CHAPTER 195 IT WAS COMING

"Does that mean I should keep refining my body until I am effective against the overmatch at the middle

stage of the Wonder Realm?" Darren inquired Scott.

"That's right. But more than that, your target is to reach the point where you can easily resist the

Omnipotent Talent Skill at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. With this, you will remain invincible,"

Scott explained. Darren grumbled as he thought about it hard. "It is too difficult! I could even rival the

Divine Weapon if I reach that high."

"Here are books on body refinement." Scott propped two ancient books in Darren's hand. "When you

successfully refine your body and reach the high level, you can do what I mentioned."

Darren dusted the covers of the books and studied them gingerly. He carefully opened one of them and

skimmed through the pages. The words "turning a body into a weapon" caught his attention.

As he read through the contents of the book, he was surprised that he was somewhat familiar with it.

Darren's eyebrows furrowed as he couldn't help but ask, "Why is this similar to the bloodline force of

the Ancient Families?"

"You're right. The book you're holding is actually the legendary martial skill from the Ji Clan of the

Ancient Families. Once a man's body is turned into a weapon, he will obtain frightening strength and

power." This, however, still left some questions to Darren.

"But of what use are these books to me? Isn't it said that only the blood of the Ji Clan can achieve that

point?"

"As far as I know, you don't necessarily have to have the bloodline force of the Ancient Families," Scott

explained. "Practicing the legendary martial skill, along with the magic spring water is essential for

reaching the state of turning a body into a weapon. The Ancient Families' bloodline force can only

accelerate the cultivation of the legendary martial skill, but it doesn't mean it is exclusive for them.

In other words, with the magic spring water, anyone can practice it, though the speed will be extremely

slow. So you'd better have a good look at the book, Darren. Maybe there will be rewards. Even though

you just started, your strength will definitely increase," Scott concluded. He shifted his gaze to the

second book he gave Darren.

"I got the other book a few years ago occasionally from a dangerous place, but it doesn't match with my

strength now. I recommend you to focus more on it. When you refine your body, you will be able to

resist the ordinary martial skill from the warriors at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm."

Darren picked up the other book Scott gave, which was named Demonic Blood Refining Skill. As its

name suggested, a beast's blood was required as its most fundamental material. In order to reach the

higher levels, the blood of a demonic monster at the top level was needed. Aside from that, expensive

ingredients were also essential to the refinement.

Seeing that Darren was perplexed with the required ingredients, Scott decided to put his mind a little bit

at ease. "Darren, I have already collected these ingredients before. You can have them all. However,

you should get the beast's blood and the demonic monster's blood yourself. With this, you can sharpen

your body at the same time. Understand?" he stated.

"Yeah. Thanks a lot, Scott. I will gather the blood when I go out."

Darren was extremely grateful for having these ingredients without breaking a sweat. These were

precious treasures from Heaven and Earth, and Scott simply gave them to him without asking for

anything in return. Without all his help, it would take him plenty of time to collect them one by one.

Moreover, some of them may be beyond his current capability.

"Good." Scott broke into a soft smile and nodded. "When you refine your body to be the strongest, you

can try to challenge the Talent Roll. You don't have to worry too much about it. Anyone qualified to

challenge the top one hundred geniuses on the Talent Roll is not allowed to be killed, so it's okay to get

more tries. However, it is possible to get seriously hurt, which may difficult to cure. Thus, you should

increase your strength further before going," He warned.

"Doesn't the Talent Roll rank automatically? Do I really need to challenge it?" Darren was puzzled.

"I forgot to tell you this," Scott interjected. "Anyone below the top one hundred is automatically ranked.

As long as you are among the top five hundred, you can challenge the top one hundred geniuses. The

tournaments are carried out in Talent City located in the North Desert. Once you crack the top five

hundred, you can transfer yourself there."

"I see." Darren understood everything clearly. He nodded his head as he made a mental note of the

things he should do once he got there.

...

Afterwards, Darren flew with Scott in the other direction.

"Scott, where are we going?" Darren asked.

"Just ahead," Scott replied simply.

After an hour or so, they landed in a pitch black wasteland full of abyss-like holes. It seemed like the

places had seen better days. It looked war-stricken and ominous.

As they looked further around, Darren discovered that the land was covered with bones and broken

weapons. A strong air of darkness pervaded the place.

"Now that we are here, let's go and explore it. These broken weapons are rumored to be the precious

treasures from Heaven and Earth, some of which may contain the ancient martial skill," Scott

remarked.

"I see. Did this place use to be a battlefield?" Darren queried.

Scott responded, "Yes. A tragic war broke out here where many grand warriors died. However, since

tens of thousands of years already passed, the real treasures have been taken away from generation

after generation. One or two great pieces of treasures can still be obtained but you're going to need

immense luck for that to happen. These seldom come by. Though they are useless to me, you can take

your chance."

Darren nodded and directly flew to the wasteland.

Bleak wind blew through Darren's ears, a decadent taste floating in the air. Innumerable Divine

Weapons and war frames were no longer what they used to be, only the mighty murderous intent being

faintly felt.

'This sword must have been a Divine Weapon, but it has broken into pieces, completely rotten, '

Darren lamented in his heart as he casually picked up a broken sword. On second thought, he put it

back down. If it was valuable, it wouldn't be lying here.

Then Darren released the spiritual sense all over the ten miles' area, but he couldn't find anything.

All was normal till his spiritual sense went beneath a boulder. His Space Ring seemed to quiver.

'Eh? Is there anything special here?'

Darren speculated. Then he crushed the boulder with his palm, but nothing was there.

'Maybe it is buried underground.'

Darren probed deeper with his spiritual sense, and something did exist seventy feet underground.

Without hesitation, he unsheathed his blade to explore the ground. When he felt that he was getting

close to the target, Darren slowed down his digging.

Soon, he discovered a skeleton, whose wrist wore a bronze bracer. He thought that it looked familiar as exclusive content.

he inspected it carefully.

"I know it,"

Darren murmured to himself, picking up the bronze bracer. It was the same with the one he got from

the auction. Apparently, both of them belonged to the unknown set of armor.

Darren immediately took out the other parts that he got before from his Space Ring and put them on

simultaneously.

Buzz!

The buzzing sounds haunted his head when the black runes started shining constantly on the armor.

Rather than a quick flash of light, the black runes that flowed through the mask, the body armor and the

bronze bracers, seemed to be restoring something.

'What an odd air. If the armor was intact, its power would be inconceivable!'

Darren thought. The air it was exuding was stronger than the strength of a rule cultivator, even stronger

than the strength of a witcher.

However, Darren's power didn't increase much with one more bronze bracer, only the defense

capability reinforced.

He took the armor off. It could be estimated that the four parts made up one quarter of the whole set of

armor, the legs, the arms and the back still being lost.

Darren put them back to his Space Ring and continued the search, but upon two hours' scouring

through, he had no luck. He found nothing related to the armor. He was thinking of going back when

something caught his attention.

Rumble!

Thunder!

Roar!

Before he could process anything, a dragon's howling came from the place where he and Scott once

were. He knew these sounds.

"What bad luck! Scott must have encountered that powerful fiend from the bronze coffin!" Darren

freaked out, flying in the direction of Scott, his heart filled with worry.