Chapter 504 An Ace Genius


    As herughter trailed off, Pearlunched her attack and swept towards Soar.


    At that moment, the me Torrent, drenched with the power of the devouring rune, came swooping in


    from the rear. It flew past Soar, which then directly collided with Pearl and hit her hard.


    And in a sh, Pearl''s attack was neutralized. Upon colliding with Pearl, the me Torrent then


    morphed into a human figure.


    And that human figure was none other than Ricky. Finally, after two straight months of specialized


    training, he had already made his breakthrough and achieved his goal.


    "Woohoo! Thank God, finally!" Warriors and spiritual king beasts alike who had seen him had the same


    sentiments as they all cheered for the appearance of Ricky. After all, the reason for Pearl''s tremendous


    efforts, sweat, and blood, was to hunt Ricky down. And Ricky had just shown up. The game was on.


    During that time, all the warriors and spiritual king beasts were so busy focusing their eyes on Pearl


    that they missed the fact that Ricky had very easily neutralized Pearl''s attack of the Dark


    Enlightenment.


    But this, however, did not simply go unseen by the eyes of two spiritual kings and the Heavenly Ape


    Demi-spiritual Emperor who watched them very closely.


    "Sir, did you just say that only an ace genius could defeat a first-ss lower spiritual king at mere


    Demi-immortal Level? I guess this would be our lucky day, then. Maybe the ace genius we are looking


    for is right in front of us now as we speak." The two spiritual kings exchanged looks as they said their


    piece to the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor through telepathy.


    "Then, you have recalled that correctly. In fact, that was exactly what I had just said." The Heavenly


    Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor nodded slowly as he was also at loss for words on how toprehend the


    overwhelming situation.


    "But how could it be? That is impossible!" the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said as his voice


    sounded skeptical. However, despite his disbelief, his excitement had tipped the scales.


    "I guess I finally understand now why the dean refused to stop this selection."


    "Sir, are you implying that it was the dean''s idea to go on with this selection?" the two spiritual kings


    asked with disbelief upon hearing what the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor had just said.


    "Then I guess that the dean must have had listened to his gut feeling and wanted to test if he was right


    about Ricky," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said, almost unable to restrain his excitement.


    "The dean is a very perceptive warrior who practiced the Soul Rule. And this took ce in his Small


    World. He must have sensed Ricky''s ambition of bing an ace genius. And maybe that was why he


    wanted to give him a chance or maybe at least, a try,"


    the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said. With his words, the two spiritual kings were shocked


    and unable to speak for a moment.


    "An ace Genius!" the two spiritual kings eximed in shaky voices. Without missing a heartbeat, they


    fixed their eyes on Ricky for fear of missing anything as they wanted to witness the rise of an ace


    genius.


    ...


    "Wow, you have finally showed up. I have been searching for you for months now," Pearl said coldly as


    she stared at Ricky. At that point, Pearl''s dark power was still active. This then made her ooze with so


    much killing intent as she looked straight into Ricky''s eyes.


    She had such a breath-taking beauty that went well with her aggressiveness. This was also the reason


    why men were head over heels for her as soon as theyid their eyes on her. She was the definition of


    a femme fatale.


    "If I do not show up, my buddy will most likely die at your bloody hands. Do you think that I will just


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    stand somewhere and do nothing?" Ricky smiled lightly yet everyone could sense the tension and fury


    in his voice.


    Soar took up an important ce in Ricky''s heart. He considered him as a brother and they had such a


    close bond. Ricky vowed to protect him with all his heart. He even promised to himself that anyone who


    would dare hurt Soar would never see the light of day.


    "Now that you''re here, I am giving you two choices. One is for you to die while the second one is for


    you to be my servant! Take your pick. It''s your call!" Pearl also responded lightly, as she did not care


    about the echoing anger in Ricky''s tone.


    All of the warriors who heard Pearl''s demands had their mouths agape as they were astonished that


    she wanted Ricky to be her servant.


    All of them, being attracted to Pearl, soon grew jealous, and then stared at Ricky with murderous intent.


    These warriors were very simple-minded people. For them, being a servant to Pearl meant being close


    to her, which could indicate that Pearl might just actually like Ricky.


    "Ha-ha, you really are asking for too much by giving me the choice of bing your servant, Pearl!"


    Ricky burst out intoughter. "In this world, no one could make me their servant. Not now, not ever.


    I, Ricky, can only be a master of someone, and not the other way around. Therefore, if you call me


    master, right here, right now, I might just think of sparing your life."


    Upon saying his words, Ricky then immediately began to assemble the power in his body.


    "Oh, I see that you have already chosen. Off to option number one, then. Fine by me!" Pearl was very


    much unmoved with Ricky''s announcement which she replied to. "Next, I am going to show you that an


    inexperienced peerless genius is nothing but an annoying nobody." ...


    "Ricky, you may want to sit this one out. You can only resist her dark power with your devouring power,


    but with your current level...I think you are still no match for her." Seeing that Pearl was already


    mustering all of her power, Soar became very concerned and tried to dissuade Ricky from taking this


    fight.


    "No worries, Soar. I have always wanted to experience the dark power for a long time to see if it is truly


    as good as advertised." Ricky grinned jokingly at Soar.


    He then drew his Iron Destroyer and then began to twirl it like a tornado which then came sweeping


    towards Pearl.


    "It looks that you still do not know your ce. I guess it''s time for me to teach you a lesson, then!" Pearl


    said coldly upon seeing that Ricky had already made his move.


    "Dark Enlightenment—Dark Whip!" Pearl shouted as she burst out with her full power. The Dark


    Enlightenment then swept the entire area instantly and brought about the Ultimate Dark Domain, which


    made their area even more sullen that it was before.


    Her ck whip, exuding an intense aura of the Dark Enlightenment, tore through space like a ck


    python and then reached Ricky in a sh.


    "Devouring Power—Devouring Strike!" Ricky shouted in retaliation.


    And in a split second, endless devouring runes and Devouring Fire encircled Ricky along with his Iron


    Destroyer.


    Meanwhile, Ricky activated all power of his Nine-degree Body Refining Form. Golden light shone


    from his body, which indicated that his body was well-reinforced and tough. Moreover, his body


    strength was further increased by the fusion of the massacring runes and the Nine-degree Body


    Refining Form.


    Boom! The two strong air waves that came from the respective warriors shed with each other in the


    air, which caused a huge explosion.


    What happened was that the ck whip got struck back by the Iron Destroyer, which then rang as the


    collision happened. On the other hand, the Dark Enlightenment was not able to push through due to


    the resistance of both the devouring runes and the Devouring Fire.


    And just like that, Ricky had neutralized Pearl''s attack head on this time around.


    But the amount of damage that the ck whip was able to do to the Iron Destroyer was too much for it


    to handle. And as a result, a chink then formed on its metal. After all, that ck whip was a real


    spiritual weapon. Meaning to say, it was stronger that the Iron Destroyer, which was, apparently, only a


    demi-immortal spiritual weapon.


    Left with no choice, Ricky had to sheath the Iron Destroyer to protect it from further damage.


    Right after he put away his weapon, the entire battlefield was filled with deafening silence.


    "Wow, he truly is an ace genius!" both the Skyward Sword Spiritual King and the Array-shattering


    Spiritual King eximed with excitement as they could not contain their happiness and awe.


    "It was the devouring power, the most formidable power of all!" The Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual


    Emperor weighed in. "Furthermore, his understanding of the devouring power must be at a higher level


    now. Otherwise, he could not have used it against the erosion of the dark power."


    "How many powers did he practice and master exactly?"


    At this moment, the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor found that the longer he spent watching


    Ricky, the more questions popped into his head. He was in awe at how this demi-immortal warrior was


    able to keep on surprising him.


    ...


    "How...how could it be? How could he withstand my attack? He is merely a demi-immortal!" No one


    answered. After moments of dead silence, random sounds of disbelief erupted from the crowd.


    "There could be another reason for this. Maybe he is no longer a mere demi-immortal."