Chapter 317 Open Hearts to Each Other


    Luckily, when the innate spiritual kingunched the attack, Ricky had already urged the Chaotic Fire


    Zone and escaped that valley. The innate spiritual king was left furious as he didn''t catch Ricky.


    At this moment, Kristen and Tyson both came back from the shock and turned their eyes to Ricky,


    knowing that Ricky would exin to them. They were gasping their breaths but were eager to hear


    Ricky''s exnations. Heaving a deep sigh, Ricky met their gaze with confusion in their eyes.


    "Kristen, Tyson, I know how confused you are right now. But first, let me introduce myself again before I


    exin this zone and everything that happened." Gazing at the two, Ricky smiled and immediately took


    the mask away, revealing his real face. The moment Kristen and Tyson saw his face, a flustered and


    shocked look unveiled from their faces.


    This was the decision Ricky made, exposing the Chaotic Fire Zone and facing Kristen and Tyson in his


    true identity. It might seem a rushed thing to do, but he had to reveal himself for another significant


    purpose.


    In addition, Kristen and Tyson had proven their worth to Ricky, so he didn''t find any reason to not trust


    them. In his heart, he had known what kind of persons Kristen and Tyson were.


    If neither of them was sincere, it could only be that either they were really good at pretending, or Ricky


    was a super idiot. It would have been foreseen by Ricky a long time ago already if they were frauds.


    "You... You are..." Tyson jabbered and could not believe the instant change from a familiar face to a


    strange one. Now, his mind became even more chaotic than earlier because of what he was


    witnessing.


    "Tyson, he is Ricky. Ricky from the Snow Sect who goes against the Realm of Wildness," Kristen said,


    which was supposed toe from Ricky himself. To Ricky''s and Soar''s surprise, Kristen was not


    shocked but calmly told the truth to Tyson, who was currently lost in bafflement.


    "Ricky? How is this possible? It''s too surreal! Are you really him?"


    Tyson said with a serious tone.


    "Kristen, you seem to have known my identity for a long while. How and since when did you know


    about it?" Slightly shocked, Ricky smiled and asked Kristen.


    "Well, it wasn''t obvious at first. But when you said you could cast, I began to suspect it, considering that


    your ability can challenge above your level. So after you cast two weapons, I saw your excellent


    Pounding Skill, I could 50% confirm your identity," Kristen started exining calmly.


    "Until there was a time where I had the opportunity to confirm my suspicions. When you used your


    weapon casting skills to conquer Trent, I''ve hadpletely identify you," Kristen finished.


    "It seems that I''m not careful enough. What a pity," Ricky said to Kristen tly, feeling quite


    disappointed.


    However, he was relieved at the same time because it was Kristen who found out. Since this moment,


    Ricky had more trust in Kristen, because she did not say anything to anyone after she confirmed his


    identity, which was the strong evidence that Kristen really treated him as a friend. It was lucky for him to


    find this kind of person who understood that what he had back then was necessary to be hidden.


    "Yes, you are. You''ve let your guard down,"


    Kristen nodded in a poker face.


    "Fortunately, it''s you who found out about it. Or was it really a fortunate one?" Ricky replied yfully,


    and Kristen could only roll her eyes and bite her lips to prevent herself from smiling. After a few


    moments, she returned her gaze back to Ricky.


    As she met Ricky''s smiling face again, she couldn''t help but smile back. The two looked at each other


    intensely while smiling, which indicated their mutual trust beyond words.


    For Kristen, she didn''t care whether the man standing in front of her was called Russell or Ricky. All


    she really cared about was that he was her friend. It was always the same person, no matter how many


    times he changed his name and face.


    "Hey Tyson, do you understand now? I''m sorry if I had to keep it from you,"


    Ricky said with apologetic eyes, as turned his gaze onto Tyson, who was still a little shocked.


    "More or less," Tyson muttered in a low voice. It was still an unbelievable incident for him, so he


    couldn''t help but feel uneasy.


    Later, walking to Ricky, Tyson looked him up and down, from head to toe, and asked again, "Russell,


    are you really Ricky?"


    "Tyson, I''m 100 percent real. I am really Ricky,"


    Ricky replied with a soft chuckle. Tyson''s face was too hrious that he couldn''t help butugh a little.


    "Kristen knew it all along. The ability topete above your level, the weapon casting skill, and the


    cultivation method of body refining. How could I miss all these clues? I''m so stupid! I was always left


    behind!" Tysonined to himself and scratched his head. "It was too obvious, but I didn''t even


    have a suspicion. Foolish me..."


    "It''s okay, Tyson. Now..." Ricky gently patted Tyson''s head and grinned.


    "Now I only know that you are my friend, a friend I can trust everything with. I have known you as, so


    now, Russell or Ricky, whichever your name is, nothing will change," Tyson became serious, being


    sincere with his words to Ricky.


    "Ha-ha!"


    Then, he became serious and said, "I will make sure that you will like Ricky too. My real self. This time,


    there won''t be any pretention anymore."


    At the back of his mind, he could only reminisce what his life used to be. It was so lonely to be a


    powerful master in the martial arts world but it would not be the case anymore with true friends on the


    way.


    At this point, Ricky didn''t notice that a drop of blood essence had been overflowing from the middle of


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    their eyebrows after Kristen and Tyson exchanged a short nce. Little did Ricky knew, the two had


    something nned on their minds already.


    Then they two vowed to the drop of their own blood essence. "I swear by the name of martial arts. I will


    treat Ricky as my own sibling. If I let out his secrets, I''ll be struck by lightning and split into two halves,"


    the two sincerely said in unison.


    After they finished, an invisible force emerged from their blood essence, and it was the force of Martial


    Arts Oath. There was no doubt that they must die if they vited their oaths in the future. They vowed


    to be on Ricky''s side from now on, where death would be the punishment for treason.


    It was the force of supreme enlightenment. A divine-like power was bestowed upon the oath, making it


    too sacred to be broken.


    Called the Martial Arts Oath, it was the most serious oath for warriors, where severe sanctions lied


    ahead. With this oath, even the top warriors in the martial arts world could not resist the force of


    supreme enlightenment if they got punished for breaking their oaths. This oath was taken very rarely as


    lives would be at risk, so it could be only utilized with pure sincerity.


    In particr, the stronger the warrior was, the greater the counterattack of the oath would be. No one


    could escape it, even the most powerful warrior of the human race.


    Therefore, if Kristen and Tyson took an oath like this, then it evidently proved that both of them opened


    their hearts to Ricky already that they were willing to put their lives at stake.


    "That''s Martial Arts Oath, right? Kristen! Tyson! What are you doing?!" Ricky eximed and scolded.


    Upon knowing the grave consequences of breaking that sacred oath, he was a bit terrified at what they


    did now.


    Since he chose to believe both of them, he meant his heart. It was unnecessary for them to make the


    most serious oath to prove their hearts. They went too far, in Ricky''s eyes. Was he that worthy for their


    lives? He felt so honored and grateful at the moment.


    Taking the blood essence back in their bodies, Kristen and Tyson dered, "Ricky, we believe you. But


    we don''t have any secrets to make you trust us. So we made the oath, in hope that you will fully trust


    us from this day forward."


    "You two..." Ricky was too touched to continue what he was saying. It was his greatest reward to have


    them as his friends.


    "This zone should be the interior of the spiritual space tool you got in the Earth Fire ce, right?"


    This time, they curiously looked at the Chaotic Fire Zone, letting go of the oaths they just made. It was


    time for them to snap out of it as they still had better things to do ahead.


    "No. When I was chased down by the Endless Shadow, the spiritual space tool I got in the Earth Fire


    ce had consumed all of its energy already. So it dropped into a deep sleep and couldn''t work for


    now. I''m not sure when it will recover," Ricky said and shook his head. What he had responded amused


    the two once again. The surprise was only getting started now. More surprises wouldeter on for


    the two.


    "So we are not in the space tool?"


    Kristen and Tyson both eximed in too much astonishment.


    "Yes, how did youe up with that perception? You are wrong. This zone is inside me. I call it the


    Chaotic Fire Zone,"


    Ricky said, with excitement in his voice because now, he could finally tell them what his real skills were.


    "What? It is inside you? How did that happen?"


    the two eximed again with synchronized minds. They were surprised again, but not that much


    because they were starting to adjust with Ricky''s constant revtion.


    With more puzzle emanating from their eyes, they indeed could not understand how it had happened.


    They were so lost that they didn''t know what to respond.


    "You can put it this way. Basically, I got the zone in one of my adventures and it went into my body, just


    like the spiritual space tool where I can get in and off as I want. But the only difference is that this zone


    is way stronger than the spiritual space tool,"


    Ricky tried exining in the most basic way, but how were the judges? Have they understood it


    already?


    "Although I still don''t understand it, we shouldn''t think about it. We just need to know that you have


    such a safe zone in your body. That''s it," Kristine responded as she cooled down. To her, there was no


    point of dwelling on others'' life.


    "Ha-ha. Exactly. We will turn to you when we are in danger!"


    Tyson joked. "But you can''t turn us down at that time," he added seriously.


    "Aha, no problem. You have my word. Whenever it may be. You can stay as long as you want,"


    Ricky replied jovially, making the other two smile in relief.


    ......


    Afterward, they gradually calmed down and thought about what to doter. The innate spiritual king


    was still out there, waiting for them. The fight had yet to end.


    "Ricky, aren''t we going to stay in your zone like thister? It''s a good defense if we hid like this," Tyson


    wondered, "But in that case, when the opportunity to be an innate spiritual king appears, I am


    afraid there will be nothing we can do."


    "Of course not. We must fight the innate spiritual king. It is for our own selves. If we defeat that, we will


    be stronger. We must improve our power so that we canpete with others."


    Ricky continued and this time, he became more serious, "So we are going to Devil Beast Valley to


    cultivate ourselves."