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.

clouded over like a brewing storm. "Ricky is my challenger, huh? I guess I'm out of luck," he murmured with a small frown.

but that didn't mean he would look down on the other man. After all, he had heard a lot of incredible things about Ricky, and he didn't think the achievements he garnered came from his ego alone. With

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

I feel unlucky that you challenged me, but I also feel fortunate because, out of

honor to go a few rounds with someone good at both martial arts

Boom! Boom! Boom!

soon as the words fell from his lips, Fernando Xiao unleashed the power of a middle spiritual emperor at peak

that he had the Orb Water Mutant, which might be accurate, seeing as he had focused on cultivating the water

next instant, Ricky felt like he was in the middle of an endless sea, and the surging waves buffeted him in all directions. For a moment, he felt an infinite pressure settle over him.

responded by simultaneously releasing seven kinds of runes that rushed out into the air like blood-thirsty dragons.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

met in a violent dance, the momentums of both sides collided first, and

who are stronger than me right now. I

myself! I can become a Sage Level casting master," thought Ricky to himself, hyping himself

space exploded around them, Ricky and Fernando Xiao gave a shout at the same time. "Let's get started!" In between one breath and the next, they sprang from stillness to movement

water power gushed out like a broken

ball rapidly expanded, easily catching all the punches Ricky threw his way.

all the force of Ricky's punches bounced back!

Ricky's eyes almost bulged out in astonishment. 'He is using the water power's flexibility to rebound my attacks. I knew there's a reason he

Ricky still reacted quickly and defended himself. He knew above all people how potent Fernando Xiao's attack was, so he

Net!"

Ricky released the ancestral thunder power, which instantly expanded and formed a purple 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, he summoned the Thunder Light

of the water power to deflect my attacks," Ricky

isn't the time to show my trump cards then I don't know when I should. With a genius of your

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

months is just a blink of an

I can't believe Ricky progressed

of the matter is that he is also

is why he received Master Paul's inheritance. He truly is