Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1060 The Holy Emperor Flees

Darren could sense Barnes’ sheer excitement from the look on his face.

There was a clattering noise coming from what he was wielding in his hand.

The golden fragments on the surface of the stick had completely disappeared.

"This is the end for you!" Barnes held the stick over his shoulder in a battle-ready stance. He felt hisconfidence rising from the adrenaline of the moment.

Opposite to Barnes, the holy emperor stood menacingly in the air with a cold expression. He wascompletely unaware of the change in Barnes.

The holy emperor charged forward in one fell swoop.

He believed he had the upper hand in this battle as he fearlessly headed straight for Barnes.

It seemed that this time, the holy emperor was holding three flags.

They whizzed through the air as he threw them one by one.

The flags landed in a circle around Barnes with a loud thud as the holy emperor came closer. Theysuddenly grew in size, and three different forces burst out from each of them. Barnes was trapped."One enhances defense, one enhances offense and the other one disrupts the enemy. Those threeflags have to be supernatural emperor weapons!"

Darren could sense the power of the three flags. Once the holy emperor utilized the flags together,his fighting capacity would increase by at least forty percent!

"Go to hell!"

shouted Barnes, as he charged towards his opponent.

Thunderous noises rang throughout the space as he slashed at the holy emperor.

With every hit, darkness began to spread.

"Barnes...His strength...” Darren murmured. "His strength has doubled!"

Darren was shocked and amazed at the change in Barnes’ fighting power. After he transformed hisstick, not only his physical strength, but also his fighting power as a whole had doubled.

Darren had the Augmented Attack Bloodline, but this only increased his physical strength. Thispower was still worlds apart from being able to double his fighting power.

Barnes fought with cool composure. With every swoop of his stick, the holy emperor was losing hisground as he was pushed back little by little.

The holy emperor then ripped out a screeching howl.

After he retreated some distance back, his eyes flashed with a brilliant blue light.

With the glow of his eyes, only then did the holy emperor begin to use his unique holy emperor'spower.

He began to give off an overbearing aura, in the form of a harsh wave of blue light, which heavilysuppressed Barnes.

If they were initially at odds in terms of strength, now it was as if the holy emperor had added ahandicap of a heavy weight to his opponent.

Barnes was taken aback by the holy emperor's power.

Suddenly, a thud followed by a loud crack sounded through the air.

The holy emperor, taking advantage of the situation, threw a blow at Barnes, shattering his enemy'sshoulder. The attack caused both blood and flesh to spurt out.

To prevent any further injuries, Barnes hastily turned to retreat to a safe distance from the holyemperor's deadly attacks.

"Argh!"

Barnes shouted in frustration. Blood essence began to spread onto his black stick.

It emitted a soft hum, slowly increasing in volume, as if it was alive.

The aura of darkness around it then burst out from it.

"Wow, what a strong aura.” Trying to decipher something, Barnes carefully sniffed at the air aroundhimself.

His expression suddenly turned dead serious, and he rushed back into battle. At this moment, hisaura had doubled again!

"What? How?"

Darren was in disbelief at what he was witnessing. Starting from when the stick had turned black, itseemed that Barnes’ strength had kept improving. Now, he'd almost reached the level of a seven-tribulation senior holy warrior!

At his prime, he was exactly at the peak level of a seven-tribulation senior holy warrior.

"Total Annihilation!"

roared Barnes, as the shadows from his stick began to spread in every direction. The skill was muchmore powerful than it was before.

"Argh!"

The holy emperor immediately began to feel his life was in danger.

After retreating thousands of kilometers back, the holy emperor procured the final flag from hisshoulder.

Unlike the other flags he had brought out, this one he directly inserted into his own head.

Another loud hum started to sound from the flag, and a pure hexagonal crystal emerged, inlaid inthe flag.

The crystal was the real Emperor Character. After it was embedded in the flag, the aura of the holyemperor instantly reached its peak!

"Die, foe!"

The holy emperor divided into a hundred thousand shadows, throwing mighty blows of the strongEmperor Realm power from every corner.

The space was put on the verge of collapse.

The ghastly scene lasted for several minutes. Once it ended, Barnes found himself only mildlyinjured.

After they ceased their attack, the two began to throw physical punches.

"Barnes is way too powerful!" shouted Darren in amazement. Going by facts, Barnes was actuallyjust a six-tribulation senior holy warrior. If he could manage to become a seven-tribulation seniorholy warrior during the course of this battle, then he could definitely defeat a holy emperor at themiddle level.

Darren had no doubt that he would even be able to battle the gods from the Primitive Wilderness ifhe reached the level of an eight-tribulation senior holy warrior!

Both Barnes and the holy emperor were using peak strength as the fierce battle continued, butneither side showed an obvious advantage. They were completely at odds at this point. As the battleensued, Barnes' arm was broken, and the holy emperor's abdomen was struck through. Bothsustained nearly fatal wounds.

Obviously, this battle would inevitably end in a draw.

Despite this, they continued to attack one another, and the battle lasted several more rounds. Theirinjuries began to worsen, but as they were reaching their limits, the holy emperor pulled back with abroken body.

His figure swiftly shot into the distance and he prepared to flee through a crack created in thespace.

In the distance, four blue-skinned old men were close to tears, trembling in fear.

"Bring him to safety as soon as possible. If he dies, it'll be the end of the Space-time Palace! We mayas well be dead if that should happen!”

"Inform everyone to move into space turbulent flows to avoid this monkey, quickly!"

The holy emperor had retreated just moments ago because he had received the order from the fourblue-skinned old men. Otherwise, he would have stood his ground in that battle, even if it meantdeath.

The four old men swiftly escaped into the Space-time Palace with an arcane skill. Without wastingany time, they moved the palace to the space turbulent flows.

When Barnes spotted the holy emperor running away, he dashed towards him, ignoring his injuries.Unfortunately, through the power of some powerful arcane skill, the holy emperor managed to loseBarnes in the chase. Barnes had no choice but to turn back at that point.

Back in the shattered space, Barnes staggered towards Darren.

"Amazing. No wonder you're called Barnes the Holy!" Darren beamed.

"Humph! Did you seriously ever doubt my strength? If that bastard hadn't run away, I would'vekilled him!" As his dark aura receded, Barnes reverted back to just an injured monkey, jumpingwildly in frustration.

"That's for sure,” chuckled Darren, as he nodded. "Your stick seems to be very special. If it hadn'ttransformed, you might not have been able to beat the holy emperor, right?"

"Special?" With a smile, Barnes replied, "Pal, my weapon is more than just special. Let me tell yousomething. This is called the Suppressing Stick. It was a weapon of a god from outer space! In fact,the layer of golden metal that was on its surface was a seal. Now that the seal is broken, it's evenmore powerful than it used to be.”

"Seal? If you knew that, why didn't you just open the seal before?" Darren asked.

"The seal set by a god isn't that simple. It's really all thanks to that holy emperor. The seal's strengthadapts to its master's realm. In the past, I was already at the peak of a seven-tribulation senior holywarrior, and nobody could break the seal. But now, I'm at a lower realm than I was before. I reallydidn't expect that a holy emperor could shatter it. I'd call that divine intervention. That's for sure!"The more Barnes spoke, the more his excitement grew. His Suppressing Stick had just transformedinto an even stronger form. Though not yet fully developed, its combat power had increasedimmensely. Once he got the hang of it, even his fighting power could increase drastically.

"That's great. It's better if you manage to beat him. That way, I wouldn't have to beat him," saidDarren.

"Humph. You? He could crush you to death with a single finger, boy!"

"Nah, I don't think so. Don't worry, you'll have the chance to see it. Now it's time for us to get downto business."

Darren turned around and flew away as soon as he said those words. Barnes stared knives intoDarren's back as it disappeared into the distance. A hint of darkness flashed through his eyes.