CHAPTER 187 GIVING A VIOLENT THRASHING

With a resounding boom, a fireball was catapulted from Uriah's tail and heavily hit the iron-hard shell of

the stronger three-star Dark Heaven Insect. With a shower of blinding sparks, its shell began to smoke.

A few meters away, Rocky could sense that Uriah had greatly weakened in physical strength and

speed. The Dark Heaven Insect seized the opportunity and struck at Uriah, wiping it out. Because of

the enormous consumption of its physical strength, Uriah rolled over on the ground before it could

stagger and stand up. Fortunately, it wasn't hurt badly.

Seeing Uriah being knocked down, Rocky was about to step in to offer some help. However, at the

moment, a beast as small as a dog ran out. Standing before Uriah, it made threatening gestures to the

Dark Heaven Insect, valiant despite its harmless size.

"Little Rubygon!" Rocky cried out. He was totally astounded when he recognized the small creature,

totally not expecting it to come rushing out to defend Uriah. However, Little Rubygon's power was

nowhere near the caliber of the Dark Heaven Insect.

The Dark Heaven Insect was visibly irritated by the small beast in front of it. Without hesitation, it ran

right at Little Rubygon, who would be killed or severely wounded if a collision happened. Rocky could

only watch in horror, with no time to save poor Little Rubygon.

But all of a sudden, a beast jumped forward to keep Little Rubygon behind it. It took the blow from the

collision of the Dark Heaven Insect. With a deafening bang, the impact wave spread to all directions,

dirt and stones flying as though they had been swept up in a hurricane. The ground was shrouded in

dust.

Uriah whimpered. It was completely exhausted and couldn't take it anymore, collapsing on the ground.

However, at the moment, the Dark Heaven Insect was preparing to launch a second attack. Uriah was

in a critical condition. Its life was in great peril!

"Whistle!" A bone arrow zoomed rapidly through the air, sinking neatly into the hind leg of the Dark

Heaven Insect. Pushed by the mighty momentum of the arrow, the Dark Heaven Insect lost its balance

and tumbled down on its back.

At the point, Rocky darted towards the Dark Heaven Insect, tightly clutching the Frozen Wind Dagger.

He stabbed its soft underside, and the Centipede-snake's venom seeped instantly into its bloodstream.

Almost right away, the Dark Heaven Insect was totally paralyzed, unable to fight back at all.

"Uriah!" Rocky shouted as he rushed to Uriah, which was hobbling to stand up. Going through the

second violent collision, Uriah looked miserable. It was clear that it was suffering through a great deal

of pain. However, after a careful examination, Rocky diagnosed that apart from some side effects of the

collision, there was no fatal wound inflicted. He breathed a sigh of relief, patting Uriah gently.

Little Rubygon ran over to Uriah and whimpered, as if to thank it for saving its life. Uriah bowed its head

to rub against Little Rubygon's, comforting the distressed beast.

Rocky turned back to look at the two Dark Heaven Insects. Though Rocky had brought them under

control, he was scratching his head at how he could possibly transport them back. Last time, he had

captured only one Dark Heaven Insect, so the situation was easier to handle. But two Dark Heaven

Insects were a different story, and they were pretty big to boot. It was going to be a really tricky problem

to bring the two Dark Heaven Insects back without raising the attention of soldiers of the northeast

military camp.

It was a pity that Rocky wasn't a spirit manipulator at the Heavenly Stage, or he could deal with the two

Dark Heaven Insects without making an effort. After all, when a spirit manipulator reached the

Heavenly Stage, he or she would be able to open the Magic Spiritual Space which was capable of

connecting one space with another. With the Magic Spiritual Space, Rocky could have carried the

spirit-manipulated beast with him to avoid unnecessary trouble and others' attention. Even more

beneficial was the fact that when a spirit manipulator evolved beyond the Heavenly Stage, his spirit-

manipulated beast would gradually grow into a giant one along with his increase in power. Once this

happened, his spirit-manipulated beast couldn't enter towns and cities. Otherwise, it would wreak great

damage in its path. In other words, the Magic Spiritual Space was a must for the spirit manipulator in

multiple aspects of life.

Rocky took down the bottle containing the magical saliva and put it away in case that other wild spirit- This content © 2024 .

manipulated beasts would be attracted. His spiritual power had almost run out and Uriah's reserves

had also reached its extreme limit. If they met any other powerful wild spirit-manipulated beasts, they

would be in great trouble indeed.

For the sake of security, however, Rocky took a drop of the magical saliva and also gave one to Uriah

so that they could both recover their physical strength and spiritual power as soon as possible. Rather

than suffer an unexpected attack, he decided that the wise thing to do was utilize two precious drops of

the magical saliva.

After two hours, Rocky had recovered a lot with the magical saliva. By now, he had the energy to

brainstorm about how to transport the two Dark Heaven Insects back to the northeast military camp.

All of a sudden, a sharp hooting came not far away. "Damn! Hurry up, or I will stew you as my supper!

You jerks!"

At the sound of this voice, Rocky's eyes flashed like lightning. He moved quickly behind a giant rock

and looked into the distance. He saw some spirit manipulators dressed in military uniforms, escorting

two lorries of wood through the Carcass Valley. The spirit-manipulated beasts pulling the lorries were

called bald camels. Though they were at a very low level, they were mighty and docile and were ideal

for this function. They were agile and able to walk on any dangerously steep landforms. Therefore, they

were often used like horses to transport army provisions and other heavy stuff.

Rocky looked the spirit manipulators up and down and found that their military uniforms were

embroidered with "northwest military camp". It seemed that it was a team of spirit manipulators

responsible for escort of the northwest military camp. On average, their power was at the fifth grade of

the Mortal Stage.

At the sight of the two lorries, Rocky got an idea as his eyes lit up. Immediately, he tore a piece of cloth

and masked his face, then rushed towards the team like a shadow.

Those bald camels appeared to have sensed a certain aura, so all of them balked in fear. The spirit

manipulators instantly cracked the whips in their hands to drive them forward. They assumed the poor

beasts were simply feeling lazy and scolded, "Move! Don't be lazy!"

Regardless of the maltreatment, the bald camels stood still, staring straight ahead and trembling. It

seemed as if they were frightened at something and dared not move on.

At the point, the spirit manipulators noticed that a figure standing far ahead got in their way. They

couldn't figure out whether he was hostile or not.

"Hey! Who are you? Get out of the way! Don't mess with us! Don't get in the way! You want to die?"

one of the spirit manipulators bellowed as he stepped forward. He was arrogant and aggressive, and

Rocky disliked him immediately.

"Leave the lorries and the bald camels, and you will leave with your life," Rocky called out. He planned

to snatch the two lorries and the bald camels. With them, he could effortlessly transport the two Dark

Heaven Insects back. Since there were many bushrangers here, no one would think of him as a

criminal.

"Did you hear that?" The team leader burst into peals of mocking laughter, looking around at the other

spirit manipulators. They all saw this strange man as an overconfident wretch.

"Captain, he really thinks he's going to plunder us!" one of the spirit manipulators replied as he

guffawed.

"Ha-ha! Plunder us? He must be kidding. Doesn't he recognize that we're the spirit manipulators of the

northwest military camp? Doesn't he know our power is much beyond his? Has he been living under a

rock? He really wants to plunder us. What a joke! He must be tired of living," the team leader sneered.

Of course, Rocky's aura seemed faint to them, so the team leader naturally assumed that he was no

big deal. He was convinced that Rocky was too arrogant about his power.

"You! Go to teach him a lesson. Show him he is nowhere near qualified to plunder the goods of the

northwest military camp. Send him home!" the team leader ordered the fellow spirit manipulators.

Instantly, they encircled Rocky, brimming with confidence though none of them were particularly

powerful. They were no match for Rocky and soon found this out, much to their horror.

Moments later, with their mouths full of blood, several figures, beaten black and blue, rolled groaning

on the ground. Some of them even had several of their teeth knocked out. Under this violent attack,

their faces were marred almost to the point of not being recognizable.