Chapter 229 Bullies Were Often Cowards


    There was an ancient city in the desert and its walls had gradually eroded away with time.


    The streets were swarmed with people as Darren wandered around the city.


    "Hello, sir. Are you here for some sightseeing? Do you want me to show you around the ce?"


    A messy man walked up to Darren and scanned him from head to toe with his narrow eyes.


    "No," Darren simply replied.


    "Oh, you should think about that again. There are so many rules and regtions in Talent City. You will


    get into trouble if you identally break any one of them. But you can rest easy if you have me around


    to help you out. And my price is fair—five superior spiritual herbs per day. What do you say, good sir?"


    He narrowed his eyes, wearing a cunning smile on his face.


    "What kind of rules are you talking about?" Darren asked casually.


    "There are many. For example, murder is forbidden in Talent City. And those who vite the rules are


    killed without question. But I can''t tell you anything about the other rules. If I do, then I will be


    useless to you," the man said,ughing.


    Darren cast a nce at him, then threw a hundred des of superior spiritual herbs at him and asked,


    "What''s your name?"


    "Ha! Thank you so much, sir! You can call me Ron." Ron felt giddy from the excitement. It looked like


    luck was on his side that day. Darren had so generously given him such a huge quantity of spiritual


    herbs. When he had firstid eyes on Darren, he thought that Darren was some poor guy. ''Never judge


    a person from his appearance, '' Ron thought to himself and made sure to remember it in the future.


    It was Darren''s first time in the city. So, everything waspletely alien to him. Darren eyed the man in


    front of him. He figured that Ron was probably proficient at this kind of thing and maybe had been


    doing this for a living for a long time. So, he imagined it wouldn''t do him any harm listening to the guy.


    He knew the city well, after all.


    "Who are those people up there?"


    As Darren walked down the street, he sensed more than twenty people using their spiritual senses to


    survey him. When he looked up, he saw a bunch of young people on the roofs, dressed smartly. They


    wore vignt expressions on their faces as they stared down at Darren.


    "Oh, I can tell you about them." Ron cast a nce at the people on the roofs and continued, "Those


    aren''t just ordinary citizens. I heard that they are the disciples of the grand warriors who''ve reached the


    Grand Realm, and that they were ordered to guard the ce to look out for new geniuses. Since you


    are new here, they probably used their spiritual senses on you. Am I right?"


    "Yes," Darren said with a faint smile on his face.


    Ron said with a chuckle, "Sir, no offence, but you are only at the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm.


    They will not be interested in you at all. They are probably looking for people who are at the top one


    hundred talents in the Talent Roll. Although, it will be amazing if they think you are good enough to join


    them."


    "Huh? Why is that?" Darren didn''t me Ron for looking down on his cultivation base.


    "I heard that those who are chosen get to meet the grand warriors, and the grand warriors would give


    them some insightful advice. What''s more, they can also receive numerous invaluable resources to


    help improve the cultivation base." Ron clicked his tongue as his eyes turned green with envy.


    "Do you know where the Talent Battle Ring is?" Darren asked, ignoring Ron''s words.


    "The Talent Battle Ring? Sir, you can''t get in there without permission. First of all, you will have to be


    the top five hundred in the Talent Roll. Secondly, you will have to go through a lot ofplicated tests


    before you can enter the Talent Battle Ring."


    Since Darren had killed a de cultivator who had reached the middle stage of the Wonder Realm, he


    had been promoted to a higher rank. So, he was now ranked at four hundred and sixty-three in the


    Talent Roll.


    There wasn''t much difference in strength between the people in the top five hundred. It might be


    possible for someone who was rank at five hundred to fight a person who was rank at one hundred.


    This was because ranking involved various factors as well, not just strength.


    If one wanted to enter the top hundred in the Talent Roll, he would have topete with others and win


    that ce. That was to say, the ranking above one hundred in the Roll would automatically change. But


    to get into the top hundred in the Roll, you would have to put in a lot of efforts to practice and improve


    your strength to fight against other talents, unless you were already in the top hundred when you


    entered the Talent Roll for the first time. Darren had once before entered the top hundred. It was his


    first time entering the Talent Roll. But his rank at the top onlysted for a few moments. He soon fell


    behind the others.


    Another chance to get to the top one hundred was on the asion of the idental death of the


    people at the top. Then, the talents behind them would fill the empty ces.


    "Don''t ask questions. Just show me the way to the Talent Ring," Darren replied calmly.


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    "The Talent Battle Ring is in the Grand Void Manor. I will take you there." Ron figured that since it was


    absolutely certain that Darren would not be allowed to enter the Talent Battle Ring, there was no harm


    in taking him there.


    At that moment, Darren sensed something.


    As he was talking to Ron, a powerful blow was suddenly sent flying towards them.


    "Watch out!" Darren shouted. He reacted quickly to the attack and moved away. The power level of the


    blow was so intense that Ron was thrown back harshly. That power somehow diverted to another


    direction and it was now headed straight for Darren.


    Darren raised his hand. A tremendous power emitted from his fist and lunged towards the attack. In the


    blink of an eye, that power which was headed towards himpletely disappeared into thin air. It didn''t


    inflict any damage to Darren.


    "Didn''t you just say that murder is not allowed in Talent City?" Darren asked, confused. When he


    looked up, he saw two young people fighting in the sky. Darren now realized that they were attacked by


    ident. It was just the effect of the fierce fight in the sky.


    Ron wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and said, "Thank you so much for saving my life, sir.


    Fighting is allowed in Talent City, as long as you don''t kill each other."


    Darren slightly nodded his head and said, "They are at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. So, they


    are probably in the Talent Roll."


    Darren realized that when he had used his power to defend himself, at least a hundred people had


    used their spiritual senses to survey him. Since the attack wasunched by two masters who was at


    the middle stage of the Wonder Realm, it was rather intense. But Darren, a young boy who was only at


    the Mysterious Realm, had dispelled it without breaking a sweat. It was no wonder that Darren had


    attracted the interests of others in the city.


    Darren''s action also aroused the interest of a young boy and a young girl, who had been watching from


    a tall building.


    "What do you think of that young man?" the young girl asked as she stared at Darren.


    The young boy slightly shook his head and replied, "It looks like he has some talent, but he is only at


    the Mysterious Realm. And he looks about seventeen years old. I don''t think that he has the potential


    for any further growth."


    "You are right. When he used his power, I sensed that his strength was just barely at the primary


    stages of the Wonder Realm. But just in case, I figure we should go and talk to him."


    "There is no need for that. It will be a total waste of time," the young boy said, refusing her idea. The


    girl went silent.


    The others around the area felt the same way as the two—those who were on the roofs, and also those


    who were looking for new geniuses on the streets. They were slightly surprised by Darren''s strength,


    but they all eventually gave up and didn''t bother talking to him.


    In the sky, the two fighters reached aplete deadlock, so they had to call a truce. One of them gave


    out a loud snort and flew away. The other one flew towards Darren and Ron.


    "You bastard! Why couldn''t you just stay away from the fight? I would have been in big trouble if I had


    killed you by ident. Do you understand what that means? Fuck off!" the young man roared.


    That attack earlier hade from this young man. If he had killed Ron by ident, he would have


    been punished for breaking the rules of Talent City.


    When Ron saw the young man''s fierce expression, he trembled in sheer terror and stammered, "I am


    so sorry for the trouble, sir. I did not notice the fight in the sky. Please forgive me. I beg for your mercy!"


    Ron was almost in tears, feeling helpless. Since his cultivation base was only at the first stage of the


    Mysterious Realm, he couldn''t afford to offend anyone in Talent City. He clearly knew that if he


    identally offended any of them, even if they couldn''t kill him because of the rules of the city, it was


    absolutely certain that he would suffer a lot of pain and torture.


    "Humph! Enough of your stupid excuses! I will teach you a lesson today!" As he finished saying that,


    the young man raised the long ck whip in his hand.


    "Stop it!" Darren yelled. He sent a powerful force towards the young man, and the whip was thrown to


    the ground. Staring at him coldly, Darren said, "He is only at the first stage of the Mysterious Realm. He


    wouldn''t be able to avoid your intense power even if he tried his best. You know what I think? I think


    that you are just so humiliated that you couldn''t defeat the young man you were fighting, and now, you


    want to vent your bottled anger on this poor guy!"


    Hearing Darren''s words, the young man seethed with anger.


    But before he could say anything, Darren gave a cold snort and continued, "I have never seen such a


    loser in my life. Are you really proud about bullying a cultivator at the first stage of the Mysterious


    Realm? Shame on you! But if you want to y, I will be d to y with you."


    Hearing his sarcasticments, the young man''s face grew red with rage. He emitted a strong aura


    from all over his body. He wanted to overwhelm Darren and make him kneel in front of him.


    But, he waspletely dumbfounded by what happened after. He had a look of desperation on his


    face.