Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 431 Darren Is Dead (Part One)

In a split second, before Timothy, Abelard, Hailey, and the Water Kylin had enough time to react orprotest, they were already spurred into the Ancient Void Battlefield. Darren had taken them all intothe safe haven just in the nick of time, a few inches away from the hot magma.

"We are safe now. Thanks to Darren for bringing us here. But what about him now?"

"Yeah, if he is drowned in that hot magma, we are afraid that..."

Timothy and Abelard stopped their words abruptly and looked very anxious. Hailey next to themwas distraught too. Her mind was preoccupied with the thought whether Darren had survived ornot. Yet, all of them knew they couldn't do anything for Darren at that moment apart from prayingsilently for his safety.

Even the Water Kylin, Darren's beast slave, had a strange feeling in his heart, a feeling that he neverexperienced before. For his entire existence as a beast, nobody ever treated him like the way Darrendid.

Scenes of the past flashed his mind. When Landon, the double-headed man, was injured by him,and the law enforcer was about to kill the Water Kylin as well, Darren risked his life and persuadedthe law enforcer to spare him. Also, when he was about to be killed by the winged-tiger, Darrenopened the Ancient Void Battlefield by force despite the huge risk and saved him from the winged-tiger. Now, for the third time, the same thing happened once again—Darren saved him at the mostcritical moment.

Aside from all the rescuing and saving that Darren had done for the Water Kylin, what moved himmost as a slave was Darren's behavior towards him. Especially when Diana, the Holy Lord of theLotus Holy Land, came to the Ancient Void Battlefield, Darren introduced the Water Kylin to Diana ashis buddy—not his beast slave! Although the Water Kylin was always careless and disinterested, heactually kept all those things in mind and was very grateful to Darren. Now that Darren's life was indanger, the worry that the Water Kylin felt deep inside him heightened to an extent.

"Master never treated me as his slave..." the Water Kylin said painfully as he felt a lump in his throat.He wasn't able to finish his words in between sobs.

Whoosh!

Forthwith, like greased lightning, a white figure flew out of nowhere and landed near them. Soon,the Water Kylin recognized the white figure was Finley.

"Water Kylin, come to my side now!"

Finley waved towards the Water Kylin and used his space skill and drew him closer to him.

"Finley, the master is..."

"Don't speak now!" Finley interrupted him at once. He looked severe and threw a punch on theWater Kylin's head.

"What are you doing?! Get out of my way! Master is in a dangerous situation now. I am not in themood to play jokes with you!" the Water Kylin opened his big bloody mouth and yelled at Finley.The beast couldn't believe that Finley could afford to mock him, given Darren's situation.

When the other people inside the Ancient Void Battlefield saw this scene, they wondered whatcaused such commotion. They all flew over to check what had happened.

Finley ignored the Water Kylin's yells and protests. He directly activated the most powerful spacerules to constrain the Water Kylin ultimately, and then beat the beast's head repeatedly.

“What's wrong with this guy? What is he doing?" Abelard wondered wildly when he saw how Finleyhit on the Water Kylin. As he watched nearby, Abelard felt Finley's unmatched aura. With that, heswallowed, breathed in, and kept his silence. Though he was worried about the Water Kylin's safety,he dared not speak, and so was everyone else.

'He is using such a powerful constraining skill!" Hailey exclaimed silently in her mind. When it cameto rule cultivation or runes, Hailey was far more knowledgeable than Abelard. Thus, she haddifferent thoughts about the matter. Hailey could see the subtle runes flashing between Finley'spalms as if they were cutting something. Though she couldn't fathom what those were, still, shebelieved that Finley was doing that for a reason.

Minutes passed, and Finley was still beating the head of the Water Kylin at lightning speed. Hisrepeated blows completely muddled the beast, his head limped in an awkward position as he letFinley beat him as much as he wanted. Besides, the creature was too weak to fight back at themoment. After a few moments, Finley stopped beating. He was panting, and sweat soaked hisgarments. The aura that was extremely high earlier had subsided and cooled Finley down.

"Now, it's done! The life and death bond between you and Darren have been removed,” Finley saidfaintly with palpable sorrow on his face.

When the Water Kylin, who had a blurry mind at that moment, heard Finley's words, he suddenlyunderstood what had happened. Darren must have instructed Finley to remove their life and deathbond in case something might happen to him. With such actions from Finley, it was as if he wastelling the Water Kylin indirectly that his master was dead. Without saying a word, the Water Kylincollapsed on the ground, pretending to block his eyes with his massive arms inadvertently. He didn'twant the people around to see his tears. He felt so sad and grave at heart for his master Darren thathe couldn't hold back his tears anymore.

"Don't hide like a little boy. I know what you are doing. If I didn't learn how to remove the bondbetween you two from the defender of the tenth space of the Ancient Void Battlefield, I am surethat you will be dead too," Finley said in a sad tone, casting a saddened glance at the Water Kylincrying on the ground.

Hearing that, the Water Kylin raised his head, looked at Finley with tears blurring his eyes, and saidhesitantly, "You mean that master... is already...?" He didn't dare to say the last word. It hurt him somuch to accept such an ill fate for Darren—his master, his friend, his brother, all in one.

Finley nodded silently, and he was held speechless. Yet, deep inside, he was devastated at the loss ofsuch a good friend. With that, the aura he was exuding became stronger and colder, which was theaura of a Shadow Emperor. That was his outlet of showing his anger, the anger that he could nolonger contain inside him.

"Thirty years later, this little world without its master will collapse, and you all should makepreparation for that,” the Shadow Emperor said coldly. After saying those words, he turned and flewaway. That left the wailing Water Kylin, Hailey, Abelard, and Timothy in deafening silence. This timethe sorrow and misery seemed to press harder upon them.