CHAPTER 424 THE EIGHT KILLING REPLICATION

They pressed their lips together as a few miles separated them. They stood face to face with their eyes

glued to each other. Both of them were on guard and wore their serious looks.

The collision made the both of them realize just how strong their opponent was. Neither of them could

defeat the other easily. With this in mind, they grew more and more cautious.

Although Sham had the capabilities to hit Ricky in an instant, he was moving too fast. As a result, he

failed to gather enough power and wasn't able to harm Ricky who utilized the Nine-degree Body

Refining Formula. It was no exaggeration to say that his attack was nothing more than a breeze

sweeping over Ricky's face.

Ricky did not perform well either. Despite the fact that he could resist Sham's attack, it was the only

thing he could do. He was unable to act fast enough and could not launch his own aggressive attack

towards Sham. Merely defending the self wasn't supposed to be the ultimate purpose of this fight.

Speed mattered a lot in the martial arts world. A little bit of lag would bring disaster to any warrior.

'So, this is what I lack, huh? Speed! After I'm done with you and once I get out of this place, I'll have to

find myself some kind of method to learn how to move much faster. Otherwise, speed will remain to be

my only weakness. That is not good for future cultivations, ' Ricky thought to himself discreetly.

'How could I possibly hit? Hmmm, this is definitely a big problem, '

he wondered as he squinted his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows. 'It seems that I have no choice but to

use my other powerful methods. He must be thinking the same thing. He probably has already made

up his mind to approach me and then concentrate on attacking me in order to overcome my Nine-

degree Body Refining Formula.'

He was right. Sham was thinking the exact same thing. He figured that the only way to put a quick end

to this fight was to dash towards his opponent and strike him closely. Otherwise, both of them would

eventually get completely exhausted and even if he won in the end, he would become too weak to fight

those who were keeping a close eye and ready to tear him apart once given the chance.

Sham was looking forward to beating up his opponent and claiming the victory. And so was Ricky. Both

of them firmly believed that they would be the winner, so it was naturally that they wanted to get

everything over with as soon as possible.

"It's time to slog it out!" the warriors who surrounded them began to whisper among themselves. Seized

by excitement, they tried their best not to breathe heavily. They watched the battle very closely, eyes

not moving at all. Missing any magnificent scene was the last thing they would like.

"I'm going to wave my soft-iron sword towards you. You better prepare for it. It will punch thousands of

holes on your body. The Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, right? It shall disappear along with your

body very soon!" Sham growled in a deep and malicious tone as his red eyes shone with ferocious

light.

At the same time, he placed his soft-iron sword against his chest and was ready to fight.

"Oh, is that right? Why don't you try me!" Ricky teased back as his voice turned indifferent.

"Yes, sure. I promise you that this moment is going to be the last time you'll get to breathe in this

world," Sham roared as he raised his voice.

He immediately channeled his power and strengthened it to its highest level. Consequently, a strong

black spiritual energy emitted from his body. Everything looked awful.

This thick dark spiritual energy absorbed the killing intent that surrounded him. It grew bigger and

bigger until finally, it split into eight blobs.

"Show me where you are, my Shadowy Replications!" Sham waved his hand up and down to summon

his energy. As he shouted from the top of his lungs, he threw his spiritual energy towards the eight

blobs. In the blink of an eye, they shaped themselves into the figure of Sham! Eight figures of Sham

appeared! They were exactly the same in terms of strength and breath.

The only difference was that the eight of them had shallow bodies. They were nothing more than

shadows, at least for the time being.

"You must be kidding me, man! This is the Shadowy Replication, a mysterious and evil cultivation owns this text.

method of the Endless Shadow! I guess he does live up to his title as the first talented slayer of the

Endless Shadow. He just formed eight replications of himself!" the crowed exclaimed in disbelief. All of

them were taken aback by Sham's powerful display of his strength.

"Yeah, eight. How incredible! This is really rare, isn't it? I've heard that the two deputy leaders of his

organization, who are both middle spiritual kings, could only summon eight Shadowy Replications

through all their years of continuous cultivation. You know, they've been practicing for more than

centuries, yet forming eight shadows is the highest they could attain!" another one echoed.

"Oh, eight replications. Marvelous. Though they are not physically the same as the creator, they still

share the same strength and the same mind. I'm pretty sure they are as powerful as four or five real

versions of Sham. Ricky is in a lot of trouble now. It wouldn't be easy for him to survive this."

"Let's just wait and observe! I can't wait to see how he plans on fighting back! He might surprise us.

You know, he's someone who never fails to surprise the people around him."

...

"Eight replications, huh? You know what? I'm feeling kind of flattered that you felt the need to create

eight shadows just to deal with me," Ricky said as his face turned more serious. This was by no means

a good sign. He definitely did not want to see eight copies of Sham in front of him.

"I hate to say it. But I must admit that you are incredibly strong. So I will no longer hold back nor hide

any of my powers and methods in this fight against you. I utterly understand that it's quite difficult to

deal with you. I will do whatever I can. Look, I am going to finish you right here and right now," Sham

and his eight replications all said in unison.

Before the voice faded, eight drops of blood gushed out from between Sham's eyebrows. They then

flew towards the eight replications and fused into their bodies. As a result, the shadows became much

more physically solid and real. They were not as hollow as they used to be before absorbing his blood.

These drops of blood, of course, were not blood essence. They were just some of his blood which was

relatively purer. Otherwise, five drops of blood essence would have cost Sham his life, let alone eight

drops. If that was the case, then Ricky wouldn't have to fight anymore. Sham would just fall and die

because of the lack of blood essence in his body.

"So, they become more real as you feed them your blood, right?" Ricky said as he secretly activated all

his power, preparing for the upcoming attack from Sham.

"Swish, swish!" The next moment, the eight replications along with Sham rushed towards Ricky and

besieged him. Standing in the center of his enemies, Ricky took a quick glance on all of them.

"My Eight Killing Replications, go and kill him for me now!" As the nine Sham all roared fiercely at the

same time, they also began to move.

Holding their swords, the eight replications swirled fast in the air and channeled all their malicious

energies and concentrated them in their swords. They then dashed towards Ricky like eight enormous

storms. At same time, Sham was also doing the same thing aiming at Ricky.

Now, Ricky was about to be pierced by eight vicious swords. And there was also one spinning towards

him from above. There was literally no place for him to hide.

Each Sham had employed their strength to the largest extent. Ricky sensed danger and knew he was

stuck in an extremely sticky situation.

Sham had claimed that his sword would pierce a thousand holes on Ricky's body.

Ricky was pretty sure that with his nine swords, Sham was not exaggerating and that he could

definitely be true to his words, unless Ricky made another extraordinary move.

Without any hesitation, he burst out his flames. Immediately, his body was engulfed by the blazing fire

and the chaotic fire runes.

"The Flame Torrent!"

As he roared, his body integrated itself with the chaotic fire runes and turned into a huge torrent that

swept over his surroundings.

"The Flaming Cage!"

Meanwhile, he also utilized his Omnipotent Skill.

Right in front of everyone's eyes, the Flame Torrent he had changed into, separated and formed

hundreds of burning circles. They spread out in all directions and surrounded his virtual space. Sham

and his replications fanned the air.

"Wh... What is going on? What did I just see? How could he turn his body into flames and disappear in

the air?" This scene just made all the warriors' jaws drop. Their hearts were seized by great disbelief.

"Is there even any known method that could do this? Have you heard of any?" another one asked.

Before their whispers and puzzles even had the chance to be discussed or answered, the burning

flames once again appeared in the air out of nowhere and formed a giant cage. It approached and

trapped Sham along with his spinning replications.

Torrents made of flames lingered above the burning cage. What was more, crimson runes danced on

the torrents as well.

The Flame Torrents, which were strong and looked like large waves, ran towards the nine figures stuck

in the cage's center.

Sham and his replications did not just stand there to accept their doom. Instead, they began to spin in

the air quickly once again and formed nine storms. They then dashed towards different directions in an

attempt to break Ricky's Flaming Cage.

"Bang! Bang!" They collided with the cage as they carried their swords towards nine directions with

great force and created earsplitting crackling sounds. They were engulfed by the Flame Torrents.

"Boom! Boom!"

The powerful collision created more than just sounds. The space around the Flaming Cage was

warped because of the strong explosion. And if one would take a closer look, they would see that the

space cracked like glass.

Hundreds of huge Flame Torrents then swallowed Sham's dark spiritual energy, just like the volcano

erupted and engulfed the tornado. The torrents then ran wild and dashed around madly. They all

collided with the glow tent as the flames splattered around.

The collision shook the giant dragon meridian heavily. It shivered so violently that the competition

platform beneath them collapsed.