CHAPTER 554 GET TO KNOW THE LEGENDS
In a split second, the process was done, and Darren was clad in a set of armor that was more complete
now.
'After he was equipped with the Dark Emperor's Armor, this young man's safety is guaranteed. If he
has a pair of boots and the Dark Emperor's Dark Token, that'll be better and he can definitely kill any
seven-star warrior, ' the shadow thought to himself. It relieved him to see Darren have the protection of
the armor.
Darren's consciousness had been hazy, but the moment the different parts of the armor connected with
each other and covered his body, a huge stream of vital energy poured into his body and his broken
bones repaired in a flash.
Bang!
The sword and blade slashed at Darren at lightning speed without giving him the chance to react. It
was so fast that he couldn't dodge and was thrown in the air, dropping hard against the black stone
wall.
Unlike before, he felt that he was protected by a powerful force and didn't suffer anything other than a
slight concussion.
While he was unharmed, he noticed that the metal creature was standing in situ but the sword and
blade in its hands had visible cracks.
"What a strong armor!" Darren exclaimed.
As someone who fought against the sword and blade, he was well aware of their power. Although they
weren't as hard as his own divine sword and blade, they weren't inferior either. It was only because of
the shadow's help that he could get the more complete armor. So, Darren flew towards him.
"Thank you, sir!"
Darren politely cupped his hands as he spoke gratefully to the shadow.
"It's all right. You can now have a good fight." The shadow faintly nodded.
It would be difficult for the metal creature to hurt Darren because of the protection of the Dark
Emperor's Armor and that offered him a good opportunity to fight against the creature again.
"Kill!"
Darren roared and dashed towards the metal creature, brimming with determination to kill it soon.
They fought each other with all their might and made the space around the fighting area tremble again.
Even with the protection of the armor, Darren was still often hit by attacks and thrown away because he
was still far weaker than the metal creature in combat power.
Yet, it didn't frustrate Darren. Because it didn't hurt at all!
"If I keep on fighting like this... I may not be killed by it but I can't defeat it either," Darren concluded.
It was still difficult for him to land a deadly blow to the creature despite that he had fought it for nearly
two hours. The longer the fight dragged on, the more unfavorable it would become for him.
"Young man, you may want to try and use your blood essence to communicate with the Dark Emperor's
Armor, it might help you."
The shadow was observing the fight for a long time and felt that the power of the Dark Emperor's
Armor shouldn't only be used for defense. Thus, he offered Darren a slight hint.
The words reminded Darren and without any hesitation, he activated his blood essence and poured it
into the armor.
A subtle inexplicable sensation spread across Darren's body in an instant.
"It feels that I'm now closely connected with this armor." Darren rejoiced at his new discovery.
As he was more integrated with the Dark Emperor's Armor, he naturally learned more about it.
A piece of valuable information was that he could use his blood essence to launch a powerful attack.
"The Darkest Palm, show me your power!" Darren exclaimed, summoning one of his skills.
He infused his blood essence into the armor again, and soon, streams of black runes completely
enveloped him. This material belongs to .
In just a short moment, the black runes turned into a terrifying devil-like palm.
The next second, the palm dashed violently at the metal creature.
Buzz! Buzz!
The ruthless metal creature shivered and a purple shield formed by the blade and sword intents soon
wrapped around it.
Boom!
The devil palm slammed hard at the purple shield.
The powerful blade and sword intents of the metal creature were smashed into pieces, which quickly
dissipated. In no time, the entire space was covered with the debris of the blade and sword intents.
In the face of the powerful attack of the devil palm, the metal creature didn't surrender and wait for its
death. Its body was split into two parts and turned into two swords and two blades!
Both the aura and power of the metal creature reached its peak.
'Such a formidable aura! I guess this is probably the strongest power that the metal creature can show,
' Darren thought to himself with a sigh.
Once the metal creature completely transformed, it definitely had the power of a seven-star grand
warrior, which was very terrifying.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Their fight was fierce and produced ear-splitting sounds.
It was obvious that the power of the devil palm was stronger as the swords and blades were slowly
being pushed back with every clash.
It only took several attacks for the swords and blades transformed by the metal creature to become
dim.
Boom!
They clashed once more and produced a sound akin to the creation of the universe and the swords
and blades formed by the metal creature were blasted into debris, while the devil palm quickly faded
afterwards.
The whole fighting area didn't stop trembling for an hour.
"If I fought the metal creature with my strength, even if I was a warrior at the Grand Realm, I'm afraid
that I wouldn't be able to defeat it," Darren sighed. It was the truth as the metal creature was just too
strong.
There was also the fact that if the blade and sword cores in the metal creature weren't broken, even
with the help of the armor to activate the attacks of the Darkest Palm, Darren would have still been
doomed.
On the ground lay the purple sword and blade cores that completely lost their light.
Darren flew over and picked up the sword and blade cores, which were already covered with cracks
and yet he felt that their horrible intents still existed.
"Congratulations! You successfully passed the test of the sixth floor." The shadow's voice was happy as
he flew over to Darren.
"Thank you, sir! I know you saved my life. And, again, thank you!" Darren bowed and knelt on one knee
with his hands respectfully cupped.
The shadow laughed. "You're welcome. I must say that you're quite lucky. If you didn't collect half of the
Dark Emperor's Armor beforehand, I couldn't help you even if I wanted to."
Darren's survival hinged on coincidence because if the shadow didn't happen to have collected the
pieces of the Dark Emperor's Armor, Darren would have only been killed by the metal creature.
"Sir, what's the origin of the Dark Emperor's Armor? How come it's so powerful?" Darren asked eagerly.
He had his doubts about the armor. All he knew was that it seemed to be related to Aaron or the one
who suppressed Aaron.
"The origin of the Dark Emperor's Armor is not simple.
By rough calculation, this armor has existed in the world for at least five million years and no one has
ever collected its pieces completely.
According to legends, millions of years ago, it was the Dark Emperor's personal armor," the phantom
explained.
"The Dark Emperor? Who's the Dark Emperor?" Darren couldn't help but feel curious.
"The Dark Emperor was a well-known holy emperor in the history of the Lothlann Continent. He could
have long lived in his era, but for no reason, he, unfortunately, died after living for only thousands of
years. It might be relevant to the turbulent environment of his time.
Young man, do you know about the Lothlann Continent, and how many ages it existed?"
the shadow asked Darren.
"How many ages?" Darren repeated and searched his memory for the answer. He was about to say
that he didn't know but then something came into his mind. It was vague but he recalled that he heard
about the ages before. "It seems to be the Remote Age, the Ancient Age, the Middle Age, and the Last
Age."
There was no confidence in his answer as it has been so long ago since he heard the information.
"Ha ha... you're quite knowledgeable but you still don't know the whole thing. The Remote Age, the
Ancient Age, and the Middle Age are so long ago. Thus, we have no way to learn many things from the
three ages. Yet, we do know that the period from the end of the Middle Age to the beginning of the Last
Age, is not just a simple replacement and many earth-shattering events happened during that time.
During the period from the destruction of the Middle Age to the time before the beginning of the Last
Age, many rulers emerged and ruled for a short period. Among them, the most famous one was Barnes
the Holy, followed by the Remote Emperor, the Ruin Sword Emperor and the Dark Emperor. The four
rulers all emerged at the change of ages."
The ancient history piqued Darren's interest and he asked anxiously, "Did they appear at the same
time? Were they all strong holy emperors? Then, what were their rankings in strength?"
"No, they weren't born at the same time. The four never met because the new ruler wasn't born until
the previous one died. Each of them was amazingly talented and their strength was far too powerful. As
for their rankings, Hiram the Great has a short evaluation of them. He thought that if these four people's
strengths were compared, Barnes the Holy was invincible, because when he ruled the world, he was
only a senior holy warrior—one who was at the senior stage of the Holy Realm, and didn't declare
himself holy emperor.
Even though he was only a senior holy warrior, he still killed plenty of very strong warriors who had
reached the Emperor Realm. It was said that he met the soul of an ancient emperor but smashed the
soul into pieces after he had a dispute with it. Of course, it's just a rumor and nobody could prove it."
The more Darren heard about the holy emperors, the more intrigued he was. His blood pumped
through his veins as he couldn't help but imagine how strong the holy warriors and holy emperors of
the past were.