Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 207 The Formidable Soul Attack

As he absorbed the several drops of green liquid, Darren's whole body trembled. He could feel thathis soul was being refined.

"It seems as though the growth in my soul is advancing my Spirit Power.”

Darren briefly examined himself and was pleasantly surprised to replace that the droplets of greenliquid had propelled his Spirit Power to a higher level.

'So, the growth of the soul is the key to enhancing one's Spirit Power." Darren surmised. A smileplayed on Darren's lips.

In the next instant, Darren jumped into the pond and continued to absorb the spiritual energy itcontained.

The souls that had been refined in this pond could never be resurrected. Besides, the Soul HunterSect was an extremely vicious organization. Darren would never give these refined souls to them.Darren's assimilation took about an hour. By then, Darren's Spirit Power had reached level 18. Hewas shocked by the advancement.

However, Darren hit a bottleneck. The growth of his Spirit Power would be next to nothing if hecontinued to absorb.

"My Spirit Power is now at level 18. 1 wonder how much force I can unleash if I command the rules.”As a rule cultivator, the stronger his Spirit Power, the higher the power Darren could command fromthe rules of the universe.

Curious, Darren activated the Wind Rule he had just learned and started dashing around the cave.When Darren heard how fiercely the wind whistled when he ran, he knew that he was faster thanbefore. He was sure that even masters at the top level of the Wonder Realm's middle stage wouldbe unable to catch him at this speed.

However, comprehension of the Wind Rule could do more than just make a cultivator run faster. IfDarren utilized it during a fight, it would allow him to deliver a blow more quickly as well. Duringcombat, victory depended on speed—the faster you are, the more likely you are to win. Hence,being able to deliver a stroke quicker meant that Darren's strength would be significantly enhancedas well.

Besides, he could strengthen his defensive ability by reinforcing his comprehension of the Rule ofthe Earth.

"What an unexpected gain! If I refine my body perfectly, I will become a formidable entity when Icombine the Earth Formation and my demonic transformation skill. My strength is near the middlestage of the Wonder Realm. With a little more advancement, 1 will get closer to it." Darren waselated.

"Hmm?"

Darren sensed a horrifying figure nearing him. As soon as he felt the danger, Darren flew out of thecave.

However, that formidable figure wasn't inside the cave. It was above it.

A beam of emerald light headed for Darren, breaking through layers and layers of obstacles.

"How dare you, a speck of dust on the earth, dare to steal the souls’ power from me? Die, you thief!"Darren felt an icy voice booming in his ears. At the same time, the emerald beam of light pierced hishead.

"Damn!"

Darren's body trembled intensively. He felt as though a bomb had exploded in his head. Themounting force ripped his soul, and the pain of his soul being torn apart caused severe convulsions.The pain was even greater than being tossed in boiling oil. The stone in Darren's head tried to resistthe emerald light. However, the situation was different, as the emerald light did not reflect. It was, atbest, weakened. Wisps of its power still hit Darren's soul, causing Darren great pain.

He remembered the formidable young man in black armor who had flown out of the bronze coffin.When he had attacked Darren previously, he had used his spiritual sense. However, that attack couldbe reflected. Thus he had only harmed himself.

This time, the emerald light coming from above was so powerful that it broke through the defenseof the strange stone in Darren's mind. It was an extremely fierce attack.

"It's so horrible.” This was the most intense pain that Darren had ever experienced. He estimatedthat its source was much stronger than the young man in the black armor.

After a while's suffering, the stone in Darren's head managed to erase the emerald light. Afterward,wisps of milk-white mist flew around, healing Darren's soul.

Several hours later, Darren felt better as the intense pain had faded.

"Was that a soul attack? Its source must be at the Grand Realm level, or beyond!" Fear lingered inDarren's mind.

"Again?" Just as Darren lowered his guard, several emerald beams of light flew toward him fromabove.

Darren broke out in a cold sweat in an instant. If these emerald beams of light hit him, the stone inhis mind would not be able to save him, and then, his soul would be crushed.

Darren had never been this frightened and hopeless. He felt as if death was looming over him.“What should I do?"

As Darren considered his options, he recalled that the soul hunter had said that the old man hadput a mark inside him before he died. He surmised that the mark must be the reason for the attacks.As soon as the thought flashed in his mind, Darren lifted his clothes in search of the mark. He soonspotted a crimson demon shape imprinted on his chest.

Upon seeing that the emerald beams of light were closing in on him, Darren ripped a handful offlesh from his chest and hurled it away.

Darren was desperate! He knew that the pain of ripping flesh from his chest would be a fraction ofthe pain he would feel should the emerald beams of light strike him again.

"I did it!"

Darren slumped onto the ground and watched the several beams of emerald light hurtling towardthe flesh he had thrown away. He felt relieved.

"You, damn ant! How did you get such a strong soul? I have targeted your aura and I will assimilateyour soul.” The icy voice boomed in Darren's ears again. He could not help shivering.

Despite the pain still coursing through his body, Darren wanted to get the hell out of there as fast ashe could.

An hour after Darren had left, a ghostly black shadow appeared at the place where Darren hadstood. All the demonic monsters in the territory prostrated when the mighty creature descended.Someone in the mysterious palace which was located at the deepest place in this territory, also shota glance at the black shadow.

The glance vanished soon after it fell on the shadow. The source of this glance seemed to beastonished.

"I have never seen such a powerful soul. I shall make it mine." The shadow swept an icy glancearound the cave. It found Darren's trace, yet it did not see him there.

South of the demonic monster domain, Darren tried his best to conceal his aura and avoided beingdiscovered by hiding inside the body of a demonic monster.

On the path of being stronger, Darren had seen many powerful masters of martial arts, but nonehad terrified him this much. He deemed this figure as powerful as the avatar of that mighty man inthe Black Cliff of Sword Intent.

Those soul attacks were powerful enough to break through the defense of the stone in his head.Darren had been genuinely horrified.

After hiding in a demonic monster's corpse for several hours, Darren tried to sense the mightyfigure. When he couldn't trace it, he decided to step out.

"The presence I felt is truly big and powerful. The growth of my Spirit Power won't be of any value ifI get killed here. I hope he'll never replace me.” Darren remained vigilant. He knew that he was nomatch for the source of the attacks, at least not now.

Since he had to stay in the demonic monster domain for a few more hours, Darren was careful thewhole time. He even gave up the idea of replaceing a level six demonic monster because he was afraidthat the formidable presence would come for him again. So, he activated the transmission jade cardScott had given him and gradually vanished.