The legendary warrior novel Chapter 67

"I must admit. Your strength has now reached the peak of the Skin Refinement! But if you want to be the strongest one of the ten outer disciples, you still have a long way to go," Rufus said condescendingly, the atmosphere intensifying with each second.

"Really? Well then, let's see if you can maintain your rank at the top of the ten outer disciples... or not," Ricky responded seriously.

Ricky pulled out his saber from behind, the double forces of fire and ice encapsulating the weapon. At the same time, he had also begun to channel the saber-light in his body.

"Boom!"

Rufus' rising spiritual energy showed blood vitality being released. This sudden development caught the attention of the spectators.

What was happening? Usually only the warriors of Blood Purification could do this!

"This is blood vitality! But Rufus hasn't had a breakthrough to Blood Purification yet! How can it be?" Many disciples said, greatly confused.

"Here's a possibility! Maybe he's in the level between the Skin Refinement and the Blood Purification. It's considered Half-step to Blood Purification." Some inner disciples speculated.

"I'm guessing he intends to breakthrough to Blood Purification after reinstating first place!"

"Well of course, anyone would do that! You know, the reward for winning first place is quite prestigious."

The volume of chatter increased.

"Half-step to Blood Purification! Is this your card up your sleeve?" Ricky asked inquisitively.

"That's none of your business. All you need to know is that it's more than enough to defeat you." Rufus responded with confidence.

He revealed a weapon from the scabbard in his back. Surprisingly, it was a big hammer. This was somewhat uncharacteristic of Rufus. But bearing in mind that Rufus was a casting master, the shape of the weapon was not surprising at all.

"Three hammers of flushing vitality! One to heaven! Two to earth! Three to the universe!"

Surrounded by the endless flushing forces, Rufus leaped high into the air, spinning around rapidly. Then he blasted out three conical shadows.

The first hammer's shadow showed an unclear picture, the second hammer shadow depicted the collapse of heaven and earth, and the last shadow illustrated the collapse of yin and yang.

"Assemble the power!"

Meanwhile, the three shadows fused with his hammer, and then shot up this tremendous power, which then hurtled from the sky towards to Ricky.

"Saber-light!" Ricky summoned his skills, a little worried after seeing Rufus' moves.

Ricky decided he could no longer conceal his true power. Suddenly, physical power, infernal power and frosty power all fused with Ricky's saber under the Devouring Skill, elevating Ricky's saber-light.

Even if Ricky's saber-light was relatively weak, with his regained spiritual meridian and Devouring Skill, it could deflect extremely powerful attacks.

Immediately, Ricky's saber was engulfed with light, and he raised it up into the sky, breathing deeply

"It's the saber-light! I can't believe that he has tapped it! That's amazing!" Some outer disciples remarked upon seeing this unexpected light.

"It seems like he still retained his power. Perhaps I have been too confident," Edgar murmured to himself.

"Even his saber-light is very weak, he can still stand up to a fight with Rufus of Half-step to Blood Purification by his own strength! The outcome of this battle could go any way!" The disciples murmured among themselves.

......

"Boom!"

It was the sound of the collision between saber and hammer. As this happened, the power of the spiritual energy fused with blood vitality and the power of the spiritual energy fused with saber-light also collided.