Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 491 The Extremely Powerful Rule Cultivator (Part One)

As the burning rage inflamed in his eyes, the transparent man charged at Darren, aiming straight athis head. The assault was made with the man's ultimate goal of taking Darren's soul out andassimilating it on his own—selfish and ruthless at the same time.

There, lying helpless on the ground, Darren didn't have the ability nor the frailest strength to resisthis opponent's attack at all. He was so weak and stiffened that all he could do was give up and letthe transparent man get in his head.

Vroom!

In excess of the excruciating pain, Darren's head started to spin. The world seemed to be shaking ashe lay there flat on his back. More diabolical than that, a compelling aura of soul seemed to besqueezing and pressing on his brain

"Ahhhh!"

A cry of pain echoed in Darren's brain and was voiced out in his parched mouth. In the next second,a twisted and transparent figure emerged from Darren's brain. The figure was hunched in an arch-like shape as if he was severely hurt.

"How powerful!”

While he was throwing out the words, the transparent man calmed a little and returned to hisnormal state. He praised and commended Darren's soul in an awed tone saying, "Young man, youhave a mighty soul. It's frightening to know such a man possessing such an overpowering soul. I amlucky to have met you today, haha! Yet, the bad news for you is, no matter how dominating yoursoul is, it belongs to me now! Pity, you can do nothing about it.” While his mouth twitched inmocking Darren, the transparent man sounded full of mirth and excited for a good catch—Darren'spowerful soul.

Wasting no time, with a snatch of his bare hand, he directly grabbed hold of Darren's soul. With allhis might, he was trying desperately to get the young warrior's soul separated from his earthly body."Get out, you little thing! Don't make this hard for me!" the transparent man yakked while pullingthe foreboding soul out. At the onset, Darren could feel that a very strong pull was tearing his soulaway from his body. In his mind, he was battling and fighting as much as he could to restrain thesoul from leaving his body, yet his strength would not allow him to do so.

Not only that, it hurt badly as if the pain was biting on to his bones, but the hurt of being helpless atthe moment was what pained Darren most. Right in that very moment, Darren realized that he nowhad a more explicit definition of what was the most painful thing in the world.

In the intervening time, at the top floor of the Medicine Pavilion in the southern land of theLothlann Continent, everything was still and quiet except for the dust that was dancing the momentthe air disturbed their placidity.

The top floor was quite empty, dirty, and unkempt. Dust and cobwebs were everywhere, as if theplace hadn't been used for a very long time.

Across the spacious room, at the center, there sat a stooping older man with legs crossed. He was ina deep meditation that dust was all over his body; his face was almost covered and could barely beseen.

In a quick instant, on that beautiful day on the peaceful top floor of the Medicine Pavilion, afrightening soul fluctuation emerged out of nowhere.

Stillness, quietness, and tranquility were all soon lost at the place the moment the soul fluctuationwas felt. It was as if an intense earthquake hit the place.

The stooping older man opened his eyes as a reflex action, and his meditation was cut short themoment he felt the soul fluctuation. Alarmed and confused at the same time, the older man shookthe dust off his body and prepared himself for battle.

"Bastard! If you dare to touch him, you are dead!"

With a dry voice, powerful golden runes started to shine in both the older man’s eyes, like firefliesdancing in a cold pitch-dark night.

In the blink of an eye, his body vanished into thin air, and no one knew where he was heading tonor what he had planned to do

Meanwhile, amidst the heated battle in the dungeon of the Red Inferno Sect in the eastern land,Darren was still on his back and the transparent man was struggling to rip his soul out of him.

By this time, more than half of Darren's soul was dragged out of his body. What horrified Darrenwas the fact that when his soul would be completely separated from his body, the transparent manwould readily assimilate it.

"Rocky, go!"

Using his spiritual sense, Horace secretly sent a message to Rocky. They were planning to launch anattack behind the transparent man's back while he had his attention on Darren.

They knew they couldn't be on par with the transparent man at all nor be at least able to hurt him,but they still had to try at least once. They only wanted to distract the man so Darren could get asmall chance to escape. Who knew, a miracle might happen. Both Horace and Rocky felt obliged tohelp Darren at once, for they knew if they didn't do so, the instant Darren died, they would also losetheir lives.

On Horace's cue, a few cracks appeared at the dungeon's walls, and countless manipulated soldiersflew out, charging at the transparent man all at once.

"Hal Petty pests!"

aggravated at being disturbed at incising Darren's soul, the transparent man sneered in a disdainedtone. Letting out a curse, a pale golden rune was aimed at Horace and Rocky at a breakneck speed.Caught unprepared, Horace and Rocky were both stunned and mesmerized to say a word. The palegolden runes were like an attack from a god, supreme, and stalwart. The assault made them freezein place while holding on to their breaths. They couldn't do anything else but stare at the palegolden light in consternation, waiting to be knocked dead.

"You bastard! Stop what you are doing right now."

At that juncture, the air inside the dungeon started to shake, and an older man appeared from non-existent.

With just a straightforward wave of his hand, the pale golden runes disappeared and werecompletely erased along Horace and Rocky's path.

Right at the very same time, a golden light shone in the older man's eyes, and an arrow made ofshimmering golden runes was shot aimed towards the transparent man.

Bang!

With a deafening sound, the attack sent the transparent man flying. With that, Darren's soul wasretrieved back in his body again.

Yet, the battle had not come to an end. After a short while, the transparent man was back on hisfeet. This time, he looked even viler as he stared at the older man with eyes widened in shock andfright.