As her laughter trailed off, Pearl launched her attack and swept towards Soar.
At that moment, the Flame Torrent, drenched with the power of the devouring rune, came swooping in from the rear. It flew past Soar, which then directly collided with Pearl and hit her hard.
And in a flash, Pearl's attack was neutralized. Upon colliding with Pearl, the Flame Torrent then morphed into a human figure.
And that human figure was none other than Ricky. Finally, after two straight months of specialized training, he had already made his breakthrough and achieved his goal.
"Woohoo! Thank God, finally!" Warriors and spiritual king beasts alike who had seen him had the same sentiments as they all cheered for the appearance of Ricky. After all, the reason for Pearl's tremendous efforts, sweat, and blood, was to hunt Ricky down. And Ricky had just shown up. The game was on.
During that time, all the warriors and spiritual king beasts were so busy focusing their eyes on Pearl that they missed the fact that Ricky had very easily neutralized Pearl's attack of the Dark Enlightenment.
But this, however, did not simply go unseen by the eyes of two spiritual kings and the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor who watched them very closely.
"Sir, did you just say that only an ace genius could defeat a first-class lower spiritual king at mere Demi-immortal Level? I guess this would be our lucky day, then. Maybe the ace genius we are looking for is right in front of us now as we speak." The two spiritual kings exchanged looks as they said their piece to the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor through telepathy.
"Then, you have recalled that correctly. In fact, that was exactly what I had just said." The Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor nodded slowly as he was also at loss for words on how to comprehend the overwhelming situation.
"But how could it be? That is impossible!" the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said as his voice sounded skeptical. However, despite his disbelief, his excitement had tipped the scales.
"I guess I finally understand now why the dean refused to stop this selection."
"Sir, are you implying that it was the dean's idea to go on with this selection?" the two spiritual kings asked with disbelief upon hearing what the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor had just said.
"Then I guess that the dean must have had listened to his gut feeling and wanted to test if he was right about Ricky," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said, almost unable to restrain his excitement.
"The dean is a very perceptive warrior who practiced the Soul Rule. And this took place in his Small World. He must have sensed Ricky's ambition of becoming an ace genius. And maybe that was why he wanted to give him a chance or maybe at least, a try,"
the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said. With his words, the two spiritual kings were shocked and unable to speak for a moment.
"An ace Genius!" the two spiritual kings exclaimed in shaky voices. Without missing a heartbeat, they fixed their eyes on Ricky for fear of missing anything as they wanted to witness the rise of an ace genius.
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"Wow, you have finally showed up. I have been searching for you for months now," Pearl said coldly as she stared at Ricky. At that point, Pearl's dark power was still active. This then made her ooze with so much killing intent as she looked straight into Ricky's eyes.
She had such a breath-taking beauty that went well with her aggressiveness. This was also the reason why men were head over heels for her as soon as they laid their eyes on her. She was the definition of a femme fatale.
"If I do not show up, my buddy will most likely die at your bloody hands. Do you think that I will just stand somewhere and do nothing?" Ricky smiled lightly yet everyone could sense the tension and fury in his voice.
Soar took up an important place in Ricky's heart. He considered him as a brother and they had such a close bond. Ricky vowed to protect him with all his heart. He even promised to himself that anyone who would dare hurt Soar would never see the light of day.
"Now that you're here, I am giving you two choices. One is for you to die while the second one is for you to be my servant! Take your pick. It's your call!" Pearl also responded lightly, as she did not care about the echoing anger in Ricky's tone.
All of the warriors who heard Pearl's demands had their mouths agape as they were astonished that she wanted Ricky to become her servant.
All of them, being attracted to Pearl, soon grew jealous, and then stared at Ricky with murderous intent.
These warriors were very simple-minded people. For them, being a servant to Pearl meant being close to her, which could indicate that Pearl might just actually like Ricky.
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