Chapter 237 Quick Practice
Darren smiled and said, "Don''t think too much about that. Let''s pick a martial skill and begin practicing
it. Three years'' time is too short for us cultivators."
Boyce looked at Darren and realized that he was serious. He began to look forward to seeing what
realm Darren would reach within three years here. ''Although neither of us have a cultivation base now,
Darren has a talent of level nine of the Earth Degree and he will make quick progress, '' thought Boyce.
"You are right. Let''s begin our cultivating." Boyce turned to read the martial skills written on the big
stone wall. It didn''t take much time for him to make a decision.
"Darren, I''ll see you in three years," said Boyce.
"All right," Darren replied with a faint smile.
Boyce nodded slightly and left to look for a quiet ce where he could practice the martial skill he had
chosen without being disturbed by the others.
Only Darren was left in the open space now. He scanned the stone wall. Thousands of martial skills
were recorded on it and all of them varied in levels. The best of them were the legendary martial skills.
He scanned them half-heartedly.
At the moment, he was not very eager about choosing a proper martial skill. Darren was worried about
a more pressing problem; he couldn''t absorb spiritual energy.
"After three years of practicing, if I still have no cultivation base, I will beughed at," Darren muttered
to himself and sighed deeply. He felt honestly sorry for himself.
"Never mind that! I''ll have to at least try!" Darren decided to get up his courage and absorb the spiritual
energy from the world using his talent.
"Heh?" Darren stood there, surprised.
"The spiritual energy in this space is so rich and powerful. Besides, I didn''t feel any pain from the sword
intent and the de intent. The two intents didn''t battle each other. But why?" he paused and muttered
to himself. And then, the answer struck him.
"Oh!" His eyes widened and he knew the reason now. "Our cultivation base was degenerated. Due to
that, my sword intent and de intent have disappeared," Darren said to himself.
Darren was shocked. ''What a terrifying space the Ancient Void Battlefield is! It could easily eliminate
the sword intent and the de intent!''
"The guardian has such powerful energy to make this happen," Darren whispered.
"Ha-ha. Young man. I am not as powerful as you think. You have cultivated conflicting martial skills.
How can I suppress them? All is because of the Ancient Void Battlefield."
The voice didn''t shock Darren, but it was surprising that the guardian had showed up again.
Darren cupped one hand in the other before his chest as a sign of respect. "Sir, how did you know that
I am a sword and a de cultivator? What makes the Ancient Void Battlefield so special?"
"Cultivating conflicting martial skills not only means cultivating sword and de skills; it also means
cultivating ice and fire, light and dark, justice and injustice and so on. There are thousands of conflicting
skills.
But cultivating each of them is difficult in its own way because of the pressure from the conflicting
nature of the skills. Once a cultivator breaks the limitations and reaches the top stage, his cultivation
base will be terrifying and powerful. But in the Ancient Void Battlefield, the conflicting martial skills are
not suppressed by the nature rules."
A smile spread across Darren''s face, and his eyes gleamed with excitement. "But sir, why?"
"Because the Ancient Void Battlefield does not belong to this world. Ites from the ancient world.
The rules formed by theter generations don''t matter here. In the ancient era, many cultivators
practiced at least two conflicting martial skills, sometimes even three or four conflicting skills. They
were much more powerful than the grand warriors of this era."
Darren got sort of excited for no reason. He started to feel that he could find a way to solve his problem
of practicing both sword skill and de skill. But the guardian failed to notice Darren''s growing
excitement. He concluded, "Much time has passed. I will stop with this. Young man, try your best and
get through the thirteenth test."
Then his figure slowly started to disappear. Before he couldpletely vanish, Darren asked loudly,
"Sir, wait! Are you saying that I can practice the sword and de skills in the Ancient Void Battlefield?
Can the others do it too?"
"You can, but the others can''t. If they haven''t practiced conflicting martial skills beforeing here,
they wouldn''t be able to do it in the Ancient Void Battlefield. This is one of the rules of this space. I don''t
know the reasons either."
"Great." Darren''s frown was gone. There was no anxiety on his face. His eyes found one legendary
sword skill and one legendary de skill recorded at the top of the stone wall. He didn''t think that he
would get two legendary martial skills in the Ancient Void Battlefield. He was wild with joy.
"Young man, don''t get so excited. The martial skills here are just test conveniences. After the test, your
memories will be erased," said the guardian, realizing what Darren was thinking.
His warning swiftly extinguished Darren''s passion and excitement.
"Oh… I see," Darren said with an embarrassed smile. He had thought that he could practice the skills
after he got out of the Ancient Void Battlefield. His happiness turned sour real fast.
But, he soon adjusted his mood and read the martial skills on the stone wall carefully.
The talents, who had entered the Ancient Void Battlefield with Darren, mostly chose one or more
suitable martial skills. Those who were confident about themselves were brave enough to choose the
supernatural martial skills. They knew that it was impossible for them to understand the legendary
martial skills and that they would just be idiots if they tried them.
Even supernatural martial skills were a bit much for a cultivator who had a talent of under level eight of
the Earth Degree.
Darren had a talent of level nine of the Earth Degree, so he could understand the legendary martial
skills. But of course, it would take him much time to practice it.
The speed of understanding the Nine Changes of the Demon was not too slow. But that should be
contributed to the demon core. It was not influenced much by the talent.
So, Darren decided to choose two supernatural martial skills. Besides that, he would memorize the
legendary sword and de skills so that he could use any chance he got to understand them better.
The supernatural de skill he chose was the Soul Killing de Skill, and the supernatural sword skill
he chose was the Unbeatable Sword Skill. After that, he took some time to memorize the two legendary
martial skills.
Then, he read the supernatural martial skills and figured that he could begin practicing the two skills
once he reached the Mysterious Realm. What shocked Darren most was that the Unbeatable Sword
Skill had only one movement from the beginning to the end. It was worthy of its name.
After reading the two skills, he left the open space and walked towards a deste mountain—a good
ce for him to practice alone.
"This ce is perfect. There is more spiritual energy herepared to the other ces." Darren
decided to practice there. As soon as he had made up his mind, he sat down with his legs crossed and
began absorbing the spiritual energy in the area.
"Wow! The speed at which I am able to absorb the spiritual energy is amazing!" His talent helped a lot
in absorbing huge amounts of spiritual energy at a faster rate. The energy flooded into his body like a
huge waterfall.
First stage of the Primary Realm... Second... Third…
The breakthrough in his cultivation base seemed as simple as counting.
Three months passed and Darren had reached the Mysterious Realm.
The pace of his progress was dramatic. Many cultivators who had entered the Ancient Void Battlefield
had a talent of level eight or nine of the Earth Degree. But they couldn''t reach this level at such a short
time. They would need at least half a year or a year to upgrade to the Mysterious Realm. Darren had a
talent of level nine of the Earth Degree, the top level of the Earth Degree. His talent was already very
close to the Heaven Degree, so he made progress much quicker than the others.
But after reaching the Mysterious Realm, the pace dropped. If he had been able to continue the same
way through the Mysterious Realm too, then the people who had a talent of the Heaven Degree could
reach the Wonder Realm in just several months too, which was clearly impossible. The spiritual energy
received because of one''s talent was limited.
Soon, nine months passed and all the talents had been in the Ancient Void Battlefield for almost a year.
"Whoosh!" Darren opened his eyes and said, "I reached the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm. If I
had condensed the de core or the sword core in this space, I would have reached the Wonder
Realm already.
Now, it''s time to practice the martial skills and condense the de core and the sword core."
Saying that, he took out the two martial skills, read them and started practicing.
Since he had mastered the de intent and the sword intent earlier, it was pretty easy for him to
practice the skills. Only three monthster, he was at the high level of the preliminary sword intent and
the preliminary de intent. The sword and de intent were as powerful as those he had condensed
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outside the Ancient Void Battlefield.
He released his spiritual sense and searched for talents around him. There were six. The most
powerful among the lot was weaker than him; that talent was at the preliminary stage of the Mysterious
Realm.
"My strength is enough to kill a cultivator who is at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm using my
sword and de intent. I wonder how much my strength will be increased to when I reach the Wonder
Realm." Just thinking about it excited him.
Now that he had cultivated the sword and de intent, he decided to condense a sword core or a de
core. No matter which one he received, he would have a chance to reach the Wonder Realm.
"I wonder what will happen if I condense a sword core and a de core at the same time to reach the
Wonder Realm?" The idea came up to him out of the blue. Never had he condensed a de core
before.
As excitement flowed through him, he continued to practice the sword and de intent. As soon as he
reached the maximum level, he could condense the sword and de core and reach the Wonder
Realm.