The Medallion

"Everyone can see that the spirit-manipulated beast is dying. Why can't they treat it well? They are real bastards without any conscience." Sheridan was visibly upset when he saw that the creature was breathing its last and would soon die.

Seeing the beast's condition, Rocky thought of an idea and his eyes lit up. With eagerness that he could not hide, he asked Sheridan how he planned to deal with the situation.

"The creature breathes, its heart beats, and it is a life form, just like we are. I will find a suitable place to bury it." And Sheridan was obviously grief-stricken.

"Sheridan, I am going out as I have an important task to attend to. I can bury it for you. You take care of yourself." After Rocky said those words, he picked up the spirit-manipulated beast, flung it on his left shoulder, and left the beast farm.

"What has come over him? I wonder why he is showing so much kindness today," Sheridan murmured to himself suspiciously, as he saw Rocky's receding figure.

What Sheridan did not know was that Rocky had not offered to bury the spirit-manipulated beast out of any kindness that he felt for it. He had other plans. Therefore, instead of doing as he had said to Sheridan, Rocky took it directly to the laboratory he had built.

Once there, he addressed the creature and said, "Do not worry. I will help you. I will make sure that you feel no pain." Rocky knew all too well that it was in unbearable pain and agony. Therefore, without any delay, he put the spirit-manipulated beast on the cold operating table. Having done that, he gathered a little spiritual power in his palm, placed it on its heart, and pressed it gently.

The creature could not live and predictably died soon after that, as its heart, its arteries, and its veins had been shorn into tiny fragments, and were now nothing but pulp.

With the spirit-manipulated beast dead, Rocky had obtained a free corpse to experiment on. He wanted to practice how to operate on its dead body, and conduct some experimental operations on it, as that would give him an edge in the future.

Before Rocky knew it, he had been experimenting for three days.

- the first cadaver he had experimented on. Therefore, he carried what remained of

body. Therefore, on his way back, he muttered to himself, "I need to find a

was extremely unruly,

of harsh and mild tactics. A new hand, Rocky was inexperienced in taming spirit-manipulated beasts in real life. Although he had theoretical knowledge about it, as he had studied Beast Taming Skills, there was a tremendous gap between theory and practice.

his innate talent, Rocky could not bring little Rubygon under his control. He could not break its spirit, as it resisted both strategies. Neither a severe nor a soft approach impacted it. No matter what Beast Taming Skills Rocky used, little Rubygon stayed the way it was - wild and untamed, like a spoiled princess,

I will tame you and teach you to be obedient. If I do not do that, I will take your name, and call myself Rubygon," Rocky said, and stared at little Rubygon. It seemed that he

from his daily work, Rocky had one more thing to do - staring at little Rubygon, as they stood in the central field. Initially, both stared at each other peacefully. However, later, little Rubygon became impatient and got irritated with Rocky, so it started attacking him. Rocky also adopted harsh tactics and

become obedient. Even the expression in its eyes conveyed timidity. Gleaning from how Rocky had been treating little Rubygon lately, it seemed that

little Rubygon. Additionally, he started taking it and Uriah to hunt for some menial wild

in the blink

behaved properly and did as it was told. Although, there were times when it was disturbed, became emotional, and was also disgruntled. However, on the whole, Rocky was

a hare that it had hunted, in its mouth. That was its way of showing its trophy to Rocky and

said, commending little Rubygon. Seeing that Rocky was happy with

Divine Lotus Seed, I am sure that I will reach the fourth grade, soon," satisfied, Rocky muttered to himself. Right now, Rocky's cultivation was impressively quick. Combined with the Dark Heaven Egg, the Heaven Divine Lotus Seed, and the magical saliva, he had achieved significant promotions in

still had a long way to go to reach the Heavenly Stage, based on his present speed. That was because the promotion was more difficult to realize at the Earthly Stage's later part, especially,

northeast military camp's area, which implied

to consider his plan carefully, keeping a long-term perspective to it. Also, his daily schedule was so packed

already progressed tremendously vis-a-vis learning Beast Curing Skills. Indeed, he had benefited a lot by learning from Sheridan. Once Rocky