Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1268 Homer's Death

While Homer had all his attention focused on his back, an even more powerful wave of law attacks barraged his front, catching him totally off guard.

"What the...? Are you kidding me?"

He turned pale, the terror clear on his face, and hurriedly withdrew his spear to block the incoming attacks.

He breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, his rival was relatively weak. As long as he had his spear by his side to help him fight back, he felt confident he could counter through his enemy's defenses and turn the tide in his favor.

But then, his body began trembling violently, his face turned a deep red before the color soon drained from it.

He looked down to find the ground beneath his feet stained dark with his blood.

"You dirty rat!" Only then did Homer notice that an arrow of rule power had been shot through his crotch and pierced right into his heart.

His life began dripping away along with his blood.

"Die!"

The Rule Soul Avatar showed no mercy. He gathered his law force and targeted it all at Homer's head.

Homer was already panicking, his life already on the line as he was left exposed.

"Darren, don't kill me, please. I was sent here to help you improve your cultivation level, on Lord Yama's orders!" he shouted desperately, pleading for his life.

He was willing to do anything necessary to convince the Rule Soul Avatar to spare him.

But the Rule Soul Avatar paid his words no mind, they meant nothing to him. All that he could think about was that this man in front of him harbored a deep desire to kill him and that he had attempted to do something filthy to Jenifer. How could he possibly let him go now?

Homer's heart had already been stabbed into, it was over now. He could not hold off any more of the Rule Soul Avatar's attacks.

He sat, white as a sheet, awaiting death to take him.

"Stop!"

the Reincarnation Emperor yelled as he descended and stopped before the Rule Soul Avatar. "Darren, all Homer did was follow Lord Yama's orders. It was all for your own good. You can't kill him."

From the other end, the Rule Soul Avatar ceased his assault and cast contemptuous glances at the both of them.

"I need proof from Lord Yama for your words,” said the Rule Soul Avatar.

"What? I'm telling the truth, I would never lie about official orders. You do as you please now, but I'll be taking Homer away," said the Reincarnation Emperor authoritatively.

"Okay, I believe you. Get him out of here.” Unexpectedly, the Rule Soul Avatar agreed. It seemed he had a change of heart.

"Ha-ha, a wise decision. Come to my palace later and apologize to Homer. We'll be waiting for you there," said the Reincarnation Emperor quite pleased and surprised with how this had turned out. "Okay," nodded the Rule Soul Avatar.

"Humph! You're so ungrateful,” Homer groaned. "If I hadn't held back ninety percent of my strength, do you think you would have even been able to hurt me? How dare you try to kill me?" Homer's resent exploded out of him. Now that he was going to live, he tried to regain some dignity and find a way to save some face.

"Be quiet! Don't humiliate yourself. Go back and heal your wounds,” bellowed the Reincarnation Emperor in warning.

That silenced Homer, who then stared intensely at the Rule Soul Avatar, as two guards made their way over to help him.

As he turned, however, the Rule Soul Avatar shifted and a terrible law force gathered in his right hand.

Whoosh!

Out of nowhere, several arrows of law darted out.

No one was expecting the Rule Soul Avatar to completely ignore the Reincarnation Emperor's words and still try to kill Homer. Several arrows were thrust into Homer's head in the blink of an eye, too quick for anyone to react.

Only then did the Reincarnation Emperor realize that the Rule Soul Avatar had his own plans. His heart ignited in a rage.

"Why are you doing this?" he yelled.

It was already too late for him to do anything. The arrows of law had crushed Homer's soul. Homer's body fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

Flames of anger spurted out of the Reincarnation Emperor's eyes. He considered the situation but was at a loss for what his next course of action should be.

"All right,” he snorted in displeasure after a long pause.

He waved his hand, instructing his guards to carry Homer's corpse back to his palace.

He was frustrated; he could not do anything to the Rule Soul Avatar until he reported to Yama. He shook his head and left.

Jenifer came back soon after and learned of what had happened.

"Darren, did you really kill him?" Jenifer asked in shock at the revelation.

"Yes. Do you disagree with what I did?"

"No! He deserved to die!" snapped Jenifer. "I'm just worried about the fact that you killed him right in front of the Reincarnation Emperor. I don't think he'll let us go easily. Won't he come back and kill us?"

"No, he won't." The Rule Soul Avatar had come to this conclusion before he had killed Homer. He was quite sure that the Reincarnation Emperor would not dare to hurt him.

"I hope so. But we should still be careful, just in case.

By the way, when will we leave this place?" She knew it was impossible for him to stay here forever. "Don't worry about that. It is not yet time."

The Rule Soul Avatar had determined that they would have the best chance of leaving when he reached the Celestial God Realm. By then, all his Hiding Laws would be greatly enhanced and they could get rid of Yama.

Besides, there was not just himself to think of. He would have to rescue Donovan first and then take him, Jenifer and Briggs away from here.

"Alright," Jenifer replied, nodding in agreement.

It had been a month since Homer was killed.

On that same day, one month later, the Reincarnation Emperor came to the Rule Soul Avatar's palace once more.

"Darren, get out here!”

"Why should 17"

"You made a grave error. Did you think I would just let that go? Come out here and accept your punishment!”

The Reincarnation Emperor's face was stone cold and stern. Darren had only just come into this territory and had the nerve to kill an emperor right in from of him. If this brat was allowed to continue his presumptuous and arrogant ways, things would get out of hand.

The Rule Soul Avatar didn't say a word.

"Brat, Lord Yama is going to throw you into the ninth layer of hell. Whether you come out dead or alive depends on how you repent for your sins now. Don't flatter yourself and think you'll get off easy just because you've got a pair of silvery eyes. You'd do well to remember that you're nothing but a slave to Lord Yama!" yelled the Reincarnation Emperor.

"Take him away!" he then shouted his order.

He did not want anything more said. He thought Darren would only understand the trouble he was in when he suffered in the ninth layer of hell, and so he wouldn't waste any more time trying to explain his situation to him.

The actual order he had received was to further improve the Rule Soul Avatar's cultivation level. But he had made the suggestion that he be sent to the ninth layer of hell, known as the Chaotic Law Hell. There was contained the most violent laws in the world, that would hold the cultivator hovering between life and death. If one wished to come out alive, he would have to learn to control these laws which did not belong to anyone.

Needless to say, this was no easy task. Even a true immortal could not do this, only the superior immortals had any chance of survival.

The Reincarnation Emperor wanted the Rule Soul Avatar to suffer.

Several masters of the top level of the Star God Realm made their move to take the Rule Soul Avatar away. Luckily, he did not resist.

"I want her to come with me," he said, his eyes fixed on Jenifer.

"Wherever you go, I'll follow," Jenifer said in agreement.

"You are incredibly naive if you think you're going to live anything close to a good life there,” the Reincarnation Emperor replied pulling a long face.

When he heard this, the Rule Soul Avatar immediately triggered the attacking law.

"You! You're going to revolt?"

"Let her go with me,” the Rule Soul Avatar requested defiantly, ignoring the Reincarnation Emperor's anger.

"How dare you! You are in no position to be making requests!" the Reincarnation Emperor shouted back.

Bang!

The Rule Soul Avatar remained silent but mobilized the laws and smashed one of the guards attempting to take him to pieces.

He had made his position quite clear; if he was not allowed to take Jenifer with him, he would fight them as hard as he had to.

"Fine. You are really something,” the Reincarnation Emperor said trembling with anger. "Take the woman with him!"

He had been strong-armed into a compromise.

Once the Rule Soul Avatar and Jenifer were taken away, he could no longer contain the vicious hatred in his heart.

"Your Majesty, he's too arrogant. If you let him by Lord Yama's side in the future, I'm afraid you will be in danger,” said one of the Reincarnation Emperor's subordinates gravely.

"I'm well aware of that, I do not need you to tell me,” replied the Reincarnation Emperor, calming down now.

"So what should we do?"

"Humph, the ninth layer of hell is formed by nature. Once he is inside, even Yama will be unable to tell what is going on around him. It will be easy for us to do whatever we like there!" he replied through gritted teeth and a devious look across his face.