Talented Martial Hero novel Chapter 76

"Darren, why are you standing still? Be quick and pick the spiritual herbs," Elsa urged Darren as she noticed him lost in thought.

"Oh, okay," Darren said dazedly, snapping out of it.

Time flew by. After two hours, his Space Ring was filled with superior spiritual herbs.

"I think that's enough for now, Elsa. My Space Ring is full."

"Oh, what a pity! I wish I could move the Starry Tower away," Elsa said regretfully.

"I have more than one hundred thousand superior spiritual herbs in my Space Ring. They're enough to serve us for several years, Elsa! Don't be so greedy. Ha-ha." Darren burst into laughter, his eyes twinkling.

"You are right." Elsa nodded and turned around to ask him, "Darren, did you look at me just now?"

Darren was surprised by Elsa's intuitiveness. But for some reason, he didn't feel embarrassed or guilty. Instead, he replied quickly, "I wasn't expecting that you could feel it."

"Gee, you…" Darren's reply shocked Elsa. She said with a smile, "I… I thought you would deny it."

"Why would I do that? You're beautiful. I like looking at you. My appreciation for you is not something to be ashamed of." Darren appeared very composed. After telling her how he was feeling, he turned back and walked towards the staircase leading to the far sky that was filled with stars. It was the entrance to the second floor.

Elsa's heart was beating fast. Vague happiness bloomed in her heart, like a bud that had been waiting to appear.

When she came back to reality, she saw Darren going up the staircase and so trotted along behind him.

The second floor of the Starry Tower was like a storage room of martial skills. Hundreds of bookshelves stood in the room on which there were books about martial arts skills.

Randomly, Darren picked a scroll up.

"Perception Blade Skill. I wasn't expecting it is an extraordinary blade skill!"

Darren read several of its lines and soon ascertained that it was unsuitable for him, so he kept searching.

After several minutes, he found it was strange that all the scrolls he browsed through were for blade skills. Before he could tell Elsa his discovery, she beat him to it. "Darren, there are at least ten thousand top martial skills, but all of them are blade skills."

"Yes. It's the same case over here!" Darren nodded.

He wondered why all the martial skills on this floor were blade skills.

"Darren, I think that extremely powerful elder left these intentionally. They must be for you! You have condensed sword core and your sword intent has achieved. What you need now is blade intent. Haven't you realized that?" Elsa said, coming up with a viable reason.

"Elsa, that's smart! I'm guessing you're probably right," Darren said. He admired her sharp mind.

"Of course I am. I'm smarter than you. Humph." The expression on her face was rather endearing. It had an irresistible charm to Darren. He could feel his heart beating fast.

"Ahem." Darren cleared his throat and said, "It plausibly means I need to find a suitable blade skill and condense blade intent to make preparations for merging sword intent and blade intent."

Having realized this, he began a search.

After spending more than half a day looking for a suitable blade skill, he finally found one that satisfied him.

"Spectral Chop, this blade skill is superior to an extraordinary martial skill! It's a supernatural martial skill.

This blade skill includes six stages and six moves. After I finish practicing, I could condense the preliminary blade intent. In the outside world, this will be priceless! It will be of equal value to the Talent-upgrading Elixir."

Martial skills could be divided into six levels: ordinary martial skill, medium martial skill, superior martial skill, extraordinary martial skill, supernatural martial skill and legendary martial skill.

The supernatural martial skill was a rare sight out in the world.

"In the bronze coffin, I happened to acquire a legendary martial skill, Nine Changes of the Demon. But I haven't mastered the second change completely. My talent for practicing martial arts is Earth Degree now. So this supernatural martial skill is the most suitable for me. In half a year, I'll definitely grasp it completely." Darren was wild with joy. If he could cultivate blade intent, there was a definite chance he would become even more powerful!

He was finally at ease after finding the blade skill. Now, he began to feel curious about the upper floors. He released his spiritual sense carefully, trying to sense what was above him.