Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 237

Darren smiled and said, "Don't think too much about that. Let's pick a martial skill and begin practicing it. Three years' time is too short for us cultivators."

Boyce looked at Darren and realized that he was serious. He began to look forward to seeing what realm Darren would reach within three years here. 'Although neither of us have a cultivation base now, Darren has a talent of level nine of the Earth Degree and he will make quick progress, ' thought Boyce.

"You are right. Let's begin our cultivating." Boyce turned to read the martial skills written on the big stone wall. It didn't take much time for him to make a decision.

"Darren, I'll see you in three years," said Boyce.

"All right," Darren replied with a faint smile.

Boyce nodded slightly and left to look for a quiet place where he could practice the martial skill he had chosen without being disturbed by the others.

Only Darren was left in the open space now. He scanned the stone wall. Thousands of martial skills were recorded on it and all of them varied in levels. The best of them were the legendary martial skills. He scanned them half-heartedly.

At the moment, he was not very eager about choosing a proper martial skill. Darren was worried about a more pressing problem; he couldn't absorb spiritual energy.

"After three years of practicing, if I still have no cultivation base, I will be laughed at," Darren muttered to himself and sighed deeply. He felt honestly sorry for himself.

"Never mind that! I'll have to at least try!" Darren decided to get up his courage and absorb the spiritual energy from the world using his talent.

"Heh?" Darren stood there, surprised.

"The spiritual energy in this space is so rich and powerful. Besides, I didn't feel any pain from the sword intent and the blade intent. The two intents didn't battle each other. But why?" he paused and muttered to himself. And then, the answer struck him.

"Oh!" His eyes widened and he knew the reason now. "Our cultivation base was degenerated. Due to that, my sword intent and blade intent have disappeared," Darren said to himself.

Darren was shocked. 'What a terrifying space the Ancient Void Battlefield is! It could easily eliminate the sword intent and the blade intent!'

"The guardian has such powerful energy to make this happen," Darren whispered.

"Ha-ha. Young man. I am not as powerful as you think. You have cultivated conflicting martial skills. How can I suppress them? All is because of the Ancient Void Battlefield."

The voice didn't shock Darren, but it was surprising that the guardian had showed up again.

Darren cupped one hand in the other before his chest as a sign of respect. "Sir, how did you know that I am a sword and a blade cultivator? What makes the Ancient Void Battlefield so special?"

"Cultivating conflicting martial skills not only means cultivating sword and blade skills; it also means cultivating ice and fire, light and dark, justice and injustice and so on. There are thousands of conflicting skills.

But cultivating each of them is difficult in its own way because of the pressure from the conflicting nature of the skills. Once a cultivator breaks the limitations and reaches the top stage, his cultivation base will be terrifying and powerful. But in the Ancient Void Battlefield, the conflicting martial skills are not suppressed by the nature rules."

A smile spread across Darren's face, and his eyes gleamed with excitement. "But sir, why?"

"Because the Ancient Void Battlefield does not belong to this world. It comes from the ancient world. The rules formed by the later generations don't matter here. In the ancient era, many cultivators practiced at least two conflicting martial skills, sometimes even three or four conflicting skills. They were much more powerful than the grand warriors of this era."

Darren got sort of excited for no reason. He started to feel that he could find a way to solve his problem of practicing both sword skill and blade skill. But the guardian failed to notice Darren's growing excitement. He concluded, "Much time has passed. I will stop with this. Young man, try your best and get through the thirteenth test."

Then his figure slowly started to disappear. Before he could completely vanish, Darren asked loudly, "Sir, wait! Are you saying that I can practice the sword and blade skills in the Ancient Void Battlefield? Can the others do it too?"

"You can, but the others can't. If they haven't practiced conflicting martial skills before coming here, they wouldn't be able to do it in the Ancient Void Battlefield. This is one of the rules of this space. I don't know the reasons either."

"Great." Darren's frown was gone. There was no anxiety on his face. His eyes found one legendary sword skill and one legendary blade skill recorded at the top of the stone wall. He didn't think that he would get two legendary martial skills in the Ancient Void Battlefield. He was wild with joy.

"Young man, don't get so excited. The martial skills here are just test conveniences. After the test, your memories will be erased," said the guardian, realizing what Darren was thinking.