Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 282

Grasping for something to hold on to, Darren struggled to slow down his descent that came sooner than he had expected. With a loud and alarming thud, he landed into the bottom of the vast crater. "Arrrgggghhh," he let out a cry as he tried to move his back.

Left with no choice, the warrior had to lie still for a moment and let the pain ease away. As he observed the place where he landed, a pungent scent rushed into his senses, allowing his eyes to linger. He noticed that he was surrounded by unrecognizable black stuff covered in charcoal. The houses and trees in the place were blackened with fire. It was as if the whole place was set in a fiery furnace—a desolate scene.

Unable to move, Darren used his spiritual sense and started sensing a Primitive Stone. Within the Raksa Sea, the scope of detection was strictly restricted. Thus, only the potent entities and elements within a thousand feet could be traced. Those that were beyond the reach would remain hidden and undetected.

"How come I can't sense a single piece of Primitive Stone? Did that guy lie to me?" snorted Darren. He was starting to feel confused and uneasy. After trying for several times, Darren was frustrated as the harsh reality dawned on him. No matter how hard he tried, he wasn't able to locate even a speck of Primitive Stone.

On the verge of giving up, Darren raised his head and hollered at the vast stretch of emptiness that surrounded him. The Primitive Stone was nowhere to be found, the Water Kylin at the same time just vanished into thin air.

Putting much more effort on the search this time, finally, after an hour, Darren patterned a piece of Primitive Stone intergrading in the center of a boulder.

"Gotcha!" Darren was bubbling over with excitement.

Having recovered and replenished some of his strengths, he swiftly flew to the location of the Primitive Stone. With one swift blow of his hands, he broke the large rock in half and took a closer look. The Primitive Stone was beaming a faint ghostly green sparkle.

However, the excitement in Darren's eyes vanished when on the top of the greenish treasure, he saw that there perched a vicious scorpion. It was as if the tiny creature was guarding the gem. Its lobster-like pincers and poisonous tail were motionless. Taking a closer look at the scorpion, it was, in fact, dead and petrified.

Knowing that the scorpion would do him no harm, Darren paid no attention to the fossil. He raised his hand and wiped the creature away from the stone carelessly. But to his surprise, the scorpion remained perched on the rock—perfectly still and unmoved.

"Wait a second. Why are you still here, ugly scorpion? You are a real pest, aren't you? Eat some dust and disappear!" mumbled Darren. After saying that, Darren made up his mind that today would be the day for the unlucky creature to disappear.

Gently, he drew his sword, took aim, and poked the creature out from the stone. But all of a sudden, the tiny scorpion popped up and dashed at Darren's eyes.

"What the hell?" Darren dodged the sudden attack. Thanks to his quick reflexes. "That was close!" Darren's body came out in cold sweats. Oh, the vengeful stingy thing was getting even with him.

But the scorpion's revenge plan would be futile, the creature would not emerge victoriously, and Darren would make sure of that. After the attack, Darren assumed that the scorpion was at the fifth or maybe sixth stage of the Spirit Realm. It was rather impressive, but the problem was not thorny at all.

In dealing with creatures with such power as the scorpion, no one could afford to be careless, not even Darren. When Darren was marveling at the achievement of the scorpion, the bellicose stingy soldier had already launched its second attack. This time, it got Darren on his arm. "Ouch!" screamed Darren out of pain. Its poisonous tail punctured Darren's forearm.