The legendary warrior

Clang!

In the jungle the air was heavy and moist. Sunlight shimmered through the vast canopy of leaves. All around were trees tall enough to dwarf the highest building. Vines and underbrush made footing unsteady. From every direction, one could hear the hums and chirps of insects, the songs of birds and the myriad sounds of mammals. And, of course, the sounds of battle. Ricky and Jim were fighting, one would strike or feint, then move quickly to try and gain or regain the advantage. The impact between knife and sword sent sparks flying as if they were trying to shape iron... or gold.

Hiss!

Suddenly, the earth trembled, and a huge crack opened in the ground. Ricky's saber met Jim's sword again. And they both were thrown back by the force.

The onlookers could see that both of their arms were trembling due to their exertions.

"If that's all you got, Jim, maybe you should throw in the towel! Give up your status in the Snow Sect, and I might not kill you," Ricky sneered, looking at Jim's gloomy face.

As for the two young men standing on the sidelines, they were dumbfounded. Connie's disciples were no less stunned.

Among outer disciples in the Snow Sect, only those who were in the top ten would have been able to fight with Jim for so long. And it shouldn't be possible even for those who attained the ninth grade of Skin Refinement to beat Jim.

And now, Ricky did it at eighth.

Hearing Ricky's taunt, Jim said nothing. His credibility was already in doubt. He boasted that he could take Ricky down with a single blow. Well, they'd traded multiple strikes back and forth.

Now, the only way he could redeem himself was to kill Ricky.

Clank!

Jim flew into a rage. And the sword in his hand began to make a huge thumping sound.

When the sword was making the sound a white light formed and enveloped the sword.

That light was definitely not the gathering of spiritual energy. It was another kind of power. The light was emitting strong power and seemed to be drawn to Ricky. That fact made him shiver.

it?' Ricky shifted his focus from combat and stared at the light coming from

the

doubt yet mixed with

earth to gain supreme power. If he combined

warrior and weapon was

Intent Apperception in the second level and the Soul Apperception in the top

had reached a certain level of comprehension and feeling about the weapons they used, the connection

weapon a warrior used was a sword, then the force would be shown as

completing all ten grades, warriors would reach the Intent Apperception. By then the force would show itself as the sword-intent. After another ten grades of the Intent Apperception, it would be the Soul Apperception. When a warrior reached the top of these three levels, the warrior

were someone of greater comprehension. Those who could reach the Soul Apperception were among

completion of the Soul Apperception,

energy of the sword-light!" When Ricky figured it out, he sighed again with seriousness.

of the sword-light, he had heard of its power, power enough to fight against a

I can feel that much.'

Swords of the Wind! Go

He leaped and cut at Ricky, long sword crackling with sword-light. All of a sudden, it seemed that three swords were coming straight

his spiritual energy and turned it into flames that ran up and

and iron clinked. The long sword

broken into

this the power of the sword-light?" Ricky

power is beyond the comprehension of a loser like you. A worthless piece of crap with

the energy of the sword-light!" Jim growled and swung his long sword to gather the sword-light of it, then he swung the blade toward Ricky's face.

Ho!

toward him, Ricky calmed himself. He took a deep breath, then turned his whole body red. This time, the color

method, but also trained