CHAPTER 473 RICKY DID THE OLD MAN A FAVOR

Baron's eyes had shone with confidence before the start of the fight. But his emotions went downhill—

from confidence to desperation, to fear, to disbelief. He could not believe what he got himself into this

time. With all the mixed emotions that he was feeling, he roared his heart out. "What is happening? No

way. This is not supposed to happen! I must be dreaming!

You are a peerless genius! How could it even be possible!?"

Baron was also a genius. However, he was trained by a relatively weak organization. So there was no

way he could be a match for a peerless genius like Ricky. This was because a peerless genius always

had a strong force to back him up at any time. Even if Ricky did not have any support for the time

being, numerous powerful forces would still offer to support him. And from that point on, Baron realized

that his organization and family would never be able to compete with Ricky or his support.

This situation was too much for Baron to bear that he was already going out of his mind.

The next moment, he lifted his head high up and roared into the air out of grief. Then suddenly, his

body grew bigger and bigger as it became inflated. And right before everyone's eyes, he was already

changing his shape!

"You are...you are a spiritual king beast!" Ricky exclaimed with wide eyes as he looked at Baron.

The next moment, he also activated his strength to limit his resistance with his opponent. This was

done because when a spiritual king beast showed its real beast body, its strength would be stronger

than its strength in human form. Clearly, Baron was transforming into the beast body. Moreover, he was

wild now, which indicated that he would grow much more powerful.

"Humph! Still trying to fight against me, huh? Now that you've already gone crazy, I will make you sober

by beating the shit out of you!" Ricky stated in a cold voice when he saw Baron intend to launch

another attack against him.

But Baron was not to be defeated easily as he responded with a loud roar. Then, in just a few seconds,

he had already transformed into a big black bear. A white moon hung above his head while it released

a very strong and powerful aura.

"Oh, he's a member of the Moon Bear tribe!" Ricky murmured to himself as he recognized this species.

The shape of a black bear and the moon were obvious enough for everyone to recognize which tribe

Baron belonged to.

As a matter of fact, the Moon Bear tribe did not have a very strong bloodline. After all, a grown bear

would only become an upper spiritual king at the most. With this, they were kind of the weakest force

among all those organizations who had innate spiritual kings.

No wonder Baron went crazy when he learned Ricky was a peerless genius! Fear and desperation

engulfed his every being when he realized that he wouldn't stand a chance against Ricky. And maybe

that was also the reason why he also lost his mind.

Seeing Baron caught by madness, all his seniors became very worried about his state. To them, this

was a sign of death. If Baron could not get himself together, then he would be trapped, lose all his

intelligence, and become a stupid animal who could not think very smartly! In other words, if he would

not recover from his state of madness, then he would be unable to practice any cultivation method

anymore.

The Oriental College, on the other hand, would not just watch on the side when Baron had already

gone rouge about killing Ricky. This was because all of them had already wanted to have Ricky as their

new member.

"Damn you, Baron! Why couldn't you just hold it back? Why do you have to act so recklessly?" one of

Baron's seniors shouted out of frustration and worry as he saw how Baron behaved.

"That bear seems to be out of control!" the Skyward Sword Spiritual King and the Array-shattering

Spiritual King said worriedly to the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor.

Both the two spiritual kings noticed that Baron was behaving unusually. In all honesty, they did not care

about Baron's safety. But they knew that the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor was a spiritual

beast who would always help out his beast juniors. It didn't matter to him if they were geniuses or not.

He would help them when they were in danger.

"Oh well, he always seems to get out of control so easily. If he keeps this up, he is doomed to be

unable to make great achievement," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor sighed as he shook his

head out of disbelief and frustration.

Still, he decided to help Baron. Immediately he sent a message to Ricky through telepathy. "My friend,

could you please hold on for a second? Could you do me this favor and just let him go?"

"Oh, sure. No worries. It's my pleasure," Ricky immediately responded as soon as he heard him ask for

a favor. Then, he took back his aura and stepped backwards to avoid touching Baron in any manner.

The Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor asked him politely in secret. He did this because he was not

that kind of senior who would indiscriminately protect his junior. And Ricky respected a warrior with that

kind. That was why he agreed in an instant.

The most important reason, however, was that Ricky did not think of Baron as a threat. He did not care

if Baron would end up alive or dead after their supposed fight. If Baron were some kind of really

dangerous and powerful warrior such as the Shadow King, Ricky would never let him go that easily.

"And please don't address me your friend. This is too much for me as a junior!" Ricky added.

"Ha-ha! You just did me this favor without any hesitation. You deserve to be called my friend! More than

that, you are a peerless genius! I know that you will grow more powerful than me someday in the

future," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said as he smiled.

"Thank you. I owe you one. Rest assured that I will help you whenever you need one in the future."

Then, the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor started to activate his demi-ruling power and

employed it on Baron to calm him down. Meanwhile, he secretly instructed Baron to recover with the

hopes of him sobering up soon.

'I can't believe I just did a demi-spiritual emperor a favor! He owes me one now! This is great!' Ricky

thought to himself with excitement.

This was a great deal! After all, all he did was let Baron go. He didn't even lose anything by doing this,

and yet the demi-spiritual emperor owed him one now. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

The demi-spiritual emperor was the spirit who could comprehend the supreme enlightenment of

heaven and earth. Once they had made their promises, they would never betray their word. But once

they broke their promises, it would do harm to their comprehension of the supreme enlightenment of

heaven and earth and thus hinder them from making further progress.

So, once the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor promised to help him, it was most likely that he

would keep his word until the end.

Being helped and instructed by a demi-spiritual emperor, Baron soon calmed down and collected

himself.

"Thank you for helping me! You...have saved my life!" Immediately, Baron kneeled down to show his

respect towards the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor At the same time, all the seniors of the

Moon Bear tribe kneeled down, too, to thank him.

Baron was the most talented junior of the Moon Bear tribe. Saving him meant saving their next leader.

And with this, they were beyond grateful for what the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor had done.

"I didn't do all of this. Instead, I would like all of you to thank my friend, Ricky. If it weren't for him

allowing me to do this, then I would have not saved you. After all, this fight was between the two of you,

and I was not supposed to get in the middle of it," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said to

Baron.

Hearing the old man call Ricky a friend, some leaders of the powerful organizations grew serious. The

Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor must have noticed Ricky! He knew Ricky's name and even

addressed him as a friend! With everything that was going on, it seemed that the Oriental College had

started to grow their interest in Ricky.

And in that situation they realized that from then on, it would be very difficult to just kill Ricky no matter

how many men they sent to the battlefield. They all knew that the Oriental College would give him

every ounce of protection they had. And in that way, there was no way for them to succeed.

'Damn it! Is being a peerless genius so important? He has already drawn the Heavenly Ape Demi-

spiritual Emperor's attention before the recruitment competition could even officially start!' some of

them cursed with resentment in their mind.

But still, they did not give up on killing Ricky. Otherwise, Ricky would have hunted them down as soon

as he became a completed spiritual king. And when that time came, there would be no place for them

to hide in the whole Eastern Land.

"Yes, I understand it," Baron immediately responded when he heard what the old man had just said.

Then, he turned to Ricky and said, "Thank you, Ricky, for keeping me alive!"

"Yeah, but it's no big deal! This could probably be the chance for us to know each other!" Ricky said

with a smile on his face.

He did not care whether Baron was really being nice to him or just pretending to be nice. Still, Ricky

responded to his opponent politely because of the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor.

"Wow, you are such an open-minded man!" some of Baron's seniors exclaimed as they thanked Ricky.

"All right, then! This is the end of this chaos! Are there any qualified warriors who have not yet arrived

at their respective daises? Hurry up! And those demi-immortals who want to fight on the spiritual king

battlefield, you can change your dais, too! Do it quickly. The recruitment competition is about to start

soon," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor reminded the warriors.

Those demi-immortals, on the other hand, shook their heads upon hearing his words. Unlike Ricky,

they were not that confident to challenge a spiritual king.

"This is the last time that I am going to warn you. You may be killed during the fight and no one will take

the responsibility. Anyone who is afraid to be killed, please feel free to leave now," the old man added.

All those who were standing on the daises shook their heads with determined eyes.

They had been waiting for this chance for such a long time that death did not scare them.

"All of you are very courageous! I'm very pleased to see this kind of attitude from all of you. Well,

without further ado, it's time to set off! Let's leave!" the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor

announced.

The next moment, the Skyward Sword Spiritual King and Array-shattering Spiritual King started

deploying arrays. The two airships, floating in the air, grew larger in an instant. At this point, both of

them looked like two giant mountain peaks in mid-air.