Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 216

Darren found a person who was ranked relatively high in the Talent Roll. He was twenty-one years old and had reached the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. He had killed a demonic monster whose strength was equal to a master who had reached the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. This guy ranked 158th.

'So the age indeed plays an important role in the ranking, ' Darren thought to himself.

With that in mind, Darren then started to scan the other names, looking for the person who ranked one hundredth in the Roll. He was interested in knowing more about the guy.

The guy's name was Barnett Xiao. He was nineteen years old and was at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. He was ranked as the one hundredth in the Talent Roll because he had killed a master who was at the top level of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm.

It was becoming more apparent to Darren that all the superior talents in the Talent Roll were extremely powerful cultivators. They were capable of killing masters who were in a higher realm than theirs. They clearly possessed some excellent skills.

"This one will be my next target. With my current strength, it's possible for me to defeat him," he said, analyzing his would-be opponent.

Darren's body was tough enough to withstand even the most adverse conditions, therefore he was not afraid of facing off against a master at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. When he completed all the stages of body refining, his strength would greatly improve. However, it only meant that he would not be killed by the master. If he wanted to defeat a master, he still needed to put more efforts in his practice and improve his other skills.

As Darren browsed through the Talent Roll, there was suddenly a loud noise that came from outside the palace. It seemed to be calling out to him.

He went outside to investigate what the noise was about. The disciples of the Dragon Sect had surrounded a muscular man, and that man was Bruce.

"Stop. Let him come up there," Darren shouted his order at the men. The disciples then whipped their heads around to see who roared out the order. To their astonishment, they saw that Darren was at the palace entrance and gaped at them. When they came back to their senses, they immediately stepped away from Bruce in big strides.

Scott had ordered each elder to show Darren's portrait to every disciple in the Dragon Sect, instructing them to obey Darren's orders unconditionally.

One of the disciples stepped forward. "Sir. That guy just barged in here, saying that he needed to speak to you. We halted him and were planning to report him to you first to avoid any trouble, but he still insisted on forcing his way in," he explained. It was a wise decision on their part not to use too much force in stopping the intruder. Otherwise, they might have risked offending someone who was possibly a friend of Darren.

"It's alright. He's my friend. You guys can let him go," Darren casually ordered.

The disciples turned to Bruce and humbly bowed their heads. "Sir, we're so sorry for the trouble." They then proceeded to leave with their heads still bowed down.

Bruce hurriedly flew towards the palace. His brows were furrowed and small beads of sweat peppered his forehead. "Darren, thank goodness you're here. Something terrible happened. Elsa went to the Blade Holy Land!"

Darren was glad to see that Bruce's speech had improved—it was great news. The news he brought along with him, however, did not seem good at all.

"What? How could that happen?" A deep furrow appeared between Darren's brows. He thought of all the possible reasons why Elsa would decide to go to the Blade Holy Land.

Bruce then gave him a rough explanation of the situation.

About a fortnight ago, Elsa found out that her father, Thomas, had been taken by the people of the Blade Holy Land. They said that if Thomas refused to tell them who was responsible for killing the Holy Lord's son, they would cut him up into indistinguishable pieces.

After Elsa heard about the news, she tried to hold back her emotions. She appeared to be very sensible and composed despite the stress she was under. She understood that if she made a rash decision to recklessly go after her father's captors, even if she could come out of the pursuit alive, the whole situation would still become a burden to Darren.

She planned to wait for Darren to come back and see if he could think of a better solution before she made a move. However, once she heard the news that a martial arts competition would be held in Blade Holy Land, she completely changed her mind. She was not able to wait any longer and decided to enter the competition herself. Bruce was smart enough to know that Elsa was not only planning to enter the competition, she was also going to try everything she could do to rescue her father. He thought it was such a risky thing to do.

Just a few days ago, the Holy Lord of the Dragon Holy Land ordered his men to deliver the news to the Lotus Holy Land. Bruce knew that Darren was in the Dragon Holy Land, so he rushed to look for him in order to tell him about the news.

Darren absorbed the news with a heavy heart. He began to feel anxious about Elsa's safety.

"This is my fault. I should have gone back sooner." Darren felt an overwhelming guilt and lamented his mistake.

"I've heard that there was another elder who got involved in this matter. But that man acted like a lunatic. He couldn't say anything even though he underwent excruciating torture and nearly lost his mind. He was killed about a month ago," Bruce said, enunciating every word like a normal person now.