Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 245 The Magic Herbs

"Darren, please reconsider your request. If you want, I can keep the memory of a legendary martialskill for you," the guardian advised.

"Thank you, sir. At present, legendary martial skills might not be the most suitable reward for me asthey usually take a lot of time to understand. My request is to keep Tom here,” Darren replied,without hesitation.

At first, all the geniuses thought that Darren was stupid. Later, they began to believe that Darrenwas incredibly kind to give up a legendary martial skill for Tom. They admired his generouscharacter.

"Thank you very much, Darren. I really don't know what to say," Tom said excitedly as he walked toDarren.

"Don't mention it, Tom. It was you who gave me the chance to come here. You deserve theopportunity to continue. Ha-ha," said Darren.

"To tell you the truth, I underestimated you at first. Now that I have seen what you are capable of, Iofficially apologize. I hope that you can forgive me," Tom said, sincerely.

"It was no big deal. Just forget about it," Darren replied with a polite nod.

After the first test was finished, the guardian used a force to return the geniuses’ cultivation base totheir original state. The force also erased the memory of the skills they had learned here.

As soon as Billy's cultivation base was restored, he cast a malevolent glare at Bowen. He also hatedDarren because he was envious that Darren, who was merely at the Mysterious Realm, had a greatertalent for martial arts than him.

Then the guardian began to give the necessary information about the upcoming tests.

"Those of you who have passed the first battlefield test will be divided into five groups. Each groupwill enter one of the five doors for the second to the tenth battlefield tests.”

The guardian paused before continuing to speak, "The previous ten battlefield tests were preparedfor the eleventh test and the later ones. So, I hope you pass from the second to the tenth test assoon as possible. I also hope that some of you will be successful in obtaining the rare treasures andeven the hidden ones that no one has acquired for many years."

The guardian's words cheered up the geniuses. They were so encouraged and tempted by thepromise of rare treasures that their focus shifted from the hatred they felt for Darren.

Since the first ten tests had been prepared for the later tests, how difficult would the following testsbe? As for the legendary twelfth and thirteenth tests, the geniuses wondered what kind of treasuresthey would have. Everybody was looking forward to exploring the battlefields and replaceing treasures."Now, let's draw lots."

The guardian scattered twenty-five lighted masses for the winning geniuses to choose from.

Once one of the selected people touched the lighted mass in front of them, the glowing masswould change color. All the people with the same colored lighted mass were placed in the samegroup.

Soon, twenty-five people were divided into five groups. Unfortunately for Darren, he was in thesame group as Billy. Bowen and two other geniuses were also in the same group as Darren.

"Okay. Very well,” said Billy while squinting and casting a resentful stare at Bowen.

Since Bowen had threatened Billy a short time ago, Billy held a grudge. Now that Billy's originalstrength had been restored, he thought it would be simple for him to beat Bowen.

"Well, all five selected groups can enter now. As for the eliminated talents, you can absorb spiritualenergy here until someone enters the tenth battlefield. I'm afraid you'll have to leave then," statedthe guardian.

"This is incredible! The spiritual energy is very rich here. If I cultivate here for a day, the effect will bethe same as ten days outside,” exclaimed one person in excitement.

"But after we leave, will the improvement that we get here vanish?" asked another person.

The guardian answered, "The improvement in your cultivation base will be retained even after youleave. This will be your compensation.”

The eliminated geniuses were thrilled with the guardian's explanation. They looked forward to theimprovement in their cultivation base.

At the same time, Darren and the others walked toward the five lighted doors of different colors"Darren, watch out for Billy. He is very strong. Try not to conflict with him,” Tom reminded Darrenbefore walking through his assigned door. Then, he turned to Billy and warned, "Billy, Darren is mygood friend. If anything happens to him, I will kill the people involved after I exit the tests."

"Hum, are you threatening me?" Billy questioned

"Yes, I am. If you don't believe that I can kill you, test me,” Tom snarled. In the Talent Roll, Tomranked higher than Billy. Since Billy's strength was lower than Tom's, Billy was a bit frightened."Huh!" snorted Billy before stepping through a lighted door.

Boyce exchanged a few words with Darren before following Tom through their assigned lighteddoor.

"Darren, you have a great talent for martial arts, but I believe that I will be the first to enter theeleventh battlefield,” Violet said proudly. She had the greatest strength from among the fourteensuperior talents, and she was more powerful than before.

"Congratulations in advance, Miss Wang," Darren smiled helplessly before vanishing through hislighted door.

Bowen stood by and watched the other superior talents. A short while ago, he had noticed Billy'smalicious glare. A sense of foreboding coursed through Bowen.

"Bowen, the guardian has not announced any special rules about the second to tenth tests. Payattention to your key. And be careful of your opponents!" Violet reminded Bowen beforedisappearing through a lighted door.

Finally, Bowen also stepped through a lighted door.

As soon as Darren and the others walked into the second battlefield, they saw an amazing scene.The whole world was covered with rare flowers and plants of different colors. Some of the plantswere ten-thousand feet in height! It was just like the ancient world in the painting.

"The test officially starts now. In three years, if someone does not enter the tenth battlefield, theywill lose the test. They will also be automatically removed from the battlefield. Of course, if anyonedies halfway, I can't help you. You have to take care of yourselves,” reminded the guardian.

"Um? Oh, my goodness! These plants are better than superior spiritual herbs. They are all magicherbs!" Billy exclaimed in excitement once he had identified the herbs. Without hesitating, herushed to the nearest plant and began to pick.

However, Darren stood still as he felt that the test could not be that simple.

In the next moment, Bowen and the other two geniuses also stepped forward to pick the magicherbs.

"Wait a minute!” Darren stopped the three people.

Bowen and the other two geniuses stopped when they heard Darren's warning. Carefully, theystudied the endless expanse of magic herbs, but they found nothing unusual.

After a while, a burst of terrible auras of strength covered the land. It was coming from thecountless magical herbs! What was worse, they were headed for Billy.

"Damn it! All these magical herbs have mental abilities!" yelled Billy fearfully as he was overwhelmedby the powerful magic herbs.

At the moment, the other three geniuses trembled. Even the weakest magic herbs were comparablein terms of strength to cultivators at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. The strongest oneswere perhaps equivalent in terms of power to cultivators at the advanced stage of the WonderRealm. This was a dangerous situation.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Billy screamed as he launched countless fist attacks at those herbs. Panicked, Billyfought back by releasing his Omnipotent Talent Skill.

"Billy is really strong as he is very close to the advanced stage of the Wonder Realm,” Darren smiledand mumbled.

Boom!

A great energy burst sent waves of shock toward the magic herbs. In a flash, a discomfited figurewas thrown toward the entrance.

Billy's body was covered in wounds. However, he was lucky, as none was fatal.

"You just stood by and watched the herbs attack me? You bastards! Why the hell didn't you helpme? Son of a bitch! Do you want me to kill you right now?" roared Billy as he glared at Darren andthe other people.