Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 688

Time seemed to be meaningless to them when cultivating. Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

A statue sat on the side of the stone hall.

The figure was cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by spiritual light. Occasionally, it released a stream of spiritual energy that shot up into the sky.

Crack!

With a loud sound, the statue shattered. Inside it was a young man with a graceful aura. He was none other than Darren.

As he had remained motionless for three years, the dust had covered him and given him a statue-like appearance.

At this moment, he had reached a bottleneck, and so, he woke from his meditation.

"I've reached the top level of six-star Grand Realm. My progress has been a little faster than expected."

Darren could quickly absorb spiritual energy from the outside world because of his martial arts talent at the ninth level of the Heaven Degree. Thus, his cultivation speed was much faster than that of other martial artists.

However, advancement in a cultivator's realm did not rely only on spiritual energy, but also on experiences and perception.

Therefore, just as he was about to enter the seven-star Grand Realm, Darren encountered a bottleneck and could not advance further, no matter how hard he tried.

Since he was unable to break through in a short time, it was pointless to continue the cultivation. That was why Darren woke. He knew that he could cultivate again later.

"Although my sword and blade intents haven't reached the extreme level, people feel that they have."

Darren hadn't practiced the blade and sword intents to their extreme level when he had once practiced in the time and space vortex. He knew that for each branch of cultivation, there could only be one person to master the extreme intent. He had inherited his blade and sword intents from that young man with a pair of sword eyes. In theory, it would be impossible for Darren to cultivate it to the extreme level while the young man still lived.

"Wait a minute!" Darren's eyes widened as a thought flashed through his mind.

"Fire is attached to my blade intent. And ice is bound to my sword intent. If I can merge the ice and fire completely into the blade and sword intents, it will be a different kind of cultivation method."

Darren couldn't help but be excited at this thought. He was sure that no one had considered combining fire and ice essence with blade and sword intents before.

At least, it was almost impossible for anyone else to have set foot on this road from among the strong martial artists of this world.

After realizing this, Darren had to figure out how to integrate them.

"If my belief is correct, and I work in this direction, I will eventually succeed. I don't have to hurry. I'll just take my time," Darren murmured.

Elation and reassurance coursed through Darren once he had decided the direction of his cultivation. If he succeeded, the extreme blade and sword intents he would condense would be terrifying.

Darren wondered whether the potential impact of the newly mastered extreme blade and sword intents would compare to the killing sword intent. Or would it be comparable to that of the Devastating Cultivation and the Spectral Cultivation?

If so, then once Darren stepped into the seven-star Grand Realm, he would have the ability to fight against an inferior holy warrior and even kill him.

Reaching the top level of the seven-star Grand Realm while simultaneously cultivating both the sword and the blade, along with having mastered fearsome extreme blade and sword intents, Darren would be more powerful than Mathew and Hanson!

Darren was filled with excitement at the thought.

Bang!

While in the midst of this thought, a strong spear intent charged at him abruptly.

"Hobson, you have advanced a lot,"

Darren said with a smile. He sensed that his attacker was Hobson.

Bang!

To defend against the blow, Darren stretched out his hand and released the aura of the dragon blood and the demonic internal force.

An earth-shaking explosion occurred when the two forces collided, causing the entire palace to tremble.

Darren took a step back after the blow, but Hobson still rushed at him fearlessly.

"Ha-ha, you can't even withstand my attack!" Hobson was secretly delighted.

"Who do you think I am, Hobson? Be careful with what you do!"

Immediately after, Darren released a roar and transformed into a dragon.

"Ah!"

Hobson was thrown back by an olive-black light and hit the stone wall.

After Darren dragged Hobson out of the wall, Hobson began to heal himself.

"Try my treatment." Darren released a low-level method of the Life Rule, and green light began to repair Hobson's body.

Two hours later, Hobson regained his strength.

"Well done!" Hobson jumped up and continued, "Your Life True Rule has shortened my recovery time by twenty hours. Awesome!"

"It's not a true rule. What I used was just a low-level method of the Life Rule. In battle, your enemy won't give you two hours to recover from your injuries. Now, it seems that my healing method is still not good enough. It won't be very useful in battle," Darren said.

"Well, it's good that you have it. You can gradually improve it. When you are at the same level as the lord, who can kill you?"

"You are right. An upgrade is a possibility." Darren smiled.

"By the way, Dexter has not come out for so long. Could he have died?"

Three years had passed, but the stone gate remained motionless. Hobson wondered whether Dexter had died inside a long time ago.

"I don't think so. The road of the examination must be very difficult. It has only been three years since it began."

Darren thought that it would take decades or even hundreds of years to complete such an examination.

"You are right." Hobson nodded and added, "Then should we continue our cultivation or not? I feel that my spear intent has reached its peak, and I can't take any further steps. It doesn't matter if I continue to cultivate or not. Achieving a breakthrough probably depends on luck at this point."

"I also met an obstacle in my cultivation," Darren said.

"By the way, Darren, didn't the lord said that there was a way to leave here? You might have seen it, right? Why don't we try?" Hobson suggested.

"No way. It's impossible for us to get through. Let me tell you what I know. There is a body of an emperor behind that door. If we want to leave, we must go through his heart. Do you think that is possible?" Darren asked.

"Wow!" Hobson jumped in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have never seen a living holy emperor in my life. It will be a great honor to examine an emperor's body. Hurry up and take me there!"

Hobson was understandably very excited. Any other strong martial artist would also be this curious.

"Ha-ha, okay, let me show you the way. But I must warn you. You might be scared to death," Darren replied as he walked with Hobson toward the stone gate where the sea of blood was hidden.

But, what they didn't know was that the waves behind the stone gate were more terrifying than anything they had experienced before.