Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 66 Start To Understand Sword Intent

Looking around, Darren exclaimed in surprise, "Where are we?"

He also noticed that the wounds on his body disappeared and he was back to his original humanform.

In front of him was a cliff. Behind him was a vast wasteland where a great number of huge livingcreatures strolled and where fights took place occasionally.

'I have only read about these things in books about the ancient world, * he thought withastonishment.

"Darren, this is the Black Cliff of Sword Intent. I have been here before,” Elsa introduced, a trace ofterror flashing in her eyes. It had never crossed her mind that she would return to the place whereher nightmare began.

Darren nodded then said in a surprised tone, "I'm guessing this is an independent space. Theimages in the distance look so real.”

"You think those are illusions, don't you? But the truth is they are all real.”

Her words left Darren dumbfounded. He looked at the demonic monsters. 'l thought they werevisions, ' he exclaimed inside.

Upon seeing the skeptical look on Darren's face, Elsa explained further, "I'm telling you the truth.Look at that cliff. There are signs left by swords. If you can't comprehend enough things in threedays, the cliff will remain closed and the huge demonic monsters will attack us."

"I see!" The thought of those demonic monsters coming at them gave Darren goosebumps."Where is Mr. Xiao?" Elsa muttered as she looked around.

"What did you just say?" Darren asked curiously.

Before she could answer, an elder's shadow that exuded a powerful aura appeared in front ofDarren.

"Welcome to the trial, my 34652nd visitor," the shadow said flatly.

"Who, who are you?" Darren asked, with shock in his eyes. Elsa bowed to the shadow calmly as ifshe had met it before.

"I was Mathew Xiao, a sword cultivator at the Grand Realm. I died 7000 years ago. You can call meMr. Xiao," the old man replied with a smile.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Xiao," Darren greeted, bowing to the shadow. “Cultivators at theGrand Realm are stronger than those at the Wonder Realm. They are the rightful rulers of the world,' he thought in awe.

The shadow of Mathew nodded and then turned to Elsa who was standing beside Darren. "Missy,you were able to escape this place. What brings you here again? You know I am just a shadow and Ican't help you. I can't change the test my master created.”

Upon hearing this, Elsa felt a bit embarrassed. She explained, "Sir, we had no choice but to break inbecause we were pursued.”

"Looks like luck isn't on your side. Master sent 108000 fragments which bear the sword intent to theoutside world, so there are only a few left in here. I remember you failed to open the door of thecliff back then, and the fragment which led you here is still in your hands. Looks like you're doomedto take the test again.

Well, I will not waste more of your time. Hurry up and study the signs on the cliff. Once you havemastered three of them, you can go through the door. That way, you can probably live for anotherday.

Lots of young men and girls come here by chance, and many of them lose their lives in here. Eventhose geniuses chosen by the fragments of sword intent failed to leave here alive. Master, do youstill want to select your successor by this way? I don't know how many years it would take beforesomeone can inherit what you left behind..."

Listening to the old man silently, Darren had gotten bits of information. But what astonished himmost was that the legendary elder who had entered the Grand Realm had an even higher master.'How strong could his master be? How precious is the treasure he left behind?" he wondered.Darren shook off those doubts and without a word, looked at the signs on the wall.

Those complicated signs each had a terrifying power. Anyone who caught a glimpse of them wouldfeel as if someone was putting an invisible sword down their throat.

After giving the sign a glance, Elsa suffered from headache. When her talent was at the BlackDegree back then, she felt that her head was about to explode as she watched the signs on the wall.She spent three days working on one sign. She was only able to make it by regressing both in hercultivation base and talent. This time, she gave up comprehending the marks.

"Darren, you can give it a shot. But don't force it if it's too much for you. Otherwise you will end upbeing hurt by the sword intent just like me,” Elsa reminded.

Paying no attention to what she said, Darren focused on the marks on the wall.

Staring at the signs, Darren felt like a strong cultivator was waving his sword around him. Herecognized that the master was practicing the moves those marks carried.

"l was wrong," Darren murmured as he shook his head after an hour.

"What is it, Darren?” She had kept silent to avoid disturbing him as he studied the signs on the wall."I made a mistake. At first, I thought those signs were some kind of sword skill that I could learn. Butit turns out I got it all wrong," Darren replied.

"No way. I thought that those signs were sword skills too. I thought I could pass the test by learningthose moves," Elsa responded, surprised and bewildered.

"We all got it wrong. They aren't moves of sword skill at all. Someone just improvised them. The onewho left them was very powerful, that's why he was able to use his sword to leave these clear markson the wall. As a result, we mistook these signs for moves of some sword technique. In fact, the realpurpose of the master who had left these marks was to teach us to control our strength when weuse our sword instead of focusing on these so-called moves," Darren explained.

Elsa was confused by his explanation.

Darren closed his eyes quietly.

Mathew's shadow turned up and stood next to Elsa. With a hint of delight in his voice, he remarked,"I'm surprised to see this lad has grasped that. Looks like you will be able to enter the door on thewall soon. Ha-ha."

Upon hearing this, Elsa cast Darren a glance subconsciously. This lad brought her too manysurprises with his strength and talents. She was beginning to see him as some kind of mysteriousgenius.

As Darren cleared his mind, the marks appeared in his head. He concentrated on studying theirintent rather than how they looked.

“Deep and perfect, ' Darren defined the intent of the signs on the wall internally.

He took a breath.

The next second, he opened his eyes and started wielding his sword.

The moves he played looked random as if they didn't make any sense but they all showed greatpower.

Darren repeated the same moves over and over again. Six hours later, he flew towards the cliff andstarted carving patterns on it with his sword.

Mathew's shadow laughed and nodded approvingly. "Well done. This lad has started to understandsword intent."

"Oh? He has been able to carve marks with four different strengths. Good job,” Mathew's shadowcontinued, astonished by what Darren accomplished. He thought that he had done a good job forhe could copy three marks with different strengths. After all, he wasn't a genius led to there by thefragment.

"Now, I have to check his talent for martial arts,” the shadow muttered. Even though it was justMathew's shadow, it could still sense the talents of other people which were below the HeavenDegree. This might be because he had reached the Grand Realm.

Mathew's shadow began to detect Darren's talent. He was taken aback by the results.

"This boy..."

"What's wrong with him, Mr. Xiao?" Elsa asked in confusion.