Chapter 267 Rocky''s Excellent n
On the far end of the battlefield, the wild spirit-manipted beasts closely followed the Dark Heaven
Insect. The Dark Heaven Insect was of the third grade of three-star level. Majority of the wild beasts
there were above two-star level while several were of three-star level. They were all extremely feral.
The Timber Deity Empire troops possessed no more than one thousand soldiers including a few spirit-
manipted beasts. But most of the soldiers were so overwhelmed and frightened by the sheer
number of untamed and savage beasts before them that they ran in every direction wanting to get
away from the area as fast as possible. The battle quickly degenerated into pure chaos. Only the spirit-
maniptors that had their own spirit-manipted beasts stayed to fight against the wild beasts.
The disarraysted for some time before themander of the Timber Deity Empire invaders was able
to take control of his troops. He slowly but purposely created defensive formations to defend against
the rampaging feral beasts. It took some time but the Timber invaders eventually had started to take
control of the situation.
To their surprise, the troops of the northern sky military camp that they had attacked mere minutes ago
had disappeared. Themander of the Timber Deity Empire was angry and displeased with this turn
of events. He started to wonder why the feral beasts rushed at his men instead of the troops of the
northern sky military camp. ''Something does not add up, '' he thought to himself.
When the Timber troops and the feral beasts started to be locked in a stalemate, Rocky decided to
seize the situation and let off a whistled signal to Uriah. Uriah immediately positioned itself in front of
the Dark Heaven Insect and moved back and forth as if to draw the attention of the Insect.
The insect immediately caught the scent of Uriah. Its instincts brought it into a near-frenzy state and
immediately went after Uriah. With Uriah''s missionpleted, it now ran towards Rocky''s position with
the insect in close pursuit.
Upon seeing this development, Rocky then ran towards the northern side of the military camp with
Rubygon. Uriah ran closely to Rocky''s movements. And the Dark Heaven Insect followed Uriah closely
as well.
At the same time, themander of the northern sky military camp gave themand to his troops to
upy the advantageous position of the northern side of the camp. The battle formation was optimized
for an effective ambush at this position. The only thing left for them to do was to wait patiently like
hunters waiting for their prey to fall into their trap.
The spirit maniptors of the Timber Deity Empire saw the Dark Heaven Insect getting lured away.
Everyone knew how rare and precious the insect was especially at its current level. They knew that
they would not be able to capture the insect, but they hoped that they could kill it at least and get an
advanced Dark Heaven Egg.
The effect of an advanced Dark Heaven Egg was more powerful than an intermediate Dark Heaven
Egg. Even the total effect of several intermediate Dark Heaven Eggs would not be able to match the
effect of an advanced Dark Heaven Egg.
As Rocky expected, after Uriah lured the Dark Heaven Insect, most of the spirit maniptors of the
Timber Deity Empire would not be able to resist the urge to give chase, leaving the fight against the
feral beasts. The timber spirit maniptors including two at the Heavenly Stage left their positions and
chased the Dark Heaven Insect. They all wanted to kill the Dark Heaven Insect and obtain the Dark
Heaven Egg. Themander of the Timber invaders decided not to join the chase even though he
was a spirit maniptor at the Heaven Stage as well.
No less than ten spirit maniptors from the Timber Deity Empire''s troops gave chase. The defensive
formation weakened because of the posts left by the spirit maniptors that decided to chase the Dark
Heaven Insect. This made the formation fail to maintain the push against the feral beasts that attacked
them. The previously controlled situation on the battlefield quickly degenerated into chaos once more.
Themander of the invaders was angered when he saw the situation quickly descended into chaos
once more. And yet he was unable to do anything to keep the spirit maniptors behind to maintain the
defensive formation. He knew that they simply cannot give up the chance to kill the Dark Heaven Insect
and obtain the Dark Heaven Egg. He too was a spirit maniptor who knew the benefits of the Dark
Heaven Egg and yet he cannot leave his troops and join the chase. If he did this, the remaining soldiers
would once more feel desperate and break formation to escape. Themander did not like the cost
of leaving his soldiers behind to chase the Dark Heaven Insect. He knew he had to stay and keep the
situation under control despite the other spirit maniptors leaving to chase the Dark Heaven Insect.
In the meantime, the Dark Heaven Insect tirelessly chased Uriah and they soon reached the
ambuscade. Themander of the northern sky military camp was amazed that Rocky''s n worked.
Rocky was able to lure the Dark Heaven Insect there.
Not long after, the spirit maniptors of the Timber Deity Empire who closely followed the Dark Heaven
Insect soon entered the ambuscade as well.
Two of the spirit maniptors of the Timber Deity Empire were of the Heavenly Stage. Theirbined
strength was therefore something that should not be taken lightly. However, the northern sky military
camp also had twenty spirit maniptors and no less than one thousand soldiers. Even though the
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invader''s spirit maniptors, factoring in the soldiers that fought with them made the whole a force to
be reckoned with. Moreover, these soldiers were the camp''s elite force who served as its main fighting
army. Themander of the camp was sure they would be able to win this battle.
"Attack!" The spirit maniptors and soldiers of the camp all sprang into action when themander
issued themand. They rushed to overwhelm the Timber invaders who fell into their ambush.
The defenders of the camp were tactically superior both in raw force and in position. Without the
support of the rest of the Timber invaders, the small group of spirit maniptors from the Timber Deity
Empire were badly over-matched.
And they were surrounded by soldiers on all sides before they even realized what was happening.
The timber spirit maniptors eventually realized the folly of their greed. They fell into the trap of the
camp defenders. From a distance, they watched Uriah lead the Dark Heaven Insect farther away. They
refocused themselves and tried to break the perimeter that surrounded them.
The timber spirit maniptors would have been a formidable fighting force if only they fought as a
single unit. But they fought individually with their minds still fixed in obtaining the Dark Heaven Egg
instead ofbining their strengths in order to possibly win the ordeal that was before them.
Under such mindset, the timber spirit maniptors fought recklessly. They wanted to break free of the
perimeter in order to save time to chase after the Dark Heaven Insect. But their efforts were like the
reeds against a raging storm. Their efforts were met by a greater force that threatened to crush and
overwhelm them.
This was a moment for vengeance. The defenders of the northern sky military camp focused their
attacks as a single unit and attacked the timber spirit maniptors with the fury of soldiers that had
been shown cruelty just minutes ago.
The timber spirit maniptors were angry and desperate at the same time. They were angry at the
camp defenders for putting up this trap for them. They were desperate for they realized the hopeless
state that they found themselves in. What they did not know was that the entire string of events were
nned by Rocky and not the defenders of the northern sky military camp. Rocky now ran towards a
remote forest as Uriah lured the insect further. It seemed that everything happened ording to
Rocky''s n.
When they were safely concealed inside the forest, Rocky checked if any timber spirit maniptor still
followed behind. Satisfied that no one else followed them into the forest, Rocky removed the traces that
were left behind by Uriah. Now, no one would know that the Dark Heaven Insect had be Rocky''s
prey.
Uriah continued to lure the insect until they reached an opening among a group of trees deep in the
forest. Rocky and Rubygon also ran into the same opening.
The Dark Heaven Insect was soon overwhelmed by Rocky, Rubygon and Uriah all at the same time.
"Greetings my dear prey! You now have no way of escape!" Rocky said with a tone of delight. He knew
that once he killed this Dark Heaven Insect and obtained its advanced Dark Heaven Egg, he would
then be able to refine the egg to get enough spirit energy to increase his own capacity.