Chapter 1194 The Blood Pool

Aaron cried out in surprise, which alerted Finley and the others to Darren's presence. They turned around and rose some weapons.

After all, Darren was in disguise now, so he was a stranger to them.

"Stay away from Aaron!" Finley yelled, pointing a blade at Darren's chest.

"Ha-ha. I don't think I need to." Darren smiled.

Barnes thought Darren was provoking them, so he swung his stick vigorously. Darren didn't flinch even when the stick got super close to hitting him.

"Do you want to be beaten into a heap of meat by me?" Barnes growled, revealing his sharp teeth that gleamed in the low light.

"Barnes, you are still so impulsive. Look carefully. Who am I?" Darren asked. Now that they were in the test space, there was no need to hide his identity.

With a slight spin, Darren transformed back into his original look. His clean, purple robe and handsome appearance stunned the others.

"Darren... Ha-ha. It's Darren!" Aaron cheered, jumping up and down.

"What the hell! Darren? It's you! I thought you were a stranger. That's why I panicked when a stranger keep talking to us."

"You bastard!" Barnes and Finley dashed towards Darren. They scooped him up and squeezed him in the middle of a big group hug.

"It's been ten years. What happened to you?" Darren asked them once they had released him and calmed down.

"Well, it's a long story. In short, it's been hard for the past ten years. How about you?" Minor flashbacks occurred from the day that Darren had been expelled and they remembered that they were so worried about him.

"I'm okay. Don't worry about me. Let's get past the test first."

"Okay. But we'll talk about it after the test."

Trying to stay focused, they continued to move forward.

After a lot of walking that caused tired feet, the long and dark path came to an end. In front of them was a large pool boiling over with dark red blood.

"I think this is the first obstacle," Darren said, reaching out his arms to stop the others in front of the blood pool.

At the edge of the pool, thick blood mist rose up and condensed into skeletons which roared at them.

"Okay. Let me try first," Barnes offered. He started to fly over the blood pool.

However, when he had reached less than ten feet from shore, a blood wave burst upwards and hit him.

Barnes immediately felt shackled by it, and then a murderous intent rushed along his meridians into his elixir field.

"Howl!"

Barnes lifted his stick and used it to push the blood waves dow

the bank.

"Ha-ha. Impressive. It seems that you have gained a lot," Barnes said with a grin.

"You bet!" Darren smiled.

"Darren, you're amazing! We can't pass this test without you!" Aaron complimented, looking up at Darren with intense admiration.

"Well, let's go together. The test isn't over yet." Darren didn't say anything more. He gestured for everyone to fly forward.

There was not much killing intent left in the blood pool. As a result, they flew past the pool easily without any attacks.

"Darren, if you hadn't had the assimilating power, we wouldn't have even passed the first test," Barnes said with some disappointment after they walked into a tunnel.

"That's not necessarily the case. In fact, there are other ways to pass it," Darren said.

"How? Weren't you trapped too?" Finley chimed in.

"I was trapped because I haven't used any other powerful means yet. If I use my black god's power, it will be very easy for me to escape as well."

"But we're not like you. We can't make it," Finley said.

"My original plan is to let you fly above the blood pool together, and then I'll use my god's power to split the blood waves that will trap you so you can pass safely."

There was no doubt in his mind that his plan would work. The strength of the blood waves coming out of the blood pool were determined by the strength of people flying over it.

Darren's strength far exceeded his companions, so it wouldn't take them much effort to pass while he was distracting it with his powers.

"Yes. But now I'm worried about what we will encounter next." With such a difficult first test, it was scary to imagine what was to come.