The legendary warrior

Ricky's eyes swept over the Ranking List quickly, but he didn't find his name anywhere in the top forty thousand.

As he scanned through the other names, the person in the thirty-thousandth place caught his attention. A smirk flashed on his lips.

He activated his identity card, moved his name upwards, and covered the thirty-thousandth place. The action made excitement bubble up inside him.

"Ricky, are you out of your mind?! That guy in the thirty-thousandth place is Fernando Xiao, one of the strongest geniuses on the list. He is only slightly weaker than an upper spiritual emperor," Claire told him in a strangled voice. She had been standing beside him and was utterly shocked when he challenged Fernando Xiao.

"Don't worry. I haven't gone crazy. If you'll recall, I spent six months cultivating. I'm sure my efforts will not be in vain," Ricky reassured her with a confident smile.

As he said so, the Ranking List gave off a beam of light. Meanwhile, Fernando Xiao was in the middle of his seclusion, but something disturbed him. He opened his eyes curiously, his eyes landing on his glowing identity card. 'Did someone challenge me?' he wondered to himself.

He was right, of course, and Ricky was already waiting for him on the platform.

Surrounding Ricky were countless disciples, evidently eager to see the upcoming battle.

Their chatter filled the air, and each one had their own opinion they wanted to share. "Ricky is incredible! He didn't challenge anyone in the past few months. But here he comes, challenging someone who is in the top forty thousand, someone leagues ahead of him in rank!"

Although Ricky's actions were astonishing, they had come to expect the unexpected when it came to Ricky. Thus, they were more curious than shocked this time.

"Fernando should be almost as strong as an upper spiritual emperor. But when Ricky fought six months ago, he was weaker than an upper spiritual emperor, wasn't he? How is he going to survive this?"

"That's true, but I heard he had spent the last six months cultivating in the Power Palace."

"Fernando is coming!"

someone excitedly shouted, and a hush settled over the place. A figure flying at high speeds was approaching.

Once he was close enough, Ricky took note that it was a good-looking young man. His white clothes clung tightly to his well-sculpted body, and a white jade crown sat neatly over his head.

It must be no other than Fernando Xiao. At his current strength, he was probably the strongest in the younger generation, next to the upper spiritual emperor.

Xiao saw Ricky standing on the platform, his face clouded over like a brewing storm. "Ricky is my challenger,

After all, he had heard a lot of incredible things

Xiao alighted upon the platform. "I'm sorry, Fernando. I hope you won't be offended that I called

is on the list, I'm ready to be challenged anytime. It's just that I feel unlucky

will be an honor to go a few rounds with someone good at both martial

Boom! Boom! Boom!

his lips, Fernando Xiao unleashed the power of a middle spiritual emperor at peak state.

Water Mutant, which might be accurate,

endless sea, and the surging waves buffeted

simultaneously releasing seven kinds of runes that rushed out into the air like

Boom! Boom! Boom!

in a violent dance, the momentums of both

who are stronger than me right now. I can feel this runic power must be the one

that doesn't matter. I believe in myself! I can become a Sage Level casting master," thought Ricky to himself,

get started!" In between one breath and the next, they sprang from stillness to movement as they dashed forward and clashed with each other. Ricky enclosed his fists with seven mutant powers. With it, he

like a broken dam. He then gathered this power and transformed

catching all the punches Ricky threw his

the ball shrank again, all the force of Ricky's punches bounced

almost bulged out in astonishment. 'He is using the water power's flexibility to rebound my attacks. I knew there's a reason he is on the Misty South Palace's Ranking List, ' he

reacted quickly and defended himself. He knew

Thunder Net!"

The fist shadows he created earlier got tangled into it, and not one got through to him. Once the fist shadows were trapped inside the net,

You took advantage of the water power to

I don't know when I should. With a genius of your caliber, it's better to be safe than sorry. Otherwise, I'd lose before I even knew what happened," replied

they saw how well-matched Ricky and Fernando Xiao were. "I knew he made

is just a blink of an eye for

believe Ricky progressed

is that he is also incredible

received Master Paul's inheritance. He truly