Chapter 684 Let Them Fight One Another

The terrifying lightning violently struck the short old man.

He then subsequently forced out his Life True Rule to repair his damaged body. However, the speed of the repairing process was no match against the speed at which his body was being destroyed.

Both Darren and Hobson stood frozen in astonishment—they did not even dare think of coming close to the thing. They highly suspected that once the blood red lightning touched them, they would be doomed to die a horrific death in an instant.

The old man's face was contorted in misery.

"Why are you punishing me? Why!" the old man dolefully cried out. "I have been managing the Mythological Palace for a hundred thousand years. Is this what I get for my service? My child was killed! Why can't I take revenge? Ignorant fool! You made the most foolish rules in history!"

The old man continued to roar at the dark emptiness behind the stone gate, letting out his rage and indignation at the cruel and unfair predicament that he was facing.

As the lord of the palace, he had treated everyone with a degree of courtesy that did not fall short on being fair. But that being said, there were still others in the world who were ungrateful to his deference, vicious people. The old man found the fact that the first lord of the palace decided to make a rule in which all the succeeding lords could not kill anyone to be extremely unreasonable.

Another flash of blood red lightning appeared from the darkness, directly suppressing the old man's spiritual soul. The old man's entire body convulsed that even his Life True Rule was rendered useless.

"Sir!"

Darren's heart ached for the old man. Even as a junior holy warrior, the old man had treated them as any kind elderly would. He should not be punished like this.

Be that as it may, Darren would be powerless faced against the frightening blood red lightning. He could not save the old man even if he wanted to.

A few moments later, a bloody character that read "sinner" in ancient writing came into sight and slammed into the old man's body, bringing him down to the ground. He then started to disappear, presumably to be brought to a different space.

"I will be sentenced to eight thousand years of imprisonment for the two crimes I have committed. You must be careful, young men."

The trembling voice of the old man echoed before he completely vanished.

Only Darren and Hobson were left in the stone hall.

"What the hell are the dumb rules? Damn it!" Hobson's face was scrunched up into a spiteful scowl. He swung his spear violently against the wall to vent out his anger.

"The first lord has been dead ages ago. He had left those rules for this palace. We can't really blame the rules because rules don't have a mind of their own. They just operate according to the way the first lord had set them. Our anger is completely useless in this situation," Darren said as he calmed down.

"He is being suppressed

s grew desperate and decided to get out at the risk of their lives.

At a certain point in those lords' life, they felt that isolation and loneliness was a fate worse than being punished to death. At the end of it all, they were still only humans who craved company as any human being did when isolated for so long. They could not do anything about it.

"As long as a new lord shows up, the former lord will be freed. The so-called sin will be lifted," Darren remarked.

As long as someone else took charge of the palace, the old man would stop being suppressed and he could finally get out.

"So what you're saying is either one of us needs to take part in the assessment? Which of us should it be?" Hobson directed his gaze downwards and shook his head. The most basic requirement of becoming the lord of the palace was to get into the Holy Realm. He knew that it would be impossible for him and Darren to reach the Holy Realm in just a short period of time.

"Humph. We can't take part in the examination, but we can let the three bastards outside to do it." A sly smile appeared on Darren's face.

"What do you mean?" Hobson asked, confused.

"Those three outside are extremely greedy. They're not aware of the disadvantages of becoming the lord of the Mythological Palace. If we get the information out to them, they will surely fight for the chance of becoming the lord," Darren calmly explained.

"Yes, you're right! That's a clever idea!" Hobson jumped with joy. "I'll go talk to them right now."

"Wait." Darren sternly looked at Hobson and said, "Are you out of your mind? The master of the Golden Sacred Sect is very cunning. If you go straight to him and tell him about it, he must be suspicious. He might even kill you on the spot."

"Then what should we do?"

"I have a plan. Maybe I can even let them fight one another."

Darren confidently smirked. He already had the perfect and well thought out plan pictured inside his mind.