Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 663 Marching Towards The Enemy Line

Rocky discovered something new from the brain surgery he performed on the wild spirit- manipulated beasts in the Spiritual Fairyland. As it turned out, the brains of spirit-manipulated beasts were just like computers with self-updating ability. If some programs of a computer were damaged, the computer would neither work nor update its software. Similar things would happen to spirit-manipulated beasts’ brains if their cerebral cortices were damaged.

Because of that, damages to a spirit-manipulated beast's brain should be prevented by not stimulating its cerebral cortex. But not stimulating its cerebral cortex also meant that the wild spirit- manipulated beast could not be deprived of its self-consciousness. The only way Rocky could come up with to solve this dilemma was to block the cerebral cortices. Blocking some programs in a computer would disable some functions in the said computer, but the computer itself could still accept instructions given to it. Likewise, blocking a beast's cerebral cortex would still allow the beast's brain to read the instruction, but the cerebral cortex would be incapable of following it. This method would allow the beast's brain to function normally and cause its cerebral cortex to lose its function at the same time.

This kind of theory had undoubtedly gone out of the scope of science and technology. In other words, it was something that could not be resolved only with science and technology—it would not be easy to put such theory into action.

But this was not a problem for Rocky. He had already come up with a solution. He wanted to put something he had learned into use. It was a kind of masterstroke unrivaled in this era—the Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill.

As everyone knew, the state of a spirit-manipulated beast's spiritual source was closely related to the condition of its whole body, and the spiritual source also controlled the beast's whole body— including its brain—through its spiritual meridians. The Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill was a miraculous skill that would allow one to go inside the body of a spirit-manipulated beast and access its spiritual source. What Rocky wanted to do was to use the skill to go inside the brain of the spirit- manipulated beast, find the spiritual meridian that controlled the cerebral cortex, and disable it, consequently blocking the cerebral cortex's function. What would not change was that the cerebral cortex would still be under the control of the brain. It would just lose control of the spiritual source and could no longer follow the instructions given by the brain.

However, everything was always easier said than done. Rocky was but an amateur regarding the Mysterious Beast Transformation Skill. For him, to do such a detailed and precise operation was even more complicated than connecting through spiritual power. But giving up was never an option for Rocky. The more difficult the challenge was, the more persistent he would be.

In order to find the location of the targeted spiritual meridian, he had to first build a spiritual power bridge. It would not be easy for there were tens of thousands of spiritual meridians inside a spirit- manipulated beast. Experienced as Rocky was, he naturally had his own way. He would stimulate the cerebral cortex to cause some vibrations. Once the cerebral cortex was stimulated, the meridian that vibrated was the spiritual meridian he targeted. Luckily, it worked—he managed to find the spiritual meridian that controlled the cerebral cortex.

The next step after finding the spiritual meridian he targeted was to cut it off. But considering that some mutations occurred the last time Rocky made a spiritual power connection, what would happen this time if he cut off a spiritual meridian remained unpredictable. Therefore, Rocky had to be extremely careful when he entered the beasts brain. He had to slowly break down the connection between the spiritual meridian and the cerebral cortex using his evil spiritual power. Right at the moment the spiritual meridian got separated from the cortex, the situation suddenly became volatile. Soon, the spiritual meridian shook and twisted randomly just like a writhing snake, and spiritual power constantly leaked out if it. The spirit-manipulated beast also began to show rejection towards Rocky's spiritual sense.

If Rocky's spiritual sense was thoroughly ejected from its body, the experiment would be a total failure. Moreover, he would also be at a high risk of being devoured by that spiritual power. That being the case, his top priority now was to come up with a solution immediately.

Just as the situation got more and more urgent, Rocky suddenly had an epiphany. He tried to fuse the spiritual meridian he just cut off with other spiritual meridians, then used his spiritual power to patch them up. After a series of treatments, that spiritual meridian fused completely with other spiritual meridians in the brain, and the situation finally started to stabilize.

It was only then did Rocky put his guard down and come out of the wild spirit-manipulated beast's brain

This wild spirit-manipulated beast—or Experiment No.1 as Rocky called it—seemed to be in stable condition after the spiritual meridian-cutting surgery, so Rocky took it out of the laboratory and locked it up in isolation as he wanted to observe it for a few days.

Once he finished everything, Rocky left the Magic Spiritual Space, sent the four beasts back into the Magic Spiritual Space, and went back to the Crimson Dragon Army's base. The Crimson Dragon Army was about to reach the left wing of the Timber Deity Empire's defensive line and fight against the Roaring Flame Empire's army of fifty thousand forces. As the Commander in Chief, Rocky naturally ought to be there in the battle and lead them.

When the sky darkened, the Crimson Dragon Army, which had been lying in wait, started to continue their march towards the left wing of the Timber Deity Empire's defensive line.

After walking for one whole day and one whole night, the Crimson Dragon Army finally arrived at the perimeter of the left wing of the Timber Deity Empire's defensive line. They pitched camps five miles away from the defensive line, got themselves settled and prepared for the oncoming bloody battle.

On the other side, the Roaring Flame Empire had placed fifty thousand forces on the left wing of the Timber Deity Empire's defensive line to build a stronghold and wait for the battle.

Rocky had received a tip that total changes had been made in the defensive line of the Timber Deity Empire. After the Roaring Flame Empire sent fifty thousand forces to support the Timber Deity Empire, the Timber Deity Empire only left ten thousand men in the right wing of their defensive line. The middle part of the defensive line had also been pushed towards the border of the Misty Plain, and the defense there had also been tightened. In other words, the forty thousand forces from the Magic Dragon Army heading towards the right wing would only have to deal with ten thousand men of the Timber Deity Empire. It seemed, winning on the right wing would be as easy as blowing off dust.

By contrast, the fifty thousand forces of the Roaring Flame Empire standing before them here on the left wing were just like the Alps. Rocky was under tremendous pressure. After all, he had to win a battle against fifty thousand soldiers with less than thirty thousand men. It was quite like striking a rock with an egg.

Nevertheless, Rocky had expected all of these.

"Head Allen, how's the investigation about the Roaring Flame Empire's army going?" Rocky, who was poring over a topographic map of the area, asked when he saw Allen walk into the commander-in-chief's tent.

"Commander in Chief, I come to report something. The Elite Regiment's scout we sent to the Roaring Flame Empire's army base just returned with detailed information,” Allen answered with a slight smile.

"And?" Rocky raised his head and looked at Allen.

"This time, the person acting as Commander in Chief for the Roaring Flame Empire's army is some kind of big shot. People called him Blood Lord Leo, and he's reached the fifth grade of the Supernal Stage already. Rumor has it that even the devil will take a detour when they see him. He's just been conferred as Duke of Loyalty and Valor, and he's even been granted a military right to lead an army of one hundred thousand men by the emperor of the Roaring Flame Empire,” said Allen.

"Blood Lord Leo? The name sounds creepy,” Rocky said mockingly.

"Blood Lord Leo is infamous for his cold-bloodedness. He can kill without even batting an eyelid. He's wicked, merciless, and cruel. However, he's indeed a competent and skilled army leader. When I was in the Roaring Flame Empire, I often heard about him too. It is said that Blood Lord Leo never lost even once in the wars against other countries during these past few years—he's not one to be looked down upon,” Allen continued to explain.

"Is that so? It seems... the battle against the Roaring Flame Empire's army will be a very fierce one,” Rocky said with a dry tone. And yet, there was nothing on his expression but utmost self- confidence. It was as if the fifty thousand men of the Roaring Flame Empire were not up too much in his eyes.