Ricky was pushed farther by the impact, which implied he was relatively weaker than Carney. The truth, however, was that people in the surroundings did feel that Ricky was emitting the power which was comparable to a demi-spiritual emperor's.
This battle demonstrated the extent of Ricky's strength.
They could tell that he hadn't become a demi-spiritual emperor yet and that the power he released was not incomplete ruling power. All these indicated that he had burst out the power of a demi-spiritual emperor when he was just a completed spiritual king.
'He is a genius who can challenge someone stronger than him!' The people that had gathered around them admired Ricky from afar, as they thought that only someone really brave could do that.
At that moment, all of them changed their views on Ricky. They had looked down upon him before, and some had even resented him, but now they grew to respect him because he could defeat someone stronger than him and this was something that they could not achieve.
"It seems that all of us are wrong. He is not an overconfident man, nor did he do this out of his sense of justice. The truth is that he really has enough strength and talent!"
"All of us spoke out of turn. We didn't know what we were talking about!"
"I can say that he is as much a genius as Carney!"
"Yeah, maybe he is a late bloomer, or perhaps he just looks old for his age?"
"He can challenge someone who is at a higher level than him! There is no wonder he could easily defeat Curran who is close to a demi-spiritual emperor." The people around them were abuzz with their opinions and praises for Ricky. Abraham sighed and said, "He has the mutant, and he is even able to challenge someone stronger than him. It seems that we made the right choice when we put our trust in him." "Ha-ha! Chief, it seems that you will have a good son-in-law in the future." Almost all the other demi-spiritual emperors of the Hong Clan sent this message to Abraham with their internal powers and congratulated him for choosing well.
They were very happy that such a genius would soon become a member of the Hong Clan.
Moreover, at that moment, they were more confident that Ricky would become the core disciple of the Spirit Sect since he had shown that he could challenge those stronger than him, even a demi-spiritual emperor like Carney, all while he was a completed spiritual king. It further proved that Ricky was not as simple as he appeared to be.
The Spirit Sect had always wanted another genius who could compete with Carney, so there was no doubt that they would be happy to snatch him up.
'How could this be possible? How did he do that? He is actually able to challenge those stronger than him!' Curran thought as his anger surged to its boiling point, and he finally realized that he was tricked by Ricky.
He stewed angrily on how he must have looked like a clown in Ricky's eyes back at that time. He had been so naive to think that Ricky relied on his movement skill to defeat him, when the truth was, even if Ricky couldn't attack him with his hands, he would still lose the fight.
'Damn it! He deserves to die! How dare he play with me?!' Murderous intent began to surface in Curran's heart, as his mind ran through thousands of ways to kill Ricky.
"He can challenge someone stronger than him!" Meanwhile, Carney was also surprised and jealous of Ricky's strength.
He was a genius, and before this day, he always appeared calm, and he dealt with all kinds of problems with absolute self-confidence. But today, he had to admit that Ricky stirred countless negative emotions in him. It was as if Ricky brought out the worst in him.
Just a minute ago, he perceived Ricky as a weakling, but at this moment, he was watching him with intense jealousy. Ricky's flame mutant was faintly stronger than his, and he had the strength to challenge someone higher than him. All of those made Carney burn with jealousy.
'No way! I need to kill him!' Carney thought to himself fiercely.
'Those old fellows of the Spirit Sect are afraid that the Chu Clan will replace them, and they have been secretly looking for geniuses who can contend with us. They select the disciples twenty years in advance, just to find the best geniuses out there.
If they find out about Kenney, they will train him, and he will definitely become my rival in the future.
I need to kill him now before he can get strong enough to defeat me!"
Carney's focus narrowed to one thing alone, and that was to kill Ricky.
"His murderous intent has become obvious now," Tina said to Ricky through telepathy.
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