Chapter 718 Joining The Celestial Army


    What had happened just now unnervingly seemed to be more shocking than Mia''s death.


    Mia was only a lower spiritual king. As such, her cruel fate was already sealed especially in the hands


    of a middle spiritual king as powerful as Ricky. This was true despite the fact that thetter only used a


    single move in the entire duration of their battle. Errol, on the other hand, was a second-ss middle


    spiritual king. His strength overpowered that of Mia''s. Sadly, his power was not enough to contend


    against Ricky. He, too, was killed abruptly by Ricky. The difference in their power was made more


    evident when Errol''s physical body broke down into pieces as he perished.


    All the warriors who bore witness to the battle felt astonished and dumbfounded.


    With their eyes now fixed on Ricky, they now felt very scared at the sight of him. Though they would not


    admit it, even the spiritual kings had begun to feel the fear creep into their hearts and minds.


    They all wondered just how powerful Ricky could be, that he effortlessly killed off a second-ss


    middle spiritual king.


    Several of the warriors present during the recent battles thought to themselves, ''Where is this Yori


    from?'' They were extremely curious about Ricky''s abilities and true power.


    "Chief, he seems to havee here to take revenge on his enemies," the upper spiritual king in the


    Celestial Army divulged telepathically.


    "It doesn''t matter where hees from or if he hase here for revenge. I have been analyzing his


    strength and based on my deductions, he is an upper spiritual king. This means we don''t have to worry


    about him stirring up too much trouble. If hees to take revenge on his enemies, just let him kill


    them. If his presence and his actions are truly making you unhappy, then you may y him once the


    contestes to an end," Connor, the chief of the Celestial Army, replied to the upper spiritual king


    telepathically too.


    "The Ultimate Flushing Wrath seems to be so-so," Ricky openly expressed in a disdainful tone after


    catching Errol''s storage ring that fell from the midair.


    Ricky felt more rxed. He understood that his current mood was the result of having been able to put


    an end to the resentment he had been carrying. By ending Errol''s life, he was able to free himself more


    from the chains of vengeance and hatred.


    ''Now, all what''s left for me to do is to deal with the Shadow King, '' Ricky thought to himself. ''I must try


    and kill the Shadow King as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Shadow King may recognize me if I start


    exhibiting some of my signature moves.''


    "Yori, you killed my elder brother. The family of Greenhill will never forgive you. Eliminating you has


    now be the ultimate and unified mission of each of our family members," a stern voice called out


    to Ricky and warned him. The grim voice came from Evan, Errol''s younger brother. He was also a


    spiritual king from the family of Greenhill.


    "My death is your lifelong mission?" Ricky raised an eyebrow. "All right. Do whatever you like. Since


    your elder brother attempted to kill me because somebody else paid him for doing that, then he must


    have done his own research and deduced or anticipated that the possibility of him dying in my hands


    was huge."


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    As he spoke, Ricky took a nce at the old man in ck, who belonged to the Casting Guild.


    Ricky''s heartless reply only fueled the hatred that the family of Greenhill felt for him. On the other hand,


    several of the warriors present during Errol''s demise instantly understood why Ricky had killed Errol.


    "By the way, if your entire family try to kill me, you have to know the single, big risk that your so-called


    new and lifelong mission entails. There is a high possibility that all the members of your precious family


    of Greenhill could be killed...by me...single-handedly," Ricky uttered every sentence slowly, so that


    Errol''s younger brother understood exactly the weight of the responsibility tied to his earlier deration.


    To Ricky, Errol was his only enemy in the entire family of Greenhill. Killing Errol was already enough.


    He didn''t n to eliminate the entire family. In all honesty, Ricky''s heartless reply to Errol''s brother was


    partly an act. Deep inside, he was still righteous and he was never the type to kill people for baseless


    reasons.


    On the other hand, if the entire family of Greenhill would truly pursue hunting him down and ying


    him, then he would have no choice but to show them no mercy.


    Feeling the apparent killing intent from Ricky, Evan opted not to say anything more in response. The


    gloom in his face said it all.


    That was because he knew clearly that there was a big gap between the strength of the family of


    Greenhill and the strength of Ricky. Thus, it was impossible for all the members of their family to take


    revenge on Ricky sessfully. To make it worse, Ricky seemed highly likely to be a member of


    the Celestial Army.


    ''I''m sure the Casting Guild won''t let go of this Yori either. Maybe I can form an alliance with them so I


    can at least have a chance against him, '' Evan thought to himself.


    ''In a sense, perhaps I also have to thank Yori. After he killed Errol, the authority of controlling the entire


    family of Greenhill has now shifted into my hands. In other words, I am now its new head from here on.''


    Realizing that Evan was not going to speak, Ricky didn''t bother to say anything more to him. He


    remained standing in midair.


    "Alright. The next battle is between the chief of the Casting Guild and the deputy chief of the Imperial


    Pce of Wildness," Connor dered.


    Since the two deputy Shadow Kings of the Endless Shadow were the only ones left, the arrangement


    indicated that they had to battle against each other. Obviously, Connor had his own intentions for the


    highly "coincidental" arrangement. Perhaps, it was due to the fact that he didn''t want too many


    members of the Endless Shadow to join the Celestial Army.


    Not long after, the following battle ended with the chief of the Casting Guild iming victory.


    Next, the two deputy Shadow Kings of the Endless Shadow didn''t fight against each other. Instead, the


    second deputy Shadow King admitted defeat to the first deputy Shadow King even before the battle


    began.


    Thepletion of the final battle revealed the top three who had been selected. They were Ricky, the


    first deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow, and the chief of the Casting Guild.


    Ricky got a rough understanding of the strength of the first deputy Shadow Kings of the Endless


    Shadow and the chief of the Casting Guild simply by observing them during their battles. He discovered


    that they were both at the peak of a middle spiritual king.


    After the top three were finally selected, what followed was that all three of them would have to battle it


    out until one of them got eliminated and the ones who would remain would automatically earn the top


    two spots.


    The rule was simple. Each of the top three contenders would fight against each other. The setup was


    one fighter versus the two others, with the three of them taking turns.


    The first battle was between Ricky and the chief of the Casting Guild. Since Ricky had already killed


    Mia in front of everybody else, the chief of the Casting Guild hated Ricky very much. Therefore, he


    didn''t spare any effort in his fight against Ricky.


    Nevertheless, Ricky didn''t sense any strong killing intent from him. As a result, he didn''t try to kill the


    chief of the Casting Guild. Meanwhile, the chief of the Casting Guild had no idea that he was lucky to


    have survived the battle.


    In order to hide his real strength, Ricky didn''t defeat the chief of the Casting Guild until after thirty-five


    rounds of their power and strength shing against each other.


    The Casting Guild chief''s defeat left Ricky and the Endless Shadow''s first deputy Shadow King as the


    remaining two contenders.


    This time, however, Ricky didn''t show any mercy. After a dozen rounds of throwing blows and attacks


    against each other, Ricky finallyunched a fatal attack. He knew that a deputy Shadow King would be


    nothing but an obstacle that would prevent him from attaining his goal, and that goal was to kill the


    Shadow King. Ricky then thought that it would be best if he took advantage of the opportunity


    presented right in front of his eyes.


    However, he hadn''t known that the first deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow was not very


    persistent. He was a very sensible warrior as well. When he realized that Ricky was already intent on


    killing him, he wasted no more time. He did not hesitate to admit his defeat.


    "Buddy, as far as I can remember, there isn''t any conflict between your Star Sect and our Endless


    Shadow. Why did you try to kill my man?" the Shadow King told Ricky telepathically after the first


    deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow admitted defeat.


    The reason why he asked the question was not because he wanted to call Ricky to ount for his


    killing intent. Instead, he wanted to dig for more information in between Ricky''s words. All along, he had


    sensed a strong familiarity with Ricky.


    "As you''ve said, there is no conflict between us. The only thing standing between us is the fact that I


    don''t like murderers. I think they are a group of immoral people who do nothing but use shady tactics in


    an effort to outsmart their opponent, get the upper hand and knock their enemies dead when they least


    expect it. What do you think? Is this motive reasonable enough?" Ricky answered.


    "Ha-ha! Yes, that kind of reason will do!" the Shadow King eximed in a satisfied and cheery voice.


    His intent of eliminating Ricky was perfectly concealed under his sunny disposition, even though it was


    inappropriate for the situation they were in.


    "Well then, please be careful. If you end up being killed by dirty murderers like me or any more of our


    kind, then you would be a joke. You don''t want to make a fool out of yourself, now, do you?"


    "Please," Ricky chuckled. "Don''t worry about me. I will be very careful." Ricky was determined to win.


    ''What a pity! If only the first deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow wasn''t so alert and aware,


    then I would have already killed him by now. After all, he is quite a capable assistant to the Shadow


    King, '' Ricky thought to himself, regretfully.


    "Ha-ha! It appears that thest two positions will be given to the chief of the Casting Guild and Yori,"


    Connor eximed happily as he stood up.


    "Together with the chief of the Realm of Wildness, the Shadow King and Scott, five friends will join the


    Celestial Army. Congrattions to all of you!"


    Connor dered. He looked at the five new members of his army with gleeful eyes.


    All the other warriors couldn''t help but stare at the five new members of the Celestial Army enviously.


    After all, the Celestial Army''s status was currently God-like in the Realm of Wildness. To be a


    member of the Celestial Army was equal to bing part-God.