CHAPTER 291 SEVEN-HOLY FRUIT

"That's all I wanted to say. Could you do me this favor?" Grand Blood Refiner asked as he sighed

deeply.

Darren remained silent for a few moments and then replied, "Sir, I cannot do it."

"It looks like you still don't believe me." Grand Blood Refiner was bitterly disappointed. He went on, "I

see. Well then, you may leave."

"Sir, you have misunderstood my words," Darren said, getting on his feet. "What I meant was that we

don't have the abilities to help you find the Primitive Stones containing the Life Rule right now."

"That's right, sir! I definitely want to help you, but our strength is nowhere enough to help you find the

Primitive Stones. On top of that, we are not familiar with the surroundings either. We will most likely get

lost in this place. There is nothing we can do for you, sir," Tom said, also getting up from the stone

chair. He was moved by what Grand Blood Refiner had said.

"Oh! I mistook your words!" A look of joy spread across his face and he continued, "You don't need to

worry about your current strength. If you are able to find enough Seven-holy Fruits, you can get rid of

the repressive power of the Raksa Sea. After that, it will become easier for you to fight."

Grand Blood Refiner took out two white fruits and said, "I already have two fruits. But this is not enough

to have any significant effect on the repressive power. Commit to your mind what the fruit looks like and

collect as many as you can."

He looked at them for a few seconds and then nodded as he continued, "I can't be here for too long. If

you two are willing to help me, you may take these two fruits with you. When you find the Primitive

Stones, send out your spiritual sense. When I sense it, I will come to you. Thank you for your help."

Saying so, he withdrew his domain. The next moment, he turned into Robb.

Darren and Tom took the fruits from his hands and promised that they would try their best to collect

more fruits. After that, the Grand Blood Refiner left in a hurry.

"Alas, I didn't expect that Grand Blood Refiner had suffered a lot as well." Tom fumed, seething with

anger.

Darren slightly shook his head at Tom's naivety. With a faint smile on his lips, he said, "Tom, how exclusive content.

innocent you are to believe everything he said."

"Huh?" Tom turned to Darren with a look of surprise on his face. "Are you saying he was lying to us?

That sounds highly unlikely. It would have been a piece of cake for him to kill us right away. Why did he

have to say all those things to us?"

"He mentioned that his power is restrained in here, and that he can't find the Primitive Stones by

himself. We would have been no use to him if he kill us. Since he really wants to get his hands on the

Primitive Stones, he need our help. He have to leave us alive," Darren explained.

"So, you're saying that he is using us to his own ends?" Tom asked. Darren nodded in response. Tom

gritted his teeth and then wondered out loud, "Why do you think he asked us for help and not anyone

else? It seemed to me that he was mainly asking for your help! It's strange." Tom suddenly realized that

the whole situation was weird.

"I don't know. But I do know that even if what he said was all true, he still wouldn't be the same person

he was when we get the Primitive Stones. It will be difficult to foretell, seeing that we don't know what

kind of person he is right now. You should keep in mind that several superior talents have died because

of him," Darren replied.

"You are right. We can't be too careful." Tom nodded in agreement with a serious look on his face.

"I was too naive to believe all that crap," Tom admitted with a bitter smile on his face.

"That's okay. That trait is both your advantage and disadvantage. If not, you wouldn't have got so many

good friends," Darren said with a wink. "Let's go, Tom. We should find the Primitive Stones now. We

can decide whether we should give them to the Grand Blood Refiner later. I have space treasures. I

can keep the Primitive Stones in my Space Ring. So even if he gives chase, he won't be able to get the

stones unless I'm willing to give him." Darren's face broke into a smile and he walked into the forest.

Tom followed him.

They walked for a while. "Shush!"

Darren turned around and gestured for Tom to keep quiet.

"What is it?" Tom walked up to him and asked in a whisper.

"It's the border mutant." There was a large plot of land in front of them. Two strange double-headed

men were taking a nap under a big tree. As Darren took a better look at the tree, he saw that there

were numerous white fruits hanging on its branches.

"So many Seven-holy Fruits!" Tom felt giddy with excitement and couldn't keep his voice down.

"Who's there?!" The noise awoke the two-headed man. They had particularly acute senses and could

perceive even the slightest movement.

"Huh? Doesn't look like anyone is around. You are alarmed all the time," said the other two-headed

man, waking up from his sleep. He leaned forward and listened carefully, but found nothing out of

place. He said, "It's probably just some damned human beings; you are overreacting to them. It is such

a dead boring job to guard this damn tree."

Hearing that, the other man let his guard down and echoed, "True. I heard that our leader got his hands

on a nice woman. He must be having fun somewhere, and in the meantime, we are stuck in this damn

place, staring blankly at a big dull tree. I'm pretty sure that our leader did it on purpose to torture us."

Darren and Tom hid silently in the bush as they carefully listened to their conversation.

"Darren, let's move now. Once we get the Seven-holy Fruit, we can regain our cultivation base and kill

those two-headed men easily." Tom stood close to Darren and used his spiritual sense to telepathically

rely his message to Darren.

"No, we can't risk it. These two seem pretty strong. They are at level five of the Mysterious Realm. If we

get into a fight with them now, it will attract the other's attention," Darren calmly analyzed. Darren's

current strength was only at the third level of the Mysterious Realm. After putting a lot of effort into his

practice, Tom had finally improved his strength and was now at the first level of the Mysterious Realm.

If they fought the two-headed men at the moment, they were virtually doomed.

"You are right," Tom agreed. "So, what do we do?"

"I have an idea," Darren suggested. "I'm fast. I can lure them away from the tree. When they are out of

the way, you go and pick as many Seven-holy Fruits as you can. After you absorb the fruits and get

your strength back, come and help me kill them. What do you think?"

"Sounds like a good plan. But, be careful and hang in there till I come. I will get to you as soon as I

recover my strength."

They quickly nodded to each other and went in different directions.

Darren bolted through the bush and wielded his sword towards the men. Tom stayed put and waited for

the right timing.

The two-headed men looked at him in surprise. One of them said, "A human? You go and kill that

bastard. I will stay here and guard the tree!"

Darren staggered and thought, 'Shit! They are not as dumb as I expected them to be. The two heads

are really doing them some good.' Tom snorted. The men were not that stupid after all. One of them

chased after Darren, and the other one stayed put.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Darren ran through the bushes. Since only one of them was chasing after him, he didn't know what to

do next.

He knew that Tom would not dare to pick the Seven-holy Fruits with the other one watching over the

tree. The only thing he could do now was to lure the two-headed man away, so that they would not

send out an alarm.

"You bastard, stop right there!" The two-headed man was strong and he was also quite fast.

When they were a fine distance away from the tree, Darren slowed down on purpose and waited for the

man to catch up with him.

"Domain!" When the two-headed man was about to catch him, without hesitation, Darren used his

Blade and Sword Domain.

In the blink of an eye, the intense power of the blade and sword intent settled over the two-headed

man. He was totally dumbfounded, trembling in sheer terror. The mutant wanted to run, but he couldn't

move a muscle. He felt as though there were numerous blades and swords pressed against his body.

Since Darren's Blade and Sword Domain was restrained at the moment, it was way less powerful than

it usually was. Darren couldn't kill him with one blow, so he decided to nicely frighten him first.

Seeing that the two-headed man was in a complete panic, Darren split himself into eight avatars and

attacked him from all directions.

Bang!

With a look of terror on his face, the two-headed man randomly lunged his fist at Darren's avatars. In a

split second, four avatars broke down into pieces.

Darren tried his best to turn on the Blade and Sword Domain and undergo the demonic transformation.

When the two-headed man continued to panic, Darren directed his sword towards the man's head.

With a loud thud, Darren's sword reached the man's head.

"Shit! You were messing with me," the two-headed man said as he was paralyzed with shock.

"Too late." Darren's cold voice echoed through his ears. But before the mutant could struggle, his two

heads fell to the ground.

"Real battle does not rely only on brute force; you should use your brains as well. You had two, but still

lost." Darren's voice was as cold as ice. He kicked the man's heads out of the way. The man lying on

the ground could not hear those words anymore.