Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 606 The Tomb Of A Holy Rule Cultivator

"I've told you that there are powerful guardians here," the masked woman hissed threateningly. "Ifyou're not careful, you may just end up like Riley here, or worse. The brainless lout just got off withone wound, and he's lucky to still be alive at all."

"I am not brainless!" snarled the strong man named Riley Kui, striking his fists together in rage.Without waiting another second, he started to run towards the woman.

Luckily the young man clad in animal skins, whose name was Carter Qiu, restrained him. "Wait aminute!" he cried. "The three of us have made it this far, but passing the last challenge won't beeasy at all. If we fight among ourselves, none of us will make it in the end. So, just listen to Abby'ssuggestion. We'd better work together and kill the guardian instead.”

Riley Kui gave a snort at that, but backed down all the same. He had to admit Carter Qiu had apoint.

Rather than replying, the woman drew forth a weapon of some kind, though with such an air-cutting speed that it could not be identified at first.

As she flung it upward, it turned out to be a length of hemp rope, and it attached itself to thecrevice in the rock wall above them.

Riley Kui offered a sly smirk. "It seems that your tribe treats you very well," he said with a chuckle."They even gave you the tribe's special weapon.”

From the precipice above, Darren watched this exchange with some interest. Despite the rope'shumble, simple appearance, it gave off a powerful ancient aura similar to that of Darren's divinesword and blade.

"Now, that's interesting,” he said to himself. "Let's see who has the more powerful weapon, then.”Saying this, he quickly lashed out with his sword and blade.

Dazzling runes shone in the air as the sword and blade sliced at the rope.

Still holding onto it, the masked woman trembled as though lightning was passing through her, anda terrific pain shot through her body.

The moment passed, but her insides still tingled slightly.

Turning aside, she spat blood, then quickly drew the rope back to herself.

To her dismay, it now sported a nasty cut, one almost deep enough to sever it completely.

"It must be the guardian!" she cried. "How powerful is he?!"

Astonished, the three companions turned and looked around for their attacker. Almost losing thatspecial weapon without warning had to have been a nasty shock.

"Oh, have I gone too far?" Darren asked himself, smirking. He decided, though, that he'd spentenough time messing with these people.

From their conversation, he deduced that they were here in search of those green magic herbs, andthat they'd passed many difficult trials just to reach this place.

Ready to talk to them now, Darren dropped from the cliff wall and came out into view.

As soon as the three noticed his approach, they cautiously stepped back.

Having expected the guardian, they were not sure what to make of this stranger.

Remarkably handsome though he was, Darren looked like almost any ordinary young man.

"Our clan patriarch said that the guardian is supposed to be a ruthless creature,” said the maskedwoman uneasily.

Though her words were for her two companions, she didn't take her eyes off Darren. "How can it bea person?" she wondered.

"You misunderstand,” Darren said cordially as he drew near. "I'm here by accident, and I'm not theguardian you're talking about. And, as a matter of fact, I killed them.”

For a moment the trio only looked at each other, dumbfounded.

Carter Qiu was the one to break the silence. "How dare you break into the forbidden area of ourthree tribes!" he roared.

"Who the hell are you?!"

"I don't care who he is,” Riley Kui burst in, cracking his knuckles. "He's a dead man!" With that, hecharged toward the lone stranger, and this time Carter Qiu didn't try to restrain him.

Darren didn't try to dodge the skull-crushing blow that came at him.

Instead he met the punch head-on with an expert palm strike.

With a sound like a cannon firing, Riley Kui was knocked backward and struck the stone wall behindhim.

When he came back to himself, he found that he couldn't lift his arm. In fact, the whole thing feltbroken.

"I can't believe it!" he exclaimed, echoing the amazement of his two companions.

He was the strongest member of the Bulk Tribe, yet this young man had beaten him with a singleblow.

"Hope you enjoyed that,” Darren said to him, deadpan. "But I didn't come here to fight you people.If you're looking for something, you'd better get a move on."

"Wait just a minute. You said you were here by accident,” noted the woman. "Does that meanthere's another way to get here?"

Darren didn't feel like answering that question. "You'll replace out when you get inside.”

"Whatever you say," the woman retorted, turning to her allies. "Let's go, then.”

As they started toward the crack in the wall, though, she kept an eye on Darren.

"Wait," Darren said suddenly.

The three stared at him nervously, wondering if he was going to attack.

"Take these with you.” Saying this, Darren threw several magic herbs to Riley Kui.

Riley took them for his injured arm, then turned back toward the narrow crack.

A moment later, their voices came from the narrow crack. "It's too high. We'll never get to it."

"Yes, we can. My tribe weapon can combine our powers. We should be able to make it."

The three of them spent several hours inside, managing to pluck out more than a dozen of thegreen plants they were after.

But for the plants on the higher spot, even Darren couldn't get to them, so the three of themcertainly couldn't do it even with the help of their weapons.

"Damn it!" Riley shouted in frustration. "My patriarch wanted twenty of these herbs, but we foundonly about a dozen in total. How am I supposed to explain this?"

His partners had no answer. Moreover, their spirits were not lifted at all when they emerged to replaceDarren waiting for them.

"Excuse me," the masked woman said. "Why are you still here?"

Just before saying this, she hid the plants they had collected. To her, it seemed like that the strangerintended to rob them.

"I need help getting out of here," Darren admitted.

"Uh, you don't know the way?" asked the woman.

"Of course not," he answered, rolling his eyes. "Do I look like I'm from around here?"

Once again the three were speechless for a moment, and not a little apprehensive about whatDarren's motivations might be.

"Look, take me out of this place, and you can have these." Saying this, he pulled out thirty of theinherited magic herbs they sought.

"So you're the one who stole them!" exploded Riley. But the next moment he shrank back,remembering the thrashing Darren had given him earlier. He shuddered at the mere thought offighting him again.

"Stealing?" Carter Qiu broke in. "He went into the forbidden area for those herbs, counting onnothing but his own strength and luck. If he was able to get them all, then he's the one whodeserves them."

"Cut the crap already,” Darren snapped, still holding them out. "Do you want them or not?"Without saying a thing, the woman walked over and took the inherited magic herbs.

Afterward, the three began to guide Darren out of there.

"I don't want to leave like this," the woman murmured at some point.

Though he was walking a little distance behind them, Darren heard this and frowned, wonderingwhat she had meant by that.

"Abby, be quiet,” Carter Qiu said quietly, winking at her. "Let's just focus on getting out of here."Naturally, Darren didn't miss that either. He decided to remind these people who they were dealingwith.

"If you're looking for somebody to kill me, I suggest you forget about it. Don't think I won't wipeout your whole tribe if you try anything." His voice was as cold as ice, and his blade and swordintents began to buzz.

His three guides were all five-star grand warriors at the top level. If they combined their powers,they could equal a six-star grand warrior, if that.

If Darren wanted to kill them, he was sure it would only take him a couple seconds.

Meanwhile, each of them had broken out in a cold sweat upon hearing his warning.

"Don't misunderstand, sir," the masked woman said to Darren, though at the same time she wasglaring at Carter. "I wasn't talking about you. What I meant was that I don't want to give up. Wehaven't even tried to get into the ultimate forbidden area yet.”

Riley stared at her like she had two heads. "Are you out of your mind? That's not going to be easy,nor will it take a short time to get through.”

Hearing this, Darren smirked and relaxed the blade and sword intents. "Oh, I get it now. You wantme to take you there because I'm so tough, right?"

The masked woman looked at him, suddenly overjoyed. "Are you willing to help us with that?"Darren gave her a hard look. "Let me tell you something. If I hadn't killed those metal creatures, allthree of you would be dead now. And none of you stand a chance against a seven-star grandwarrior. You do realize that, right?

You ought to be grateful that any of you are still alive at all. So why are you so interested in riskingyour necks trying to break into the ultimate forbidden area?"

Before answering, the three exchanged looks. They had a feeling that this young man was not tryingto scare them off, nor did he have any reason to try.

It had never occurred to them that they would have to face off against seven-star metal creatures,much less that Darren had saved them from such a confrontation. If they had broken in bythemselves, they would indeed have been killed.

"Sounds like you also had a hard time dealing with those creatures,” the woman said under herbreath. "That's why you didn't dare to go to the ultimate forbidden area.”

Seeing that Darren was still silent, she continued, "You're right, of course. Who indeed would darebreak into the tomb of a senior holy warrior? In fact, he was a holy rule cultivator. That's why thetrue rules have been buried for hundreds of thousands of years now."

"The tomb of a holy rule cultivator?” asked Darren slowly. Now this sounded very interestingindeed!