Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 688 Cultivating For Three Years

Time seemed to be meaningless to them when cultivating. Three years passed in the blink of an eye.A statue sat on the side of the stone hall.

The figure was cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by spiritual light. Occasionally, it released astream of spiritual energy that shot up into the sky.

Crack!

With a loud sound, the statue shattered. Inside it was a young man with a graceful aura. He wasnone other than Darren.

As he had remained motionless for three years, the dust had covered him and given him a statue-like appearance.

At this moment, he had reached a bottleneck, and so, he woke from his meditation.

"I've reached the top level of six-star Grand Realm. My progress has been a little faster thanexpected.”

Darren could quickly absorb spiritual energy from the outside world because of his martial artstalent at the ninth level of the Heaven Degree. Thus, his cultivation speed was much faster than thatof other martial artists.

However, advancement in a cultivator's realm did not rely only on spiritual energy, but also onexperiences and perception.

Therefore, just as he was about to enter the seven-star Grand Realm, Darren encountered abottleneck and could not advance further, no matter how hard he tried.

Since he was unable to break through in a short time, it was pointless to continue the cultivation.That was why Darren woke. He knew that he could cultivate again later.

"Although my sword and blade intents haven't reached the extreme level, people feel that theyhave."

Darren hadn't practiced the blade and sword intents to their extreme level when he had oncepracticed in the time and space vortex. He knew that for each branch of cultivation, there could onlybe one person to master the extreme intent. He had inherited his blade and sword intents from thatyoung man with a pair of sword eyes. In theory, it would be impossible for Darren to cultivate it tothe extreme level while the young man still lived.

"Wait a minute!” Darren's eyes widened as a thought flashed through his mind.

"Fire is attached to my blade intent. And ice is bound to my sword intent. If I can merge the ice andfire completely into the blade and sword intents, it will be a different kind of cultivation method.”Darren squinted as he gathered his olive-black force into his dragon tail.

He lashed his tail at Hobson to resist the oncoming attack.

The ultimate confrontation enveloped the whole world in silence.

Soon, all light dissipated. Seconds later, two figures reappeared.

The force of the impact pushed Hobson's body through the stone wall. When the dust settled, halfof his blood-covered body lay inside the wall.

Several scales on Darren's dragon tail had shattered, but his body still stood, as steady as amountain.

"What the hell? You were too harsh on me, Darren! My God! It hurts!" Hobson lowered his head ashe struggled to stay conscious.

"Ha-ha." Darren returned to his original form and walked forward. "Didn't you say that you wantedthe strongest fight? If I showed mercy, it would have been disrespectful to you.”

"Well, now I wish that you had been disrespectful. My bones are about to break. Get me outquickly!” Hobson laughed bitterly.

"If I had used my blade and sword intents and the dark gold internal force, my attack would havebeen equivalent to my power after I transformed into a dragon. You were bound to lose anyway." Afaint smile appeared on Darren's face

"I have to admit that you are extremely strong!" Hobson grimaced in pain.

After Darren dragged Hobson out of the wall, Hobson began to heal himself.

"Try my treatment.” Darren released a low-level method of the Life Rule, and green light began torepair Hobson's body.

Two hours later, Hobson regained his strength.

"Well done!" Hobson jumped up and continued, "Your Life True Rule has shortened my recoverytime by twenty hours. Awesome!"

"It's not a true rule. What I used was just a low-level method of the Life Rule. In battle, your enemywon't give you two hours to recover from your injuries. Now, it seems that my healing method isstill not good enough. It won't be very useful in battle," Darren said.

"Well, it's good that you have it. You can gradually improve it. When you are at the same level as thelord, who can kill you?"

"You are right. An upgrade is a possibility.” Darren smiled.

"By the way, Dexter has not come out for so long. Could he have died?”

Three years had passed, but the stone gate remained motionless. Hobson wondered whether Dexterhad died inside a long time ago.

"I don't think so. The road of the examination must be very difficult. It has only been three yearssince it began.”

Darren thought that it would take decades or even hundreds of years to complete such anexamination.

"You are right." Hobson nodded and added, "Then should we continue our cultivation or not? I feelthat my spear intent has reached its peak, and I can't take any further steps. It doesn't matter if Icontinue to cultivate or not. Achieving a breakthrough probably depends on luck at this point.”

"l also met an obstacle in my cultivation,” Darren said.

"By the way, Darren, didn't the lord said that there was a way to leave here? You might have seen it,right? Why don't we try?" Hobson suggested.

"No way. It's impossible for us to get through. Let me tell you what I know. There is a body of anemperor behind that door. If we want to leave, we must go through his heart. Do you think that ispossible?" Darren asked.

"Wow!" Hobson jumped in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have never seen a living holyemperor in my life. It will be a great honor to examine an emperor's body. Hurry up and take methere!"

Hobson was understandably very excited. Any other strong martial artist would also be this curious."Ha-ha, okay, let me show you the way. But I must warn you. You might be scared to death,” Darrenreplied as he walked with Hobson toward the stone gate where the sea of blood was hidden.

But, what they didn't know was that the waves behind the stone gate were more terrifying thananything they had experienced before.