mainly war beasts. Of course, there were also extremely rare spiritual beasts among them. Due to different living areas, those wild spirit-manipulated beasts were not as strong as those found in the mysterious and miraculous place, which was only accessible to the spirit manipulators above the Heavenly Stage. However, because many scuffles took place in this area, even the weakest war beasts displayed strength that was equivalent to a spirit manipulator at the fifth-grade of the Mortal Stage. Meanwhile, the stronger ones even showed strength above the level of the Earthly Stage! Of course, there were also spiritual beasts that had an amazing growth power.

All these different factors had rendered the Gehenna Border an even more dangerous and perilous place.

It was said that if you wanted to survive in the Gehenna Border, you had to remain extremely alert at all times to keep vigilant against any danger that could come your way. What's worse, you had to become a cruel person devoid of any compassion towards others. Everyone living here met a struggle of life and death, and "the law of the jungle" was the governing policy in this forsaken place. As soon as spirit manipulators entered the Gehenna Border, they became very cautious, despite the fact that they had once been very arrogant. Along the way, they were very careful to avoid being attacked by evil spirit manipulators or wild spirit-manipulated beasts. At last, the carriage carrying Rocky and Uriah had finally reached its destination without incident. They had arrived at a small military camp stationed in the northeast side of the Gehenna Border.

One of the royal spirit manipulators showed his identification to the camp's guard, and after briefly talking with the guard, he walked back and motioned for Rocky and Uriah to get off the carriage at once. After that, the royal spirit manipulators hastily hurried off with the empty carriage.

Rocky stood in front of the military camp, patting Uriah's head as he looked around. He could see that the military camp was located in a flat and desolate area, surrounded by vast and endless land. From time to time, there were strong winds that blew in forceful gusts here, and the yellow sand would swirl into the sky and make it dark. This place was extremely desolate.

Not far ahead, Rocky could faintly see the flames of wars, as well as the defective weapons and worn armor scattering on the ground. It seemed that not long before their arrival, there had just been a fierce battle.

Just then, a middle-aged man came out of the military camp. He was dressed in a gray-blue military robe. His eyes looked smart and brimmed with radiating vigor. He had purposely grown a beard on his chin, so as to make himself look very dignified.

"You. Come with me now." He motioned for Rocky to follow him, after giving them a thorough once-over.

Soon afterwards, Rocky and Uriah followed the middle-aged man all the way into the military camp. To their surprise, they discovered that the whole military camp was not as small as they thought. Its edges could hardly be seen. Shortly after entering, Rocky saw a large battlefield on which thousands of soldiers were lining up in several special formations at the moment. They were having training on the battlefield now, making howls from time to time, which made the army have even stronger momentum. For a while, the powerful formations kicked up dust all over the sky.

After passing through the battlefield and turning a corner, Rocky saw many spirit manipulators practicing on a training ground. Their strength was almost between the Mortal Stage and the Earthly Stage. Among them, the best spirit manipulators were only at the first grade of the Earthly Stage, but their number was also extremely few. Disappointingly, the others were only at the Mortal Stage. The spirit-manipulated beasts beside them were just as weak, for they were basically at the one-star level. Even the number of two-star spirit-manipulated beasts was few. Of course, there were no spirit-manipulated beasts comparable to his Uriah in this place.

"Do all the spirit manipulators in this battlefield only have that low level of strength?" Rocky asked the middle-aged man beside him, feeling quite surprised.

The middle-aged man immediately looked at him with a stunned expression. "Where the hell has this guy come from? His strength is obviously very weak, so how can he even dare to look down upon the spirit manipulators here with such an arrogant attitude?"

Of course, his doubt was quite reasonable. Firstly, because of the Holy Dragon Bead, Rocky's aura was very strange, and his appearance gave off the illusion that his strength was extremely weak, making it impossible for others to guess his real strength. Secondly, after the power of the Holy Dragon Bead was forcibly sealed by Marcia, Rocky's breath became even weaker. Therefore, when judging from his appearance, it seemed that he was only at the second or third grade of the Mortal Stage. Besides, the middle-aged man was not a beast evaluator, so he had no way of knowing that Uriah had the strength at the second grade of the three-star level. His appraisal of Rocky as a very weak spirit manipulator was only to be expected.

Rocky had been used to seeing the royal spirit manipulators with extraordinary strength above the Heavenly Stage in the Palace City. He had no idea that the Mortal Stage level in such a battlefield on the border was the typical strength. After all, ordinary spirit manipulators and royal spirit manipulators were totally different.

Royal spirit manipulators could acquire a certain strength bases by integrating the Dragon Spirit Bead, while ordinary spirit manipulators could acquire a certain strength only by integrating the spiritual power through continuous efforts of their own. In other words, the cultivation of ordinary spiritual manipulators from the Mortal Stage to the Earthly Stage was as difficult as that of royal spiritual manipulators from the Earthly Stage to the Heavenly Stage. It could be seen how difficult it was for ordinary spirit manipulators to practice.

This was why royal spirit manipulators were regarded as the elite strength of the Holy Dragon Empire, because their potential and growth power were beyond that of ordinary spirit manipulators. The fact that only twenty to thirty royal spirit manipulators emerged every year made them an extremely rare group.

Therefore, in this small military camp, a spirit manipulator at the Earthly Stage was already considered powerful. If a spirit manipulator was at the preliminary level of the Heavenly Stage, he could have a strength equal to that of a commander of a small military camp. Meanwhile, stronger spirit manipulators could only be seen in larger military camps.

The spirit manipulators that Rocky saw in front of him were all considered as part of an elite troop of spirit manipulators in this small military camp.

Of course, in the cruel battlefield, sometimes strength was not even the most important thing. Even if you were a spirit manipulator at the Earthly Stage, it was quite easy to lose your life if you were careless in the unpredictable fighting ground. Therefore, in order to survive in harsh environment, one needed not only strong perseverance and faith, but also luck and sharpness.

After bypassing the training ground, Rocky saw rows of shabby houses, which contained the very basic function of keeping out the wind and rain for the inhabitants. At the end of a row of houses, the middle-aged man stopped, pointing to a most shabby-looking house. Expressionless, he told Rocky, "This is where you will live from now on. My name is Cliff Li, and I am the officer in charge of this military camp. I am responsible for the daily affairs and work of the spirit manipulators. There are many places in this military camp with important military secrets, so if you have nothing else to do, you should stay in the house first and don't move around at will. Later I will send someone to tell you about the rules of the military camp, for there are some other things for you to pay attention to."

Rocky nodded with a frown. After watching Cliff leave, he stepped forward and pushed open the door, which was slightly shining through the crack of the door in endless dark. With a gust of wind and accompanied by some dust, a pungent musty smell came to his nostrils. Rocky grimaced.