Chapter 479 The Possibility Of Refining The Marks

"Okay," Ricky briefly replied while he nodded his head a few times.

He knew that no matter what the consequence was, he would never give the enlightening mark back to York just because the later claimed to be his friend. Ricky was not that foolish to trust someone whom he barely knew. As a matter of fact, he had been having a difficult time trusting anyone easily after everything that he had gone through. Besides, there was no denying that Ricky was not a very merciful man. And most importantly, he was in dire need of that mark.

After the conversation between them had ended, a mysterious power circled around York and soon enough, he vanished out of that space.

"The very first enlightening mark! Yes! I finally got it!" Ricky exclaimed in excitement while he stared at the enlightening mark which was lying silently on his palm. The longer he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became. Somehow, Ricky felt that each time he successfully refined one enlightening mark, his power would improve to a larger extent with the help of his three miracle zones.

"It's time to search for the next mark!" he said to himself while he squinted his eyes in the distance. Determined, he chose a direction that he thought would be the easiest way out. Then, he set off and before long, he was nowhere to be seen.

Outside of the battlefield where Ricky and the others were, a lot of spectators bared witness to what happened.

"My intuition is telling me that this young man is going to make tremendous progress within half a year from now." The Skyward Sword Spiritual King shared his point of view through telepathy. He then added, "His capabilities are still quite limited despite the fact that he is a peerless genius.

So, he still has to improve his powers with each fight so that he can grow stronger if he wants to pass the test and be admitted into our college."

Hearing his thoughts, the Array-shattering Spiritual King commented, "That's probably the real reason why he came to attend our recruitment competition. From what I could see, it would be easy to guess that his purpose is not limited to being a member of the college. No, he wants more than that. It's also his way of enhancing his strength."

"I still remember that Jasper successfully defeated a third-class lower spiritual king who was at his peak condition at that time. I'm actually very curious as to how far this young man could go," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said with utmost interest.

The Skyward Sword Spiritual King and the Array-shattering Spiritual King both giggled a little in amusement before responding, "They are both peerless geniuses. I'm sure he will also surprise us with his potential."

"But we never know what could happen. Differences also exist between peerless geniuses. And those differences could be much further apart with those between the first-class geniuses. Above the peerless geniuses, there are ace geniuses. They are the highest level a genius could reach," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor expounded on his point.

He then added, "However, it has been hundreds of years since an ace genius appeared in the Middle Land. That's why we rarely heard of such titles."

"Geniuses even stronger than the peerless geniuses? That's almost unbelievable," the two spiritual kings both exclaimed with astonishment upon hearing what their senior had just said. They thought that for a powerful genius like that to exist, one would have to be terribly skilled and capable.

Once a peerless genius grew strong, he would become the most powerful warrior on that continent.

"So, what you're saying is that there are different levels of peerless geniuses. May we know just how many are there exactly?" the

hey became spiritual emperors. However, they had much deeper comprehension with regard to the enlightening power. So they would be much more experienced than the completed spiritual kings and the demi-spiritual emperors.

Outside of that Small World, there were still a few disciples who were eagerly watching what was happening inside.

"What is he up to?" someone asked or a better term would be "screamed." All of the spectators were confused upon seeing Ricky's behavior.

"Is he trying to refine those enlightening marks?" a voice exclaimed in disbelief.

"No way! That's impossible! Although he is a peerless genius, he's still just a demi-immortal. It is impossible for someone in his status to refine the enlightening power. Only an innate warrior can do that!" another one from the crowd expounded.

Meanwhile, their seniors were closely watching Ricky's movements as well.

"Is he really going to..." the Skyward Sword Spiritual King and the Array-shattering Spiritual King asked their senior through telepathy. Both of them were astonished as well.

"To be honest, I'm just the same with all of you. I too, am surprised to see what he's about to do," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor responded. Then, he looked at Ricky one more time and continued, "But we could clearly see that he does intend to refine those enlightening marks."

"Doesn't he know that only an innate spiritual king can refine the enlightening mark containing the enlightening power?" the Skyward Sword Spiritual King asked again. Doubt and confusion were evident in his voice.

While everyone outside of that Small World was confused, Ricky started his refinement progress. He had no idea about everyone's reaction with what he was doing.

As a matter of fact, Ricky had heard the rumor that only a real innate spiritual king could refine the enlightening power from those marks. However, he did not take it seriously. He was confident that with his regained spiritual meridian and the three powerful zones, he would be able to successfully do it!

To be more precise, it was his regained spiritual meridian and his three zones that could refine the enlightening marks. They were more powerful and they could take control of everything.

The problem was that they had already become a part of Ricky. So the moment that they successfully refined the marks, it would mean that Ricky successfully refined them. That was the secret that Ricky would never share with another soul that easily.