Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 445 Capture Ethan

When Darren approached, he hid somewhere hundreds of meters away to better observe thesituation. He held his breath and hid his aura.

Since he obtained the skill to conceal his aura together with his strong Spirit Power and the ringgiven by the old man in red robe which could help him hide his aura, no matter how powerful amartial artist or a rule cultivator would be, he could not sense his existence. That skill was priceless."My lord, please tell me, what do you want me to do?" Ethan asked respectfully, while still down onhis knees.

Even Ethan, who was a two-star grand warrior at the top level, looked humble before the man inblack. It seemed that the status and power of the man in black was not low.

"Humph. Ethan, after I saved you, you promised me that you would pay me 1, 000 souls. Where arethey now huh?” the man in black griped, looking down at the prostrated Ethan.

Though the voice of the man in black robe was just slightly loud, Ethan was, on the other hand,dripping cold sweat from his forehead, and frightened.

"My lord, I have just recently recovered from my wounds, so the number hasn't reached 1, 000.Please give me a few more days and you'll have your heart's desire,” Ethan eagerly pleaded as hemade a kowtow to the man in black, looking like a lost puppy.

"Well. It is very sensible of you. I will give you another three days. If you still can't give me 1, 000souls, you shall suffer dire consequences. Have I made myself clear?

And I must remind you. Don't expect to flee. You must be certain of the thing I planted deep in yoursoul. If you flee, you will be in more pain! I hope that's clear now!" the man in black said in a gloomytone before disappearing as his body thinned out. He simply vanished into the air.

"Damn! Damn!"

Ethan roared in fury, trembling from head to foot. He smashed a boulder hard with his palm andkicked another with his foot from the frustration.

"What did I do wrong? What? First, I was driven by the legendary beast of the little bastard. After Iwas saved, I encountered the evil cultivator. It's unbelievably outrageous! In balance, it is all Darren'sfault really! He is a total bastard!" Ethan shouted, grinding his teeth in anger, hatred filling his heart,and shooting through his eyes.

Seeing the entire scene and hearing Ethan's words, Darren realized that the man in black was an evilcultivator, but he couldn't be certain whether he belonged to the Red Inferno Sect or not. He mustthink of something.

"Damn Ethan. He has even been reduced to a flunky of an evil cultivator. In this way, I shall not lethim off,” Darren muttered to himself. "It won't be an easy ride for you, Ethan,” Darren continued.Darren heard that the man in black asked Ethan to collect 1, 000 powerful souls. To put it simply, inorder to accomplish the task, Ethan had to kill 1, 000 people. Darren had decided to wipe him outbefore he conducted this evildoing. How he was going to do that was still under consideration.However, Darren didn't summon the Water Kylin out to do that. Though this place was covert, it wasnear the populated area. If he alerted people around here or the evil cultivators who had secretlyhidden here, he would cause unnecessary trouble. He had to think of a better idea.

Considering this, Darren tailed Ethan when he left, waiting for an opportunity to kill him, theslightest chance.

After Darren had followed Ethan for quite some time, Ethan suddenly flew towards the outside ofthe city. Along his way, he was close to people's sphere of activity, so Darren didn't want to risktaking any action.

But Darren knew for certain due to the man in black's vexed voice, Ethan would not delay to killsomeone.

Flying behind Ethan, Darren arrived at a barren village hundreds of miles away from the city.Suddenly they both stopped.

Ethan grimly smiled and took out a crystal bead as if he was sensing something. After a short while,the bead gave off a beam of white light irradiating a house in the village. The beam of white lightwas very powerful.

"Ha-ha. Thanks to the guard, this bead is so useful. With this bead, it is easy for me to replace powerfulsouls, ha-ha," Ethan boasted, looking in the direction of the white light. Finally, his mood wasboosted due to the bead and its white light.

Whistle! Whistle!

Ethan sped up and in a flash disappeared from the place where he was standing. One second hewas there and the next he was gone.

"Ah."

A woman's heartrending cry bellowed out.

Until now, Darren realized that things were in shambles as Ethan had killed the woman who haddone nothing to him.

"That damn bastard, how cruel he is to slaughter an innocent villager. What a heinous monster heist"

Darren growled. Instead of concealing himself even further, he flew in Ethan's direction at full speed,for a challenge.

When he reached the door of a peasant household, he saw in the yard a dead man and womanlying in a pool of blood.

"Wah-Wah. Wah-Wah."

A baby's cry came deep from the dilapidated house. Blood was everywhere.

"My lord, please spare my grandson's life. He is a newborn baby. Please let him off. I beg you, mylord," an old, frail, shaky and terrified voice urged.

"He has such a powerful soul. If I let him off, who will let me off? You must be dreaming. Ha-ha,"Ethan said evilly, staring hideously at the crying baby, without any compassion whatsoever.

"..I'll fight it out with you! L..I'll fight you!" the old woman desperately called out. Regardless of herterror and the amount of blood she lost, in order to protect her grandson, she rushed to Ethan andgnawed at his skin, biting his leg.

However, the body of the grand warrior was extremely hard so that the woman's only remainingteeth broke into pieces. As a result, she helplessly collapsed onto the ground in defeat.

"You damn woman, go to hell! Go to hell!"

Ethan thundered as he maneuvered his hand to hit the old woman. He did not see what wascoming.

Boom!

All of a sudden, a formidable blade and sword intent darted into Ethan. It took him by greatsurprise.

Careless and heedless, Ethan did not notice Darren's existence and his hands were bombed fiercelyby the sudden blade and sword intent, and were badly mutilated. Naturally, the baby fell fromEthan's hands.

Whistle!

Darren flashed out and caught the baby before it hit the ground and got hurt. Meanwhile, he heldthe old woman up and transmitted some spiritual energy into her body in order to make her feel abit stronger.

"Take the baby and hurry, leave now," Darren said as he carefully and gently passed the baby overto the old woman.

The old woman was stunned at first, and then she nodded to Darren and took the baby before shehurriedly ran out.

Since Ethan found out that it was Darren, he didn't go out to chase them. He chose to fight thisbattle.

"It's you! I see,"

Ethan growled, glaring and staring hard at Darren

"How would you like to die today?" Darren asked in a chilly voice, totally ignoring Ethan's fury.Ethan's heart skipped a beat. Instantly, he released his spiritual sense to check the situation. To hisrelief, he sensed that there was no aura of the legendary beast around Darren. He relaxed.

"Ha-ha. You little bastard, how dare you seek your doom alone? Don't you know who you're upagainst? Good. I will fulfill your wish today," Ethan threatened with excitement in his heart, andblood running in his veins.

"Are you sure you can even do that? You are even much worse than a beast!"

Darren roared. In fact, with his current power, he couldn't afford to slaughter a two-star grandwarrior at the top level. He must be careful. Therefore, without hesitation, Darren summoned theWater Kylin out.

"Roar!"

the Water Kylin howled indignantly at the sight of Ethan. He did not want to see him again!

"You villain. How dare you appear before me? Well. I will tear you to pieces! And that is a promise!"Ethan was taken aback for a moment for he had never expected that the Water Kylin would comeout of nowhere. He was almost frightened and about to collapse on the ground.

"My...my lord, please, please spare my life,"

Ethan begged for the Water Kylin's mercy. He even had no courage to escape, his legs weak andlimp, kneeling down on the ground.

"Spare your life you say? You beast, you even defected to an evil cultivator. How dare you want tokill a newborn baby? You don't deserve to be a man, let alone a grand warrior! *

Darren bellowed in anger.

"My lord, I have no choice, no choice. My lord, please spare me, please,” Ethan said and startedcrying.

"Don’t quibble to me!

You once did me harm. And for this crime alone, I could sentence you to death,” the Water Kylinshouted, not caring for Ethan's begging. Swiftly, he hit Ethan with his claw with all his might.

Crack!

The bones all over Ethan's body were smashed. However, he didn't die. It was torturous.

With blood flowing on the ground, Ethan wailed painfully, as he was paralyzed on the ground.Lifting his big claw, the Water Kylin prepared to kill him, but Darren jutted in and stopped him."That's enough. Keep him alive. I have something I need to ask him,"

Darren said. Upon hearing Darren's words, the Water Kylin withdrew his claw.

"Tell me the truth Ethan. Who is that man in black? And why did he ask you to collect souls?" Darrenquestioned Ethan in a loud voice.

Tears and blood flowing from his eyes, Ethan suddenly burst into grotesque laughter and said, "Youlittle bastard, you have tailed me. Huh? Since I will die, why should I tell you? Don't you ever dreamof getting any information from me!"

Realizing that he was doomed, Ethan became even more strong-willed rather than beg for mercy.