With a loud bang,
the dragon shadow was hit and fell from the sky.
Before the dragon shadow could make contact with the ground, Guillermo appeared. His whole body was drenched in his own blood. When he collided with the ground, his body slumped and he couldn't find the energy to stand.
Mordechai's arm transformed into a bone. He walked up to Guillermo and wrapped it around his neck before anyone noticed.
"I emerge victorious!" Mordechai's hoarse voice rang out, allowing everyone present to see that the fight had ended.
"Mordechai won without using his mutant power. That's unheard of!" a nearby disciple said, causing a trail of comments regarding Mordechai's power to follow.
"For a long time, I've been hearing how powerful Mordechai is. I've finally witnessed his strength."
"I bet Mordechai will be the holy son. I know that Ricky and Hayes are strong too, but they've already revealed their mutants. That puts them at a disadvantage for the following fight."
"Are you sure about that? Haven't you heard the rumors about Ricky?"
When Guillermo heard them gossiping, his face twisted in embarrassment and resentment.
He slumped his shoulders and kicked at a stray rock on the ground.
Feeling too ashamed to stay here any longer, he walked away at a hasty pace.
Now that the fight between Mordechai and Guillermo had come to an end, it was Ricky and Hayes' turn.
Since Ricky had come to the wood branch for a while now, he had heard a lot about Hayes. As far as he knew, Hayes had the Shadow Sword Mutant, and he was incredible with the flying sword.
A few seconds later, Hayes and Ricky sauntered into the Combat Space.
"Ricky, you go ahead and make the first move," Hayes said the moment that they were settled.
"No. You first!" Ricky responded, smiling.
Hayes might have been acting but Ricky thought that his moral quality was already better than Guillermo's.
"If you insist. By now, you must know a thing or two about my strength. I always defeat my opponent within three rounds. So, get ready," Hayes explained but he still smiled.
As soon as he stopped talking, he unleashed all his strength. A bright sword light burst from his body, and its power was condensed into small, flying swords.
The mark between his eyebrows became visible and floated into the air in front of him. Hayes gave off so much power that it was like he could make the sky tremble at his feet.
Now that his mutant had been activated, he looked like he was made from the most powerful sword light. His spine turned into a black flying sword.
The black sword made from the heavenly power had merged with his flesh, forming the Shadow Sword Mutant.
As the sword light cornered Ricky, he could only feel one thing: coldness. All around him felt like an endless, dark abyss. If his defenses were to drop, a sword would pierce the spot right between his eyebrows.
Facing such a dangerous strike, Ricky couldn't afford to waste a second.
The instant that the sword light engulfed him, Ricky let out ancestral thunder power which covered his body and removed the sword light on it. Ricky also activated the Fire Dragon Extremity and the ten types of flames to assist him in destroying the sword light.
Ricky intended to activate the Chaotic Fire Mutant to remove the invisible cold-front, but on second thought, he decided not to do that.
However, the attacks of the Fire Dragon Extremity and the ten kinds of fire were not enough to decrease the sword light at all.
'This sword light is more powerful than I thought! I have a feeling that it's a sword in darkness...' Ricky considered, frowning.
'Wait. It's not an evil sword. It's an invisible sword under the heavenly law and it has targeted me.'
"Ricky, I advise you not to waste your energy trying to remove my sword light. Most upper spiritual emperors can't even do that," Hayes warned when he spotted Ricky relentlessly trying to disperse the sword light.
Now that he was emitting the sword light, Hayes was no longer gentle or timid. Now he resembled an incredible, fearless swordsman.
"My Shadow Flying Sword has the heavenly power. That means any creature in an area where the heavenly law prevails can't escape my sword light," Hayes explained.
"And this is only the first move of my Whole Heart Flying Swordsmanship."
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