The legendary warrior

"Rumor has it that Garfield took a break from the limelight to cultivate himself. Now that he finished his closed door cultivation, he might have already reached the sixth grade of Skin Refinement!"

"Yes, I heard. And now, the first thing he does after the practice is to find Ricky and take revenge for Hurley. I'm afraid, Ricky might at least lose an arm today."

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Just then, Garfield walked up to Ricky, cast him a scornful glance and said with disdain, "You're such a loser. In order to beat Hurley, you threatened him with a woman. While at it, you flouted the rules of our sect and broke his arm. If you hadn't been so devious, Hurley wouldn't have lost to you! "

"What? What is Garfield talking about? I was there watching their fight. I didn't see Ricky threaten Hurley with any woman. It seems that Garfield is distorting the truth." So went the conversation in hushed voices among some of the new disciples in the crowd.

"Be careful what you say, newbies. If you still want to stay here, you'd better agree to what Hurley and his friends say now and in the future. Everyone here knows this is one of the unwritten rules," One of the senior disciples warned.

The new disciples nodded their heads without saying a word. Since they were new here, they were glad that someone warned them.

"Hey! Look! I find another lapdog here. If you want to get back at me, go ahead. I don't have time to waste. But I do want to warn you. You might end up losing your legs, or even worse," Ricky sneered. The impertinent manner of Garfield was not something that Ricky would take lying down.

But obstinate as ever, Garfield's face darkened when he heard the word "lapdog."

To the disciples, who were standing behind him, things seemed to get more and more interesting. They knew that Garfield was already fuming with rage.

"Huh? What's wrong? You seem to be very mad. Don't you like being called a 'lapdog'? Sorry, I can't think of other words to describe you now. I think that is the right one." Seeing the furious look on Garfield's face, Ricky was thrilled.

"Ha ha!" Some of the disciples in the crowd couldn't help but laugh at Ricky's response. But they covered their mouths immediately, for fear of getting on Garfield's wrong side.

"Oh boy, you're really mean. I don't think you know who I am. You've picked the wrong guy to tease," warned Garfield in a calm voice. Apparently, he was pretending that what Ricky had said didn't affect him at all. He put on the calmer face than his usual self.

"As your senior, I think I'm obliged to teach you how to behave yourself properly here," Garfield continued.

his face was still expressionless now, everyone could feel the hostility hidden in his

next moment, Garfield was readying up for a fight. Before anyone noticed, he threw a punch at Ricky, intending to hit him smack

speed of the beasts at the sixth grade of Skin Refinement

quite easily. Returning his own, he caught Garfield straight in the face.

blood. But it was not just blood. To that one blow, he had

you think that you can beat me?" Ricky sneered. As soon as he lowered his

again with Whiz Fist, Ricky suddenly sensed someone was shooting him

loser! Stop!"

Ricky could reach Garfield, his whiz fist was blocked, but not by Garfield. The unexpected third man in white clothes

had skillfully blocked. Ricky had thought that moving back a few steps to minimize the impact would do just fine. A wrong calculation, as the intervening man walloped him so hard, a sharp pain shot through his arm, all the way to the chest. He

Wade!" shouted someone in the crowd. The

up a fight with me on behalf of the small lapdog? You can't wait to have a battle of life with me, can you?" Ricky sneered, balancing

You're such a loser!" But Wade wasn't angry about what Ricky had said

a pact and I'm going to follow it. But, do remember, in slightly over two weeks, you'll

that, Wade grabbed Garfield, about

twit insult me like that and get away with it. I'll skin him alive, I swear!" shouted Garfield. Noticing that Wade was going to take him away, he protested. For losing a good two teeth, Garfield badly wanted to take revenge.

you here?" Wade scolded. Blanching at Wade's scolding, Garfield stopped saying another word. From the tone alone, he could tell that Wade was really mad at him.

been for Grace, he would have killed Ricky when they were still in Stone City. Even as he left, he promised himself to deal with Ricky in three weeks' time when they

left with Garfield, Ricky turned around and walked towards Grace's

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any spiritual meridian while

are going to have a serious fight in three weeks' time. Don't you see it? Ricky hardly can take a punch

lot

any possibility that Ricky might pull off a surprise?" One of the disciples asked. Although it sounded improbable, almost like some wild fantasy to many, there were still a few who were genuinely impressed by