Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 898 The Fiend's Arm's Liberation

In the Sacred Palace, Chandler hurried to where the lord was.

He found him sitting cross-legged and cultivating.

Hearing Chandler come in, Lord Donald stood up.

"Why are you in such a hurry, sir?"

Lord Donald appeared to be calm. He seemed to be more relaxed when Darren had returned.

"I bring bad news," Chandler reported. His face was grim.

Lord Donald faced him. "Is there anything happening in the forbidden area?"

He had felt the ground shake but it ended as quickly as it started.

However, seeing Chandler's face made him worry.

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"Tell me what's happening.” Lord Donald motioned for Chandler to sit down.

"A while back, when I heard the news about the unusual movement in the forbidden area, I went toinvestigate. I found Barnes trying to draw out the halberd of Hiram the Great, which is being used tosuppress the fiend's arm!"

"What?!"

Lord Donald's face changed dramatically. This was a serious situation. Once Hiram the Great'shalberd was pulled out, the fiend's arm- would surely escape.

It was not a big deal that only one arm of the fiend escaped. What they were most worried aboutwas that the fiend's arm attacking other forbidden areas. If the fiend became whole again, theywould all be in peril.

"I'll go and tell Darren,” Lord Donald said, walking out of the room.

"No, there is no need for that!" Chandler stopped him. "Darren is not yet strong enough to go upagainst Barnes and the fiend."

"But Darren said he had the power of a half-step emperor at his peak," said Lord Donald, confused."I sensed the aura of Barnes just now. I guess that he might have surpassed the peak level of a half-step emperor. He has gotten much stronger than he was when we had last seen him. So, it is uselessto send Darren there.”

The fiend weakened part of the force that suppressed Barnes, which allowed Barnes to gain more ofhis strength and become as powerful as a six-tribulation senior holy warrior. Darren would surely dieif he faced both Barnes and the fiend.

"What do you suggest then?"

Lord Donald asked. He was very anxious. Barnes wanted to release the fiend, and it was impossiblefor them to just sit back.

"You have been trying to summon the four greatest holy warriors. How are things going? You havebeen at it for weeks. Surely there must be some progress?”

It would take a lot of time and work to realize this task, since the lord token and an ancient altarwere both required.

"I've been trying for a month. I'm certain they will come soon.” The lord's eyes were misty.

"Then they're just in time. With our strength now, we definitely can't stop Barnes. It will only be amatter of time until he is able to set the fiend's arm free. You must continue summoning the fourgreatest holy warriors,” Chandler said.

"I'll see to it.” Lord Donald nodded sagely and flew back to the ancient altar.

Whoosh!

Just then, a figure flew into the -room.

"Darren, what brings you here?" Chandler asked.

"I felt the quake. Is there something wrong in the forbidden area of the halberd?" Darren wasstraight to the point.

"Yes, there was an emergency. But, it's not a big deal. I've gone to investigate. Don't worry, justprepare yourself for the trip to the eighteen cities,” Chandler replied.

Chandler was lying, but he couldn't risk Darren not going to the eighteen cities. If he knewsomething was wrong, he would've gone straight to the forbidden area.

However, there was nothing much Darren could do.

If the fiend's arm were set free, it would go on a rampage and terrorize all those who were nearby. IfDarren were in the eighteen cities, he would be safe for a while. After all, there were a lot of mastersin those cities.

"Oh, alright.” Darren nodded. He believed in Chandler.

He left to go to Chaz.

"Are you ready, Chaz? We are going to -the eighteen cities in two days!" Darren said cheerfully."Yes, I've been ready for quite a while. This time, I'll cut that shameless couple into pieces,” Chazbellowed.

"Didn't you say they have both reached the peak of a half-step emperor? Wouldn't that make themdifficult to kill?"

Chaz flinched at Darren's words.

He hated to admit it, but Darren was right. He needed to be smart about his plan or he was goingto get himself killed.

"I just need to get into the cities. Once I'm in there, I will devise a plan to get rid of the shamelesscouple, once and for all. I'll do all I can or die trying,” Chaz swore.

"Well, I will do my best to help you then. By the way, could you tell me how to cultivate and becomea tribulation holy warrior? I think you thought I was joking when I first told you, so you brushed meoff,” Darren said sheepishly.

Chaz was a little embarrassed.

"Eh..well, I didn’t know you yet back then. I hope you're not too upset now.

But it's true that you can't pick the road of becoming a tribulation holy warrior since you havereached the Holy Realm by comprehending the Holy Will. It will be impossible for you to take twodifferent paths of cultivation,” Chaz said.

"But why?" Darren asked.

"I don't really know why. Anyway, as long as you grasp the Holy Will and have taken this path to getto the Holy Realm, you won't be able to condense the tribulation pill you need to become atribulation holy warrior," Chaz said.

"What is a tribulation pill?"

"It's hard to explain. I'll tell you everything when we get to the eighteen cities,” Chaz said.

"Alright then. I've heard that there are many tribulation holy warriors in the eighteen cities. I hope tomeet them,”

Darren said.

At the forbidden area, Barnes stood very still.

"Why did you stop?"

A cold voice echoed through Barnes's mind

"Don't you see how tiring this is? Hiram's weapon is an ancient divine one and contains the aura ofa holy emperor. It's not as easy as you would think to break it!"

Barnes crouched down and panted for breath.

After a moment of silence, the black monkey jumped over and said, "Release some more fiendishaura for me. Give me more strength to do the work, so that you can come out earlier!"

"Grargh!"

The fiend's shadow rushed out, growling angrily at Barnes. It was covered with blood flame andfiendish aura. It drew out its thick claws and aimed for Barnes's head

Barnes grimaced and stepped to the side, narrowly missing getting caught in a headlock.

"Don't be angry..." he tutted.

Barnes used his stick to deflect the shadow's blow. The clash made the shadow shatter, but thefiend only became angrier at him.

Several other shadows rushed out, trying to tear Barnes apart.

"Hey, I just told you not to be angry. I'll do whatever you want! You are too hotheaded!"

Barnes yelped. He immediately set to work on Hiram's halberd again.

Streams of cyan emperor aura spiraled out of the halberd. Dragon shadows tried to bite at Barnesbut he easily deflected them with a wave of his arm.

The dragon shadows were powerless against him.

As Barnes grew stronger, the more he was able to draw out Hiram's halberd.

Once he pulled out the halberd, the fiend's arm would finally be free.

Time flew. Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Roar!"

The fiend's arm had been suppressed for a long time, and at this moment he felt his shackles slowlyfalling off. He roared in triumph.

Barnes was halfway through his task. But just then, the cyan halo on the surface of the halberdbegan to pulsate violently.

"How dare you!"

Suddenly, a handsome young man's shadow rushed out of the halberd and scowled at Barnes.