'It seems that Pearl wishes to prove herself this time, ' Ricky thought, shifting his attention back to the fight. He planted his feet firmly on the ground and braced himself.
A thundering roar shook the whole area!
The Dark Nether Beast went straight for its prey like an angry giant ape. Every step it took to lunge towards Ricky rocked the ground like a deadly earthquake. While it charged, its four fists enveloped by dark forces crashed into the ground in turn like meteorites falling to the earth, as if to vent its anger. The quakes quickly spread out and threatened to tear the ground apart.
"Since your Feminine Mutant could detect the beast's weakest spots, I will try to distract it as long as I can, while you seize the chance to find its weaknesses," Ricky told Pearl.
The beast didn't wait for a decision to be made. Every second only made them closer to death. Wasting no time, Ricky activated the second level of Ultimate Golden Body amidst his fires. Explosive energy unleashed from within him, making him look less vulnerable in the face of the violent Dark Nether Beast.
"Mm hmm! This place is filled with dark nether energy. I'm afraid we don't stand any chance of bringing the beast down if we can't finish it with a single strike. The more we infuriate it, the more dark nether energy it could absorb from the air. Attacking its weaknesses is the only way out," Pearl nodded.
"One hour. Give me one hour and I will find out the beast's weak spots."
"Really? That's a lot quicker than I imagined," Ricky answered with a small smile, not missing the chance to tease her.
Having agreed on the strategy, Ricky commanded the Ultimate Golden Body and rushed to the beast. His defense was quickly formed in the process—the chaotic fire runes fused with the massacring runes, and went on to merge with the strength of the massacring power and the seven kinds of fires. In a flash, an enormous shield of roaring flames and massacring power appeared above Ricky's head. Simultaneously, the second level of Ultimate Golden Body raised its two arms and crossed them before Ricky to protect him.
Bang!
In a heartbeat, the Dark Nether Beast attacked Ricky's protective barrier with the four of its unstoppable huge fists, causing waves of roaring flames and massacring power to fly in random directions. Following the harsh metallic sound, surges of destructive energy lashed out from the collision and dismembered everything in their paths that couldn't take the damage.
'I'm afraid this Dark Nether Beast has now become the strongest creature in this Land of Legacy. All the energies on this land are now flowing in its body and enhancing its attacks. Let's see how long you can hold out, Ricky, ' Pearl thought, with a mix of worry and wonder inside of her. From the impact of the clash between the two forces, she could tell it was going to be a rather tough battle.
Besides winning the battle, she also wished that the beast could push Ricky's limits and force him to activate the power of his eyes once more.
Crack!
Just when Pearl was thinking of the battle's aftermath, she heard a loud cracking sound. It was like a big tree snapped in a storm.
It was the shield. A huge crack appeared on the barrier above Ricky's head. Before he could do anything to repair it, the gash started spreading. In a split second, it exploded into smithereens as soon as the cracks became too much for the shield to bear.
Boom! Without remorse and the desire to stop, the four dark fists went on to meet the arms of Ricky's second level of Ultimate Golden Body after having broken his first layer of defense easily. The force from the fists was so powerful that Ricky's feet were pressed into the hard ground as he was trying to stop them. Even with all his might, Ricky kept being knocked back and his sinking feet created two deep marks on the ground.
Soon, four dents could be seen on the arms of the Ultimate Golden Body. It became vulnerable to the blows of the beast's fists. Even worse, not even the help of the massacring runes could repair the damages as fast as the circumstance demanded.
With his defense weakened after each attack, Ricky felt like the air was being blown out of his chest. He had been knocked back for about a hundred meters before managing to come to a stop.
"What terrifying energy this is!" Ricky couldn't help but exclaim once he regained his balance. It was impossible to hide the grave expression etched on his face.
Ricky was taken aback by what the Dark Nether Beast was capable of. He thought of how the golden arrows in the Golden Light Array could only leave a few scratches on the Ultimate Golden Body. He couldn't believe the beast could do such damages to the second level of Ultimate Golden Body in the first round of attacks even after it was enhanced by the Massacring Sand.
Pearl's face also darkened when she saw what happened. Her beautiful eyes were now shadowed by anxiousness.
She knew Ricky wasn't puling his punches and that his first round of setback was by no means deliberate. Pretending to be weaker was unnecessary in such a life and death situation.
Narrowing her eyes, Pearl decided to assist Ricky. The feminine power from within her burst out and transformed into a long whip of enlightenment. The whip disappeared into thin air once it was conjured. When it reappeared a split second later, it flashed fiercely above the Dark Nether Beast's head, ready to lash it like a sword.
The beast had of course noticed the whip overhead, yet surprisingly, it just ignored it. What was more, even when the whip had truly fallen on it, it showed no intention of avoiding it at all. It simply allowed the powerful weapon to hit it while it continued its relentless strikes on Ricky's layers of defense.
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