After killing the Nether Ice Elders, Ricky turned around and looked at the crack in the void. He said
coldly, "Arthur, I didn't expect you to fight me in person. Are you in a hurry to go to hell?"
"You stupid brat!" Arthur, the Sky-breaking Emperor, snorted coldly upon hearing Ricky's words. Huge
waves instantly overturned the whole sea, and a strong momentum swept directly toward Ricky.
Just as the waves were about to hit him, a few streams of black petals floated from the sky. In the blink
of an eye, the Evil Mandragora had appeared, and she resisted Arthur's momentum for Ricky.
"You—you're a devil!" Arthur blurted out in surprise at the sight of the Evil Mandragora. Even though he
was shocked, he quickly reacted and redirected all his power towards her, because he knew that if he
wanted to kill Ricky, he had to kill her first.
Arthur needed to think fast and adapt quickly if he wanted to achieve his goal for coming here, and that
was to kill Rick. He knew better than anyone else that it was his last chance to kill Ricky.
As talented as Ricky was, if he went to the Middle Land and came back alive several years later, he
would be able to kill Arthur as easy as killing an ant. Therefore, Arthur had to try his best to kill Ricky
now.
"I pity you, Arthur. You might have lived a little longer if you didn't come here today. Or perhaps, you
could have run away. That is the only way that you can extend your life. I didn't expect you to be in
such a hurry to court death here,"
Ricky responded when the Evil Mandragora didn't say anything. "Brat, if there were not so many
spiritual emperors protecting you, I would have killed you more easily than crushing an ant to death,"
Arthur said coldly.
If it were possible, he would have killed Ricky thousands of times over.
"You old dog, if I were at the same level as you, you would be even weaker than an ant in my eyes,"
Ricky responded.
"Moreover, the mysterious object in the Sky-breaking Palace belongs to me, which can be proved by
the fact that I can use the chromatic energy. As the most powerful one in the Sky-breaking Dome, you
should know what the responsibility of the Sky-breaking Dome is."
Arthur felt a little hesitation when he heard Ricky's words, because deep inside, he knew that Ricky
was telling the truth.
But of course, at this moment, he would never admit that. "Ha! You're joking, right? Why should it
belong to a scrawny kid like you? Our Sky-breaking Dome had been guarding that mysterious object
for countless years. How could you claim that it belongs to you only because you got it by luck?!"
Boom! The moment he finished speaking, his momentum reached its peak. For him, it was a good idea
to end the battle as soon as possible, or Mason and others might come to give Ricky a hand.
Even the saint guardian might come too once he noticed what was happening.
As for the Evil Mandragora, Arthur was not afraid of her. He was even confident that he could defeat
her because after he found out about Ricky's true identity, he had inquired about the strength of the Evil
Mandragora as well. Thus, he learned that she was weaker than him.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that the Evil Mandragora had been cultivating in the Divine Manor, let
alone that she had obtained a grand evil tree.
"Evil Mandragora, I'll leave him to you. He is no longer your match at present, right?" Ricky asked when
he saw Arthur was ready to attack.
At the same time, he entered the Massacring Zone.
Even though he had become a spiritual emperor, he still couldn't withstand the power in a fight between
two middle spiritual emperors.
"Don't worry. If I still can't defeat him now, I won't deserve to be the only Evil Mandragora in the world,"
the Evil Mandragora said confidently through telepathy.
When the momentum from the Evil Mandragora's body swelled like mounting wave, countless evil
flowers filled the space behind her, and a massive Mandragora flower gradually spread in the sky.
It was evident that Arthur sensed the Evil Mandragora's heavy aura, for his eyes suddenly darkened in
gravitas.
That was because he realized his mistake. The power of the Evil Mandragora that he could sense at
that moment was stronger than his!
He had used his peak strength because he wanted to end the fight as quickly as possible, but it turned
out that the Evil Mandragora was stronger than him. He even didn't know if she was using her full
power.
'No way! How could this be possible? Her strength used to be inferior to that of Norris from the Nether
Manor. Even though her strength has improved in the past years, this is impossible! She shouldn't have
surpassed me, because I have been improving too,' Arthur thought to himself in confusion.
At this moment, he began to think about retreating.
"I wonder how many moves from the Evil Mandragora Arthur can resist," the Dragon Intent Grass said.
"Or if he would even deign to fight her."
"How about their respective strength?" Ricky asked.
"Arthur is a two-star middle spiritual emperor. On the other hand, the Evil Mandragora has become a
three-star middle spiritual emperor after merging with the grand evil tree and cultivating in the Divine
Manor," the Dragon Intent Grass answered. "She has become a three-star middle spiritual emperor...
I didn't even notice that. I can't believe she has become this powerful!" Ricky blurted out, as he was a
little surprised by her impressive development.
"Of course she has. If she hadn't been sealed for such a long time and thus needed time to cope, she
would have made even greater progress by now. If she still cultivated by devouring blood, she would
have become an upper spiritual emperor with ease," the Dragon Intent Grass added.
"After all, in some sense, the Evil Mandragora is more talented than you, because you were once
merely the only incredible demi-spiritual emperor in the past several eras, while she is unique in the
world. There would never be another Evil Mandragora in the world until she dies."
"I see!" Ricky murmured.
"Arthur,
if you can take a finger strike from me, you can leave here alive today!" The Evil Mandragora was so
sure of her new strength that she could even challenge Arthur so recklessly. As she spoke, countless
flowers gathered in the sky.
"Humph! You better stop talking, woman. I will be the one to kill you!" Arthur snarled in rage. He felt so
humiliated when he heard the Evil Mandragora's disdainful words. The anger in his veins swelled and
gathered like magma beneath a volcano about to erupt.
Evidently, Arthur was so used to lording over others and being worshipped that he couldn't bear to be
ridiculed in this way. In his mind, nobody should ever doubt that he could take on a single move of hers.
"Blood blade, break the sky!" In a fury, he burst out his strongest skill.
His momentum swept through the air, and crimson blood eroded the entire void, turning it into a bloody
ruthless world. A bloody blade spread from this bloody world.
At the same time, he released two drops of blood essence between his eyebrows and put them into the
blood blade.
With a sky breaking momentum, Arthur jumped into the blood blade himself. He would kill the Evil
Mandragora once and for all!
His strike went forward with no obstacles, like a sharp knife cutting through jelly. This strike was so
powerful that a single hit could break even the sky.
However, the Evil Mandragora wasn't afraid of it at all.
In fact, she just stood there, watching with an unreadable expression on her face.
She abruptly clapped her hands once, and countless small flowers behind her instantly integrated into
a huge Mandragora in the sky. Not a second later, and all her power also integrated into it.
Then, the Mandragora blossomed, and an evil hand stretched out from inside.
As the evil hand flicked gently, blood vitality exuded from the evil black spirit and condensed into a
bloody finger. This blood finger collided with Arthur's blood blade.
"Mandragora's blood finger!"
Boom!
The two attacks collided with a flash, and the airwaves from the impact instantly overwhelmed
everything. The whole sea appeared as if someone had turned it over. Such violent momentums had
formed because the two parties were well-matched in strength.
However, after only a few moments' stalemate, the blood blade was suddenly crushed and broken by
the blood finger. Then, all the attacks of Arthur shattered and dispersed, and he spat out a mouthful of
blood and fell heavily into the sea.
As the airwaves dissipated and the dirt floating in the air settled down, the Evil Mandragora was
revealed, looking fresh and unharmed. Her fearsome eyes stared down at Arthur and said, "It seems
that you really can't take even only one move of mine. I guess you have not worked hard in cultivating
martial arts in the past few years. From now on, I will not show any mercy. I'm going to take your life
now!"
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