Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1082 The Test

Questions rushed through Darren's mind one after the other.

"Sir, why did you leave your spiritual sense here? And where did you get those four coffins?" Darrenasked directly.

Hiram the Great kept his gaze fixed at Darren and asked, "Do you know how many great disastersthe Lothlann Continent has experienced since the ancient times?"

Darren had long known the answer. The Lothlann Continent had experienced five stages—duringeach of which great catastrophes had taken place.

"Five," Darren answered, confidently.

Hiram the Great nodded and said, "Correct. Now, these four coffins have four very powerful devils inthem. They have the means to destroy this world."

"What?!"

Darren's eyes grew in surprise. He realized that the four coffins were in fact the exact tools used tosuppress the destroyers responsible for the past great catastrophes.

"The Remote Age, the Ancient Age, the Middle Age, and the Last Age...these four ages ended allbecause of some powerful creatures from the outer space, but this doesn't mean we've reached theend of this world. During these four ages, shockingly powerful warriors emerged. With might andmettle, they managed to battle the deadly outsiders, and stopped them from destroying the world.During the chaotic era that followed the end of the Last Age several million years ago, the evil fiendappeared in this world. I was able to delay this catastrophe with the help of the witcher ancestorand warriors from the various races.

Now that you've come here, the fifth catastrophe of this continent is bound to restart,” announcedHiram the Great.

"The fifth catastrophe is going to restart?”

Darren noticed the detail in Hiram the Great's words. He didn't say he stopped the fifth catastrophe,but that he simply delayed it.

"That's correct. Since the combined forces of the witcher ancestor, other masters, and myself werestill limited, we weren't able to slay the intruder. Hence, the fifth great catastrophe still exists. Onlyonce a powerful warrior whose abilities surpass my own is born can we be able to ensure thesurvival of the human race.

In order to replace out if you are this one powerful warrior, I'll need to test you," said Hiram the Great."Test me?" Darren was confused, and a little nervous. "By what means exactly?"

"By trial of life or death!"

Hiram the Great suddenly bellowed.

"There are four fake spiritual souls of the four creatures that created the past disasters in this world.The Virtual Battle Space allows you to reach the highest peak of your power in a short period oftime. If you can slay the four creatures, you will have proven yourself with the potential andqualifications to avert the fifth crisis,” explained Hiram the Great.

"No problem."

Darren had quickly gotten the picture of what Hiram the Great just explained. He wanted him tobattle the four past monsters, but only virtually. He was also given the opportunity to fight at peakstrength.

"You must be careful. Even in the virtual battle ground, you can still die of a soul collapse,” warnedHiram the Great.

"No worries. Once my skills reach an extreme level, I won't be in any danger whatsoever," Darrenannounced proudly.

"Good, if you succeed in killing the four creatures, you will also receive a mysterious reward.”

As he spoke, Hiram the Great's body began to emanate mysterious runes. Suddenly, a door opened."Proceed through there. I wish you luck, and I hope you survive this test.”

Darren nodded silently. He strode to the black door with careful steps, and disappeared in the blinkof an eye.

Just as Darren paced through the door, a dark red figure suddenly appeared in the cave.

A sharp noise then resounded throughout the space.

The menacing red figure shattered the shadow of Hiram the Great.

Lacking the support of the runes, the door began to twist and deform. Suddenly, a dreadful forcepulled the four black iron coffins, the old man, and the octahedral crystals towards the door. Theywere quickly absorbed into the door just as Darren had a few moments before.

The figure of the Shura hastily followed suit.

Darren felt that he had traveled through countless spaces in the darkness. Slowly, his concept oftime faded away as he flew through.

Finally, after what seemed to be a very long time, he landed on the ground.

It was a desolated land. A thick smoke billowed into the sky, and there was an air of death. It lookedlike the aftermath of a terrible battle.

"Welcome to the Virtual Battle Space,”

a robotic and emotionless voice sounded into Darren's ears.

"Your goal is to kill the Dark Immortal Master in here. You can choose to speed up the time by onemillion times. When you have mastered the skill you have chosen to the maximum, you can chooseto face the Dark Immortal Master and kill him. If you succeed, you can go to the Virtual Battle Spaceof the Middle Age. But if you fail, you can choose to quit, but only when you can still keep yoursoul,"

reminded the guardian of this Virtual Battle Space.

"Start the engine and speed the time up," Darren replied quickly.

"Please choose the skill you would like to use. You can only select one of your skills."

Darren was stunned. 'l can only choose one skill?"

"I choose the Shura Force then,” Darren said casually. He had the ability to destroy the heaven andearth by using every of his means to the extreme anyway.

"I'm afraid that's not available here.”

To Darren's surprise, the guardian of the Virtual Battle Space declined.

"Why not?" Darren blurted out in annoyance.

"It conflicts.”

"Conflict with what?"

"We can't tell you."

Darren was speechless for a moment. After some pondering, he decided on a different methodinstead.

"Then let's try the combination of the dragon blood aura and the demonic internal force.”

"You cannot use it, either. It conflicts,” said the guardian, flatly. Darren didn't expect the guardian toturn down another request.

"What?" Darren frowned. "Then, how about the Blade and Sword Cultivation?"

"You cannot use it. It conflicts.” The same reminder was repeated.

The guardian had declined three kinds of powerful methods in a row and suggested that theyconflicted, which made Darren feel a little uneasy.

But the guardian didn't tell him why, which made Darren very angry at the same time.

"Water and Fire Cultivation then!"

In frustration, Darren yelled another one of his powerful methods

"No. It can't be activated because it also conflicts.”

That last refusal hit Darren like lightning. His anger began to bubble up.

"Why do all my skills conflict? What on earth are they even conflicting with?" Darren shouted,confused.

"They conflict with the destroyers' skills.” At this time, the guardian finally told Darren the reason,"The destroyer of the Remote Age owned the Shura Force, too. So it will conflict with his skill. Thedragon blood aura and the demonic internal force conflict with the capacity of the destroyer fromthe fifth catastrophe that was about to come; the Blade and Sword Cultivation also collides with theupcoming fifth catastrophe; the Water and Fire Cultivation is the skill of the Dark Immortal Master."Darren's heart sank. It turned out that his chosen means couldn't be related to these opponents’skills.

Darren didn't even know until now that the disaster of the Remote Age was caused by the Shura.However, the rest of his skills all contradicted with the skills that existed in the upcoming fifth crisis.This all just further confused him. If it was the demonic internal force alone, he knew that itconflicted with the first fiend ancestor's skill. But what about the dragon blood aura, and the Bladeand Sword Cultivation?

In this world, only Darren was able to cultivate the sword and blade skills at the same time, and upto the half-step emperor realm!

What about the dragon blood aura? Presently, aside from Darren, Scott was the most powerfulwarrior to wield the dragon blood aura. Did this mean that the fifth crisis involved Scott as well?The mere thought made a cold sweat break out on Darren's back.

The fifth crisis was so intricate that it was testing Darren's ability to comprehend now.

In addition, the witcher ancestor had mentioned that when the five Crisis Stars all lit up, the battlethey'd been waiting for would come.

But now, only one was lit up. Who and where were the other four?

Darren was running out of options as all his skills were rejected. For a moment, he was helpless.