Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 185

The sound of crunching violated Darren's ears. It was like a hundred bricks crumbling to dust.

The shadow stared at Darren with evil in its eyes. It wore a ghastly smile while chewing the man's fingers.

Darren was shocked at the horrifying scene. This creature's power was so formidable that it had easily crushed the overmatch at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. Looking at its unearthly and strangely patterned face, Darren was sure that it was a demonic monster. Judging by its human-like figure, he thought it was at least at the sixth level.

A level six demonic monster could rival a human cultivator at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm.

"Hey, you little ones, what species are you?" the demonic monster asked in human language, much to their surprise.

At present, both Darren and Bruce were in the transformation state. Bruce became a giant ape and Darren a creature with a black carapace and sharp spines on the back.

They looked at each other. 'He must have mistaken us as demonic monsters!' Darren was grateful that it didn't see the truth. If it knew they were human, they would be in big trouble.

The demonic monster was too strong for them. If challenged, their chance to escape was very slim. Just like the bandit it had eaten just now, they wouldn't end well, either.

Darren responded to the demonic monster carefully, "My Lord, he is the seed of the ape and I am the seed of the ox." Darren made up his answer on the spot because his appearance may look something like the five level demonic monster he killed before. He thought that it would be believable.

He tried to hide the fact that he was still uneasy, afraid of blowing their cover.

"What? Then why do you speak in human language?" the demonic monster spoke with doubt in its voice. It lifted its eyebrows, the color of the patterns on its face changing constantly.

'Crap!' Darren knew he had made a mistake. Darren's skin crawled with the weight of the predicament. It was a fact that a common demonic monster couldn't exist in a human-like figure or talk in human language. His utterance had very likely exposed them.

"My Lord, I was captured by humans once when I was young, and I learned their language at that time." In a split second, he reacted fast and seemed to have set the story straight.

The demonic monster looked at him in confusion. "Humph! I presume what you said is true. However, I can clearly see him being the seed of the ape, but how could you be the seed of the ox? No sharp black spines appear on their backs!"

'Has it seen through us?' Darren couldn't calm his nerves. While he kept the conversation going, he started to warm up the demon core and the sword core in his belly to prepare for the desperate fight, should it come to that. Even so, the chance of living was little.

"The oxen are always mean. They fuck every demonic monster they meet. I guess you are the bastard child of an Iron Back Dragon and an ox. Am I right?" the demonic monster murmured to itself, clicking its tongue in thought while looking down at Darren.

Darren didn't care about its cruel words. Instead, it came as a relief to him. As long as they were safe, nothing else mattered. Still, he had to continue with the charade.

He glared at the demonic monster with rage to keep up the act. "My Lord! My father is of noble descent. You shouldn't say such terrible things about him!"

The demonic monster smirked. It appeared that Darren's fake reaction had proved its assumption to be correct.

"Tsk, stay away from me! You really know how to get on my nerves!" the demonic monster scolded with great contempt. It shook its head.

After hearing that, Darren thought that was as good a time as any to leave, and he motioned to Bruce to follow.

Bruce understood the hint, so he dragged his legs to follow Darren without hesitation.

"Wait!" the demonic monster shouted after them.

"What is it?" Darren stopped and turned around to face the demonic monster, trying his best to remain calm.

"Both of you come with me," the demonic monster commanded as it pulled them back with a strong force of suction. "Goddamn humans are invading our territory again. Since we are still short of hands, I'd like you to join me in slaughtering them all, ha-ha!" A twisted smile appeared on its face as it said this.

"My Lord, we are just nobodies. I am afraid we are not able to help you," Darren said meekly while standing beside the demonic monster, keeping his head down.

"Cut the chatter! No more words, or you will die!" Its eyes flashed with an evil stare to reinforce its threat. It opened its mouth, a scarlet forked tongue darting out.

"So it is a snake-type demonic monster. No wonder it smells so bad," Darren murmured under his breath, being careful not to let it hear him.

"Okay, we will come with you, My Lord." Darren had to give in for the sake of their safety. He kept his face down so the demonic monster wouldn't notice his wrath-filled eyes. Now that it refused to let them leave peacefully, he would have to give it the critical strike.