"I don't think a common warrior who cultivates the power of Eight Diagrams can be your competitor. Am I right?" Ricky said, once he had processed what Jasper had said.
Jasper sighed, "You have no idea how many warriors are inheritors of the Eight Diagrams and how fierce our competition is.
There are eight kinds of inheritances of the Eight Diagrams. And there are many geniuses belonging to each inheritance.
Do you know how many inheritors of the Law of Change I met when I was in the Northern Land?" Jasper cocked his head as he looked at Ricky.
"How many?" Mordechai piped up.
"Four! And each of them was ace genius," Jasper replied. He paused before continuing, "I obtained the complete Law of Change after several narrow escapes.
There is only one person who can become the most powerful inheritor of the Eight Diagrams and also master of them. I may be merciful to an enemy, but I can't show any mercy to a competitor when it comes to the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams. If I do, I might as well hand my life on a platter to the opponent."
"Looks like your path is bumpier than ours!" Mordechai said, his eyes widening at the impossibility of Jasper's situation.
"I see," Ricky muttered, his eyes fixed on the ground.
He was even more uncertain now about whether or not he still had a chance to ease the tension between Jasper and Mike.
He turned to Ryland, the leader of the five Two-headed Hyenas, and said, "Hey, Ryland, you must know the power of Eight Diagrams. Can you sense if there is any other warrior nearby, other than Mike, who also cultivates this power?"
"We have the answer you are looking for, but we want to make a deal with you. We will tell you anything you need to know and take you there. In return, you must let us stay here for one year instead of two years," Ryland replied.
Ricky was taken aback, but his shock quickly turned into a sneer. "I don't think you know the situation you are in. You are our captives. Not the other way round. But I'm a reasonable person, really. If you take us to that place, and the result is satisfactory to us, we can agree to your demands," he said.
"Deal!" Ryland exclaimed.
Led by Ryland, the group then made their way to the place that Jasper had sensed the warrior at.
A day later, they arrived at their destination, a deep circular pit so huge that even the middle spiritual emperors couldn't feel its depth.
"The power of Eight Diagrams comes from here," Ryland said.
He added, "But I have no idea how dangerous it is inside. After all, I'm only a middle spiritual emperor. My psychic ability is limited."
"Thank you very much!" Ricky replied with a short nod and then put Ryland into his spiritual space tool.
"Jasper, look closely if there is anyone in this pit," Ricky said.
"One minute," Jasper said before settling down cross-legged on the ground and releasing his power.
He began to probe the aura around them.
"The Law of Change—Derivation!"
Jasper then released his life energy and merged it with his power of Eight Diagram.
"The derivation skill in the Law of Change is also a kind of Omnipotent Skill that consumes life. It can predict the future through calculations," the Dragon Intent Grass explained. "But he has already obtained the complete inheritance of the Law of Change and since his strength is very close to the heavenly law, it won't consume him as much as it would otherwise."
"It's good to have power which is this close to the heavenly law, then!" Ricky exclaimed.
An hour passed before Jasper got to his feet, his eyes glinting with excitement.
"Looks like there is something exciting down there," Ella said, laughing at Jasper's expression.
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