Chapter 119 A New Life


    Just before arriving at the Gehenna Border, Rocky and Uriah had almost fully recovered. Although the


    power of the Holy Dragon Bead had long been sealed by Marcia, Rocky was pleasantly surprised to


    find that the spiritual power at the first grade of the Earthly Stage that originally belonged to him was


    still at his disposal at the moment. He sighed in relief. At least he still had this.


    However, since the power of the Holy Dragon Bead had been sealed, and the special devouring power


    that existed before was nowpletely useless, Rocky was no different from an ordinary spirit


    maniptor at the first grade of the Earthly Stage.


    And when those royal spirit maniptors saw that Rocky and Uriah had just recovered from their


    injuries and their strength had even returned to normal, they were all startled. Their surprise came from


    the fact that just a few days ago, when they had thrown Rocky and Uriah to the carriage, Rocky


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    seemed to be as weak as a cripple and even unable to move. His beast, meanwhile, seemed to have


    only half a breath left and looked as if it could die at any second.


    Despite the fact that only a few days had passed since they were injured, Rocky and Uriah turned out


    to be safe and sound, as if nothing had even happened to them. It was quite surprising that they


    had such an amazing recovery ability, which really made the royal spirit maniptors present scratch


    their heads in confusion.


    The Gehenna Border was the only area in the Wild Spirit Land that did not have any ownership or


    jurisdiction. However, since it was located in the center of the Wild Spirit Land, it tended to be a


    distribution center for spirit maniptors who could no longer lead a decent life. Most of them were


    extremely evil criminals, with strengths ranging from very strong to very weak. However, it was beyond


    doubt that they almost all belonged to gangsters or bandits who burned houses, killed innocent people,


    raped women, andmitted all kinds of offenses against thews and their fellow humans. And as a


    zone between several countries, it had also be a region where wars frequently urred.


    Therefore, these spirit maniptors often became hired mercenaries of various countries and served


    the one that offered higher prices.


    At the same time, there were many wild spirit-manipted beasts in the Gehenna Border, and they


    were mainly war beasts. Of course, there were also extremely rare spiritual beasts among them. Due to


    different living areas, those wild spirit-manipted beasts were not as strong as those found in the


    mysterious and miraculous ce, which was only essible to the spirit maniptors above the


    Heavenly Stage. However, because many scuffles took ce in this area, even the weakest war beasts


    disyed strength that was equivalent to a spirit maniptor at the fifth-grade of the Mortal Stage.


    Meanwhile, the stronger ones even showed strength above the level of the Earthly Stage! Of course,


    there were also spiritual beasts that had an amazing growth power.


    All these different factors had rendered the Gehenna Border an even more dangerous and perilous


    ce.


    It was said that if you wanted to survive in the Gehenna Border, you had to remain extremely alert at all


    times to keep vignt against any danger that coulde your way. What''s worse, you had to be


    a cruel person devoid of anypassion towards others. Everyone living here met a struggle of life


    and death, and "thew of the jungle" was the governing policy in this forsaken ce. As soon as spirit


    maniptors entered the Gehenna Border, they became very cautious, despite the fact that they had


    once been very arrogant. Along the way, they were very careful to avoid being attacked by evil spirit


    maniptors or wild spirit-manipted beasts. Atst, the carriage carrying Rocky and Uriah had


    finally reached its destination without incident. They had arrived at a small military camp stationed in


    the northeast side of the Gehenna Border.


    One of the royal spirit maniptors showed his identification to the camp''s guard, and after briefly


    talking with the guard, he walked back and motioned for Rocky and Uriah to get off the carriage at


    once. After that, the royal spirit maniptors hastily hurried off with the empty carriage.


    Rocky stood in front of the military camp, patting Uriah''s head as he looked around. He could see that


    the military camp was located in a t and deste area, surrounded by vast and endlessnd. From


    time to time, there were strong winds that blew in forceful gusts here, and the yellow sand would swirl


    into the sky and make it dark. This ce was extremely deste.


    Not far ahead, Rocky could faintly see the mes of wars, as well as the defective weapons and worn


    armor scattering on the ground. It seemed that not long before their arrival, there had just been a fierce


    battle.


    Just then, a middle-aged man came out of the military camp. He was dressed in a gray-blue military


    robe. His eyes looked smart and brimmed with radiating vigor. He had purposely grown a beard on his


    chin, so as to make himself look very dignified.


    "You. Come with me now." He motioned for Rocky to follow him, after giving them a thorough once-


    over.


    Soon afterwards, Rocky and Uriah followed the middle-aged man all the way into the military camp. To


    their surprise, they discovered that the whole military camp was not as small as they thought. Its edges


    could hardly be seen. Shortly after entering, Rocky saw arge battlefield on which thousands of


    soldiers were lining up in several special formations at the moment. They were having training on the


    battlefield now, making howls from time to time, which made the army have even stronger momentum.


    For a while, the powerful formations kicked up dust all over the sky.


    After passing through the battlefield and turning a corner, Rocky saw many spirit maniptors


    practicing on a training ground. Their strength was almost between the Mortal Stage and the Earthly


    Stage. Among them, the best spirit maniptors were only at the first grade of the Earthly Stage, but


    their number was also extremely few. Disappointingly, the others were only at the Mortal Stage. The


    spirit-manipted beasts beside them were just as weak, for they were basically at the one-star level.


    Even the number of two-star spirit-manipted beasts was few. Of course, there were no spirit-


    manipted beastsparable to his Uriah in this ce.


    "Do all the spirit maniptors in this battlefield only have that low level of strength?" Rocky asked the


    middle-aged man beside him, feeling quite surprised.


    The middle-aged man immediately looked at him with a stunned expression. ''Where the hell has this


    guye from? His strength is obviously very weak, so how can he even dare to look down upon the


    spirit maniptors here with such an arrogant attitude?''


    Of course, his doubt was quite reasonable. Firstly, because of the Holy Dragon Bead, Rocky''s aura


    was very strange, and his appearance gave off the illusion that his strength was extremely weak,


    making it impossible for others to guess his real strength. Secondly, after the power of the Holy Dragon


    Bead was forcibly sealed by Marcia, Rocky''s breath became even weaker. Therefore, when judging


    from his appearance, it seemed that he was only at the second or third grade of the Mortal Stage.


    Besides, the middle-aged man was not a beast evaluator, so he had no way of knowing that Uriah had


    the strength at the second grade of the three-star level. His appraisal of Rocky as a very weak spirit


    maniptor was only to be expected.


    Rocky had been used to seeing the royal spirit maniptors with extraordinary strength above the


    Heavenly Stage in the Pce City. He had no idea that the Mortal Stage level in such a battlefield on


    the border was the typical strength. After all, ordinary spirit maniptors and royal spirit maniptors


    were totally different.


    Royal spirit maniptors could acquire a certain strength bases by integrating the Dragon Spirit Bead,


    while ordinary spirit maniptors could acquire a certain strength only by integrating the spiritual power


    through continuous efforts of their own. In other words, the cultivation of ordinary spiritual maniptors


    from the Mortal Stage to the Earthly Stage was as difficult as that of royal spiritual maniptors from


    the Earthly Stage to the Heavenly Stage. It could be seen how difficult it was for ordinary spirit


    maniptors to practice.


    This was why royal spirit maniptors were regarded as the elite strength of the Holy Dragon Empire,


    because their potential and growth power were beyond that of ordinary spirit maniptors. The fact


    that only twenty to thirty royal spirit maniptors emerged every year made them an extremely rare


    group.


    Therefore, in this small military camp, a spirit maniptor at the Earthly Stage was already considered


    powerful. If a spirit maniptor was at the preliminary level of the Heavenly Stage, he could have a


    strength equal to that of amander of a small military camp. Meanwhile, stronger spirit maniptors


    could only be seen inrger military camps.


    The spirit maniptors that Rocky saw in front of him were all considered as part of an elite troop of


    spirit maniptors in this small military camp.


    Of course, in the cruel battlefield, sometimes strength was not even the most important thing. Even if


    you were a spirit maniptor at the Earthly Stage, it was quite easy to lose your life if you were


    careless in the unpredictable fighting ground. Therefore, in order to survive in harsh environment, one


    needed not only strong perseverance and faith, but also luck and sharpness.


    After bypassing the training ground, Rocky saw rows of shabby houses, which contained the very basic


    function of keeping out the wind and rain for the inhabitants. At the end of a row of houses, the middle-


    aged man stopped, pointing to a most shabby-looking house. Expressionless, he told Rocky, "This is


    where you will live from now on. My name is Cliff Li, and I am the officer in charge of this military camp.


    I am responsible for the daily affairs and work of the spirit maniptors. There are many ces in this


    military camp with important military secrets, so if you have nothing else to do, you should stay in the


    house first and don''t move around at will. Later I will send someone to tell you about the rules of the


    military camp, for there are some other things for you to pay attention to."


    Rocky nodded with a frown. After watching Cliff leave, he stepped forward and pushed open the door,


    which was slightly shining through the crack of the door in endless dark. With a gust of wind and


    apanied by some dust, a pungent musty smell came to his nostrils. Rocky grimaced.