Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 890 Entering The River By Accident

The strange stone in Darren's soul only changed a third, but it appeared that the one third was adodecahedral crystal. Upon examining the crystals of this sort, he understood that they could beused to attack.

For example, when Darren saw his avatar's hexahedral crystal for the first time, he found that itcould activate the rule force. Roc Demon Emperor's crystal could be used in the same way.

“This strange stone in my soul is also a crystal, or a Fake God Character. I should be able to use it toactivate the rule force, ' thought Darren.

'But how exactly do I use it?"

Previously, Darren had not concerned himself with this matter, but he was curious now.Unfortunately, he knew nothing about it.

Even as Darren mulled this over, the strange stone began to spin, seemingly of its own power.

A pleasant buzz sounded in his ears as the rotation picked up speed.

Faster and faster it went, and Darren's soul began to feel lighter, even weightless, and more at ease.The buzzing sound was swallowed up by claps of thunder.

Lightning flashed within Darren's soul as the strange stone detached itself and slowly began to floatout of him.

At the same time, the magma arrow was still approaching Darren, suffused with frightening power.Darren had no doubt that he would die if the arrow struck him.

But just then, the black stone emerged from his head and hung suspended in midair.

The whole underground world went still, as though time itself was frozen.

The magma arrow, too, was halted, stopping inches from Darren's heart.

One thousand feet away, the holy emperor's soul was likewise rooted in place. The ferociousexpression on his face began to twist in dismay, as if he had seen something extremely horrible."No!

You are..."

He paused for a moment. Then, suddenly, the holy emperor's soul roared and began to back away.But he didn't get far.

A high-speed stream of what seemed to be magma blasted into him. The force slowed the holyemperor's soul down. As the seconds passed, it even seemed to be pulling him back toward Darren."No! How can this be possible?!"

the soul cried out hysterically.

Darren stood where he was, observing with awe and not a little fear. He felt a great and exoticpower bursting out from the strange rotating stone before him.

"This power seems to be a level higher than that of the Emperor Realm!" Darren exclaimed tohimself.

Indeed, the flow of magma triggered by the strange stone seemed to be irresistible.

However, Darren still couldn't control the strange stone. As if to drive this point home, its powerabruptly disintegrated and vanished in a flash.

Not wasting a moment, the holy emperor's soul gasped with relief and fled away.

Everything quieted down as the strange stone returned to Darren's soul. The only remainingevidence of its power was the burning magma which had fallen and splashed to the floor.

"Oh! Thank God!" Saying this, Darren hurriedly took another drop of red liquid, then checked thestrange stone where they were stored

"Well, there are still three drops left,” he murmured. "That's enough for me to activate the power ofthe half-step emperor level three more times. It will be good enough.”

Since he'd frightened the holy emperor's soul out of that place, Darren prepared to leave.However, a strange sound gave him pause.

It was a subtle thing, difficult to identify.

At first he thought it was the sound of magma surging, but as he listened, he realized that it wasn'tquite the same.

"Eh? Is there a river down here? One of something other than magma?"

Darren was curious. In fact, the sound was similar to that of a stream.

"Is it another river of a holy emperor's blood?" he asked himself.

That was an intriguing possibility. The last time Darren had stumbled across the river of the holyemperor's blood, he had obtained twelve drops of the holy emperor's power. If he found anotherone here, it would truly be a prize.

He decided, therefore, to follow the sound and look for the river.

"I'll have to be quick about it if I don't want to be burned to a crisp, ' Darren thought gravely.

With that, he gathered all his strength and moved towards the magma. The enormous heat buffetedhim intensely, but he fought through the pain with sheer force of will.

In just a few seconds, the distinct sound of the water became clear and audible. He soon caughtsight of clear water flow, just a kilometer away.

"That's so strange,” he commented, baffled. "The water looks like it's flowing through the magmainstead of being evaporated. How could this be?"

Darren immediately flew to the water. When he came closer, he found that it seemed no differentfrom any other stream

Without thinking about it, he drew near and stepped into the stream. Instantly, a cold, comfortablefeeling spread through his body, and all the burning pain disappeared as if by magic.

Moreover, the burn on his body began to heal itself so quickly that he could watch it disappear. Inmoments, his skin became white and smooth.

"It's amazing," he said, amazed. Feeling quite in need of a respite, he lay down in the stream and letit carry him along for a while.

'l wonder where this flows to, * thought Darren after a while. On and on he floated, and his curiosityonly grew. As more time passed without him seeing anything interesting, he couldn't wait anylonger. Feeling much refreshed, he decided to mobilize his power and follow the flow actively,instead of letting it carry him.

After flying for a few hours, Darren was astonished to replace that the stream began to flow upward!He sped up, following the curve. Several more hours passed, and he inexplicably began to see ablack sky, dense with glittering stars about him.

"It's so strange. This stream actually flows into the void,” he remarked.

Looking far into the distance, he observed that the stream progressively widened, and its surfaceshone more and more with the reflection of stars. In time, it looked like a galaxy flowing through theemptiness of the cosmos.

Darren's heart skipped a beat as he took in the view.

He had seen such a sight before. The last time, though, he had seen it from below.

"Is this... The River of Forgetfulness?"

Darren was dumbfounded.

Incredible as it was, it seemed likely. There was no other river that passed through the void that hehad ever heard of, let alone seen with his own eyes.

Over and over again he shook his head, wondering if he was dreaming. "Did I really get into theRiver of Forgetfulness by accident?” he wondered.

At that moment he remembered that there were many ancient senior holy warriors hiding in theRiver of Forgetfulness. Thus, if he were to detect their presence, it would be proof that he wasindeed in that river.

As the shimmering waters continued to broaden, Darren decided to slow down, flying no faster thanthe river itself flowed.

"It's lucky that I didn't drink the water, * he thought to himself. “According to that late witcher, if I didthat, I would forget everything.’

Yet more hours passed as he followed the river, which grew wider still. Along its banks, Darren sawmany exotic green plants growing.

Since he was out of the dark forbidden domain, Darren could use his spiritual sense again. Releasingit now, he used it to scan the area tens of thousands of kilometers ahead.

"So many powerful beings here!" he exclaimed.

This finally confirmed his conjecture. He was indeed in the River of Forgetfulness

Darren's heart leaped at the thought. There were many secrets in that ancient and mysterious riverthat even the witcher couldn't reach.

Still flying along and marveling over this discovery, Darren was caught off guard when he smackedhis head against something very solid.

It stopped him cold. As he clutched his skull while waiting for the pain to fade, he found thatwhatever he'd run into was invisible.

“What's this?" he wondered, frowning. “Some kind of restriction. I can't seem to move forward."Nevertheless, his curiosity continued to drive him.

Darren thought at first that he would just break through the barrier with sheer brute strength.Unfortunately, he found the restriction totally impregnable to him.

"Oh, I can't pass. That sure is disappointing,” he mumbled to himself.

He had sensed that there were many ancient senior holy warriors ahead of him, but he was unableto go and explore this secret area. He could hardly have been more unhappy.

Darren released his spiritual sense again. However, something was interfering with it.

"Wow. It looks like there's a total of eighteen restrictions!" Darren observed, counting them.

'Wait a minute! It seems that there's somebody in the twelfth one.’ Indeed, he remembered thenthat when he had first detected the barriers, there had been a vague human figure there in themidst of the restrictions.

He used his spiritual sense again and began to inspect the twelfth restriction more closely thanbefore.

What Darren found left him stunned with anger and bitterness.