Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 871 The Half-step Emperor

Darren was struck with great wonder and horror.

The atmosphere around the man was so horrible and invincible, making Darren have a hard timerestraining his pounding heart. Recognizing the aura, he was in extreme awe.

He knew that this was an aura of a holy emperor.

So far, he had only sensed this kind of aura from the Primitive Emperor.

Before, Darren thought that the Primitive Emperor was the only holy emperor in the world, althoughhe was only a remained soul.

With the appearance of this man, Darren realized that his cognition had been proven ill-founded.Darren realized that both the black-armored man and himself were pressed too hard. They werehaving a hard time breathing and nearly falling on their knees.

"You can't be the true holy emperor,” Darren shouted as he recovered from his trance-like state.He sensed that the man came from the Space-time Palace. If he had really reached the EmperorRealm, he would have brought his army with him and slaughtered the human race. It would beunreasonable not to use such a valuable and incredible resource. This made Darren think that theman must have some flaw he didn't know of.

"You don't know for sure, boy! No matter what, I can just knock off your head with just one finger,”the shadow arrogantly said.

Darren uttered no words and simply sneered. But despite the man's arrogant manner, Darren felthelpless and sulky. He knew in his heart that the man meant the words that he had just said.

"As I said, you can kill me. But you won't get the dark-spirit crystals,” Darren said after being silentfor a while.

The shadow remained silent for a few moments.

He suddenly said, "It doesn't matter. It's useless for a human being to take that thing. I believe thatthe superior leaders of the human race will take the crystals in exchange for you."

"I see that you think highly of me.” Darren sneered. "I don't want to disappoint you, but there are somany human geniuses. I am not merely a percentage of what they are. 1 am not as important as youthink. After all, we are talking about the safety of the entire human race,” he said.

"Don't belittle yourself like this," the shadow laughed. "A talent like you can be considered a miraclein the history of human race. If you can harness more potential, you can be as mighty as Hiram theGreat," the shadow said, implying that human beings would never give Darren up because of thedark-spirit crystals.

After speaking, the shadow released a great wave of power and charged towards Darren.

Darren immediately felt his head getting woozy. His head was swaying as if an earthquake had juststruck.

Soon after, Darren couldn't fight the feeling anymore and fainted.

Outside the space Darren was in, the other members of the company had also been trapped in therespective similar spaces. Same as Darren, each of them were also dealing with their own enemies.Chandler and Luther were the strongest of the company. Without exerting much effort, they hadtaken out their opponents, who were three-tribulation junior holy warriors.

Meanwhile, Scott, Mathew, and Hanson were battling against two-tribulation inferior holy warriors.Their enemies were relatively weaker, so they cast them down after some fight.

Boom!

Suddenly, the spaces in which they were trapped collapsed and formed back into one big space."Is the array down?"

one of them cried as he saw the presence of the other members.

A shadow flew down and landed before them as they stood and wondered about what washappening.

Chandler frowned as he felt the great potency of the shadow.

"Chandler, you can leave now," the shadow ordered.

"Who are you? And why do you want me to leave?" Chandler growled as he looked at the shadowwith puzzled and irritated eyes.

"Go back and exchange your human genius with the dark-spirit crystals!" As the shadow spoke, apowerful force emerged from his body and knocked everyone out except for Chandler and Luther."You!" Chandler furiously roared. He was shocked and horrified as the force of the shadow pressedhim backwards and rattled his robe.

Both Chandler and Luther looked panicked and astonished. Luther was fumbling as he gathered hissword intents.

He couldn't remember witnessing such a great power except for the Primitive Emperor. He felt thatthe shadow in front of him could be a holy emperor, too, especially with such a formidable power.Luther finally calmed down after a short while of stunned silence.

"I don't care who you are! You'd better let my friends go!" Luther threatened the shadow.

The shadow quickly turned to Luther and moved towards him. The shadow was intrigued thatLuther didn't faint like the others.

"If you are threatening me because you think that you could get help from those old men, then youwill be disappointed given that they have long fled away.”

The shadow was talking about the masters of the human race, who had been hiding and cultivatingin the void.

The masters were much stronger than Luther, but still, they couldn't match the shadow's strength.As soon as the masters sensed the shadow's power, they stealthily fled away.

"Even though you have the holy emperor's breath, you are definitely not in the same level as thePrimitive Emperor. By contrast, you could be accounted as a half-step emperor.”

Luther firmly planted his feet apart and challenged. He had known the Primitive Emperor for yearsand had gotten along with him for a long time. He could easily tell the difference between them.For a moment, the shadow was stunned. "So to speak, there is really a holy emperor amonghumans?

But it doesn't seem to matter much. Even if you have an emperor, he can't protect you and come toprovide you help right now. Also, I am not afraid of anyone at all,” the shadow said.

"I don't even care if you are afraid or not." Luther gave the shadow a cold look. "If you dare hurtDarren and the others, you will surely die! The Primitive Emperor thinks highly of Darren,” Luthergrimly said.

"Ha-ha-ha.."

The shadow started to laugh. The sound was so earsplitting that Luther turned pale and bloodstarted to trickle from his mouth.

The shadow continued to yell in his menacing, evil smile. "If what you are telling me is true, I willdefinitely keep them here. Tell that Primitive Emperor of yours to come. It is exciting to kill him, too.What a perfect plan!" the shadow laughed.

Luther's face was ghastly pale. Chandler was also suffering the same torturous screams.

While attempting to suppress his pain, Chandler said, "I see! You're the lord of the Space-timePalace. You've been hiding for so many years, and finally, you're here.

If you want to threaten the human race by detaining us, I advise you to give up. It's simplyimpossible for you to succeed.”

"Should I kill you because you are useless to me?" The shadow was irritated. As a result, the impactof his blow intensified. Both Luther and Chandler felt their bones starting to crack.

"Just kill us as you please!” Chandler held his head high, refusing to show signs of concession."Good! If that is what you really want!" The shadow was extremely annoyed. For him, all humanshad the same character. They all believed that it was righteous to die as an honorable sacrifice.

The shadow released Darren after realizing that it was no use torturing them. He then put Darrenafloat in the air, who was still unconscious.

"Well, I'll deal with him," the shadow threatened.

"How dare you!" Luther was extremely furious knowing that the shadow had taken Darren incustody. Driven by a sudden burst of anger, he released his sword intent towards the shadow.

As frightening and mighty as the sword intent was, it still failed. Like a mounting smoke driven bythe wind, it faded into nothingness.

"You do really have some strength. If you grow more powerful and become more prominent, youmight really threaten me in the future. I might have to end you right now so that the threat won'thappen.”

The shadow swept away Luther's sword intent and extended his own killing intent, spreading hispower over the whole space.

"Siz!"

Suddenly, they heard a hissing voice.

Even though the sound wasn't loud, it was clear enough for everyone to sense that it was comingfrom all directions, mingling with a strong and extreme dark aura.

"Who is it?"

The shadow transformed into a man's shape and roared towards the sky. Everyone saw theshadow's horrific and distorted face.

The shadow didn't dare to move again. Like a terrified animal, his glance shifted from side to side,trying to catch sight of his predator.

As time went by, the shadow remained alert and wary.

The voice shocked both Luther and Chandler as well. The dark aura seemed to be so deep andominous that they clearly felt more terrified.

The air was filled with silence until a black figure appeared in the distance, slowly walking towardstheir direction.

As the black figure was getting closer, its shape began to grow and became more distinct. Althoughstill blurry, they felt the figure hopping and prancing. It had a shining stick imprinted with runes onits shoulder. Its hand was constantly scratching at his face and neck.

"I heard that there is a half-step emperor. I have come here to take a look!"

To everyone's wonder, the black figure suddenly hastened forward and reached the lord of theSpace-time Palace in just a blink of an eye. What astonished them more was the fact that they foundout it was a black monkey.