Nobilis of War novel Chapter 1116

The result troubled Darren.

He was uneasy at the thought that even if dozens of his copies fought together, they'd still collectively be no match for the first fiend ancestor. This was assuming they were all at the top level of the Emperor Realm.

What was more, when Darren used the Nine Changes of the Demon skill, he was just imitating the first fiend ancestor. Because of the different rules or laws they comprehended, the real first fiend ancestor would still come out much stronger than he was.

In conclusion, even if Darren succeeded in passing three tests, he could only reach the top level of the Emperor Realm at most. This was far from enough.

Darren had to face not only the first fiend ancestor, but also the Shura who had already inherited the God Character of his ancestor. What worried him the most was the mysterious man who had unsettlingly told him he would kill him.

With the need to face those powerful destroyers, the top level of the Emperor Realm was simply not enough.

"Alas," Darren sighed. He was still left with no other choice but to pass three tests first, even if the situation seemed hopeless.

He was barely surviving the first test. How much more difficult could it be to pass the test of the second and third mountains?

As overwhelming as everything was, there were a total of nine tests in the Desolate Burning Mountain. It was hard to imagine the difficulty of passing the fourth to the ninth test. The mere thought exhausted Darren.

'I think only people like my master would dare take part in the test of the ninth mountain, ' thought Darren.

He decided to give his muddled thoughts a rest and flew over to the other side of the river.

Darren's heartbeat was rising with nervousness. He feared dozens of his replicas would appear again. At this point he was much too weak to handle another wave of replicas.

Luckily, Darren landed safely on the other side of the river.

He immediately began to absorb the remaining spiritual energy of the divine crystal after landing. Some of the energy was used to heal his wounds, and the other to improve his cultivation level.

Presently, he was in no rush to go to the big tree. Since his talent had been promoted, he naturally had to comprehend first and improve his level.

He practiced in that area for three months with no stops.

In the Desolate Burning Mountain, Darren didn't worry about wasting time because there was no concept of time to begin with. Even if he stayed there for three years, the time outside would not change too much. The message from the Space Spirit made this clear enough.

In the past three months, Darren's cultivation base had managed to almost reach the Super Emperor Realm.

'It's a pity that I don't have any more divine crystals. Otherwise, I'd surely break through to the Super Emperor Realm.'

Although Darren couldn't make any further improvements without the divine crystals, he used the rest of his time to comprehend the Void Penetration skill. His talent was already at the top level of the Spiritual Domain Degree, so he managed to comprehend one hundred and eight moves of the Void Penetration skill.

He then integrated the one hundred and eight moves into his blade and sword intents.

From this, his blade and sword intents reached a terrifyingly strong level.

As for the remaining moves, Darren's talent in Spiritual Domain Degree was still not enough to master it. He decided to stop there.

In fact, his original plan was to keep improving his talent by absorbing the talent crystals. This plan was hindered once he entered a bottleneck at the top level of the Spiritual Domain Degree. Even if he absorbed tons of talent crystals, no obvious improvements would be made.

After his cultivation base, skills, and talent had reached their highest potential, Darren decided to set out.

Darren left a mighty gust of wind in his trail as he swiftly flew to the huge tree.

There was a branch extending upward from the middle of the trunk, and a mountain was connected at the end. He would pass the first test as long as he passed through this branch.

Darren took a deep breath, ready to face the unknown.

He flew up the branch and felt as if he had stepped on a winding wooden road.

Darren immediately understood the contents of the test.

He was facing the Restriction Array.

The branch seemed to extend dozens of kilometers. Amidst trying with all his might to fly to the end, he seemed to end up at exactly the same place.

'What do I do now?'

Darren thought in frustration.

From his several experiences with different arrays, he could tell the Restriction Array must have been merged with some kind of distance rule or law. It seemed to warp the space, since no matter how far he seemed to fly, he wasn't actually moving forward.

'If only my avatar was here. With his powerful Spirit Power, he could definitely figure out the solution to this.'

As a martial artist, breaking arrays wasn't exactly Darren's strong point.

After several months, Darren was still in that same spot. His sanity was just about ready to snap. There was no way through and no way back. At this point, he was at wit's end in annoyance.