Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 320 The Mishap In The Holy Land

The sudden appearance of so many Primitive Stones startled the three grand warriors. They lookedat the precious stones with widened eyes. To everyone's astonishment, the Primitive Stonescollected by Darren were several times greater than those carried by the other superior talents.However, before surrendering the Primitive Stones, Darren had picked out all the Primitive Stonescontaining the power of the Life Rule. He wanted to give these to the Grand Blood Refiner. Since hepromised the Grand Blood Refiner, Darren would keep his word no matter what the cost."That's...unbelievable! Where did you get these Primitive Stones, Darren? There are so many ofthem!" shouted Chad with excitement as he had never seen so many Primitive Stones in one placebefore.

A glint of excitement and envy sparkled in the eyes of the other two grand warriors as well. SinceDarren was Chad's underling, neither of them felt that it was appropriate to claim the stoneswithout Chad's permission.

"Everyone present should have a share. What do you say, Chad? It's not good to keep all the stonesfor yourself," said Brian in a hurry lest Chad decided otherwise.

"I couldn't agree more, Chad. Do not forget my share for the sake of our friendship,” said the femalegrand warrior while winking at him seductively.

"You, indeed, deserve a portion of the stones as you insisted on waiting for Darren here. What aboutthis suggestion—I'll take half the stones, and you two split the rest? It was not easy for Darren tobring back all these Primitive Stones, so you must award him generously in return. Do you agree?”said Chad with a mischievous smile. Since he only needed a few more Primitive Stones to improvehis skills, he didn't mind giving the rest to his companions as a sign of his generosity.

"Of course. We will reward Darren handsomely. Thank you, Chad.”

"You're a nice guy, Chad. Thank you!"

flirted the female grand warrior. The way she addressed Chad nauseated everybody present.

Each of the grand warriors collected his or her due portion from the huge pile of Primitive Stonesbefore offering Darren numerous valuable treasures as rewards. Unfortunately, the treasures were oflittle use to Darren.

"Darren, all these gifts are worldly possessions that you can choose to keep or discard. However,this one is different. You must carry it wherever you go in the southern land. That way, if you needour help, you can release your spiritual sense and summon our assistance.” said Chad while passinga bead to Darren. It looked similar to the one the Grand Blood Refiner had given to him.

The only difference was that Chad's bead was filled with the spiritual intent of the three grandwarriors. Therefore, once Darren used his spiritual sense to summon their spiritual intent in thebead, all three grand warriors would sense it and come to his rescue.

This was precisely what Darren wanted. As for the other valuable treasures or tools, he showed nointerest.

"Thank you!" Darren took the bead and cupped his hands before the three grand warriors to showhis gratitude.

"It's unnecessary for you to be so polite, Darren. We feel honored to help you as you're so talentedin martial arts. There is a great possibility that you might exceed us in the level of martial arts in justa few decades. We might need your help with some matters then," joked Chad. But Darren couldfeel how highly the three grand warriors thought of him.

What Chad and his two companions didn't know, however, was that Darren was currently very closeto a grand warrior in terms of martial arts level. So, Darren didn't have to wait for a few decades toexceed them.

"You might have overestimated me, sir," replied Darren with a smile. With no intention of displayinghis real strength to the three grand warriors, he bade them farewell. Before leaving, he explained, "Iwould like to leave now. I left for the Raksa Sea a long while ago. It's been a tiring journey.”

"All right. Take your leave, lad." The three grand warriors nodded at him. Darren cupped his handsagain before the three grand warriors before walking away.

The issues regarding the breakthrough to the Wonder Realm had been sorted temporarily. Darrenseemed both relaxed and delighted as he had not only enhanced his strength, but he now hadnothing to worry about.

At the same time, however, he still recalled how he had been forced to escape like a dog. Elsa musthave been worried about him since she had not heard anything about him.

"Now, I can return without hiding myself like a worm in a sewer. I promise you, the Holy Lord of theBlade Holy Land, that I'll give you no chance to survive if I see you again. So, you'd better cower inyour nest and avoid running into me if you want to keep your head on your neck for a few moredays!" Darren became enraged when he thought of the humiliating memory. He was determined toget revenge after he returned to the Lotus Holy Land.

Without further delay, Darren hastened toward the transmission array. At his speed, it took Darrenonly two hours to reach the array. He then stepped into the transmission array and headed for hisdestination, the Lotus Holy Land.

A shadow flashed in the array, and Darren was immediately transferred to the middle of an ancientcity—the Lotus City.

Shock and astonishment reflected on Darren's face when he saw the city. It was so different fromthe one he had left, and this upset him to a great degree

Not a soul was seen on the streets of this huge city, and buildings around him had collapsed.Darren leaped into the air to get an overall view of the city. To his surprise, the whole city was amess like the street where he had stood a few moments ago. It seemed as though a gang ofrobbers had ravaged and ruined every part of the city.

The Lotus Holy Land owned Lotus City. Since Lotus City had been destroyed, the same might havehappened to the Lotus Holy Land as well.

"This doesn't feel right,” said Darren with a frown. He could not afford to waste another minutehere. And so, he headed in the direction of the numerous mountains at lightning speed.

A gush of wind filled Darren's ears as he flew at a fast speed. He continually looked down to checkalong the way. He found deep pits of different sizes scattered everywhere on the ground below.Darren was certain that the Lotus Holy Land must have witnessed a terrible fight.

Finally, Darren saw the Lotus Holy Land palace and landed on its grand hall.

The brilliant grand hall was gone. All Darren saw was a dilapidated building with tiles and stonesdebris scattered everywhere. Watching the ruins of the formerly magnificent palace, Darren couldnot help but feel sad in his heart.

"What the hell happened?” murmured Darren. A feeling of wrath surged in him. Such a change wasso unexpected that he had no idea who would have done this to the Lotus Holy Land.

The Lotus Holy Land had many capable warriors. If anyone intended to attack the Lotus Holy Land,he would definitely be stopped by the capable warriors. Then, how could this have happened? TheLotus Holy Land had been destroyed to such an extent that it appeared as though no one hadfought to protect it!

The air stirred as Darren leaped from one place to another.

Darren conducted a frantic search as he was eager to replace somebody who could explain all of this tohim.

A long time passed before he finally spotted an elder with grey hair sitting on the ruins of abuilding. The old man was motionless, like a statue. He appeared to be gazing at something in thefar distance.

Darren descended from the sky and landed directly in front of the old man.

Tears rushed to Darren's eyes as soon as he recognized that the old man was Colin.

But Colin was different from the person with whom Darren was familiar. His eyes lacked luster givingthe appearance that Colin was a puppet without any emotions. His hair was white and a mess, whichmade him seem haggard and old. On his rumpled and shabby robes were visible marks of driedblood.

"It's you, sir!" Darren approached Colin hurriedly and clutched his shoulders. With a confusedexpression, Darren asked, "What happened, sir? How did the Lotus Holy Land become such amess?"

Instead of replying to Darren, Colin stared in the distance with hollow eyes. He seemed to have paidno attention to the young man by his side.

Darren felt so strange that he launched his Spirit Power to explore Colin's inner world. To hisamazement, he found that Colin's Spirit Power was chaotic.

"This appears to be the tricks used by rule cultivators!" uttered Darren through clenched teeth.

In an attempt to subdue the force that had disturbed Colin's mind, Darren tried to initiate his SpiritPower.

Since Darren knew nothing of orthodox healing skills, he had to use his Spirit Power to drive out theevil force inside Colin. Four hours passed. Darren felt a sharp pain in his brain as if it were about toexplode. At this critical moment, however, the strange power inside Colin's head had been banished.Luster returned to Colin's eyes and they responded to Darren. They were full of tears as soon as herecognized the young man in front of him. Darren could even hear the tears dripping from Colin'sface.

"You're...Darren?" asked Colin. His lips trembled like those of a dying man. He stopped to get acloser look at the man in front of him before continuing, "You're back, Darren! Are you reallyDarren?”

Colin rose to his feet with excitement. He hadn't moved his gaze from the man in front of him for asingle minute this whole time. Then he just stood and stared at Darren, speechless

Darren launched his spiritual sense toward Colin as he needed to check his friend's physical state. Itseemed that all of Colin's meridians had broken and his cultivation base had disappeared.

"Tell me, sir, what happened here? Where are the Holy Lord and Elsa?" murmured Darren.

Colin shook his head and turned to look at the dilapidated palace. Then he sighed, "It's all over. Weare doomed!"

Darren's heart missed a beat when he heard Colin.

"Bryan is a real bastard. We never expected that he would have such a terrifying ally supporting him.What a cunning snake!" There was a trace of fear in Colin's voice.

"Bryan? You meant the Blade Holy Lord? That son of a bitch?" roared Darren. Fury reflected in hiseyes.

Instead of inquiring any further, Darren helped to heal Colin's wounds first. Since he was not in astate to speak, Darren believed that Colin would tell him everything once he had healed.