CHAPTER 153 SEARCHING FOR THE TREASURES

Now that Rocky had found the odd red light in his spiritual flame, he used his skills to try and separate

the red light from it. Hours had passed by, and sweat was trickling down his face as he tried to separate

it in vain. It seemed that the red light was completely fused with his spiritual flame. He couldn't separate

it or manipulate it, no matter how hard he tried. His failure to separate the red light also meant that he

was currently unable to use the spiritual power of the red light, which represented the nature of Fire.

"It seems that without the power of the Holy Dragon Bead, it is impossible to manipulate the power of

the red light. It can be only manipulated by the dragon spiritual power," Rocky murmured to himself.

Yet, he was unwilling to give up so easily. He concentrated long and hard and began to try other ways

to do it. Yet, after making several attempts, he was still unable to separate the red light from his

spiritual flame. Rocky knew he had to give up trying for now as he had a more pressing matter to deal

with at that moment. So, he put it aside and then continued to absorb the spiritual power of the Dark

Heaven Egg at the medium grade.

He kept absorbing such spiritual power for about a whole night. He concentrated on absorbing the

spiritual power and he could feel it flowing through his veins.

The sky was still gray and the sun hadn't risen yet when a nebula light bright like a yellow jewel began

to shine abruptly. It came inside the col where Rocky was hiding for his secret cultivation. The streams

of its halo which were like ripples on the lake spread around the area. Meanwhile, countless sand and

stones were floating around and continued to revolve around slowly under the influence of the

spreading nebulae light.

The next second, within the nebulae light, Rocky opened his eyes abruptly. His eyes turned sharp and

fierce. His heartbeat quickened and his whole body pulsed with power.

Boom, boom, boom...

The moment Rocky opened his eyes, the sand and stones floating in the air exploded like they were

out of control. Immediately, the sand fog was spreading all over the sky. Afterwards, the light of the

nebulae continued to fade slowly, and the breath of a spirit manipulator at the second grade of the

Earthly Stage appeared in an instant. Through the help of the spiritual power of the Dark Heaven Egg

and a night's hard practice, he finally finished his cultivation and reached the second grade of the

Earthly Stage.

"This Dark Heaven Egg is really awesome!" Rocky exclaimed. He could feel the energy coursing

through his veins. Despite his excitement, he soon regulated his breathing and calmed his body so that

nobody would find out his real strength. After composing himself, he jumped out of the rock where he

was sitting.

Uriah, Rocky's war beast, was lying aside to take care of Rubygon. It sensed that its master had made

a breakthrough in his strength and immediately roared excitedly, "Howl!" Even Uriah was excited that

Rocky had made such progress.

'Unexpectedly, a Dark Heaven Egg at the medium grade could offer me quite enough spiritual power

that I needed to reach the second grade of the Earthly Stage. But now there's only one left. It seems

that if I want to make a breakthrough and reach the third grade, I have to get some more Dark Heaven

Eggs. Even getting the ones at the primary grade will be fine for me. To get more of the Eggs, I have to

start my plan right away, ' Rocky thought.

In fact, when he helped to cure Jackson's wound yesterday, he had already thought of a good plan.

Since the magical saliva had a special attraction to the Dark Heaven Insects, he could use it to capture

more of them and breed them secretly. In this way, he would have enough Dark Heaven Eggs to

improve his strength and finally reach the Heavenly Stage.

Of course, even though he had figured out such a good plan, it was very difficult to implement it. He

also had to be very careful to make sure no one would figure out what he was doing. The whole plan

would be very tricky. The nests of the Dark Heaven Insects could have been anywhere under the

Gehenna Boarder, and according to some historical records along with Rocky's calculation, there were

less than 20 Dark Heaven Insects in the whole Gehenna Border. Therefore, it was very difficult to

locate where these nests of the Dark Heaven Insects were. It was impossible to dig the whole Gehenna

Border to search for the Dark Heaven Insects. In addition, this was only the first problem to be solved.

More tricky problems would definitely occur once he carried out his plan. He had to be able to

foreshadow the possible problems he might encounter.

Fortunately, Rocky was actually from the modern world. He was equipped with modern knowledge and

ideas that people in his current world would have a hard time imagining. So despite all the possible

difficulties, he already had some ideas about how to find the nests of the Dark Heaven Insects.

After leaving the col with Uriah and Rubygon, he returned to the village in the east to ask Sue for help

in taking care of his Rubygon. After that, he took Uriah back to the military camp, and then found Thor

and Joss.

"Captain, where have you been? We've been looking for you all morning," Thor and Joss said eagerly.

As soon as they saw Rocky, they looked like they saw a living god. Their smiles were so wide that it

reached their eyes. The only difference was that they didn't kneel down and worship Rocky. Their

worship, of course, was because Rocky had rescued them several times and already became a very

famous figure in the military camp.

Rocky rolled his eyes and asked, "Thor, does the sixth squad have any patrol task today?"

"Yes, we have. We were about to look for you and report to you about that, Captain…" Thor said and

nodded at once.

"All right! You two gather the other spirit manipulators now and we'll set out for the task immediately. By

the way, ask everyone to bring a spade, a rope and a hook..." Rocky nodded and ordered. His plan was

already in place. Being a captain did come in handy for situations like this. He didn't choose to be

captain, but he might as well use its benefits.

"Captain, why do we need to bring these things?" Joss asked curiously. He thought those things were Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

not useful for the patrol task. Rocky narrowed his eyes. They shouldn't ask too much about his

intentions.

"Why do you have to ask? Just follow my order. I'll wait for you at the gate of the military camp. You all

meet me there within five minutes!" Rocky said sternly. He then took Uriah to the gate at once.

Although Thor and Joss were surprised to see that Rocky was so mysterious, they still trusted Rocky

and immediately went to summon the other spirit manipulators of the sixth squad.

It wasn't long before the well-prepared sixth squad and Rocky met at the place hundreds of meters

away from the military camp.

"Captain, the area we are going to patrol today is…" When Thor attempted to report to Rocky the area

they were to patrol that day, he was abruptly cut off. "Before carrying out our patrol task, we have to go

to a place first. Follow me!" Rocky said simply. After that, he and Uriah turned around and left.

The sixth squad's spirit manipulators immediately looked confused as this wasn't part of their task.

They didn't know where Rocky was taking them. For a moment, they furrowed their eyebrows and

wondered where they were going. Yet, for them, Rocky was a god-like existence, and no matter what

Rocky told them to do, they would follow his order.

Thus, the sixth squad soon caught up with Rocky. They shook away their doubts and trusted his

leadership.

Led by Rocky, the sixth squad came to the village where the tragedy took place yesterday. The sixth

squad gaped at the sight. When they arrived there, it was completely deserted. Most of the houses

were burned to ruins, and the dead villagers were already buried based on Marin's order. All they knew

was that all the people in this village were dead except for the one who had been saved by Rocky.

Now, the village could also be regarded as a ghost village. It seemed rather spooky even in broad

daylight, with fog floating around it.

"Captain, what are we doing here?" Joss asked timidly. He was carefully looking around for fear that

something would pop up all of a sudden. Even the other spirit manipulators of the sixth squad were

wondering what they were doing there. They were all distressed by that place and wanted to leave as

soon as they could.

Instead of answering Joss's question, Rocky went straight to the entrance of the Dark Heaven Insect's

cave which he had discovered yesterday. Because the ground formation of the village was relatively

soft, the entrance had completely collapsed and was filled with sand and stone. Now, only a large pit

was in view.

"Start digging from here," Rocky said to the sixth squad's spirit manipulators while pointing to the large

pit.

The sixth squad's spirit manipulators looked at Rocky in confusion. They were all at a loss as to why

they should dig there.

"Captain, what are we going to do?" Thor and Joss couldn't help but ask.

"There are treasures down there, and whoever dug them can have them," Rocky said nonchalantly.

As soon as they heard their captain's words, they got very excited and began to exclaim one after

another.

"Captain, are there really treasures down here?"

"If there are treasures down here, I'll become rich if I can find one."

"Captain, you are really nice and generous by taking us here to share the treasures."

They chattered in delight and gratitude. Soon, the other spirit manipulators jumped into the pit and dug

up crazily with the spades they brought with them. They dug so fast as if they would run out of

treasures if they didn't find it soon. The thought of treasures gave them the strength and the motivation

they did not know they had. Thor and Joss thought it was a little strange but they also jumped into the

pit and began to dig for treasures. Rocky had always been mysterious from the very start. This was just

one of many of his odd orders.

Of course, they wouldn't find any treasures below the pit. Rocky only used the treasures as the bait to

lure them into doing free labor. He knew he couldn't do it by himself even if he tried.

When Rocky saw the Dark Heaven Insect got out from the underground again yesterday, he guessed

that it planned to go back to its nest. From what he gathered, he believed that under the pit, there must

be an access to the Dark Heaven Insect's nest.

His goal was to go to the Dark Heaven Insect's nest to explore its every nook and cranny.