CHAPTER 445 CAPTURE ETHAN

When Darren approached, he hid somewhere hundreds of meters away to better observe the situation.

He held his breath and hid his aura.

Since he obtained the skill to conceal his aura together with his strong Spirit Power and the ring given

by the old man in red robe which could help him hide his aura, no matter how powerful a martial artist

or a rule cultivator would be, he could not sense his existence. That skill was priceless.

"My lord, please tell me, what do you want me to do?" Ethan asked respectfully, while still down on his

knees.

Even Ethan, who was a two-star grand warrior at the top level, looked humble before the man in black.

It seemed that the status and power of the man in black was not low.

"Humph. Ethan, after I saved you, you promised me that you would pay me 1, 000 souls. Where are

they now huh?" the man in black griped, looking down at the prostrated Ethan.

Though the voice of the man in black robe was just slightly loud, Ethan was, on the other hand,

dripping cold sweat from his forehead, and frightened.

"My lord, I have just recently recovered from my wounds, so the number hasn't reached 1, 000. Please

give me a few more days and you'll have your heart's desire," Ethan eagerly pleaded as he made a

kowtow to the man in black, looking like a lost puppy.

"Well. It is very sensible of you. I will give you another three days. If you still can't give me 1, 000 souls,

you shall suffer dire consequences. Have I made myself clear?

And I must remind you. Don't expect to flee. You must be certain of the thing I planted deep in your NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

soul. If you flee, you will be in more pain! I hope that's clear now!" the man in black said in a gloomy

tone before disappearing as his body thinned out. He simply vanished into the air.

"Damn! Damn!"

Ethan roared in fury, trembling from head to foot. He smashed a boulder hard with his palm and kicked

another with his foot from the frustration.

"What did I do wrong? What? First, I was driven by the legendary beast of the little bastard. After I was

saved, I encountered the evil cultivator. It's unbelievably outrageous! In balance, it is all Darren's fault

really! He is a total bastard!" Ethan shouted, grinding his teeth in anger, hatred filling his heart, and

shooting through his eyes.

Seeing the entire scene and hearing Ethan's words, Darren realized that the man in black was an evil

cultivator, but he couldn't be certain whether he belonged to the Red Inferno Sect or not. He must think

of something.

"Damn Ethan. He has even been reduced to a flunky of an evil cultivator. In this way, I shall not let him

off," Darren muttered to himself. "It won't be an easy ride for you, Ethan," Darren continued.

Darren heard that the man in black asked Ethan to collect 1, 000 powerful souls. To put it simply, in

order to accomplish the task, Ethan had to kill 1, 000 people. Darren had decided to wipe him out

before he conducted this evildoing. How he was going to do that was still under consideration.

However, Darren didn't summon the Water Kylin out to do that. Though this place was covert, it was

near the populated area. If he alerted people around here or the evil cultivators who had secretly

hidden here, he would cause unnecessary trouble. He had to think of a better idea.

Considering this, Darren tailed Ethan when he left, waiting for an opportunity to kill him, the slightest

chance.

After Darren had followed Ethan for quite some time, Ethan suddenly flew towards the outside of the

city. Along his way, he was close to people's sphere of activity, so Darren didn't want to risk taking any

action.

But Darren knew for certain due to the man in black's vexed voice, Ethan would not delay to kill

someone.

Flying behind Ethan, Darren arrived at a barren village hundreds of miles away from the city. Suddenly

they both stopped.

Ethan grimly smiled and took out a crystal bead as if he was sensing something. After a short while, the

bead gave off a beam of white light irradiating a house in the village. The beam of white light was very

powerful.

"Ha-ha. Thanks to the guard, this bead is so useful. With this bead, it is easy for me to find powerful

souls, ha-ha," Ethan boasted, looking in the direction of the white light. Finally, his mood was boosted

due to the bead and its white light.

Whistle! Whistle!

Ethan sped up and in a flash disappeared from the place where he was standing. One second he was

there and the next he was gone.

"Ah."

A woman's heartrending cry bellowed out.

Until now, Darren realized that things were in shambles as Ethan had killed the woman who had done

nothing to him.

"That damn bastard, how cruel he is to slaughter an innocent villager. What a heinous monster he is!"

Darren growled. Instead of concealing himself even further, he flew in Ethan's direction at full speed, for

a challenge.

When he reached the door of a peasant household, he saw in the yard a dead man and woman lying in

a pool of blood.

"Wah-Wah. Wah-Wah."

A baby's cry came deep from the dilapidated house. Blood was everywhere.

"My lord, please spare my grandson's life. He is a newborn baby. Please let him off. I beg you, my

lord," an old, frail, shaky and terrified voice urged.

"He has such a powerful soul. If I let him off, who will let me off? You must be dreaming. Ha-ha," Ethan

said evilly, staring hideously at the crying baby, without any compassion whatsoever.

"I...I'll fight it out with you! I...I'll fight you!" the old woman desperately called out. Regardless of her

terror and the amount of blood she lost, in order to protect her grandson, she rushed to Ethan and

gnawed at his skin, biting his leg.

However, the body of the grand warrior was extremely hard so that the woman's only remaining teeth

broke into pieces. As a result, she helplessly collapsed onto the ground in defeat.

"You damn woman, go to hell! Go to hell!"

Ethan thundered as he maneuvered his hand to hit the old woman. He did not see what was coming.

Boom!

All of a sudden, a formidable blade and sword intent darted into Ethan. It took him by great surprise.

Careless and heedless, Ethan did not notice Darren's existence and his hands were bombed fiercely

by the sudden blade and sword intent, and were badly mutilated. Naturally, the baby fell from Ethan's

hands.

Whistle!

Darren flashed out and caught the baby before it hit the ground and got hurt. Meanwhile, he held the

old woman up and transmitted some spiritual energy into her body in order to make her feel a bit

stronger.

"Take the baby and hurry, leave now," Darren said as he carefully and gently passed the baby over to

the old woman.

The old woman was stunned at first, and then she nodded to Darren and took the baby before she

hurriedly ran out.

Since Ethan found out that it was Darren, he didn't go out to chase them. He chose to fight this battle.

"It's you! I see,"

Ethan growled, glaring and staring hard at Darren.

"How would you like to die today?" Darren asked in a chilly voice, totally ignoring Ethan's fury.

Ethan's heart skipped a beat. Instantly, he released his spiritual sense to check the situation. To his

relief, he sensed that there was no aura of the legendary beast around Darren. He relaxed.

"Ha-ha. You little bastard, how dare you seek your doom alone? Don't you know who you're up

against? Good. I will fulfill your wish today," Ethan threatened with excitement in his heart, and blood

running in his veins.

"Are you sure you can even do that? You are even much worse than a beast!"

Darren roared. In fact, with his current power, he couldn't afford to slaughter a two-star grand warrior at

the top level. He must be careful. Therefore, without hesitation, Darren summoned the Water Kylin out.

"Roar!"

the Water Kylin howled indignantly at the sight of Ethan. He did not want to see him again!

"You villain. How dare you appear before me? Well. I will tear you to pieces! And that is a promise!"

Ethan was taken aback for a moment for he had never expected that the Water Kylin would come out

of nowhere. He was almost frightened and about to collapse on the ground.

"My...my lord, please, please spare my life,"

Ethan begged for the Water Kylin's mercy. He even had no courage to escape, his legs weak and limp,

kneeling down on the ground.

"Spare your life you say? You beast, you even defected to an evil cultivator. How dare you want to kill a

newborn baby? You don't deserve to be a man, let alone a grand warrior! "

Darren bellowed in anger.

"My lord, I have no choice, no choice. My lord, please spare me, please," Ethan said and started

crying.

"Don't quibble to me!

You once did me harm. And for this crime alone, I could sentence you to death," the Water Kylin

shouted, not caring for Ethan's begging. Swiftly, he hit Ethan with his claw with all his might.

Crack!

The bones all over Ethan's body were smashed. However, he didn't die. It was torturous.

With blood flowing on the ground, Ethan wailed painfully, as he was paralyzed on the ground.

Lifting his big claw, the Water Kylin prepared to kill him, but Darren jutted in and stopped him.

"That's enough. Keep him alive. I have something I need to ask him,"

Darren said. Upon hearing Darren's words, the Water Kylin withdrew his claw.

"Tell me the truth Ethan. Who is that man in black? And why did he ask you to collect souls?" Darren

questioned Ethan in a loud voice.

Tears and blood flowing from his eyes, Ethan suddenly burst into grotesque laughter and said, "You

little bastard, you have tailed me. Huh? Since I will die, why should I tell you? Don't you ever dream of

getting any information from me!"

Realizing that he was doomed, Ethan became even more strong-willed rather than beg for mercy.