Nobilis of War novel Chapter 1396

Whether it would work or not did not matter, and Darren had to take the chance and at least give it a try.

"Have a look at this, you little bastard," Darren yelled.

He then pulled out the colorful flag and waved it around for all to see.

"Woo, woo, woo!"

The black cat sprang up as if his tail had been stepped on, hissing with the hair on his back standing straight up.

This reaction gave Darren a little more confidence. The cat's fear of the flag was quite obvious now.

"Don't act so slick, brat. Get rid of that flag and let's have a fair duel!"

Puff!

Darren couldn't help but laugh.

'You're as powerful as the five-clawed golden dragon. What sort of fair duel could we possibly have?' he thought to himself, incredulous at this request.

"Could you be more ridiculous? Have you tried?" Darren said with contempt and mockery, feigning his true nervousness at the gap in their power.

The black cat hissed again and revealed his claws, scratching five deep slashes into the ground and staring fiercely at Darren.

"Are you not aware of the rules? If I were to fight you, my strength would be suppressed to the level that is a third more than your own. Do you really want to cheat and use that flag? Even if you were to win with it, you won't be able to reach the space of inheritance," said the black cat coldly.

"Ha-ha," Darren chuckled disdainfully. "If you're so afraid, why not just admit defeat right now? That way, your life will be spared."

He did not believe that the cat's strength would be suppressed. He would not allow himself to believe it.

"Everyone, someone wants to be a cheater. Come out and kill him!"

growled the black cat, baring his teeth.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The other eleven beasts leapt down from the walls and circled Darren, surrounding him entirely. He had no escape except through them by force.

Darren took a quick glance around and found that these strange looking beasts all seemed to be even more powerful than the black cat. This was now getting to be a little more than he had bargained for.

"Put the flag down and fight fairly with the cat. Do as we say, or we will be forced to rip you to shreds," yelled one of the Archean beasts in a hoarse and flat voice.

"Damn you!" Darren yelled back, glaring at the beast. "Tear me apart if you can, but don't try to coax me like a child!"

"Your stubbornness knows no bounds! Go to hell then!"

Roar! Roar! Roar!

All twelve Archean beasts roared at once. The force of their resonating roars almost shattered Darren to pieces.

Immediately, Darren infused his god's sense into the colorful flag and abruptly waved it around in retaliation.

A peculiar force was thrown out of it,

suddenly decreasing the twelve streams of fierce pressure.

To Darren's disappointment, however, the colorful flag appeared to have only weakened the momentum of the roars by less than half. This meant only half of their strength was suppressed as well. That was far less than enough.

The twelve beasts surrounding him were so powerful that even with only half of their fighting power, any one of them could kill Darren and the dragon ancestor with a single move.

"Brat, I thought I was clear about you cheating. It is a rule set by our master and is not to be disobeyed,' revealed the black cat with a wicked grin.

"Guys, tear him apart!" he commanded the other beasts.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

They pounced on Darren all at once.

Bang!

Crack!

They did not kill Darren immediately, as they could have, but toyed with him instead, beating him and kicking him back and forth between themselves.

"Hum!"

The roar of a powerful dragon then shook the hall.

"How dare you bully the patriarch of the Chu Clan right in front of me? You dare act as though I am not even here?"

It was the five-clawed golden dragon who spoke with such strength and stature. His body shone with blinding golden light that rendered everyone unable to open their eyes.

A yellow gold aura of the dragon blood spurted out of the golden dragon's mouth and struck the eleven beasts. It hit them hard and sent them flying off into the wall with a heavy slam.

All eleven beasts spat blood after taking the blow; it was a serious hit.

This allowed Darren to finally catch his breath.

'Damn it. It's not as effective as I would have hoped,' Darren cursed. 'Perhaps the black cat really will suppress his strength to fight me if I don't use the flag, just as he said he would.'

"Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong. You may regret it," one of the beasts said to the golden dragon. "Looks like there'll be two dragons for our dinner tonight. I'm sure you don't know how much my buddies and I love dragon meat."

The beasts got to their feet again, not discouraged by the hit they had taken.

"You want to eat me? You're vastly overestimating yourselves!" bellowed the golden dragon, raising his head arrogantly.

"Attack!"

All the beasts rushed over and attacked the golden dragon wildly with their massive claws.

Sweep!