"It's just natural for someone strong to guide and unify this land. Don't you think so, Todd?" Norris stated an undeniable fact with a little smirk on his lips.
"And...you want to be that 'strong' someone, am I right?" replied Todd in a displeased tone.
"I think it's useless to describe anyone as 'strong'. In fact, everyone has to prove that he has the most powerful strength. If that person can't, then he will die."
"Haha, don't think of me as a fool! Of course, I know that. Otherwise, I would not have mentioned it in the first place," Norris responded. "But if he could prove to us that he is worthy of his strength, then everyone who has the guts to disobey him will surely die. Are we on the same page, Todd?"
Meanwhile, Todd, the Old Oriental Emperor, and Wilbur all could not help but frown upon hearing his words.
At that time, Norris was quite confident that he would win over them. After all, they were rivals for a long time now and he was aware of what they were capable of.
"Evil Mandragora, can't the three powerful men who are already close to being the middle spiritual emperors defeat a middle spiritual emperor?" Ricky asked in a hushed tone.
"I believe that no one except a real ace genius can defeat a warrior of a higher level, especially when both of them are spiritual emperors," Evil Mandragora answered back. "Otherwise, the quantitative superiority will only delay the defeat more or less."
Bang!
Just then, the evil spirit momentum that surrounded Norris' body had blown up. Taking a few steps forward, he suddenly emerged in front of Todd. Norris raised his balled fist and threw a Devil's Fist directed towards Todd.
Seeing the attack, Todd's eyes darkened and became more attentive. Todd was Norris' old opponent. After chasing at each other's throat for a long time, he very well knew his opponent's strengths and weaknesses and used this to his advantage.
Apart from that, Norris had successfully cultivated the evil spirit up to fifty percent, which was thirty percent higher than the limit of evil spirit cultivation for creatures on the continent. For a thirty percent difference, it was most certainly considered a great gap.
Meanwhile, Todd did not hesitate for a bit. Gathering his strength, he burst out his momentum to the extreme, condensing his power into a big palm.
As it turned out, the power that spread around Todd was the Eight Diagrams power. Upon realizing what it was, Ricky knew that this was also the power that Jasper used. Turning into a palm, the power of Eight Diagrams crashed with Norris' Devil's Fist.
"That's the power of Eight Diagrams!" Ricky shouted at the sight of Todd's attack.
However, everybody, excluding those spiritual emperors, seemed to share the same shock as Ricky.
They had some knowledge about the power of Eight Diagrams, more or less. Thus, they knew at the back of their heads that this was Jasper's doing.
"Ricky, don't let this confuse you. It is true that Master Todd and I have a connection. In fact, he is my master." Jasper relayed the message through telepathy as soon as he noticed the confusion on Ricky's face.
"But that is all I can tell you for now. I can't tell you anything more until this matter is settled."
"Oh, I see. So this must be the reason why Master Todd took care of me secretly when I was at the Casting Center." Ricky murmured.
He somehow understood what had happened upon hearing Jasper's fragments of explanation.
"Oh, Todd, I wonder how much progress you have made with your power of Eight Diagrams through the years," Norris taunted, giving a faint smile.
"Be patient. I will let you know in a while," Todd countered harshly.
Suddenly, loud roars echoed through the entire space. In a matter of seconds, the air waves ruthlessly engulfed everything on its way, overwhelming both of them.
Bang!
Still being surrounded by the power of Eight Diagrams, a figure was spewed out by the air waves. Todd rolled for quite a while in the void as his blood splattered everywhere it touched.
It was such an unfortunate day for him to be defeated in one swift move.
Seeing Todd on the ground unresponsive gathered gasps of shock from everyone around.
Everybody was stunned for nobody thought that this could happen. All along, they had thought that Norris was at the same level as Todd. However, Todd was still defeated with one big blow. How was this possible?
Now they understood why Norris was so arrogant and ambitious prior to the match—this was because he knew well enough that he was more powerful than his opponent.
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