CHAPTER 251 THE BLADE AND SWORD ARRAY (PART TWO)

"Why don't we just get this over with? Less talk, more action!" Darren countered smoothly.

He then disappeared and within the blink of an eye, he reappeared right behind the man. But that was

not the only trick he had up his sleeve. Upon revealing himself, Darren also released his strongest

blade and sword intents. It was no less a surprise attack towards the unprepared young man.

"What the..." the young man cried out in shock.

Not only had Darren's sudden disappearance caught him off guard, but the sensation of the stronger

blow of the blade and sword intents had surprised him as well. Contrary to all his expectations,

Darren's blade and sword intents level was apparently higher than his own.

"It is impossible. I saw clearly that you are in the beginning of premium blade and sword intent. How

the hell did you increase your strength to such a high level within a few minutes?" he wondered aloud.

As Darren's blade and sword intents reached him, the young man struggled to block them with his

blade and sword arms.

"You will never know my secret!" Darren proclaimed, not offering an explanation. And then once again,

he transformed into a black shadow and rushed towards the man.

The truth was Darren's blade and sword intents used to be no match for that of this world. That also

explained why he felt so much pressure and oppression in dealing with the young man's blade and

sword array in the beginning.

But now, after he had sacrificed all his phantoms and finally defeated the young man's blade and sword

array, his own blade and sword intents had increased to such a great extent in a short period of time.

He now had the ability to win against the young man. The fight became more and more interesting as

the scales began tipping to Darren's favor. It was now the young man's turn to feel suppressed under

the attack of Darren's blade and sword intents.

However, the man could not bring himself to admit his inferiority as his pride didn't allow him to. "Well, I

admit that I underestimated you, but you are still going to die!" the man shouted as he floated upwards,

his long and thick hair whipping around his face. He opened his mouth and yelled out a battle cry.

"Legendary martial skill: Wind Chasing Sword!"

Upon activating his legendary sword skill, the man continued to release his blade skill. "Legendary

martial skill: Silver Lunar Blade!" he added and began striking towards Darren with a much stronger

force.

Both the blade and sword skills were released to their highest states. The effect of the combined strikes

was comparable to a devastating tornado, which was evidently much more terrifying than the previous

blade and sword array.

Noting that his successful barrage of attacks had managed to effectively weaken Darren and suppress

his power, the young man started to relax and act little cocky. "You don't know that one can overcome

the suppression of the blade and sword intents with the help of the outstanding martial skills, do you? I

am teaching you a good lesson today," he gloated, looking all smug. Darren paid no heed to his

provocation and continued to strike back at him. As compared to the situation back then, the legendary

martial skill had impressively replenished the disadvantageous feature of the blade and sword intents.

The wind of the fight once again started to blow towards the young man. The situation was starting to

become a little negative for Darren.

Looking at how hard Darren was trying to deal with his blade and sword intents that had just been

propelled by his legendary martial skills, the young man's morale was boosted even more. "I have to exclusive content.

say, you are indeed a genius. You not only destroyed my blade and sword array and threatened me,

but you also impressed me by upgrading your level in such a short time. I cannot think of a second

person who has this ability. If you had lived in my time, you were destined to be a true superior talent,"

the young man complimented.

He then began moving towards Darren, preparing to give Darren a final blow to end the fight once and

for all.

Darren knew that the young man had a point in some respects as the legendary martial skills he had

demonstrated truly amplified the strength of the blade and sword intents. He admitted that it caused

him more pressure than ever. But this was not the time to falter. Noting that this was the critical moment

that would define whether he lived or not, he regained his composure and tried to turn the tables

around.

"Regardless of the blade and sword intents, I am wondering what will happen if your legendary martial

skill gets confronted by my talent skill?" Darren said, his eyes meeting the young man's.

He then activated his skill and released hundreds of phantoms that looked exactly like him. He ordered

them to strike the young man with all their might.

"Seriously? You know what happened to the last phantoms you fought my blade and sword array with,

right? If my blade and sword array can eliminate them rather easily, what makes you think they stand a

chance against my legendary martial skill?" the young man taunted sarcastically. It seemed to him as if

Darren was doing it in vain and the skill was the only superior skill that Darren could think of. From the

previous fight, he had the impression that the strengths of those phantoms were on par with his blade

and sword array, which meant they were nothing near his legendary martial skills considering the array

was just one of his ordinary skills.

"I know they were all extinguished while destroying your array. But who knows? I have other tricks I can

play with that skill. Would you like to see them?" Darren had the nerve to laugh as he set his skills in

motion.

Hundreds of phantoms reappeared again and stood behind him like a group of well-trained, disciplined

army that waited for their commander's order. Darren then closed his eyes and began to take the skill

up to a higher level. Shortly after that, the phantoms began to collide with each other, two phantoms

gradually merging into one big phantom. This doubled the strength of each phantom.

This wasn't all, though.

With a racket of clattering and roaring sounds, all of the phantoms began crowding towards Darren,

building him into a ginormous supernatural being.

Noting that his skill had reached its most powerful state, Darren began to move towards the young

man. By this time, he had gotten tremendously huge that as he moved, cracks in the sky appeared and

the entire atmosphere vibrated. It was as if a deadly earthquake had struck, tearing the whole land

mercilessly.

All this time, the young man watched with his mouth agape in wonder. Never in his wildest imagination

had he ever thought that there existed a person who could have the ability to combine all his phantoms

together and create such a gigantic, otherworldly strong creature, and yet there he was. As powerful as

he was, his legendary martial skill now looked completely useless in the face of such an enormous

Darren. The giant was at least a hundred times bigger than what he used to be.

Although the young man released all his legendary martial skills without reservations, they did not bring

him any luck. Darren just waved them away with one hand and then struck the young man using his

blade and sword intents.

It was a solid combination of blade and sword intents and hundreds of phantoms. No matter how one

looked at it, there was just simply no way the young man could stand up to such a mighty blow. In a

split second, he was smashed into a thousand pieces. Blood spattered everywhere, but even that didn't

last long as traces of him disintegrated into thin air.

Outside Ancient Void Battlefield, the battlefield guardian was paying close attention to their fight.

Now that the fight had ended with Darren's victory, he finally sighed with relief.

From the beginning, when he found out that the defender of the ninth space was the man with blade

and sword arms, he thought that there was no hope of breaking through that space.

But now, Darren's excellent performance and impressive victory brought him vigor and great

appreciation. He would have cried out in excitement if he wasn't a spiritual intent at the moment.

It was said that till now, only about twenty people from hundreds of thousands of fighters had been able

to break through the ninth space of the Ancient Void Battlefield and got into the tenth space. It was with

great joy that he realized Darren was now one of them.

The previous people who had the ability to break through the ninth space were either fighters with the

power of grand warriors, or someone who had the prominent defensive object to protect himself while

marching forward.

Unlike them, Darren neither had an outstanding skill nor had proper protective equipment. He even

started his fight facing the huge oppression from the ninth space defender's blade and sword array. But

no matter how hard it was, he succeeded. He made it through using his wits, perseverance, and will

power.

"He is indeed a potential genius. I never thought this day would come, but now I have hope... and I'm

placing it in his hands," the Ancient Void Battlefield guardian said with a smile. As Darren still had other

tests to go through, the guardian spent one last moment appreciating the miracle that just happened

and then continued watching Darren's journey with bated breath.