Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 545

"Okay, then," Darren said, mirroring her careless demeanor. "I believe you about the bead. I was only being curious. But what's it about the demon? What made him so special?"

She gave him a sly smile. "Well, I'm not exactly sure. I don't know everything my master does. But as for that bead, I did see someone get poisoned by it. Someone much, much more powerful than you, and I can tell you it didn't end well for him. In fact, you may just meet him, and he can tell you all about it himself."

Darren shook his head, irritated by Anna's behavior. Despite having made such a fuss about the bead, she now showed herself unable, or at least unwilling, to give any facts in support of her argument. All the same, Darren decided to let the matter drop. After all, it was only a bead. Even if it actually was beneficial somehow, he surely could do just fine without it.

He remembered then how Mathew had told him there were Primitive Stones on the fourth floor, which was where he was at right now. If he could get his hands on those stones containing the Heavenly Repression Rule, he would be able to work on increasing his own strength toward the level of the Grand Realm.

"Well, right now I'm more interested in what's waiting for me on the fifth floor. I'm kind of looking forward to getting up there."

Saying this, Darren looked over at the site of his latest battle. The demon on this floor was a real livng beast, so he couldn't come back to life. The moment the demon was killed, a stairway leading up to the next floor had appeared there.

Already excited, he sent his spiritual sense probing up the passage, only for it to be stopped cold.

It was shocking enough to him that something was powerful enough to block his spiritual sense. But even more arresting were the emanations that came down from the opening. There was an aura somewhere up there, one that was somehow familiar to Darren.

"Damn! What the hell could be up there?" he murmured to himself.

Ever since entering the Starry Tower, he'd been aware of this aura. It had to be coming from the top level, and he was very interested in discovering its source.

Still, he was well aware that he wouldn't even make it through the next floor, let alone all of them, unless he found the Primitive Stones first.

Having made up his mind, he gathered all the strength of his spiritual sense and started looking for the stones. He didn't bother asking Anna about it. After all, she was just a guardian of the third floor, so she couldn't possibly know where the stones were.

Unsurprisingly, the girl followed close behind Darren as he explored. Also unsurprisingly, she couldn't keep her mouth shut. "Hey! I thought you wanted to know about your opponent on the fifth floor. Why haven't you asked me about him?"