Ricky immediately initiated his six mutants and chaotic power, as the six types of runes evolved into several passages. In an instant, he passed through one of the passages and appeared behind Michael, unleashing the Chaotic Punch to hit Michael.
Faced with Ricky's intimidating strike, Michael hesitated for a second. He couldn't help but feel the apprehension at the back of his mind, which told him he would sustain severe injuries if he didn't resist the upcoming blow.
After he had refined the Life and Death Water's life and death powers, Ricky's cultivation level had shot through the roof.
He could probably match any one-star middle spiritual emperor at the intermediate stage except those who were ace geniuses at that level.
Thus, Michael had to give up attacking Claire, as he was unwilling to face such a lethal strike from Ricky. He turned around and crashed against Ricky's Chaotic Punch with his black ice pillar.
After the collision, the sound of cracking resounded around them.
Michael's black ice pillar shattered into a thousand pieces at once, as the energy of Ricky's strike dissipated quickly.
The round had ended in a stalemate.
Boom! Just then, Ricky's figure exploded and vanished into thin air.
Michael watched on in shock and confusion, as his opponent seemingly disappeared. It was not until now that he sensed the truth—he hadn't been fighting Ricky's real body!
And he was right. It was Ricky's shadowy replica that had struck him.
Meanwhile, Ricky himself had entered the zone.
As Michael stood stock still, Ricky silently appeared behind him like a ghost.
Claire had won Ricky the first chance to assault Michael, and then Ricky took advantage of his shadowy replica, which gave him another chance to take Michael by surprise.
Luckily, Ricky's attack did catch his enemy off guard.
That was why when Ricky swung at Michael with his Iron Justice Saber girdled with the chromatic energy and chaotic power, the latter didn't have any time to do anything to defend himself. By the time Michael noticed Ricky, it was too late.
In the next breath, Ricky's attack struck Michael head-on.
This strike didn't come from Ricky's shadowy replica but himself, which meant that it held a lot more strength. If this one hit Michael, it could easily seriously hurt him, if not kill him.
And even if Ricky were in Michael's shoes, it would undoubtedly injure him badly even if he activated the Ultimate Golden Body at the fifth level to protect himself.
Ricky thought there was nothing wrong with what he did.
After all, that was a natural occurrence in the martial world. It was either you died at your enemy's hands, or you killed him first. Ricky was fully aware of that, so he knew that he would have to go to great lengths if he was faced with a formidable foe.
Of course, Ricky had his own principles. He would never threaten his enemy using their family or friends because he hated such dirty means.
However, if his enemy threatened him in that way, he thought that it would be justified to treat them the same way.
As the blow crept closer toward Michael, he grew more and more flustered.
'Damn it! How could he be so strong?' he grumbled in his heart.
Although he was panicking, he tried to hide it. His determination to take down Ricky overcame the fear that weakened his knees.
In a matter of seconds, black water flowed out of his body and submerged him entirely. This water turned a dark yellow color and froze.
Ricky's strike struck the dark yellow ice, and a raucous sound of metal colliding rang out.
The force of the impact blew the Iron Justice Saber, the chaotic power, and the chromatic energy back.
Even Ricky couldn't escape its effects, as he was forced to step back too. In that instant, several cracks emerged on the dark yellow ice and expanded quickly, and the ice shattered away in the next moment.
At the same time, Michael emerged out of the ice like a demon coming out from the underworld.
Blood spurted out from the corner of his mouth, and his clothes were ripped apart, exposing a blood mark over his chest.
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