The legendary warrior

"Hahaha…"

Fred couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing what Ricky had just said. From his perspective, Ricky would not stand a chance against him. Fred laughed so hard that he almost rolled on the ground.

"You are just a waste with no spiritual meridian. Even if you are the first among the top ten outer disciples now, your powers are still nothing compared to mine. In my eyes, you are just a little better than a tiny little ant! You are worth nothing." Fred pointed at Ricky's nose and sneered, and laughed so hard that his eyes watered.

Agnes' face turned sour as she stood beside Ricky. She knew the huge difference between the power of Blood Purification and Skin Refinement, and she was certain that Fred wasn't bluffing at all, not this time. Fred might be right after all.

"Am I a small ant? Fine! You can think I am as small and as useless as you can, but I don't give a damn. I've got other things to think about. Now you're saying that you are going to expose my whereabouts to the Refinement Faction and the Casting Faction? They had always wanted to kill me. That's what I have to care about! That's bigger than this. Even if we both are fellow disciples from the same sect, I have to kill you today!" Ricky shouted at the top of his lungs, while he gritted his teeth.

"Wow, you are just a trashy warrior with a bitchy mouth, huh? I wasn't intending to end your life by myself, but you really make me angry right now. You're releasing the beast in me. Rest at ease! It won't take too long before I turn you into a corpse." Fred stopped mocking. As his face turned fierce, his killing intent surged and filled the atmosphere in an instant. His face became red out of anger, and his fist was clasped into a ball ready to punch Ricky in the gut.

In a flash, his feet aggressively slammed the ground, and he formed his fists by clasping five fingers of each hand. Next moment, his straight punch, containing great strength, almost landed on Ricky's head. But Ricky was no ordinary warrior for he possessed an insurmountable amount of strength.

In the face of Fred's aggressive attack, Ricky stayed calm and confident, with no fear inside his heart. All he showed was a poker face that no one could ever guess what was on his mind. 'To figure out how much more progress I've gained in these days, I've been upset lately to find someone to fight me. This guy is just coming in time!' Ricky thought to himself. Just before Fred's fist reached him, the static blood vitality in Ricky's body abruptly sped up with great power, causing a stir around his surroundings. With the blood vitality running through his hands like electricity, Ricky could feel both his palms were full of power and strength. Immediately, Ricky closed his right hand into a tight fist, and met Fred's fist with such an enormous strength.

'What? Did he already break through Skin Refinement? How overwhelming his spiritual energy is! Is that Blood Purification?' Agnes couldn't even believe her own speculations. Right now, she could feel nothing but shock.

'It seems that I have to admit that Ricky's talent is great, maybe better than mine. I must accept the fact that he has surely reached Blood Purification. But how could he possibly make it? No matter how talented he is, the cultivation up to Blood Purification from Skin Refinement never cost only a couple of days, not this easily. To my knowledge, his achievement on cultivation is unprecedented!'

Clearly, Ricky seemed to have reached Blood Purification. And to Agnes' amazement, she found no reason on how could Ricky make it in just a few days. "Did he get the Treasures from Heaven and Earth when he entered Treasure Tower last time? Maybe that's why he has broken through Skin Refinement! " That reason was as far as what Agnes could think of.

Not only had Ricky's spiritual energy overwhelmed Agnes, but Fred also got startled and found it unbelievable. In Fred's perspective, Ricky was just an outer disciple whose Skin Refinement grade would be no more than the ninth level. Like Agnes, he never thought that Ricky would be able to improve himself and achieve Blood Purification within ten days only.

But to Fred, Ricky was still not so much of a warrior. His surprise and amusement towards Ricky's strength didn't last for far too long.

He thought with pride, 'Blood Purification? Ha ha. Would that scare me? I have already reached the peak of the first grade of Blood Purification, and he is just finding his way to it. Will it be possible for him to wield the power of Blood Purification even better than I can?'

Fred narrowed his evil eyes and added more power to his fists. He was enraged about the fact that Ricky might be more powerful than he thought. With this in mind, he made himself ready to try his best to defeat Ricky.

fight. Ricky didn't

Next moment, two fists from two warriors collided again and again, and a series of thunderous noise were heard, causing blasts of air mixed with blood vitality. Both of Ricky and Fred were wrapped inside a powerful energy-field, and anyone at the moment who dared to step

two warriors treated each other like punching bags as punches were continuously thrown after the other. Fred ran out of his powers and was thrown out of the energy-field by

but you have already been defeated! YOU are the small ant!" Ricky relaxed his muscles, released his fists, stomped on

yelled, in a hoarse voice. Gargling some words as he was not able to pronounce properly with Ricky's foot on his head. 'It's impossible! He is just a newcomer to Blood Purification. Even though I do have the odds to lose this

a foolish one wouldn't know

foot harder on Fred, with the intention of killing him. Despite the begging and pleading for his life, Fred still didn't escape from his fate of death. Ricky put so much force on Fred's head that Agnes could clearly hear his skull crack. His eyes turned upward and he spat huge amounts of blood which rendered him lifeless. Ricky was definitely a

act. A wave of fear crawled up her spine

right choice, Ricky was supposed to give it a second thought. Ricky should have

explained, with a forthright look in his clear eyes. He kept gazing at Agnes, without blinking, and continued, "Look! I have to warn you that I have many enemies because I always offend people. But it's just me and that's the way I am. Just like Fred knew and said, the Refinement Faction and the Casting Faction were just two out of my many enemies. If you find it too risky to have me in your team, just tell me. I will leave as soon

explained Agnes to Ricky, with an appreciative look. She didn't get cold feet to have Ricky by her side despite knowing that Ricky's company might drag her into his own personal trouble. Instead, she felt more willing to have Ricky with her on account of his honesty. She'd rather have him ruthless than to lose

Ricky's battle with Fred, one thing was for certain--they would watch each other's backs. They shook hands to seal their new pact, and they went to continue their journey.

an inn, where they grabbed lunch and purchased two strong Flaming Horses. Flaming Horses were not like normal horse species for they belonged to the hybrid offspring to one type of fierce beasts deep in the mountain

wide to get to their goal. Side by side they rode their horses from morning until sundown. They looked just

which was at the

be rocky and arduous, they hurried on day and night and marched toward their destination. The horses ran as fast as they could without any stopovers. Even a single minute could postpone their journey to Billow City for they'd intended to

care about whatever interesting or fascinating things they'd encountered on the road. Distraction was never

eyes. On a narrow mountain road, dozens of villagers who were unarmed and defenseless cried in despair and yelled for help while they escaped. They saw a bunch of fierce-looking guys who followed right after the folks, some with swords on their hands, some holding machetes. The weapons were covered with blood, dripping like sauce on the ground. They might be rebels, bandits. As they swung their weapons to the escaping people, blood splashed all over the road and heads fell to the ground. Innocent lives were taken one by one

a small stream on the road. The air smelled like death. Children, parents, elders -- no one was spared from the wrath of the

pale. At once, anger surged from the bottom of her heart. Ricky also felt infuriated at what he saw. The rage inside his heart promptly erupted

thought of how they could help the other living folks. But the scene was too much for them and they'd had enough. Anger trumped their calmness and the fire in their hearts only raged to protect the remaining citizens. Though they didn't know any of the folks, both of their consciences told them to

considering his interference would influence the battle. However, if the battle happening before him was between a bunch of warriors and ordinary people, he could not help but be against the warrior group. He could not let

want to take this one home! Come to papa!" A guy on a horseback noticed Agnes's presence. With one eye blind, this bad warrior pointed at her, and exclaimed.

me will be rewarded handsomely!" A coarse and bossy voice from a tough man was heard. The head among the evil warriors also couldn't help but drool, as he caught his first glimpse at Agnes. It was like these men had not seen a woman like Agnes for years! All their eyes were plastered on their

Crack! Crack!