Jerry shouted in anger as he fought Ricky in a neck to neck combat. And his loud shriek and vengeful tone caught the attention of the warriors of the Aeolus Palace. Numerous warriors hurriedly located the source of the sound, but when they arrived in the battlefield, it was too late as Ricky was just about to leave. But of course, the warriors put up a fight to capture Ricky to take revenge on what he did to Jerry. Ricky stood his ground unthreatened. After all, none of the warriors were at the eighth or ninth grade of Bone Reinforcement.
It was a piece of cake for Ricky. He took all of them down in just an hour. After shutting down the warriors who came after him, he calmly went to his next location where Tyson and Soar should be waiting for him.
They had chosen a remote and small secret valley on the map as their meeting place so that no one could track them easily. It was their checkpoint--they must finish their current task and meet there so that they could check if everyone was okay. And after that could they only move on to their next mission.
After dashing at full speed for almost half a day, Ricky had finally reached his destination where Tyson had been patiently waiting for him.
Tyson, on the other hand, was already at the eighth grade of Bone Reinforcement so it was a breeze for him to get away from the warriors of the Aeolus Palace.
His eyes were groggy as he awaited the arrival of his other teammates. Then, he heard footsteps approaching him. His eyes sparkled at the sight of Ricky. "Hey Russell! Thank god you're finally here. I've been waiting for so long! I was about to panic because I haven't heard anything from you guys yet and I was worried. We can wait for a couple more minutes. Soar is not here yet. We can wait." Tyson was such a worry wart when it came to his two other friends. He always assumed that something bad happened to them along the way. Ricky's presence took some stress off his shoulders for he was now safe and sound.
"Sure thing, buddy! So, look. I've already got the flower, though the progress was not that easy," Ricky replied with a little curve on his lip.
"That's great! How I wish Soar is telling the truth. I hope this flower won't disappoint us," Tyson sighed in relief. "Soar must be on his way, too. He'll be here any minute. Give it maybe a few more minutes."
"Yeah, sure we can. We still have time." Ricky nodded as a sign of approval. The thing was, he knew that Soar could handle any obstacle on his own. That being said, he did not worry too much about his beast.
Ricky opened his storage bag and took out a black ball that had the texture of grass. He held it in his hand and showed it to Tyson and asked, "Hey, do you have any idea what this is? Have you ever seen something like this in your entire life?"
Tyson held out his hand and took the ball from Ricky. He looked at it and observed if he had seen it before. His eyebrows almost met as he racked his brain for any information regarding the black ball. After a few more looks, his brain lit up. "I got it. I think this must be a Special Fusion Orb at the Demi-spirit Level. If my memory serves me right, this one is rare, and the Sky Manor seems to have two of this kind of orb."
"Say what? Special Fusion Orb at the Demi-spirit Level? Tell me more; I bet this is going to be interesting!" Ricky whispered in delight.
"As far as I know, despite that this sphere is only at the Demi-spirit Level, only a casting master of Demi-spirit Level and innate spiritual king has the capacity to forge a Special Fusion Orb," Tyson explained, with his brain at a high speed as he was forced to recall everything that he knew about the orb.
"This orb has a special function though, as the name suggests. It can contain the special power of the innate spiritual king. Therefore, it must be cast by the innate power. Only the innate power can integrate the special power of the innate spiritual king into the orb.
Take this for example, if an innate spiritual king is concentrated on practicing and cultivating the flame method, then he will be bale pour that specific flame energy into this Special Fusion Orb.
Now, if a warrior has the fusion sphere, he can initiate his own spiritual energy to mix and integrate with the sphere. As a result, he would be able to possess the flame energy from the sphere for a while and utilize it.
Hey Russell, are you paying attention? I've been blabbing here. Please tell me you can follow my drift." Seeing Ricky listen without making any feedback and acknowledgement, Tyson was not very sure whether Ricky understood the whole thing, or just some chunks of it.
"Uhhh...Yes. Well, almost! So you're saying that an innate spiritual king is able to impose his special power to another warrior through this orb, did I understand it correctly?" Ricky asked as he tried to rephrase what Tyson had just explained to him.
"Yes, haha you got it! I know that you are good at picking up complex cues. The power embedded in this sphere would be used as an important card for any warrior who holds the sphere. But once he utilizes the innate power, the sphere would have then completed its mission. Afterwards, it would not have any more use. It's going to be a useless object," Tyson added.
"So, I'm afraid this sphere you have is just a useless object, based on how it looks now. But probably a creative and skilled casting master could repair it!" This was a disappointing conclusion.
"Oh? So you mean to say this is just rubbish now, huh?" Ricky sighed in disappointment. "But where could we find such a powerful casting master to repair it? The chance is rare." He put the orb back into his storage ring.
Thanks to Tyson's information about this orb, Ricky was now sure on how Jerry became such a good hider. It might have been because of the orb. He must have used up the innate energy contain inside of it during any battle.
Although Ricky found out that the orb was such a bummer, he didn't dispose of it just yet. After all, the storage ring was big enough to take in such a small ball. He was hopeful that he could meet a casting master along the way or maybe, even better, be such a powerful casting master that he had the skill to restore the sphere. Because in Ricky's life, there was no such thing as ordinary--everything just turned special.
"Hey, buddy! How did you get this orb by the way? Weren't you supposed to go for the flower? What happened to you?" Tyson asked, unable to suppress his curiosity towards the mysterious orb.
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