Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 33 The Unexpected Trouble (Part Three)

"How does that feel, huh?" Darren barked down on him. "Let's see if you dare to speak maliciousremarks about others again,” he continued menacingly as he carried on sending his fist down to theman. His mind was swirling with contempt towards the man. Each strike he dealt was loaded withhis power and his deep grudge.

"Help! Darren is killing me!" the man shouted out in a strangled cry. Fear took hold of his heart andhis body vibrated violently in pain as he cried out for his life.

"Shut the hell up!" Darren shouted at him. He hadn't let out all his fury. Not yet. He grabbed ahandful of gravel from the ground and stuffed it into the man's mouth.

The torture did not end there. Upon blocking his mouth with the gravel, Darren violently shoved hisfist into the man's mouth.

As his fist landed, both Darren and Shawn heard the distinct sound of the man's teeth cracking. Thehit was so powerful that it would have sent anyone howling. The man wasn't able to bear it and as aresult of the pain, he went out like a light.

Shawn was left speechless as he watched the violent scene unfold, his eyes wide open inastonishment. He had not expected Darren to be so merciless and cruel. He started to regret havingchallenged him just a while ago.

Seeing that the man had already blacked out, Darren stopped his strikes. "I did tell you to shut up,”he mumbled, then quickly averted his eyes from the man’s disfigured face. He turned his gazetowards Shawn who was still standing in a trance-like state.

"Now, it's your turn,” Darren said in a cold gravelly voice. Despite the fact that Shawn was alreadycowering in fear inside his mind, his haughtiness was not making it easy for him to concede. "Youson of a bitch! You think that you can frighten me that easily? You'll pay ten times over for whatyou've done to my friend, and I swear it won't be pleasant,” Shawn said, trying to hide his fear.With all the confrontations he had had with people like Shawn, Darren had learned not to takethreats like these to heart. "Well, if you say so, I can only guarantee that you'll end up worse thanhim." He sneered as he looked fixedly into Shawn's eyes. A fight was doomed to happen. Gatheringall his vital energy into his hands, Darren charged towards his opponent without hesitation. Theforce of the vital energy was so powerful that it left Shawn stagger backwards.

Grabbing this opportune moment, Darren dealt dozens of strikes at Shawn even before he had thechance to stand up on his feet.

However, being at the same stage as Darren, Shawn was able to withstand his blows using his ownvital energy.

With a rumbling sound, the vital energy blow that Darren had sent towards him exploded intoflames.

Tasting his first success boosted both his confidence and his strength. He felt like he could handleDarren.

"You are indeed a crippled bastard. I bet that three punches at most are all it takes for me to finishyou," he taunted. Now that he had seen that Darren didn't hold much advantage over himself, hebegan to feel more relaxed and beamed with delight.

Just as Darren was about to protest, Shawn suddenly released his vital energy and struck back athim. The impact forced Darren to retreat a few steps back to regain his footing.

It was in this moment that Darren started to feel the two internal forces clashing inside his bodyagain. The pain had started to resurface and it grew unbearable as he continued to block Shawn'svital energy.

In his current state, now was hardly the time for fighting for Darren. He hastily unsheathed hissword. "Just leave now before I kill you!" he exclaimed.

However, his words had the opposite effect that he hoped to achieve. As Shawn just grew bolder,no doubt convinced that Darren was just bluffing. "It seems you have too much confidence inyourself. I really want to know what tricks you can do with that toy of yours,” Shawn snorted out."Anyway, I don't think that anyone would blame me if I kill you. Even more so, Elsa and the elderwould most likely be thanking me for eliminating this burden for them,” he stated. Shawn acted as ifhe was the one who was in charge with whether Darren lived or not. He felt completely in control ofthe situation and he was confident that Darren was in no way on par with him in terms of strength.His hand settled over to the hilt of his sword as he took a fighting stance. "Today I will end yourlousy and disgraceful life!" he declared with conviction. He leapt up and aimed his sword straight atDarren.

Darren hurriedly lifted his sword and put the second move of the Profound Nine Sword Skills he hadjust learned into action.

"Taste my Shadowless Stab!" Darren uttered.

As soon as the sword skill had been activated, streaks of blinding light began to emanate from it,filling up every corner of the room. Darren waved the mighty sword over at Shawn and the streaksof light began to change its shape into dozens of swords made of light that looked sharp enough topierce through anything.

Shawn, who was rushing towards Darren, sensed the danger a little too late for him to be able tododge the attack.

The streaks of light pierced through him all over his body and blood sputtered out.

"So terrible..." Shawn breathlessly whispered just as a ray of light cut through his neck like lightninghitting a tree.

Darren, suddenly felt a jolting pain inside his body. A fountain of blood spritzed out of his mouth ashe fell to the ground.