Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 496 Impressive Scene (Part Two)

Now that he had a vivid picture of what was the root of all the mayhems, the leader frowned atLawrence's story. Yet, as he thought about things in a more profound sense, his eyes were focusedon Darren.

Out of the blue, at Lawrence's surprise, the leader suddenly slapped Darren hard in the face.

The sound was sharp, and the slap itself was burning in Darren's face. Although the strength heused was not stronger than an ordinary person's strength, Darren could feel his face numbing andtingling at the same time. He was slapped unprepared and was not expecting the leader to do sucha thing on him.

"Why did you slap me?!"

Moments later, after a somewhat lengthy pause of disbelief, a look of pure hatred flashed acrossDarren's face. He shouted to express his anger and was wondering what the reason behind theunexpected action was.

"It is because of you, and Eddy grew crazy regardless of the Sacred Palace's order. Dare you say youshouldn't be blamed?" the martial artist wearing a purple suit of armor yelled at Darren. His voicewas cold, with a malicious aura surged towards Darren.

"I should be blamed? Why is that so? He wanted to kill my sister. What would you suggest I do? Lethim be? Should I see my sister die in front of me? He wanted to kill an innocent girl, but I shouldn'tfight him or at least stop him? Is that what you mean?" As he vented out the anger in his heart,Darren clenched his fist. The clenched fist was so tight that his nails nearly poked into his palm.

The leader, in return, was overwhelmed at Darren's outrage. He didn't mean to slap Darren because,in fact, the leader had wanted to blame Lawrence for this trouble. Yet, he dared not hit him.Lawrence was superior and had a higher status than him. Darren, on the other hand, was young, lesspowerful, and way too inferior. Thus he deviated his anger on him—a slap on Darren's face madehim feel a bit better.

'If Lawrence didn't come to save this not so important person, this mishap couldn't have happened,' thought the leader.

"Law enforcer! What are you doing? You were mad at me and wanted to correct me, but you darednot slap me. Am I right? That's why you slapped Darren instead? Are you aware that he brokethrough the restrictions of cultivating both the blade and sword skills? Darren has reliable SpiritPower. What's more, he controls the small world from the Grand Void Emperor. Don't you think weshould protect such a talent?” Anger flashed in Lawrence's eyes as he confronted the leader with hisactions.

"Mr. Hong, I mean no harm. Yes, he has some potentials, but he was not the one chosen to protectthe world. It was Eddy who was destined to be the savior of the world. I guess you must know verywell that we don't have much time. Three hundred years is not a long time, Mr. Hong. Does itmatter cultivating the blade and sword skills and breaking through some restrictions? Will he breakthrough to the Grand Realm? The Holy Realm? Or the Emperor Realm, perhaps? In three hundredyears, he could become a five-star grand warrior at most. Do you agree with me? Frankly speaking,small potatoes such as him won't help in the coming disaster. It's worthless for you to drive Eddycrazy in lieu of this guy!" The leader made a lengthy complaint. His voice was cold, and he lookeddown upon Darren thinking that he was solely responsible for all the trouble.

His words were obvious; Darren shouldn't be saved. Lawrence shouldn't have enraged Eddy becauseof Darren. For the leader, it didn't matter if Darren died.

"Humph." Frustrated at the leader's tone of voice, Lawrence snorted. With an angry stare, he added,"My standards of making friends is not the same as yours. I have my principles about how to decideand reason out. Whether I should save Darren is none of your business. If you want to put theblame on someone, then just blame me. Don't curse him!"

"Mr. Hong, your words don't make sense at all.” The leader of the martial artists gave up hisargument and dared not continue the conversation with Lawrence Hong. Only a snort was made toshow his discordance and dissatisfaction.

"Man, don't be so arrogant. Even Lord Donald respects me. How dare you criticize me? Who do youthink you are, huh?" Feeling bypassed and disrespected, Lawrence glared at the leader, and hischeek bulged and reddened because of anger.

"I dare not criticize you, Mr. Hong. Humph." The leader restrained his anger and stopped talking.After all, Lawrence was a senior. His status was as high as Lord Donald; thus, he felt he wasresponsible to address him with high reverence.

Just a few inches away from them, Darren was standing still. He found it hard to express andsuppress his feelings at the same time. He was slapped, disdained, and ignored. That frustrated hima lot because it was the first time in his life that he was humiliated like this.

“This is a cruel world. If you are less useful than others, you will be killed like an ant. There is noargument for that, that's just how it is. Whoever has more power and more value will get moreattention and advantages, * thought Darren silently.

He didn't say anything and kept his silence towards the insult. On his face, no anger or hatred wasevident. By this time, Darren's mind was occupied by the notion that all he needed to do was to gethimself more powerful. If he became powerful enough, he would be respected. No one wouldignore an influential martial artist—least slap them in the face.

With the hatred he felt inside, memories of the incident that happened in the past flashed back hismind. The same humiliating feeling was felt by Darren when his relatives bullied him in the ChuClan,

"I haven't felt like this for a long time,” muttered Darren in a tone filled with self-pity. Yet, he didn'tshow any signs of being crossed. Instead, he made a faint smile. The mark and the tinglingsensation left by the slap was still there, but he soon fathomed out how to deal with the trouble."Humph." The leader glared at Darren from head to foot and snorted.

"Haha. Sir, I have a deep understanding of your insult. But sooner or later, you will definitely have ataste of that insult too." After saying that, Darren made a big smile and looked at the leader's eyeswarily. He vowed to himself that he would get even with this man one day, by hook or by crook.The leader was about to insult Darren even more, when he felt changes with the oppressive aura inthe air. As he looked at Eddy’s direction, it seemed that he had almost completed the WorldUpgrade. The red light that radiated from him began to fade away gradually.