23 Jade Sea Serpen (2/2)

”Just who is this old man? None of my other senses can pick him out.” Lady Katya seemed calm on the outside but she was quite nervous on the inside. This old man was undoubtedly a powerhouse far stronger than she was.

His next orders were to gift the young man a hammer strap from the royal treasury. The order was carried out but Katya still raised a brow. Just what was this old man doing here? Who was he? How did Darius absorb two dantians? Lady Katya was plagued by a myriad of questions as she looked at the screen ahead.

The old man gave out a string of orders as to what he wanted to occur in the next exam. He had no doubt increased the difficulty by quite a bit, but who were they to object to orders from high above?

The old man grinned mischievously with both hands behind his back while Lady Katya's guards nervously continued to monitor the exam and their surroundings.

Everytime one ascended a star, a secondary ability was unlocked. Darius had two stars, so he had the primary indomitable skill and secondary indomitable skill, not to mention the primary skill from that odd monkey. Katya and her guards could not even tell what kind of spirits the monkey and the shrimp were, nor were they in any database they had access to.

So how on earth had they allowed spirits they didn't know to enter the exam room? As Lady Katya thought to the events that had unfolded, and the ones currently occurring, she could not help but cast a sideward glance at the old man and think, ”A plot is afoot!”

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Jade Sea Serpents were powerful spirits of the first step. They often varied in strength and abilities, which made them troublesome to deal with. You could never tell what class it was until the battle unfolded.

”To make it out alive we need to cooperate, so listen closely, we should each take a serpent each. I will deal with the two headed one while you-” Before Lara could finish her sentence, Darius had already bolted, ”head for the other one...” Lara was not one used to being ignored, so she could not help but snort when she realized what had happened. Nevertheless she was battle-hardened and followed after Darius.

The islands were only a few hundred meters in diameter at most, so crossing them was quick. The serpents came from the waters onto the islands, each spirit moving with intent. It seemed as if each spirit already had a target as they split up when they neared the duo.

Darius could tell that the blood thirsty snake had it in for him, so he instinctively decided to dispatch it first.