After Chad took Antony's mutant power, he began to adjust his breath. Although he didn't unleash all
his power against Antony, he still consumed a lot of energy, so he needed some time to recover.
Besides, it would take him some time to digest Antony's mutant power too.
Ricky and Chad had enough time to regain their energy and power.
Soon, ten days had passed, and the two Combat Spaces where Ricky and Chad were had become
one.
All the warriors gradually forgot about Antony's death except for the people from the Zang Clan. That
was the reality of the martial arts world. It didn't matter how talented a warrior was when he was alive.
He would be easily forgotten once death claimed him.
Perhaps, some warriors might mention Antony once or twice. But from the moment of his death, the
majority had turned their back on him.
At this moment, everyone's attention was firmly on Ricky and Chad.
"It looks like my intuition was right. I had suspected you would win before you fought with Antony,"
Ricky commented as he looked at Chad who stood opposite him. From the moment he laid his eyes on
Chad, he found his aura familiar to him, and his intuition told him that Chad was stronger than Mike and
Antony.
"My intuition recognized that Mike is no match for you, and it turns out that I was right," Chad
responded with narrowed eyes.
"But I'm afraid you are wrong. I didn't beat my opponent. I took out him," he went on. His voice came in
a menacing tone that even Ricky's hair stood on its end.
'His murderous intent is terrifying!' Ricky thought in astonishment.
He couldn't help but ask, "Are—are you saying you killed Antony?"
"I never let my opponents live, so don't act so surprised. And besides, you have nothing to do with
Antony, right? Why are you acting like this?
You, yourself, are a ruthless person too. Don't pretend," scoffed Chad.
Ricky fell silent for a few moments after he confirmed Antony's death.
His eyebrows furrowed in thought before he asked, "I felt your killing intent too. Is that because you
want me dead? That's not created by the strength you cultivated, right?"
Chad had clearly told him that their fight would not end until one of them was dead.
Moreover, although his intuition told him that Chad felt familiar, he was definitely not a friend of Ricky's.
"That's right. I want your head," admitted Chad frankly. "The truth is that I'm here because of you. Of
course, I will also take Paul's inheritance with me after I take you out."
"You are here because of me? Who the hell are you?" Ricky asked with a dark scowl after hearing
Chad's strange statement.
"It sounds like you are not even from this continent..." After thinking for a moment, Ricky added
suspiciously,
"Are you from the devil race? Although you don't have their aura..."
"Those devils are low-born creatures. How dare you compare them to me? In my eyes, the so-called
creatures from the continent and the devil race are mere playthings. They don't deserve my attention.
Of course, you are an exception. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here for you in person," explained
Chad. He had a snobby frown and a sullen look on his face.
"What a conceited fellow! You even take us and the devils for playthings," Ricky replied with a
disdainful smile. At that moment, his heart grew heavy with uncertainty.
In addition to the continent and the Devil Land, he could only think of one more place—the legendary
Celestial Land.
During his journey in the Realm of Wildness, he had met creatures from the Celestial Land in the Sky
Manor. It was where he had acquired the first fragment of the mysterious axe.
"Could this Chad guy be from the Celestial Land?" Ricky immediately asked the Dragon Intent Grass.
"Perhaps. I won't be surprised if he is. After all, he doesn't sound like he is lying. I'm afraid that it's
highly possible that he came from the Celestial Land," replied the Dragon Intent Grass casually.
"It seems like the war between the continent and the devil race is about to start once again. Even the
Celestial Land's creatures have begun to show up.
However, I couldn't care less where he comes from. Since he is here to take my life, I won't show him
any mercy. I'm going to take him down and get Paul's inheritance. That's the only thing that matters
now," murmured Ricky with fiery determination burning in his eyes.
"It might sound haughty, but I'm not just flapping my gums here. I have no trouble in ending your life,"
Chad declared flatly, his face devoid of any emotion. Even though he had heard Ricky's threat, he
didn't look like it affected him at all.
"Let's see if you can do that!" Ricky challenged him outright, and the ferocity in his eyes ignited with a
vengeance.
'You want me dead, huh? Too bad that you will be the one who'll die!' Ricky thought to himself.
At that moment, their bodies unleashed powerful momentums that smashed against each other hard.
Ricky straightly activated his six mutants, chaotic power, and chromatic energy.
It wasn't like him to show his trump cards so soon, but he had two reasons for doing that. First, Chad's
attitude irritated him, especially when he claimed that he could easily kill Ricky. Second, the fact that
Chad killed Antony put Ricky under a lot of pressure.
Chad had dealt with Antony so quickly that he didn't even give Antony the chance to admit defeat. It
was, of course, possible that Antony had died because he was careless. Maybe he hadn't expected
that Chad would finish off him. However, it also reinforced the possibility that Chad was a formidable
opponent that shouldn't be underestimated.
Therefore, Ricky didn't dare to give Chad any chance to gain the upper hand.
"I see that you have six mutants. No wonder you are the only one who was once an incredible demi-
spiritual emperor for eras," Chad remarked in a serious tone as he assessed Ricky's power.
He could admit that Ricky was indeed a talented warrior.
As the dark power poured out from Chad's body, the dark land rose from behind him once again. He
was ready to fight Ricky.
At the same time, his eyes turned blood-red.
It was evident that he had unleashed all his might, for he could acknowledge that Ricky was a truly
formidable foe.
'The darkness... This feels so familiar. What the hell is going on?!' Ricky wondered in confusion when
he felt Chad's power.
'I have had this feeling before, but with who? Was it Charles? No, it's not him.
Was it Oswald? Oh! Yes, it was indeed Oswald!'
While Ricky was lost in thought, an invisible roar resounded around them.
Chad had launched an attack.
The dark power surged around the dark land, morphing into a black dragon that pounced on Ricky like
a hungry predator.
"Come on, my dark dragon, ready to strike!" growled Chad.
In an instant, the black dragon had opened its mouth and let out a roar, and a dark spear shot out,
flying straight at Ricky's chest. Ricky could tell at a glance that the dark power within the spear was
more potent than that which took Antony's life.
He didn't dare let his guard down. As soon as he sensed the danger, he activated the Ultimate Golden
Body and summoned the six types of runes, which evolved into passages.
The light released by eternal power shot forth from his golden body. It instantly merged with the chaotic
power and chromatic energy and flew toward the incoming spear.
Buzz! At the same time, Ricky released the massacring runes, which automatically surrounded him like
a shield. They formed about two hundred Massacring Holy Patterns.
His intuition told him that he needed to set up the strongest defense that he could, or else, Chad would
kill him without mercy.
In the next moment, the light Ricky had released collided with the spear.
At once, the dark power on the spear began to absorb the light's power, resembling what it had done to
Antony's sword.
Ricky's eyes widened in shock as a small gasp escaped his parted lips.
'Its power is incredible! It can absorb my power and even erase it,' he thought in with
disbelief.
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