The depths of the Shadow Mountains acted as periphery for the Realm of Wildness. It connected to another realm, the land between them like a neutral zone in war. If the battle happened here, even Connor, as a completed spiritual king, wouldn't be able to detect it.
However, Ricky didn't know that Connor didn't care about the details of their battle at all. He truly only cared about whether anyone died in the end.
Boom!
Up in the air, powerful momentum and murderous intent battled with each other. The zones broke and healed in the span of a single breath. The intensity of their fight caused electricity to buzz in the air.
Ricky and the Shadow King stood glaring at each other. The dark auras they emitted were tightly wound strings, prone to snapping at any moment.
The more he learned about Ricky's capabilities, the more serious Shadow King grew.
"I have to admit that I've underestimated you. Though it might be more appropriate to say that, besides Connor, no one recognized your true power. You are a second-class upper spiritual king," the Shadow King said gravely.
When he was in the land of legacy, Ricky had already made a breakthrough and become a middle spiritual king. At any moment, he could have become an upper spiritual king. But then, the supreme enlightenment wrapped around him like shackles, and he didn't dare demonstrate such a strong power.
Now, he was released from his bindings. No longer suppressed by the supreme enlightenment, he could challenge someone three levels higher than him. He had already made breakthrough and become a second-class middle spiritual king so he could easily defeat anyone of the same level.
"So, I certainly can't let this be a simple one-on-one fight."
"Ha-ha, you didn't plan on following the rules in the first place," Ricky smiled. "Or you wouldn't have brought them with you."
At that moment, power erupted from every direction, with Ricky at the center. The two deputy Shadow Kings and the four lower spiritual kings came and surrounded him.
"However, I have an assistant just like you do," Ricky said, with a smirk full of mischief spreading on his face.
"Is that so? You have an assistant?" The Shadow King's eyebrows raised with surprise. He cast his power further away, trying to find the rat in the surrounding areas. Nothing felt out of place though.
"Your assistant can't be your own shadow, can it?"
His eyes flitted about as he spoke. When he looked back, Pearl had already materialized by Ricky's side.
"A spiritual space tool!" The Shadow King gasped as he watched Pearl materialize out of nowhere. His eyes glinted as if seeing gold, as greed colored his vision.
The real cause of the feud between them was the spiritual space tool in Ricky.
For a second, the Shadow King might have thought it was Ricky's doing. However, he would never have imagined that Ricky was able to match his level in only two years.
Without fear, he let his greed get the better of him.
Pearl quickly drew the Shadow King's attention. The Feminine Enlightenment that surrounded her was a beacon that called out to him.
For those creatures who cultivated dark power, the Feminine Enlightenment restricted them and appealed to them in turn.
"There's something very attractive about you. Maybe you can be my woman so I can figure out what it is," said the Shadow King directly.
Pearl had kept a fine control over her power, limiting it to the point of fooling the Shadow King. He simply thought she was a normal spiritual king.
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