Chapter 281 The Unknown Side Of Ricky


    As soon as he had demanded it, Stan unleashed his demi-immortal energy. That caused a dust storm


    to instantly kick up around the area. Of course, nearly all the energy surged at Ricky and the others like


    a deadly serpent once it left Stan''s body.


    Soar could not sit back under those circumstances. A surge of red energy burst out of his long and slim


    body and charged at Stan''s energy serpent. Once the two forces met, the red one turned into a giant


    shield that stopped the st and devoured Stan''s violent attack.


    "Kristen, Tyson, take every one with you and get to safety! We will cover you!" Ricky called out.


    Hearing his words, Kristen did not try to argue. She gathered the other members of the Manor Gang


    and distanced themselves from the battle ground at once. She knew that there was literally nothing


    they could do to help in this kind of fight. They could only watch and wish Ricky and Soar the best of


    luck.


    Surely, many members of the Manor Gang were worried about Soar being up there though. What if


    Soar ran away in the chaos?.


    "It seems to me that you are unwilling to pay the ransom to get your son and the other Arhat Pce


    men back," Ricky responded to Stan''s request coldly. Standing on the city wall, he looked at the leader


    of the Arhat Pce defiantly.


    "Look at yourself. You are nothing more than a third grade of Bone Reinforcement warrior. I wonder


    what you can really do without that demi-immortal beast. This is the Chaotic Region, so how dare you


    challenge me like this?" Stan was further enraged by what Ricky said.


    "You bastard!" he continued to curse at Soar, "I could forget everything that has happened today if you


    went back to your dirty mountain. Or else, I will turn you into an ordinary animal if I don''t kill you by


    ident for what you''ve done!"


    "Ha ha ha, I beg your pardon? You are merely a human! What harm do you think you can do to me?"


    Soar answered in disdain. Stan was talking to Soar rudely, but he didn''t take it to heart. He was not


    afraid of the man at all.


    Now all the people present knew who the legendarily strong warrior from the Manor Gang was. It was


    not a human being, but a kind of demi-immortal snake creature.


    That fact surprised them all a lot.


    They knew that Ricky was strong and powerful, but they never expected that a demi-immortal beast


    would ever be willing to answer to his orders. What kind of person could tame a high level beast like


    that? Wasn''t it evident enough that Ricky was no ordinary person?


    The more they thought it over, the more they admired and envied Ricky. .


    "You are right. I am a human being, so I have to remind you that this is my ce and not yours!" Stan


    replied dryly, hatred filling his eyes.


    "And you," he turned back to Ricky and said, "you are also a human, yet you are fooling around and


    killing your own kind with the help of a beast! You will be damned to hell for that!"


    Stan was apparently an old fox. He was trying to paint Ricky as an enemy of mankind in just a few


    words to turn others against him.


    "Ha ha! I''m so disappointed!" Ricky simplyughed out loud at Stan''s desperate words.


    "I had thought that the leader of the Arhat Pce was at worst a viin who called himself a hero, but it


    seems that you are even worse than that. You are merely a hypocrite who likes to act uppity and use


    fancy words to try and manipte people," Ricky sniffed. "Now I understand, someone like you


    obviously loves money more than your son or your men."


    There was a metallic ringing sound that cut across the battlefield suddenly.


    Ricky drew his Iron Destroyer quickly, and made a thrust for Nathan, who was pretending to have lost


    consciousness earlier.


    The sly and cowardly young man, when sensed that Ricky was pointing his sword at him, hurried to his


    feet and cried out to Stan, saying, "Help! Father, help me!"


    "Stop, you evil creature! How dare you!" Stan shouted at Ricky as he saw what he was doing, nearly


    jumping to his feet. As he bellowed, he gathered the fierce blood-ck spiritual energy around his body


    and formed a huge palm. The palm moved swiftly like a dark cloud. It flew at Ricky and tried to get hold


    of him.


    All men, good or bad, rarely treated their own children badly. So, even though Stan was a vicious man,


    he would not stand by while someone was trying to kill his own son.


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    Unfortunately, his full force strike was blocked and destroyed by a fireball from Soar. Hot waves were


    sent out by the collision, so Stan raised his hand to fend off the shock waves that came at him.


    He didn''t see how it had happened, but when he looked back, a red gash had appeared on Nathan''s


    neck. There was shock and fear on his face as the boy fell to the ground and stopped breathing.


    Truth be told, Ricky took Nathan hostage, not for the money, but to lure Stan to the Manor Gang''s


    castle. Now that Stan was standing in front of them, Nathan was of no use to him anymore. So, he


    thought that he might as well kill him and save all the trouble.


    Ricky could not spare someone like Nathan because the guy was well known as a famous bully in the


    region. Ricky knew that if he and this man changed their positions that day, he would die a more


    terrible death than that.


    "He... He killed Nathan! Russell really killed Nathan!" All the warriors were stunned by what had


    happened. They murmured among themselves with astonishment on their faces.


    "What''s so strange about that?" one of the warriors asked after a moment. "We should have known that


    he would. Remember what happened when Nathan threatened to take the leader of the Manor Gang


    as his concubine? He and Ricky were at each others'' throats ever since then. After all, I heard that


    there is something between Russell and that woman."


    "It''s about women again! History repeats itself and she''s another Helen of Troy!" Some people shook


    their heads.


    "Well, isn''t it good news that Nathan is dead now anyway? No new female warriors dared toe to


    the Chaotic Region because of him! With that awful guy gone now, we can expect that more beauties


    will finally join our region!" another person pointed out. .


    "My son! You killed my son!" Seeing that his child had fallen dead on the ground, Stan roared out his


    grief and indignation. Like a dam had broken, the demi-immortal energy within him had all erupted as if


    to show his rage.


    Watching his own son die a tragic death before his eyes was something that was too much for him to


    bear. Almost instantly, the misery weighed on him and added ten years to his age. It could not be


    neglected that the energy he released had been increased and became more powerful and violent


    because it was driven by his utter fury.


    "This is what you deserve for what you have done!" Ricky said expressionlessly, looking down at the


    heart-broken man.


    "Had your baby boy not thrown his weight about in this region, or had you not turned a blind eye to his


    evil doings just because you thought that no one would dare to challenge you, things would not have


    happened the way that they did. You have no one else to me but yourselves!" Ricky went on to


    condemn Stan.


    "It is true that this region is ruled by thew of the jungle, so only the strong can dominate it. I have to


    remind you that the Chaotic Region is not the whole world. There are always people stronger than you


    out there. Sooner orter, you have to pay the price for what you have done!"


    There was a moment of silence. After hearing Ricky''s words, the warriors below were all lost in


    thought. Even the demi-immortal warriors, who had been hiding themselves in the shadows, started to


    think his words over. Ricky was the first one there to point out a fact like that. Unexpectedly, his words


    made some real sense to them.


    As for Ricky, he had just blurted out the words that were in his heart. He didn''t know why he would say


    something like that, honestly. Maybe the tears of an unpunished sinful man annoyed him, or maybe he


    was driven by a sense of justice. Either way, he could not help but let those words escape his lips.


    He was sure of one thing--he was there to find the opportunity to be an innate spiritual king. That


    was his ultimate purpose. It was something he had never forgotten. So he quickly turned his mind back


    to the fight. .


    "Come on, Soar. Let''s put an end to all this," Ricky ordered him tly.


    "No problem, brother!" Soar nodded and began to charge his attack.


    The way Soar addressed Ricky further shocked the warriors around them.


    They were sure that they had heard it right despite their surprise. The demi-immortal beast had really


    just called Ricky his ''brother''. He had said it, not in the way people would call their friends brother, but


    in the way that showed respect and esteem.


    How could it be? He was a warrior at the third grade of Bone Reinforcement that was favored by a


    creature as powerful and proud as demi-immortal beast, and that was already a blessing. So, what was


    so special about him and what had made Soar willing to follow him like a younger brother?


    Kristen and her men''s jaws also dropped when they heard that. They had only known Soar for a short


    while after Ricky returned with him and they had never figured out the rtionship between Ricky and


    Soar, nor did they ever expect that a demi-immortal beast was more of a subordinate to him.


    "My goodness! What has this guy done to that big fellow? A creature like that seldom bends its knee to


    someone! This is unbelievable..." Tyson eximed, totally forgetting that they were still in a fight.


    After being scolded by Soar, Tyson no longer dared to call him a "monster". So, despite his surprise, he


    still remembered to refer to him as "big fellow" and "creature" instead.


    "It looks like Russell is not to be underestimated after all. Shall we take action now?" At that point, the


    demi-immortal warriors who had been hiding in the dark could contain themselves no more.


    Communicating with each other through their minds, one of them suggested that they should finally


    make a move.


    "There''s no hurry. The two sides are at swords'' points now. Once they fight each other, Stan might be


    able to greatly weaken the beast if he can''t totally defeat it. That''s when we wille in. If everything


    goes well, we can expect to bring down two main rivals today. Isn''t that a better idea?"


    "Fantastic. We can simply profit from their fight. At least one of them will end up biting the dust, so we


    will be the ones who get tough thestugh," the other one echoed. .


    "You will die for all of this!"


    Stan snarled. He was too angry to listen to any other words from Ricky. His mind was upied by one


    single thought--He wanted to spill the blood of his enemies and avenge his son''s death.