The legendary warrior novel Chapter 19

"I'm your master. This is what I should do," said Grace.

"So where's my father?" Ricky asked a little anxiously, because he had not seen his father for a whole year. It weighed on his mind, and hit him particularly hard when he was alone with these thoughts. His father was always in his heart, and would always find his way into his thoughts.

"When your father learned that you were accepted by the Snow Sect and became my disciple, he took off. He said he needed to find your mother," Grace replied.

"Find my mother?" Ricky whispered, eyes filled with a touch of sadness. He'd never met his mother, but an image of what he imagined she looked like filled his mind.

His mother left shortly after he was born, but he knew she was forced out. He knew in his heart she would always care for him.

The magical spiritual meridian that his mother left for him was the best proof.

"By the way, your father wanted me to let you know that other than Gilbert, there was another enemy called the Bloody Gang. The gang was also a part of the whole setup. And he wanted you to avenge him," Grace continued.

"Gilbert! Bloody Gang!" Ricky said coldly.

"But don't worry about it now. I need you to ready yourself for battle tomorrow. This contest is to the death, and I can't help you once you step into the ring," Grace warned him.

"Don't worry, Master. Tomorrow I'll give you a big surprise," Ricky said confidently.

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There were many battle rings in the Snow Sect, but there were only a handful where contestants fought to the death. There were three, all on a flat and snowy field.

Today, almost all the outer disciples gathered around these three rings.

Also, many inner disciples and strong core disciples were there.

Today was mainly about the life and death battle between Ricky and Wade who were newcomers to Skin Refinement, but everyone knew it was actually a battle between the core disciples, as well—Connie and Grace.

Although Connie was not as strong as the other core disciples, she had won the favor of many male disciples with her good figure, pretty face and her prodigious skill at lovemaking.

While Grace wasn't a looker because of the hideous birthmark on her face, everyone in the Snow Sect respected her. Her skills were good enough for her to have earned the title of fourth core disciple.

Many core disciples would love to see those two battle it out.

With everyone's eyes on them, Ricky and Wade stepped into the ring.

At the same time, an Elder came to preside over this life and death battle to prevent some of the more powerful disciples from interfering.

The Elder waited patiently until they readied themselves, stretching out, going through the forms, meditating, and dropping into a fighting stance. At length, the Elder said, "You may begin."

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"Loser, I'm gonna take you out." Wade said disdainfully, glowering at Ricky.

"You'll see why I got the nerve later." Ricky smiled.

"Well. I hope this fight won't be boring."

After saying that, Wade suddenly summoned the great power of Skin Refinement and only took a few leaps to get close to Ricky, then he punched Ricky, grinning all the while, Wade was confident that it would only take one punch to take Ricky down.

But his fist never reached its target. It stopped halfway and then he felt excruciating pain. That was because Ricky had already hit him before he could connect.

"Why can't you take a punch from me? Thought I was a loser." Ricky gave him a toothy smile and raised another fist.

Ho! At the moment of raising all the power, a sound of tiger's roar suddenly growled like the thunder, which set up a great rumbling echoing through the peaks. The rumbling not only shook the mountain, but the crowd could feel the vibrations.