With a loud bang,
the dragon shadow was hit and fell from the sky.
Before the dragon shadow could make contact with the ground, Guillermo appeared. His whole body
was drenched in his own blood. When he collided with the ground, his body slumped and he couldn't
find the energy to stand.
Mordechai's arm transformed into a bone. He walked up to Guillermo and wrapped it around his neck
before anyone noticed.
"I emerge victorious!" Mordechai's hoarse voice rang out, allowing everyone present to see that the
fight had ended.
"Mordechai won without using his mutant power. That's unheard of!" a nearby disciple said, causing a
trail of comments regarding Mordechai's power to follow.
"For a long time, I've been hearing how powerful Mordechai is. I've finally witnessed his strength."
"I bet Mordechai will be the holy son. I know that Ricky and Hayes are strong too, but they've already
revealed their mutants. That puts them at a disadvantage for the following fight."
"Are you sure about that? Haven't you heard the rumors about Ricky?"
When Guillermo heard them gossiping, his face twisted in embarrassment and resentment.
He slumped his shoulders and kicked at a stray rock on the ground.
Feeling too ashamed to stay here any longer, he walked away at a hasty pace.
Now that the fight between Mordechai and Guillermo had come to an end, it was Ricky and Hayes'
turn.
Since Ricky had come to the wood branch for a while now, he had heard a lot about Hayes. As far as
he knew, Hayes had the Shadow Sword Mutant, and he was incredible with the flying sword.
A few seconds later, Hayes and Ricky sauntered into the Combat Space.
"Ricky, you go ahead and make the first move," Hayes said the moment that they were settled.
"No. You first!" Ricky responded, smiling.
Hayes might have been acting but Ricky thought that his moral quality was already better than
Guillermo's.
"If you insist. By now, you must know a thing or two about my strength. I always defeat my opponent
within three rounds. So, get ready," Hayes explained but he still smiled.
As soon as he stopped talking, he unleashed all his strength. A bright sword light burst from his body,
and its power was condensed into small, flying swords.
The mark between his eyebrows became visible and floated into the air in front of him. Hayes gave off
so much power that it was like he could make the sky tremble at his feet.
Now that his mutant had been activated, he looked like he was made from the most powerful sword
light. His spine turned into a black flying sword.
The black sword made from the heavenly power had merged with his flesh, forming the Shadow Sword
Mutant.
As the sword light cornered Ricky, he could only feel one thing: coldness. All around him felt like an
endless, dark abyss. If his defenses were to drop, a sword would pierce the spot right between his
eyebrows.
Facing such a dangerous strike, Ricky couldn't afford to waste a second.
The instant that the sword light engulfed him, Ricky let out ancestral thunder power which covered his
body and removed the sword light on it. Ricky also activated the Fire Dragon Extremity and the ten
types of flames to assist him in destroying the sword light.
Ricky intended to activate the Chaotic Fire Mutant to remove the invisible cold-front, but on second
thought, he decided not to do that.
However, the attacks of the Fire Dragon Extremity and the ten kinds of fire were not enough to
decrease the sword light at all.
'This sword light is more powerful than I thought! I have a feeling that it's a sword in darkness...' Ricky
considered, frowning.
'Wait. It's not an evil sword. It's an invisible sword under the heavenly law and it has targeted me.'
"Ricky, I advise you not to waste your energy trying to remove my sword light. Most upper spiritual
emperors can't even do that," Hayes warned when he spotted Ricky relentlessly trying to disperse the
sword light.
Now that he was emitting the sword light, Hayes was no longer gentle or timid. Now he resembled an
incredible, fearless swordsman.
"My Shadow Flying Sword has the heavenly power. That means any creature in an area where the
heavenly law prevails can't escape my sword light," Hayes explained.
"And this is only the first move of my Whole Heart Flying Swordsmanship."
"I get it now! That's the Whole Heart Flying Swordsmanship!" Ricky murmured to himself.
At this point, he was faced with a lot of pressure. Deep in his gut, he knew that Hayes was way, way
stronger than Guillermo had been.
"The Whole Heart Flying Swordsmanship consists of targeting, unleashing, and withdrawing," Hayes
continued. "If I can reliquish my sword, it means the fight is over and I win.
If I can't bring my sword back to me, it means I will have to continue the fight or be defeated."
"Hayes has shared his moves with you because he is a confident and righteous man. He has never
been known to using dirty tricks. He is a man that respects disciplines and treats the sword like it is
himself," the Dragon Intent Grass explained.
"Swordsmen like him are rare.
The sword light he released makes me feel justice and gives me the urge to do the good deed," Ricky
said.
"Then go ahead and show your sword!" Ricky roared.
The instant he had finished his sentence,
the power of the ancestral thunder spread before him.
Mixing two runes, Ricky revealed his Massacring Mutant and Ancestral Thunder Mutant. The powers
from the two mutants were his strongest forms of attack and defense.
"That's not possible! He has two mutants. The rumor is true!" No one present had seen this coming.
The rumors had spread widely, but seeing it with their own eyes was something completely foreign and
shocking.
"This means that the rumor that he was once an incredible demi-spiritual emperor is true," a demi-saint
elder commented.
"Ricky, I did not expect you to possess two mutants.
This makes you a tough opponent!" Hayes said. In response, his eyes showed off his immense fighting
spirit.
"You left me with no other choice. I couldn't hide them any longer. Your sword skill was going to kill me!"
Ricky responded.
Then, Hayes' eyes sparkled with fighting spirit. He let the small flying swords around him twirl like a
tornado before they merged and became one flying sword.
The small flying sword had come from the heavenly power, meaning it was made from a Treasure from
Heaven and Earth.
Hayes focused all of his attention on manipulating the flying sword.
Ricky was shocked to see that the small sword was exceptionally fast.
It gained on him in an instant.
Even more surprising, the flying sword didn't have a tricky trajectory and it didn't hide its trace.
Its trajectory was a straight line.
Hayes stood tall and stiff like a sword behind the flying sword.
He couldn't be bothered to focus on anything but his sword. It was meant to be a lethal strike. If he
were to hit his opponent, he would win. If he were to lose, there was a chance that he would die.
In that moment, all of his defense and attack mechanisms were focused on the flying sword.
While the flying sword made its way towards its target, the Shadow Sword Mutant communicated with
the heavenly law. Then, the heavenly power appeared and ensured that the sword's target could not
dodge its attack.
No creature could avoid it. They could either defend themselves or fight back.
Ricky was determined to win so he chose to defend himself.
He didn't believe that this was the best move that Hayes possessed. If he fought back, he was worried
that he might get hit by the sword.
When faced with such a fearless swordsman,
Ricky thought that the best way was to counterattack after surviving the blow.
And the premise was that he would withstand any blow from Hayes
successfully.
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