Chapter 1194 The Blood Pool (1/2)

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.