As more powerful thunder punishment rained down on Darren, he could feel himself getting crushed by its powerful aura.
This time, he couldn't rely on the Shura to help him because the latter had sustained serious injuries after facing off the sea of thunder earlier.
The Shura himself knew this, so he was already trying to retreat desperately.
The first fiend ancestor had finally snapped out of his stupor and was trying to flee again. He didn't know how he could get out of there, but it was the only thing he could think of.
On the other hand, Darren had already given up.
"You are too weak."
A voice echoed in the air. Its deep timbre shook the earth at its core.
From amid the chaos, a person jumped out to stand in front of Darren.
"Who are you?" Darren asked. He could feel his heart stuttering inside his chest.
He couldn't sense anything from this strange man. It was as if he was hiding the slightest fluctuation of his power. Even the Shura couldn't do such thing.
What surprised Darren the most, however, was that the person's body was concealed behind yellow fog. A fog that seemed to be full of sand. Such thing was hardly from this world.
They stood before each other for a while before the man sneered. He then began to walk over to the void. His steps were deliberate and careful.
His next actions shocked Darren.
"No way!"
The man had grasped the black spear shaped like lightning with his bare hands. His grip was tight and certain. The spear then disappeared into the air, shattering into powdery-fine fragments.
That was the thunder punishment of Heavenly Repression! Nobody, not even the Shura, could have done that!
But this mysterious figure had crushed it with his bare hands!
'Is he from the Primitive Wilderness?' Darren wondered as he watched the person in complete awe.
Darren had met a lot of powerful warriors from the Primitive Wilderness, but none of them were at their peak. Their true strength had been suppressed by laws or they were in form of remnant souls.
The strongest he met was the immortal that assimilated Elsa. She had both physical body and a soul.
But the man in front of him seemed to be stronger than the immortal!
The spear lightning's demise had brought a strong gust of wind. It blew furiously from the person's side, forming a vortex that pulled in a heavy, dark cloud. It collided with the tribulation cloud, crashing into it violently. The tribulation cloud was unable to resist such force and so it vanished into thin air.
All of a sudden, the sky turned clear.
"Thank you so much!" Astonished, Darren bowed to the sky.
"I come from the River of Forgetfulness. I'm here to kill you," the man said, catching Darren completely off guard.
The announcement had stunned him for a moment, but he suddenly recalled why this person felt familiar. "It's you! You're the one who led the thunder punishment to the ancient times!"
The man didn't answer. He only turned around and waded deeper into the air. His cold voice was carried by the wind. "When you reach the Super Emperor Realm, it'll also be the day of your death."
A zap of electricity buzzed down to Darren's spine.
It was as if he was shocked.
'When I reach the Super Emperor Realm, I'll die?' Darren pondered on this.
He looked up, but there was no sign of the person. Everything was calm.
He landed back on the ground. Sadness descended upon him like dark clouds as he saw the ruined land left after the battle.
The four greatest holy warriors had sacrificed their lives for him.
"Thank you." He kowtowed to the front three times.
"Phew!" With that, Darren gathered his remaining composure and tried to dispel the grief that took a hold of his heart. It was the first fiend ancestor who had started this war. He had to find him and kill him.
The mysterious figure had to wait. Darren didn't know who it was, but he was certain that it was an enemy who wanted to kill him.
Pushing those thoughts behind, he flew off.
His robes rustled behind him as the wind caught him.
At the edge of the city, a pile of corpses stood high like a mountain. Many of them were humans. Only twenty to thirty guards managed to survive the chaos.
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