Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 104 He Is Coming

Darren pushed himself to his limit, going as fast as he could while following Shaun. Shortly after,palaces appeared in front of them.

The palaces stretched until the end of the horizon, but most of them were in the mist. They lookedluxurious and magnificent. A giant dragon silhouette emerged behind the palaces, as though it wastrying to be inconspicuous. That was where Dragon Sect was located.

"Shaun, do you know where Joseph lives?"

Darren looked around him, unable to contain his thoughts from showing on his face. All he couldthink about was how hard it would be to replace a single person amidst this enormous place.

"Relax, brother. Though Joseph is one of the inner disciples, he could never live in luxurious palaces.In fact, he is a good-for-nothing lad who has to rely on his grandfather. It is quite easy to replace him.Come on, this way."

Shaun pointed at the rows of wood houses just beneath the palace steps.

Darren rapidly flew towards the wood houses. The nearer he got, the stronger sword core waschanging. It seemed he was really getting close to his destination.

There were thousands of wood houses ahead, though, and they appeared to be endless.

"What? Who the hell stepped on my spiritual flowers to death?”

"Amazing! Those people are so fast! Just who are they?"

"Wait! They are not members of Dragon Sect! Chase them!"

Dashing into the wood houses, Darren and Shaun were detected by quite a lot of outer disciples inDragon Sect. They heard the comments and remarks thrown at them, but they made sure not tomake eye contact.

Darren was slightly surprised when he saw these outer disciples. He felt that the outer disciples hadalready reached the Mysterious Realm. Clearly, they were comparable to Jerome in limen Sect.

He wished that these people would never try to stop him. He could handle it if only two or threewould block his way, but more than that? It would result in too much of a delay and they couldn'tafford that. They were pressed for time as it was, so they wanted the barest amount ofconfrontations possible. He was quite anxious.

As he was poring over the possibilities, two figures appeared in front of them, releasing powerfulenergy. Darren scowled. This was not looking good.

"Where are you from, you little thieves? How dare you rush into our Dragon Sect?"

Shaun threw Darren a sideways glance. "What should we do, brother? Joseph is not far away now. Ifwe could just get a few more minutes..." he trailed off with a wince. The power emanating fromthose two men was so strong that his breath came out in hitches.

Darren did not answer, but his face said it all. This was not going to be easy for both of them. Hewas willing to risk it--to fight to the death.

"What? Joseph? You are looking for that piece of shit? Too bad, you won't be able to replace him," theman said, looking at the others who were watching the scene. "Catch them! Beat them to death!"Darren noticed how the man looked quite troubled at the mention of Joseph's name. He wonderedwhy.

Those who were chasing from behind started cursing when they also realized that Darren and Shaunwere here for Joseph. Something was definitely going on.

"We cannot touch Joseph. Damn that bastard! But beating his friends might make us feel betterabout it."

"Exactly! A moment ago, I saw a fatty and a few people heading towards Joseph's place with a linenbag. They must be plotting something."

Suddenly, Darren felt the sword core in his belly charging intensely. He could only think of onereason: Elsa. She must be initiating sword intent, to which his body responded.

"Get out of my way," Darren said coldly as his eyes filled with murderous intent.

As though they were all hit by an invisible force, quite a few others winced and stepped back. Theyogled at Darren with stunned faces, unsure what just happened.

"What is going on? Why do I suddenly feel fear towards this cultivator of the Spirit Realm?"

They were all dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, Shaun noticed that the disciples were resentful towards Joseph. He was actually excitedwhen he said, "Gentlemen, we are not Joseph's friends. That bastard kidnapped this guy's fiancee,so we're here to rescue her!"

"What? In that case, we won't stop you! Come on, everybody. Let them through.”

They then stepped back and retreated to their previous positions. Darren and Shaun gave them anod to acknowledge what they did and proceeded to Joseph's house.

"Damn, it seems Joseph will just beat them up like the others." A few people sighed from behind, asign that they were thinking the same thing.

"After all, he is only a cultivator of the Spirit Realm. Even if he gets there, he won't be able to comeback out there alive. I wish there would be a miracle, though.”

It was evident that as much as they hated Joseph, they also feared him greatly.

"Brothers, who on earth is Joseph? Why do you fear him so much?" a young disciple, who had justentered the sect, asked curiously.

"Who is scared? Nobody here is scared!" one of the men exclaimed, seemingly offended. "He ismediocre and he has reached only the eighth stage of the Spirit Realm. Relying on his grandfather,the manager of Magic Medicine Pavilion, he gathered a number of fighters including inner disciples.The best fighter has even reached the seventh stage of Mysterious Realm.”

"Exactly! It's not him that we're wary of, but the fighters he assembled and his connection to themanager of the Magic Medicine Pavilion! Joseph himself is nothing. He's just a bastard that toysyoung women, robs people, and commits all sorts of crimes. It is said that he even recruited a fewidlers to help him replace young girls outside the Holy Land when he got bored with the girls in thesect. He gets away with everything he does. What a curse he is!"

"Why doesn't the sect take care of that scum, then?"

"There are tens of thousands of disciples in the sect, which makes it hard to notice him. And themanager of Magic Medicine Pavilion, who has solid cultivation base and has a lot of power, is hisgrandfather. If Joseph's crimes ever get reported, his grandfather will just use power and money tolet him off the hook. If the one who reports him refuses to back down, they will use force tosuppress him. So the top managers of the sect don't really know these things.”

"He is detestable!"

Several heads nodded gravely. Then one of them said, "Anyway, let's go take a look right now. Itseems like there is a fight over there."

An independent pavilion stood among the wood houses. It had intricate designs, which made itconspicuous. That was where Joseph lived.

An ugly, fat man with pockmarks on his face yelled from upstairs, “What the hell is going ondownstairs? Why is it so noisy? I cannot have sex.”

It was the same man that Darren and Shaun were looking for: Joseph Wu. He was as disgusting asNathan Chen, who was standing beside him.

"Hey, Nathan. The beauty you delivered this time is the best. Maybe a little too fierce and I almostfucked up, but nothing I can't handle.” Joseph looked at the disheveled girl who was hiding in thecorner as though he could see through her clothes. He wanted to eat her alive.

"Master, it took me a lot of time to get her. Could you..."

Nathan was one year older than Joseph. One day, Nathan had a conflict with Joseph in a brotheloutside the Holy Land. If Nathan didn't bend the knee to Joseph, he could have gotten killed. Butlater, Joseph found Nathan useful. Therefore, he commanded Nathan to catch beautiful young girlsand send them to him.

"Good boy! I will give you three superior spiritual herbs this time. Oh, wait! Since you have given mesuch a beautiful girl, I will give you five!" Joseph exclaimed, laughing as he sprayed spit everywhere."Thank you, Master." Nathan made a kowtow to Joseph. Suddenly, with a lustful glance at the girl,he said, "Master, after you finish with her... could I toy her for a little bit?"

"Fuck off!" Joseph yelled irritably. "I am going to play with this little beauty for at least a month. Iwill let you know by then.” He then tried to kick Nathan out of the room.

Nathan rolled on the ground, but held onto the hem of Joseph's clothes desperately. His eyeslingered on the girl and it was obvious that he wanted to get his share. It was so rare to replacesomeone like her. He wasn't going to let this chance go. He raised his head and spoke, "My lord, Iwill help you hold her down so you can do whatever you want with her.”

It didn't matter that he couldn't have her right now. He just wanted to touch her.

"Whatever. I can't wait any longer," Joseph huffed as he started taking his clothes off. He looked athis two subordinates, who reached the fifth stage of the Mysterious Realm, and barked, "Spread herlegs. Once she gets a taste of the real world, she won't struggle anymore.”

In the corner, Elsa trembled with fear and pain. She was so injured that she could barely open hereyes after initiating sword intent over and over again. She looked at Joseph and saw the kind ofmisery she was about to go through.

Just as she was about to succumb to despair and hopelessness, though, the sword core in her bellystarted to vibrate violently. A wave of warm air and familiarity hit her, making her smile in reliefdespite the situation she was in

"He is coming..." She closed her eyes and wiped the tear that slid down her face.