Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 267 Rocky's Excellent Plan

On the far end of the battlefield, the wild spirit-manipulated beasts closely followed the Dark Heaven Insect. The Dark Heaven Insect was of the third grade of three-star level. Majority of the wild beasts there were above two-star level while several were of three-star level. They were all extremely feral. The Timber Deity Empire troops possessed no more than one thousand soldiers including a few spirit-manipulated beasts. But most of the soldiers were so overwhelmed and frightened by the sheer number of untamed and savage beasts before them that they ran in every direction wanting to get away from the area as fast as possible. The battle quickly degenerated into pure chaos. Only the spirit-manipulators that had their own spirit-manipulated beasts stayed to fight against the wild beasts.

The disarray lasted for some time before the commander of the Timber Deity Empire invaders was able to take control of his troops. He slowly but purposely created defensive formations to defend against the rampaging feral beasts. It took some time but the Timber invaders eventually had started to take control of the situation.

To their surprise, the troops of the northern sky military camp that they had attacked mere minutes ago had disappeared. The commander of the Timber Deity Empire was angry and displeased with this turn of events. He started to wonder why the feral beasts rushed at his men instead of the troops of the northern sky military camp. “Something does not add up, * he thought to himself. When the Timber troops and the feral beasts started to be locked in a stalemate, Rocky decided to seize the situation and let off a whistled signal to Uriah. Uriah immediately positioned itself in front of the Dark Heaven Insect and moved back and forth as if to draw the attention of the Insect.

The insect immediately caught the scent of Uriah. Its instincts brought it into a near-frenzy state and immediately went after Uriah. With Uriah's mission completed, it now ran towards Rocky's position with the insect in close pursuit.

Upon seeing this development, Rocky then ran towards the northern side of the military camp with Rubygon. Uriah ran closely to Rocky's movements. And the Dark Heaven Insect followed Uriah closely as well.

At the same time, the commander of the northern sky military camp gave the command to his troops to occupy the advantageous position of the northern side of the camp. The battle formation was optimized for an effective ambush at this position. The only thing left for them to do was to wait patiently like hunters waiting for their prey to fall into their trap.

The spirit manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire saw the Dark Heaven Insect getting lured away. Everyone knew how rare and precious the insect was especially at its current level. They knew that they would not be able to capture the insect, but they hoped that they could kill it at least and get an advanced Dark Heaven Egg.

The effect of an advanced Dark Heaven Egg was more powerful than an intermediate Dark Heaven Egg. Even the total effect of several intermediate Dark Heaven Eggs would not be able to match the effect of an advanced Dark Heaven Egg.

As Rocky expected, after Uriah lured the Dark Heaven Insect, most of the spirit manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire would not be able to resist the urge to give chase, leaving the fight against the feral beasts. The timber spirit manipulators including two at the Heavenly Stage left their positions and chased the Dark Heaven Insect. They all wanted to kill the Dark Heaven Insect and obtain the Dark Heaven Egg. The commander of the Timber invaders decided not to join the chase even though he was a spirit manipulator at the Heaven Stage as well

No less than ten spirit manipulators from the Timber Deity Empire's troops gave chase. The defensive formation weakened because of the posts left by the spirit manipulators that decided to chase the Dark Heaven Insect. This made the formation fail to maintain the push against the feral beasts that attacked them. The previously controlled situation on the battlefield quickly degenerated into chaos once more.

The commander of the invaders was angered when he saw the situation quickly descended into chaos once more. And yet he was unable to do anything to keep the spirit manipulators behind to maintain the defensive formation. He knew that they simply cannot give up the chance to kill the Dark Heaven Insect and obtain the Dark Heaven Egg. He too was a spirit manipulator who knew the benefits of the Dark Heaven Egg and yet he cannot leave his troops and join the chase. If he did this, the remaining soldiers would once more feel desperate and break formation to escape. The commander did not like the cost of leaving his soldiers behind to chase the Dark Heaven Insect. He knew he had to stay and keep the situation under control despite the other spirit manipulators leaving to chase the Dark Heaven Insect.

In the meantime, the Dark Heaven Insect tirelessly chased Uriah and they soon reached the ambuscade. The commander of the northern sky military camp was amazed that Rocky's plan worked. Rocky was able to lure the Dark Heaven Insect there.

Not long after, the spirit manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire who closely followed the Dark Heaven Insect soon entered the ambuscade as well.

Two of the spirit manipulators of the Timber Deity Empire were of the Heavenly Stage. Their combined strength was therefore something that should not be taken lightly. However, the northern sky military camp also had twenty spirit manipulators and no less than one thousand soldiers. Even though the combined power of the northern sky military camp's spirit manipulators may be inferior to the Timber invader’s spirit manipulators, factoring in the soldiers that fought with them made the whole a force to be reckoned with. Moreover, these soldiers were the camp's elite force who served as its main fighting army. The commander of the camp was sure they would be able to win this battle.

"Attack!" The spirit manipulators and soldiers of the camp all sprang into action when the commander issued the command. They rushed to overwhelm the Timber invaders who fell into their ambush.

The defenders of the camp were tactically superior both in raw force and in position. Without the support of the rest of the Timber invaders, the small group of spirit manipulators from the Timber Deity Empire were badly over-matched.

And they were surrounded by soldiers on all sides before they even realized what was happening. The timber spirit manipulators eventually realized the folly of their greed. They fell into the trap of the camp defenders. From a distance, they watched Uriah lead the Dark Heaven Insect farther away. They refocused themselves and tried to break the perimeter that surrounded them

The timber spirit manipulators would have been a formidable fighting force if only they fought as a single unit. But they fought individually with their minds still fixed in obtaining the Dark Heaven Egg instead of combining their strengths in order to possibly win the ordeal that was before them. Under such mindset, the timber spirit manipulators fought recklessly. They wanted to break free of the perimeter in order to save time to chase after the Dark Heaven Insect. But their efforts were like the reeds against a raging storm. Their efforts were met by a greater force that threatened to crush and overwhelm them.

This was a moment for vengeance. The defenders of the northern sky military camp focused their attacks as a single unit and attacked the timber spirit manipulators with the fury of soldiers that had been shown cruelty just minutes ago.

The timber spirit manipulators were angry and desperate at the same time. They were angry at the camp defenders for putting up this trap for them. They were desperate for they realized the hopeless state that they found themselves in. What they did not know was that the entire string of events were planned by Rocky and not the defenders of the northern sky military camp. Rocky now ran towards a remote forest as Uriah lured the insect further. It seemed that everything happened according to Rocky's plan.

When they were safely concealed inside the forest, Rocky checked if any timber spirit manipulator still followed behind. Satisfied that no one else followed them into the forest, Rocky removed the traces that were left behind by Uriah. Now, no one would know that the Dark Heaven Insect had become Rocky's prey.

Uriah continued to lure the insect until they reached an opening among a group of trees deep in the forest. Rocky and Rubygon also ran into the same opening.

The Dark Heaven Insect was soon overwhelmed by Rocky, Rubygon and Uriah all at the same time. "Greetings my dear prey! You now have no way of escape!" Rocky said with a tone of delight. He knew that once he killed this Dark Heaven Insect and obtained its advanced Dark Heaven Egg, he would then be able to refine the egg to get enough spirit energy to increase his own capacity.