They might have thought that Ricky would kill Redmond eventually after some hesitation instead of accepting a compromise, but they hadn't expected him to do it so quickly.
Moreover, the Yellow Water Emperor had stated his intention to save Redmond. And they all knew very well that the Yellow Water Emperor was a two-star lower spiritual emperor.
Compared to him, Ricky seemed like a child playing like being an adult. After all, they all thought Ricky was merely a one-star lower spiritual emperor, as it was what their senses told them about Ricky's pervading aura.
Indeed, the Yellow Water Emperor's advanced age and low blood vitality meant that he was a little weaker than the spiritual emperors at the same level as him. Still, he was confident that he could defeat any lower spiritual emperor with ease.
Meanwhile, the spectators had thought Ricky was arrogant when he ignored the Flame Valley. Now, they were even more convinced that he was exceedingly self-important because he killed Redmond regardless of the words of a spiritual emperor who was stronger than him.
"Humph! That young man with white hair is really arrogant!" The crowd began to murmur about Ricky with discontent.
Some spiritual emperors even remarked, "Nowadays, many geniuses are indeed arrogant." The others chimed in too with their own opinions and said,
"You know what? Another genius from the Flame Valley, Fitch, has also come to the Fortune River, though he is not in this part of the river.
Once Fitch hears the news, he will undoubtedly come here to get revenge. The only thing the Yellow Water Emperor needs to do is keep the young man with white hair here for a little longer."
"No matter what, the three newcomers will have a hard time," they added, shaking their heads in pity.
The Yellow Water Emperor was quiet for a few seconds because of shock, but he angrily turned to Ricky when he recovered.
"Brat, didn't you hear me?" he yelled, fuming and red-faced.
The truth was that he didn't care about Redmond's death, but the fact that Ricky ignored him made him lose face, and he would undoubtedly lose a lot of cultivation resources due to Redmond's death.
After all, Redmond was the young master of the Flame Valley. If he had saved him, Redmond would surely give him a lot of rewards since he had promised to do so in public.
With these thoughts in his mind, the Yellow Water Emperor had already made up his mind to kill Ricky. "You old dog, why didn't you say anything when Redmond wanted to kill me just now?"
Ricky responded ferociously with a murderous look on his face. He would not be kind to the Yellow Water Emperor.
In his eyes, such a creature was more disgusting than Redmond. "You son of a bitch! What did you just call me? You are courting death!" the Yellow Water Emperor snarled upon hearing Ricky's rude words. In an instant, he leapt over and opened his mouth, from which the surging power turned into a reddish-yellow river. The river water poured down towards Ricky like countless sharp swords.
"I said you are an old dog! And you will die more miserably than that insect you tried to protect!" responded Ricky sharply. He stepped into the air and condensed his chromatic power into a fist, punching towards the Yellow Water Emperor.
Boom!
When the two attacks collided, Ricky's momentum swept up, like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood. The chromatic fist was incredibly powerful that it destroyed all the Yellow Water Emperor's attacks, and Ricky's following attacks were even faster.
The chromatic fist pierced through the Yellow Water Emperor's head, right between his eyebrows, and obliterated his blackened soul.
After the chromatic fist dissipated, Ricky took the dead body of the Yellow Water Emperor into the Devourer Zone. It was still useful for him because a spiritual emperor's corpse could provide much blood vitality for his Blood Vitality Devouring Skill.
All this happened in an instant. Then, all the people watching were dumbfounded, and a deathly silence reigned all over the river.
They did expect that the battle might come to an end very soon, but they had not expected it to end so quickly. It was even more unexpected that Ricky had won the battle and not the Yellow Water Emperor! The gap between the two parties' realms had made them think that Ricky would inevitably lose and die.
The deathly silence didn't recede until quite a while later.
When it did, the entire place burst into an uproar, everyone talking about their astonishment and fear.
"Ho—how is this possible? A one-star lower spiritual emperor killed a two-star lower spiritual emperor even faster than the blink of an eye."
"Maybe the white-haired young man is concealing his true strength!"
While they were discussing, Ricky and the two girls quickly left for another part of the Fortune River.
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