Chapter 145 Assimtion Of The Spiritual Energy


    From the moment he touched it, Darren began to assimte the spiritual energy stored in the cardiac


    cores.


    As the demonic monster''s cardiac core contained an enormous amount of spiritual energy, Darren''s


    absorption speed was insufficient to assimte all the spiritual energy quickly. Moreover, he had to


    leave a little spiritual energy in the core to retain its shape, or else it would crumble, and his n would


    be exposed.


    Once Darren had almost absorbed all the spiritual energy contained in the first cardiac core, he


    pretended to be greatly surprised and shouted, "It''s impossible! This is a genuine cardiac core of a


    demonic monster!"


    Jack sneered when he saw Darren''s surprised expression. "Such an ignorant buffoon," Jack snorted.


    With a feigned look of embarrassment, Darren gabbled, "I have to examine each core. How could you


    kill so many demonic monsters? I don''t believe that you are so powerful. There must be some diabolic


    beasts'' cardiac cores mixed with the monster cores!"


    Darren''s exmation surprised Jack. Being weak was one thing, but being ignorant? Jack''s opinion of


    Darren fell more. ''I just killed several demonic monsters. Does my strength frighten you?'' he wondered.


    "This is my strength. This is how strong I am. Does that frighten you?" Inted with pride, Jack looked


    forward to seeing Darren''s stunned expression when hepleted checking all the cores.


    Ignoring Jack''s words, Darren threw the demonic monster''s cardiac core from which he had assimted


    almost all its spiritual energy back into Jack''s bag. Darren smiled as he said, "Watch closely. I have


    returned the demonic monster''s cardiac core!"


    Darren picked up another cardiac core and pretended to observe it carefully. However, he was


    assimting its spiritual energy as quickly as he could. Jack stood by Darren''s side, unaware of what


    Darren was doing. For Jack, he wished Darren could waste all of his time checking the cores. By then


    he would win out directly because Darren would have no more time to get the cores. Then he would


    challenge Darren first and kill him with one blow!


    One by one, Darren ced his hand on each cardiac core. Each time, he absorbed almost all the


    spiritual energy in each demonic monster''s cardiac core. He was extremely careful not to assimte all


    the spiritual energy in a cardiac core as he wanted the cores to retain their shape. Then, he tossed


    them back in Jack''s bag.


    Forty-five minutes passed before Darren had assimted the spiritual energy from around fifty cardiac


    cores.


    Now, he felt as though his elixir field was about to burst. There had been no time for him to transform


    the spiritual energy into demonic internal force and sword intent.


    ''I have assimted spiritual energy from a majority of his cardiac cores. He has about a dozen left. This


    will reduce his credits greatly, '' Darren thought.


    "Incredible! All the cardiac cores belong to demonic monsters. Well, there is no need for me to check


    anymore. You are right, Jack," Darren said, pretending to be very upset.


    "Ha-ha-ha, now you know my strength, don''t you? I will beat you to death in the uing fight!" Jack''s


    contempt for Darren grew more. ''If Darren is really a powerful man, why would he be so stunned at


    how many demonic monster''s cardiac cores I was able to collect? His strength is far inferior to mine!''


    Jack concluded.


    Jack was quite confident that he would be the winner of the huntingpetition. He was sure that he


    would win the next round in thepetition as well.


    "You have only one hour left. I suggest you cherish it because it will be thest hour of your life!" A


    murderous look shone in Jack''s eyes as he spoke to Darren. After that, he turned and walked away.


    Darren smiled as Jack began to stroll around.


    "Darren, what should we do?"


    All the outer disciples of the Holy Land looked worried and depressed. They had lost confidence in their


    performance during the huntingpetition.


    "You need to wait for me here. I will get some demonic monster''s cardiac cores. Remember what I said


    —do not run around." Darren looked calm—there was no sign of panic or confusion on his face.


    Then he flew in the direction where Jack hade from. He was sure there would be many monsters


    in that area.


    "s! Darren''s spirit of persistence is worthy of praise. However, I don''t believe we will be able to win


    thepetition."


    "Right, I never expected Jack would kill so many demonic monsters. He must be terribly powerful."


    All the outer disciples of the Holy Land sighed as they gazed at Darren''s receding figure.


    Darren released his spiritual sense to explore the space around him. Simultaneously, he exercised his


    Shadow Lightness skill to move forward at high speed. With the improvement in his talent, Darren''s


    scope of detection had expanded to the space within a ten-mile radius of his location.


    After traveling for a few miles, Darren sensed something in a cavern. Filled with joy, he headed toward


    the den, like an arrow.


    ''There are so many level one demonic monsters living here. Jack must have acquired the cardiac cores


    here! I wonder how many I can hunt and kill in half an hour.''


    Without hesitation, Darren rushed into the cavern.


    Upon entering, Darren found many corpses of bats, each the size of a calf, piled one on top of the other


    like a small hill.


    "Ha! Wonderful! This is home to at least hundreds of level one demonic monsters like the bats!"


    Armed with the de and sword in his hands, Darren rushed into the depth of the cave.


    The demonic monster bats in the cavern sensed Darren''s presence and flew out to attack him. In the


    blink of an eye, the once quiet cave turned into a chaotic mess as the bats and Darren began fighting.


    "Profound Nine Sword Skills!"


    "Grand Thirteen de Skills!"


    Darren released numerous de and sword intents at the giant bats.


    As the bats outnumbered Darren significantly, he felt challenged.


    After a dozen attacks, Darren had only killed a few demonic monster bats.


    ''Luckily, the abundant spiritual energy inside my body is inexhaustible and will continue to support my


    sword intent and de intent.


    As my talent has been improved, I should take advantage of the time to practice my de intent.''


    With that thought, Darren put away his sword and attacked the demonic monster bats with only his


    de.


    Meanwhile, he lost no time inprehending the forms of the Spectral Chop.


    Shortly after, Darren hadprehended the second level of the forms.


    "Ha-ha, talent matters a lot. It''s quite easy toprehend the second level of the forms of the


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    Spectral de Skill as my talent has been improved by two levels. Now, I have reached the beginning


    stage of my de intent," Daren muttered with excitement.


    A little whileter, he focused his mind and began to read the moves of the Spectral Chop stored in his


    memory.


    "The first move, Cracking Attack!"


    Darren started to practice the first move while battling the giant bats.


    An hour psed quickly.


    Darren had killed over thirty giant bats.


    ''These giant bats are much weaker than other level one demonic monsters. Otherwise, Jack wouldn''t


    have been able to kill so many. But he must have fought them until he ran out of strength, '' Darren


    rationalized.


    As there was not much time left, Darren decided to practice the Cracking Attack for thest time! His


    de dashed against the depth of the cavern.


    "Boom!"


    Darren was surprised as tremendous de intent rampaged through the cavern.


    ''It turned out that the moves of the Spectral de Skill should be matched with its forms! This stroke


    is three times more powerful than before!'' Darren was exhrated.


    One blow had helped Darren to kill at least five giant bats.


    ''Fantastic! This should be called supernatural martial skill. My de intent might be more


    powerful than my sword intent if I canprehend more levels of the forms and moves.''


    This was the advantage of the supernatural martial skill!


    "No more dys. Die!" Darren shouted.


    This time Darren dispatched both sword and de intent. His strength was more powerful than before


    —a simple blow had killed over twenty giant bats.


    Of course, Darren took every chance to assimte the bats'' talent. Although his talent improved as he


    absorbed theirs, Darren was still far from level five of the Earth Degree.


    Time was running out. Darren collected all the demonic monster''s cardiac cores and rushed out of the


    cavern. He needed to get back to where the disciples of the Holy Land had gathered.


    Soon, Darren reached the spot where he had left before.


    "Put them away. We will be teleported back soon," Darren said in a t voice.


    "How is this possible?"


    Seeing that Darren had collected over sixty demonic monster''s cardiac cores, the disciples were


    stunned. Their mouths opened in surprise.


    ''Darren''s strength is far beyond our imagination. How could he kill so many demonic monsters in such


    a short time without any sign of fatigue? Is he more powerful than Jack?'' Those disciples looked at


    each other, speechless, pondering silently!