Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 246 A Big Step Forward

"You are unreasonable. You couldn't resist the temptation and rushed to pick the herbs. How doesyour problem concern us?” retorted a genius. The genius was unhappy as he had been scolded forno apparent reason.

Boom!

Without a word, Billy delivered a palm attack towards the genius, pushing him backwards dozens offeet.

"Norris, are you all right?" Another genius who was friendly with the injured cultivator rushedforward to catch him.

Blood oozed slowly from the corner of Norris Fang's mouth. Norris Fang was not weak, and he couldkill a cultivator at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm when he was at full strength. However, Billywas stronger than him.

"Billy, you've gone too far! If I team up with Quinn, we'll be strong enough to kill you. And that iswhat you deserve!" Norris Fang snapped. Quinn Qi, the genius who had helped Norris, glared atBilly.

"Yes, Billy, if you continue to act cruelly, we'll be forced to retaliate. Then, you cannot blame us forour behavior." Before Billy could respond, Quinn and Norris unleashed their powerful aura."Humph, you two weaklings want to kill me? You won't have a chance, because I'll kill you first!" Billycried as he summoned all his power.

"Stop it!" Darren yelled. His tone was so imposing that everyone stopped to stare at him.

"Oh, one more? Do you intend to ally with them?" Billy asked as he glared at Darren. "All right,come at me together. I don't mind killing all of you.”

"Billy, if I also join them, do you think you will have a chance to survive?” Bowen said while releasinghis energy. In terms of strength, Bowen was a little stronger than Quinn.

As the three waves headed for him, Billy, whose combat power had been partly sapped by themagic herb, wasn't sure he could kill them anymore. What was more, the talented young man hadnot shown his real strength as yet. Billy wondered how powerful Darren was, and became wary ofthe other geniuses who opposed him. If all these geniuses joined forces, he had little chance ofwinning.

"Ha-ha, well, when I regain my strength, I will teach you bastards a lesson, one by one," Billythreatened as his expression turned into a sneer.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Suddenly, the sound of skin hitting skin echoed in the space. A figure had swiftly flown toward Billyand slapped his haughty face several times in succession.

"Damn it. How dare you slap me?" Billy was taken aback by the sudden attack. He had neverthought that anyone would slap him on the face. Utterly embarrassed, Billy's face turned crimson.

It wasn't until the attacker stopped that the others realized that it was Darren.

"Great, Darren. Well done! If he hits you, we'll kill him together!" Quinn, Norris, and Bowensupported Darren.

Rage bubbled inside Billy, but he did not dare to vent his anger. He felt oppressed as he felt that theothers had wronged him.

"You'd better not talk anymore nonsense. I have killed many bastards. It won't hurt me to kill onemore. Do you understand?"

Billy had not reached the advanced stage of the Wonder Realm yet. Darren knew that with hisphysical strength, he had no reason to worry even if he fought Billy alone. Why would he bear Billy'sarrogance and abuse if he was confident of defeating Billy?

Darren was physically strong enough to withstand the onslaught of the Omnipotent Talent Skill froma cultivator at the top level of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm

"From now on, you are my enemies. I'll get my revenge!" Billy calmed down after his frenzy.Unwilling to work with the others, he flew in a different direction.

Darren and the other three didn't stop him. After his outburst, no one wanted to work with Billy. Butthey didn't want to harm him either. Especially Darren, as he felt that there was a reason why eachgroup had five people. Perhaps it would make them weaker if their group was missing one member.Shortly after Billy had left, the remaining group members analyzed the battlefield and concludedthat they needed to seek magic spiritual herbs with mental abilities to enhance their strength andprepare for the later assessments.

"Darren, do you think we should hunt for magic herbs together or separately?”

Considering how Darren had perceived the threat by the magic herbs first, and how he'd handledBilly, the others considered Darren as their leader and asked him for advice.

"There seems to be an abundant supply of powerful magic herbs. If we work together, we mightinvite larger repercussions from the herbs and plants. Why don’t we split up and sneakily collect themagic herbs? We can meet after we're stronger,” Darren suggested after thinking for a moment.

"I agree with Darren. Do you see that black cavern in the distance? It emits a faint aura of terror. Topass this test, we may need to go through the challenge from it," Norris surmised. "We can enhanceour strength faster by attacking the magic herbs separately. What do you think?"

"l agree."

"l agree."

Immediately, the four people scattered in different directions to search for their targets.

What the others didn't know was that Darren had suggested they should separate and search forthe herbs because he didn't want them to discover that he could assimilate magic herbs instead ofrefining them.

After the four separated, Darren flew for a long time before stopping to look at the countless magicherbs before him.

"Absorbing spiritual energy here won't cause a conflict between my blade intent and sword intent,which means I might step into the Wonder Realm. But my breakthrough might be reversed once Ileave.

The other participants, who failed and were asked to cultivate outside, got the special rewards toretain their improvement of cultivation," Darren analyzed.

"Let's see how much my strength grows when I reach the Wonder Realm!"

Having reached a decision, Darren began to search for targets.

"That magic herb is only at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. I'll start with it.”

Finally, Darren had found an herb that he could collect. He concealed his breath and slowlyapproached the herb.

Boom!

His powerful sword intent cut the herb at the root. Then, he grabbed the magic herb and flew tosafety to avoid being attacked by the other plants.

In a flash, Darren devoured and absorbed the magic herb. Simultaneously, he launched his talentskill to assimilate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth

Soon, his realm soared. Within a few seconds, the sword core within his body quivered. It was a signof a breakthrough.

However, Darren fought hard to hold back the sword core as he didn't want to reach the WonderRealm relying solely on the sword core. He hoped that after refining the blade core, he could makea breakthrough by leveraging both the blade core and the sword core. That way, he would bestronger. This was the experience he gained from the first test.

Previously, Darren had managed to solidify the blade core through a supernatural martial skill. Nowthat he had mastered a supernatural blade skill, it would be easy to condense the blade core withthe previous battlefield experience.

Darren summoned the blade intent, compressed it into his elixir field, and started to set the bladecore.

Ten days went by quickly. During this time, Darren had no trouble condensing the blade core.

"Will the blade core vanish after I leave?"

Darren deliberated for a while before concluding that it wouldn't be reversed once he left. Herationalized that since he had condensed the blade core using the blade intent he had before heentered the battlefield, the upgrade had nothing to do with whether he was in the Ancient VoidBattlefield or not.

Satisfied, Darren hunted for a few more magic herbs. Once he had collected several, he assimilatedthem all at once.

"It's starting to breakthrough.”

Darren released both the blade core and the sword core. In the process of the breakthrough, hecontinuously compressed the blade intent and the sword intent. Finally, his blade core and swordcore were upgraded to the green level, just like when he was in the first battlefield.

Boom!

The massive spiritual energy of heaven and earth descended, and the magic herbs trembled and fellon the ground

Darren's body was filled with horrifying power, and his strength increased rapidly.

The spiritual energy continued to enter his body for two hours before it finally stopped.

Darren had been quietly experiencing the mystery of the Wonder Realm all this time. When heopened his eyes, they glistened with excitement.

"I never expected to own such terrible power when I reached the Wonder Realm.” Darren felt thestrength he had gained and was shocked.