CHAPTER 215 FINISHED THE BEGINNING STAGE OF BODY REFINING

Scott suppressed his strength to match that of a warrior at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. With

a sly grin, he swung his blade at Darren.

Confident of his abilities, Darren stood still and returned Scott's smile.

With a "whooshing" sound, Scott's extraordinary blade swiftly cut through the air and collided with

Darren's skin. The impact created violent air currents that shook everything around the two men. The

shock wave was powerful enough to kill a strong cultivator at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm.

After a brief silence, a clang was heard!

Then, a crisp sound reverberated in the space before the blade in Scott's hand shattered into countless

pieces from the impact.

Darren easily steadied himself after sliding backward dozens of feet. Surprisingly, no injuries appeared

on his body. The smile on Darren's face grew into a grin. The result of Scott's attack pleased him. Now

Darren was certain that his strength was nearing the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. His skin was

hard enough to avoid injuries from severe attacks. However, he needed to strengthen himself to avoid

being knocked into air by the impact of a powerful force.

"Congratulations, Darren. You were able to endure a violent blow after finishing the skin refining stage.

This is truly amazing." Scott flashed a bright smile as he spoke. He felt genuine happiness for Darren.

"It is incredible! I feel so strong that I am certain that I would not be wounded if you had increased your

attacking force. Even a strong cultivator at the beginning of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm

won't be able to penetrate my skin. At best, he might break several of my bones." Darren's eyes

twinkled with joy as he spoke.

Scott nodded. "Indeed. The defensive ability of your skin and flesh have reached an impressive level.

Your body hardness will also be enhanced when you finish the meridian, bone, and organ refining

stages perfectly. After completing these refining stages, we can work on your physical strength. By

completing the golden body refining stage perfectly, you will scale the limits of your physical strength,"

Scott explained.

"The terrible pain that I endured during the refining was worth it, Scott. Let's move on to the next step,"

Darren suggested. He was very pleased.

As Darren readied himself for the meridian refining stage, Scott prepared the liquid medicine required.

Since greater quantities of demonic blood had been mixed with the liquid medicine, Darren had to

endure more pain than before.

Fortunately, he was used to that level of agony as his energy meridians had been shattered several

times before. Furthermore, his willpower was much stronger owing to the torment he had suffered in

the previous skin refining stage. Therefore, the meridian refining stage took him only half a month.

The bone refining stage followed the meridian refining stage.

As before, Darren also suffered great agony when his bones were repeatedly broken and healed as

part of the refining process. However, his stamina didn't help him with the pain. Toward the end, he lost

consciousness. Darren awoke ten days later.

After the accomplishment of these three stages, Darren's body strength improved manifold. He had,

more or less, finished the beginning stage of the body refining.

"Darren, you have finished the skin, meridian, and bone refining stages. It is time to test your body

strength." After Darren woke, Scott summoned him to the great hall.

"Scott, please attack me with the full strength of a cultivator at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm!"

Darren was excited to test the limits of his strengthened body.

"Okay!" With a grin, Scott delivered a palm attack with the dragon's power to Darren.

Bang!

The great hall trembled.

Darren flew backward and vanished from Scott's sight.

'Did I use too much force?' Scott thought as he peered into the distance.

A brief moment later, Darren flew back and landed on the ground in front of Scott.

"Ha-ha, I am fine. Except for some shock to my internal organs, I am not injured at all," Darren said,

and grinned. He was delighted with the result of the refining.

"That's good news! For a minute, I thought that I had used too much force. Your body strength is

beyond my expectations! I feel that we are ready for the organ refining stage. If you fail the organ

refining stage, your skin, meridians, and bones will be hard enough to withstand the Omnipotent Talent exclusive content.

Skill attack from strong cultivators at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. However, I am certain that

your internal organs will be shattered from the impact," Scott warned.

"This is the most crucial stage. After this, I will be able to endure the Omnipotent Talent Skill attack

from strong cultivators at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. But, I was forced to escape from the

demonic monster domain. How will we proceed without the blood of level six demonic monsters?"

Darren's brows furrowed as he deliberated over his predicament.

"There is no need to worry about that. We have time. Right now, the only thing that can kill you is the

Omnipotent Talent Skill attack from a strong cultivator at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. Even if

you encounter a strong cultivator at the top level of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm, the safest

alternative would be to escape," Scott said as he pointed at the big tripod that used for refining the

medicine. Slowly, it shrank to a tiny tripod.

"Darren, take this tripod with you. Refine your body according to the formulas when you have time. But

you must take great care in the golden body refining stage. Your previous efforts will be futile if you

make any mistake. There is also a possibility that your body may explode."

As Scott spoke, a simple and primitive scroll appeared in his hand.

"This is the Earth Chart of the Talent Roll that lists the rankings. You can check your strength at any

time.

I'm afraid I have to leave now. I consumed the Dragon Saliva Fruit a few days ago, and now, I must

meditate in seclusion at the arcane place. Be careful, and do not offend formidable enemies during my

seclusion. I won't be able to sense when you are in danger. Nor will I be able to help you. Please

remember what I said," Scott continued.

Darren took the shrunken tripod and the scroll of the Talent Roll. "Please be assured, Scott. Since our

lives are connected, I will remember to consider your life even if I don't care about mine, ha-ha," Darren

blurted out.

Scott smiled at Darren's humor. "I have to go now. I stand a good chance of becoming a Grand Realm

master when I finish my cultivation in seclusion." After his words, Scott passed a token to Darren

before disappearing.

"Ha! It's the Holy Lord's token!" Darren was taken aback at the sight of the token. Any person who

possessed the token could command anyone in the Dragon Holy Land.

...

Over the next few days, Darren pursued the cultivation of the Nine Changes of the Demon. He had

expanded his demon core via spiritual energy assimilation. Owing to his improved talent, he was able

to comprehend the third stage of the Nine Changes of the Demon. Besides, he also entered the

threshold of the fourth stage of the Nine Changes of the Demon.

If Darren could finish the fourth stage of the Nine Changes of the Demon perfectly, his strength would

equal that of a Holy Lord's when he transformed into a fiend.

However, Darren couldn't as yet transform himself into a fiend at random. The thorough comprehension

of the fourth stage of the Nine Changes of the Demon would also cost him a significant amount of time.

Therefore, Darren stopped his cultivation the moment he entered the threshold of the fourth stage of

the Nine Changes of the Demon.

"I wonder whether I can kill a strong cultivator at the beginning of the middle stage of the Wonder

Realm with my strength. I think I can," Darren muttered as he considered trying again.

Then, he took out the ranking list of the Talent Roll Scott had given to him. Dense and tiny characters

were written across the Earth Chart of the Talent Roll, recording the names of the top thirty thousand

talents.

After a few moments, Darren finally found his name. He was ranked around the two thousand and eight

hundredth position.

"Hum? My strength should be listed within the top 500. It doesn't make sense," Darren muttered,

confused.

Curious, Darren clicked on his name. Several lines of characters appeared in the air before him.

"Darren, eighteen years old, the ninth stage of the Mysterious Realm. The highest rank: eighteen.

Reason: he killed a master at the Wonder Realm when he was at the Spirit Realm. Fighting capacity

point: full score. Current rank: 2850th. Reason: killed level five demonic monsters at the Mysterious

Realm. Fighting capacity point: seventy."

Darren slowly read the content that described his ranking and points in detail. There were over ten

thousand words in his description!

Now he understood the reason for his ranking—there had been no breakthrough in his realm as he

grew older. However, in the Talent Roll, there were over a hundred factors that contributed to the final

ranking, such as the most powerful opponent a warrior had killed recently, talent, realm crossing, and

so on.

The fighting capacity to kill masters at higher realms and age accounted for sixty percent of the total

points.

'I need to kill a strong cultivator at the middle stage of the Wonder Realm to refresh my ranking. Once I

enter the top 500, I need to go to Talent City in the North Desert to challenge the strong cultivators, '

Darren thought.

Then, Darren checked the elaborate information about the cultivators ranked below 100.

"Hum? A man who is twenty-two years old and at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm. He killed a

strong cultivator at the top level of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. How is it possible that he is

just ranked 200th on the Talent Roll?" Darren was surprised.