Chapter 44 A Bright Future


    Among all the nature and qualities which the spirit-manipted beast had, Rocky recognized a special


    one which was a silvery ray. It was usually owned by spiritual beasts, dragons, or other extremely rare


    species. The silvery ray stood for Ice, which was the same as the Ice of dragon spiritual power owned


    by a royal spirit maniptor. Generally, a war beast couldn''t have such a property.


    But some war beasts, ording to the Beast Encyclopedia, had the same special abilities as the


    spiritual beasts if their ancestors were hybrids of war beasts and spiritual beasts. Thus, a war beast


    might have a hidden spiritual ability like a recessive gene. Once activated, the recessive gene could


    release a special ability typically owned by a spiritual beast.


    So the nature of Ice shown by Cloud Tiger could be regarded as an inherited recessive gene. It would


    have the same nature of Ice as a spiritual beast would after being activated.


    "Now Flint, you owe me a big favor," Rocky grinned.


    After checking out other nature and qualities of Cloud Tiger, Rocky concluded that apart from the


    hidden Ice, it had strong force and sensitivity but very weak defense which was represented by a blue


    ray. It meant Cloud Tiger would appear strong but had bad resistance to attacks, which was probably


    attributed to its genes. Since Ice was the most defensive nature, Cloud Tiger could make up its defect,


    once its Ice was activated.


    "Little Tiger, do you want to be stronger?" Rocky cuddled its head.


    Spirit-manipted beasts usually repelled or even opposed people they disliked. Perhaps there were


    some traits in Rocky which made Cloud Tiger obey him.


    Cloud Tiger howled as if replying to Rocky.


    "Alright then, let''s get started. The time your master gave is not going to be enough. I will have Uriah


    practice with you these three days. You should be careful with him because he is very sexually active


    and violent. I hope it behaves well, especially after it sees a female beast like you." Rocky patted Cloud


    Tiger''s head. Then he summoned Uriah.


    Seeing Cloud Tiger, Uriah was not modest at all and rushed at her with crity. Cloud Tiger was too


    scared to react and got beaten off the ground, rolling back a few meters. At a respectable distance she


    was able to stand up. She was so irritated that she roared at Uriah, staring at it angrily.


    "Be tougher, Uriah. Don''t be shy," Rocky firmlymanded.


    Uriah howled furiously and rushed at Cloud Tiger again.


    After an hour-long fight, Cloud Tiger was on the ground, wounded and panting, while Uriah was


    crouched on the other side, expecting another attack. After a moment''s hesitation, it licked Cloud


    Tiger''s wound, which healed instantly like nothing had happened before.


    "The fight has to be fiercer tomorrow," Rocky deliberated as he brought Cloud Tiger back to the room.


    Seeing them return, Flint checked out Cloud Tiger. He calmly asked Rocky, "You didn''t do anything


    strange to Cloud Tiger, did you?"


    "Of course I didn''t. I''m only interested in women!" Rocky joked. After returning Cloud Tiger to Flint,


    Rocky went back to the bamboo forest to practice the Mysterious Dragon Skill.


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    Now he was in the fourth grade of the Mysterious Dragon Skill, but the progress got slower. The


    Mysterious Dragon Skill was the primary spiritual method of Dragon Master n, and it could be


    refined to the Earthly Stage. A higher grade of the stage meant a higher grade of strength. The


    refinement had been going on well until he reached the fourth grade of the Mortal Stage where the


    progress was not so obvious.


    "I will have to refine to the fifth grade directly," Rocky decided after considering the situation.


    So, Rocky skipped the fourth grade of the Mysterious Dragon Skill and started the fifth grade. This was


    theoretically impossible because the higher the grade of the Mysterious Dragon Skill was, more


    complex the refinement would be, and more spiritual power would be needed. Without enough


    spiritual power, it would be hard to maintain it, causing an otherwise deviation. Generally, the fifth grade


    of the Mysterious Dragon Skill called for a fifth grade of the Mortal Stage.


    Since Rocky had the magical saliva which helped to circte his spiritual power several times faster,


    he didn''t need to worry about his insufficient spiritual power.


    It was no problem at all for him.


    Rocky was probably the only person who could refine to the fifth grade of the Mysterious Dragon Skill


    being at the fourth grade of the Mortal Stage. This would definitely shock people who once disdained


    him.


    The next morning, he had to go to the dragon field for practice. He went to his room and changed his


    uniform and reached the dragon field as instructed by Mia. Barely did Rocky show up, the young


    maniptors began to point towards him and started whispering around.


    Rocky looked coldly at them. The young maniptors timidly lowered their heads out of fear. Everyone


    knew he had a war beast that had defeated Bear''s three-star Lion Eagle, so offending Rocky now was


    surely like asking for trouble.


    But there were still a few arrogant royal spirit maniptors who kept looking at Rocky satirically.


    Rocky didn''t care about them at all because he was busy thinking of ways to activate Cloud Tiger. He


    didn''t want to fail in his first trial on Cloud Tiger. He was not very confident about it because of the


    inadequate time he had. If he had half a month, he could have done it easily. However, Flint only gave


    him a limited time and he had to make use of it. Flint would have doubts if he asked for more days.


    Rocky sensed a malicious gaze on him. He was sure it was Bear. So he casually snubbed him.


    After the young maniptors gathered together, Mia appeared in front of them.


    "From today, you will practice in pairs, learn to master the dragon spiritual power, and understand its


    properties. In half a month, you are going to attend the Dragon Birth Festival andpete with the


    phoenix spiritual maniptors of the Magic Phoenix Empire. If you don''t want to lose face, you have to


    practice as hard as you can. You''d better nurture the mutual understanding with your war beasts and


    practice in coboration. So that even a defeat on that day won''t be a disappointment and disgrace,"


    Mia advised.


    Her words caused a bustle and everyone was excited. Excitement was in the air because the Dragon


    Birth Festival was a national celebration and it was extremely difficult to get the rare chance topete


    with the phoenix spiritual maniptors of the Magic Phoenix Empire. Moreover, the person who would


    stand out in the Dragon Birth Festival would get favors from the royalty. And a bright future was


    assured. Everyone waited for such an opportunity and wanted to test their luck and destiny.