Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 196 Stunning Strength (Part One)

A glaring light shone brilliantly to kindle the whole sky. Without delay, Darren flew towards thedirection where the explosive noise came from. Suddenly, an immense form came from thatdirection, stirring the air and causing the earth to shake. It truly seemed as if the earth and sky werecrashing down on each other.

After a few moments, Darren was able to reach his destination. He saw five projections of Scottfloating in the air, manifesting frightening momentum in front of their enemy. Right in front ofScott's five images stood a young man in black armor. A cloud of darkness suspended him in the air.Both men exuded an air of coldness. But in comparison to Scott, the man in black armor seemedmore ruthless with a much powerful strength.

"Scott must have used his inheritance skill to split into five avatars of himself. He is not taking anychances. There was no way he was going to let his enemy get the upper hand,” Darren murmured tohimself.

Darren was fully aware that the man in black armor was by no means weak. In terms of martial arts,he knew from Scott that the man was at the same level of intelligence as a Grand Realm warrior.Suddenly, a fierce roar resounded in the air.

Scott's five avatars howled wildly all at once. Behind every avatar was a monstrous shadow of adragon.

The black mountains shook and collapsed as the dragons roared fiercely. The sound waves were sointense that even Darren had to back off several miles away just to steady himself. The moment hefound his footing, he suspended himself in the air in order to get a better view of the fight.

Scott's five avatars moved with enormous force simultaneously all of a sudden. Responding to theirmovement, the five dragons behind them swiftly wagged their bodies to rally an even moretremendous energy. Without delay, they immediately launched attacks towards the man in blackarmor at the same time.

At once, a piercing noise resounded in the air.

The young man howled in fury, his eyes lit up with fierceness. He stretched out his hands to launcha waft of black smoke at his enemies. It darted towards the five avatars of Scott like some sort ofblack lightning.

The black smoke spread out to put the man under its protection. On the other hand, Scott's fiveavatars flew in the air and launched attack after attack against the aggressive black smoke. Theytried everything they could to get to the man and attack him in all directions. But no matter whatthey did, they could not succeed. The black smoke was just too powerful. The ball of smokeshielding the man was so impenetrable that no matter how many attacks they sent, not a singlecrevice appeared on its surface.

Suddenly, one of the dragon shadows behind one of Scott's avatars became distorted and finallydisappeared into thin air due to the endless attacks from the black smoke.

The man in black armor took advantage of the opportunity and quickly leaped towards Scott's realbody at an extremely fast speed. He moved so fast that the only thing Darren could see was hisshadow.

Explosive sounds resounded in succession as forces from the two sides collided.

As endless attacks came one after the other, blaring explosive noises followed. The forces were somighty that it shattered the earth beneath into pieces. Countless rocks were blown up into the airand kindled by the intense energy. Like a rain of fire, they fell down to the broken earth. In a blink ofan eye, the place was turned into nothing but debris and ashes.

Meanwhile, Darren was also affected by the fluctuation of energy. It hurt him and made him feelsick. His blood seethed wildly in his chest. If he had not retreated another several miles away intime, he would have already puked a mouthful of blood.

Darren, still suspended in the air, was able to see the fight clearly even if he was many miles awayfrom it.

In spite of the thick, black smoke, Darren was able to see how the man in black armor launchedconsecutive mighty attacks against the remaining four dragon shadows. Scott was forced to retreatagain and again, unable to defend himself against the man's powerful attacks.

"What a terrifying force!" From time to time, Darren could spot tiny black fissures coming intobeing. He assumed that they must be fissures forming in the sky because of the tearing of space,showing that the fight was just so intense that even the space was being affected.

"No, Scott's real body was hit!"

Darren shouted when he saw one of Scott's avatars hit by the black smoke. The dragon shadowbehind that avatar immediately vanished as Scott's real body fell heavily on the ground, creating ahuge crater. His body went deeper and deeper into the crater until it reached the center of theearth.

Meanwhile, the other three avatars that were still flying in the air were smashed into pieces as well."There's just too big a gap between their strengths. Even though Scott is just half a step away fromfully achieving the Grand Realm, he is still far behind that man.” Darren could not help but feelfrightened upon witnessing the man's mighty strength. But above all, he felt worried for Scott'ssafety. If the fight lasted any longer, there would be a big possibility that the man in black armorwould kill Scott easily and without remorse.

Now that Scott had dropped to the center of the earth, the man finally stopped attacking him withblack smoke. At once, he suspended himself in the air and looked at his enemy with an ice-coldface. He seemed to be waiting for something.

The moment was so intense that Darren could not refrain himself from watching the fight from afar.He and Scott treated each other as friends, or even like brothers. He would not be able to bearseeing Scott die under his nose.

With this thought in mind, Darren rallied his spiritual sense to activate the pyramid-like demon corein his belly as fast as he could. His skin darkened as black scales began to grow on his skin one afterthe other.

In that moment, Daren had turned himself into a fighting monster.

As soon as Darren completed his transformation, he felt a cold gaze land on him. The man in blackarmor looked down at Darren from up above with a gaze so piercing it seemed as if it were a sharpsword that could stab any of his enemies.

Darren could not help but tremble under the gaze of the man. Despite Darren's existing power, theman still frightened him greatly. Darren was left with no choice but to subdue his fear. He leapedinto the air like a black lightning, dashed towards the black pit that was created by Scott's body, andslipped into it.

'Why didn't he stop me?’ Darren thought as his heart fluttered nervously. Somehow, deep inside, hehad a feeling that the man was not planning on launching any attacks against him. Had the manbeen planning on attacking Darren, he would have been able to smash him into pieces with just asnap of his fingers.

Darren darted straight towards the heart of the earth. By the time he reached the core, he wasalready miles away from the earth's surface.

He did not stop until he saw a vast area full of lava. There, he found Scott's wounded bodyimmediately.

“The lava is scorching hot. If he had fallen into the lava, he would have been turned into ashesimmediately. I would burn into nothing too, if I fall into it." Darren felt relieved that Scott did not fallinto the sea of lava.