CHAPTER 995 MAGICAL SALIVA
Since the treasure hunting teams led by other princes departed earlier than Woods' team, they also
arrived earlier. Woods' team, who was the last one to arrive, found them scattered already, all over the
Hell of Dragon Fang. The Hell of Dragon Fang was immense, and the six teams had made their routes
ahead of time to avoid confrontation with other teams. This was because any meeting between them
could lead to a fight, and that could waste their precious time even more. They decided to focus on
their hunting and hoped that lady luck would be on their side today. Besides, if any conflict arose
between the princes, they would be forced to leave this place, and they would lose the chance to be
the emperor's successor.
Located on the southern side of the Hell of Dragon Fang was a modest camp. Here, several spirit
manipulators at the Heavenly Stage patrolled with their spirit-manipulated beasts. Meanwhile, the
treasure hunting teams focused on their hunting, as they headed deeper into the land.
Alyssa was inside one of the tents, sitting by a square table, along with two elders and a couple of
Supernal Stage masters. They were studying a map that was spread on the table — a topographic map
of the Hell of Dragon Fang.
"Prince Algy is heading south, while Prince Geoffrey is searching in the west. Prince Woods was the
last one to arrive, and he is leading his team to the east," a spirit manipulator at the Heavenly Stage
reported. He was standing a few feet away from her, and his eyes were respectfully trained on his feet.
Alyssa and the senior masters checked the map once they heard this information, and from time to
time, they talked to each other with whispers that were impossible to overhear.
"Copy that. Tell the vanguards to keep a close eye on all the teams. Keep us updated with all the
progress they make. Also, remind the vanguards to take care of themselves," Alyssa requested before
waving her hand to discharge the reporter.
"I just can't understand it, Your Royal Highness. Why does His Majesty insist on using such a
dangerous treasure hunting task to test the princes? There are so many unknown dangers ahead!
More importantly, this concerns the secrets of the Wood Clan, so we can't afford for anything to go
wrong. In my humble opinion, His Majesty should send Your Royal Highness for it in the first place, as
that would be much quicker and safer!" Nester remarked with his eyebrows knitted together in a frown.
He had served four emperors of the Timber Deity Empire, and during his long official career, he had
made many contacts with the Wood Clan. The things that the Wood Clan asked them to do should be
completed with great caution, and they should also be done as soon as possible. If something went
wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"His Majesty has a mind of his own, Nester. The tasks handed down by the Wood Clan should and will
be carried out carefully," Alyssa said slowly, as she sat back in her chair. "We just told them to find a
spiritual treasure, but we didn't tell them what it is in detail. So we don't have to worry about anyone
spilling the beans. Besides, we have sent six vanguards to closely monitor the situation of each team.
They will immediately send the word if any team manages to find the spiritual treasure first, and we will
go and take it before anyone else can discover what it is. Please don't worry so much." She gave him a
soft and reassuring smile.
"I know that it's a considerate plan, but I don't think it's a good idea. The Hell of Dragon Fang is way
more dangerous than we can imagine. With so many of our people going inside, it's hard to say how
many of them can make it alive! Of all the six princes, only Prince Geoffrey may get a chance to find
the treasure. The rest of them lack practical experiences. I can't put my heart at rest at the thought of
that!" Nester said bluntly, making no secret of his mind.
"That's exactly why His Majesty sent us here. His Majesty's true intention is not to monitor the princes,
but to protect them. To be honest, His Majesty doesn't expect any of the six princes to find the treasure.
He just wants to know what they can do." Alyssa knew their father better than anyone else. And the
truth was that their father had ordered her to find the spiritual treasure secretly. If she did, she was to
bring it back to him without any delay. Needless to say, her chance of finding the treasure was much
greater than that of any of the six princes.
"Well, I do hope everything goes as we expect!" Nester said in a domineering tone, his eyes narrowed
at the information he just got.
"Anyway, please take care of everything while I'm away," Alyssa said dismissively before getting up
from her chair. She gracefully walked out of the tent, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared from
where she was standing just a moment ago.
On the other hand, Rocky was alone and was heading northwest of the Hell of Dragon Fang. As he
traveled, he came across all kinds of spirit-manipulated beasts along the way. Most of them were new
to him, but still, they were just a piece of cake. He showed them no mercy and killed all of them. In just
one day, there were over ten spirit-manipulated beasts' corpses in the Magic Spiritual Space, and he
had collected a lot of blood essence from them.
Despite the harvest he got, he was not pleased because he was distracted by the headache that
throbbed in his head from time to time. This place was too complicated and difficult to tread. Plus, there
were a lot of spirit-manipulated beasts, so he had to make a lot of detours. This happened more often
than he liked, especially when he accidentally entered a habitat of spirit-manipulated beasts. It wasted
a lot of his time, and he had hardly covered two miles even though he had traveled for a whole day.
Black fog pervaded over the Hell of Dragon Fang, making it hard to tell whether it was day or night.
Rocky's spiritual power was close to its limit, and to make matters worse, both Robin and Ken were
also exhausted because of the numerous fights they had with spirit-manipulated beasts. Rocky decided
to take a break when he found a narrow space hidden between two towering rocks. He led Robin and
Ken there, and once they had closed their eyes to rest, he opened the Magic Spiritual Space and
walked inside. He went to the room where he had placed the egg, and he fed it all the blood essence
he had managed to collect during the day.
The egg had turned a little dimmer from its original bright yellow, but the change wasn't that obvious,
after absorbing all the blood essence Rocky fed.
"What's wrong? Seriously? I gave it so much blood essence already!" Rocky frowned and then said to
himself, "I don't know how the blood essence of the ancient spiritual beast will affect you, but I'm eager
to find out. Maybe it will change the egg's color again... However, I need to be careful, so I can't feed it
to you now."
After feeding the egg with all of the blood essence, he took two drops of the magical saliva. He noticed
as he took the drops, that the bottle felt very light. This was the last bottle he had. If he used it up, there
would be no magical saliva to assist him for a long time. Fortunately, after integrating the evil power at
the third layer, he had reached the third grade of the Supernal Stage. After that, he would take his time
to integrate that at the fourth layer, and he believed that his strength would also increase day by day.
He also had the supreme treasure of cultivation, the Sea Blue Magic Jade, so he expected that the lack
of magical saliva wouldn't affect him too much. However, the magical saliva had an irreplaceable effect.
It could attract any spirit-manipulated beasts to a great extent, and because of this special aspect, it This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .
could play a crucial role at certain moments.
"I'll save this for special occasions then," Rocky said to himself after thinking for a while.
Then, he sat down crossed-legged and adjusted his breath. After that, he took out the Sea Blue Magic
Jade to recover his spiritual power.