CHAPTER 974 ARRIVAL AT THE WESTERN LAND

"Kenney, you'd better leave Hiram to me. You're no match for him yet. But since you're my son's friend,

then you're also a friend of the Super Palace. With this, I vow that I won't allow Hiram to hurt you in any

manner," Spike said to Ricky through telepathy upon recovering from shock.

"Don't worry about me, sir. Now that I have said that, I am confident that I can defeat him," Ricky

replied. "After all, I came here with a striking and powerful warrior with me."

"A powerful warrior?" Spike was not quite sure of what Ricky was trying to say. As a result, he was

taken aback by Ricky's words. At this moment, he seemed to understand why Soar and the others

could have come out of the Shark Palace.

On the other hand, he was curious about the level of this powerful warrior that Ricky had just

mentioned. If the said powerful warrior was a demi-spiritual emperor, then Spike would have sensed his

or her presence already since all of Ricky's companions should be just around the corner at that

moment.

'Could the strong warrior be a spiritual emperor? I wonder, ' Spike thought to himself as he was curious

about this warrior's identity.

This was because only spiritual emperors' complete ruling power could be hidden from the demi-

spiritual emperors' senses.

However, he could still not understand how Ricky could take a spirit emperor with him.

"You can't bite off more than you can chew. Seems like you are such in a hurry to go to hell. Let me

help you with that. I can send you there as soon as we finish this," Hiram snorted grimly as he couldn't

stand Ricky any more. In the blink of an eye, he activated a strong attack that swept towards Ricky.

Despite this crippling attack, Ricky did not take a single glance at him.

At that moment, the sea water and the void where Hiram was standing suddenly balled up, causing

Hiram to shrink into a tiny particle and disappear.

Such a scene caused all of the people of the Super Palace dumbfounded. All they knew was that

Hiram suddenly vanished into thin air the moment he was about to attack Ricky. On the other hand,

Ricky and his companions remained composed because they very well knew who was behind Hiram's

disappearance—the Evil Mandragora.

However, their hearts still sighed in dismay due to the huge gap between a spiritual emperor's strength

and a demi-spiritual emperor's As a matter of fact, it was so speedy that it only took a millionth second

for the former to defeat the latter.

It was natural for Spike, Bruce, and the others to feel puzzled.

'It must be a spiritual emperor! I didn't expect that Kenney would be protected by a spiritual emperor.

What can we say? Hiram has been courting death. How dare he attempt to murder someone being

protected by a spiritual emperor?' As soon as he recovered from being shaken, Spike was one hundred

percent convinced that the powerful warrior behind Ricky's protection was no other than a spiritual

emperor.

On another note, the reason why the Evil Mandragora acted so stealthily was exactly because she was

afraid that Spike and the others would discover the evil spirit power that she exuded.

That would cause trouble for Ricky.

With a little shame, Spike admitted to Ricky, "Kenney, it seems that I have made an unnecessary offer."

"Don't take it seriously, sir. I know that you were just being kind when you offered to help me a while

ago. Anyway, I must thank you for it," Ricky said with a smirk.

Hearing that, Spike could never feel more relieved.

Afterwards, Ricky and his companions no longer hesitated to leave the place. They bade goodbye to

Bruce and Stuart and left for the Western Land.

As for the Shark Palace, they firmly believed that Spike would seize the opportunity to control the

place.

On the other hand, due to the Evil Mandragora's extreme ruling power, Hiram had already been

wrecked into smithereens.

When the Evil Mandragora attacked and killed the demi-spiritual emperor hastily, she tried her best to

hide her aura so that she would not draw the attention of the other spiritual emperors within the sea

area.

Meanwhile, for insurance purposes, they headed to the Western Land as fast as they could.

However, something very unexpected happened to Ricky as soon as they left—Stuart was able to

identify him.

But to be specific, it was the person behind Stuart who was able to identify him.

"Elder Stein, you clearly saw how the spiritual emperor behind Kenney attacked and killed Hiram,

right?" Stuart asked an elderly figure in the area through telepathy just after Ricky and his companions

left the sea area.

The figure hid in the depths of the void, completely concealed from everyone. On another note, the

figure was considered to be so powerful that even the Evil Mandragora and Hannah were unable to

discover him.

"Yes, young master. I saw her. To be exact, she seems to be a devil spiritual emperor!" the figure,

named Stein, replied in the same manner.

"What do you mean by that?" confused, Stuart asked. At that moment, he could not wrap his head

around the thought on why Ricky would have a devil spiritual emperor as his companion. If that were

the case, then Stein should have stood out and fought with her.

"Young master, have you heard of the story about a young man named Ricky from the Eastern Land?"

asked Stein.

From Stein's question, Stuart immediately realized whom he had meant. Taking a chance, he could not

help but clarify, "Is he Ricky? No wonder I have never heard of any genius named Kenny from the

Eastern Land. So that's why! It didn't really cross my mind that he was Ricky."

"As a creature from the continent, I should have stood out and killed the devil spiritual emperor who

was protecting him. However, I chose not to all because I found out that the devil spiritual emperor was

under his control," Stein explained in detail.

"So that explains it. But why do all the people say that he conspired with the devils?" Stuart asked as Content provided by .

he shook his head. In fact, Stuart didn't think that Ricky was capable of conniving with the devils. After

all, it didn't show in his personality.

If he was someone who had been in collusion with devils, then he would not have given the inherited

cultivation methods and the Omnipotent Skills of the Flood Dragons to them back when they were in

the Dragon Cave.

Now, he could understand why Ricky kept his own appearance from them.

"Young master, that is exactly how people talk about others. You should know that by now," Stein said.

"Since Ricky has received your approval, then I only hope that he can pass the test.

A genius who has cultivated the chaotic power should be the backbone of the world in the future

fighting against the devils. Moreover, maybe he can lend you a hand when you fight for the position of

the chief someday.

And besides, the woman by his side has something to do with us." Weirdly enough, Stein suddenly

changed the topic of the discussion.

"Stein, I can't understand what you are trying to say. How could the woman by Ricky's side have

something to do with us?" Stuart asked again, baffled.

"That's because I could feel that she is emitting one hundred percent pure feminine power, which is of

the purest kind,"

Stein answered back.

After Ricky and the others left the sea area, luck seemed to be on their side, for they had not

encountered any trouble along the way. Two months later, they managed to cross the sea area and

arrive at another large continent—the Western Land.

In these two months, they all had made great progress. By using the Devouring Zone, Ricky had

refined the three Flood Dragons' cadavers into blood essence. Afterwards, he distributed the blood

essence among his companions.

During that period of time, Soar, Pearl, Hugh, and Amanda all became demi-spiritual emperors, all

thanks to the blood essence of the Flood Dragons.

On the other hand, Ricky made a breakthrough and became a second-class completed spiritual king

and strengthened his cultivation level. This was a great demonstration of the great effect of the blood

essence from the Flood Dragons at the Emperor Level.

Nevertheless, Ricky was still unable to reach the level of lower-grade demi-spiritual emperor.

Somehow, he found it too difficult to challenge who was at a higher level than him at the Demi-emperor

Level.

In addition, his saber intent was enhanced greatly from being primary thirty percent to completed thirty

percent due to the effect of the Dragon Intent Grass.

"Is this the Western Land?

Whew! I can't believe that we've finally arrived after almost three months' worth of travel," they all

sighed with intense tiredness as soon as they landed on the continent.

Although they had always flown over the sea area, they all felt that the continent was more suitable for

them. After all, this is where they felt more comfortable living on.

"Yes, it's familiar. I can already smell the breeze! This is, indeed, the Western Land," Hugh said with

glee while looking at the marvelous plants around him.