"Runic power! I can't believe it! Ricky knows how to use runic power!"
The grandmasters were amazed at the strength Ricky mustered.
It seemed that not only did he now have a spiritual meridian with two properties, but he was also able to cultivate manuals. They had never heard of someone who had such a rare spiritual meridian, much less met them in person!
"The Snow Sect is definitely going to extent much effort to train this young man! He has much potential and promise. There's a high possibility that he could become a spiritual king one day!"
As they exchanged glances with each other, they seemed to come to a mutual understanding: they had to try and get Ricky to join their faction, or at least get close to him.
They were quite confident that they would at least manage to get close to him.
For, from the ancient days to the present, heroes loved beauties. In the Snow Land, their clan, the Shui Clan, had always boasted the most beauties of all the clans. Besides, it could be deduced that Ricky and Agnes were getting closer and closer.
"It looks like that Jason and Elsa are going to lose," the grandmaster from the Groom Faction said with a sigh.
"Oh, don't be so upset. You know that you can still have a third of all the resources this year," the grandmaster from Sage Faction retorted.
"All the outsiders think that we are competing with each other for the resources. What the young ones don't know is we're just pretending that we can't get along with each other to motivate our disciples!" she added.
*
"Agnes, I wouldn't mind if you lean on my shoulder to get some rest. Don't worry. I won't charge you for anything," Ricky said with a cunning smile. He had seen that Agnes could hardly stand anymore, so he went to her to offer his support.
Feeling Ricky holding her arms with his warm hands, Agnes wanted to refuse his offer. Words rushed to her lips, fighting to come out, but she swallowed them eventually. She was so tired.
Ricky could see on Agnes' face that she was a little reluctant to let him help her, so he dropped the teasing tone at once. He had a feeling that if he kept messing around with her, she would definitely give him a kick he wouldn't soon forget.
"Agnes, we've successfully passed the Bronze Men Array. But how do we get out?" Ricky asked.
"We have to wait for the results of the other two factions. We'll know once they pass or fail the array," Agnes replied softly.
Then she closed her eyes and began to heal her wound through cultivation.
*
About half an hour later, the hall shook a little, which meant that the competition had finally ended.
The three demi-immortal grandmasters opened the gates of the third floor for Ricky and Agnes to let them out.
As soon as they emerged, the elders and disciples rushed to ask about the results at once.
A large cheer arose once the Sage and Purity Faction found out that their warriors had passed the Trio Array. But the Groom Faction were quite upset that Jason and Elsa failed to pass the Bronze Men Array.
Elsa was fuming. She felt let down by Jason's performance during the competition. She couldn't help but call him out, reminding him that he had been bragging about his strength and capacity.
Jason ignored Elsa's angry insults. He simply turned to Ricky and stared at him.
Sensing Jason staring at him sullenly, Ricky thought, 'It's not my fault that they didn't pass the Bronze Men Array. Why does he keep staring at me?'
But Jason thought differently. He felt that he had every reason to hate Ricky, because he had humiliated Alan during their fight. And now, Ricky had passed the Bronze Men Array while he failed. Jason made up his mind that he would never let go of his hatred for Ricky.
"Ricky Nan, let's battle, now!" Jason shouted with rage. Everyone present was surprised at Jason's sudden challenge to Ricky.
They looked back and forth, from Jason's expression on his face to Elsa's cold demeanor towards him. The disciples from the Shui Clan realized at once that Jason and was impulsively picking a fight with Ricky to vent his jealousy of the winning warrior.
"It seems that the young master from West Vanity Valley has a fragile ego!" some disciples sneered.
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