CHAPTER 905 THE GATHERING OF THE BEASTS

Wrapped up in Finley's mysterious power, the Inner Fiend felt like he had fallen into a sea of magma.

The very heat of it threatened to melt him entirely.

Until suddenly, the Inner Fiend exploded.

Streaks of light burst out of him. All of them had shot out into the distance.

"Damn it!" the Inner Fiend uttered as he tried to piece himself together.

He could sense that his strength had been sapped off him. With his weakened state, all he could do

was flee.

It was then that Finley showed up again.

He didn't expect that he could hurt the Inner Fiend that badly.

The Water Kylin went over to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"You're not bad, Finley. You scared him away!"

"Don't be too cocky. Or are you already forgetting how I hit you before?" Finley rolled his eyes at the

Water Kylin.

"Now that you've mentioned it, I will finally get even with you today!" The Water Kylin immediately

changed his stance from relax to alert. It was as if he was prepared to fight Finley.

"Hey! Are you two done?" Caroline's voice interrupted the growing tension between the two.

"Of course not!" the Water Kylin shouted.

Then, somebody suddenly cleared his throat. "Ahem." It was Barnes who staggered over them.

"Hi guys. Thank you very much for saving me. I'm so lucky to have you guys." He faltered in every

steps like a toddler tottering around. There was no sincerity in his voice.

"Stop that. I won't buy it!"

Finley's palm struck the black monkey across the face. "The tribulation is all your fault. Do you think we

did all these just to save you?"

"Aw Finley, don't be mad. We're all friends here so it's only natural that you save me." Barnes took a

few steps back to take a good look at Finley.

"Take him back and torture him."

In an instant, the Water Kylin now stood beside Barnes and held him up.

"No! Please. I can explain." Barnes struggled a little under the Water Kylin's grasp. But his attempts to

defend himself were all in vain. Soon, he was taken away.

The forbidden area had finally calmed down, and in the end, it was the first fiend ancestor's arm that

suffered the most.

The arm lost a lot of powerful fiendish aura. When he tried to escape, those human warriors were there

to stop him. The thunder punishment had also managed to injure him as well.

The arm failed to escape and now he was extremely angry. Nonetheless, there was nothing he could

do.

Three days had passed, and they were all back in the Sacred Palace.

"Barnes, will you plead guilty?" Chandler asked. His voice was loud and steady.

A cunning look glinted in Barnes' eyes but he quickly covered it up with a smile.

"I admit that I made mistakes before. But aren't we all friends here? Can't we just forget all about it and

go out for a drink?

Think of Darren's sake. After all, we're sworn friends," Barnes begged, but his smile made it all

awkward.

"Don't fall for his trick! He'll only pretend to be submissive when he knows he has no strength, but he'll

quickly betray us as soon as he gets his powers back." Finley's gaze on the black monkey was cold as

ice.

"How can you misunderstand me like this, Finley? I'm hurt," Barnes said.

His face conveyed his aggravation as if he was the victim of all these.

"Sir, what should we do with the monkey?" Luther asked.

Chandler pondered on this for a moment, looking intently at Barnes. Finally, he said, "Lock him up.

Make sure that he never regains his strength. We'll deal with him as soon as Lord Donald comes back."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"What do you mean lock me up? There's no need for that because I won't even dare leave this place.

Once I go out, the Inner Fiend will surely find me and kill me," he said, pouting.

Finley frowned at this.

"The Inner Fiend will definitely become a problem for us if we lock Barnes up. He'll come for him one

way or another," he mused.

But Chandler didn't seem perturbed by this. "Don't worry. The four greatest holy warriors can deal with

the Inner Fiend once they return."

Back in the gloomy world, Darren and Chaz had quickly hidden themselves as soon as they spotted the

group of strange creatures ahead of them.

There were thousands of the beasts gathered not far from where they were. All of them exuded a

strong aura.

"What kind of creatures are they, Darren? I've never seen something like them before."

Chaz was bewildered by their powerful aura.

Darren, on the other hand, remained silent. He, too, had never seen such beasts before. The aura they

radiated was that of the ancient aura of rules. This could only mean that this species was from the

ancient times.

Then, a loud howl pierced through the air.

The next thing, all the beasts started to turn berserk. Their deafening roars shook Darren and Chaz to

the core.

Amid the stampede, a ball floating in the air suddenly gave out a beam of bright light.

This spurred the beasts to become even more frantic. They started to chase after the globe of light.

However, this peculiar ball wasn't as harmless as it initially appeared for many of the beasts were killed

by its unknown force.

And yet, the beasts were still drawn to it.

"What's that? I can feel its strong force of rules." And indeed, its intensity was unparalleled. Darren

knew that if he tried getting near it, he wouldn't be able to withstand its violent power.

Another ferocious roar shook the earth.

A golden shadow swooped down from the sky like a predatory bird. It might be small, but its power was

immense.

Chaz immediately recognized the beast. "It's a roc!"

"I don't think it's a roc. Its aura is different from that of the Roc Demon Emperor." There was a look of

confusion on Darren's face as he stared at the golden figure.

"No, I'm very sure that it's a roc. It's an ancient golden, pure-blooded one," Chaz insisted. In his

previous life, he had once visited a dangerous place where there were corpses of the ancient golden

rocs.

"No wonder it seems so powerful. I'm afraid we're no match for it."

"I say we retreat as quietly as we could before these beasts could attack us."

These beasts were so strong that even the weakest of them could overpower a strong human senior

holy warrior. In fact, many of them were as strong as a half-step emperor. The golden roc, on the other

hand, was a different matter. Its strength was sure to be unimaginable.

However, Darren couldn't push back the growing curiosity inside him. He desired to know why these

beasts were all gathered around the ball.

"I don't think there's any need for us to worry. We just have to hide ourselves and our aura."

"Fine." It seemed like Chaz, too, was curious about the beasts and the ball. But his approach was more

cautious than Darren's.

They watched as the ball killed many of the beasts who came near it. Until, finally, no more beasts

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Darren's heart ached when he saw the corpses of the lifeless beasts. He couldn't help but think his

missed opportunities to assimilate their talents.

"What a pity! All of these beasts had great talents.

Perhaps by assimilating them, I can unravel the secrets of my talents and I'll be able to reach my

peak." Darren pondered on this for a moment.

"Darren, what are you murmuring about?"

Darren only shook his head and said, "Don't mind me. Anyway, I think I would like to go there. Do you

think there's a way to get there?"

"Are you out of your mind?" Chaz snarled. His eyes widened at Darren's boldness. "These beasts are

more powerful than us and there are too many of them. We'll surely die there."

"That's why I'm asking you if you have a plan. I'm not foolish enough to rush over there without thinking

it over first."

"Well, I don't have a plan."

Chaz paused for a moment, when suddenly, he exclaimed, "Wait! I think I might have one." A thoughtful

look crossed on his face before he took out something from his spatial treasure.