Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 157 Tournament Rewards

Darren struggled to remain conscious until Landon announced the test result. After that, he blackedout and collapsed on the ground.

With a surprised gasp, Diana flew forward and took him. She left the unconscious lad with Colin andasked him to replace a doctor.

"Wait!"

A Holy Lord dashed forward and blocked Colin's way.

"This boy was covered in black scales and emitted an evil aura. He is suspicious. We mustinterrogate him!" The person blocking Colin's way was the Holy Lord of the Ice Holy Land.

At the same time, Landon guided other Holy Lords toward Colin and Darren.

"I agree with him. A person covered in black scales broke into the forbidden area that Scott wasguarding the other day. I suspect that he has something to do with the fiend,” Landon said flatly."Stop talking nonsense, you bastard!"

Diana cursed. The onlookers were shocked as they had never heard her scold people before.

"Why would my disciple get involved with the fiend? Don't you feel ashamed? How can you notknow that Darren mastered the Dragon Clan's inheritance skill? Stop making a fool of yourself!" shecontinued coldly.

The Holy Lords were rendered speechless.

It dawned on them that Darren had displayed an Omnipotent Talent Skill. “What he used is similar tothe legendary Dragon Clan's inheritance skill."

"Diana, don't get mad. We can't afford to make any mistakes when it comes to the fiend. So, Ibelieve we should investigate that boy," the Holy Lord of the Void Holy Land mediated.

"Get the hell out of here!" Diana spat out slowly, "You'd better not test me. If you dare to take himaway, Lotus Holy Land will become your enemy. And we will not show you any mercy."

A large lotus shadow rose behind Diana as she spoke.

The Holy Lords knew that the lotus shadow was a sign that Diana was furious. They looked at her,embarrassment written all over their faces.

They were aware that they had already gone too far by pressuring Diana to continue thetournament. If they took Darren against Diana's will, they knew that Diana would go to all lengths tostop them.

Landon laughed to break the tense atmosphere and changed the topic immediately. He said,"Forget it, Diana. Let's talk about taking over the magic spring from the three families.” Even thoughLandon was powerful, he couldn't risk upsetting Diana more. After all, he didn't stand up for LotusHoly Land when she turned to him for help.

Since Landon dropped the topic, the remaining Holy Lords didn't have the courage to press her onthe issue regarding investigating Darren. Besides, Diana said that her disciple had learnt the DragonClan's inheritance skill, and they believed that explained why Darren had scales.

Diana snorted and recalled the lotus shadow. She motioned for Colin and Lino to take Darren andBelle, who were in a coma, out of the square.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

Belle had sat at Darren's bedside every day since she had woken up, waiting for him to regainconsciousness.

"Mr. Colin, three months have passed. Why is he still in a coma? Didn't you say that he would getbetter soon?" she asked anxiously.

Colin often came by to check on Darren.

"Don't worry. Darren will be fine. He hasn't woken up yet as he suffered many injuries,” he replied."I see," she said.

The instant Colin finished speaking, Darren let out an inaudible moan before slowly opening hiseyes.

"Darren, you are awake!" Belle exclaimed with delight.

"Belle," Darren muttered. He had a strange feeling as Belle was the first person he saw after wakingup.

"I'm glad to see that you have regained consciousness. Belle has been very worried about you thesepast three months,” Colin said with a smile.

"What did you just say? I have been unconscious for three months?" Darren asked with disbelief. Hiseyes widened in surprise. To Darren, it felt like he had been asleep for a short while. However, threemonths had passed since he blacked out.

"Mr. Colin, how about that bet? Did Belle's master get better?" he asked, hurriedly.

"It's a long story. As for the bet, we've been allowed to use the magic spring for the next threeyears. Belle's master is getting better now that she has access to the magic spring water," Colinreplied with a sigh.

"Thank you so much for risking your life to save my master, Darren," Belle said immediately.

Darren smiled as he glanced at her. He tapped her forehead with his finger lightly. Tendernessreflected in his eyes as he responded dotingly, “What are you talking about? I'm your brother. I didwhat any brother would do. Don’t be so formal with me or next time, I'll teach you a lesson.”

"I will not. Being with you is the happiest thing for me," Belle grinned.

Darren smiled at her before turning to Colin. "All the Holy Lords were there. How dare they backout?" he asked.

Before Colin could explain, Belle replied, "The magic spring means a lot to the three AncientFamilies. After you won, the Holy Lords started to discuss who would take charge of the magicspring. But a big shot unexpectedly appeared.

After hearing what happened, he got furious and hurt the three chiefs. After some deliberations,they reached an agreement. It was decided that the eight Holy Lands would get some magic springwater, and we were granted the use of the magic spring for three years."

Darren frowned and said, "I see. Was that big shot an ancestor from one of the three AncientFamilies?"

"Darren, your memory is rather good. The Holy Lords speculated that the elder is likely to be theone who had defeated the Holy Lord of the Ancient Dragon Holy Land.” When Colin mentioned thebig shot, his eyes sparkled with excitement. "But the elder didn't stay for long. He left after dealingwith the magic spring issue.”

Darren remained silent as he thought, “That's not bad. Even though the elder didn't allow Lotus HolyLand to use the magic spring, the other Holy Lands wouldn't have the nerve to challenge him. Lookslike he isn't an unreasonable person after all.’

"I've got good news for you. The elder said that you can use the three families’ magic spring anytime and that no one will stop you. Besides, after you get better, the Holy Lord will reward you forwinning the tournament,” Colin added with a laugh.

"Belle, let's go meet the Holy Lord. Your brother needs to rest,” Colin said to the Holy Maiden."Okay. Get some rest. I need to visit my master after we've met with the Lord. I will visit youtomorrow," Belle said before following Colin to the door.

Before she stepped out of the room, she turned and winked at Darren playfully. With a grin, shesaid, "There is one more thing. Elsa is going to finish her closed door training soon.”

Darren shook his hand with a smile and then lay down.

However, he became restless when he recalled what a disciple of the Blade Holy Land had said. 'Hesaid that they had caught an elder from a small sect. Who on earth could this elder be? Was it ElderThomas?!

The more he thought about it, the more Darren became certain that the disciple was referring toThomas. “The Holy Lord of the Blade Holy Land must have thought that Elder Thomas had killed hisson, for there were many signs left by the sword. After all, Thomas is considered the bestswordsman in the llmen Sect, * he guessed.

'I must keep this from Elsa, ' Darren decided.

Although Elsa didn't get on well with Thomas, he was sure that she would be worried upon learningthat he had been captured. After all, Thomas was her father.

'I need to replace an opportunity to visit Blade Holy Land and figure out what is going on, ' Darrenconcluded.

He then took out some healing pills from his Space Ring to heal himself.

“This time, I was badly injured. I wonder how Bruce is doing. Darren thought of Bruce as he startedto check his injuries.

'If I hadn't transformed and used my demonic internal force to suppress his strength, I would havebeen smashed to a pulp, * he recalled.

Darren had fought Bruce because he sensed that Bruce had the blood of the fiend, just as he did.He could prevail over Bruce mainly because his fiend blood was pure enough to oppress Bruce'sbloodline force.

'l will replace him. If possible, I will try to help Bruce, * he planned. Darren had suffered tremendouslywhen he was little. However, it seemed as though Bruce had endured more than he did. So, hepitied Bruce.

He then cleared his mind and focused on healing himself.