The legendary warrior

"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.

......

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.

the other core disciples, she had won the favor of

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.

disciples would love to see those two battle it out.

eyes on them, Ricky and Wade stepped into the

this life and death battle to prevent

meditating, and dropping into a fighting stance. At length, the Elder said, "You

......

I'm gonna take you out." Wade said disdainfully,

got the nerve later." Ricky smiled.

hope this fight won't be

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

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.

from me? Thought I was a loser." Ricky gave him a toothy smile and raised another fist.

suddenly growled like the thunder, which set up a great rumbling echoing through the peaks.

energy coalesced and formed the

was the

that impressed those core disciples—not to

see that Ricky's Whiz Fist was way beyond the

disciples, maybe some of them had reached their cultivation method to completion. But none of

and the Elder were thinking about this. It did seem impossible,

a pity!" "What a pity!" The Elder said with more regret.

reached the pinnacle of completeness. His comprehension is remarkable. Maybe it was the right thing, teaching him the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula," Grace

......

a truly real ferocious tiger was behind him,

Fist when it was near perfection, putting the enemy in

and immediately shook it off. Then he aimed another punch to

both of them to take a few