CHAPTER 478 THE FIRST ENLIGHTENING MARK THAT HE GOT

Hum! Hum!

The golden light around him buzzed even louder as Ricky called out the name of his skill. In the blink of

an eye, he was engulfed by the endless golden light. It made his body shimmer dazzlingly. He totally

looked like a shining star at that point.

What was more astonishing was that the massacring runes spread over Ricky's body. They made him Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

seem like he was wearing golden armor. With that armor and his handsome face, he was extremely

eye-catching to anyone around.

Afterwards, the massacring runes began changing into visible golden power. The power moved slowly

before it gathered on the right side of Ricky's back. Meanwhile, his refined body also ejected the golden

power and gathered on the left side of his back.

Thanks to the golden power, Ricky's body became stronger. He was shimmering even more glaringly

as the energy settled.

Ricky had just combined the power from his refined body and his Massacring Zone. He had already

reached the top tier of his body refining cultivation method. It was no exaggeration to say that his body

was imperishable. The truth was that, one who practiced any body refining cultivation method, would

have an imperishable body when they reached the highest level of that cultivation method.

The power from his Massacring Zone was murderous and strong. When the two types of energies were

mixed on the surface of Ricky's body, his power was almost improved to double what it had been.

As a matter of fact, Ricky did not know the details of it until he reached the limit of his Nine-degree

Body Refining Formula.

"Yes! Let's leave it all up to skill and fate! Let's do this!" York said in agreement. He was also a

straightforward man.

The next moment, his endless earth enlightening power swarmed up and gathered from within the

surroundings before moving towards his body. The power then focused on his chest, gradually turning

into a yellowish-brown ball.

At the same time, York took out his spiritual weapon from his storage ring. His spiritual weapon was a

long, yellowish brown staff.

Hum! Hum! The moment his long staff was drawn, it buzzed loudly as if it could feel that its master was

in need of it. From the aura it gave out, one could tell that the staff was an advanced-stage Demi-

spiritual weapon.

"Mixing up! The power of defending earth—the Double Staffs!"

York shouted the name of the skill he was using. The earth enlightening power, which had been

originally resting on his body, seemed to be squeezed out. Then, it morphed into the shape of a long

staff before it melted to fuse with York's weapon.

The earth enlightening power and the staff did not mix with each other completely, though. To be more

precise, York's staff was surrounded by the power that had taken the form of a long staff.

In the next moment, the staff that carried overwhelming power swept towards Ricky. Everywhere that

the staff passed over as it was swung, giant cracks started to appear.

"You are using a staff to fight, right? Great! I will also use a staff to wrap up this battle between us!"

Ricky said in a cold voice when he saw that York had launched his strike.

Immediately, Ricky guided the massacring runes on his body to gather on his hands. Then, he reached

out with them and grasped the two golden light balls on his back. The massacring runes immediately

slid into the golden lights when he did that.

Then, Ricky pulled the two golden lights off his body and swept them towards York's staff. One could

clearly see that, when Ricky's golden lights were shooting towards York, the two lights melted together

and melded into the shape of a staff.

"The Massacring Staff—sweep over the surroundings!"

Boom! Boom! As Ricky shouted the name of his attack, the two powerful attacks met with each other,

coming from two different directions. Then, ferocious blasts of air burst out. Their intense attacks had

caused an explosion!

Immediately, their surroundings were engulfed by the blasts.

At the same time, numerous sparks emitted out from the point where their staffs collided. The sparks

were also embedded with powerful destructive energy. They could even cause cracks in the

atmosphere because of that. The collision was obviously a very ferocious one.

"I will defeat you soon!" York called out loudly as endless earth enlightening power gushed even more

readily out of his body.

"That's exactly what I was about to say to you," Ricky responded in a cold voice. Immediately, the

power from his Massacring Zone burst out. Endless runic power began gushing out from his body and

sank into his Massacring Staff.

Being showered by even more power, Ricky's staff became stronger. Consequently, the explosions

where their attacks met became more violent.

The winner was going to be decided soon! The most exciting part of the battle was coming!

The staffs were stalemated at that point, but that situation did not last for long. A few moments later,

some cracks began to appear in York's staff. The cracks grew deeper and larger as they clashed

against each other.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! When one crack began to spread, the remaining cracks followed its

pattern. It was really impossible to avoid one of the staffs breaking. It was exactly like a chain reaction

when the cracks began webbing out. In the blink of an eye, York's long staff was covered in cracks.

"What? How can this even be possible?" York screamed uncontrollably in fear. He had originally been

brave and had wanted to fight. After seeing that his weapon was damaged, he was immediately filled

with fear.

Ricky, on the other hand, didn't waste his time paying any attention to his opponent's reaction. He

channeled more massacring runes and turned them into power that he poured into his Massacring Staff

again. That staff forced itself to move forward and dashed towards York's staff again.

York's staff, which was still covered in cracks, was broken in an instant. The power that had been

embedded in the staff collapsed and turned into gaseous power of defending earth. Consequently, the

staff at the Demi-spiritual Level was knocked away and into the air.

York was thrown into the air along with his weapon.

The moment York was tripped up was the best time for Ricky to kill him. Ricky decided not to do that,

though. Instead, he decided to stop his murderous strike. Killing York was not what he really intended

to do, after all.

Ricky was well aware that York did not mean to kill him from the very beginning either.

Outside that Small World where they were battling, the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor, the two

completed spiritual kings, and the disciples nodded their heads when they saw what Ricky was doing.

When Ricky ceased his attacks towards his opponent, they realized that Ricky was not a bloodthirsty

man.

The Oriental College would definitely spare no effort in training Ricky because he was a peerless

genius. If he was a cruel and bloodthirsty warrior, members of the Oriental College would be the first

victims when Ricky grew more powerful.

'He didn't kill his opponent when he had a chance to. From that behavior, I can confirm that he is a

righteous and merciful man, ' the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor thought to himself in relief.

'Will he be decisive when he is faced with more murderous enemies, though? I truly hope that he will.'

The most ideal disciple in the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor's mind was someone who had the

determination to fight and, when necessary, the compassion to spare someone.

The disciples of the Oriental College were pleased to see that Ricky was a kind-hearted man. All of

them were sure that Ricky would be another leading figure in the Oriental College as long as everything

went smoothly with his cultivation. They were happy about the possibility of being led by a merciful

leader.

If Ricky were a cruel and cold-hearted man, they were probably going to live a miserable life when he

gained power over them.

"Why didn't you just kill me?" York asked in surprise after he dragged himself off the ground with shaky

legs.

In York's mind, the strongest warriors would always have disregard for human life. Such warriors would

kill any weaker creature they met if they felt like it.

"I didn't kill you because you did not intend to kill me either. I never kill people that I don't need to,"

Ricky said in a serene tone as his breathing slowed back to its normal pace.

"What's more, all I want is your enlightening mark. Killing you would not do me any good. Why would I

go through with the hassle of that?"

"I think I understand now. Thank you," York said.

Then, he took out his mark and threw it towards Ricky.

"If there is any chance that we meet again someday, let's be friends, as long as you want that as well,"

Ricky said with a smile after he reached out and caught the mark.

"Ha-ha! Although it's a little bit awkward that I was just defeated by you right after I entered the

battlefield, I still feel very lucky to have fought with such a peerless genius! This journey was not

completely fruitless at least!" York said and burst into laughter when he heard such kind words from

Ricky.