The Life and Death Valley was, in fact, a low ridge with an area of about two hundred and seventy thousand square meters, surrounded by towering mountains over thirty meters tall. At this moment, hundreds of people were watching Darren's suicide challenge.
Five people stood in front of Darren in the valley.
"William, please give me this opportunity. I have never killed a man in person," a disciple from the School of Blade Skill said.
"Andy, please give it to me. I have just broken into the Spirit Realm, I want a try," another disciple called Norbert Wang blurted out.
"Well, you kill him." William nodded to Norbert Wang, giving him permission. He thought he had given much respect to Darren by sending a Spirit Realm master to kill him.
A happy look crossed Norbert's face now that he had William's consent. He leaped onto a raised platform called Death Platform.
"Norbert, you will be a disgrace if you can't kill him."
"Nonsense, killing him will be a piece of cake." "Lad, how many swings would you prefer to be killed in?" Norbert shouted softly.
"Stupid dog, soon you will know who will be killed!" Darren sneered at Norbert.
"A scum of the Primary Realm, I will kill you in a second, you bastard!" With a sudden shout, Norbert lifted his saber and rushed at Darren.
Darren's face turned cold as ice as Norbert's aggressive aura of the Spirit Realm surged into him. It was much more powerful than that at the Primary Realm.
Quickly, Darren's imposing aura also surged out as he hacked at Norbert with a broadsword.
The sound from the fierce clash immediately echoed through the Life and Death Valley as heavy dust was blown backward.
After the dissipation of the dust, everyone in the valley was openly astonished. Darren had survived that violent attack!
"The lad. He managed to survive, how could it be possible?"
"Even a heavy blow from a Spirit Realm cultivator failed to kill him?"
While all the crowd was talking about the matter, Darren was mulling over something in his mind. 'There is only one-millionth of an inch between my realm and the Spirit Realm, but I am falling far behind in physical strength. Perhaps I can make up the difference if I use my blade and sword internal force.'
In the previous clash, Darren used only his pure physical strength rather than the blade and sword internal force to counterattack Norbert.
"Ha ha ha, you are such a disgrace, Norbert. You are of about the same level as him. I have doubt whether you have broken into the Spirit Realm really," Andy Zhang sneered.
Andy's words embarrassed Norbert.
"Scum, I will show you the real strength of a Spirit Realm cultivator!" Norbert scowled and hacked at Darren violently with his blade martial skill.
"Why did Norbert bother himself to use the martial skill to kill a rubbish warrior? What a disappointment!" Andy said, continuing to shake his head.
Darren mobilized his blade and sword internal force and lunged at Norbert.
With the Grand Thirteen Blade Skills, a tremendous vital energy wave gushed out of his body and pushed back against Norbert. It was even stronger than Norbert's momentum.
"Damn it. Why is his blade force so overpowering? What the hell is that?" Norbert's face changed. Darren's sudden overwhelming breath and force stirred fear in his heart.
'Illusion, it must be an illusion, ' Norbert told himself.
"Die." Norbert mobilized his vital energy to his saber. "Sky Cut!"
This was Norbert's best martial skill, an illusion of a saber fell from the sky with unparalleled power behind it.
Darren waved his broadsword and exercised the first move of the Grand Thirteen Blade Skills to answer Norbert's saber attack descending from the sky.
At the same time, Darren sprang forward and exercised the second move of the Grand Thirteen Blade Skills with enough force concentrated on the edge of the broadsword's blade that it could split the heaven from earth.
BOOM!
The earth shook as the two forces crashed into each other.
Both Darren and Norbert were lost in the dazzling saber brilliance. When the light cleared, Darren stood alone against the wind, while Norbert was covered in blood.
"You, you, you." Norbert gazed at Darren in great disbelief. He could not believe he had lost the duel.
"Blade internal force!" He recognized the overwhelming power.
An uproar spread through the crowds standing on top of the Life and Death Valley. They never dreamed that Darren would survive this duel, not to mention his victory. It was too incredible!
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