Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 154 Forces From All Parties

"How dare you, you rebel bastard!" Clive shouted with rage as he threw a palm at Bruce.

"Ho-ho!"

Bruce growled as he bared his fangs, his eyes scarlet-red with fury.

Bang!

He lunged his black-shelled, ape-like arm at Clive.

Hmph!

Bruce was thrown several feet back.

Nobody had expected Bruce to win at all, but to everyone's astonishment, Clive was also forced tostep back several feet.

Now that Bruce could resist a middle stage of the Wonder Realm master, it became evident that hehad already surpassed the Mysterious Realm because even if Clive weren't fighting with all hismight, he was still a difficult opponent.

"His power now equals that of a cultivator at the beginning stage of the Wonder Realm; only that helacks the Omnipotent Talent Skill, * Colin thought upon witnessing the stunning moment. Nobody inthe eight Holy Lands had ever been strong enough to match Bruce's strength at his age.

"At this rate, if he had the Omnipotent Talent Skill, he would already be able to challenge a masterat the middle stage of the Wonder Realm. And he will certainly occupy a slot in the top one hundredof the Talent Roll," Lino murmured.

"The Talent Roll?" Lino's mention of the scroll caught Darren's attention. "Master Lino, how wouldhis rank be evaluated in the Talent Roll?" Darren asked curiously.

Lino took off his gaze from the battle ring and looked at Darren. "You can just call me Lino, Darren,"he said.

Then he continued, "All the great powers have the name-list of the top one hundred talents on theTalent Roll. I know their names and their powers, thus I can evaluate Bruce's rank in comparison withthem." As for you, you might be able to enter the top one hundred in ten years given your gift. Wecan talk more about this later after the combat is finished."

"Maybe you can do it in less than ten years. It is a pity that we only have the list of the top onehundred. If only we had more than that, perhaps we could look at your current position and get arough estimate of how your strength compares to Bruce as of this moment, as well as how far yourranks are from each other,” Colin commented regretfully.

"Let's just talk about this when the combat is over,” Darren said.

Then, the three of them once again turned their attention to the combat.

"Clive, stop now! You are intervening with the combat!"

Landon stepped out and said in an effort to keep the order.

In that moment, Bruce went back to his normal self and walked back to the spot where he was a fewmoments ago.

"Bastard, you will never hear from your mother if you dare to rebel again. You must win this battle.Do you understand?” If only Clive didn't need Bruce to win this combat for him, then he surelywould have killed him already. Bruce was the offspring of one humble-born woman from his clanand a variant from the barren land. His existence was a big humiliation to the Wei Clan.

Bruce's eyes went dark the moment he heard Clive mention his mother. He fell upon his knees andtightened his lips. At last, he stammered, "I...I..am...s0...s0rTy."

"Hmph! I will spare you this one time. I will show you mercy and even order a Wonder Realm masterto take you to the barren land to see your mother. But that is only if you can win the combat.However, if you ever dare to rebel against me again, you will spend the rest of your miserable life inthe Black Water Prison. Am I making myself clear?” Clive said, the cruelty plain in his tone.

"Yes," Bruce responded as if he had been a puppet.

"All right. Take Jack off and let us continue.” Clive jumped off the platform.

"Do you think we can continue after what you have done?" Colin said sarcastically as he stepped onto the platform.

"Colin, murder is prohibited under the rules. I was merely maintaining the order when I stopped mydisciple from killing someone. What is your problem with that? Are you trying to use this as anexcuse to disguise your intention to quit? There's no way I would let that happen! Ha-ha!" Clivelaughed arrogantly. He would definitely forbid the Holy Land from quitting when he was so surethat the Lotus was already like an apple in his hand.

The battle must continue under any circumstance.

Colin was rendered speechless. He was thinking how to replace a way out. Clive was right. He waslooking for a way out, but he could no longer think of any. There was no way Darren would be ableto win if he were to fight against Bruce.

So, as his last option, Colin chose to send a secret message to the Holy Lord Diana for advice.Through her tremendous spiritual power, Holy Lord Diana knew exactly what was happening there,and she couldn't deny that she was somewhat anxious now. How would Darren possibly win thecombat?

Diana thought about it for a while, and then she leaped upwards to the square in the shadow of agiant lotus.

In a flash, she descended onto the square like a beautiful fairy.

"Holy Lord, what should we do? The three Ancient Families will attack us if we cancel the test now,"Lino and Colin said as they bowed in greeting to the Holy Lord Diana.

Diana did not answer. Instead, she shifted her gaze towards Holy Lord Landon.

Landon immediately turned his back at Holy Lord Diana the moment he noticed her looking at him.Obviously he did not want to speak for Lotus Holy Land at this moment.

Different Holy Lands held different positions and ambitions, so they were not as close as theyseemed to be. Each power, in fact, was always waiting for an opportunity to conquer others. Butthings weren't so simple. They were allied in a hostile position against the Ancient Families, theMedicine Pavilion, and the rule masters. In general, the relationship among the Holy Lands wereextremely complicated and ever-changing.

Suddenly, a huge wave of strong energy approached the square, and several magnificent figuresdescended from above.

"Ha-ha! Landon, I came here right away to see the fun the moment I saw your message!" the HolyLord of the Void Holy Land, said.

"It is indeed a very interesting game. What were you thinking, Diana? You put the Holy Land Lotusat risk when you started the gamble," the Holy Lord of the Fire Holy Land commented.

The four figures were the Lords of the different Holy Lands. All of them, except Scott, the Lord ofBlade Holy Land who only sent a representative, personally came to watch the game.

"Landon, what's the problem with you?" Diana asked angrily.

"Ha-ha! Diana, since you invited me to be your witness, I thought our friends would also like to jointhis grand gamble of our time as well,” Landon replied.

"Charles, where is Scott?" Landon said, turning his attention to the Holy land of Blade's disciple, aman in his twenties.

"Holy Lord Landon, it's because our young master..." He trailed off, but his words were enough foreveryone to be reminded of the death of the son of the Holy Lord of the Blade Holy Land.

"Emm, I almost forgot. How is the investigation going?" Landon asked.

"The reason Holy Lord Scott could not come is that he is interrogating an elder from a small sect.However, he told me to send all of you his regards before I left,” answered the disciple courteously.Landon nodded, having nothing else to say.

Meanwhile, Darren was shocked at the astonishing news. They had caught an elder? Was it ElderThomas that they caught?!

"Landon, are you forcing me to hand over to you the Lotus of Holy Land?" Diana was filled with rageat the scene. "Landon, you always pretend to be the peace maker, but as it turns out, you actuallytake advantage of the Holy Lands in times of crises! You hypocrite!”

"Don't talk to me like that, Diana. You were the one who invited me to witness for you, and I try tofulfill my duty every time I make a promise. Do you think you can make a fool out of me?"

Landon growled as thunders boomed and the sky turned turbulent. Everyone in the battle ring,except for the Holy Lords, started feeling scared and depressed.

"Diana, Landon has already invited us to come. You cannot go back on your word once the gamblehas begun. We don't want our trip to be in vain,” another Holy Lord sneered jokingly.

The three chiefs of Ancient Families were more than pleased to see the conflict between the HolyLands. Meanwhile, the Holy Lords took much pleasure in each other's misfortunes even moreruthlessly.

Diana froze for a moment and took a deep breath. Then she made a final decision.

"Darren, come here. It is time for you to join the battle!"

Her deafening voice resounded all around the square.