Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 961 Assimilating The Godly Dragon Force

Traces of the godly dragon's aura swam on the flood dragon's body. The desire to assimilate it filledDarren. It would be a bountiful harvest, indeed.

"Assimilate!”

His assimilating power quickly covered the tiny golden lightning bolts.

But the process wasn't easy.

The golden lightning bolts struggled under his assimilating power. This was the first time he hadexperienced such a thing.

In the past, his skill would either devour the thing it wished to assimilate or it wouldn't. Nothing hadever resisted against it.

Every time his assimilating power had the golden lightning wrapped up, it would fight maniacally toslip through his grasp. In a matter of seconds, it would eventually escape

"This is amazing. It's so powerful!"

This was a pleasant surprise for him. It was highly possible that this golden Godly Dragon Force wasat the same high level as the strange stone inside his head.

This thought made him even more determined to obtain the Godly Dragon Force produced by thegodly dragon's aura.

"Assimilate it! Assimilate it!"

Darren activated the strange stone inside his head. His assimilating power surged wildly as a result.Its effort to capture the godly dragon's aura doubled.

With the skill's increased strength, the struggles of the Godly Dragon Force gradually waned. It gaveup eventually and let itself be absorbed by Darren's assimilating skill.

A faint golden light streamed into Darren's meridians.

It swam through his many channels until it reached his elixir field.

Unexpected pain crashed inside him as the golden light left a trail of destruction along its wake.The pain was getting more intense. "It's too powerful." He gasped and panted through it.

He choked back the pain as it entered his elixir field and tried to get it close to the black pyramidthrough sheer spiritual sense.

This caused the black pyramid to spin rapidly, trying to condense the godly dragon aura into it.But the Godly Dragon Force went berserk again, creating cracks along the black pyramid. It went onuntil it couldn't bear the force anymore. This resulted to an explosion.

"Ah!" Darren couldn't hold back the cries of pain. His face had gone deathly pale as the damagedblack pyramid tortured him from within.

"Suppress!"

As he roared, a tidal wave of spiritual sense poured into his elixir field to keep the Godly DragonForce at bay.

It was a battle of wills and determination inside.

The relentlessly spinning black pyramid caused the olive-black force to surge in another directionwhere it found a way to enter the cracks of the pyramid.

The wisp of Godly Dragon Force was also injected into the black pyramid under the pressure of theolive-black force. The Godly Dragon Force might be powerful, but it was left weak because of itssmall amount. In the face of Darren's overwhelming power, it was just a speck of dust.

Finally, the Godly Dragon Force embedded itself in the black pyramid. Darren heaved a sigh of reliefat that.

"That almost got me. If it was a little stronger, the black pyramid would have been damaged beyondrepair,” he said as he tried to catch his breath back. If ever that did happen, his elixir field wouldhave exploded and his body would be obliterated along with his soul.

Now that his elixir field had calmed down, he sat cross-legged and assimilated the spiritual energyof heaven and earth to begin healing his wounds. He didn't bother to check out the newlyassimilated Godly Dragon Force yet until the pains in his body was completely gone and hiscondition was back to normal.

A few days later, he opened his eyes and sprang back to his feet. He was ready to explore the so-called Spring of Forgetfulness.

"I wonder how Hailey is faring," he muttered to himself.

"Fortunately, I'm fine.” A voice rang out around him. It was followed by a very beautiful figure inpurple, floating ahead of him.

"You're here!" Darren was overjoyed to discover that Hailey was still alive. After all, they were havingadventures here together and he didn't want her to die.

"I've been searching for you for so many days. I had a feeling you'll come back here for the Springof Forgetfulness, so I came here for you. I'm glad that you're okay," Hailey said, cheerfully.

"Well, I'm doing alright, too. Shall we explore the Spring of Forgetfulness together then?" Darrenasked, mirroring the same cheerfulness in his voice.

"There's no need. I've already been there.” Hailey laughed, looking quite smug about this.

"Really? That's excellent news! Take me there quickly.”

"With my pleasure.”

Together, they flew to the south of the grassland.

Six hours passed and the temperature around them began to drop. Countless of ice crystals cameinto view.

"There it is."

Hailey pointed ahead where they could see a violent icy gust surging in one spot.

Darren flew over there and found a fingernail-sized hole where spring water gushed through. Thewater was extremely cold.

"It's exactly as the Water Spirit had described. We finally found it," Darren whispered, amazed."Darren, are we really going to drink it? Is it safe to do that?" Hailey asked, anxiously.

"I think we can trust the Water Spirit. It's our only option to qualify in the test.” Darren tried to bereassuring

"All right.” Hailey nodded and continued, "I'll try it first. If anything goes wrong, I give youpermission to kill me. Don't hesitate, okay?"

"Nonsense! What could possibly go wrong?" Darren said, confidently. He took the lead and beganto collect some water from the Spring of Forgetfulness.

He tilted his head up and swallowed the content in one gulp.

Hailey watched in horror as he drank.

However, nothing special happened.

"See? Nothing happened. You can drink now," Darren said.

"Okay." Hailey hurriedly took some spring water and swallowed it.

Again, nothing out of the ordinary happened. She only felt the cool liquid spreading throughout herbody.

"Now, let's fly out.”

The two of them began their ascent to the sea's surface.

Along the way, however, a feeling of discomfort passed through them. A wave of dizziness fell onthem.

They looked at each other, confused.

"What's going on?"

The strange feeling threatened to consume Darren as it felt like he had traveled through hundredsand thousands of years all at once.

"Wait a minute. Does the spring contain the power of time?" Darren murmured.

"Something strange is happening to me, too. I seem to be watching the evolution of the mountains,the rivers and the life and death of every living creatures," Hailey whispered back. This was exactlythe same feeling Darren was experiencing. It was as if he was looking through the passage of time."Oh, my God!"

Their headaches intensified, and they suddenly found themselves unable to breathe.

Then, there was a thunderous explosion.

Both of them could feel the rule forces of the ancient times flooding inside their body like anunstoppable tsunami. They could feel something inside them change.

"Congratulations for starting my test! From now on, you will be my sworn enemies. This can onlyresult in either your death or mine. And..."

A rumbling voice echoed inside their heads. However, the two were still too overwhelmed by thepower of the ancient rules. They soon passed out before they could properly react to the unknownvoice.

Meanwhile, outside the holy emperor's tomb...

An elegant, ethereal figure floated above the tomb until it eventually landed in front of it.

With his silver eyes, he glared coldly at the complicated rule silk threads.

"It seems that my real body is indeed in this place, but the rules are too complicated to break,”

he said. He turned out to be the Rule Soul Avatar.

Probing the rule forces around the holy emperor's tomb, he couldn't help but frown. It was indeedtoo difficult for him to open and would need more time to get through it.