Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 556 The Explanation

Hanson nodded to Mathew.

"Darren, I was being suppressed by the Heavenly Repression and at the same time, I was also beinghunted!" Hanson continued to explain.

"Being hunted?”

"Yes! It was a miracle that I survived. I could have died if it weren't for my brother who had risked hislife to save me.

I was in the state of breaking through to the Holy Realm when the spiritual energy dashed withinmy body, which put me under the risk of causing the Heavenly Repression to arise. So, I rushedtowards the Raksa Sea, desperately looking for the Primitive Stones. I prayed not to get trapped inthat tormented situation. However, a special mark had been forced onto my body decades of yearsbefore I went to the Raksa Sea. Because of that mark, the mysterious killers had been chasing afterme all the time."

As he ripped his clothes off, Hanson explained the black cross mark which was forced on his body."Sir, do you have any idea what that black mark symbolized? You had almost reached the HolyRealm! No ordinary man can ever bring down such a powerful man like you. How could they dare tohunt you?"

Darren could never imagined what kind of man could have hunted a warrior who almost reachedthe Holy Realm and who cultivated both the blade and sword skills as well. “Could it be a holyemperor?’ Darren thought.

"I was not hunted by a human being!" Drowning into that mind, Hanson frowned. His growingirritation was obvious.

"The demonic monsters?" Darren asked hurriedly.

"No. They are from one unknown race that you might have never heard of. They are from theFormidable Ghostdom and possess a huge amount of strength.

They lived in the inter-layer space. Not even a senior holy warrior could handle them. Crossing overbeyond the worlds and through spaces, they leave marks on humans they want. Through thesemarks which are made on the victims, they are easily trailed and are made to obey and live underthe shadows of fears of being tormented.”

Hanson paused. Breaking out in cold sweat, he continued his story. "After all these years of beinghunted and chased after, I had been living in fear. I couldn't recall when or how I had gotten thesemarks on me.

By the time I arrived at the Raksa Sea, never did I expect them to have cut in during those criticalmoments of my breakthrough. I could have died. But in the nick of time, a powerful cultivator ofBlade and Sword Cultivation showed up and switched our souls onto each other's body using onemystical skill. I survived the attack but the attack took his life away."

A look of sadness and reluctance passed over his features. "Of course, the one who saved me wasmy elder brother.” Hanson stopped. It was hard for him to look back. Letting out a hostile glare, heforced himself to continue.

Darren stared at Mathew. Astonished, he claimed, "Oh! I see that's why I can feel the aura of thecultivator of both the blade and sword going through that body. You also cultivate both the bladeand sword skills!"

"Well, I had predicted that Hanson would face difficulties in handling the hunters. Since that blackcross mark was left on his body, I had started to learn the Blade and Sword Cultivation, to be able tosave him at the crucial moment,” Mathew responded in a calm manner.

On hearing those words, Darren's opinion towards Mathew changed.

Even though Mathew seemed calm and peaceful, Darren could tell he was a very caring and kindperson. In order to save his own younger brother, he started to prepare for that decades ago andnever stopped.

"So the aim of working hard so many years learning the blade and sword skills is to sacrifice yourselfto save Hanson's life?" Darren was touched.

Suddenly, Darren bowed to Mathew and worshiped him.

"Hey! Stop that. He is my blood. I can never stand aside and watch him get killed,” Mathew said witha faint smile.

"So how did Jesse relate the story to you? I felt sorry for them. I treated them as my own brothersbut yet could do nothing but to see them suffer on that desolate island.”

The situation was complex back then. Hanson had already fallen into a coma. He could not saveJesse and the other two.

According to Hanson, ordinary people were not able to see those strange monsters from theFormidable Ghostdom with the naked eyes. In the eyes of others, especially Jesse, Mathew hadmurdered Hanson while in fact, their souls were just switched.

"Mr. Li said you were a brutal murderer, a Grand Sword Killer. You had murdered Hanson to seize hisblade and sword cores. That was what he had told me,” Darren replied.

"Ha-ha. He was right at the first sentence. I was given that reputation before. I had chosen KillingCultivation before I began the Blade and Sword Cultivation. My eyes spelled death at that moment.But it was totally wrong for people to think that I could only get progress through killing others,”Mathew explained.

"Yes. I am aware that my brother did practice Killing Cultivation. However, he did not master thekilling sword intent through killing. Instead, he comprehended the origin of the killing sword intent,and naturally condense the ultimate and pure killing sword intent.

At that moment, I was closed to reaching the Holy Realm. Despite that, I didn't have any advantageover him when he used the killing sword intent. In my opinion, the best swordsman must be mybrother,” Hanson continued.

"Darren, come here and have a try." Mathew smiled as the strong aura of killing intent flooded outimmediately; the whole area was fully surrounded

Darren could not help shivering under that strong killing intent.

He felt that this sword intent was more powerful than the black and white sword intents from theavatar of the master of the Starry Tower.

"Sir," Darren could no longer stand the intent and cried out. Inmediately, the killing sword intentdied down.

"Kid, you are so weak that you could not even take a wisp of my killing sword intent. You need morepractice,” Mathew lectured.

"Yes, sir..." Darren answered with a stunned expression.

"So sir, could you please tell me which realm you are in now? As a cultivator of the blade and thesword, you also own powerful killing sword intent. Have you already been at the Holy Realm?"Darren was curious.

"My brother had lived through thousands of years in the form of soul. He may not have possiblyreached the Holy Realm. However, even under those measures, none of the seven-star grandwarriors in this world can defeat him. Besides, my brother could even kill one inferior holy warrioreasily, am I right?" Hanson turned to Mathew and asked.

"No, you are wrong. You just said no seven-star grand warrior could defeat me, right? In fact, youare a seven-star grand warrior, and my Blade and Sword Cultivation has already been held back bymy master. So I can only use the killing sword intent. Under this circumstance, I couldn't possiblydefeat you.”

"You are just too modest, Mathew. I'm in a half-dead situation! How could I defeat you?" Hansonshook his head and wore a bitter smile on his face.

"What's wrong with you, sir?" hearing that, Darren asked immediately.

"Ah." Mathew sighed and said, "Hanson had been poisoned at the Raksa Sea. It's called the GhostPoison. Sadly, no one could cure that. My master's power was being suppressed on this land. Hecould not give remedy to that poison. So Hanson could only stay in the Starry Tower and live on theprecious herbs."

"Isn't that too cruel? Is there really no one that can fix that?" Darren frowned and paused towardsthat question.

"That is true. I've searched through thousands of books and recordings but to no avail. However,one recording said that long time ago, there was a master called Barnes the Holy who was alsotaken into the Formidable Ghostdom. And he had been already poisoned with the Ghost Poisonbefore being taken.

And several days passed, he eventually returned. From that instance, the Formidable Ghostdomnever showed up within the next ten thousand years. It was said that Barnes the Holy had torn upthe Formidable Ghostdom into pieces. If the recording is true, only he could cure the poison.However, there are no traces of Barnes the Holy in a long time. While there were rumors that hedied, there was no solid evidence to prove this,” Mathew said.

"Barnes the Holy was known to be just a legend. In some books, he was known as the blondemonkey. He was the one which killed the evil monster from the outer space. This evil monster wassaid to be a Nine-headed Serpent,” Hanson added.

Suddenly, there was a sparkling ringing in Darren's head. He had heard the exact same wordsbefore.

"Barnes the Holy? He is in the Raksa Sea!" Darren suddenly recalled the exact same words by theGiant Ape named Pasquale.