CHAPTER 468 THE SELECTION COMPETITION WAS COMING

Right after he swallowed the Regenerating Grass, Ricky then immediately activated his devouring rune

to break down and digest the vital energy that was lodged in the grass. Afterwards, he channeled the

energy into every part of his body to eradicate the after-effects.

The Regenerating Grass, however, was a King-level Treasure from Heaven and Earth which contained

thick vital energy. It was said to be the best cure to manage and treat those kinds of after-effects. The

last time that Ricky had taken a Regenerating Grass, he had utilized all the vital energy to restore his

fatigue, which left him with zero energy to deal with the after-effects. If he had not done this, then he

would have not completely recovered from the supposed after-effects.

Living up to its fame, the Regenerating Grass did an outstanding job of helping Ricky recover in just

three days.

Aside from the great quality and treatment from the grass, Ricky's recovery, however, would not be

possible if it weren't for his strong body.

After his recuperation, he then started to refine his incomplete innate power.

His body hosted about thirty percent of incomplete innate power. With this, his next goal was to transfer

all the power in his body into incomplete innate power.

Normally, it was extremely difficult for any ordinary warrior to successfully pull that off. But Ricky was

different for he was, in fact, an extraordinary warrior. And to him, this process would be a piece of cake.

There were two reasons for saying that Ricky could do it easily. The first reason would be that he had

already owned three zones for quite a long time, making him proficient with it. This meant that he had

already comprehended the innate power similar to the level of comprehension of an innate warrior.

With his confidence, he even thought that he could challenge and survive the Thunderstroke Doom.

The second reason would be that he was already accustomed and had already known and understood

the enlightening power. This would then make it easier for him to transfer his power into incomplete

innate power.

That was why Ricky might be capable of gathering one hundred percent of incomplete power directly

and quickly.

With determination and focus, Ricky then took a deep breath and started his cultivation at once.

Immediately, he was given a hint by the Source of Golden Body. It reminded him that there would

always be an energy source for a living creature and that his energy source was obviously from his

regained spiritual meridian.

As a matter of fact, all of his power originated from his special spiritual meridian.

After learning this important piece of information, Ricky then decided to start cultivating with the radical

energy that was embedded in his spiritual meridian.

In total, it took him ten days to transform all the radical energy into the incomplete innate power.

This, however, was already perceived as a short time to do such a task.

After he had successfully transformed his power in the regained spiritual meridian into the incomplete

innate power, he had spent another whole day to allocate all the incomplete innate power into every

part of his body. He did this in order to acclimatize his body to the new environment so that it would

adjust accordingly.

And at that point, Ricky felt that his power had reached a surprisingly new level ever since he had

become a demi-immortal.

'I'm very curious about my current strength! What could I do with this new-found power? Am I already

strong enough to defeat an ordinary innate spiritual king?' he said inwardly with a faint little smile on his

face. He squinted his eyes as he assessed himself.

An ordinary spiritual king was deemed to be stronger than a demi-immortal at the peak level, but not

because the former was stronger than the latter. As a matter of fact, they were almost similar in terms

of power. An ordinary spiritual king would only be a bit more powerful than a demi-immortal at its peak.

The differences between the two were the comprehensive power and the enlightening power.

It was said that the gap in terms of comprehensive power was very noticeable. It was similar to the

comparison between a strong and a weak bloodline, which was so far off from each other that it was

almost impossible to bridge without having such an enormous talent. A warrior with higher

comprehensive power was naturally capable of defeating one with lower comprehensive power. And

this gap was also the same when it came to the difference of enlightening power.

On the other hand, after an ordinary spiritual king gained the enlightening power, his strength would be

enlarged to a huge extent. A demi-immortal, however, would never be able to defeat the king even if his

power was at its peak.

When it came to the strength alone, Ricky's strength was definitely stronger than many third-class

lower spiritual kings.

But he couldn't compete with a spiritual king when it came to the comprehensive power and

enlightening power before his refinement. Determined to become the best warrior, he practiced hard to

improve his comprehensive power and enlightening power in order to narrow the gap by using his

power from the Body Refining Formula and his three zones.

With such difficulty, it was said that only a warrior with such an extremely strong bloodline or someone

such as a super powerful genius could do this.

Soar, for example, had a strong bloodline. More than that, he was considered to be clever and smart.

So when the time came that he became a demi-immortal, he was surely able to defeat an innate

spiritual king. And that was one of the most powerful traits a beast like Soar had.

But there was always a drawback from what the amazing beasts could do. Once their comprehensive

power reached the peak of their bloodline, it would be much more difficult for them to improve their

comprehensive power than a genius like Ricky.

This was because Ricky was undeniably talented. Moreover, he had the power of the Nine-degree This is the property of Nô-velDrama.Org.

Body Refining Formula and his three zones. With all of the aforementioned, he was confident enough

that he could compete with a creature with a strong bloodline.

'If only I could fight against an ordinary innate spiritual king! Oh boy, that would be a great way to test

my abilities, ' Ricky thought to himself.

Considering the fact that he was still inside his zone and that he had not finished his final task, what he

wanted was not going to be possible as for now.

Then, Ricky took out the egg. His next step would be making his Ultimate Golden Body, his cultivation

method, reach its initial level—the first level of Ultimate Golden Body.

Considering the fact that this egg was from a holy beast, its energy could help Ricky in more ways that

he could imagine.

"I hope that this egg won't disappoint me! If this doesn't work, then my two point two million gold coins

would have been spent for nothing!" Ricky murmured to himself as he fixed his eyes on the egg,

wishing that it would work on him.

Then, without wasting any more time, he activated his Massacring Skill and released the massacring

rune to refine the egg that he held.

And in a snap, he could see with his own two eyes that the energy inside the egg reacted violently to

the grilling done by the massacring rune. Then, the energy gushed out from the shell, which was then

poured into Ricky's body.

Meanwhile, Ricky activated the cultivation method of the Ultimate Golden Body and shouted, "The first

level of Ultimate Golden Body!"

Immediately, the Source of Golden Body grew exponentially. Golden lights shone brightly at a rapid

speed. Not long after, its size grew to ten feet long, which was a lot bigger than Ricky.

But it was very weak, though. It even looked like it could be blown away by a strong breeze.

Meanwhile, the massacring rune floated in the air around Ricky while it continuously sucked all the

golden energy from the egg. Ricky then mixed the rune and the energy, pouring the mixture into the ten

feet long golden body. Then, he activated the cultivation method and embedded the energy into the

golden body.

All his efforts were not in vain for he could visibly see his golden body grow sturdier and sparkle more.

Meanwhile, back in the Oriental City, people were filled with shock and gossip as they finally heard the

news that a young master and an elder from the Golden Leopard Valley were killed by an unknown

assailant. News spread like wildfire that even though the elder was an upper spiritual king, he still did

not survive the attack.

Aside from the death of two warriors, it was also the talk of the town that the spiritual space tool that

they had won during the action had gone missing.

It was such a great loss for the Golden Leopard Valley. Not only did they lose their men, but they also

lost a huge amount of money.

The leader of the Golden Leopard Valley, Hugo Jin, initiated a search team to look for the murderer.

However, no matter where they went, they failed to get any clue about who the murderer was. Hugo Jin

was so angry that he vented his anger out on those weak and small organizations and forces by finding

fault with them from time to time. Everyone was anxious for Hugo Jin breathed down on their necks.

The situation was such a mess that none of them would like to keep in contact with the Golden Leopard

Valley at all.

The more shocking fact was that the three men, Ricky, Soar, and Tina, just disappeared out of thin air

and were nowhere to be seen. Those strong organizations had also searched for them day in and night

out at every corner of the Oriental City and near the Oriental Mountains. But to their dismay, not a

single trace of them was found.

Meanwhile, time passed by so fast that it was almost time for the recruitment competition of the

Oriental College.

It was during that day when all the warriors shifted their attention to the center of the Oriental City. All of

them were more concerned about the incoming competition. After all, that was the reason why they

came here.

Two high daises stood in the center. Everything was almost back to normal as they were still as

untouchable as ever. The central area of the city was the territory of the Oriental College, and only a

few people had the opportunity to visit it.

But things were different that day. Numerous people gathered around the two daises. Everyone heard

that warriors from the Oriental College would be soon arriving. All of the people present in the area

were just so desperate to have a look at the powerful fighters from that college. All of them were

excited, as they were expecting to participate in or witness the selection competition through which the

new geniuses would be identified by the college.