The legendary warrior

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Powerful bolts of energy burst out from within Thomas. He resonated an aura of extreme violence and Ricky could sense the daunting and dangerous energy that pervaded through the air. That aura gave Ricky a strange kind of unease, but he tried not to show it on his face.

'How many aces has he got up his sleeve? Is this another of his more powerful skills that he intends to use as a trump card?' Ricky couldn't help but wonder to himself in surprise.

Ricky decided not to pull his punches or hide his abilities anymore as the impending strike came toward him. Without delay, he activated the three kinds of fire energy he held in his body and wrapped himself up in the flames. He also boosted his runic power as high as it would go. By doing that, he had directly entered into his peak state and was at full power.

As he activated his full power, the Iron Destroyer in his hand seemed to be eager to leap into action again. It vibrated in accordance with his energy. The blade made a kind of excited buzz in anticipation. Ricky had heard that kind of buzz before, but this time, it was louder and its pitch became higher. He felt that a sort of strong connection between him and his weapon had started to form. At that moment, it all clicked for him.

"It seems that this situation has just now helped me build a unique connection between me and my saber. It feels strange, but I have a feeling that this connection will enhance the power of my saber-light," he murmured to himself in amazement.

He knew that there was no time for celebrating his progress just then. Thomas seemed to have fully prepared himself and was about to launch his attack. Ricky quickly shifted his attention back to his rival.

"I do admire your courage, Ricky. I know very few who would dare to challenge someone three grades more powerful than them. I respect you, so I will reward a talented warrior like you with a good fight. Enjoy it while you can!" Thomas shouted the last sentence out in a hoarse voice. Then he was submerged in a thick, dark fog of spiritual energy that was swirling faster and faster. It was pushing everything, including the air, out of the area around him as the energy inside the fog exploded all of a sudden.

Boom! Instantly, the explosion created shock-waves that carried the energy away from him. The ripples lashed out against everything around them. They caused the whole space to shake with their force. Even someone as powerful as Ricky was knocked back by the energy. He took quite a few steps back while raising his hands to fend off the air that buffeted him.

In his defensive position, Ricky's heart suddenly stopped in his chest. His eyes widened and his pupil shrank in shock. With his keen senses, he was able to feel the existence of a third person in the area. It had just appeared out of nowhere! He was both confused and astonished because he had been sure that the aura that the third man released was exactly the same as Thomas's.

Ricky found it hard to believe. He narrowed his eyes and tried to locate Thomas so he could see more clearly what had happened. His eyes were sharpened by the blue light in them, but he still had a hard time confirming the location of his rival.

Luckily, the waves of dark air began to gradually fade away. Slowly but surely, two figures stepped out of the fog. Ricky hoped that his eyes were playing tricks on him, but it seemed that they weren't after all. What he saw was real--There were two men standing in front of him, or more specifically, two identical figures that both seemed to be Thomas. The two figures looked exactly alike.

"What? But...how is this possible?" Ricky exclaimed in disbelief. He staggered back and nearly fell to the ground.

It was something that he would refuse to believe even if it happened before his own eyes again.

illusion. When he opened his eyes again, nothing had changed. Instead, the more he looked

Ricky's face, the two

How can this be real?!" Ricky admitted readily after taking a deep breath to calm

had no intention of trying to conceal it. He was intrigued by this kind of magical skill, and he desperately wanted to learn

method of the Endless Shadow. As for its grade, well...I don't know what its grade is and

called. Excited,

difference between the two was that one of them was made of flesh and blood, while the other was formed by spiritual energy. He couldn't tell them apart by their appearances, and since their aura was also the same, ordinary warriors would usually think that the replication of Thomas was real.

method is very tricky and powerful. It doesn't only replicate the users' appearance and aura, but also their level, strength, and abilities too. I was even tricked

was facing two opponents now...Thomas and his copy were two warriors at the peak of the fifth grade of Bone Reinforcement! The situation was real trouble for

just then was a bit too much for him to take in all at once, so he had needed a moment. Ricky got a huge adrenaline rush from learning about the Shadowy Replication skill. It made him nervous and excited about the coming fight at

was cornered into a desperate situation, so he might be forced to make a breakthrough.

tell you the name of this cultivation method in order to kill you, but I did. Do you want to know why?" Thomas

man knows about your secret weapon or not, right?" Ricky answered coldly. Now

say. Then what are you waiting for? Why not just kill yourself? That may be a much more decent way to say goodbye to the

from the very beginning. I don't think I'm going to die today, and the words suicide or surrender have never been part of my vocabulary," Ricky replied with just the hint of

last before I tear you to pieces,"

and the energy that the two figures released increased to their peak in the blink of an eye, stirring the

kept changing their positions to confuse him, making it harder for him to track which one was the

"Shadowy Fatal Light!"

two Thomas bellowed as one. At their words, the dark fog of spiritual energy around them became thicker and swarmed out toward Ricky. As the two of them made a simultaneous leap, they blended with the fog in the air and turned into two beams of