Chapter 481 Enlightening Vortex


    "Ricky, I can tell from your aura that you have made a significant improvement with your cultivation!"


    Soar looked at Ricky with great excitement.


    "You are not wrong. I have taken and refined five enlightening marks in this month alone, which is


    indeed a great booster for my cultivation. Otherwise you would have to protect me in theing days,"


    said Ricky.


    "Ricky, to my knowledge, one could not refine the enlightening mark with the level of demi-immortal. So


    you must have used the Chaotic Fire Zone," Soar said, contemting and concerned. "If this is the


    case, someone may be able to figure out that you have something extraordinary on you!"


    "I do not have a choice. I need my strength at its best," Ricky replied.


    He naturally knew what Soar meant. This was the turf of the Oriental College so it was very likely they


    could find out his secret.


    Hearing Ricky, Soar dropped the subject, since he understood Ricky would crave for power because he


    wanted to go to the Phoenix tribe as soon as possible.


    "Master Soar, I think it is bad for Master Ricky to be pursuing power like this. Gifted as he is, he could


    still lose his way and cave in to the devil inside." Alva spoke after he learnt of Ricky''s condition from


    Soar.


    "Trust me, I know this too. He gives the impression of having gotten over Grace, but from a closer look,


    he wouldn''t easily let it go. I will have to help him get out of it gradually," Soar replied solemnly.


    "Soar, have you met Madeline and the men sent by Scar before?" Ricky inquired momentster.


    "I have met a few of them. However, no one seemed to care about looking for you except Madeline, so


    I did not join them," said Soar.


    "I see. I was wondering if the men could help me with something. But it looks they are not as loyal as


    advertised," Ricky said with a little contempt in his voice.


    "In the world of the warriors, loyalty is nothingpared to personal benefits. You know that," Soar


    consoled Ricky.


    "By the way, what do you need them for?" Soar had been mulling over this since he first heard it.


    "Soar, it is not what I want. It''s more about what our enemies are after. Now that most of the weaker


    third-ss lower spiritual kings already perished, I think I am their next target. Especially Pearl would


    want me dead in revenge for the painful loss I inflicted on herst time," Ricky exined.


    "I think you are right." Soar nodded.


    "So I thought that Scar''s men might be able to protect us against these people. After all, there are so


    many of them, and we are only two of us. We are on our own," Ricky sighed.


    "Ricky, I believe Madeline is actually trying to protect us. I think she will lend a helping hand," Soar


    advised. "Besides, her strength may well be above ours. Most likely, she has made it to the first-ss


    lower spiritual king.


    I have met her a couple of times in the past months and she gave me the protocol of contact to avoid


    detection."


    "The first-ss lower spiritual king is probably the strongest in the battlefield here. It is good that we


    have her on our side, but it would be better if she could conceal her strength at first," said Ricky.


    Ricky couldn''t afford to be careless now. Pearl and those geniuses of hers were still formidable. They


    were way more powerful than those at the Realm of Wildness.


    "I know, Ricky." Soar nodded and set to contact Madeline using themunication protocol she had


    given him.


    "Ricky, I''ve heard a ce of opportunity—the enlightening passage, which could significantly improve


    your cultivation. In the enlightening spatial passage, there are enlightening vortexes.


    The enlightening power contained in an enlightening vortex is ten times the enlightening power in an


    enlightening mark."


    "Really?" Ricky was tempted by Soar''s description of the enlightening vortex.


    "This Small World was created by the spiritual emperors of the Oriental College," Soar said to Ricky


    telepathically. "You know that the spiritual emperors of the Eastern Land were at the lowest rank among


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    those innate spiritual emperors.


    They did not have deeper knowledge about the ruling power at that time, so when they created this


    Small World, they mostly relied on the enlightening power.


    As you know, nothing is perfect in this world. Not even deities themselves, let alone warriors. We could


    exploit some of these loopholes, such as the enlightening passages for our benefit.


    The passage could constantly generate enlightening vortexes, which is a great opportunity for warriors


    of our realm."


    "In that case, war in the Small World involves more than seizing the enlightening marks of the others,"


    said Ricky, with desire burning in his eyes.


    Some enlightening vortexes would definitely strengthen his power exponentially.


    "Do you know where any of these enlightening passages are located?" Ricky inquired expectantly.


    "Well, I happen to know one of these ces, where the passage''s power has been getting weaker for a


    couple of days. It''s just the perfect ce and time for us to go in and look," said Soar.


    "However I think there must be someone else who also knows about the ce. Actually, I sensed the


    presence of some second-ss lower spiritual king when I passed by."


    "Then we must have found the right ce. We should get going now before someone else beat us to


    it," Ricky urged.


    "Of course." Soar nodded. He too had high hopes for the enlightening vortexes. With some of these, he


    would make it to the first-ss lower spiritual king sooner.


    Without further ado, the two of them set off for that enlightening passage.


    Enlightening passages were loopholes in the Small World and they were usually located in the outer


    limits.


    It took them about ten days before they found the passage. But along the way, they had run into quite a


    number of warriors and beasts.


    Some of the encounters ended peacefully. But others did not. Fortunately, those that escted into


    conflicts only added more enlightening marks to Ricky and Soar.


    There were giant rifts around the fringe of the Small World with tremendous gravity. Even a middle


    spiritual king could not withstand such force and could get sucked in, pretty easily.


    Some of these space rifts formed the enlightening passages that the two were looking for.


    Generally, the passages were those rifts with the strongest enlightening power.


    As they passed by, they kept watching for such power to signal them to the right spot.


    They stopped at one that they thought was just right for their mission. But its gravitation was still very


    strong, and was already being watched by other spiritual kings, eagerly waiting a decline in the power


    oozing from the passage so that they too could dip in.


    Otherwise they would get sucked into endless chaos.