CHAPTER 536 GET MORE SPIRITUAL CRYSTALS (PART ONE)
"A real devil?" asked Darren, unfazed. "How strong a fighter is this thing? Does it have any powerful
skills?"
"It was discovered by my master somewhere in the lava of the Ancient Age," Anna explained. "By my
estimation, it should be about as strong as a human five-star grand warrior. I don't know if it has any
special skills or not."
Darren nodded, knowing that she had told him the truth, in accordance with the rules.
'I'm not sure I'd have an easy time if I tried to fight this devil now, ' he thought to himself. 'But I think I'll
have a better chance after spending a year in cultivation and training. And if I can find the time
turbulent flows, I will have more time for my cultivation. Right now, though, the most important thing for
me is to find more resources for my cultivation. Mr. Xiao told me there are spiritual crystals here on the
third floor. I must find them as soon as possible.'
Still, before Darren started hunting for the treasure, he had one more thing to ask this young girl. He
wanted to know exactly how to obtain the premium sword intent through cultivation!
If he managed to elevate his sword intent level to the premium stage or even higher, his overall
strength would also improve correspondingly.
More importantly, if Darren could also promote his blade intent to the premium stage, then his dark gold
internal force, formed by fusing the blade intent and sword intent, would also be greatly strengthened!
However, actually fusing the two intents would be a real challenge, as the Heavenly Repression caused
by the fusion would be a great threat to his life.
He quickly considered the matter. 'Mr. Xiao also told me that there are Primitive Stones on the fourth
floor, ones which contain the Heavenly Repression Rule. Even with the help of the spiritual crystals on
the third floor, I still won't be able to break through to the Grand Realm, not until I've also defeated the
fourth floor's guardian and gotten the stones.'
In Darren's Space Ring, there were only a few Primitive Stones containing the Heavenly Repression
Rule remaining. They definitely weren't sufficient for him to fuse the blade intent and the sword intent.
As such, he would have to acquire more stones from the fourth floor before he could start to worry
about the Grand Realm.
After questioning Anna further, he learned enough to practice the premium sword intent. However, he
was determined to not rush through it. He knew he would have to wait until he had enough time to get it
right.
While he was at it, Darren asked the girl where exactly the treasure was at and, finally, for more details
about the devil. Once he was armed with that information, he felt he'd be ready for just about anything.
According to Anna, the treasures on this floor had all been buried in the edge zone. But even if any
challengers made it there, they still wouldn't obtain the treasures easily, because the edge zone was
heavily guarded by what she called the ruthless creatures.
The very phrase "ruthless creatures" caught Darren's attention. He decided, therefore, to ask for some Belongs © to .
details about them.
It turned out that the ruthless creatures had been created by humans. Though in many respects they
appeared as alive as anyone, they possessed no thoughts or feelings, and could do nothing except
carry out whatever orders their creators gave them.
As he listened to Anna's description of these adversaries, Darren inferred that they were similar to the
"manipulated soldiers" that he had seen before. But the girl went on to say that almost all of the
ruthless creatures had strength equal to hers!
"Those things aren't as naive or as easy to beat as me," she snarled, her temper flaring up again.
"When they kill you, I hope nobody finds your body, you shameless bastard! Here, this will take you
right to the edge zone. Go there and die." When she was done, she produced a sheet of sheepskin,
which turned out to be a map, and threw it at Darren's face.
He caught the map without batting an eye. "Hey, young lady, I know you are upset because I defeated
you. But you really don't need to keep up all the insults, do you?
Besides, it's not such a good idea to be so mean to someone when you're not as strong as them. Is it?"
Despite how much he teased the girl, Darren wasn't at all bothered by her childish behavior, nor did he
take her curses seriously.
"Get out of my sight, you cheeky bastard!" she shot back. "You wouldn't have beaten me so easily if
you hadn't been able to sneak up on me like you did. Like I said, you're nothing but a shameless
bastard."
"I've never met someone so childish," Darren muttered with a shake of his head. By then he'd had
enough of Anna, so he flew off, following the course on the map.
The girl watched him leave and continued to scold him as he shrank into the distance. She couldn't
help but vent her anger.
"No," she said to herself at last. "I'm going to follow that brat. When he gets himself killed, I want to be
there to see it." When she thought of the strength of the ruthless creatures, she thought for sure that
Darren was going to lose badly, and be killed. As she daydreamed about this, she calmed down a little
bit.
She considered it further. There were a lot of ruthless creatures in the edge zone, not just a few. Even
Anna would find it hard to resist their attacks. But a cocky sneak like Darren, who only knew sneak
attacks? He was dead meat for sure.
The girl couldn't help but laugh cruelly as she imagined Darren's end. But it wasn't enough. She had to
see it for herself. Making up her mind, she disappeared and set off after him as fast as she could.
After two hours' flight, Darren found himself over a dark and very unfriendly-looking swamp. The stench
of rotten plant matter assaulted his nose.
Doing his best to ignore the smell, he extended his spiritual sense and started scanning for the aura
given off by the spiritual crystals.