CHAPTER 718 JOINING THE CELESTIAL ARMY

What had happened just now unnervingly seemed to be more shocking than Mia's death.

Mia was only a lower spiritual king. As such, her cruel fate was already sealed especially in the hands

of a middle spiritual king as powerful as Ricky. This was true despite the fact that the latter only used a

single move in the entire duration of their battle. Errol, on the other hand, was a second-class middle

spiritual king. His strength overpowered that of Mia's. Sadly, his power was not enough to contend

against Ricky. He, too, was killed abruptly by Ricky. The difference in their power was made more

evident when Errol's physical body broke down into pieces as he perished.

All the warriors who bore witness to the battle felt astonished and dumbfounded.

With their eyes now fixed on Ricky, they now felt very scared at the sight of him. Though they would not

admit it, even the spiritual kings had begun to feel the fear creep into their hearts and minds.

They all wondered just how powerful Ricky could be, that he effortlessly killed off a second-class

middle spiritual king.

Several of the warriors present during the recent battles thought to themselves, 'Where is this Yori

from?' They were extremely curious about Ricky's abilities and true power.

"Chief, he seems to have come here to take revenge on his enemies," the upper spiritual king in the

Celestial Army divulged telepathically.

"It doesn't matter where he comes from or if he has come here for revenge. I have been analyzing his

strength and based on my deductions, he is an upper spiritual king. This means we don't have to worry

about him stirring up too much trouble. If he comes to take revenge on his enemies, just let him kill

them. If his presence and his actions are truly making you unhappy, then you may slay him once the

contest comes to an end," Connor, the chief of the Celestial Army, replied to the upper spiritual king

telepathically too.

"The Ultimate Flushing Wrath seems to be so-so," Ricky openly expressed in a disdainful tone after

catching Errol's storage ring that fell from the midair.

Ricky felt more relaxed. He understood that his current mood was the result of having been able to put

an end to the resentment he had been carrying. By ending Errol's life, he was able to free himself more

from the chains of vengeance and hatred.

'Now, all what's left for me to do is to deal with the Shadow King, ' Ricky thought to himself. 'I must try

and kill the Shadow King as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Shadow King may recognize me if I start

exhibiting some of my signature moves.'

"Yori, you killed my elder brother. The family of Greenhill will never forgive you. Eliminating you has

now become the ultimate and unified mission of each of our family members," a stern voice called out

to Ricky and warned him. The grim voice came from Evan, Errol's younger brother. He was also a

spiritual king from the family of Greenhill.

"My death is your lifelong mission?" Ricky raised an eyebrow. "All right. Do whatever you like. Since

your elder brother attempted to kill me because somebody else paid him for doing that, then he must

have done his own research and deduced or anticipated that the possibility of him dying in my hands

was huge."

As he spoke, Ricky took a glance at the old man in black, who belonged to the Casting Guild.

Ricky's heartless reply only fueled the hatred that the family of Greenhill felt for him. On the other hand,

several of the warriors present during Errol's demise instantly understood why Ricky had killed Errol.

"By the way, if your entire family try to kill me, you have to know the single, big risk that your so-called

new and lifelong mission entails. There is a high possibility that all the members of your precious family

of Greenhill could be killed...by me...single-handedly," Ricky uttered every sentence slowly, so that

Errol's younger brother understood exactly the weight of the responsibility tied to his earlier declaration.

To Ricky, Errol was his only enemy in the entire family of Greenhill. Killing Errol was already enough.

He didn't plan to eliminate the entire family. In all honesty, Ricky's heartless reply to Errol's brother was

partly an act. Deep inside, he was still righteous and he was never the type to kill people for baseless

reasons.

On the other hand, if the entire family of Greenhill would truly pursue hunting him down and slaying

him, then he would have no choice but to show them no mercy.

Feeling the apparent killing intent from Ricky, Evan opted not to say anything more in response. The

gloom in his face said it all.

That was because he knew clearly that there was a big gap between the strength of the family of

Greenhill and the strength of Ricky. Thus, it was impossible for all the members of their family to take

revenge on Ricky successfully. To make it worse, Ricky seemed highly likely to become a member of

the Celestial Army.

'I'm sure the Casting Guild won't let go of this Yori either. Maybe I can form an alliance with them so I

can at least have a chance against him, ' Evan thought to himself.

'In a sense, perhaps I also have to thank Yori. After he killed Errol, the authority of controlling the entire

family of Greenhill has now shifted into my hands. In other words, I am now its new head from here on.'

Realizing that Evan was not going to speak, Ricky didn't bother to say anything more to him. He

remained standing in midair.

"Alright. The next battle is between the chief of the Casting Guild and the deputy chief of the Imperial

Palace of Wildness," Connor declared.

Since the two deputy Shadow Kings of the Endless Shadow were the only ones left, the arrangement

indicated that they had to battle against each other. Obviously, Connor had his own intentions for the

highly "coincidental" arrangement. Perhaps, it was due to the fact that he didn't want too many

members of the Endless Shadow to join the Celestial Army.

Not long after, the following battle ended with the chief of the Casting Guild claiming victory.

Next, the two deputy Shadow Kings of the Endless Shadow didn't fight against each other. Instead, the

second deputy Shadow King admitted defeat to the first deputy Shadow King even before the battle

began.

The completion of the final battle revealed the top three who had been selected. They were Ricky, the

first deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow, and the chief of the Casting Guild.

Ricky got a rough understanding of the strength of the first deputy Shadow Kings of the Endless

Shadow and the chief of the Casting Guild simply by observing them during their battles. He discovered

that they were both at the peak of a middle spiritual king.

After the top three were finally selected, what followed was that all three of them would have to battle it This belongs to : ©.

out until one of them got eliminated and the ones who would remain would automatically earn the top

two spots.

The rule was simple. Each of the top three contenders would fight against each other. The setup was

one fighter versus the two others, with the three of them taking turns.

The first battle was between Ricky and the chief of the Casting Guild. Since Ricky had already killed

Mia in front of everybody else, the chief of the Casting Guild hated Ricky very much. Therefore, he

didn't spare any effort in his fight against Ricky.

Nevertheless, Ricky didn't sense any strong killing intent from him. As a result, he didn't try to kill the

chief of the Casting Guild. Meanwhile, the chief of the Casting Guild had no idea that he was lucky to

have survived the battle.

In order to hide his real strength, Ricky didn't defeat the chief of the Casting Guild until after thirty-five

rounds of their power and strength clashing against each other.

The Casting Guild chief's defeat left Ricky and the Endless Shadow's first deputy Shadow King as the

remaining two contenders.

This time, however, Ricky didn't show any mercy. After a dozen rounds of throwing blows and attacks

against each other, Ricky finally launched a fatal attack. He knew that a deputy Shadow King would be

nothing but an obstacle that would prevent him from attaining his goal, and that goal was to kill the

Shadow King. Ricky then thought that it would be best if he took advantage of the opportunity

presented right in front of his eyes.

However, he hadn't known that the first deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow was not very

persistent. He was a very sensible warrior as well. When he realized that Ricky was already intent on

killing him, he wasted no more time. He did not hesitate to admit his defeat.

"Buddy, as far as I can remember, there isn't any conflict between your Star Sect and our Endless

Shadow. Why did you try to kill my man?" the Shadow King told Ricky telepathically after the first

deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow admitted defeat.

The reason why he asked the question was not because he wanted to call Ricky to account for his

killing intent. Instead, he wanted to dig for more information in between Ricky's words. All along, he had

sensed a strong familiarity with Ricky.

"As you've said, there is no conflict between us. The only thing standing between us is the fact that I

don't like murderers. I think they are a group of immoral people who do nothing but use shady tactics in

an effort to outsmart their opponent, get the upper hand and knock their enemies dead when they least

expect it. What do you think? Is this motive reasonable enough?" Ricky answered.

"Ha-ha! Yes, that kind of reason will do!" the Shadow King exclaimed in a satisfied and cheery voice.

His intent of eliminating Ricky was perfectly concealed under his sunny disposition, even though it was

inappropriate for the situation they were in.

"Well then, please be careful. If you end up being killed by dirty murderers like me or any more of our

kind, then you would become a joke. You don't want to make a fool out of yourself, now, do you?"

"Please," Ricky chuckled. "Don't worry about me. I will be very careful." Ricky was determined to win.

'What a pity! If only the first deputy Shadow King of the Endless Shadow wasn't so alert and aware,

then I would have already killed him by now. After all, he is quite a capable assistant to the Shadow

King, ' Ricky thought to himself, regretfully.

"Ha-ha! It appears that the last two positions will be given to the chief of the Casting Guild and Yori,"

Connor exclaimed happily as he stood up.

"Together with the chief of the Realm of Wildness, the Shadow King and Scott, five friends will join the

Celestial Army. Congratulations to all of you!"

Connor declared. He looked at the five new members of his army with gleeful eyes.

All the other warriors couldn't help but stare at the five new members of the Celestial Army enviously.

After all, the Celestial Army's status was currently God-like in the Realm of Wildness. To become a

member of the Celestial Army was equal to becoming part-God.