Chapter 882 The Preparation (Part One)
As Darren and the man in ck armor looked at each other, silence hung in the air, and as time wore
on, the man in ck armor felt a sense of dread wash over him. Perhaps he shouldn''t have told Darren
the truth about hispanions. He worried that the day he was to be freed would be postponed or that
all of the efforts would result in failure.
"You can''t save them, not with your current strength," he said, trying to reel Darren back from making a
bold decision.
"You don''t understand. I owe it to them to try. If I run away now, they will surely die," Darren argued,
staring grimly at the ground.
At hearing Darren''s desperation and seeing his defeated posture while he thought of his friends'' safety,
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the ck-armored man sighed. "All right. Now I can see that I have made the right choice teaming up
with you. You are brave and loyal to your friends. That must mean that you wouldn''t lie to me either.
Even though it will be difficult for me, I will do my best to help you save them. May we form a good n
that can get us out of this ursed ce!" he said.
Feeling a renewed sense of hope, the ck-armored man stopped speaking. All through his body he
felt that the Misty Emperor was summoning him. So in haste, he took his leave and flew away.
Once again, Darren was left alone with his thoughts.
Feeling troubled, Darren stared at his feet with a frown on his face. It seemed to him that the nature of
the ck-armored man was not bad at all, but there was a lot riding on this n and how it would
unfold.
Despite feeling sorry for deceiving him, Darren couldn''t bear the thought of irritating both the Misty
Emperor and the ck-armored man and leaving all of hispanions in danger.
"It doesn''t matter now. Worrying won''t help anything. The important thing is to not make any rash
decisions. I need to keep everyone from being in danger," Darren reminded himself.
Sighing, he continued to cultivate in silence.
After three months, Darren was jolted awake from his meditation. A strong feeling that the Misty
Emperor was going to pay him a visit had entered his mind and pushed every other thought out of it.
He summoned his strength to attack himself, making himself look as if he had been tormented all the
time since the Misty Emperor left. The smallest amount of revealing could ruin everything, so he had to
be smart.
After two days of waiting in anticipation, the Misty Emperor appeared before him.
A wicked smile was present on his face when he saw the results of Darren''s torment. He felt extremely
confident that he would be able to pry the information about the crystals from him.
"Boy, I doubt I have to even ask but I will. Where are the crystals?" he asked in a low,manding
voice. After he had finished speaking, a contemptuous smile filled his face. In a sadistic way, he was
enjoying every second of this.
Darren looked up and his eyes were vacant, like a gaze of an idiot.
It looked like his mind had been plucked out of his skull.
"This can''t be! Have you be a fool?" Panic shed in his eyes. Darren was the only person who
knew where the crystals were. If he had be a fool under his torment, where could he get his
answers?
In haste, the Misty Emperor released some of his soul repair force and transferred them into Darren''s
head.
After a while, forcefully, Darren added expressions to his face once more.
"I''ll tell you what I know."
A look of shock overcame the Misty Emperor''s face.
"Ha-ha-ha..." The fact that Darren had be obedient in his hands pleased him greatly. "Just like I
expected. No one is strong enough to withstand the soul attack, only a dead man," he added.
Practically tapping his fingers together with excitement, he waited for Darren to reveal the location of
the crystals.
"I have divided your crystals into ten parts. As a precaution, I hid them, and then I erased my memory,"
Darren answered. Slowly, the Misty Emperor''s facial expression fell from excitement to disappointment.
"What?" the Misty Emperor yelled. For a while, no other words came out of his mouth. Instead, his eyes
red at Darren, hard and calcting.
After some deep thought, he determined that Darren could not tell a lie. He was far too weak. Plus, it
made sense that he would have hidden his treasures and erased his memory to protect them just like
anyone else would have done in his position.
But someone who had done that would not be so foolish to forget its whereabouts entirely. There must
be a clue.
"Where is the clue?" the Misty Emperor asked directly once his anger had tapered off.
"How- how do you know that I have a clue..." Darren stammered, looking very pale and surprised.
"Stop bbering and tell me now! Or you''ll be tortured for another three months!" Like a me, the
Misty Emperor''s aura red up again.
"No, please don''t do that! I''ll tell you everything I know," Darren pleaded. "After I separated the crystals
and put them in the ten respective ces, I imprinted a clue map of each location in the soul of my ten
friends and the elders. In order to remember the ce, they must all gather together alongside me."
Internally, Darren was impressed with himself at how easily he hade up with the story.
"Damn it!" The Misty Emperor lifted his foot and kicked the ground, and as he did so, the earth shook
and chasms appeared.
"Boy, what were you thinking? Thisplicates everything! It seems like you want to die." The ck-
armored man, who had been standing beside the Misty Emperor, flew over and made eye contact
briefly with Darren. In his heart, he knew what Darren was up to.
Stepping forward, he lifted his halberd and directed it at Darren. He clenched his jaw and narrowed his
eyes in feigned anger. He figured that if he acted like he was really angered by Darren''s reply and was
trying to vent, the Misty Emperor would be fooled.