Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 395 Joining The Groom-recruiting Competition (Part Two)

"There are 1, 458 competitors for Hailey, and they are..." It took the elder about 15 minutes to finishthe roll-call of names for Hailey's suitors.

The martial artists present had an excellent cultivation base. So the elder assumed that theannouncement of the names of all the competitors for Hailey was clear enough, and they all heardwhat he said

However, at the mention of Darren's name, Hailey, who was slumped on the stage, clearlyrecognized his name and glanced down the scene looking for that familiar face. But to her dismay,there were just so many people. Aside from that, Darren had already put his mask on, so she didn'treplace him at that instant.

The martial artists who were going to fight for Hailey were way more than the other girlscompetitors, causing the people to discuss what was with her to have so many suitors. Even thepretty girls standing beside her couldn't help but turn to look at her with jealous eyes.

Though the other girls were not as beautiful as Hailey, they were pretty good-looking and couldmake men drool. But there was just something about Hailey that made her unique and differentamong others. She was more elegant than them, too, especially now that she was dressed in palegreen and stood gracefully on the high stage. Besides, one could not easily replace out about hercultivation base. It rested as a mystery, which attracted the young men even more.

Then, finishing off with the roll-calls, the elder on stage announced the rules of the fight, and soonthe competition momentarily began. Considering the arena, plus the fact that there were just toomany martial artists who wanted to compete for Hailey, the competition for her was saved as thelast event.

In every fight, there would be two martial artists who were competing for the same girl. So thegroup of people was divided two by two. Every pair would fight at the same time, and they couldonly use one skill on each other. The losers would be eliminated while the winners got the chance tofight again until there was only one winner left.

In that way, the competition wouldn't last for too long. Besides, they were only allowed to use oneskill on each other so that they wouldn't be hurt badly. The rules were pretty reasonable, one wouldsay.

The competition went fast, and after about an hour, the other 99 girls all got their final winner—their groom to marry.

As the competition commenced, Darren was sitting under the stage. He didn't really pay muchattention to other martial artists, except when there was a pretty influential martial artist on stage."Sir, do you have the confidence to win over the prettiest girl on stage?” Governor Joshua Fang, whowas just beside Darren, asked him curiously with a smile on his face.

Giving him a mocking smile in return, Darren just shook his head without saying a word.Meanwhile, Governor Joshua's daughter couldn't even hide her disappointment. She had alwaysseen herself as a rare beauty in the eastern land. But now, seeing the one hundred beautiful girls onstage who were as pretty as her, she finally realized that she was not that special at all. Not onlythat, the girls on stage were all way better than her when it came to cultivation base. She couldn'ttake it for now, and that was why she felt so devastated.

"Father, I'm going home with my cousin now. Please come home soon after you finish your jobhere."

Bidding her father goodbye, she then turned to Darren and said, "Goodbye, sir. Good luck on yourfight.”

After these words, she bowed to Darren, then turned and left stomping her feet along the way. Shecouldn't even hide the bad mood that was betrayed on her face.

"Alas! Poor child.” Governor Joshua let out a deep sigh. Clearly, he knew how his daughter must befeeling right now.

"Sir, I'm going to report to the elder host I am recommending you. Then I will be dealing with someother things in the city. Would you excuse me for a second?" Asking for Darren's permission,Governor Joshua said politely.

"Go ahead,” Darren answered in an indifferent tone, not taking his eyes away from the high stagewhere Hailey was seated.

Just a few inches away from them, Elder Herman of the Violet Phoenix Sect, upon hearing GovernorJoshua's words, interrupted, "You don't have to report now that you recommend him. Just leaveyour name, and there will be a generous reward sent to your Governor's Office tomorrow. Just goand do your job."

"Thank you very much, Elder Herman! My name's Joshua, and I am the Governor of Hoarfrost City,"Governor Joshua replied and bid them goodbye.

"Okay, I see. Go ahead,” Elder Herman responded and bid him farewell too.

"Yes. Thank you again, Elder Herman."

After Governor Joshua left, Elder Herman asked, "Why did you shake your head just now, Darren? Ican see that you are a compelling martial artist, and you have an excellent chance to win. Why don'tyou have that confidence? It's not something a strong and talented martial artist like you would doHaha."

"Elder Herman, it's not that I am not confident enough. It's just that even if I win, I won't be togetherwith her as a couple. I don't intend to marry her,” Darren said simply, shrugging his shoulders. Thereason why he agreed to join the competition was quite complicated to explain—he was too lazy totell as well.

"Yeah? Then what are your plans then?"

Elder Herman got curious, and right when he was about to ask Darren for more explanations, theelder on the stage announced that it was time for the competitors for Hailey to go up on stage andfight.

After the announcement, more than one thousand superb martial artists flew on stage at the sametime, showing off their skill. Gathering up his strength, Darren, like them, also flew on the highstage, ready to fight.