Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 413 The Opposite Bank Of The River

Darren shrugged casually, even though Timothy and Abelard were eagerly waiting for his response.Right from the start, Darren had hidden his real cultivation base. Although he had unintentionallyexposed it to them, he wasn't worried. He believed that the two were trustworthy friends, andhence, he would not be at risk if they knew such a secret.

"I have been a little slow in improving my cultivation base. So, my cultivation base is at the peak ofthe primary stage of the Wonder Realm," Darren responded calmly as he revealed his real cultivationbase. As a result, Timothy and Abelard soon realized that he was telling the truth about hiscultivation base.

"Oh, my God! You are at the primary stage of the Wonder Realm,"

Timothy and Abelard exclaimed excitedly. Then they rushed to Darren and put their arms on hisshoulders.

Darren was speechless. One of the reasons why he hid his real cultivation base was that he didn'twant people to make a fuss about it. When Darren didn't react, the two friends began to talk withgreater excitement.

"You are a miracle! Oh, no, to be more exact, you are a living legend. We are lucky to be friends witha living legend!"

"Abnormal! It's just far too abnormal. I can't imagine how strong you are going to be when youreach the Grand Realm in the future!"

The two surrounded Darren and continued to speak enthusiastically, their faces flushed withexcitement. Never had they met a young warrior with such tremendous potential in martial arts."Come on, guys! Stop it! I am not as excited as you guys. I don't know why you are so astounded,”Darren replied as he rolled his eyes. Then he casually shook off their hands from his shoulders."How can we not be excited? You are a rare genius, the likes of which ordinary people are lucky toencounter once in a million years. We can't believe that we had the chance to meet you andbecome your friends. Isn't it reasonable for us to be thrilled for a while?" Abelard said with a grin ashe tapped Darren on the shoulder.

When Darren studied Timothy's and Abelard's expressions, he observed genuine happiness. For amoment, he thought they could be his true friends. After all, it had been Darren's experience thatpeople wanted to either please him or use him once they learned of his true potential for martialarts. And yet, Timothy and Abelard's attitude toward him had not changed after learning about hisreal cultivation base level. Darren had expected to sense false respect and patronization from them.However, they just showed their true feelings.

This convinced Darren that they regarded him as their good friend. They made friends with himbecause they liked him, not because of his real strength and potential.

Once the excitement died, Timothy regained his composure and then suggested, "Guys, I thinkwe've had enough rest. If we don't go to the opposite bank of the river now, I am afraid that we willmiss the war,"

Darren nodded before adding, "You are quite right! If we don't leave now, there won't be muchdemonic monster blood left for you. And what I want will not exist, either.”

"Then, what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up!" Abelard said.

Darren walked to the Water Kylin, who was still asleep, kicked him gently, and delivered a messagethrough his spiritual sense. "Hey! You idiot. Get up now! Tell us what had happened to you, thentake us to the opposite bank of the river."

When the Water Kylin woke up from his sound sleep, he looked languid and in low spirits.

"I'm so tired. Please allow me to rest for another half year,” the Water Kylin said with a huge yawn.Boom!

Darren waved the back of his blade and slashed the Water Kylin's tail.

"Howl!"

The Water Kylin yelled instinctively and jumped up abruptly like a cat whose tail had been trampled."Holy shit! That hurts. Don't treat me like that!" He screamed as agony coursed through him.

"Cut your crap! Since you are so lazy, I have to replace effective ways to keep you awake and sober!"Darren said with a smirk.

After witnessing such a scene, both Timothy and Abelard took a deep breath. They felt that theWater Kylin was rather pitiful. After all, he was a legendary beast, and Darren had kicked and slashedhim as if he were just a regular beast.

The Water Kylin stretched, yawned deeply, and then flew toward Darren. It seemed as though hewas not mad at Darren at all. Suddenly, the Water Kylin narrowed his eyes. He appeared to bethinking of something that agitated him. Soon, his eyes became sharp and fierce.

"The damn ride! He dared to deceive me! I'll crush him into powder!" the Water Kylin snarled.

"You mean Ethan was the one that got you trapped?” Darren asked with a deep frown.

"Yes, it was him!" the Water Kylin snapped. He had forced Ethan to be his ride before. He had beenconfident that he could manipulate Ethan as easily as a weak ant. But, he hadn't expected that Ethanwould set him up. He looked furious as he told Darren what had happened to him before.

It turned out that Ethan, the Water Kylin's ride had known that there were many Invisible Panthers inthis area. He was aware that the group of Invisible Panthers could activate the powerful rule pell ofshackle. Thus, he deliberately brought the Water Kylin to the spot, intending to trick the InvisiblePanthers into killing the Water Kylin. By the time the Water Kylin realized that he had been set up,Ethan had escaped.

After his escape, Ethan had planned to kill Darren, Timothy, and Abelard. Unexpectedly, he had beenseverely injured by an Invisible Panther's sneak attack before he could escape successfully.

"We will ignore Ethan for the time being. The next time we see him, we will kill him,” Darren saidwhen he heard that Ethan had framed the Water Kylin.

Darren was right, as seeking revenge on Ethan was not their top priority. They had a more pressingmatter to deal with at that moment.

After quick preparation, the three sat on the Water Kylin's back and flew toward the other bank ofthe river.

Earlier, there were many peculiar diabolic beasts in the river that were good at launching sneakattacks. However, once the Water Kylin had bombarded most of them with his thunder andlightning, the remaining powerful diabolic beasts just hid under the water. They now feared theWater Kylin. As a result, Darren and his two companions could easily cross the river. With the WaterKylin's help, they reached the other bank in an instant.

The battle on the other bank was still going on. As soon as they approached, the four felt theground shake and heard painful screams and agonized roars.

After passing through a transparent film, the four finally reached their destination, and thenauseating stench of blood immediately wafted into their noses.

Many tremendous figures overshadowed the sky thousands of miles away. Even at this greatdistance, Timothy, Abelard, Darren, and the Water Kylin could sense immense pressure and theintense killing intent released in the formidable breath of these tremendous figures.

"Oh, the stench of blood is so strong that I want to vomit.” Timothy and Abelard looked slightly paleas they spoke. Neither could resist the surging killing stink.

"Water Kylin, help them,” Darren said as he gestured to the creature. Then, Water Kylin released hisancient aura to cover the strong killing malodor.

In a place not far away from the four, a bloody river navigated through a mountain. All the blood inthe river was from the diabolic beasts that had been slaughtered.

"You lead the way to the battlefield, and we will stay close to you," Darren instructed the WaterKylin.

Since he was far from the battlefield, Darren couldn't assimilate the talent of all the dead demonicmonsters. Also, the blood in the river was mostly from the low-level demonic beasts, and hence, itwas of no use to Timothy and Abelard. So, under the Water Kylin's leadership, they slowed downand quietly approached the battlefield.

About a thousand miles from the main battlefield, the three found it hard to move forward even byan inch.

When they looked up, they saw over ten thousand or perhaps, even a hundred thousand demonicmonsters hovering in the air and fighting dozens of small bloody shadows.

The bloody shadows, who were constantly moving, were the twenty three-star grand warriors whohad managed to reach here first.

The air was filled with killing intent at that moment.

Darren and his two friends soon found that the demonic monsters that were still alive were at leastcomparable to warriors at the supreme stage of the Wonder Realm. Several were at the primarystage of the Grand Realm. Of course, there were numerous monsters who were comparable to two-star grand warriors.

The group of demonic monster force was so large! If they appeared at other places beyond theriver, it would be a complete disaster for that place as they would destroy everything there. Whatwas worse, no other areas beyond the river would have twenty three-star grand warriors to fightthese creatures.

The whole sky above the river was filled with blood, and the smell of blood rain permeated throughthe surroundings as the powerful demonic monsters were continually being killed. Even thoughDarren was a thousand miles from them, he could feel the talent of the diabolic beasts scatteraround like a waterfall after they died.

"Assimilate,” Darren said and began to absorb the scattering talent.

As there was an excess of beast talent, Darren could assimilate some of it even though he was stillfar from the main battlefield. However, the amount of talent he was consuming was too little."Timothy and Abelard, you two wait here. I'll go to the main battlefield alone.” Darren did not wantto waste the talent. Thus, he chose to take the risk of going closer.

"No, I don't think it's a good idea. We can't go any further. Even the Water Kylin might not be ableto protect us if we are found and attacked by a group of demonic monsters.” Both Timothy andAbelard strongly disagreed with Darren's desire to take such a risky step.

Their disagreement was justified. After all, if a large number of grand demonic monsters besiegedthem, even the Water Kylin wouldn't be able to help. They knew that several powerful demonicmonsters would launch sneak attacks to kill them as soon as they were discovered.

"I am sorry, but I have to go. You two should be careful and hide your traces. The most powerfuldemonic monster hasn't appeared yet. You must not go there rashly,” Darren said as he began tomove forward.

Seeing that Darren was leaving, Timothy and Abelard sighed. Since Darren was a rare genius thatwould appear only once in a million years, he would take the risk to improve his talent faster. Thus,they knew they couldn't stop him. So, they lurked in the jungle on the ground and waited for themost powerful demonic monster to appear.

Before Timothy adventured here, he had heard that this time, a group of strong human warriorswould unite to kill a five-star grand demonic monster!