As they stared at the white-haired man in front of them, Xavier and the others couldn't close their mouths because they were so surprised. As they recovered from their shock, excitement filled them. If Ricky were here, that meant that Paul's inheritance was here with him.
"Ricky! I didn't see you there! This really is turning out to be a lucky day," Xavier said with a sneer.
"It looks like you're no longer just murderous. Now, you're greedy too," Ricky replied calmly. There wasn't a trace of worry on his face.
"Everyone yearns for Paul's inheritance. You must know that by now. And you're right. I'm no selfless man. I don't give a damn about the justice. Now that you're here, I can't let you go," Xavier snapped.
"Besides, you're standing right next to my targets. It's like you're asking to die."
"I don't think we're going to die today, even though you are the fifth-ranked talent in the central region," Ricky shot back with a smile. Without making any movements, bloody-red devouring power surged out of his body and collided with Xavier's black poison gas.
"You have the devouring power? That's not indeed a bit troublesome for me to handle!" As he witnessed his black poison gas being devoured, Xavier narrowed his eyes and tightened his fists into balls.
He had always been a cautious man. How else could he have hidden his true intentions for so long? So he was determined to get what he wanted.
"Stay back! Don't let his poison touch you!" Ricky warned Mordechai and Peter telepathically.
Poison had the ability to appear in the air out of nowhere, which was unpredictable. Even though Mordechai and Peter were strong warriors, they couldn't guard themselves against the elusive poison.
Warriors who cultivated the poison gas had an easy time restraining the warriors who cultivated the illusion power and the ones who cultivated their bodies.
If it weren't for the fact that Ricky had the Devouring Mutant, the Chaotic Fire Mutant, and the Ancestral Thunder Mutant, he wouldn't have had the courage or the ability to confront the poison.
Wasting no time, Mordechai and the others stepped back because they understood that they couldn't deal with warriors as strong as Xavier or his poison.
They also had faith in Ricky that he would win.
After all, in their eyes, Ricky never lost.
And if it came down to it, it was not too late for them to step in and help if the warriors around Xavier started fighting.
Now, it was time for the competition between the two geniuses to take place.
"Paul's inheritance belongs to me," Xavier said, licking his lips. The space around him had transformed into a world of poison.
"I'd like to see you try. If you can get your hands on it, it's yours." Ricky gritted his teeth and extended a finger, pointing it at Xavier.
With a yell, the power of the seven mutants leapt out and surrounded his body.
Moments later, a disembodied roar was heard. The black poison gas behind Xavier had condensed to form the shadow of a snake with two wings on its back.
It was the Winged Snake.
"The Hu Clan has the blood power of the Heavenly Black Winged Snake. It's an emperor beast that descends from the legendary Winged Snake. He is using it because it is born with the Heavenly Black Poison," Claire told Ricky through telepathy.
"I've heard that the Black Poison belongs to the legendary Winged Snake and the Heavenly Black Poison is another type of that Black Poison. Please be careful."
"Heavenly Black Winged Snake? Heavenly Black Poison?" Ricky murmured to himself as he tried to sort all of the information through his brain.
At first, he hadn't been worried when he saw the snake appear, but now, he knew better than to look down on it.
Once the shadow of the Heavenly Black Winged Snake had finished condensing, it slithered towards Ricky and reared up to bite him.
The attack was made up of several different momentums.
Ricky opened his eyes wide and his pupils turned purple. Then, purple thunderbolts burst out of his body, slicing into the Heavenly Black Winged Snake.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Following that, all of Ricky's and Xavier's momentums collided.
They moved at the same time, like it was an intricate dance.
The powers of Ricky's seven mutants rushed forward and turned into a colorful world. As they fought back against Xavier's attacks, the impact they created was enough to award Ricky with the upper hand.
Under the pressure of the seven mutants, the black poison gas collapsed with a puff.
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