Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 817

There was a boom as a dark gold torrent burst into the still air.

It was headed straight toward Finley.

Not a second later Darren was moving, positioning himself before Finley.

He gathered the power of Shura Force until his body was suffused with a red glow.

'Huh!' thought Finley. 'It seems like Darren thinks I'm somebody else. He's more hostile to me than he'd be to the Fire Kylin or the monkey! Well, this is the only way I can test the real limits of my strength.'

With his mind made up, Finley smiled, knowing he would get what he was after. He felt his opponent's brutality and strong fiendish nature. He made a move which was identical to the one he'd made before.

Its result, however, was different.

A ripple of golden light, formed by many rings of energy, flew toward Darren.

The dark gold internal force was surging inside the ripples, but it was unable to penetrate them.

Frustrated, Darren had his scarlet blade and sword slice through the air toward Finley.

Finley extended one open palm. Simultaneously, a massive, glowing golden shadow of the same shape flew out at Darren.

A thunderous sound came with it, like a voice from the heavens chanting in Sanskrit.

When the palm shadow closed in on Darren, Finley bent his fingers inward. The shadow mimicked his movement, its fingers closing around his victim.

Then, Finley murmured a few words, perhaps an incantation.

A giant hieroglyph, meaning "suppress," ejected from his mouth and landed on Darren's immobilized form.

Pain surged into Darren.

He thrashed and strained against the uncanny grip, screaming uncontrollably.

Blood flecked and splattered from his mouth.

But as he continued to struggle, the agony only increased.

When he was certain it was about to become unbearable, it began to ebb.

The "suppress" glyph and the palm shadow gradually faded away.

"Whew!"

Darren shuddered and gasped in relief.

"What a strange force!" he murmured. "The more violent I am and the harder I struggle, the more powerful it is.

The pain is almost equal to the soul attack."

"You are right. My cultivation method aims at creatures with strong fiendish nature.

In other words, it's designed to suppress the fiends," Finley explained. At that moment, he totally understood the skill he had cultivated.

"No wonder the bald man said he wanted to suppress a fiend after he had a sudden 'epiphany'," Darren remarked, nodding in agreement.

"It's very effective," Finley went on. "If I can attain more levels, I might be able to deal with the Fire Kylin."

Although the Fire Kylin was not a fiend, he was much more ferocious and had a stronger fiendish nature than Darren had just demonstrated.

Fighting him with this skill would truly be something to witness.

"Then you need to make sure that you cultivate hard," Darren urged him. "That way, you'll really be able to help the clan of the Water Kylin."

"Well, in that case, I'm going to go cultivate right now. Come get me if you need any help." Saying this, Finley flew away.

With that done, Darren returned to the place where he lived.

A few days later, Darren, who was practicing in the cave, was suddenly interrupted by a shout.

"Master Darren, please help my brother!"

As he turned toward the voice, a bloodied and shaken kylin burst in and threw himself at Darren's feet.

"What happened?" Darren asked immediately.

The stranger struggled to keep his composure and explained, "Today when I went out with my brother for hunting, we were attacked by a few members of the Fire Kylin Clan. They caught my brother and started torturing him."

With that, he burst into tears for a moment.

Darren was silent, seemingly deep in thought. Seeing this, the kylin was even more perturbed and kept kowtowing to him. "Master Darren, please come and save my brother."

"All right, let's go. Lead the way," Darren replied at last.

"Thank you, Master Darren. Thank you so much!"

Without wasting another moment, the kylin and Darren flew out of the chaotic space passage.

Outside the space passage

Time wore on, though, and they flew such a considerable distance under the sea that Darren began to grow uneasy. "Where exactly did your brother get caught?" he asked his guide.

"Just up ahead. Not too far," the kylin answered.

This answer did nothing to put Darren at ease, and he came to a sudden stop.