Chapter 216 Bad News
Darren found a person who was ranked rtively high in the Talent Roll. He was twenty-one years old
and had reached the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. He had killed a demonic monster whose
strength was equal to a master who had reached the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. This guy
ranked 158th.
''So the age indeed ys an important role in the ranking, '' Darren thought to himself.
With that in mind, Darren then started to scan the other names, looking for the person who ranked one
hundredth in the Roll. He was interested in knowing more about the guy.
The guy''s name was Bat Xiao. He was neen years old and was at the primary stage of the
Wonder Realm. He was ranked as the one hundredth in the Talent Roll because he had killed a master
who was at the top level of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm.
It was bing more apparent to Darren that all the superior talents in the Talent Roll were extremely
powerful cultivators. They were capable of killing masters who were in a higher realm than theirs. They
clearly possessed some excellent skills.
"This one will be my next target. With my current strength, it''s possible for me to defeat him," he said,
analyzing his would-be opponent.
Darren''s body was tough enough to withstand even the most adverse conditions, therefore he was not
afraid of facing off against a master at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. When hepleted all
the stages of body refining, his strength would greatly improve. However, it only meant that he would
not be killed by the master. If he wanted to defeat a master, he still needed to put more efforts in his
practice and improve his other skills.
As Darren browsed through the Talent Roll, there was suddenly a loud noise that came from outside
the pce. It seemed to be calling out to him.
He went outside to investigate what the noise was about. The disciples of the Dragon Sect had
surrounded a muscr man, and that man was Bruce.
"Stop. Let hime up there," Darren shouted his order at the men. The disciples then whipped their
heads around to see who roared out the order. To their astonishment, they saw that Darren was at the
pce entrance and gaped at them. When they came back to their senses, they immediately stepped
away from Bruce in big strides.
Scott had ordered each elder to show Darren''s portrait to every disciple in the Dragon Sect, instructing
them to obey Darren''s orders unconditionally.
One of the disciples stepped forward. "Sir. That guy just barged in here, saying that he needed to
speak to you. We halted him and were nning to report him to you first to avoid any trouble, but he
still insisted on forcing his way in," he exined. It was a wise decision on their part not to use too
much force in stopping the intruder. Otherwise, they might have risked offending someone who was
possibly a friend of Darren.
"It''s alright. He''s my friend. You guys can let him go," Darren casually ordered.
The disciples turned to Bruce and humbly bowed their heads. "Sir, we''re so sorry for the trouble." They
then proceeded to leave with their heads still bowed down.
Bruce hurriedly flew towards the pce. His brows were furrowed and small beads of sweat peppered
his forehead. "Darren, thank goodness you''re here. Something terrible happened. Elsa went to the
de Holy Land!"
Darren was d to see that Bruce''s speech had improved—it was great news. The news he brought
along with him, however, did not seem good at all.
"What? How could that happen?" A deep furrow appeared between Darren''s brows. He thought of all
the possible reasons why Elsa would decide to go to the de Holy Land.
Bruce then gave him a rough exnation of the situation.
About a fortnight ago, Elsa found out that her father, Thomas, had been taken by the people of the
de Holy Land. They said that if Thomas refused to tell them who was responsible for killing the Holy
Lord''s son, they would cut him up into indistinguishable pieces.
After Elsa heard about the news, she tried to hold back her emotions. She appeared to be very
sensible andposed despite the stress she was under. She understood that if she made a rash
decision to recklessly go after her father''s captors, even if she coulde out of the pursuit alive, the
whole situation would still be a burden to Darren.
She nned to wait for Darren toe back and see if he could think of a better solution before she
made a move. However, once she heard the news that a martial artspetition would be held in
de Holy Land, shepletely changed her mind. She was not able to wait any longer and decided
to enter thepetition herself. Bruce was smart enough to know that Elsa was not only nning to
enter thepetition, she was also going to try everything she could do to rescue her father. He
thought it was such a risky thing to do.
Just a few days ago, the Holy Lord of the Dragon Holy Land ordered his men to deliver the news to the
Lotus Holy Land. Bruce knew that Darren was in the Dragon Holy Land, so he rushed to look for him in
order to tell him about the news.
Darren absorbed the news with a heavy heart. He began to feel anxious about Elsa''s safety.
"This is my fault. I should have gone back sooner." Darren felt an overwhelming guilt andmented his
mistake.
"I''ve heard that there was another elder who got involved in this matter. But that man acted like a
lunatic. He couldn''t say anything even though he underwent excruciating torture and nearly lost his
mind. He was killed about a month ago," Bruce said, enunciating every word like a normal person now.
"How did you know that?" Darren was rmed to hear the news.
"The news had been spread all over the Holy Lands. The disciples of the de Holy Land probably did
it on purpose in order to lure you out," Bruce replied in a glum tone. Bruce had known from Elsa that it
was Darren who killed the Holy Lord''s son.
"When will thepetition be held?" Darren asked.
"Tomorrow."
"Alright. We should head there as soon as possible." Despite the distress Darren was feeling, there
was still a determined look on his face.
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He summoned an elder of the Holy Dragon Land and asked him important details that he might be
needing for thepetition. It was a hugepetition and the Dragon Holy Land would definitely send
someone to represent them. Darren asked the elder to make two tokens for them, representing that
they were the main disciples of the Dragon Sect. Darren also asked him to write letters of
rmendation to the de Holy Land. Soon after that, they immediately left for the transmission
array and headed towards the de Holy Land.
For safety, Darren took a pill that he got from the auction. He got two pills from the auction. He had
already given one to Bruce back then and kept the other one for emergencies and other important
situations. Today, he was finally going to use it. The pills could change one''s appearance, and the
effects were permanent.
Although the effect could be permanent, Darren was not worried about it. Since he had reached the
eighteenth level of the Spirit Power, it would be a piece of cake for him to break the rule power
contained inside the pill and regain his original appearance without using much effort.
Darren and Bruce stepped into the transmission array and, in the blink of an eye, were delivered to the
de Holy Land.
As soon as Darren set foot into the de Holy Land, he waspletely overwhelmed by the intense
de intent that was emitted from the vastnd. It even triggered the de intent inside his body.
''Everyone is de cultivator in the de Holy Land. I wonder how strong the Holy Lord''s de intent
is, '' Darren quietly thought to himself.
"Bruce, I feel like you''ve gotten stronger. Am I right about that?" Darren had been noticing the changes
while he walked with Bruce.
"Well, that''s thanks to Colin. After he found out about our rtionship, he gave me an abundance of
cultivation resources to improve my strength. I''ve already reached the Wonder Realm just recently,"
Bruce beamed at Darren.
"The Wonder Realm? Your strength was already extremely terrifying before. How much have you
improved since reaching the Wonder Realm?" Darren was really happy for him.
Under normal conditions, it would take a longer time for a disciple of the Ancient Families to improve
their realms, so it was extremely exceptional of Bruce to make such significant progress at the age of
neen.
"I''m not certain. But I do feel like I would probably be able to defeat at least a middle-staged master of
the Wonder Realm if I use my bloodline force." After reaching the Wonder Realm, Bruce had not gotten
much chances to fight, so he had no idea how much his strength had improved.
"That''s great! Let''s show off our strength at thepetition." Darren wore a faint smile on his face.
"Ha-ha, yes!" The two let out a few chuckles, then flew towards the de Holy Land pce at full
speed.
After an hour of flying, they finally arrived at a splendid pce. Its structure resembled the shape of a
de.
"Halt! Who are you two?"
The two disciples who were guarding the entrance to the pce glowered at the two as they took out
their battle des.
Darren and Bruce lowered themselves onto the ground and scanned the two disciples from head to
toe. Darren found that they had reached the top level of the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. He
also sensed an intense de intent emitting from their bodies. ''Hmm, so their strengths are actually
good enough, '' he thought.
"We are the main disciples of the Dragon Holy Land. We are here for the Holy Land''s martial arts
One of the disciples took the letters from his hands. After he cast a nce at the letters, his expression
suddenly changed. "Humph. How dare you pretend to be main disciples of the Dragon Holy Land!
Arrest these two!"
Several other disciples who also reached the Wonder Realm then dashed out of nowhere and
surrounded Darren and Bruce.
"Huh?" Darren''s eyebrows were furrowed in confusion. ''What the hell is happening?'' he thought.