"Ricky!" Winifred blurted out in shock. She couldn't understand why he would challenge Lundy, even
when she had already explained about him. She almost put her hand on Ricky's mouth, but Edie
interrupted her with a meaningful look.
"Do not interfere, Winifred. People like Ricky, who was once the only demi-spiritual emperor in several
generations, are unlikely to surrender to any creature. That is why he must fight whenever he
encounters geniuses like Lundy," Edie said to her using his internal power.
"I see, so we have to choose between them, right?" Winifred also replied through telepathy.
"Exactly! And I choose Ricky. It's not only because of his talent but also due to his personality. If we
choose Lundy, we'll just be as good as dead," Edie explained.
"What's more, I don't think Ricky is as simple as he wants us to believe. He must have powerful
warriors helping him from behind, or he would not have power at the Demi-sage Level."
"I got it!" Winifred nodded to herself but remembered that they had one more issue. "But what about
Flint?"
"Just ignore him. If he wants to leave, let him go!" Edie answered indifferently as if he could not care
less whatever happened to Flint.
Meanwhile, Ricky was still insulting both Lundy and Kirk.
"I'm always playing with fire, for I have yet met a warrior who can kill me. On the contrary, I have killed
them all in the end. So, do you want to try to be the exception?" Ricky let out a laugh filled with
contempt.
Kirk kept his silence in spite of Ricky's disdainful words. Instead of words, a pair of black wings
appeared behind his back like a dark cloak, and he leaped toward Ricky with a fearsome snarl. At the
same time, the upper half of his body seemed to turn into huge and sharp claws, which pounced
toward Ricky.
Just from the momentum, it could be seen that Kirk was more powerful than Marvel.
However, just when Ricky was about to take action, a white tornado swept over and helped Ricky resist
this strike. Then, Edie appeared in front of Ricky.
"Let me be the one to fight this battle!" Edie called out.
"Of course. It will be my honor to finally see you fight. I hope you'll take this opportunity to show me
your real power, Edie," Ricky replied with a smile and immediately stepped back.
"Edie, do you really want to set yourself against Lundy?" Kirk asked in an icy tone when he realized
that Edie was siding with Ricky. He wanted to threaten him with the name of Lundy more, but he was
not sure it would work.
"Look, Kirk. I don't want to go against Lundy, but we are the ones who found this marsh first. And
besides, Kenney is my friend. I won't allow anyone to hurt him! You are quite right when you say that
any creature born in this world has its own price. Although I'm not priceless, I will never sell myself to
Lundy!"
Edie responded determinedly.
"Fine! Very well then, you have made your choice!" Kirk yelled indignantly. He could not believe that
these people were not afraid of Lundy!
He turned into his beast form with an incredible roar, and he broke out his strongest power to confront
Edie.
"Edie, are you crazy? Why would you decide to set yourself against Lundy for a human?!" Flint scolded
in an annoyed tone when he saw that Edie was dead set on supporting Ricky.
"Shut up! You are such a big disappointment!" Edie yelled at him with so much annoyance and ignored
him.
Of course, Flint grew even more furious because, once again, Edie was choosing Ricky over him!
This thought filled him with rage that produced endless and deep hatred, swirling inside him like a
storm.
In his mind, all of these were Ricky's fault!
Boom!
The next moment, Edie's momentum swelled and evolved into a world of wind, and his body
simultaneously expanded due to his power's impact. In the blink of an eye, it exploded outward and
fused with the world of wind to form a giant bird.
At this point, it was evident that he had also revealed his beast form.
Its head resembled that of a bird, and its body was huge and goat-like. A short tail waggled behind him,
while five-colored feathers similar to that of a peacock decorated its neck.
More peculiarly, the bird only had one leg, which grew in front of its chest.
"Is this the emperor beast, Benu?" Looking at this singular bird, Ricky was a little surprised.
"Indeed! It is Wind Benu, and its blood power comes from the sacred beast — the Sacred Benu!" the
Dragon Intent Grass explained briefly,
"This kind of bird has two original divine powers—wind power and rain power. Wind Benu inherits the
wind power."
These two giant birds both had wings. Therefore, they could still fly high and soar over the emperor
beast's marsh after they broke out all their strength. They flapped their wings high in the air, as they
gathered their Omnipotent Skills to attack.
"Dark Hell Claw!"
With a fearsome roar, Kirk's wings exploded out two forces, which later condensed into two giant claws,
similar to a collection of two worlds of dark hell. They rushed toward Edie dead-on.
"Benu's windstorm!"
The sound of flapping wings almost concealed the howling of the winds, as two white windstorms that
resembled dragons formed and soared into the sky. They spread out in the blink of an eye, sweeping
across the surroundings like a deadly tide.
Boom!
The violent waves surged, as the attacks from both sides collided against each other. The windstorms
crashed into the sharp claws, tearing the entire void apart. And when the powers of the windstorms and
the sharp claws were exhausted, they were absorbed by the swamp's strong gravitational pull.
The next moment, the two giant birds collided with each other and fought with their bodies.
After dozens of rounds, they both looked worse for wear, for their sturdy feathers had been plucked out,
and they were bleeding all over themselves. They were both sporting injuries of varying gravity, but one
seemed to fare better than the other.
In this collision, Edie had come out on top.
"Edie's blood power is certainly not to be taken lightly," the Dragon Intent Grass pointed out.
"I agree! Although their blood powers both belong to the emperor beasts, he seems capable of
suppressing Kirk. And apart from the Wind Rule, it seems like he is about to break out another rule—
the Rain Rule," Ricky replied, sounding impressed.
Ordinary people would not be able to tell, but Ricky could identify it because of his Golden Spirit Eyes.
"That's great! If Edie can truly comprehend the Rain Rule, he is sure to have the upper hand. And with
the combination of wind and rain, he will possess great potential to become the legendary beast," the
Dragon Intent Grass remarked. It also added, "I have just mentioned that Sacred Benu has two rules,
the Wind Rule and the Rain Rule."
"It seems that Edie will be the winner of this battle!" Ricky commented as he breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course, Kirk could also feel the pressure from Edie's blood power, so he, too, must have known that
he couldn't delay any longer.
At the moment, three drops of blood essence emerged from between his eyebrows and fused into his
three legs separately.
"The Tripod of Hell!"
With a roar, three feet stepped out of the void, and a huge tripod evolved into innumerable worlds of
dark hell, all of them suppressing toward Edie.
Although it was similar to Marvel's Omnipotent Skill, the power that spread in this strike was far from
the same. It was infused with Kirk's blood essence, after all.
"This battle will be decided in this collision," Ricky said in a low tone.
"The Windstorm of Two Rules!"
Edie yelled as his massive body spun around, and he turned into a giant spiral windstorm, which
seemed capable of sweeping everything in its path and destroying everything.
At first, there was only the Wind Rule above the storm, but soon, another rule sprang up. As Ricky had
said earlier, it was the Rain Rule. And when the wind and rain were combined, the force of destruction
became much stronger and crazier.
Maybe everything could be destroyed under the great power from wind and rain.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Then, their strongest attacks collided at last.
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