CHAPTER 1043 THE FIENDS' ATTACK

Darren was relieved to feel a breeze.

"This should be my way out of here." Darren found himself standing at the mouth of the cave.

He suddenly felt remorse.

"Alas, it's a pity that those who accompanied me are all dead." With a sigh, Darren stepped into the

cave.

At the far end of the cave, Darren spotted a distorted space. It must be the exit!

Without any hesitation, Darren swiftly flew over.

His escape was cut short as a big pale golden hand smashed right into him.

If this happened a year ago, he wouldn't have been able to detect a sneak attack from this huge hand.

He probably would have died!

But now, Darren's talent had been promoted and his strength had increased greatly. He could easily

detect the palm's attack now.

"Humph!"

For a split second, Darren was still. He then parried the huge pale golden hand with a whirl of sword

intent coming from his body.

They collided with a loud bang.

From the force of the impact, the sword intent dissipated, and so did the pale golden palm.

"That palm had the strength of a six-tribulation senior holy warrior. It was probably a trap left by the

dead Tywon." Even in death, Tywon was out for blood.

Darren was proud that his sword intent was able to break the palm. He really felt that he made a huge

improvement since he arrived here.

After the palm was destroyed, a dazzling maroon armor suddenly fell from above him.

"Oh, this must be the Six-tribulation Heavenly Armor." Darren put away the armor and stepped into the

space passage.

After leaving the Spiritual Nether Cave, Darren headed straight to the Holy City.

As soon as Linda heard Darren return, she flew to him. His long absence had worried her, and she

looked both shocked and relieved.

"Oh my God! Darren! You're back! What happened? Have you gotten the armor?"

"Yes, I did. I'm sorry to tell you that everyone who came with me perished," Darren answered,

remorsefully.

"What? All of them are dead?" Linda felt numb for a moment and was speechless. She didn't like those

boisterous fellows very much, but hearing about their deaths made her heart wrench.

"Yes, we couldn't have prepared for what happened."

"What was it?" Linda asked eagerly.

"I'll deal with this. I'll be the one to face your father with the news. After all, Kinsley is dead. Everyone

needs to know about it," Darren said as he flew towards the hall.

"Hey, wait! My father isn't here!" When she said that, Darren had already gone off. Linda scratched her

head in frustration.

"He was in such a rush, as usual. Fortunately, Anthony and Laura are in the hall today." She then

followed Darren to the hall.

In the hall, Darren immediately spotted Anthony, Laura and Chaz.

"Ha-ha, Darren! You're back!"

Chaz was the first one to fly over and he gave Darren a big hug. He had awaited his return.

"I've heard that after you had returned, you went straight to a mysterious place. I was so worried about

you!"

"It's my bad. I should have met you first, Chaz. It was Linda. She asked me to go on an errand with her.

After that, something unexpected happened and I had to leave for the Spiritual Nether Cave right

away." Darren then turned to the rest and asked, "Anthony, Laura, how are the two of you?"

"I'm fine, but never mind how I am, I thought you'd die in that tomb. I missed you so much, Darren. I'm

also glad you're back." Laura had a big smile on her face.

"Darren, Congratulations! You've definitely improved a lot! I guess you're almost a half-step emperor by

now," said Anthony, excitedly. He could sense that Darren was much stronger now than the last time

they met.

"Ha-ha, I guess I did get a little harvest over there," said Darren, modestly.

"Come, let's have a drink to celebrate," Darren suggested.

"About that...I'm afraid I can't." Anthony's big smile slowly fell. "Three days ago, the four greatest holy

warriors suddenly summoned all the Governors to a meeting. Now, my master has yet to return. I'm

worried that something terrible might've happened to them. How about you come with me to check?"

Hearing this, Darren pondered for a moment.

"Could it be that the fiends attacked us?" asked Darren. He had completely lost the mood to drink. The

situation had gone from celebratory to dire.

"I'm afraid that might be the case. Several dozen guards were reported to have died a couple of days

ago," said Anthony.

"Really? Were their bodies found in the Thunder Beast Land?" Darren remembered that when he came

out of the Thunder Beast Land, he ran into a dozen strong cultivators.

"No." Anthony shook his head.

"They were found right outside the Dragon City. All the guards were from that city. The Governor of the

city survived, but he's gone insane. Apparently, he lost half his body in the attack."

"This is serious business. The fact that the fiends had the gall to kill people right outside the city means

that they no longer fear the eighteen cities," said Darren.

"That's a possibility. Now everyone in the eighteen cities is worried."

"Let's go. Where are they conducting the meeting? I'll go to have a look." Considering Darren's status

and reputation, he should be qualified to attend the meeting.

"Okay, let's get a move on." holds text © rights.

"Hey, wait for me! Leaving in such a hurry again, Darren?" As soon as Linda arrived, the party had

already flown away. She crossed her arms and huffed in annoyance as the figures disappeared into the

distance.

Darren and others soon arrived at Dragon City, where the meeting was being held.

"Oh by the way, Anthony. I have this Six-tribulation Heavenly Armor that I got from the cave. It's said to

be able to resist the sixth holy tribulation. I want you to have it." Darren took out the Six-tribulation

Heavenly Armor and gave it to Anthony.

"I… I think you'd better give it to Chaz, instead. It's far too valuable to be given to me." Anthony had

heard of this armor and knew how much it was worth. He also knew Chaz was closer to Darren than he

was. Out of respect, he turned down the armor.

"It'll be a waste in my hands. My strength is far from the sixth holy tribulation. Anthony, just take it.

There's no need to make rash decisions here," said Chaz in response to the offer.

"Chaz is right, Anthony. It's for the human race." After that, Darren turned over to Chaz and asked,

"Chaz, you won't be angry, will you?"

"No way! I'll support you no matter what choices you make. Don't be ridiculous," said Chaz. There

wasn't an inch of resentment in him. It showed just how much he trusted Darren's wisdom.

"Just kidding. I know you." Darren gave a small smile.

"Well, I'm going to attend the meeting. You go find a place to sit and wait for my news."

Even the elders from various cities were unqualified to enter the conference room, so naturally,

Anthony and Chaz could not enter either. Darren entered alone.

"Stop! You are not allowed to enter!"

the guard at the entrance said firmly.

"Sir, my name is Darren Chu. I'd like to attend this meeting," said Darren.

"Huh!" The old man's eyes flashed as he realized who was standing in front of him. Starstruck, he

quickly found composure and said, "It's you. Come on in. The four greatest holy warriors had sent

people to inquire about your whereabouts several times by now."

Darren nodded and strolled into the conference room.

Immediately, all eyes in the room were on him.

"You're finally back. Come, and sit over here." Garth was the first to greet Darren.

"Darren, it's good that you've made it here. The fiends have been attacking the cities now. If your

avatar guards the city, we won't have to enter the Eternal Forbidden Domain," said Francis, the leader

of the four greatest holy warriors, hastily. It was an urgent situation.

Darren thought about his request for a moment.

"I'm afraid I can't have my avatar come to help this time. He's still trapped in the holy emperor's tomb."

Darren felt no need to hide this fact anymore, especially at such a conference.

"What!" The four greatest holy warriors were all stunned.