Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 726 A New Shadow

Once he killed the four masters of the Heavenly Stage, Rocky turned to Alston once again. He walked with a menacing glare, his Frozen Wind Dagger with Flaming Blade held adeptly with steady hands.

It was at this time that the black-robed spirit manipulator, Barry, blocked Rocky from moving forward. He had seen Rocky's fierce power before, so he didn't even think of underestimating him, as he tried with all his strength to take up the gauntlet. He summoned his spirit-manipulated beast that resembled a three-head cow, tall and strong, with nostrils that blew hot air as it breathed, and a body that emitted heat and steam. It was a Flaming Minotaur, a spiritual beast at the fourth grade of the four-star level.

Meanwhile, the four spirit-manipulated beasts who were besieging Uriah went out of control, as soon as their masters, the four warriors of the Heavenly Stage died. They scattered like frightened sheep, as Uriah flew back to Rocky, but because of its battle with the four spirit-manipulated beasts, it was also exhausted and injured. Consequently, it had no advantage over the uninjured Flaming Minotaur that Barry summoned.

Barry had reached the eighth grade of the Heavenly Stage, which meant that he was one level higher than Rocky.

But all those odds meant nothing to Rocky since he was dead-set on his revenge. He swore that no one could stop what would happen next, not even if it was the gods themselves that had blocked his way, he would still fight back just to take his revenge!

Of course, this battle was more difficult, since unlike the four masters of the Heavenly Stage, Barry wouldn't give even an inch to Rocky. Before Rocky could move, Barry had flashed like a ghost and quickly appeared before Rocky. He threw a hard punch which was too quick to be seen with the naked eye, and within a second, it was just an inch away from Rocky's chest. The spiritual power condensed and encircled Barry's fist, and it formed a spiral force that appeared somewhat like a miniature drill. It pulverized Rocky's clothes into tiny pieces, even when the punch was yet to touch Rocky in any way.

But Rocky was also quick on the draw, as he immediately turned his hand and wielded his Frozen Wind Dagger. He cut along his chest which forced Barry to stop his fist, but at the same time, Barry launched another punch with the same strong spiral force with a mix of Wind spiritual power. It went straight for Rocky, fast as the wind.

This time, it was too close for Rocky to avoid it completely, and the attack brushed against his right shoulder. And although it didn't hit his body head-on, the part where it hit bled profusely, and the muscles and ligaments were torn, revealing the white of his bones. Rocky didn't have time to recover, as Barry continued to attack him with strong fists.

"The way he attacks is almost the same as Dunn..." Rocky's eyes widened in realization, as he saw the similarity between Barry and Dunn, in which they used special cultivated spiritual power. Since Barry was a Timber spirit manipulator with Wind nature, he could throw very quick punches with the help of the Wind spiritual power.

But despite Barry's relentless attacks, Rocky didn't show any weakness. He defended his vital parts from the punches with all his strength, as he waved his Frozen Wind Dagger and formed the Moon Blade to fight back. Soon, he managed to distance himself from Barry and his attacks.

Their fight went on for a while until both of them were exhausted, but neither could get the upper hand.

Uriah and the Flaming Minotaur were also in an intense fight. Although Uriah could fly to the sky, and in theory, it could dash up and down to attack the Flaming Minotaur, it still couldn't get the upper hand. As they were both beasts with a Fire nature, the Flaming Minotaur was able to stand up to Uriah's Evil Flame, and besides that, the Flaming Minotaur could spit flaming waves and had the brute strength of ten beasts.

When Alston noticed that Rocky could keep up with his strongest man, his expression became more serious, and his eyes flashed with strong murderous intent.

Meanwhile, no matter how fierce Barry's offensive was, Rocky continued to fight back with no signs of exhaustion or hesitation. All of a sudden, he purposely failed to dodge Barry's punch, and its impact caused him to spit a mouthful of blood. Despite the pain, he moved quickly and grabbed Barry's fist with his left hand, so that he couldn't move away. In a succeeding move, he shot out the third attack of the spiritual martial arts in the Demonic Fire Codex—Fire Sea.

Soon, Rocky gained an upsurge of spiritual power, and it was like his whole body was engulfed by fire. Then, the flaming spiritual power changed into terrifying waves that rushed to sweep Barry off his feet.

This surprised Barry at first, but he took a deep breath and gathered his spiritual power from head to toe. In an instant, a fierce gale sprang up around Barry.

Their spiritual power of two opposing properties collided and entangled with each other fiercely. The Wind and the Fire power soared to the sky and stirred up dirt and leaves around them, just like a tornado. The dust and sand made it hard to see, as the particles clouded the whole sky.

At last, Rocky's flaming wave excelled and overshadowed Barry's windy vortex. Barry was caught unprepared as the flaming wave pounced on him and blew him away. His clothes were torn on impact, and some parts were still in flames. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, as he panted harshly for breath.

The reason why Rocky won was that the special spiritual power Barry cultivated had a fatal weakness. It had a weak defense, which Rocky took advantage of, to the extent that Barry even let himself be punched.

At that moment, as Rocky tried to recover his breath from the intense fight, he suddenly sensed that someone strong was approaching him. Whoever he was, he had the strength of the Supernal Stage, and violent thunder accompanied him as he approached quickly.

Rocky swiftly raised his left arm in defense, and the Dragon Spirit Mark on it instantly flew up and formed a dragon, which in turn formed an absorbing vortex.

Bang!

The Fire and the Thunder spiritual power crashed, and vivid lights exploded in all directions.

Rocky could sense that his vortex was absorbing some spiritual power which was too much for his body to bear, but when he was about to release the spiritual power, a lengthy dragon-like spear dashed over his throat.

Rocky's eyes widened in alarm, and he had to forcibly swallow the spiritual power. But it was too much, and he couldn't help but spit it back out together with a mouthful of blood. He hastily retreated to avoid the long spear.

"How could you withstand that?" Alston muttered in astonishment, the long dragon-like spear gleaming in his hand. He expected Rocky to have consumed most of his physical and spiritual power after he fought with Barry, so he didn't expect him to withstand his attack.

"That's a Spiritual Weapon?" Rocky asked impassively. He wasn't showing it, but he was exhausted and injured. He knew that with a Spiritual Weapon in the hands, Alston could be unbeatable. "What? Did you think you're the only one who can handle one? Let me show you the power of my Thunder Dragon Spear!” Alston declared and immediately waved his spear toward Rocky. Instantly, spiritual power rushed out of the Thunder Dragon Spear, which turned into a dragon snake with its mouth wide open. It was accompanied by the sound of thunder, and electricity buzzed and covered it, as it extended its mouth to devour Rocky.

Rocky immediately flipped his Frozen Wind Dagger and slashed out a black Moon Blade, and the Thunder Dragon Spear and the black Moon Blade collided with each other. Soon, the black Moon Blade was devoured by the spear, as the dragon snake shadow also rushed up to engulf Rocky.