Born Almighty Warrior novel Chapter 74

"Hasn't anyone ever told you that you look like a fool?" Ricky sneered, staring Jerome down.

To Ricky, it was obvious that Rufus just took advantage of Jerome. But Jerome was blind to this, ready to be at Rufus' beck and call constantly.

"What are you talking about?" Jerome shouted indignantly at Ricky's insult.

"Can't you hear me? Are you deaf?" Ricky laughed sourly, turning away. He couldn't be bothered to talk to Jerome anymore.

"Don't be so reckless! You're asking for trouble!

You better apologize to me! And return the Treasures from Heaven and Earth to their rightful owner! If you don't give them to Rufus, I'm going to beat you to a pulp!" Jerome shouted, rushing to attack Ricky.

His blood vitality and spiritual energy emerged from him in a flash. With his right fist surrounded by his thunderous power, Jerome struck at Ricky.

'Jerome's punch is much less forceful than Nate's. It appears that it's only been a few days since he had a breakthrough to Blood Purification!' Ricky thought, assessing the power of Jerome's fist. He was calm, knowing there was nothing to fear.

Gently pushing Heather aside, Ricky stepped forward and casually threw a punch.

He approached Jerome in the same way he had dealt with Nate. Channeling all his strength and making use of the devouring runes, Ricky's fist collided against Jerome's in a powerful punch.

"Bang!" With a loud thump, Jerome flew backwards and fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

Rufus was stunned by what he witnessed.

"How can this be!?" he couldn't help but exclaim. Although Jerome wasn't a genius in martial arts, he was nonetheless an excellent warrior at the first grade of Blood Purification. So how could he have been knocked down by Ricky with one blow?

As for Jerome, he was flabbergasted. He stared up at Ricky, scared out of wits.

"From now on, you should first figure out whether you stand a chance of defeating your opponent before you go and try to fight others' battles for them," Ricky said coldly, staring back down at Jerome.

Ricky turned his head to glare at Rufus. "If you want to take revenge on me, you can fight with me yourself. Or better yet, find a better warrior to do your bidding!" he spat.

With these words, Ricky left with Heather without a backward glance, leaving Rufus and Jerome behind to watch him walk away.

Rufus growled indignantly, but Jerome still lay sprawled on the ground, completely stunned.

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After returning to his courtyard, Ricky gathered his things in preparation to trek up to the mountain where Zenith stayed.

In the Snow Sect, there was a tradition where the mountain the current sect chief lived would be named after him. Thus the mountain where Zenith lived was named the Zenith Mountain, located right in the middle of the Snow Sect.

After about two hours, Ricky reached the Zenith Mountain.

The mountain looked like a hill, as it was not so high. A large and magnificent yard stood alone on top of the mountain. There was a broad area of open land as a plateau, but no other disciples could be seen for hundreds of meters around.

After entering the mountain, Ricky heard Zenith's voice.

"Ricky, wait there. I'll ask Edgar to take you to meet me!"

Edgar came down, nodded hello, and led Ricky to the yard.

On the way there, Edgar told Ricky that there were many arrays existing on the Zenith Mountain. Even if an excellent warrior of Bone Reinforcement touched them by accident, they could have the warrior's body smashed to pieces.

This was the reason Zenith had instructed Edgar to go down to lead Ricky to his place.

At this moment, Zenith was in a small room in the yard, sitting with his legs crossed on the cattail hassock.

"Ricky, I think you might know why I summoned you here," Zenith spoke, at seeing Ricky's arrival.

"I think it might be because... well... I succeed in cultivating the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula," Ricky replied carefully.

"Yes, that's exactly right!" Zenith smiled. "It is the best and most precious cultivation method of the Snow Sect, but since no one had practiced it for nearly a thousand years, it has been completely forgotten by most of our warriors.