CHAPTER 688 CULTIVATING FOR THREE YEARS

Time seemed to be meaningless to them when cultivating. Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

A statue sat on the side of the stone hall.

The figure was cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by spiritual light. Occasionally, it released a

stream of spiritual energy that shot up into the sky.

Crack!

With a loud sound, the statue shattered. Inside it was a young man with a graceful aura. He was none

other than Darren.

As he had remained motionless for three years, the dust had covered him and given him a statue-like

appearance.

At this moment, he had reached a bottleneck, and so, he woke from his meditation.

"I've reached the top level of six-star Grand Realm. My progress has been a little faster than expected."

Darren could quickly absorb spiritual energy from the outside world because of his martial arts talent at

the ninth level of the Heaven Degree. Thus, his cultivation speed was much faster than that of other

martial artists.

However, advancement in a cultivator's realm did not rely only on spiritual energy, but also on

experiences and perception.

Therefore, just as he was about to enter the seven-star Grand Realm, Darren encountered a bottleneck C0pyright © 2024 Nôv)(elDrama.Org.

and could not advance further, no matter how hard he tried.

Since he was unable to break through in a short time, it was pointless to continue the cultivation. That

was why Darren woke. He knew that he could cultivate again later.

"Although my sword and blade intents haven't reached the extreme level, people feel that they have."

Darren hadn't practiced the blade and sword intents to their extreme level when he had once practiced

in the time and space vortex. He knew that for each branch of cultivation, there could only be one

person to master the extreme intent. He had inherited his blade and sword intents from that young man

with a pair of sword eyes. In theory, it would be impossible for Darren to cultivate it to the extreme level

while the young man still lived.

"Wait a minute!" Darren's eyes widened as a thought flashed through his mind.

"Fire is attached to my blade intent. And ice is bound to my sword intent. If I can merge the ice and fire

completely into the blade and sword intents, it will be a different kind of cultivation method."

Darren couldn't help but be excited at this thought. He was sure that no one had considered combining

fire and ice essence with blade and sword intents before.

At least, it was almost impossible for anyone else to have set foot on this road from among the strong

martial artists of this world.

After realizing this, Darren had to figure out how to integrate them.

"If my belief is correct, and I work in this direction, I will eventually succeed. I don't have to hurry. I'll just

take my time," Darren murmured.

Elation and reassurance coursed through Darren once he had decided the direction of his cultivation. If

he succeeded, the extreme blade and sword intents he would condense would be terrifying.

Darren wondered whether the potential impact of the newly mastered extreme blade and sword intents

would compare to the killing sword intent. Or would it be comparable to that of the Devastating

Cultivation and the Spectral Cultivation?

If so, then once Darren stepped into the seven-star Grand Realm, he would have the ability to fight

against an inferior holy warrior and even kill him.

Reaching the top level of the seven-star Grand Realm while simultaneously cultivating both the sword

and the blade, along with having mastered fearsome extreme blade and sword intents, Darren would

be more powerful than Mathew and Hanson!

Darren was filled with excitement at the thought.

Bang!

While in the midst of this thought, a strong spear intent charged at him abruptly.

"Hobson, you have advanced a lot,"

Darren said with a smile. He sensed that his attacker was Hobson.

Bang!

To defend against the blow, Darren stretched out his hand and released the aura of the dragon blood

and the demonic internal force.

An earth-shaking explosion occurred when the two forces collided, causing the entire palace to

tremble.

Darren took a step back after the blow, but Hobson still rushed at him fearlessly.

"Ha-ha, you can't even withstand my attack!" Hobson was secretly delighted.

"Who do you think I am, Hobson? Be careful with what you do!"

Immediately after, Darren released a roar and transformed into a dragon.

"Ah!"

Hobson was thrown back by an olive-black light and hit the stone wall.

"Fuck! You've grown bigger again!"

Seeing that the fiendish dragon was now over a hundred feet long, Hobson shouted in surprise.

But this time, he wanted to test his strength. So, even though he felt Darren's terrifying strength, he

decided to continue.

"Let's not waste more time. Take my strongest blow!

Overbearing Spear Skill!"

Boom!

In a flash, the majestic Fringe Holy Will burst out. Hobson's body and spear were encased in blazing

red flames, and his aura rose to the extreme.

Swish!

The spear shot toward Darren. Although the attack looked ordinary, it shook the whole palace.

Darren squinted as he gathered his olive-black force into his dragon tail.

He lashed his tail at Hobson to resist the oncoming attack.

The ultimate confrontation enveloped the whole world in silence.

Soon, all light dissipated. Seconds later, two figures reappeared.

The force of the impact pushed Hobson's body through the stone wall. When the dust settled, half of

his blood-covered body lay inside the wall.

Several scales on Darren's dragon tail had shattered, but his body still stood, as steady as a mountain.

"What the hell? You were too harsh on me, Darren! My God! It hurts!" Hobson lowered his head as he

struggled to stay conscious.

"Ha-ha." Darren returned to his original form and walked forward. "Didn't you say that you wanted the

strongest fight? If I showed mercy, it would have been disrespectful to you."

"Well, now I wish that you had been disrespectful. My bones are about to break. Get me out quickly!"

Hobson laughed bitterly.

"If I had used my blade and sword intents and the dark gold internal force, my attack would have been

equivalent to my power after I transformed into a dragon. You were bound to lose anyway." A faint

smile appeared on Darren's face.

"I have to admit that you are extremely strong!" Hobson grimaced in pain.

After Darren dragged Hobson out of the wall, Hobson began to heal himself.

"Try my treatment." Darren released a low-level method of the Life Rule, and green light began to

repair Hobson's body.

Two hours later, Hobson regained his strength.

"Well done!" Hobson jumped up and continued, "Your Life True Rule has shortened my recovery time

by twenty hours. Awesome!"

"It's not a true rule. What I used was just a low-level method of the Life Rule. In battle, your enemy

won't give you two hours to recover from your injuries. Now, it seems that my healing method is still not

good enough. It won't be very useful in battle," Darren said.

"Well, it's good that you have it. You can gradually improve it. When you are at the same level as the

lord, who can kill you?"

"You are right. An upgrade is a possibility." Darren smiled.

"By the way, Dexter has not come out for so long. Could he have died?"

Three years had passed, but the stone gate remained motionless. Hobson wondered whether Dexter

had died inside a long time ago.

"I don't think so. The road of the examination must be very difficult. It has only been three years since it

began."

Darren thought that it would take decades or even hundreds of years to complete such an examination.

"You are right." Hobson nodded and added, "Then should we continue our cultivation or not? I feel that

my spear intent has reached its peak, and I can't take any further steps. It doesn't matter if I continue to

cultivate or not. Achieving a breakthrough probably depends on luck at this point."

"I also met an obstacle in my cultivation," Darren said.

"By the way, Darren, didn't the lord said that there was a way to leave here? You might have seen it,

right? Why don't we try?" Hobson suggested.

"No way. It's impossible for us to get through. Let me tell you what I know. There is a body of an

emperor behind that door. If we want to leave, we must go through his heart. Do you think that is

possible?" Darren asked.

"Wow!" Hobson jumped in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have never seen a living holy

emperor in my life. It will be a great honor to examine an emperor's body. Hurry up and take me there!"

Hobson was understandably very excited. Any other strong martial artist would also be this curious.

"Ha-ha, okay, let me show you the way. But I must warn you. You might be scared to death," Darren

replied as he walked with Hobson toward the stone gate where the sea of blood was hidden.

But, what they didn't know was that the waves behind the stone gate were more terrifying than anything

they had experienced before.