Nobilis of War novel Chapter 68

Under the lake, it was a completely different sight. As ripples spread on its surface, it turned into three colors, from far to near.

Flaming red water surrounded Darren, dancing like shiny fairies.

A strange bubbling sound came forth.

A series of bubbles rose from the bottom of the lake, bringing with them many skulls that popped out from underwater.

"Eh? That's..." Seeing those skulls, Darren sensed a stream of very pure and strong sword aura. 'They should be Sword Type Creatures, what a powerful aura, ' Darren thought.

One by one, seventy two skulls popped out.

'My cultivation base has been degenerated to the first stage of the Primary Realm, but these creatures have no cultivation base either, except for pure sword intent aura, ' Darren thought, his eyes widening in surprise. He raised his brows and tried to work out something. 'Does that mean I should kill these Sword Type Creatures with my pure sword intent?'

Latching onto this idea, Darren mobilized his brain cells and began to recall the very little sword intent he had comprehended on the cliff wall.

He had just started to master the sword intent, he was not yet familiar with its power when exercising the sword skill.

A fiery Sword Type Creature popped out of the bottom of the lake and moved in on Darren.

He frowned as it neared him. 'The sword intent is so strong with this aura of roaring flames!'

There was no time for Darren to puzzle it out. All of a sudden, the fiery creature turned into a red light ball and dashed towards him.

Darren's sword was already in his hand for the upcoming counterattack, but he was not able to mobilize any internal force or his Demon Core! It was apparent that he had been restricted by some powerful force.

"Well, I must kill you with only my sword intent!"

With a wave of his sword, the first movement of the Profound Nine Sword Skills was dispatched. "Whiz!" the sharp blade edge whistled through the air. In an attempt to scope out the creature's true strength, Darren held back from using the Profound Nine Sword Skills at the beginning.

Clank!

In a blink of an eye, Darren's sword had stabbed into the Sword Type Creature's chest. The result, however, was a great surprise to him.

Rather than being routed, the creature gave off a stream of searing white-hot sword intent which ran along Darren's sword to attack him.

'This sword intent is so much more powerful than my sword internal force. I would be no match for it if this creature has the same stage of cultivation base realm with me!' Darren was somewhat surprised as he felt the sword intent.

But for now, Darren could only resort to the sword skills to fight against the creature as neither of them had a cultivation base.

The next moment, Darren moved his figure and delivered three successive movements of the Profound Nine Sword Skills. His sword edge gleamed with deathly, dazzling light as it swung at a lightning speed and hacked at the Sword Type Creature.

When the creature took hasty steps backward, Darren seized the opportunity and delivered several more blows in rapid succession.

"Swish!"

The Sword Type Creature's skull was whittled into pieces!

"Bang!"

Its body exploded and puffs of heavy fiery sword intent drifted away in the water.

'Eh? Why don't I try to assimilate the sword intent?'

he thought, a bright idea striking him. He urged his mind and released a strange power from his head. Somehow, the fiery sword intent began to float to Darren. As this took place, neither Elsa nor Mathew even noticed.

"This is great! I am truly able to assimilate this sword intent," Darren whispered happily.

After the assimilation, he felt a hint of sword intent wander through his energy meridians, but a small fiery object was rejected by his body.

'It seems the sword intent contains some fire attribute which my body doesn't want to accept, ' Darren realized.

At the same time, Elsa couldn't help but cheer in a low voice at the sight of Darren's victory. "You did it, Darren! Absolutely wonderful!"

Mathew's shadow also nodded and smiled. "Pretty good. You have killed the first Sword Type Creature in such a short time. Your chances of passing this first test are high."

With the accumulation of sword intent in his body, Darren now possessed a small amount of cultivation base. Because of this, killing all the other Sword Type Creatures would be much easier than before.

After a little while, Darren had killed nine fiery Sword Type Creatures.

The more creatures he killed, the more sword intent he was able to accumulate in his body. Another successful slaying of a dozen creatures made Darren feel as though the power of his sword had become stronger by dozens of times!

"Ha-ha, perfect!" Mathew's shadow, who had been observing Darren by the lake, said with a smile. He clearly liked Darren. "His courage increases as the fight progresses. He is absolutely a genius to have his sword intent reach the preliminary stage in such a short time."

Mathew's compliment made Elsa give a sweet smile. She did not realize how delighted she looked with Darren's success.

"Swish!"

Flashes of sword light were seen under the lake, accompanied by the explosion of the fiery Sword Type Creatures from time to time.

In an hour's time, Darren had killed seventy-one Sword Type Creatures and his accumulated sword intent was now immensely powerful.

"It's your turn!" Darren grinned as he saw a Sword Type Creature with dark red flames, larger in size.

If this Sword Type Creature had had human's consciousness, it would have bent its knees in front of Darren to beg for mercy. After slaying so many creatures in succession, he looked like the god of death!

Thirty-six Sword Type Creatures would have been enough for Darren to pass this test, not to mention seventy one!

"That's good enough, lad. No need to push it, you will be wounded even if you can defeat it. Come out and prepare for your next test." Mathew's voice was heard.

"Sir, I want to have a try," Darren shouted at the lakeside as he began to make sword moves.

"Profound Nine Sword Skills!" Darren shouted, channeling these nine skills at the same time.

The large creature also gave off a powerful sword intent and shot at Darren like a Cloud Nine Divine Sword.

"Swish!"

A loud sound like cloth tearing apart was heard. The next moment, the Sword Type Creature exploded into pieces. Certainly its sword intent had been assimilated by Darren.

"What! Just one stroke!?" Outright surprise was written on Mathew's face. "Genius!" he gasped in admiration.

"I have seen so many geniuses over thousands of years, including those whose moves are much more powerful than yours. But this is the first time I've ever witnessed a man kill the strongest of Sword Type Creatures with just one stroke!" Mathew's shadow was utterly astonished.

"Good job, Darren! You are incredibly powerful!" Elsa was pleasantly surprised. Oh, how she wished she could run to Darren to embrace him!

"Sir, let him come out of the lake," Elsa urged.

"No hurry," Mathew's shadow gave her a reassuring wave of his hand. "He seems to be intent on challenging the 'icy sword intent'. I really can't wait to see how many Sword Type Creatures he'll manage to kill totally."

Elsa shifted her eyes to the middle part of the lake. A snow white Sword Type Creature with chilly breath popped out of the bottom, even larger and stronger than the last creature Darren had killed.

Of course Elsa was not worried about Darren's strength. Like Mathew, she was instead wondering how many such powerful Sword Type Creatures would be added to Darren's tally!

"There are totally thirty five such Sword Type Creatures with ice attribute. He would set a record if he manages to kill all of them. Moreover, if he could kill the last one with thunder attribute, that would be a perfect pass, which will earn him a handsome reward from my master!

But I have to admit it's quite unrealistic. Over several thousand years, I have never seen a genius who got through this test perfectly,"

Mathew said, shaking his head. But he was still looking forward to seeing Darren's strength. What if something miraculous transpired?