CHAPTER 298 YOU ARE THE BAIT

Isis and Marin had taken their seats. Each drowned in their thoughts. But without a doubt, all they had

was the same views over the same person.

Suddenly, a man shot beside Lance.

"Be on full alert to his every step," Lance ordered the man, whose eyes gazed in one direction.

In a twinkle of an eye, the man had already vanished into thin air.

Before long, the second half of the first round started which implied to be confused. The fifteen spirit

manipulator with their spirit-manipulated beasts set out from their positions and travelled in the bamboo

forest.

In theory, they would first search for the spirit manipulators of the same military camp. This was to

strike up a friendship so that they would be on the same page. It would produce joint efforts to fight

against the others. But this wasn't definite since they could first bump into an enemy rather than a

friend. This was because the bamboo forest was dense and the paths in it were complicated.

If they encountered someone powerful, they didn't have to be strained or fear to send shudders up their

spine. The rules allowed them to avert clashing. Specifically, once they collided into a sturdy opponent,

they could withdraw from the separate paths. If luck fell on their side, they would meet their comrade-

in-arms. On the contrary, they would be insulted back and forth.

In a few moments, two spirit manipulators, respectively at the ninth grade of the Earthly Stage and the

sixth grade of the Earthly Stage, came face to face with each other. They were from the east-southeast

military camp, the strongest of the six military camps. Dunn was the man at the ninth grade of the

Earthly Stage. The Deputy Commander of the east-southeast military camp and the most powerful one

of this rank, he was a minor hero in the Crimson Dragon Group and was even more robust than some

Frontline Commanders of the base camp. Weighing by the power he had, he should have been

promoted as Frontline Commander much earlier. It was truly regrettable that he was hubris and

impulsive. Despite him having strengths and capabilities, he was not submissive to authority. So he had

never been placed in a distinguished position.

Dunn was the most promising spirit manipulator to win the first place of the competition and be

promoted as Frontline Commander. Since he had joined hands with the other spirit manipulator of his

military camp, their strength would be merged to strengthen their odds to win.

The confused fighting could be absolutely quick. On average, each spirit manipulator only required to

match with one opponent and overpower him, and he would practically be one of the seven heroes.

This was the procedure for selecting seven spirit manipulators as champions.

In the interim, after Rocky set out with Uriah, shortly he encountered an opponent, a spirit manipulator

at the third grade of the Earthly Stage.

"Ha-ha. How lucky am I as a five-time lottery winner! I had encountered a wimp at the first grade of the

Earthly Stage in the morning. To top it all, I am dealing with another one in the afternoon," the spirit

manipulator shouted, burst out laughing. Tears streamed down his face. From his mouth, a burst of

great booming laughter rolled. It was evident he didn't watch the battle between Rocky and Evan, so he

had no clue about Rocky. Deceived by the weak aura of Rocky, he was so merry that he couldn't help

grinning with his good luck, which gave him a high chance to meet opponents at low levels.

"Uriah, now over to you," Rocky said after he took a glance at the spirit manipulator and his two-star

spirit-manipulated beast at second grade. On the contrary he was happy this was streak of good luck to

meet such an arrogant opponent. After he gave the order to Uriah, he walked sideways.

"Do you want to elope? I won't give you that golden opportunity to do that!" the spirit manipulator

shouted his lungs out. What clicked in the back of his head was that Rocky had fear. He acted with

haste to catch up with him thinking he avoided fighting with him like a plague.

At that point, Uriah which had been tranquil for attacking leaped and rushed up to the spirit manipulator.

Publicly displaying his disdain, the spirit manipulator driving his spirit-manipulated beast intended to

stop Uriah.

Suddenly, with a shocking wail, the momentum of Uriah gushed high. Faced with Uriah emitting an

aura reaching the third grade of three stars, the two-star spirit-manipulated beast at second grade was

suddenly struck by limb atony, crying out fearfully. The sobs punched through, ripping through its

muscles, bones, and guts. Leaving no streaks or smears. Instead of deterring Uriah, it just stood where

it was stone still like a statue.

As Uriah wrestled them, Rocky sat on some bamboos overlapping with each other while having a

glance.

"You are a piece of trash!" the spirit manipulator scolded. This was because his spirit-manipulated

beast refused to move forward. He also discovered that the aura of Uriah was a little creepy. Full of Content held by .

himself he decided to handle with Uriah all by himself. This was after concluding Rocky had a weak

aura. Also, he was persuaded that Uriah wouldn't be very gallant.

As expected, Uriah didn't belong to his league.

In about half an hour, the spirit manipulator, puffing and panting trying to get some breath, had almost

run out of his spiritual power under the barbarous attacks of Uriah.

"Damn it! Why is the spirit-manipulated beast so mighty? !" The spirit manipulator turned ghostly pale

as he whimpered. Now it was indisputable that Rocky duped him.

"Do you want to proceed?" Rocky asked when he stood before the spirit manipulator, his hands

crossing his chest.

He trembled with dread as he met the evil eyes of Rocky. He could feel the sweat drench his skin, the

flutter of his own eyes. He shook his hand and his head and said promptly, "No more brawling! No

more brawling!"

"Well. Get out!" Rocky said, squinting to exhibit his threats.

"Are you going to let me go?" The spirit manipulator was stunned as his brain stuttered for a moment at

Rocky's words. The brain desperately scrambled to make sense of it all.

"Do you have any problem?" Rocky asked in a cold face.

"Don't lie to me. How could you show compassion to me?" the spirit manipulator asked, still dubious

about Rocky's intention regarding it's a dog eat dog world. According to the procedures, once a spirit

manipulator was conquered or lost vitality, he would be knocked out. However, if Rocky pardoned him,

he nevertheless could pursue his contest.

"Incredible as it seems!" Rocky said before he turned away with Uriah.

Watching Rocky leave, the spirit manipulator sighed a whiff of relief and headed to the other direction

with his spirit-manipulated beast. Finally, the storm had passed.

Till the spirit manipulator had gone. Rocky and Uriah came back and went after him.

"How dumb is he to conclude I would let him go scot-free with no cost? I just made you my bait," Rocky

muttered to himself, obtaining gratification from his shrewd conjecture.

The truth was, Rocky took advantage of the spirit manipulator to explore the way for him. If he

encountered more than two allied spirit manipulators of other military camps, retreating would be an

uphill task and would be instant. Instead, if he encountered a single weak spirit manipulator, he could

stand out to overthrow the spirit manipulator and make him as his new bait. Such a strategy could

guarantee him to elude the spirit manipulators that were mightier than him so that he could be one of

the seven winners who could enter the second round easily.

However, when he followed the spirit manipulator, a shadow flashed after him, but it disappeared

swiftly.