Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 179

After the whole episode, Darren brought Bruce back to his dwelling in the Lotus Holy Land—his courtyard was spacious enough for hundreds of people, not to mention that he had only the two of them.

Much to his delight, Bruce got a clean and spacious room, just as he'd longed for. The instant bitterness and grief filled his heart. He felt even more grateful to Darren.

After settling Bruce in, Darren brought out the Primitive Stone from his Space Ring and began reading the note Mathew left behind.

To his disappointment, Darren found no information about the usage of the stone on the written note.

"It seems that I have to find a way to use this myself," he muttered.

With the Primitive Stone in his hand, Darren tried to refine it.

Buzz.

Just as Darren's internal force filtered into the Primitive Stone, a stream of inexplicable and appalling power surged into his head—a rampage more powerful than Darren had ever felt in his life.

'Something is wrong. The aura within this stone is similar to the rule force, but much more powerful than any I have connected.

How can I utilize the Primitive Stone to mingle the blade and sword intent?'

With that thought, Darren attempted to release both kinds of intent into the stone.

"Ouch!"

Darren's countenance changed greatly. Blade intent and sword intent were reflected rather than intertwined when they touched the stone, breaking many of Darren's meridians.

Darren's face turned ghastly pale as he suffered a sharp pain in his meridians. Not wanting to leave anything to chance, he hurriedly put the Primitive Stone back into the Space Ring.

'I have to go to the Starry Tower again to ask Mathew. It's the only way, ' Darren decided, not daring to play at anything randomly.

It was clear in Darren's mind that this Primitive Stone, with the size of a thumb, would be far from enough for him to mingle his blade intent and sword intent. He had no choice but to enter the Raksa Sea to seek more Primitive Stones.

That was no simple task. It required formidable strength to even enter the Raksa Sea.

Considering this, Darren began to try making a breakthrough in his strength.

For the realm, reaching the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm was all he could do. But it was far from enough to go defeat a true Wonder Realm master.

Now, Darren had two options. For one, he could try to comprehend the legendary martial skill—Nine Changes of the Demon.

Anyone who could reach the fifth stage of the Nine Changes of the Demon was equivalent to a cultivator at the Grand Realm, far beyond Wonder Realm cultivators' strength. But Darren's current ability required great amounts of time to comprehend just the third stage. A thorough and successful comprehension of the third stage of the skill, along with his transformation into a fiend, would help his odds at beating a Wonder Realm master at the beginning stage.

On the other hand, he had to begin with Spirit Power to try and be a true rule cultivator. Perhaps, he could have some breakthrough in terms of his blade intent and sword intent with the help of the force of the rules of heaven and earth.

Having put these ideas into shape, Darren began his tasks.

Time flew by. Before he knew it, an entire month had elapsed.

Over this month, Darren continued indulging himself in the cultivation of the demon martial skill. His talent in the fourth level of the Earth Degree had helped him enter the middle level of the third stage of the Nine Changes of the Demon. Once he achieved the high level of the third stage, his body would reach an unprecedented strength after his transformation into a fiend. By then, he could withstand an attack from a Wonder Realm master.

Meanwhile, Darren had also connected with the Rule of the Earth, through which his body strength would be improved via his ninth-level Spirit Power, as well as the achievement he had in the cultivation of the Nine Changes of the Demon. His body strength was no less than that of a Wonder Realm master at the beginning stage.

Finally, he exhaled a long breath. Awakened from his meditation, Darren had reached the bottleneck in both cultivation methods. He would make no breakthrough unless his talent and Spirit Power were improved once again.

Ping!

In an instant, an unmatched sword shadow dashed straight for Darren as soon as he was awakened.

'Such intense sword intent… whose is that?'

Even as he maintained his meditative facade, Darren was undoubtedly startled by the attack. He had never seen such forcible sword intent.

Calmly, Darren shot out his blade intent and sword intent simultaneously, triggering a head-on collision with the forcible sword intent.

Boom!