Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 229 Bullies Were Often Cowards

There was an ancient city in the desert and its walls had gradually eroded away with time.

The streets were swarmed with people as Darren wandered around the city.

"Hello, sir. Are you here for some sightseeing? Do you want me to show you around the place?”

A messy man walked up to Darren and scanned him from head to toe with his narrow eyes.

"No," Darren simply replied.

"Oh, you should think about that again. There are so many rules and regulations in Talent City. Youwill get into trouble if you accidentally break any one of them. But you can rest easy if you have mearound to help you out. And my price is fair—five superior spiritual herbs per day. What do you say,good sir?" He narrowed his eyes, wearing a cunning smile on his face.

"What kind of rules are you talking about?" Darren asked casually.

"There are many. For example, murder is forbidden in Talent City. And those who violate the rulesare killed without question. But I can't tell you anything about the other rules. If I do, then I willbecome useless to you," the man said, laughing.

Darren cast a glance at him, then threw a hundred blades of superior spiritual herbs at him andasked, "What's your name?"

"Ha! Thank you so much, sir! You can call me Ron." Ron felt giddy from the excitement. It looked likeluck was on his side that day. Darren had so generously given him such a huge quantity of spiritualherbs. When he had first laid eyes on Darren, he thought that Darren was some poor guy. “Neverjudge a person from his appearance, ' Ron thought to himself and made sure to remember it in thefuture.

It was Darren's first time in the city. So, everything was completely alien to him. Darren eyed theman in front of him. He figured that Ron was probably proficient at this kind of thing and maybehad been doing this for a living for a long time. So, he imagined it wouldn't do him any harmlistening to the guy. He knew the city well, after all.

"Who are those people up there?”

As Darren walked down the street, he sensed more than twenty people using their spiritual sensesto survey him. When he looked up, he saw a bunch of young people on the roofs, dressed smartly.They wore vigilant expressions on their faces as they stared down at Darren.

"Oh, I can tell you about them." Ron cast a glance at the people on the roofs and continued, "Thosearen't just ordinary citizens. I heard that they are the disciples of the grand warriors who've reachedthe Grand Realm, and that they were ordered to guard the place to look out for new geniuses. Sinceyou are new here, they probably used their spiritual senses on you. Am I right?"

"Yes," Darren said with a faint smile on his face.

Ron said with a chuckle, "Sir, no offence, but you are only at the ninth stage of the MysteriousRealm. They will not be interested in you at all. They are probably looking for people who are at thetop one hundred talents in the Talent Roll. Although, it will be amazing if they think you are goodenough to join them.”

"Huh? Why is that?" Darren didn't blame Ron for looking down on his cultivation base.

"I heard that those who are chosen get to meet the grand warriors, and the grand warriors wouldgive them some insightful advice. What's more, they can also receive numerous invaluable resourcesto help improve the cultivation base." Ron clicked his tongue as his eyes turned green with envy."Do you know where the Talent Battle Ring is?" Darren asked, ignoring Ron's words.

"The Talent Battle Ring? Sir, you can't get in there without permission. First of all, you will have to bethe top five hundred in the Talent Roll. Secondly, you will have to go through a lot of complicatedtests before you can enter the Talent Battle Ring."

Since Darren had killed a blade cultivator who had reached the middle stage of the Wonder Realm,he had been promoted to a higher rank. So, he was now ranked at four hundred and sixty-three inthe Talent Roll.

There wasn't much difference in strength between the people in the top five hundred. It might bepossible for someone who was rank at five hundred to fight a person who was rank at one hundred.This was because ranking involved various factors as well, not just strength.

If one wanted to enter the top hundred in the Talent Roll, he would have to compete with othersand win that place. That was to say, the ranking above one hundred in the Roll would automaticallychange. But to get into the top hundred in the Roll, you would have to put in a lot of efforts topractice and improve your strength to fight against other talents, unless you were already in the tophundred when you entered the Talent Roll for the first time. Darren had once before entered the tophundred. It was his first time entering the Talent Roll. But his rank at the top only lasted for a fewmoments. He soon fell behind the others.

Another chance to get to the top one hundred was on the occasion of the accidental death of thepeople at the top. Then, the talents behind them would fill the empty places.

"Don't ask questions. Just show me the way to the Talent Ring," Darren replied calmly.

"The Talent Battle Ring is in the Grand Void Manor. I will take you there.” Ron figured that since itwas absolutely certain that Darren would not be allowed to enter the Talent Battle Ring, there wasno harm in taking him there.

At that moment, Darren sensed something.

As he was talking to Ron, a powerful blow was suddenly sent flying towards them.

"Watch out!" Darren shouted. He reacted quickly to the attack and moved away. The power level ofthe blow was so intense that Ron was thrown back harshly. That power somehow diverted toanother direction and it was now headed straight for Darren.

Darren raised his hand. A tremendous power emitted from his fist and lunged towards the attack. Inthe blink of an eye, that power which was headed towards him completely disappeared into thin air.It didn't inflict any damage to Darren.

"Didn't you just say that murder is not allowed in Talent City?" Darren asked, confused. When helooked up, he saw two young people fighting in the sky. Darren now realized that they wereattacked by accident. It was just the effect of the fierce fight in the sky.

Ron wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and said, "Thank you so much for saving my life, sir.Fighting is allowed in Talent City, as long as you don't kill each other.”

Darren slightly nodded his head and said, "They are at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. So,they are probably in the Talent Roll."

Darren realized that when he had used his power to defend himself, at least a hundred people hadused their spiritual senses to survey him. Since the attack was launched by two masters who was atthe middle stage of the Wonder Realm, it was rather intense. But Darren, a young boy who was onlyat the Mysterious Realm, had dispelled it without breaking a sweat. It was no wonder that Darrenhad attracted the interests of others in the city.

Darren's action also aroused the interest of a young boy and a young girl, who had been watchingfrom a tall building

"What do you think of that young man?" the young girl asked as she stared at Darren.

The young boy slightly shook his head and replied, "It looks like he has some talent, but he is onlyat the Mysterious Realm. And he looks about seventeen years old. I don't think that he has thepotential for any further growth.”

"You are right. When he used his power, I sensed that his strength was just barely at the primarystages of the Wonder Realm. But just in case, I figure we should go and talk to him.”

"There is no need for that. It will be a total waste of time," the young boy said, refusing her idea. Thegirl went silent.

The others around the area felt the same way as the two—those who were on the roofs, and alsothose who were looking for new geniuses on the streets. They were slightly surprised by Darren'sstrength, but they all eventually gave up and didn't bother talking to him.

In the sky, the two fighters reached a complete deadlock, so they had to call a truce. One of themgave out a loud snort and flew away. The other one flew towards Darren and Ron.

"You bastard! Why couldn't you just stay away from the fight? I would have been in big trouble if Ihad killed you by accident. Do you understand what that means? Fuck off!" the young man roared.That attack earlier had come from this young man. If he had killed Ron by accident, he would havebeen punished for breaking the rules of Talent City.

When Ron saw the young man's fierce expression, he trembled in sheer terror and stammered, "I amso sorry for the trouble, sir. I did not notice the fight in the sky. Please forgive me. I beg for yourmercy!"

Ron was almost in tears, feeling helpless. Since his cultivation base was only at the first stage of theMysterious Realm, he couldn't afford to offend anyone in Talent City. He clearly knew that if heaccidentally offended any of them, even if they couldn't kill him because of the rules of the city, itwas absolutely certain that he would suffer a lot of pain and torture.

"Humph! Enough of your stupid excuses! I will teach you a lesson today!" As he finished saying that,the young man raised the long black whip in his hand.

"Stop it!" Darren yelled. He sent a powerful force towards the young man, and the whip was thrownto the ground. Staring at him coldly, Darren said, "He is only at the first stage of the MysteriousRealm. He wouldn't be able to avoid your intense power even if he tried his best. You know what Ithink? I think that you are just so humiliated that you couldn't defeat the young man you werefighting, and now, you want to vent your bottled anger on this poor guy!"

Hearing Darren's words, the young man seethed with anger.

But before he could say anything, Darren gave a cold snort and continued, "I have never seen such aloser in my life. Are you really proud about bullying a cultivator at the first stage of the MysteriousRealm? Shame on you! But if you want to play, I will be glad to play with you."

Hearing his sarcastic comments, the young man's face grew red with rage. He emitted a strong aurafrom all over his body. He wanted to overwhelm Darren and make him kneel in front of him.

But, he was completely dumbfounded by what happened after. He had a look of desperation on hisface.