Born Almighty Warrior
Chapter 722 The Anger Shifted

The depths of the Shadow Mountains acted as periphery for the Realm of Wildness. It connected to another realm, the land between them like a neutral zone in war. If the battle happened here, even Connor, as a completed spiritual king, wouldn't be able to detect it.

However, Ricky didn't know that Connor didn't care about the details of their battle at all. He truly only cared about whether anyone died in the end.

Boom!

Up in the air, powerful momentum and murderous intent battled with each other. The zones broke and healed in the span of a single breath. The intensity of their fight caused electricity to buzz in the air.

Ricky and the Shadow King stood glaring at each other. The dark auras they emitted were tightly wound strings, prone to snapping at any moment.

The more he learned about Ricky's capabilities, the more serious Shadow King grew.

"I have to admit that I've underestimated you. Though it might be more appropriate to say that, besides Connor, no one recognized your true power. You are a second-class upper spiritual king," the Shadow King said gravely.

When he was in the land of legacy, Ricky had already made a breakthrough and become a middle spiritual king. At any moment, he could have become an upper spiritual king. But then, the supreme enlightenment wrapped around him like shackles, and he didn't dare demonstrate such a strong power.

Now, he was released from his bindings. No longer suppressed by the supreme enlightenment, he could challenge someone three levels higher than him. He had already made breakthrough and become a second-class middle spiritual king so he could easily defeat anyone of the same level. "So, I certainly can't let this be a simple one-on-one fight."

"Ha-ha, you didn't plan on following the rules in the first place,” Ricky smiled. "Or you wouldn't have brought them with you.”

At that moment, power erupted from every direction, with Ricky at the center. The two deputy Shadow Kings and the four lower spiritual kings came and surrounded him.

"However, I have an assistant just like you do," Ricky said, with a smirk full of mischief spreading on his face.

"Is that so? You have an assistant?" The Shadow King's eyebrows raised with surprise. He cast his power further away, trying to find the rat in the surrounding areas. Nothing felt out of place though. "Your assistant can't be your own shadow, can it?"

His eyes flitted about as he spoke. When he looked back, Pearl had already materialized by Ricky's side.

"A spiritual space tool!" The Shadow King gasped as he watched Pearl materialize out of nowhere. His eyes glinted as if seeing gold, as greed colored his vision.

The real cause of the feud between them was the spiritual space tool in Ricky.

For a second, the Shadow King might have thought it was Ricky's doing. However, he would never have imagined that Ricky was able to match his level in only two years.

Without fear, he let his greed get the better of him.

Pearl quickly drew the Shadow King's attention. The Feminine Enlightenment that surrounded her was a beacon that called out to him.

For those creatures who cultivated dark power, the Feminine Enlightenment restricted them and appealed to them in turn

"There's something very attractive about you. Maybe you can be my woman so I can figure out what it is," said the Shadow King directly.

Pearl had kept a fine control over her power, limiting it to the point of fooling the Shadow King. He simply thought she was a normal spiritual king.

A fire burned in the pit of Ricky's stomach.

The anger surged inside of Ricky when he heard the Shadow King's crude words. Pearl was his woman and his alone. Any advances or propositions towards her would enrage him.

In contrast, Pearl ignored the Shadow King completely. There was no use speaking to a dead man. It didn't matter that his momentum was stronger than hers.

He would never be able to defeat the loathsome man who stood beside her.

"Should I stop the other six?" Pearl asked after a beat. A deadpan expression fixed itself on her face as she turned towards Ricky.

"Indeed!" Ricky nodded.

Just as Ricky agreed, Pearl's figure shifted. Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of one of the deputy Shadow Kings.

A dark whip that seemed to be made out of her feminine power appeared in Pearl's hand.

Ricky glanced her way and sensed the power of dark water on the whip.

“Damn, is this girl shifting her anger towards me onto the Endless Shadow?" Ricky thought to himself as he watched Pearl flick her wrist. The whip snapped immediately, its form shifting as the dark water followed her movements.

For someone as strong as Pearl, she didn't need the dark water to effortlessly defeat the six people before her.

“This is good. I hope she vents all her anger out so she'd be less upset with me. Spiritual kings of the Endless Shadow, thank you. Maybe you could take some of her anger.’

Ricky was right. She couldn't lash out at Ricky, so she took her anger out on the spiritual kings of the Endless Shadow instead. Using the dark water just made the whole ordeal more satisfying. "Where did you come from? How dare you fight against me!" The deputy Shadow King watched her attack with disdain. He stomped on the ground, his palm turning into a dark killing sword as he moved, and slashed up to meet Pearl's whip.

The weapons clashed directly but made no sound at all. Upon impact, the whip split into tendrils of dark water that wrapped around the sword, encasing it in dark ice the next moment.

The ice spread, climbing up from the sword to the deputy leader's grip. It spread further until he was turned into an dark ice sculpture.

It all happened so fast.

Even a genius of Pearl's level wouldn't be able to hold against the power of the dark water without any preparation. A deputy Shadow King never stood a chance.

It deeply shocked the Shadow King and the other five spiritual kings. Fear crept into their hearts. They feared the dark power and they feared Pearl as well.

Being the more experienced fighter, the Shadow King cautioned his subordinates. "Do not clash with her. Retreat immediately.”

At the same time, the Shadow King lunged to attack Pearl. His gut told him that if he didn't move now, he would lose his other five subordinates to the ice as well.

However, just as he made his move, Ricky did as well. Ricky used his full power, forcing the Shadow King into a disadvantageous situation.

How could he have known that merely speaking to Pearl would strengthen Ricky's desire to kill him? Pearl didn't stop either. The dark water absorbed the dark enlightenment. Her weapon split into five dark whips. Ghostly shadows surrounded the whips.

And the whips lashed towards the five spiritual kings.