Born Almighty Warrior novel Chapter 308

Most of the disciples from the Aeolus Palace had gone to hunt down Tyson. This meant that only a few of them remained in the Dark Fog Woods. By now, it was apparent that all the warriors at the eighth and ninth grade of Bone Reinforcement had already met their defeat at the hands of Soar. By the time Ricky arrived, the enemies in the forest were almost completely obliterated. So hiding in his two zones, he reached the heart of the Dark Fog Woods without so much as delivering a blow.

At this point, Ricky discovered that Soar, the leader of the Aeolus Palace, and the guarding devil beast of the Celestial Flower were all nowhere to be found. He could only distinguish their voices and sounds of their combat somewhere in the distance.

Seeing no one else around, Ricky turned to investigate his surroundings. Deep in this woods, he saw a huge black lake. Instead of reflecting any light, the lake seemed to be absorbing it like a black hole. What it released from its bottom was the eerie dark fog that filled the whole forest. Ricky's eyes were soon drawn to the huge white flower right in its center.

It was as white as snow and nearly two meters wide. Once Ricky came nearer to see it more clearly, he discovered that it was actually floating above the water like a small boat. The contrast between the white flower and the black lake was quite stark.

Ricky could feel the power unleashed by the flower even though he was a great distance away from the lake. Like its fragrance, its power was pure yet strong. Deep within it, he could even sense a combined power of pure frozen ice and burning fire, two opposing forces which had somehow been made to be compatible.

At the same time, Ricky sensed that all the power of pure frozen ice and burning fire in the air around was rushing to the flower like crazy. Like a swarm of bees drawn to flowers, the two separate kinds of energy rapidly streamed into the white petals of the flower, traversing all the way down into its heart.

"Is this a sign that the flower will bloom soon?" Ricky murmured excitedly at this wonderful sight.

He speculated that he had arrived at the right timing, compared with others who had coveted this precious flower.

Looking around in his excitement, he had noticed that there were several dead bodies floating on the black water as well. It was obvious that they were the warriors of the eighth and ninth grade of Bone Reinforcement who had met their doom from Soar.

"Looks like that the legendary flower is now mine for the taking!" he said in his excitement. No more strong warriors would present competition for this treasure!

But he still had to wait until the flower had bloomed thoroughly before attempting to pick it.

While he was waiting, he took time to inspect the magic flower. As the pure and high quality energy flooded into it, its nine petals were glowing and blooming, like a moon that gave out bright and clear light. Of course, Ricky should have seen ten beautiful petals, had Tyson not torn down one of them.

As he examined it more intently, he found that a bloody red and a snowy white lights were alternately changing on the petals, and the speed of their changing accelerated. Within less than a minute, however, the colors of the lights had deepened, until both of them were shining steadily on each of the nine petals, split into the two colors. Ricky surmised that it was the sign of the flower's complete blooming.

The moment the process was completed, Ricky rushed over to the flower without any hesitation. This intermediate King Level flower was surely his!

But right when he was about to touch it, there came a big splash from under the water! Right beneath the huge flower, the water suddenly swirled, and from the middle of the whirlpool a black figure shot out like an arrow! The figure made for the flower at lightning speed, picked it and threw it into a storage bag. All of this happened while Ricky was blinded by the curtain of water.

"I'm so sorry, Russell, but the Celestial Flower belongs to our Aeolus Palace. And we need to take it back." In his shock and confusion, Ricky heard a voice saying. When the water curtain fell, Ricky saw a young man turn around and look at him. He had quite a handsome face, but Ricky never met him before.

"How could this be?" Ricky said to himself in utter disbelief. "I have activated the power of two zones to scan the surroundings! How come I didn't detect that there was still someone under the water?" Ricky found it hard to accept that he had been stabbed in the back by his enemy.

By now, it suddenly dawned on him that this might be the Aeolus Palace's strategy. Rather than being driven away, the leader of the Aeolus Palace must have strategically lured Soar away! That way, this handsome man could guard the flower and wait for its bloom under the water. This explained why the fight had been unexpectedly easy for Ricky and his men.

"Who are you?" Ricky asked coldly.

Taking a deep breath, he began to think more calmly, sizing this young man up. He was dressed in black, which had helped him hide under the black water. But Ricky understood that this was not all. He had not only cheated Ricky's eyes, but also the power of his two zones. Again, Ricky pushed his mind and used the power of the two zones to feel the man. He was surprised to find that the combined power of his zones still couldn't penetrate through the man's body. It was likely that this young man was shielding himself. So based solely on Ricky's senses, the man simply didn't exist.

'He might have some kind of treasure that could help him hide his breath and shield himself from the power of my two zones, ' Ricky analyzed, his face darkening. Without feeling the man's existence, he had no way to know his level, either. This annoyed Ricky even more.

Trying his best, Ricky got the feeling that the man had not yet reached the eighth grade of Bone Reinforcement, but was definitely more powerful and dangerous than the Devil Leopard he had recently encountered.

"Nice to meet you, Russell. My name is Jerry. I'm son and heir of the Aeolus Palace throne. My father has ordered me to stay here and guard this precious flower, and of course, to welcome you," the man said with a smile.

He had said it in a soft voice, but in quite a confident manner. His confidence indicated that everything was under his control, including Ricky.