CHAPTER 334 A PERIOD OF GETTING CALMED DOWN (PART TWO)

"I... will... fuck... you!" yelled the Water Kylin with a woeful shriek. The pain was so harsh that he cried

with tears rushing down his eyes toward the ground.

"I will never forget this, Finley. How dare you spray salt on my wounds? You're a dead man. I swear I

will never forgive you! You must repay multiple times than what I am experiencing today. My god, that

really hurts!" shouted the Water Kylin in desperate craziness. He then passed out amidst his wailing.

"Stupid beast! The salt is an excellent way to enhance your physical strength. You should thank me

that the idea came into my mind all of a sudden. Your body will become as solid as iron and steel after

that pain. You owe me your gratitude, man! Don't be such an ungrateful ass!" murmured Finley

seriously. Then he left to collect more salt.

At the same time, when all these funny things were happening, Darren was wandering about aimlessly

in the Ancient Void Battlefield like a ghost.

He had gone so far that he came to a place he hadn't visited before. Everything in that place was new

to his eyes, even the feel of the gentle breeze that touched his skin. "What is this place? I've never

seen such a place here in the Ancient Void Battlefield before!" As he was wondering, a cave with a dim

light inside caught Darren's attention.

As the controller of the Ancient Void Battlefield, Darren knew every sand and stone in the area with his

spiritual sense. To his amazement, however, he hadn't noticed this cave before.

Seized by curiosity, Darren walked into the cave without hesitation.

A gentle force at the entrance stopped him from advancing any further. Though the energy was as soft

and calm as water, Darren was unable to ward it off, no matter how hard he had tried. The special force

startled him to the point that he was so eager to know where it came from.

"It's weird! I'm the one that controls and owns the whole land. What kind of restriction spell can stop me

in my domain?"

Asking that question to himself, Darren felt puzzled. Though he was comparatively weak in his

controlling power over the Ancient Void Battlefield, he could not afford to miss such an act of

trespassing—if this was one. He had never failed in detecting and controlling things within the

battlefield before.

The gentle force successfully stopped Darren from accessing the cave. This intensified his curiosity

and his intention of going inside.

He then rallied every bit of the force of control and all his other powers and launched a violent attack at

the unseen force at the entrance. He was determined to get inside the cave.

Like rivers running into the sea, however, all his forces disappeared the moment they collided with the

mysterious power at the entrance.

"What the hell? What's going on here? This cave is so strange!" shouted Darren with amazement. His

eagerness to explore the mysterious cave intensified right at that moment.

Although Darren had failed in breaking the restriction force, he still sensed that something strange was

lurking inside the cave. It seemed that there was a peculiar aura emitting from the mysterious force,

which, to his surprise, made him feel extremely comfortable and peaceful as if he were basking under

the warm sunshine.

Persistent as he was, Darren tried various means to attack the mysterious force. But all of them failed

to break the strange soft force. At last, Darren was so exhausted that he gave up and sat on the

ground.

As he was seated and rummaging the back of his mind to get inside the cave, the air around him

stirred.

A white shadow appeared by his side after a flash and spoke, "Don't waste your time and energy. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

There's no way you can break through the restriction force." Finley's voice was heard. The warrior had

followed Darren when he sensed his attack. He thought that he was in trouble.

"Why did you come here?" asked Darren with curiosity. "Have you found this place before?" he added.

"Nope. Actually, I have no interest in visiting such a weird place. I know it from the Shadow Emperor's

memory. You know, the Shadow Emperor is in me. So I have some memories of him in my mind. He

has been here numerous times and has tried every conceivable means in an attempt to access the

cave. But he failed. Even the Shadow Emperor had to give up in the end, do you think you can enter

the cave successfully?" uttered Finley challenging Darren at the same time.

"I give up, too. The Shadow Emperor's force of control is much stronger than mine. So I can't break

through the force, considering that the Shadow Emperor failed in the first place." Casting a distant look

at the mountains afar, Darren's determination and confidence extinguished after hearing Finley's words.

"The Shadow Emperor speculated that his original body must have constructed this cave after he had

become the holy warrior. He thought that this cave might house plenty of valuable things. Maybe when

your force of control grows to a holy warrior's level someday, or in the future, you can shatter the

mysterious force and enter into the cave. But, thinking about it, the unseen force might be destroyed

without a high controlling authority, as this world has lost its former owner and welcomed a new one,"

suggested Finley. He was saying that, according to the memories from the Shadow Emperor.

Seeing some sense on Finley's point, Darren nodded. Since there was nothing he could do, for now, he

had to wait for his force of control to grow. Then, maybe he could give it another try by then.

A warrior's force of control had a very close connection with the levels of martial arts. Darren was just a

warrior in the Wonder Realm in the Ancient Void Battlefield. That meant he was still weak in his force of

control inside the battlefield.

Therefore, to improve his force of control, he had to adjust the level of his martial arts accordingly. If

Darren was able to reach the middle stage of the Wonder Realm in the outside world, he would be at

the level of the middle stage of the Wonder Realm in the Ancient Void Battlefield as well.

With that idea in mind, Darren stayed in the Ancient Void Battlefield. Here he had spent three years

practicing his martial arts. But the three years just equaled to over ten days in the outside world as time

in the Ancient Void Battlefield flowed much more slowly than in the outside world. The three years in

the Ancient Void Battlefield had brought peace to Darren's mind. He was grateful that he recalled less

and less the bad memory of that day. He would be even more thankful if he would forget all of it as time

went by.

In a couple of days, the appointment on the third day of the seventh lunar month between Darren and

Bryan would commence. Looking forward to that day, Darren decided to leave the battlefield as he

must face his duty and destiny. When he was fully set and prepared, he flew out of the Ancient Void

Battlefield.