At that moment, Ricky knew that his mother must have had no other choice when she said that it was not the right time for them to see each other. Of course, he could not blame her for this. In fact, he could only blame himself for not being strong enough.
He knew that he had to move on despite how catastrophic the effects would be.
On top of everything that he had on his plate, he was forced to step up and be a powerful man.
"Ricky, after the fusion, my consciousness will automatically disappear. After this, you should know that you can only depend on yourself." Soon after, the soft voice trailed off into the air.
"Mother, I will not let you down. I will collect all the fragments of the mysterious axe as soon as possible!" Ricky said sincerely.
Afterwards, he felt a kind of vigorous power swelling out and flowing toward his body. Soon after, it attached itself to his body so that he could take advantage of it. Without a doubt, this was his mother's blood power.
But at that moment, Ricky felt his lifespan transition, and his realm burned with an unknown force. Little by little, he felt his realm decline.
"My life is fading away, and my realm is going down. Is this the consequence that my mother mentioned?" Ricky said in a deep voice. "And, while invisible, my flesh and blood are also being destroyed. If it continues like this for a long time, then the foundation of my martial arts will definitely be messed up.
It seems that I must break the array as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I will have to pay a huge price."
Boom! After the golden shadow merged into his body, his power and momentum surged out endlessly. Soon after, he became the center of the whole area.
"W...What's going on?" Everyone muttered as they were shocked to see what was happening in front of them.
Without thinking twice, Ricky condensed his strength and launched a punch directed at the chief of the Sky-breaking Dome, smashing everything that was on its way. In a snap, the golden fist landed heavily on the chief's chest with a strong momentum. At that point, it seemed that there was no other way that the chief could defend himself.
In the next moment, huge amounts of blood spew out of his mouth as he fell on the ground, seriously injured.
As this happened, a deafening silence blanketed over the entire battlefield as everyone was shocked at what they had witnessed.
In fact, nobody in his right mind ever saw th
saw that although Ricky was just a demi-spiritual emperor, he obtained the power at the Sage Level in an instant with the help of the mysterious object.
Meanwhile, all the spiritual emperors of the Spirit Sect gathered.
"Don't say anything. Keep quiet. Let's go back!" Mason commanded.
Soon after, he left with his people.
On the other hand, Arthur didn't stop them because he knew he couldn't defeat the Spirit Sect without the Earth Seal Array.
What was worse was that the Sky-breaking Dome's chief suffered some serious injuries.
At that moment, none of the people had ever expected that such a life-and-death battle would end in this way.
"Ricky, how are you feeling?" the Evil Mandragora and the Dragon Intent Grass shouted anxiously as they saw Ricky was at gasping for breath in the palace of the Holy Three-Saber.
Meanwhile, back inside the Massacring Zone, Tina cried out relentlessly and desperately as she was worried about Ricky's life.
Suddenly, Ricky's hair turned into an ashy color, with a few creases appearing on his face.
Moreover, his once strong body deflated into flesh and bones.
If there was no breath, then everyone would assume that he had already passed away.
In fact, Ricky was only an ordinary spiritual king right at this moment.
"Is... Is this the price he has to pay for activating the strength of the mark? He is losing his life, his realm, and even the essence of his blood and flesh," the Dragon Intent Grass said in a hushed voice. "This price is too high. It's too much!"
"Evil Mandragora, do you think Ricky will recover this time?" Tina cried out loud.