Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 970 A Powerful Old Man

Darren was shocked. He witnessed how far Justin and Manfred were thrown back, but he did notseem to notice any power waves.

"Oh my God!"

Darren immediately went to his companions.

Both of them were dumbfounded as they stared at him blankly.

"It's too terrifying."

"Who is that guy? He is so powerful.”

They both said with a lingering fear on their faces.

"What happened?" asked Darren.

"Well, we were just about to kill the spiritual beasts of heaven and earth, but we were smacked byan old man! I'm surprised we're not dead already!" Justin said with a trembling voice.

"Let's leave this place.” Darren immediately wanted to escape the island. If they were caught by thepowerful old man, it would be difficult for them to get away.

As they were about to leave, the old man spoke.

"You just leave after killing my little pet?”

An old man wearing beast hide suddenly appeared in front of them.

The old man looked feeble and weak. He seemed as though a puff of wind could blow him down.There were no signs of intimidating aura in his body.

"We're so sorry, sir. We did not mean to offend you. Please forgive us," Darren apologized instantly.The old man did not respond. Instead, he just glared at them sternly and said, "Do you know why Ididn't kill you?"

The three of them were all speechless.

"You killed my pet. Therefore, I shall make you my slaves forever!” The old man's calm aura suddenlybecame so furiously strong that it felt like millions of stars had exploded above their heads.

"What a horrible aura!" Darren exclaimed.

"Sir, we didn't know that the beast was yours. Please spare us,” Darren tried to explain again.However, the old man ignored his pleas. He then reached out his dry and wrinkly hand, and put iton Darren's shoulder.

"How dare you arrest my master!"

Justin and Manfred were both afraid of the old man, but they still tried their best to protect Darreneven at the cost of their lives.

Both of them waved their weapons and charged towards the old man.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The old man didn't move a finger at all. He just stared at them, and they were immediately thrownbackwards again.

Then, the old man stretched out his other hand and carried Justin and Manfred as if he was carryingtwo little chicks.

In the blink of an eye, all of them disappeared from the island.

Muddleheaded for three days, Darren suddenly woke up.

Darren tried to stand up, but he only heard a clatter.

Apparently, he saw that his whole body was tied by black iron chains. Not far away, Justin andManfred, who were severely injured, were still in deep sleep.

Darren tried to recall what happened the past few days. Initially, he planned to get the cardiac coresof the beasts to improve his cultivation base. However, he did not expect to be captured by apowerful old man.

He tried to cut off the iron chain, but he hopelessly failed.

"Damn it!" Darren cursed.

"Uh... Are you there, sir? Let me out! Please, we didn't mean to kill your pet!"

There was no response. Two hours later, Darren had calmed down.

"Alas. It seems that there's nothing left for me to do but cultivate.” Since he felt bored, Darren wasinclined to cultivate by himself.

"Assimilate!"” Darren took out one of the cardiac cores and assimilated it in an instant.

After all, the cardiac cores were the properties of the mighty beasts with strength comparable to theancient tribulation holy warriors. They were much more powerful than the low-level beasts thatDarren had assimilated when he was younger.

The ancient spiritual energy was like a river current running rapidly through Darren's meridians inhis body.

It was so fast that his meridians almost burst.

"Phew... Phew..."

Darren exhaled deeply while his cultivation base began to improve.

"Wow!"

In just a few hours of cultivation, he had reached the realm comparable to that of a five-star grandwarrior in the later ages!

"I can feel that the ancient spiritual energy could help enhance my cultivation base so much fasterthan that in the later ages.

Anyway, I'll continue cultivating.”

A tremendous stream of ancient spiritual energy rushed into Darren's body again, and unlocked themaximum potential of his meridians.

Half a month later, Darren had used up all the cardiac cores he had collected. By then, he hadreached a realm comparable to that of a seven-star grand warrior at the top level in the later ages.Thus, Darren was sure that he could use the dark crystal and the primitive crystal in his elixir fieldagain.

"Let me give it a try."

He gathered his spiritual sense into his elixir field and began to trigger the dark crystal with theancient spiritual energy.

The dark crystal began to quiver when the ancient spiritual energy started to invade it.

Then, it began to illuminate faintly.

But soon the light dimmed.

"What's wrong?" Darren frowned and said, "Ugh. I failed.”

When the ancient spiritual energy entered the dark crystal, it completely dissipated in an instant. Itturned out that the dark crystal could not be activated at all.

'Do I need to replace the Dark Force and the Primitive Fighting Force of the ancient times to reactivateit?" he thought.

During the ancient times, the Bloody Shura Cultivation was one of the most powerful skills in theworld. Darren had planned to use that technique in order to defeat Yahya. However, it was not easyfor him to cultivate it.

"Aha! I still have that corpse in the Ancient Void Battlefield. I have to go there and take a look,”Darren muttered to himself.

There was a corpse which had red hair in Darren's Ancient Void Battlefield. It was a real ancientBloody Shura.

Through his spiritual sense, Darren stepped into the Ancient Void Battlefield.

However, he left a small part of his spiritual sense outside. The old man was so powerful that if hefound out that Darren had a small world, he might break it with a palm. Thus, Darren could not riskgetting caught again

In the Ancient Void Battlefield, there was a meadow that was surrounded by green mountain ranges,tall grasses that rustled in the breeze, and a narrow brook with clear and fresh water.

Darren flew to the cave where the immortal had once hidden. The corpse of the Bloody Shura wasplaced in that cave too.

As he stood in front of the cave, Darren felt his heart skip a beat. He could not help but recall thememory of Elsa being assimilated.

That thought that he would still have to come a long way before he could suppress the immortalmade Darren sad.

However, he did not want to give in to his negative thoughts. Therefore, he tried his best not tothink about killing that immortal.

"Phew!" Finally, Darren had calmed down and decided to enter the cave. As he walked further andfurther, the chilling darkness began to engulf him.

It was a small and narrow cave, which covered an area of no more than thirty feet.

Then, he found a small stone with a silver light that dispelled the darkness in the cave. In the middleof the cave, Darren found an icy bed.

The icy bed was originally a place for the immortal's body, but a corpse with red fur was placedthere now.

Darren walked forward and stopped in front of the dead body.

There was a cultivation method engraved on the back of the cadaver. Darren had remembered itwith all his heart, but he could not understand the words.

The corpse had tiny red sparkles that glittered all over his body. It was the purest Bloody ShuraForce.

"Let me see if I can assimilate it or not. If I fail, I will still have to wait for my luck to embark on theBlood Shura Cultivation,” Darren murmured as he started to assimilate the power on the corpse.Crack! Crack!

A great deal of assimilating power came into contact with the corpse. Then, an immense amount oflightning wrapped the body completely.

"Wow! Such a treasure you got there, boy!"

An old voice suddenly resounded that sent chills down Darren's spine while he tried his best toassimilate the Bloody Shura Force.