Since Ricky acquired the primitive cultivation method of the Ultimate Golden Body and cultivated the
eternal power, his body had become almost indestructible. His endurance had also increased even
when he hadn't activated the Ultimate Golden Body. Thus, the blood-colored wind here couldn't hurt
him one bit.
When they saw this, Laura and her companions were shocked.
Although they knew that Ricky was a middle spiritual emperor, they still thought of him as a child just as
his physical features suggested. Besides, a warrior who had just become a middle spiritual emperor
was nothing special in their eyes. He shouldn't be strong enough to do this.
However, the blood-colored wind that downed two of their strongest had almost no effect on Ricky.
'Wow! Audrey's new friend is really something!' Laura remarked with awe in her heart once she
regained her senses. It was not until this moment that she began to take Ricky seriously.
"Laura, it looks like the rumors are accurate for once. This kid is more than what he seems at first
glance. Moreover, I have used the Mind-clearing Spell to assess him, and I have a strong feeling that
he may look like a kid, but he isn't. His display of strength right now is more proof of that, especially his
incredible physical body,"
Helen remarked through telepathy as she watched Ricky, who was heading toward them.
"You are right, Helen. With his strength, he could pose a threat to us, but I can tell that he bears no ill-
will for us. Instead, I think he is trying to help us out of the goodness of his heart. I think we can trust
him," surmised Laura thoughtfully.
"All right," Helen agreed at once.
As soon as Ricky reached Laura and Helen, he let loose some of his power, which formed several
Massacring Holy Patterns that temporarily protected them from the wind blades. "Massacring Holy
Pattern, protect them!" he ordered. His Gale Mutant gave Ricky the ability to merge with the wind
power that the blood-colored wind contained, and this meant that the suppressive force subduing him
was weaker than what the two girls received. Hence, he could help the pair against the wind's attacks.
"Thank you!" the two women gasped gratefully. They immediately felt relieved from the continuous
damage they had been receiving.
"I can't keep you safe for long. You two have to get out of here," Ricky hastily told them. "I'll find those
two tokens myself and come to you. Trust me."
The two women had no choice but to agree, and they immediately left the area. As soon as they were
gone, Ricky unleashed more eternal power, which he merged with the gale runes to withstand the
suppressive force and the blood-colored wind. With that done, he strode forward confidently and
reached the center of the wind in no time.
There, he saw two golden tokens floating in the vortex.
But a strong power seemed to keep the tokens in place, and it didn't look like he could simply pick them
up and get them.
"Hmm... It appears that you will have to destroy the power that is enveloping them first before you can
get a hold of those tokens," the Dragon Intent Grass remarked.
"It's fine. I'm going to use the eternal power since only a few people know that I cultivate it. That won't
give away my identity," Ricky confidently responded.
While he spoke, he simultaneously unleashed all his eternal power, and his body lit up with a golden
sheen. He activated the gale runes to resist the blood-colored wind's attacks and then sent a punch
flying towards the golden tokens.
'He has such a powerful body, ' Laura commented silently in surprise when she sensed the physical
strength that Ricky had just let loose.
In all her experience, she had seen many talented warriors who were famous for refining bodies, but
she had not seen anyone who could be on par with Ricky in terms of physical strength.
"You know, even though I cultivate the Mind-clearing Spell, this kid seems very mysterious. I want to
know more about him," remarked Helen as her gaze followed Ricky through his movements.
Ricky had released a punch that contained a combination of the eternal power and his physical
strength. It landed perfectly on the tokens and shattered the power that was holding them hostage. At
last, he got his hands on the two tokens.
"It looks like you have been working on your eternal power a lot recently," the Dragon Intent Grass
thoughtfully noted.
"Thanks to it, I can hold my own against this suppressive force," answered Ricky happily. "And now, I
have two tokens!"
At this point, he intended to return to Laura and the others, but something unexpected happened once
again.
Before Ricky could turn around, countless streams of blood-colored wind suddenly emerged, roiled
around violently, and devoured the power in the area.
Immediately after, the wind's power sharply increased.
To make matters worse, the suppressive force that the wind yielded had also increased in strength.
At this point, Ricky's strength had disappeared, and his eternal power and runic power had also
gradually dissipated. Moreover, the Gale Mutant was automatically deactivated.
In the blink of an eye, the blood-colored wind had created rules, which restrained all of Ricky's strength.
"I thought the worse has ended, but it looks like the blood-colored wind has more power to release. It
seems like it was just waiting for someone to take the tokens,"
Ricky noted with a grave expression as he saw the sudden change.
"The Misty South Palace's strong warriors are highly likely to be behind this. They probably did it on
purpose to make it harder for their candidates. After all, they are trying to winnow the weak warriors
from the genuinely talented and powerful warriors. I assume that they only want the cream of the crop
to be their members," the Dragon Intent Grass surmised accurately.
"I don't have time to think about that, as I need to find a way out of here first," replied Ricky sensibly. In
the next moment, he set his eyes on the blood-colored wind, observing it critically.
"I think something happened with the wind. It seems much stronger than before!" exclaimed Laura as
soon as she noticed Ricky's predicament.
"Laura, do you think he will be alright? The wind seems to have restrained his strength, and I can't
reach him through telepathy either," Audrey blurted out in worry. Honestly, she was more concerned
about Ricky than others.
"Unfortunately, we can't do anything for him. All we can do is put our faith in him," Laura responded
morosely.
An anxious silence settled over them, as everyone watched Ricky expectantly. He had saved Laura's
and Helen's lives, and if not for them, he wouldn't be in the middle of that dangerous place. Thus, Laura
and her companions fervently prayed that Ricky would be safe.
At this point, Ricky had nothing to rely on but his physical body if he wanted to get out of there.
'On the bright side, this is a good opportunity to test my body's potential. I can use the blood-colored
wind to train my strength further, ' Ricky thought to himself as he warily observed the fast-moving
blood-colored blades approaching him. In the blink of an eye, the blades had surrounded him.
All his muscles bunched up tightly, and his mind went on a focused overdrive. This was his fighting
state.
The next moment, the sound of colliding metals rang through the air.
The blood-colored wind blades were forcefully blown away as they clashed with Ricky's body. Without
any hesitation, he sped up his movements, intending to leave the area full of blood-colored wind as fast
as he could. The wind blades didn't even leave a single scratch on his body despite the fact that he
couldn't use his strength.
'His body is truly incredible! If it were me in that situation, I would have died on the spot if not badly
injured, ' Laura thought in astonishment, amazed by what she had just witnessed.
The other disciples of the Abstinent Sect were also shaken up by the scene.
'Queenie once told me that Ricky possesses the strongest body she has ever met. It looks like she was
telling the truth after all. The blood-colored wind didn't stand a chance against him, ' reflected Audrey.
She was so relieved to see that display of Ricky's terrifying physical strength.
At that moment, another round of blood-colored wind blades shot out and attacked Ricky, and he soon
began to bleed from a dozen scratches that had appeared on his body.
It was evident that those wind blades were more powerful than the previous ones.
When the blood-colored blades hit him for the fourth time, it caused bigger and deeper wounds on his
body. Blood gushed out from them like a crimson river.
The fifth time the wind blades assaulted Ricky, he felt the massacring power, corpse power, and devil
power present in the air invading his body. The three kinds of powers had entered his body through his
gaping wounds.
'This test seems to be targeting my physical strength. I can survive this if my body can fend off the
erosion of those powers, and, in effect, my body will also grow stronger. If I can't endure this, I would
end up dead or turn into a corpse without psychic intelligence, '
Ricky pondered to himself.
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