CHAPTER 999 ANOTHER CHALLENGE

With the selection contest coming up in three days, Abraham led Ricky, Soar, Amelia, Amanda, and

some other disciples of the Hong Clan to the Blood Spirit Ground.

Meanwhile, another known genius of the Hong Clan, Ablett Hong, had just come back from training as

he was also planning to participate in the said contest.

Ablett Hong was an achiever in his craft. In fact, just in his late forties, he was already an ordinary

demi-spiritual emperor at peak state.

For as long as Langston's mutant was present, the disciples did not feel the need to worry about the

safety of the Hong Clan.

On the other hand, Ricky had asked Langston about the Sky-breaking Dome's movements. However,

this only brought Langston confusion. Based on his understanding of the Chu Clan, Carney must have

sent a message to the Sky-breaking Dome, and they should have already taken action.

But to their surprise, neither the Sky-breaking Dome nor the Chu Clan took action.

Langston informed Ricky that the two Dominant Top Elders of the Spirit Sect guessed that the middle

spiritual emperors of the Sky-breaking Dome might be in seclusion, because they themselves usually

cultivated in seclusion as well.

Hidden in the Blood Spirit Mountain, the Blood Spirit Ground was said to have been formed by

themselves due to its one-of-a-kind environment.

Compared to the various bright and clear places, the Blood Spirit Ground was different from the rest

due to the blood vitality, evil spirit, and the very pure ruling power it possessed. In fact, strong warriors

both traditional and nonconforming ones, from diverse forces, had died in there.

Spreading throughout the entire Western Land, the Blood Spirit Mountain's atmosphere was calm,

except when it touched the Spirit Sect's territory. Only in that region was its environment described as

hellish by all warriors who had been there.

That was because the Blood Spirit Ground's entrance was located right in that area.

Meanwhile, in order to select the core disciples, the Spirit Sect proclaimed that anyone who was not

going to participate in the said selection contest should leave the premises. Many dangers lurked in the

Blood Spirit Ground. Because of this, only a few people were able to explore it.

This place was enveloped by an array. Regularly, two Dominant Top Elders of the Spirit Sect came

there to monitor and make sure that everything was going as it should.

Suddenly, figures appeared one after another as the warriors who came to participate in the selection

started to arrive.

This time, the selection contest was going to be held in the Blood Spirit Ground. According to the rules,

only creatures less than one hundred and fifty years old were qualified to take part in the competition.

Unfortunately for others, this rule denied a lot of strong warriors of the older generation.

If such rule didn't exist, then a strong demi-spiritual emperor like Abraham would definitely swallow his

pride and would not hesitate to join this competition all for the sake of the Spirit Pool.

Meanwhile, in the next two months, any warrior who was able to obtain more than fifty Blood Spirit

Beads in the Blood Spirit Ground would be qualified to become a disciple of the Spirit Sect, while any

warrior who was able to obtain more than three hundred Blood Spirit Beads would be qualified to fight

for the title of core disciple.

The Spirit Sect was one of the top five forces in the Western Land. With this, many disciples of

spiritual-emperor forces, and the disciples of the other four top forces came to participate in the

selection contest.

During that time, numerous people packed the entrance to the Blood Spirit Ground that it was getting

hard for other people to squeeze their way in once it opened.

At that moment, all eyes were locked into Ricky. After all, everyone was curious about how he looked

like since word went around that his talent was not at all inferior to that of Carney, not to mention that

he was Langston's favorite.

But when the people had the chance to take a good look at him, they did not expect what they saw. In

fact, they were disappointed because Ricky just looked too ordinary—a middle-aged man without any

eye-popping aura except for the fighting spirit that was connected to a fighting body at the middle

realm.

It seemed strange that Ricky's aura was just average. His aura should have been domineering and wild

since he cultivated violent power such as the chaotic fire, massacring, and gale.

Moreover, considering that he also cultivated the Transforming Omnipotent Skill and the chaotic power,

his momentum was covered.

On the other hand, the Transforming Omnipotent Skill was a kind of cultivation method that involved

the comprehension of the heavenly law. Given that the chaotic power was a kind of original power

where the heavenly law originated from, Ricky's aura was deemed to be close to the heavenly law.

It was said that an aura that was close to the heavenly law was reserved, and this caused Ricky to look

ordinary to others.

Despite that, he still looked out of the ordinary to the spiritual emperors and the creatures that

cultivated the heavenly power, such as Carney.

Disappointed to see Ricky so ordinary, some warriors in the Chu Clan's favor began to discuss about

Ricky in a disdainful tone. "I expected that Kenney would have at least three heads and six arms, but

he turns out to be so ordinary. I'm so underwhelmed and disappointed."

"On top of that, I'm guessing that he's more than a hundred and fifty years old now!"

"Ha-ha, that's right. Maybe he's a late bloomer. But as far as I know, older people are not allowed to

join this contest. Something is strange. I think it's necessary to check his real age. Don't you think so?"

"You're right about that! I think that for everyone's peace, it would be a good idea to check his real age.

Anyway, I heard that he is destined to join the Spirit Sect. Even if he isn't qualified to participate in the

selection contest, that won't really matter to him."

"Well, you got that right!" Soon after, the space was filled with disdainful laughter.

"Ricky, I guess that the Chu Clan arranged most of these guys around here. Otherwise, they would not

have been so stupid as to talk about it out loud even when they really look down upon you." Soar could

not help but react and send a message to Ricky telepathically after hearing these harsh words from the

other warriors.

"I don't care about them, and so should you. If they really want to check my real age, then joke's on

them for they will only prove themselves wrong," Ricky said in a light manner.

"Yes, we demand such check-up!" some disciples of the Chu Clan petitioned.

For two months, the Chu Clan had devised a plan to derail Ricky's focus in the game. At that moment,

not only did they want to disgrace Ricky, but they also wanted Langston and the Spirit Sect to be in a Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

bad light.

Frankly, it was a brilliant idea. It was so great that they could easily give the Spirit Sect a dose of their

own medicine based on the rules that they had set themselves.

In fact, they had also admitted that Ricky was a peerless genius. However, Ricky's appearance told

them otherwise, as he looked more than a hundred and fifty years old.

"Sure enough, it is a cruel scheme of the members of the Chu Clan. It is obvious that they want to

disgrace you and prevent you from participating in the selection contest. If this persists, then the Spirit

Pool will fall into Carney's hands," Soar said indifferently.

"Ha-ha, in that case, then I will play with them in their little game. Let's wait and see who will be

disgraced in the end. Game on," Ricky said with a sneer.

Soon after, he said to Carney telepathically, "I can't believe you! How could a genius of the Western

Land do things this way? Or, did you do that only because you are not confident to defeat me in seizing

the Spirit Pool?"

Ricky spat out harsh words to throw him off guard at the moment.

In truth, Ricky had not expected that Carney would do such a thing just to kick him out of the contest.

After all, he thought that all Carney wanted was to have a fight with him in public, and win a victory in

front of many people.

"I just want to achieve my goal by any means. You're killing the fun. If I can get what I want so easily,

then what's the point of going through so much trouble?" Carney replied monotonously.

"As for you... After the selection contest, I will defeat you and kill you under the watchful eyes of the

crowd!"

"Really? But it's a pity that things won't go on according to your plan. This would be fun. I can't wait to

see how you will check my age," Ricky mocked.

"It seems that you are very confident with your plans. I hope you can keep the confidence until later.

Otherwise, everything else will be so boring." Carney could not help but make fun of how confident

Ricky was.