CHAPTER 196 STUNNING STRENGTH (PART ONE)
A glaring light shone brilliantly to kindle the whole sky. Without delay, Darren flew towards the direction
where the explosive noise came from. Suddenly, an immense form came from that direction, stirring the
air and causing the earth to shake. It truly seemed as if the earth and sky were crashing down on each
other.
After a few moments, Darren was able to reach his destination. He saw five projections of Scott floating
in the air, manifesting frightening momentum in front of their enemy. Right in front of Scott's five images
stood a young man in black armor. A cloud of darkness suspended him in the air.
Both men exuded an air of coldness. But in comparison to Scott, the man in black armor seemed more
ruthless with a much powerful strength.
"Scott must have used his inheritance skill to split into five avatars of himself. He is not taking any
chances. There was no way he was going to let his enemy get the upper hand," Darren murmured to
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Darren was fully aware that the man in black armor was by no means weak. In terms of martial arts, he
knew from Scott that the man was at the same level of intelligence as a Grand Realm warrior.
Suddenly, a fierce roar resounded in the air.
Scott's five avatars howled wildly all at once. Behind every avatar was a monstrous shadow of a
dragon.
The black mountains shook and collapsed as the dragons roared fiercely. The sound waves were so
intense that even Darren had to back off several miles away just to steady himself. The moment he
found his footing, he suspended himself in the air in order to get a better view of the fight.
Scott's five avatars moved with enormous force simultaneously all of a sudden. Responding to their
movement, the five dragons behind them swiftly wagged their bodies to rally an even more tremendous
energy. Without delay, they immediately launched attacks towards the man in black armor at the same
time.
At once, a piercing noise resounded in the air.
The young man howled in fury, his eyes lit up with fierceness. He stretched out his hands to launch a
waft of black smoke at his enemies. It darted towards the five avatars of Scott like some sort of black
lightning.
The black smoke spread out to put the man under its protection. On the other hand, Scott's five avatars
flew in the air and launched attack after attack against the aggressive black smoke. They tried
everything they could to get to the man and attack him in all directions. But no matter what they did,
they could not succeed. The black smoke was just too powerful. The ball of smoke shielding the man
was so impenetrable that no matter how many attacks they sent, not a single crevice appeared on its
surface.
Suddenly, one of the dragon shadows behind one of Scott's avatars became distorted and finally
disappeared into thin air due to the endless attacks from the black smoke.
The man in black armor took advantage of the opportunity and quickly leaped towards Scott's real body
at an extremely fast speed. He moved so fast that the only thing Darren could see was his shadow.
Explosive sounds resounded in succession as forces from the two sides collided.
As endless attacks came one after the other, blaring explosive noises followed. The forces were so
mighty that it shattered the earth beneath into pieces. Countless rocks were blown up into the air and
kindled by the intense energy. Like a rain of fire, they fell down to the broken earth. In a blink of an eye,
the place was turned into nothing but debris and ashes.
Meanwhile, Darren was also affected by the fluctuation of energy. It hurt him and made him feel sick.
His blood seethed wildly in his chest. If he had not retreated another several miles away in time, he
would have already puked a mouthful of blood.
Darren, still suspended in the air, was able to see the fight clearly even if he was many miles away from
it.
In spite of the thick, black smoke, Darren was able to see how the man in black armor launched
consecutive mighty attacks against the remaining four dragon shadows. Scott was forced to retreat
again and again, unable to defend himself against the man's powerful attacks.
"What a terrifying force!" From time to time, Darren could spot tiny black fissures coming into being. He
assumed that they must be fissures forming in the sky because of the tearing of space, showing that
the fight was just so intense that even the space was being affected.
"No, Scott's real body was hit!"
Darren shouted when he saw one of Scott's avatars hit by the black smoke. The dragon shadow
behind that avatar immediately vanished as Scott's real body fell heavily on the ground, creating a
huge crater. His body went deeper and deeper into the crater until it reached the center of the earth.
Meanwhile, the other three avatars that were still flying in the air were smashed into pieces as well.
"There's just too big a gap between their strengths. Even though Scott is just half a step away from fully
achieving the Grand Realm, he is still far behind that man." Darren could not help but feel frightened
upon witnessing the man's mighty strength. But above all, he felt worried for Scott's safety. If the fight
lasted any longer, there would be a big possibility that the man in black armor would kill Scott easily
and without remorse.
Now that Scott had dropped to the center of the earth, the man finally stopped attacking him with black
smoke. At once, he suspended himself in the air and looked at his enemy with an ice-cold face. He
seemed to be waiting for something.
The moment was so intense that Darren could not refrain himself from watching the fight from afar. He
and Scott treated each other as friends, or even like brothers. He would not be able to bear seeing
Scott die under his nose.
With this thought in mind, Darren rallied his spiritual sense to activate the pyramid-like demon core in
his belly as fast as he could. His skin darkened as black scales began to grow on his skin one after the
other.
In that moment, Daren had turned himself into a fighting monster.
As soon as Darren completed his transformation, he felt a cold gaze land on him. The man in black
armor looked down at Darren from up above with a gaze so piercing it seemed as if it were a sharp
sword that could stab any of his enemies.
Darren could not help but tremble under the gaze of the man. Despite Darren's existing power, the man
still frightened him greatly. Darren was left with no choice but to subdue his fear. He leaped into the air
like a black lightning, dashed towards the black pit that was created by Scott's body, and slipped into it.
'Why didn't he stop me?' Darren thought as his heart fluttered nervously. Somehow, deep inside, he
had a feeling that the man was not planning on launching any attacks against him. Had the man been
planning on attacking Darren, he would have been able to smash him into pieces with just a snap of his
fingers.
Darren darted straight towards the heart of the earth. By the time he reached the core, he was already
miles away from the earth's surface.
He did not stop until he saw a vast area full of lava. There, he found Scott's wounded body
immediately.
'The lava is scorching hot. If he had fallen into the lava, he would have been turned into ashes
immediately. I would burn into nothing too, if I fall into it.' Darren felt relieved that Scott did not fall into
the sea of lava.