The legendary warrior

"Ha-ha, how can I refuse a beauty like you when you've already said that? If I refuse you, it will be inhumane,"

Ricky responded to Claire with a charming smile.

After that, Lloyd led Ricky, Mordechai, Claire, and the others to the Five-element Sect.

The battle in the Passage World was far from being the last battle between devils and creatures from the continent. But they were fairly confident that there would be no large-scale battles in the near future.

For now, all Ricky had to do was cultivate and focus on growing stronger. That meant he wouldn't return to the Passage World for now.

Instead, he would embark on a new journey to the inner region after he returned to the Five-element Sect. His first stop would be the Misty South Palace, as it would pave the way for him to rise to the top. He was already counting the days when he would get to meet the talented geniuses of the ancient tribes and top forces.

As for Lloyd, he had become a saint at the middle stage and gained two thirds of the blessing power, so it would probably take him about half a month to get to the Five-element Sect from the Third Sheol City. After all, the central region stood between them.

And since Ricky had already become one of the Misty South Palace's core disciples, he figured that no saint or force would dare to attack him in secret anymore. That meant he could let his guard down, even just a little.

Unfortunately, he had underestimated those forces' killing intent and their greed for Paul's inheritance.

When his group reached a remote place at the junction of the central region and the outer region, nearly ten figures stopped them in their tracks.

Their auras revealed they were all saints.

And they all looked familiar, too! Some of them were from the Phoenix tribe, and some from the Nether Phoenix tribe, while some even looked to be from the Heavenly Black Winged Snake tribe. There were also some others they could vaguely identify, but they all had a single goal in mind—Paul's inheritance.

Ricky's face darkened when he saw these saints. How stubborn were these people? They wouldn't give up, even though he had become one of the Misty South Palace's core disciples.

"What do you want from us?"

Lloyd asked them curtly.

However, none of the saints paid him any attention. Even though Lloyd was stronger than some of them, these people still thought he was beneath them, simply because of the powerful forces behind them. The Five-element Sect was nothing compared to their influential groups.

In fact, they didn't think highly of any saint from the outer region.

"Well, well, well, Ricky, it looks like you expected us to back off just because the Misty South Palace took you in as their core disciple. What can I say? You are too naive! Now, if you don't want to get hurt, just hand over Paul's inheritance to us."

The Phoenix tribe's saint was the first to speak up, and he smirked at Ricky as if his victory had been assured.

still afraid of the Misty South

replied coldly.

asked internally, "Sir,

with them, so it would be easy

Lloyd immediately

should be

to himself confidently.

his words, their

the nail on the head. They were indeed the weakest saints in their forces, and that was why

Misty South Palace would send powerful warriors to protect Ricky, so they were the ones assigned to come after him. They would receive praise if they succeeded, but if they failed and died, their forces wouldn't suffer a substantial loss.

with the failed mission rather than the loss of their lives.

on the head? Judging from your

them even harder.

You talk

tribe stepped forward and aimed a deadly glare in Ricky's direction. "Perhaps you're right, but you are

bad because you are going to die right here, right

hardly fell from his lips before several saints attacked at the same time.

his companions into the

they were in. A solemn voice sounded from the shadows. "No one has ever dared to attack a

a figure emerged from the

a black robe, and a black mask obscured his

the Misty South

an instant as fear clutched at their hearts with sharp claws.

take the words of the Misty South Palace seriously, you will pay with your lives,"

blink and the next, he moved.

come from the void and passed over the opposing saints in a wave. Finally, only the man remained, hovering over the

had disappeared, and all that was left of them was some kind of bloody mist. The metallic smell of blood lingered thickly in

single moment to demolish the group of

"Whoa! No way!"

the others could only gape in shock.

the Sage Level

Ricky understood why those saints were terrified when they spotted