Nobilis of War
Chapter 210 One On Three (Part One)

As Bella was about to set foot out the busy training ground, loud cheers overwhelmed her from behind. Out of curiosity she stopped, retracted her next steps and slowly gazed back, full of wonder as to what could have happened that called for such exclamation.

She stared so clueless in a daze as if she had not witnessed such brutality. The young talent who had swung his fist towards Darren was thrown away in the air. Trying to pick up pieces of clues, she still could not understand and have a grasp of what just happened before everyone's eyes.

The youth, who was able to reach the top level of primary stage of Wonder Realm and with exemplary skill and grit, was thrown out of the battlefield. Was it an illusion or some kind of misunderstanding? Bella could hardly believe in her eyes as to why it was happening in front of her. She was full of doubts but she was so sure that this couldn't be possible.

"Was Fred really defeated?" Bella muttered to herself as she could not make sense of what was happening around her. She was stunned when she realized what really happened.

"No, it can't be! Fred is so strong. How could this happen?" People howled to express mixed feelings of confusion and disagreement to what they just witnessed.

They were beginners who had fought hard and had just reached the Wonder Realm. Shocked to the core, they couldn't understand what they just saw.

However, they were absolutely aware of the prominence of that powerful energy which had caused Fred to be ejected away from the ground.

They'd never heard of any man, who was only a Mysterious Realm cultivator, had such irrefutable and powerful energy. The impossibility and insanity of what happened made the people ask more and more questions.

"He must be a master in the Wonder Realm! There must be some way to disguise his cultivation base," people were talking to each other indistinctly.

Nobody could believe that Darren, in spite of his formidable power, had only reached the ninth stage of Mysterious Realm. All they could come up with was that Darren hid his true capabilities to trick or play low.

"Humph! You are concealing your true energy. What is the point for doing that? Would you dare fight me?" Cameron Wang, one of the three geniuses, mocked Darren. He was convinced that Darren had deliberately disguised his real realm for trickery. He was sure that Fred was only defeated from carelessness.

"You? You don't deserve any inch of effort from me." Darren was pissed and couldn't hide the disdain as he glanced at Cameron.

"Humph! I told you I am very good at teaching naughty children how to behave. You will know that I deserve this more than you do and you don't even deserve to stand here at all. Would you dare? Are you afraid? You scum!" Cameron spat on the ground. As they were talking, Fred flew back.

Bleeding in crimson, Fred stared at Darren furiously. "You little bastard! How dare you fake your cultivation base and sneaked to attack me! I am going to kill you, trickster! You are not going to walk out alive from the training ground today," Fred exclaimed full of angst.

Fred should have shown good demeanor in Bella's presence but he felt so disgraced after being defeated by Darren, that he was heedless of his manners anymore. He even started cursing on the top of his lungs, not mindful of what others would think.

"Humph! It seems that you will only let me go if I kick your ass," Darren taunted Fred and looked at Bella. "Stirring up trouble will always make you pay a price."

Bella was startled but had the skill to pretend calm. As she angled her steps and passed by the three geniuses she murmured, "Sirs, just let him go. I am afraid his cultivation base is much higher than yours. I don't want anyone getting injured because of me." She bowed her head and mumbled, "I will apologize to him and let him punish me the way I deserve. It is no big deal."

Bella sounded delicate and touching, as if she intended to reflect her sweetness so they would pity her. It seemed she was slandered.

'She is scheming, ' Darren thought to himself. She was clearly making a way to provoke them by agitating them.

"Bella, you will be fine. I will help you get even with him," Cameron consoled her gently. Then he turned to Darren. "Do you dare fight me? Or I can kill you right here and right now."

"He is nothing. I can crumb him with one hand," another genius taunted Darren. "Don't be afraid, Bella. You got our backs."

Obviously, the three geniuses were agitated by Bella. They were eager to prove themselves by beating Darren so they would win Bella's precious heart.

"Don't waste time. Come on! Let's do this together," Darren roared like a lion proving himself and recklessly flew into the battlefield. He did not want to waste his time with these entitled idiots.

Complete silence enveloped the once excited training ground. People were surprised that given all the circumstances, Darren was brave enough to proceed to fight the three geniuses at the same time. They believed it was suicide but they were sitting back, awaiting for the moment they could prove themselves they might be wrong.

"Sirs, his strength may really be that exceptional. Otherwise he would not look down upon you. You cannot rival him, even if you fight together. Please just let him go. I will apologize to him. This is all my fault." Bella continued to agitate the three geniuses by pretending to be afraid as she tried to convince them by incessantly sobbing.

"Just watch and let it unfold before your eyes, Bella. Beating him is as simple as beating a dog," Cameron exclaimed.

"All right. Let's finish him first so we can continue with the real competition. Kill Him!" the other two added.

Three of them started to release energy that was combustible. This made the air around them explode when they flew to the battlefield with pride.

Bella, aware of what was about to happen, sneered secretly when she witnessed the explosion. She assumed Darren could not rival the three geniuses because they had already reached the top level of the primary stage of Wonder Realm while Darren was yet to reach the middle stage. ☐☐☐☐☐☐