Born Almighty Warrior novel Chapter 720

"Come on, this is my place and you are my guest, Pearl. Couldn't we use some polite words?" Ricky asked helplessly, torn between laughing and crying.

Although it sounded like Ricky was complaining, he was actually just cozying up to Pearl. After all, he badly needed her help. It was vital for him to get along well with her during this visit.

"Now that you have left the Oriental Realm, could you please let me go? Anyway, I don't think you have to worry about me seeking revenge. No one can defeat an ace genius like you, right?" Pearl answered with more than the usual coldness in her voice. Her face also seemed to take on a sourer expression at Ricky's teasing attempts.

"Well, well. You know I will never let you go, and you know the reason perfectly well, too," Ricky replied with a wicked smile. Currently, bickering had seemed to have drastically shifted into something akin to flirting between the two of them. At least, that was what Ricky thought. He had to admit that he enjoyed the recent development between them very much. "Anyway, let's get back to the point. There's a favor I wanna ask from you." Ricky's tone shifted to a more serious one.

"Ha-ha!" Pearl, however, burst into laughter at his words. This was something she truly didn't expect.

"You can't be serious, genius. Are you foolish enough to think that I will help you?" she sneered.

"Of course, I have already expected that you wouldn't readily agree. I've come with a bargaining chip," Ricky explained with a confident smile.

"Oh, how very interesting," Pearl said dismissively as she stretched her fingers and looked at her nails. She was deliberately showing Ricky that she didn't really care much about whatever it was that he needed from her. In her mind, she was having a mental debate. She really didn't want anything to do with Ricky. Still, there was a nagging voice inside her that wanted to hear out more about Ricky's favor. In the end, despite her irritation, she relented, "Tell me about it then. Let's see what you can offer." Little by little, Pearl's lips began curling up into a smirk.

Seeing that Pearl was intrigued, Ricky paused for a bit longer to build up her excitement more before he finally said, "I bet you already know that there is another powerful zone within me through the chat with Tina, don't you?"

Ricky began. Then, he paused for a minute to gather his thoughts, before he continued, "One more thing, I think you know very well how powerful my zone can be, along with the benefits that you can get from cultivating in it. And so, I assume that my offer has a hundred merits and not a single demerit. Technically, I only need your help for a small task...and that task is to pin down two top-level middle spiritual kings, plus some lower spiritual kings. This is a piece of cake for you, isn't it?" Ricky studied Pearl's reaction as he revealed his favor.

Pearl pondered for a while with a frown, before a smile lit up her face once again. "To tell you the truth, this really sounds like a good bargain for me. I might agree at once had it been someone else who presented this deal to me. Sadly, I can only tell you to keep dreaming, Ricky. Besides, the other zone you were talking about happens to be of the fire nature, and that has nothing to do with my power." Pearl didn't make eye contact with Ricky as she voiced out her decision. Ricky didn't expect Pearl to be the type of woman who would readily refuse him and be so persistent at it.

"Are you playing tricks on me, you foolish woman?" Ricky began exhibiting annoyance in his manner of speaking and facial expression. Narrowing his eyes, he also seemed to be holding back his anger.

"Well, if you must think that way of my response, then, perhaps, I should reply with a 'yes'?" Pearl looked over her shoulder so she could meet his gaze. She feigned a quizzical look on her face. "Why? Are you mad at me?" Slowly, Pearl turned her head to her front so she could hide the sly smile on her lips. "Cause, it looks to me like you want to use the power of your zone to suppress me once again," Pearl said quite casually when she sensed the hint of rage in Ricky's tone. She was not the kind of woman to back down so easily.

"You think I wouldn't do it?" Ricky questioned with the hints of aloofness in his voice becoming increasingly overt.

"Oh, I never doubt for one second that you can be that merciless," Pearl retorted mockingly.

As the words in her last sentence escaped her lips, she immediately turned her attention back to her cultivation without even waiting for Ricky's reaction.

This time, Ricky was truly enraged. On top of turning him down, this woman even went as far as ridiculing him so casually. For a moment, he could barely resist the urge to lock her up again. But he knew that it wouldn't change anything. She would still be unwilling to help him in the end, and it would deepen her hatred towards him as well.

After all, it was clear that a tough woman like Pearl was not vulnerable against neither persuasion nor coercion. She was the kind of woman that was the hardest to deal with, unless one could easily find out where her weaknesses lay.

Just when there seemed to be no other option for Ricky but to give up, a vicious smile slowly formed on his face. 'Alright then, since neither the carrot nor the stick would work on you, how about I execute a unique skill from a man...just for you?' Ricky thought as he took a step closer to Pearl.

"You sure you won't help me this time, Pearl?" Ricky asked again, but the naughtiness in his tone was too apparent to ignore.

Pearl had wanted to just turn a deaf ear to Ricky's question, but she had certainly detected the evil smile on the ace genius' face. She had a sinking feeling that the man was now up to no good, and it compelled her to respond.

To Ricky's delight, Pearl opened her eyes and finally asked, "Now what?"

"Well, I think I should remind you again that you are in my place, which means that I can suppress you without breaking a sweat if I want to. What's more, I can do almost everything I want in here. For example, I don't mind telling you that, in fact, I have recited the whole Dark and Light Dual Cultivation Method back in the Dark and Light Rock Array. Remember what happened back there? In case you don't remember, which I'm pretty sure you do, here's a hint anyway...it was just in the Heavenly Passage," Ricky said rather slowly.