CHAPTER 748 KEEP MOVING ON

The comprehension of the fifth kind of sword intent was completed, and Darren sighed in relief. He had

finally moved on to attempt the next step that was to fuse them.

Darren's eyebrows furrowed, remembering how painful the process of fusing the sword intents had

been for cultivators. He didn't want to experience it again.

Darren pressed his lips in a thin line when he thought of his strength. He wasn't powerful enough, and

the fusion process was the pathway to becoming strong. He had no choice but to endure the pain to

become more powerful.

After deciding on it, he gathered all his strength to suppress the sword core in his elixir field.

Every time his ultimate strength hit the sword core, a wave of pain would spread all across his limbs,

making him tremble violently. Darren would just grit his teeth and endure it all without groaning even for

a second.

Crack.

After several hours in a row, Darren's sword core began to shatter, covered with spider web like cracks.

In the next step, he had to force the fifth kind of sword intent that he had comprehended into his core.

Darren was familiar with this step, but he got into trouble this time.

It was impossible for the new sword intent he had just comprehended to insert into the cracks. It was

full of countless tiny crystals in it.

'Damn it! The size of my sword core is fixed. I have filled it with the first four sword intents. No matter

where it cracks, the fifth sword intent can't be secured in it.'

His eyebrows snapped together in worry. He had a feeling that his method of fusion would fail.

'No wonder from ancient times until now, no one has tried this simple solution.'

At the thought of this, Darren knew that the things were not as simple as he imagined.

The sword core had its limit. Once it was filled, it could not hold any more sword intents.

Darren had only fused four kinds of sword intent, and he could not practice anymore. How could it be

possible for him to have eighteen thousand types of sword intent integrated?

"I underestimated it." Darren's mouth twitched into a bitter smile.

He paused for a moment before doing anything else. His mind was trying to find a solution so that he

could upgrade his strength. He kept rejecting ideas in his head until he came across a unique method.

'Since I can't fuse anymore, how about I try to upgrade the current four sword intents to the extreme?'

Darren hesitated for a moment before giving up on his original plan to merge 18, 000 kinds of sword

intent. If he could upgrade the current sword intent into the extreme, it would also be a boost in his

strength.

That was the only way for Darren to improve his strength.

Darren looked inside his body only to start the process of compression before he could hesitate more.

The integrated sword intent became a set of perfect sword moves in his mind, and he repeated again.

The process had been too slow, and it took ten years for Darren to go anywhere near success.

By the time Darren had nearly upgraded his sword intent, the energy inside his body had started

leaking out.

On this day, Darren opened his eyes. Unlimited energy of sword intent was surging in his eyes.

The whole cave had turned into a sword world.

Darren's sword intent was powerful enough to kill any weak person in an instant. Elsa, who had been

practicing beside him, woke up from her cultivation when she felt the powerful yet familiar intent, and

she opened her eyes hastily.

A trace of pain flashed across her face.

Elsa turned her squinted eyes at Darren and took a long breath for calming herself. "Darren, your

sword intent suppressed me so much that my sword core was almost broken." Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Both of them were swordsmen, so the powerful sword intent would have a natural sense of oppression

on weak sword intent.

Darren closed his eyes and focused on his sword intent that was leaking out of his body.

He started suppressing his strength. By the time he opened his eyes again, his sword intent was

already controlled.

Darren's shoulders relaxed, and he shot an apologetic gaze at Elsa. "I'm sorry, Elsa. I didn't notice it

before. Are you feeling better?" Darren touched her arms, sending tingles across her skin.

Elsa smiled and tried to ignore her rising goose bumps that sprang due to his touch. "I'm fine now.

Darren, your extreme sword intent is so strong. I feel that it's almost as effective as Mr. Xiao's killing

sword intent." Elsa's mouth curved up to form a pleasant smile.

"No, I am not. My sword intent is still far from enough."

Darren had just fused only four kinds of sword intent, which made his way to the extreme level.

Unfortunately, he could feel that his sword intent was still far inferior to the killing sword intent.

However, Darren's sword intent was now merely inferior to the three most powerful sword intents in the

world.

"I can't improve my strength in a short time. I will think about it after fusing the blade intents in the

future.

Elsa, you must have made progress after cultivating for years, right?" Darren continued to look in her

eyes without blinking.

Elsa bit her lips and nodded, "Ha-ha, of course. Although my sword intent is not as good as yours, it is

not too weak. In particular, I have spent most of my time to perfect the fusion process of the killing

beads given by Mr. Xiao. Now, I can release the killing sword intent once in three days." Elsa's eyes

sparkled in excitement.

Darren nodded and smiled. "That's good. I guess Water Kylin must have improved too. Let's go and

have a look."

Both of them disappeared and went into the Water Kylin's room.

The moment they entered, they heard a loud, ear-piercing noise that gained their attention. When

Darren's vision focused, he realized that it was the Water Kylin's snore.

The Water Kylin hung his head. His tongue fell to the ground, and he snored loudly. Darren's mouth

twitched at the scene in front of him.

"You dead dog. You are sleeping!" Darren was disappointed in the Water Kylin. When he was about to

give him a kick, Elsa stopped him.

Elsa put her arms around his shoulders to stop Darren from ruthlessly hitting the sleeping Water Kylin.

"Darren, be kind to your good buddy. Why do you have to kick him? Let him sleep if he likes." She

gazed at the Water Kylin with compassion in her eyes.

Darren snorted, "Why do you think I was wrong to do that? You don't know how lazy the dead dog is."

Darren didn't launch any attack, but he still intended to wake the Water Kylin up by frightening him.

Also, Darren would test his sword intent on someone anyway. He released a sword intent towards him,

wagging his tail up.

Unfortunately, the snore continued to form a rhythm without any disturbance. "Oh, still sleeping?"

Darren leaned over to tilt the Water Kylin's head only to look at the latter's sleeping face.

However, there was still no response from the Water Kylin. Darren furrowed his eyebrows at this

moment. Maybe the Water Kylin wasn't really sleeping. Darren let go of the head and turned toward

Elsa.

"Shit, it turns out that I misunderstood the dead dog. I remember Finley said that the dead dog looked

like sleeping when he cultivated once."

It was after a sound sleep that the Water Kylin awoke for the first time years ago.

"See, the Water Kylin is not as lazy as you said." Elsa patted Darren on the chest.

Darren scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment. "Ha-ha, I was wrong. How about this? I'll

send the Water Kylin to the Ancient Void Battlefield." Darren activated the Ancient Void Battlefield and

pushed the Water Kylin into it.

For a moment, everything was silent. Something flashed in Darren's eyes as if someone moved like a

shadow, and he turned in that direction.

Darren's shoulders relaxed when he found a familiar figure, Aaron.

"Darren, I'm so scared," Aaron cried out and fell on his knees in front of Darren.

"What's wrong?" Darren swept his confused glance at Aaron, who was trembling and crying pitifully.

"I don't know. When I become stronger, I started seeing many frightening pictures in my mind." A wave

of chills crawled on Aaron's spine when he thought of it again.

Darren crouched down and looked at Aaron. "Don't be afraid." He stroked Aaron's head and comforted

him. "Maybe it's the forgotten memories of your past. Don't be afraid."

The experience of Aaron was much more complicated than that of ordinary people. It was natural for

him to wake up some of his memories after his strength was improved.

"Well, you'd better go to the Ancient Void Battlefield too. No one is allowed to enter there without my

permission, so you don't have to be afraid."

"Okay." Aaron nodded and entered the Ancient Void Battlefield.

Darren turned toward the girl beside him. "Elsa, let's go. We should get out of here." He thought he

would continue to improve his strength later. For now, Darren would have to give up.

"It just so happens that I can't improve my strength. Let's go out to have a look."

Outside, the area was still covered by the purple mist, which made Darren's Spirit Power hard to

spread.

When Darren didn't say anything else, Elsa turned toward him. "Darren, I guess that purple-crystal

snake didn't chase us anymore, right?"

Darren looked at her from the corner of his eyes. "We can't be sure. But with our current strength, even

if we meet him, we still have a chance to escape." Darren paused for a moment only to stare at the

scene in front of him intently. "Since we are already here, let's go deep to find out what's in here."

He was curious about the transparent wall outside. Darren didn't know why there was a dragon breath

there, so he wanted to know what was happening.

"Okay, I'll follow you."

After mutual agreement, Darren and Elsa walked towards the increasingly oppressive region.

They had walked several hundred kilometers, and that was when Darren and Elsa found out that

everything in front of them was filled with clear purple crystals. Judging from their level, it was almost

like the level of the purple-crystal snake.

"Let's collect them."

Darren collected a large number of best level purple crystals and put them into his Space Ring.

When they had collected almost ten thousand tons of crystals, Darren stopped. He furrowed his

eyebrows and looked around, holding Elsa's arm.

"Stop!"

Elsa was stunned after seeing a cautious look on Darren's face.

"What's wrong?" She continued to slip a confused gaze at him for a while.

"Something's been going on here. This place might be more dangerous than we had previously

imagined." Darren's Spirit Power was unable to explore the area in front of him. He had an ominous

feeling in the pit of his stomach.