Chapter 688 Cultivating For Three Years

Time seemed to be meaningless to them when cultivating. Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

A statue sat on the side of the stone hall.

The figure was cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by spiritual light. Occasionally, it released a stream of spiritual energy that shot up into the sky.

Crack!

With a loud sound, the statue shattered. Inside it was a young man with a graceful aura. He was none other than Darren.

As he had remained motionless for three years, the dust had covered him and given him a statue-like appearance.

At this moment, he had reached a bottleneck, and so, he woke from his meditation.

"I've reached the top level of six-star Grand Realm. My progress has been a little faster than expected."

Darren could quickly absorb spiritual energy from the outside world because of his martial arts talent at the ninth level of the Heaven Degree. Thus, his cultivation speed was much faster than that of other martial artists.

However, advancement in a cultivator's realm did not rely only on spiritual energy, but also on experiences and perception.

Therefore, just as he was about to enter the seven-star Grand Realm, Darren encountered a bottleneck and could not advance further, no matter how hard he tried.

Since he was unable to break through in a short time, it was pointless to continue the cultivation. That was why Darren woke. He knew that he could cultivate again later.

"Although my sword and blade intents haven't reached the extreme level, people feel that they have."

Darren hadn't practiced the blade and sword intents to their extreme level when he had once practiced in the time and space vortex. He knew that for each branch of cultivation, there could only be one person to master the extreme intent. He had inherited his blade and sword intents from that young man with a pair of sword eyes. In theory, it would be impossible for Darren to cultivate it to the extreme level while the young man still lived.

"Wait a minute!" Darren's eyes widened as a thought flashed through his mind.

"Fire is attached to my blade intent. And ice is bound to my sword intent. If I can merge the ice and fire completely into the blade and sword intents, it will be a different kind of cultivation method."

Darren couldn't help but be excited at this thought. He was sure that no one had considered combining fire and ice essence with blade and sword intents before.

At least, it was almost impossible for anyone else to have set foot on this road from among the strong martial artists of this world.

After realizing this, Darren had to figure out how to integrate them.

"If my belief is correct, and I work in this direction, I will eventual

Darren smiled.

"By the way, Dexter has not come out for so long. Could he have died?"

Three years had passed, but the stone gate remained motionless. Hobson wondered whether Dexter had died inside a long time ago.

"I don't think so. The road of the examination must be very difficult. It has only been three years since it began."

Darren thought that it would take decades or even hundreds of years to complete such an examination.

"You are right." Hobson nodded and added, "Then should we continue our cultivation or not? I feel that my spear intent has reached its peak, and I can't take any further steps. It doesn't matter if I continue to cultivate or not. Achieving a breakthrough probably depends on luck at this point."

"I also met an obstacle in my cultivation," Darren said.

"By the way, Darren, didn't the lord said that there was a way to leave here? You might have seen it, right? Why don't we try?" Hobson suggested.

"No way. It's impossible for us to get through. Let me tell you what I know. There is a body of an emperor behind that door. If we want to leave, we must go through his heart. Do you think that is possible?" Darren asked.

"Wow!" Hobson jumped in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have never seen a living holy emperor in my life. It will be a great honor to examine an emperor's body. Hurry up and take me there!"

Hobson was understandably very excited. Any other strong martial artist would also be this curious.

"Ha-ha, okay, let me show you the way. But I must warn you. You might be scared to death," Darren replied as he walked with Hobson toward the stone gate where the sea of blood was hidden.

But, what they didn't know was that the waves behind the stone gate were more terrifying than anything they had experienced before.