"These are the transmission tokens to the Tussle Region. As soon as you activate it, you will be transferred there," the emissary explained as he handed Darren, Finley, and Aaron a wooden token each.
"We can't trigger it just yet. We have to wait for them to come out," Finley said.
"Wait for them?" The emissary glanced at Finley and said, "It will take them at least ten years to survive the tribulations. Even if you want to wait, the Region won't give you so much time. You need to go right now. In ten years, regardless of whether they survive the tribulations or not, as long as you are alive, I will bring them to you. I will never break my promise."
Both Finley and Aaron looked at Darren with questioning eyes.
"Let's go. The monkey and the old man are safe here. When they join us in a decade, we would have grown, and it would be easier for us to protect them," Darren said.
"Okay, I'll tell the monkey." Finley flew to the exit and shouted, "Barnes, did you hear what we said? Practice hard and try to survive the tribulations. And remember to take good care of that old man."
"I see. Go away now. I will meet you after I survive the tribulations successfully." Barnes didn't want to be separated from Darren and the others, but he had no choice.
"Okay, take care of yourself! Bye!" Finley said with a wave.
Darren, Finley, and Aaron took a few steps forward and prepared to trigger the transmission token to the Tussle Region.
"Wait! Someone is coming. You guys can go together." At this time, the emissary stopped them unexpectedly.
"Who?"
"Me. Were you abandoning me? How heartless of you! Couldn't you think about taking me as well?" Lindsay teased as she flew over.
"Who is she? Is she your friend?" Finley turned to Darren with furrowed brows and questioned.
"Yes, she is my friend." Darren nodded as he faced Lindsay. "How can you go to the Tussle Region without participating in the test?"
Lindsay lifted her chin and cast a scornful glance at Darren. She raised the rusty iron plate in her hand and remarked, "You forget that I have this. Now, stop talking nonsense. Let's go."
"Well."
Darren didn't say anything. Instead, he gestured to the others, and together, they triggered their transmission tokens.
Gradually, Darren and his companions vanished.
A figure shrouded in darkness stepped forward as soon as Darren and his friends disappeared. The emissary didn't even notice his presence!
"Listen to me. Send a message back immediately. Try your best to look after them. Don't apply rules to them."
The startled emissary turned at once when he heard the voice.
"Ah, you... You are..." The emissary was so alarmed that he couldn't finish his sentence.
"Just do as I say," the man in black ordered impatiently.
"Yes, Mr. Feng." The emissary gulped and nodded as nervous energy flowed through him.
Whoosh!
A strange god's power whirled around the emissary's neck. "Remember! Don't call me by my name in the future!"
"Yes, sir!" The emissary was so terrified that he broke into a cold sweat. A split second later, the man in black disappeared.
After a while, Darren and his friends exited the space passage and landed in a boundless virgin forest.
"We reached so quickly," Finley muttered.
"Of course! Do you know how much a transmission token is worth? It is worth a level-six divine weapon. Normally, only the warriors in the Celestial God Realm can have a transmission token at this level.
Such a transmission token is precious, and can only be used by the new recruits that the different regions select from the Ancestral Land every ten years. Since it is a long distance away, it will take hundreds of years or longer to fly there."
Finley smiled faintly and turned to Darren. "Darren, I've been meaning to ask. Where is Elsa now?"
Darren's face darkened as he replied, "She is in the Blood Cloud Region."
"What happened?" Finley frowned. He couldn't think of a reason why Darren would leave her there.
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