Chapter 431 Darren Is Dead (Part One)


    In a split second, before Timothy, Abrd, Hailey, and the Water Kylin had enough time to react or


    protest, they were already spurred into the Ancient Void Battlefield. Darren had taken them all into the


    safe haven just in the nick of time, a few inches away from the hot magma.


    "We are safe now. Thanks to Darren for bringing us here. But what about him now?"


    "Yeah, if he is drowned in that hot magma, we are afraid that..."


    Timothy and Abrd stopped their words abruptly and looked very anxious. Hailey next to them was


    distraught too. Her mind was preupied with the thought whether Darren had survived or not. Yet, all


    of them knew they couldn''t do anything for Darren at that moment apart from praying silently for his


    safety.


    Even the Water Kylin, Darren''s beast ve, had a strange feeling in his heart, a feeling that he never


    experienced before. For his entire existence as a beast, nobody ever treated him like the way Darren


    did.


    Scenes of the past shed his mind. When Landon, the double-headed man, was injured by him, and


    thew enforcer was about to kill the Water Kylin as well, Darren risked his life and persuaded thew


    enforcer to spare him. Also, when he was about to be killed by the winged-tiger, Darren opened the


    Ancient Void Battlefield by force despite the huge risk and saved him from the winged-tiger. Now, for


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    the third time, the same thing happened once again—Darren saved him at the most critical moment.


    Aside from all the rescuing and saving that Darren had done for the Water Kylin, what moved him most


    as a ve was Darren''s behavior towards him. Especially when Diana, the Holy Lord of the Lotus Holy


    Land, came to the Ancient Void Battlefield, Darren introduced the Water Kylin to Diana as his buddy—


    not his beast ve! Although the Water Kylin was always careless and disinterested, he actually kept


    all those things in mind and was very grateful to Darren. Now that Darren''s life was in danger, the worry


    that the Water Kylin felt deep inside him heightened to an extent.


    "Master never treated me as his ve..." the Water Kylin said painfully as he felt a lump in his throat.


    He wasn''t able to finish his words in between sobs.


    Whoosh!


    Forthwith, like greased lightning, a white figure flew out of nowhere andnded near them. Soon, the


    Water Kylin recognized the white figure was Finley.


    "Water Kylin,e to my side now!"


    Finley waved towards the Water Kylin and used his space skill and drew him closer to him.


    "Finley, the master is..."


    "Don''t speak now!" Finley interrupted him at once. He looked severe and threw a punch on the Water


    Kylin''s head.


    "What are you doing?! Get out of my way! Master is in a dangerous situation now. I am not in the mood


    to y jokes with you!" the Water Kylin opened his big bloody mouth and yelled at Finley. The beast


    couldn''t believe that Finley could afford to mock him, given Darren''s situation.


    When the other people inside the Ancient Void Battlefield saw this scene, they wondered what caused


    suchmotion. They all flew over to check what had happened.


    Finley ignored the Water Kylin''s yells and protests. He directly activated the most powerful space rules


    to constrain the Water Kylin ultimately, and then beat the beast''s head repeatedly.


    ''What''s wrong with this guy? What is he doing?'' Abrd wondered wildly when he saw how Finley hit


    on the Water Kylin. As he watched nearby, Abrd felt Finley''s unmatched aura. With that, he


    swallowed, breathed in, and kept his silence. Though he was worried about the Water Kylin''s safety, he


    dared not speak, and so was everyone else.


    ''He is using such a powerful constraining skill!'' Hailey eximed silently in her mind. When it came to


    rule cultivation or runes, Hailey was far more knowledgeable than Abrd. Thus, she had different


    thoughts about the matter. Hailey could see the subtle runes shing between Finley''s palms as if they


    were cutting something. Though she couldn''t fathom what those were, still, she believed that Finley


    was doing that for a reason.


    Minutes passed, and Finley was still beating the head of the Water Kylin at lightning speed. His


    repeated blowspletely muddled the beast, his head limped in an awkward position as he let Finley


    beat him as much as he wanted. Besides, the creature was too weak to fight back at the moment. After


    a few moments, Finley stopped beating. He was panting, and sweat soaked his garments. The aura


    that was extremely high earlier had subsided and cooled Finley down.


    "Now, it''s done! The life and death bond between you and Darren have been removed," Finley said


    faintly with palpable sorrow on his face.


    When the Water Kylin, who had a blurry mind at that moment, heard Finley''s words, he suddenly


    understood what had happened. Darren must have instructed Finley to remove their life and death


    bond in case something might happen to him. With such actions from Finley, it was as if he was telling


    the Water Kylin indirectly that his master was dead. Without saying a word, the Water Kylin copsed


    on the ground, pretending to block his eyes with his massive arms inadvertently. He didn''t want the


    people around to see his tears. He felt so sad and grave at heart for his master Darren that he couldn''t


    hold back his tears anymore.


    "Don''t hide like a little boy. I know what you are doing. If I didn''t learn how to remove the bond between


    you two from the defender of the tenth space of the Ancient Void Battlefield, I am sure that you will be


    dead too," Finley said in a sad tone, casting a saddened nce at the Water Kylin crying on the


    ground.


    Hearing that, the Water Kylin raised his head, looked at Finley with tears blurring his eyes, and said


    hesitantly, "You mean that master... is already...?" He didn''t dare to say thest word. It hurt him so


    much to ept such an ill fate for Darren—his master, his friend, his brother, all in one.


    Finley nodded silently, and he was held speechless. Yet, deep inside, he was devastated at the loss of


    such a good friend. With that, the aura he was exuding became stronger and colder, which was the


    aura of a Shadow Emperor. That was his outlet of showing his anger, the anger that he could no longer


    contain inside him.


    "Thirty yearster, this little world without its master will copse, and you all should make preparation


    for that," the Shadow Emperor said coldly. After saying those words, he turned and flew away. That left


    the wailing Water Kylin, Hailey, Abrd, and Timothy in deafening silence. This time the sorrow and


    misery seemed to press harder upon them.