Inside the bamboo cabin, Darren sat opposite the other two people.
"Sir, is he the super genius you were telling me about? He looks so young, but young people always turn out to be legends." The old man studied Darren for a while, satisfaction slowly building up in his eyes.
"Yes, he is." Michael nodded with a smile. He was disguised as a weak and old man who had one foot in the grave with a secret skill. Then he continued, "Wayne, did you bring the items? Give them all to Darren."
After Michael finished his words, the old man put on a serious face. He carefully brought out the items and placed them in front of Darren.
"Mr. Wan, what are these? Why do I sense a strange aura from them?" Inspecting the things in front of him, Darren felt that they were very extraordinary. "Would these be able to help me kill the cultivator at the Wonder Realm?"
"These things are the products of my efforts and wit. Whether the Ilmen Sect could get through the calamity or not is up to you, Darren," The old man named Wayne Wan said.
Darren examined the things carefully. He saw that there were weird runes on them and that these runes were similar to the runes in the cave in which he hid from fiends. But the aura emitted by these runes was less powerful than the ones carved on the cave.
"Sir, were these things refined by you?" Darren asked in curiosity.
"Ha-ha. Darren, you probably have never heard of rule cultivators. They are a minority, but Wayne is one of them. Of course, these things were refined by him," Michael said with a smile.
"Rule cultivators? Sir, I have never heard of them. Two sheets of paper with weird runes on them and an armor, are you sure these could make me help you kill the master at the Wonder Realm? Are the things refined by rule cultivators that powerful?" Darren asked with doubt in his voice as he pointed at the three treasures.
"Darren, rule cultivators were more powerful than martial artists during the ancient times. But they have declined as the world changed. Although I'm a rule cultivator, I don't know much about them and their history. If you get the opportunity to access the mysterious group, you would probably learn more about them," Wayne said.
"Well, I will teach you how to use the three treasures, and he will remind you of some details that you need to pay attention to. Then, we'll go to the training ground," he continued.
...
On the training ground, disciples fought furiously on battle platforms. The competition among the five schools had become scorching hot.
"Bang!"
A disciple of the School of Sword Skill was thrown out of the battle platform, but his rival rushed over him and stomped on his body instead of stopping the fight.
"Humph, the disciples of the School of Sword Skill are indeed rubbish. How dare you challenge me on this platform!"
On the other battle platforms, the disciples of the School of Sword Skill also suffered from severe injuries.
"Why do you work together in attacking us? It's not fair!" A disciple at the fourth stage of the Spirit Realm flared up when he was hit by the joint attack from the other disciples from the School of Arrow Skill, the School of Blade Skill, and the School of Spear Skill.
"Isn't Darren in your school? Aren't you just as arrogant as him? Why doesn't he step up and beat us? Is he afraid? Ha ha ha."
Seeing that, the other disciples of the School of Sword Skill standing below the battle platform were enraged. Their blood was raising but they didn't dare fight on the platform, because they knew they would be beaten black and blue.
"Don't be so sure of yourselves!"
Cody stepped up in rage and rushed towards the platform.
"Shoop! Shoop! Shoop!"
Several shadows of sword flashed across the air and the arrogant disciples dropped like flies.
"Tsk, you don't look so bad. Old Cody finally twigged and made progress in cultivation, huh?" mocked a voice.
"Jerome?"
Elsa frowned upon seeing Jerome. His appearance reminded her of the humiliation he had brought her.
"Cody, leave him to me! I'll kill him!" Elsa shouted coldly.
"You? Bitch. Your sword intent and Darren's have all run out. How can you possibly kill me?" Jerome laughed arrogantly.
"Jerome! How dare you curse Elsa. I'll have you taste the unique skill I have acquired recently!" Cody lately made strides in cultivation, so he didn't mind letting Jerome be the first one to die under his new skill.
But what happened next stunned everyone.
Before Cody could dash towards him, Jerome's head was smashed to ashes by a heavy palm.
"Jerome!"
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