CHAPTER 250 THE BLADE AND SWORD ARRAY (PART ONE)

As it emerged, the piercing blade and sword swirl began wrapping Darren in its circle and gave him

ghastly, unbearable suppression. He could barely secure his footing so he started to stagger

backwards. The sound of his bones creaking from oppression was audible despite the roaring and

rumbling sound of the strong winds.

Although he was now in the shape of a fiend, Darren felt it difficult to withstand such a lethal blow.

Confronting such a mighty opponent, he thought he had better demonstrate his most powerful skill in

order to get through this test. Hunching up his back, he bent down and transformed into an arch-

shaped black torrent. In a trice, the torrent rushed towards the depths of the swirl that was composed of

countless revolving blades and swords with full force.

At the same time, the defender of the ninth space ordered his blades and swords to attack Darren who

had now transformed into a violent torrent. It seemed as if a deadly storm of blades and swords had

struck, and there were millions of them charging towards Darren from all directions.

"Blood Dragon Phantom!" Darren yelled, the veins in his neck visibly popping from the effort it took to

wield his powers.

Realizing that he did not have much of an advantage over the attacks by so many blades and swords,

he decided to put his best skill into action.

As for the Blood Dragon Phantom, he could now create hundreds of avatars almost effortlessly. It was

not surprising that Darren was able to demonstrate such an expertise as his skill had improved a lot

during his tests earlier.

Activating his Blood Dragon Phantom, hundreds of black torrent phantoms suddenly appeared and

sped towards the depths of the blade and sword swirl abreast with him.

"What the hell!" the space defender exclaimed as he hovered in the distant sky.

When Darren felt that this fight was by far the most crucial part of the whole challenge, the space

defender also marveled at his strength.

The minute Darren's black torrent and his phantoms disappeared in the blade and sword swirl, the

atmosphere suddenly became eerily quiet and even the original roaring of the swirl dissipated into

absolute silence.

But this peace only lasted for a few minutes and soon enough, the unusual, extremely severe tussle

began.

Like the claiming of a territory and the struggle between heads of different animal groups, none of the

both sides seemed to yield to the other. Every now and then, the blinding light of the blade and sword

swirl was replaced by the black light that Darren's torrent generated and made it look as if there were

hollow gaps cracking in the golden light of the swirl.

The fight had gotten tremendously intense now that both sides had decided to engage in it one

hundred percent.

Sporadically, some of the torrent phantoms got defeated and extinguished by the blades and swords in

the swirl while the others had succeeded to vanquish and eliminate the latter. It was made noticeable

by the discoloration of the swirl.

After a long time since the crazy and fierce fight commenced, the earsplitting sound of the tussle finally

trailed off as most of the blades and swords and Darren's phantoms were taken out in battle. In the

end, the sky reverted to its original clear appearance, while the earth below was filled with countless

giant craters from the lethal strikes of the fight. Only a black shadow of a man now could be seen

standing erect in the sky.

"You are indeed a worthy opponent. I am impressed that you have the ability to break through my blade

and sword array," the guardian of the ninth space said, his voice reverberating in the air.

Almost simultaneously, another black shadow of a man appeared and stood facing the man that

survived the fight.

There was no doubt that the black shadow was none other than Darren himself and the other black

shadow was the ninth space guardian who had controlled and channeled that blade and sword swirl.

Darren's shadow vanished instantly at the sight of his opponent's appearance, and he reverted back

into his natural human look.

"Are you the space defender?" he inquired.

The black shadow gradually became clear and revealed a young man with thick black hair. To Darren's

surprise, the man had no arms and hands. Instead, he had a blade hanging down his left shoulder and

a sword hanging down his right. It was a bizarre sight.

"Yes, I am," the young man confirmed. He sounded like he was a born killer, for a strong aura of blade

and sword intents was being emitted from him as he spoke.

"I honestly didn't expect you to be this strong. I was quite surprised when you showed me that you had

the ability to destroy my array. To be honest, you are the first man who has ever seen me in many

years," he said with a hint of awe and respect.

His words confused Darren. He raised a brow and asked, "Why is that?"

A small smile formed on the young man's lips. "For many years, I haven't seen any challengers who

cultivate the blade and sword skills simultaneously like you do, and you even break through my blade

and sword array. Most of them didn't even reach this point. They were either dead, injured, or hopeless.

Some retreated before they could even face me, and I didn't bother showing myself to them. But you...

you are different. That is why you are able to see me today. We have a fight to carry on.

I am very much impressed by your excellent performance just now. However, you are doomed to fail,

and I'm afraid you cannot enter the tenth space because no matter what you do, you will be defeated

by me. That is the truth," the man said matter-of-factly. Darren frowned. Although he was aware that

passing through the test was going to be this difficult, there was no way he was going to back out and

be branded as a loser forever.

"I appreciate the compliment, but you can't be sure of the fight's results just yet. I think that's rather

stupid of you," Darren said coolly. The smile on the young man's face turned into something icy and

dangerous.

"If I am not mistaken, the skill you have just demonstrated is the strongest skill you have achieved so

far. It's not an exaggeration for me to conclude that your current strength can only allow you to defeat

my blade and sword array. I have skills that are much more powerful than that. Do you think you can

handle them?" he asked, challenging Darren with a mischievous light in his eyes.

Darren snorted, trying to mask his anger. Thinking of how hard the fight was just now and how all his

phantoms were sacrificed fighting the young man's blades and swords, he could only grow angry at

himself for acknowledging that there was some truth in his opponent's words. "Don't be so sure!" he

exclaimed, regaining his composure and confidence. "I have met people who are more arrogant and

haughty than you. But each time, I emerge as the winner. Don't you think there's a reason why I'm right

here, standing in front of you? I don't care if you are just a spiritual intent. I won't let you get in my way.

Not now, not ever," Darren declared firmly.

His resolution was palpable. Giving up was never an option for him.

"You want to force me to fight you, then?" The young man laughed humorlessly. In order to intimidate exclusive content.

Darren and put out his fiery passion, he released a gust of formidable blade and sword intents. He

aimed it towards Darren.

However, Darren was not one to take this little threat to heart.