"Kenney, you'd better leave Hiram to me. You're no match for him yet. But since you're my son's friend, then you're also a friend of the Super Palace. With this, I vow that I won't allow Hiram to hurt you in any manner," Spike said to Ricky through telepathy upon recovering from shock.
"Don't worry about me, sir. Now that I have said that, I am confident that I can defeat him," Ricky replied. "After all, I came here with a striking and powerful warrior with me."
"A powerful warrior?" Spike was not quite sure of what Ricky was trying to say. As a result, he was taken aback by Ricky's words. At this moment, he seemed to understand why Soar and the others could have come out of the Shark Palace.
On the other hand, he was curious about the level of this powerful warrior that Ricky had just mentioned. If the said powerful warrior was a demi-spiritual emperor, then Spike would have sensed his or her presence already since all of Ricky's companions should be just around the corner at that moment.
'Could the strong warrior be a spiritual emperor? I wonder, ' Spike thought to himself as he was curious about this warrior's identity.
This was because only spiritual emperors' complete ruling power could be hidden from the demi-spiritual emperors' senses.
However, he could still not understand how Ricky could take a spirit emperor with him.
"You can't bite off more than you can chew. Seems like you are such in a hurry to go to hell. Let me help you with that. I can send you there as soon as we finish this," Hiram snorted grimly as he couldn't stand Ricky any more. In the blink of an eye, he activated a strong attack that swept towards Ricky.
Despite this crippling attack, Ricky did not take a single glance at him.
At that moment, the sea water and the void where Hiram was standing suddenly balled up, causing Hiram to shrink into a tiny particle and disappear.
Such a scene caused all of the people of the Super Palace dumbfounded. All they knew was that Hiram suddenly vanished into thin air the moment he was about to attack Ricky. On the other hand, Ricky and his companions remained composed because they very well knew who was behind Hiram's disappearance—the Evil Mandragora.
However, their hearts still sighed in dismay due to the huge gap between a spiritual emperor's strength and a demi-spiritual emperor's As a matter of fact, it was so speedy that it only took a millionth second for the former to defeat the latter.
It was natural for Spike, Bruce, and the others to feel puzzled.
'It must be a spiritual emperor! I didn't expect that Kenney would be protected by a spiritual emperor. What can we say? Hiram has been courting death. How dare he attempt to murder someone being protected by a spiritual emperor?' As soon as he recovered from being shaken, Spike was one hundred percent convinced that the powerful warrior behind Ricky's protection was no other than a spiritual emperor.
On another note, the reason why the Evil Mandragora acted so stealthily was exactly because she was afraid that Spike and the others would discover the evil spirit power that she exuded.
That would cause trouble for Ricky.
With a little shame, Spike admitted to Ricky, "Kenney, it seems that I have made an unnecessary offer."
"Don't take it seriously, sir. I know that you were just being kind when you offered to help me a while ago. Anyway, I must thank you for it," Ricky said with a smirk.
Hearing that, Spike could never feel more relieved.
Afterwards, Ricky and his companions no longer hesitated to leave the place. They bade goodbye to Bruce and Stuart and left for the Western Land.
As for the Shark Palace, they firmly believed that Spike would seize the opportunity to control the place.
On the other hand, due to the Evil Mandragora's extreme ruling power, Hiram had already been wrecked into smithereens.
When the Evil Mandragora attacked and killed the demi-spiritual emperor hastily, she tried her best to hide her aura so that she would not draw the attention of the other spiritual emperors within the sea area.
Meanwhile, for insurance purposes, they headed to the Western Land as fast as they could.
However, something very unexpected happened to Ricky as soon as they left—Stuart was able to identify him.
But to be specific, it was the person behind Stuart who was able to identify him.
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