Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1109 Desolate Burning Mountain

In the Godly City

Darren floated along, his body light. The darkness around him seemed endless. There was nothingas far as the eye could see.

"Am I dead?"

Darren had asked himself this question many times, but he refused to believe that he could die likethat.

"Welcome to the Chu Space, young man."

From out of the darkness, a voice spoke.

"Who's there?"

Darren's heart thumped loudly. He was ecstatic.

"I'm the spiritual creature of the Chu Space. You may call me the Space Spirit."

Darren nearly burst into tears of joy upon hearing the spiritual creature's voice. He had spent such along time in the darkness alone. It was comforting to know he was not.

"Space Spirit, tell me. Am I still alive?" This was Darren's biggest concern.

"Well... technically... you have died..."

the Space Spirit drawled out slowly. Darren's ears buzzed and his head spun.

"But you were fated to die, else you would not have been able to come to the real Chu Space. I cankill you but I can also make you reborn," the Space Spirit said, his voice metallic.

"Space Spirit, I want to be reborn. Please let me be reborn. There are still a lot of things I have todo!" Darren pleaded.

"Don't worry. You can be reborn. Well, under one condition, that is. The Desolate Burning Mountainhas eight stages. You have to pass through at least the first three stages and obtain the godly dark-spirit crystals. Only then can you be reborn,” the Space Spirit said.

"Three stages... Godly dark-spirit crystals..." Darren murmured. "I will do my best.”

Darren realized that if he was able to pass some tests in the Chu Space, he would have theopportunity to reach the peak of the Emperor Realm.

"Doing your best won't guarantee your success. Right now, you have two choices. The first is to giveup on going into the Desolate Burning Mountain. That means you will live in the soul state for therest of eternity. Second, you can choose to go into the Desolate Burning Mountain, but your soulcan perish and your death will be permanent. I have to remind you that you are not strong enough.Getting out of the Desolate Burning Mountain would be a very hard feat to accomplish.”

"It is better than living this life. I would rather take my chances than live the rest of my lifewondering what if," Darren said.

"I respect your choice. Let me enlighten you." As soon as the Space Spirit finished speaking, Darrenfelt like his head was being enveloped by a wave. Information poured in and numbed his mind,making it impossible for him to think.

"What?"

Darren absorbed the information and digested it all.

According to the information he had received, there were about one hundred thousand talents inhistory who dared to enter the Desolate Burning Mountain.

"The peak of Emperor Realm, human race, at the first stage, died!"

"The peak of Super Emperor Realm, human race, at the first stage, died!"

"Beast world, the king of winged-tigers, beast race, at the second stage, died!"

"Darkest Abyss, Flame and Ice Demon, fiend face, at the second stage, died!"

Darren was surprised. There were more powerful creatures than any he had ever seen or heard whohad entered the Desolate Burning Mountain.

Darren could feel how much power the creatures possessed. Most of them were at least comparableto super emperors, and some of them had even surpassed this level.

However, only a few hundred of these powerful beings had managed to enter the third stage of theDesolate Burning Mountain.

Only ten were able to reach the fourth stage!

The Desolate Burning Mountain truly must be a terrible place.

"Space Spirit, if I can pass the third stage, will my realm degrade once I leave?"

This was Darren's main concern. If he could make it up to the third stage of the mountain, then hewould be able to reach the peak of the Super Emperor Realm.

"Yes, but I will let you keep your strength at the peak of the Emperor Realm.”

"Huh. Alright, then.” Darren realized that the so-called opportunity to reach the peak of the EmperorRealm was to pass the Desolate Burning Mountain

However, Darren was clouded with doubt. If such powerful creatures could not make it through,how much better would he fare?

"Can you tell me why the Chu Space set up such a horrendous test?"

Darren did not understand why such a test existed.

"There's a Starry Tower in your body. You should understand that you are someone who participatedand passed the tests of that owner. The reason he left Starry Towers in millions of mortal worlds isthe same reason why there are such tests in the Chu Space. I think you should be able tounderstand,” the Space Spirit replied to Darren.

"l actually have no idea why my master left the Starry Tower within me. And from the informationyou gave me, the tests in the Desolate Burning Mountain are infinitely more difficult than the onesin the Starry Tower."

"If you don't know, then let me tell you. It's simple, really. We select outstanding disciples inadvance. If they pass the tests, they will have a great advantage after they enter the PrimitiveWilderness—or at the very least, they will not perish early on.

The difficulty of our tests is different from that of the Lord Starry Sword's. That is because we choosethe strongest ones, while he chooses the ones with the greatest potential. Since you have becomehis nominal disciple, you can become an official disciple of the Lord Starry Sword once you enter thePrimitive Wilderness. You don't need to take the tests of the Desolate Burning Mountain. Besides,considering that you're the Lord Starry Sword's disciple, I can do you a favor and make you rebornwithout any conditions,” the Space Spirit said.

It turned out that this Space Spirit knew the identity of his mysterious master and was willing tohelp him because of who his master was. His master truly must have such great power.

However, Darren refused. What he needed now was strength. If he didn’t have enough strength, theLothlann Continent would be destroyed and everything that he knew would cease to exist. It wouldbe meaningless for him to enter the Primitive Wilderness.

"I must take part in this test. I need to make myself stronger.”

"Young man, you have to cultivate to get stronger. You can't simply gain strength by taking part inthese tests. That is something else!"

"I know. But you brought me here because you have resources for me to improve. Otherwise, youwouldn't have summoned me here. There must be a chance for me to pass,” Darren said.

The Space Spirit was silent for a moment. When he spoke, his eyes sparkled. "You're very smart.However, even if I give you the divine crystal to cultivate, you still have very little chance of passingthe tests."

"Well, I won't know it unless I try." Darren was determined to go into the Desolate BurningMountain.

"Well, now I will announce the rules of the tests. Listen carefully.”

Darren nodded silently. His heart beat wildly inside his chest.

"Before entering the Desolate Burning Mountain, you can get two divine crystals. Generallyspeaking, these two divine crystals can help a warrior at the peak of the Emperor Realm reach theSuper Emperor Realm. You won't be able to accomplish that because your realm, sad to say, is toolow.

However, this has something to do with the use of the divine crystals. In theory, you still have achance to become a super emperor if you make full use of the divine crystals. But even talents in thePrimitive Wilderness can't achieve that level of usage. Fifty percent of the usage of a divine crystal isalready the limit.

Oh, and one more thing. You have only three months to absorb the divine crystals. When the threemonths are up, you will automatically be taken to the first test to enter the first stage of theDesolate Burning Mountain. It will take half a year for a cultivator at the peak of the Super EmperorRealm to absorb a divine crystal.”

After the Space Spirit finished speaking, Darren was filled with confidence.