CHAPTER 255 STRENGTH OF A GRAND WARRIOR

"Will you listen to my story? Really?" Denise said as she burst into tears.

"No, I'd better not tell you. I would probably just blabber on then you'll get annoyed and ignore me." Her

brows furrowed together in worry.

"No, I swear I won't. I promise I'll listen to your every single word," Darren said, staring intently at

Denise.

"Well, forget it. I'm not real, anyway." Denise gave out a sigh. "I'm just a wisp of spiritual intent. You're

going to leave no matter if you win or lose. I'll be alone. It won't make any difference even if I tell you or

not.

Unless..." She smiled bitterly.

"Unless what?" Darren raised his eyebrows

"Unless you get me out of this place. Will you do it? I mean, will you get me out of here if you pass the

thirteenth test?" There was very little possibility of it happening, but she still wanted to air out her

thoughts and feelings. She liked the feeling of having hope.

"You're asking me if I can get you out if I pass the thirteenth test? Sure. Okay. I promise I'll get you out."

Darren's voice was firm and his eyes were full of sincerity.

Denise's heart was filled with warmth as she heard Darren's words. She gave him a smile that reached

her eyes and said, "Thank you for saying that. I'm glad to know that you're willing to do that for me.

Alright, come on. Let's get on with this so we can finish quickly." Denise' face became serious.

"Darren, you know that I won't be able to control myself once I begin. I want you to try your best to

defeat me and even break through the thirteenth space," she said, reminding him before she went into

combat mode.

Now that he understood why she didn't start the fight at the beginning. Once she started, she would

spare no effort to defeat her opponent.

Darren was beginning to sympathize with her. She was too lonely all the time.

But she had become a guardian now. Darren knew what he had to do.

Within the next few seconds, Denise started to change into a completely different person. Darren could

sense her internal force and spiritual aura; it was much stronger than that of any other guardian he had

ever met in the Ancient Void Battlefield. It was close to the aura of a grand warrior.

'What in the world happened to her?'

Darren was still somewhat taken aback by Denise's strength. However, he had now reached the middle

stage of the Wonder Realm; with the help of his skills, he would perhaps not lose the game.

Darren activated his demonic transformation skill.

His demonic internal force rushed out with his sword and blade intent. Denise was so strong, so he had

to use his strongest weapons to fight against her.

While he was still deciding on what skills to use, Denise's palm came down on him with the force of a

mountain falling from the sky. His demonic internal force, together with his sword and blade intent, were

instantly destroyed.

'She's so powerful!' Darren couldn't help being in awe by her strength.

He knew that it was impossible for him to stand against that palm, so he activated the Wind Rule and

pushed himself aside to avoid being hit.

Boom!

The palm crashed down onto the ground right where Darren was just a few seconds ago. He felt the

ground shake and cracks appeared on the ground where the palm hit.

'Is this the strength of a grand warrior? I've never seen a palm skill this powerful.' Darren could

remember the fight between Scott and the man in black armor. Facing off in a fight against a grand

warrior himself, he soon realized how horrible that power really was.

Strong as Scott was, he was still defeated.

"So weak!" Denise said in a cold voice. She looked more aggressive than ever.

Darren didn't say anything back and instead just got ready to fight back.

"Blade and Sword Domain!" Darren activated his unique skill. His Blade and Sword Domain had been

much stronger after being improved.

"Humph!" Denise sneered at him. Darren planned to strike her with his Blade and Sword Domain, but

there was a sudden flash. She entered the range of his domain before she was even hit.

There was a loud rumble; countless sword and blade intents formed around Denise.

Once she stood inside the domain, all the sword and blade intents started bombarding her from all

directions.

With the help of the Blade and Sword Domain, the intents were much stronger than when they were

used separately.

A few moments later, Denise began to tremble. It seemed that she couldn't stand against the intents.

'It worked!' Darren was ecstatic. He did not expect that the Blade and Sword Domain would stand

against a grand warrior.

Darren continued his strikes at Denise. He moved so fast that his figure turned into a streak of light.

"Silver moon!" exclusive content.

Denise gasped lightly. Seeing Darren move so quickly made her think that she might be defeated, so

she activated her silver moon and her internal force spiked up again, numerous silver lights

surrounding her.

'How can she be so strong?' he thought to himself.

He was a bit shocked when he saw all those silver lights. He felt that they were stronger than his sword

and blade intents.

Under the glow of the silver lights, his sword and blade intents slowly vanished.

'How can I be so foolish to think that I've defeated her? I should have figured that she couldn't be

defeated so easily.'

Darren grimaced and stepped backward.

He suddenly realized that Denise was using a high level of legendary martial art skill. The power of the

skill could be increased greatly if it was used by a grand warrior.

Boom!

Darren was not able to run away from the silver lights even if he moved quickly. An incredibly powerful

ray of silver light struck him and blasted him back towards several black hills.

He landed on one of the hills. He was in extreme pain and blood was gushing out of his mouth.

He was certain that he had suffered several other injuries.

"Am I stopping at the eleventh space now?" Darren murmured to himself.

He was beginning to get discouraged to use his ultimate skill, the Blood Dragon Phantom. He felt that

even if he were to use the skill, it would still not be enough to shake off Denise.

Darren was currently the most powerful he had ever been; he could easily defeat any warrior at the

supreme stage of the Wonder Realm.

But he was still so weak in front of a grand warrior.

'Damn it!' he thought in his frustration. Darren could not come to terms with his failure.

Suddenly Darren was dragged out of the hill by Denise and was struck by her palm once again. He fell

down to the ground with a heavy thud.

"Ah!"

Darren roared angrily.

Lying helplessly on the ground, he racked his brain for ways on how to fight back.

All of a sudden, his was face illuminated as an idea crossed his mind. 'The rune papers!' Darren

suddenly remembered the reward he received after he won the first test—the five pieces of rune

papers. They could increase his abilities five hundred times.

In spite of the extreme pain he was in, he jumped up towards the sky.

"Come back here

and lose again!" Denise exclaimed.

"Are you sure about that?" Darren stared back at Denise and shouted, "Blood Dragon Phantom!"

As the name implied, Darren was able to make numerous phantoms of himself with the help of the skill;

and all said phantoms were now floating in the air.

Denise glowered at him. She then launched hundreds of shadow palms to fight against Darren's

phantoms.

At that moment, Darren activated the five rune papers with his spiritual sense.

Darren's phantoms started moving at an unimaginable speed.

Darren's abilities were increased five hundred times.

Offense, defense, recovery—everything increased five hundred times.

The five rune papers brought incredible power to Darren; no matter how strong Denise was, she

couldn't fight against all five hundred of Darren. After a while, she began to waver.

A light flashed across Denise's eyes. Her mouth was trembling in shock.

However, after a few moments, she rushed up again.

"Domain!" Her voice pierced the sky and Darren found himself, along with all his phantoms, shrouded

in darkness.

There were several loud blasts;

several of Darren's phantoms perished.

It was said that anyone could be unbeatable once inside their own Domain. Denise, with the strength of

a grand warrior, was definitely unbeatable for Darren after she used her domain skill too.