Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 874 The Negotiation

As the dodecahedral crystal spiraled out, the black vortex swept wildly amidst the seven-coloredhalos.

The Misty Emperor's face turned deathly pale, and countless pieces of fragments floated right infront of his eyes.

"That is... the Fake God Character!" Chandler murmured in shock.

His body was trembling, while the lotus in his mind was about to break.

Luther clenched his teeth and did not dare look at the dodecahedral crystal. He also sensed tinycracks on the sword-shaped crystal in his head.

Both Chandler and Luther had just developed their respective Fake God Character, so their crystalswere unstable under the pressure of the dodecahedral crystal.

“Let's go!"

In an instant, the two of them turned into two rays of light and flew away in the blink of an eye.“Ouch!”

Barnes was in great pain considering that his fiendish nature had reached its limit.

Then, a pale golden shadow manifested itself from his body.

The figure sat cross-legged, with one hand placed on his chest. His lips moved slightly as if he wastrying to mutter something.

After a while, the shadow raised his palm and gently pressed it down.

Suddenly, the word "SUPPRESS" appeared, which was magnified infinitely in the air. It then flewtowards the dodecahedral crystal.

"Roar!"

Barnes" eyes were filled with blood, and the thousands of his minds in different time coursesseemed to have been unified at that moment.

Then, the golden stick in his hand spontaneously moved itself upward.

A sudden burst of power had caused the seven-colored light spots that surrounded him to scatterstraight away. The Misty Emperor was taken aback.

"Retreat!"

He could not think of any counterattack that could potentially deter his destruction. The MistyEmperor knew that if he continued to use the Time Fragment Rule, he would definitely lose his soul.As quick as a flash, he took back his rule power and immediately transformed himself into a darkshadow. He fled together with his four-tribulation junior holy warrior, and entered the starry area inthe distance.

When they had arrived at the colorful ocean of stars, the Misty Emperor stopped. He was too weakto fly anymore.

He fell into a soft halo while his mouth oozed terribly with blood.

"Damn it! I didn't expect things to turn out like this. When I bring the ancient holy emperor back tolife, my first target will be that runt of a monkey!" the Misty Emperor said maliciously.

"Master, the monkey you are referring to is really Barnes the Holy,"

the black-armored corpse man said.

"What? He's really Barnes the Holy?"

The Misty Emperor gritted his teeth.

"The monkey looks exactly like Barnes the Holy, but he seems not as powerful as before," the black-armored corpse man said

"Have you encountered Barnes before? Do tell me in detail!" The Misty Emperor's heart sank."Well, I remember seeing him a million years ago. I even witnessed a devastating combat betweenhim and another monkey. At that time, I was going through the fourth tribulation. It was exactlybecause of the aftermath of that skirmish that I had successfully passed the fourth tribulation

I distinctly recall another golden monkey call him Barnes. However, the fight became fiercer by thesecond. I could not hide anymore, so I ran away as fast as I could,”

the black-armored corpse man told his master.

"Are you telling me the truth?" the Misty Emperor asked skeptically.

"With all due respect, master, why would I lie to you? My soul rests in your hands.”

The Misty Emperor gathered his soul power to probe for fluctuations in the black-armored corpseman's soul. He found that the aforementioned narrative was indeed a piece of information in thecorpse man's memory.

"Damn it! It seems that I must have offended the legendary senior holy warrior.

What should I do? If I had known that, I would've used all my might to fight him a moment ago. Imight have a chance to defeat him and stay alive,”

the Misty Emperor shouted anxiously.

"Don't worry, master. He is now at the same level with a five-tribulation junior holy warrior. Whenyou recover, you can use the holy emperor's corpse to enhance your strength. Then, you can surelykill him."

Hearing this, the Misty Emperor felt a little relieved.

"Well, black corpse, you take these people over and keep them under strict control. My plans forworld domination in the future still depends on whether the humans are willing to bring me thedark-spirit crystals in exchange for these guys.”

With that, the Misty Emperor released Darren and the others.

The black-armored corpse man had unleashed a special power to bind Darren and the others andrender them unconscious. Then he said, "Master, I think the head of the humans, Chandler, is notvery strong. I even have the absolute power to finish him. Why don't you kill him?"

The Misty Emperor shook his head and replied, "You fool! I'm not strong enough to withstand theirHeavenly Exterminating Array at the moment. If I did, I would have already annihilated thosehumans.”

"What is the Heavenly Exterminating Array?" the black-armored corpse man asked curiously.

"You ask too many questions. It's useless for you to know about it. Carry out the order, and lockthem up now!" The Misty Emperor's face darkened.

"Yes, master!" The black-armored corpse man took Darren and the others away.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the void, the black monkey's body trembled dreadfully.

"Siz!"

His sharp teeth were exposed, while his body was awfully covered in blood.

After a while, he walked away with his golden stick one step at a time.

He walked so slowly as if he had cramps all over his body.

"You are too weak."

A voice with a fiendish nature rang out in his brain.

"You are too stupid! Why don't you eliminate all the power that is suppressing me?"

Barnes roared fiercely.

"I can't. If only the eight body parts of me would combine to one, then I may be able to help you.You must kill the human witchers, so that I can let you reach the top level of the martial world!"the cold voice tempted.

"No way! I can't let the eight parts of you join together before I completely regain my strength,”Barnes rejected.

But the voice did not respond.

"However, I can release another part of your body, but you have to allow me to recover to the toplevel,"

Barnes said hurriedly, hoping that the negotiation was not over.

The silence continued to prevail.

"Three parts. If you don't accept my deal, then forget it!" Barnes shouted impatiently.

"Okay, I agree to your terms." The fiendish voice rang in Barnes’ head. Then, he was wrapped in thefiendish aura and disappeared.

In the Sacred Palace, Luther and Chandler sat still in the hall.

"Is there a half-step emperor in the Space-time Palace?”

Lord Donald looked gravely solemn. He was worried about the safety of Darren and the others, buthe was more afraid of the existence of the Misty Emperor, the Lord of the Space-time Palace.

"My Lord, in my opinion, you should use your highest power to invite the four greatest holywarriors," Chandler said.

Lord Donald stroked his forehead slowly, lost in thought.

"Chandler, the four greatest holy warriors have mastered the Heavenly Exterminating Array and canonly exist in the world for no more than three years. If the Lord of the Space-time Palace would hidein dormant within these three years, or an unfortunate occurrence should happen in the forbiddenarea after the three years, what shall we do?"

The four greatest holy warriors were very special. They had to hide themselves for tens of thousandsof years after reappearing again for three years. Moreover, they could not be summoned unless itwas at an extremely critical moment.

"But, what should we do about Darren and the others? Who else has the ability to save them?"Lord Donald left everyone in a quandary even before Chandler could offer a reply.

Chandler furrowed his brows and did not say a word. Luther did not know what to do as well.