Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 71 Sword Core

Darren casually nodded his head. Even though the battle had left him injured, he had regained hiscultivation base, so he was able to use the spiritual energy to heal the wounds and prepared himselffor the next test.

Elsa, who was standing beside him, had mixed feelings. Confusion and joy rushed through her whenshe fixed her eyes on Darren. But she swallowed her emotions and walked up to him.

"Darren, that Talent-upgrading Elixir is extremely precious. And it will be extremely good for you.You should take it," Elsa softly said. She stretched out her hands and gave it to him. Her words werefilled with tenderness and sincerity.

Hearing her, Mathew couldn't help but laugh. "You two are such a good match. It is nice to see youguys loving and caring for each other. If I were not an avatar, I would take it without hesitation.

I have seen numerous couples who have constantly fought with each other over these trifles. Butyou two have always been polite and considerate towards each other. I believe that you and Darrenare a perfect match for each other,” Mathew added.

"Sir......" After hearing his words, Elsa felt her cheeks flush red, and stammered, "That's not how it is.He's like a brother to me. That's all.”

While she was saying this, she couldn't help staring at Darren. She was anxious to know how hewould react.

"Yes, Sir. We are not a couple. Elsa is just like my sister. Please stop making fun of us," Darrenexplained.

Mathew glanced at them with a brief smile and didn't say anything more.

But Elsa, who on the surface looked composed, felt a wave of disappointment wash over her. Shestood still and silent, her heart aching

His remark was followed by an embarrassed silence. Seeing that Elsa didn't say anything for a while,Darren was utterly confused about what had just happened. So to break the silence, he walked upto her and said, "Elsa, you had better take that pill. If you insist on giving it to me, I will have nochoice but to force you to swallow it."

"All right. I will take it. Thank you so much, Darren," Elsa softly said. Looking at Darren's serious face,Elsa thought that it would be hypocritical of her to refuse him again. She nodded her head inagreement and accepted the pill.

Elsa swallowed the Talent-upgrading Elixir immediately, sat down on the ground with her legscrossed, and began to absorb the essence from the pill.

Darren followed suit in order to begin to cure his injuries.

'Hmm. The sword intent has become so intense after I absorbed it from the Purple ThunderingSword. It's so powerful that my meridians are unable to sustain it, * Darren thought to himself.Darren came to this realization after he found that the sword intent, which flowed freely inside hismeridians, had grown sharp all of a sudden. When he sensed the change, he instantly transferredthe sword intent toward his cinnabar field.

'Ah! What happened? The sword internal force that was contained inside my body has begun totransform into something different! Darren mused.

As Darren started to transfer the sword intent toward his cinnabar field, it kept on circling around.The sword internal force began to undergo a radical transformation. The entire process was sointense that it caused a stabbing pain in his meridians.

But Darren didn't stop. Instead, he kept on observing the happenings in his cinnabar field.

"Huh? The sword intent is swirling frantically in my cinnabar field right now! I'm just nowremembering that I had the same experience when I absorbed the demonic internal force! Thismeans that..." Darren quietly thought.

Darren grew giddy with excitement at the thought of it. With this, he began to transfer the swordintent urgently.

Quickly, an hour had passed.

'Ha-ha, it is just as I expected. A great deal of the sword intent flowed into my cinnabar field, formedinto a small orange sword, and appeared around the demon core, ' Darren thought to himself.Darren was delighted at the experience. He guessed that the orange sword was condensed intosword core, and that it was similar to the demon core. He felt that he had elevated to a higher levelin cultivation and would be more able to absorb the sword intent from now on.

"Ahhh." Darren took a deep breath and managed to turn on the sword core. He wanted to see howit would work.

Meanwhile Elsa, who had swallowed the pill, observed the strange movement of her body as shebreathed.

Suddenly, rays of green light were emitted from her body. A gust of wind fiercely blew across theground, enveloping her in it.

A fierce sword intent was shooting outside from her body violently. It made her feel so comfortablethat she wanted to shout.

"The injuries caused by the sword intent have been healed. Right now, she is improving her talent,”Mathew observed. Mathew was very fond of them. Seeing that Elsa had improved her skill, he wassincerely happy for her.

When he turned to look at Darren, he was even more taken aback. After Darren turned on his swordcore, his powerful move caused quite a stir and rippled the surface of the lake. Numerous swordintents howled across his body fiercely.

"What! Darren was able to condense the sword core?” Mathew gasped.

Mathew was in total shock. He felt the sword intent that gushed out from Darren's body flowingtoward him fiercely. He shuddered as he sensed this almost frightening surge of power.

Mathew's avatar wore a slight smile on his face as he turned towards Elsa. He murmured to himself,"That's great! Now, let me help you guys."

The avatar instantly stretched out his hand, put his fingers together and made a gesture that lookedlike a sword. After he waved his hand toward Darren, the sword intent that was gathering aroundDarren flew towards Elsa fiercely.

This process continued for about two hours. As it completed, Darren suddenly opened his eyes witha piercing look on his face. His eyes now felt sharp as a sword, feeling as though they could cutthrough steel.

"Thank you so much, Sir," Darren stated. Darren looked at Mathew before bowing deeply. He wasimmensely grateful. Just moments ago, he had been so afraid when the frightening sword intentsflew towards him all of a sudden. It was certain that he would not have been able to sustain suchintense power and the force of the sword intents would have made him explode in the blink of aneye. It was Mathew who had saved his life.

When he had been in a blind panic at the thought of it, he had suddenly felt that the sword intentwas being deliberately transferred. It could only have been done by Mathew.

"You are welcome. Although I am just an avatar and don't have enough strength, I have grasped thepremium sword intent as a swordsman and was able to help you transfer the preliminary swordintent,” Mathew explained.

"Besides, it can also help Elsa. Don't mention it. It was my pleasure,” Mathew added.

Darren nodded his head and thanked him again. Then he got up and looked toward Elsa.

Elsa, who was beside him, was still absorbing the sword intent.

"Girl, you're almost done. Hurry up and transfer the sword intent into your cinnabar field and turn itinto the core!" Mathew reminded her.

She did as he had told her and transferred the sword intent which was filling inside her body intoher cinnabar field and began to condense the sword core.

Fifteen minutes later, Elsa opened her eyes. She wore a look of glee on her face

"I did it! I did it! Thank you so much, Sir!" Elsa exclaimed. Elsa felt that a small red sword was formedin her cinnabar field! She jumped up and down with excitement.

"That's great! According to my observations, Darren has condensed an orange sword core, and youhave a red one. From now on, you two are genuine talents in swordsmanship. Congratulations!"Mathew said proudly. He nodded his head with satisfaction. It was not every day he came acrosstalents like these!

"Sir, why are our sword cores different colored? What does that indicate?” Darren asked. Darrenknew that it was important.

"Don't worry. Let me explain it to you,” Mathew casually replied. Touching his white beard, he slowlysaid, "Every strong swordsman desperately hopes to condense a sword core. Generally speaking,when you reach the Wonder Realm, you will be able to condense one. Because by this time, youwould get a chance to grasp the Omnipotent Talent Skill. And ninety-nine percent of the swordcultivators seize that chance to condense the sword core.

Right now, you guys have condensed the sword core before you elevate to the Wonder Realm. Itshows that you two are super geniuses and have made your mark in the whole world. And thesword core can be graded as red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple. Generally speaking,when you reach the Wonder Realm and condense your sword core, basically it will be yellow orabove, which can emit stronger sword intent for the cultivator.

Darren, you have condensed an orange sword core. When you elevate to the Wonder Realm, youwill have a chance to intensify it further. When that happens, it will turn into green at the very least,or even purple, Elsa, although you have the red sword core which is a little inferior to the orange,you still have immense potential. When you reach the Wonder Realm and start to intensify yoursword core, you will still be far superior to those with normal and mediocre sword core in the samerealm. But you should put more effort into your practice and really do your best to improve yourtalent,” Mathew kindly said.

Hearing Mathews detailed explanation, Darren and Elsa grew extremely excited.

"Thank you for telling us all this, Sir! I am ever so grateful for your wise counsel. You are such aworthy master of the Grand Realm with an incisive mind," Daren replied.

He and Elsa bowed deeply, expressing their gratitude.

"Ha-ha!" Mathew laughed. Mathew shook his head and said, "Due to my stubborn brother, I wasable to get such detailed information. He also condensed the yellow sword core before he reachedthe Wonder Realm.”

At this, Darren was surprised. Mathew said that his brother had condensed the sword core before hereached the Wonder Realm. This implied that his brother was much better and stronger than hewas.

Seeing Darren's reaction, Elsa turned around and said, "Darren, Mr. Xiao's brother is also a masterwho reached the Grand Realm. Perhaps you have heard about him before. People call him HansonXiao."

Ah!

Darren suddenly felt dizzy. Were they really talking about the legendary cultivator who practiced hissword and saber skills at the same time?