CHAPTER 484 ENEMIES ARE BOUND TO MEET ON A NARROW ROAD
Ricky and Soar were inundated with gray mist after entering the enlightening passage. It felt like they
had turned into time travelers, moving through the veil of time back to the time immemorial. Looking
round, they felt the enlightening power sweeping through the air.
They didn't dare to refine the enlightening power at this time and in this place, though.
They all knew that once the power was refined, a large number of invisible space rifts would pop up.
Among different space rifts, the enlightening passage itself was visible and relatively safe. But the
invisible space rifts were very dangerous. Even if you were a spiritual emperor, once you fell in, nothing
could bring you back.
They had to find out the enlightening vortex for them to acquire the enlightening power. While at it, they
also had to stay away from places where the power was very intense.
When Ricky, Soar, the young master of the Heaven Palace and his two maids walked inside the
passage, all the other warriors and spiritual king beasts followed closely behind.
For their own safety, they fanned out across the ground while keeping a distance from each other.
"Ricky, let's go deep into the enlightening passage. But we have to be careful. The enlightening vortex
must be much deeper," Soar told Ricky, communicating with him through their telepathic link.
"I got it. We had better keep a distance from the young master for the moment. You know, we don't
have the chance to finish him off here," Ricky answered.
A few seconds later, Ricky and Soar dove deep into the passage. They didn't give the morose-looking
young master the attention he wanted.
Ricky activated the power of three zones to scan the surroundings, lest he and Soar should fall into the
invisible space rifts. Before he was done, an ear-splitting scream rent the air. The enlightening power
had snatched one of the warriors and thrown him into the most volatile part of the enlightening
passage.
The power in this space was so terrifying.
Especially, after the incident of the warrior who was sucked into the rift, almost everyone was shaken to
the core. Now, some regretted entering the passage. But since there was no easy way out, most of
them decided to move ahead, but now on high alert.
"These invisible rifts are so horrifying. All around me, I can see even innate spiritual kings feel
defenseless in these spaces," Ricky told Soar through their telepathic link. He felt overwhelmed with
emotions.
"Ricky, the space rift you have seen is relatively harmless to us. As long as its suction weakens, we'll
safely get to the right part of the passage," Soar explained.
"Though small, the invisible space rifts are linked to the vast Universe. Once you fall in one of them, no
matter how powerful you are, it will send you hurtling through space forever.
To our advantage, you can detect the rifts using your Chaotic Fire Zone. Otherwise, it would be plain
dangerous to even venture anywhere close. So for now, let's take chances and stake our lives together
on it.'
In the following several hours, all the warriors and spiritual king beasts plodded towards the depths of
the enlightening passage at their snail pace. During these hours, a dozen warriors and spiritual king
beasts were sucked into the invisible space rifts.
The chicken-hearted among them were terrified out of their wits, some helplessly collapsing, unable to
hold out any more. All they wanted was to get out of here first thing when the suction force weakened
three days later.
With the aid of the Chaotic Fire Zone, Ricky and Soar could march forward quickly. Though, they had to
slow down to everyone else's speed in order not to arouse suspicion among the warriors.
Half a day later, they finally reached the depths of the enlightening passage, where a number of small
passages, each spewing intense enlightening power, branched off from the main passage.
"Soar, the enlightening vortexes must be in these small passages!" Ricky said telepathically.
"True. Enlightening vortexes do exist in these small passages. If the small passage we chose to enter
doesn't have enlightening vortexes, we have to accept bad luck," Soar explained.
"What's more, some of these small passages are interlinked, and so we may have to compete head-to-
head with other warriors inside."
"If so, let's split up. That way, I think we may stand better chances of getting the enlightening vortexes,"
Ricky said encouragingly.
"Ricky, please watch out for dangers, such as spiders, snakes and poisonous plants," Soar said, a
worried look on his face as he wrung Ricky's hands.
"You can rest assured. In this passage, the young master of Heaven Palace and you are the most
powerful. As long as I stay away from him, I can deal with all the others without any problem," Ricky
advised.
"Be careful!" Soar urged.
With that, Ricky and Soar separately entered the small passages which they had chosen by intuition.
The other warriors and spiritual king beasts also went in according to wherever they had chosen. The
young master saw Ricky enter a small passage, but he didn't follow behind. Instead, he went to a
different place with his two maids.
At this point, he would have a golden chance to kill Ricky if he chose to trail him at a close distance.
But he had decided to follow his intuition and entered another small passage because the enlightening
vortex was more was more important at least for now.
In the small passage, Ricky moved so quickly that half an hour later, he arrived at an open space,
which was connected to another small passage.
At this moment, Ricky focused his attention on an enlightening vortex in mid-air. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.
The vortex was two meters in diameter. The extraordinary power inside it kept whirling and twirling
around.
"True. It is an enlightening vortex! The excessive power inside it is worth more than dozens of
enlightening marks," Ricky murmured.
"If I can refine this vortex, my strength and combat ability will be greatly boosted.
Damn! The vortex is right here!" At that very moment, Ricky suddenly heard a familiar voice. He did a
double-take when he saw the young master and his two maids walking toward him from another small
passage.
The young master, too, did a double-take on seeing Ricky.
But he instantly felt animated at the thought of finding Ricky alone. Without Soar to back him up, Ricky
was no match for the young master.
By sheer luck, the young master finally got the chance he had been desperately hoping for—to refine
the enlightening vortex and kill Ricky at the same time.
"Ha-ha! My genius Ricky, you know, enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road!" The young master
of the Heaven Palace gloated and gave a horse laugh.
Ricky's face suddenly darkened. "Yes, the road is really narrow for us!" he snapped.
'Damn! I am unlucky today!' Ricky thought to himself.
At this time, the young master was the last person he wanted to see in the world.
But fate had arranged a meeting for them. 'Could this be the work of the good-luck charm which I got in
the Fortune Land?'
he thought, a grumpy mood clouding his face.
'Anyway, the best thing to do now is run for dear life. I'm no match for him at present.'
"Ha-ha, Ricky, are you terrified of me?" The young master laughed wildly as he glared at Ricky. "Would
you like to kill yourself or to die at my hands?"