Chapter 504 An Ace Genius

As her laughter trailed off, Pearl launched her attack and swept towards Soar.

At that moment, the Flame Torrent, drenched with the power of the devouring rune, came swooping in from the rear. It flew past Soar, which then directly collided with Pearl and hit her hard.

And in a flash, Pearl's attack was neutralized. Upon colliding with Pearl, the Flame Torrent then morphed into a human figure.

And that human figure was none other than Ricky. Finally, after two straight months of specialized training, he had already made his breakthrough and achieved his goal.

"Woohoo! Thank God, finally!" Warriors and spiritual king beasts alike who had seen him had the same sentiments as they all cheered for the appearance of Ricky. After all, the reason for Pearl's tremendous efforts, sweat, and blood, was to hunt Ricky down. And Ricky had just shown up. The game was on.

During that time, all the warriors and spiritual king beasts were so busy focusing their eyes on Pearl that they missed the fact that Ricky had very easily neutralized Pearl's attack of the Dark Enlightenment.

But this, however, did not simply go unseen by the eyes of two spiritual kings and the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor who watched them very closely.

"Sir, did you just say that only an ace genius could defeat a first-class lower spiritual king at mere Demi-immortal Level? I guess this would be our lucky day, then. Maybe the ace genius we are looking for is right in front of us now as we speak." The two spiritual kings exchanged looks as they said their piece to the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor through telepathy.

"Then, you have recalled that correctly. In fact, that was exactly what I had just said." The Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor nodded slowly as he was also at loss for words on how to comprehend the overwhelming situation.

"But how could it be? That is impossible!" the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said as his voice sounded skeptical. However, despite his disbelief, his excitement had tipped the scales.

"I guess I finally understand now why the dean refused to stop this selection."

"Sir, are you implying that it was the dean's idea to go on with this selection?" the two spiritual kings asked with disbelief upon hearing what the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor had just said.

"Then I guess that the dean must have had listened to his gut feeling and wanted to test if he was right about Ricky," the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor said, almost unable to restrain his excitement.

"The dean is a very perceptive warrior who practiced the Soul Rule. And this took place in his Small World. He must have sensed Ricky's ambition of becoming an ace genius. And maybe that was why he wanted to give him a chance or maybe at l

ch then rang as the collision happened. On the other hand, the Dark Enlightenment was not able to push through due to the resistance of both the devouring runes and the Devouring Fire.

And just like that, Ricky had neutralized Pearl's attack head on this time around.

But the amount of damage that the black whip was able to do to the Iron Destroyer was too much for it to handle. And as a result, a chink then formed on its metal. After all, that black whip was a real spiritual weapon. Meaning to say, it was stronger that the Iron Destroyer, which was, apparently, only a demi-immortal spiritual weapon.

Left with no choice, Ricky had to sheath the Iron Destroyer to protect it from further damage.

Right after he put away his weapon, the entire battlefield was filled with deafening silence.

"Wow, he truly is an ace genius!" both the Skyward Sword Spiritual King and the Array-shattering Spiritual King exclaimed with excitement as they could not contain their happiness and awe.

"It was the devouring power, the most formidable power of all!" The Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor weighed in. "Furthermore, his understanding of the devouring power must be at a higher level now. Otherwise, he could not have used it against the erosion of the dark power."

"How many powers did he practice and master exactly?"

At this moment, the Heavenly Ape Demi-spiritual Emperor found that the longer he spent watching Ricky, the more questions popped into his head. He was in awe at how this demi-immortal warrior was able to keep on surprising him.

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"How...how could it be? How could he withstand my attack? He is merely a demi-immortal!" No one answered. After moments of dead silence, random sounds of disbelief erupted from the crowd.

"There could be another reason for this. Maybe he is no longer a mere demi-immortal."