Four hours passed when Autelan and Soar had finished recovering with the help of Ricky's Life and Death Fire.
Soon after, the three of them shifted their gazes to the ten men who were clad in black.
"Congratulations, Mister Kenney! The Emperor Light is now yours," one of the men in black exclaimed in a joyous voice.
"Who on earth are you?" Ricky asked in a hushed voice. "Why are you here, and what is your purpose?"
These men didn't attack them. Instead, they even handed the Emperor Light over to Ricky. At this moment, Ricky believed that there must be something fishy.
"Mister Kenney, the Emperor Light is now yours! Shouldn't you be thanking us for letting it happen?" the man in black returned the question.
"What? So you want us to thank you?" Ricky replied coldly.
"Not only have you killed everyone from the Sky-breaking Dome but also offended the other warriors. For sure, they will be blaming us for what happened because, in their eyes, we are on the same team. From what I see, you are deliberately setting a trap for us!" added Ricky with a sneer.
"Ha-ha, I don't think a genius like you has to be afraid of those useless losers," the man in black commented as he laughed loudly.
"Clearly, I'm not afraid of them. However, what I am concerned about is the possible alliance among the forces behind them," Ricky responded frankly.
"You must be joking! Nevertheless, the Emperor Light is all yours now. I just hope that you can hold on to it for a long time. We will surely meet again sooner than you think, so I guess we'll see you around," the man in black said in a beaming tone.
Soon after, the ten men clad in black prepared to leave the place peacefully.
Meanwhile, Soar wanted to stop them from leaving, but Ricky pulled him back, preventing him from doing so.
"Ricky, aren't we going to do anything about this? So, what? Are we just going to let them go like this?" Soar said. "My gut tells me that they had formed an alliance with the Sky-breaking Dome. When they saw that the Sky-breaking Dome lost to us, they killed them in a snap. Now, I think it is only logical to kill these men. After all, there's a high chance that they'll stab us from behind.
Moreover, I just can't believe that they will give us the Emperor Light without a fight! Don't you guys find it odd?"
"Soar, I totally understand your concerns. But all ten of them are strong demi-spiritual emperors at peak state. Are you sure we can handle them?" Ricky said. "None of them is weaker than the three old men from the Sky-breaking Dome.
I honestly don't think we can handle them.
"Even if we defeat them, so what? Their deaths will be nothing as long as we don't know who is behind them."
"Soar, I'm with Ricky on this one. All we have now are just too many questions, but our strength is not enough to find out the answers. So, we'd better not act rashly before we can even get a hint on who's behind them. We have to at least figure out who these men in black are and where they are from!"
Autelan could not help but chime in.
"So, what should we do next? What's the plan, guys?" asked Soar. He had calmed down.
"Now that they have left the Emperor Light behind, we can spend our time refining it until we know what to do next. We can deal with them as soon as our strength improves. So, what do you think, Ricky?"
Autelan suggested.
"I guess we don't have any other option right now except this one. We don't know much about these men. All we know is that they are incredibly strong, and we can only fight them once we improve our strength," Ricky said.
"All right then. First things first, why don't we take a bath and refine the Emperor Light? I'd like to see it work its magic! I wonder if it can help us initiate the process of the Thunderstroke Doom," Soar uttered while nodding his head.
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