Born Almighty Warrior
Chapter 402 Winning The Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor's Inheritance

"What did you say?" Seth roared in a voice trembling with uncontainable rage. Murderous intentfilled his eyes the moment he heard the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor's words. Had Seth been morepowerful than him, he would have torn his remaining soul into pieces already. The disparity in theirstrength was the only reason Seth was able to contain himself at the moment.

This was way beyond Seth's expectations. Without a doubt, the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor'sdecision had shattered his dream once and for all. Even worse, it could mean an untimely end forhim.

If Ricky obtained the inheritance from the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor, he would definitely becomemuch more powerful. Even more importantly, he would become the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor'sdisciple. If that happened, there would be no way that Seth could match him. They fought, and Sethwould die. There was no the other way around.

The Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor said nothing in return to Seth's emotional outburst. Instead, with awave of his hand, he brought out the liquid of innate copper essence Ricky had made andpresented it to him. Seth's face changed color when he saw the liquid. As a Demi-spirit Level castingmaster, he certainly could tell whose work was better and whose liquid turned out to be purer.

"No. It isn't true! This is not possible!" Seth shouted, losing all control of his temper. "You are merelya Mortal Level casting master, one at the advanced stage at the most! You must be cheating!" Nowthat Seth could see the quality of Ricky's work with his own eyes, he began to throw a ragingtantrum. As he snarled, envy, hatred and all the other uncontrollable negative emotions eruptedfrom his eyes, nearly consuming him entirely.

But the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor simply ignored him. He turned to Ricky and said, "Now, followme, and I will impart to you everything I know about martial arts and casting!"

"Thank you so much, sir!" Ricky bowed respectfully.

He had gotten what he wanted. Unlike Seth, who desired the inheritance itself, he only wanted theinheritance to gain more knowledge about the martial arts world. And after that, he would surelyhelp the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor replace a suitable inheritor. That had been his plan from the verybeginning.

But he refused to admit it now, not before he obtained the inheritance and learned more about themartial arts world. What if the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor felt cheated and changed his mind? AllRicky's efforts might be in vain if the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor knew about the truth too early.He might be doomed because of lying to him.

"This is unfair, sir!" Just when they were about to leave, Seth suddenly said loudly, like a petulantchild. He just would not give up.

"Oh? What makes you think so?" the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor turned around and asked in acalm voice.

"Casting involves a lot of procedures, and everyone knows the melting process is only one of them!I don't think it fair to make the conclusion that he's superior to me in casting just because heproduced better liquid of innate copper essence. I want to challenge him in the actual weaponforging. The one who can produce better weapons would win!" Seth argued, looking veryferociously at Ricky.

"I have already made it clear that your talent in casting is what I value the most!" The Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor replied flatly at Seth's obstinance.

He believed that he was right about Ricky's talent. Of course, he knew that Ricky was now stillinferior to Seth in general, but Ricky had shown greater potential in casting than him. Combining hisinherent gift with a little more effort, he was sure to leave Seth in the dust. Besides, the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor didn't quite like Seth's character, especially now when he got so fretful andindignant losing the competition.

But as a demi-spiritual emperor, and one of kindness and integrity, the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperorwas open-minded and generous enough to forgive Seth. He continued regally, "However, theremust be a reason that we have met, my inheritance and you might have attracted each other, or elseyou wouldn't be able to get in here. So..."

The Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor then walked back to Seth and said, "I'm willing to give you asecond chance.”

"That's so very kind of you, sir!" Seth hastened to thank the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor earnestlyhearing his answer. "I won't let you down, I promise!" he added.

At the same time, he shot Ricky a look of pure, unabated hatred.

Ricky was not the least bit frightened or affected by Seth's statements. He was calmly confidentabout himself when it came to casting. Except for not being able to make weapons of Demi-spiritLevel yet, he was exceptionally skilled in this craft after all! At least he didn't think that Seth couldbeat him in regard to casting skills now, no matter how many cards Seth got up in his sleeve.

The next round of the competition commenced. This time, the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor haddemonstrated a set of Pounding Skills in the air first.

The rule of the competition was that each of them should put the Pounding Skills he had showninto practice after learning it. They each had four hours to prove themselves, during which durationthe contestant who had comprehended and performed the skills better would win.

Ricky's victory was certain. With the help of the power of his three zones, he could understand theskills fairly easily. Four hours later, he had successfully deployed ninety percent of the PoundingSkills.

On the contrary, Seth could hardly remember anything about the skills and only sat there,perplexedly scratching his head. The fact that Ricky could re-create nearly all of it stunned andfrustrated him. Near the end of the four hours, he could only curse and stamp his feet to let out hisanger and show his disbelief.

Now Ricky's ability was beyond all dispute. The Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor kindly turned a deaf earto Seth's pathetic excuses. He walked away with Ricky, and created a little private space with firebefore taking out two yellow light balls of enlightening

"These are my inheritance of martial arts and casting!" he declared. "I hope that you can learn themwith your heart, use them well, and carry them forward. Of course, I also earnestly hope that a talentlike you can improve them and obtain greater achievements than I ever did," he said with a kindsmile.

"I will keep that in my heart, sir! Thank you again for teaching me!" Ricky vowed most sincerely. Hebowed deeply.

He was trying to hide the fact that he was fidgeting. He was anxious that the Ruin Demi-spiritualEmperor would ask him to take the inheritance in right now in his presence. He would be in bigtrouble then!

Luckily, the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor said, "But don't try to take them in now. There is too muchknowledge in these two inheritance. I'm afraid it would take you up to several days to finish learningthem."

Ricky breathed a sigh of relief secretly hearing what he said. After a brief pause, he went on to say,"As for this remaining soul of mine, well, it will disappear soon after these two inheritance have leftme. I think it can only last for no more than half a day. After that, this Small World will also collapseall together.”

There was a hint of sadness in his voice as he continued, "This is inevitable, of course. When I firstcreated this Ruin Small World, I integrated it with my own body completely back then. Once myenergy dissipates, this Small world will follow, too. How I wish that it could survive like other SmallWorlds and become a perfect place for you to take in the inheritance, but I can't do anything tosave it now."

"I understand, sir. Thank you for reminding me," Ricky nodded, feeling a bit sorry about the loss."Do you have any last wishes, sir? If I am able to do it, I promise to do my best to fulfill them!" Rickysuddenly asked after a while. Now that the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor had given him hisinheritance, he hoped that he could at least pay him back somehow.

"Last wishes?" the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor asked with a smile. "If we were still in ancient times, Imight have been able to come up with a few. But now, eons have passed, and all the things thatwere relevant to me, all the things that I remembered and cared about are likely to have faded intothe history. What's the point of having any last wishes now?" the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperorsighed.

He then patted Ricky on the shoulder and said thoughtfully, “If I have any wishes in my last fewmoments, they are just that you can carry forward my inheritance. That would be quite enough.”

"I swear to you that I will try my best to use them well, and use them for good!" Ricky promised withvaliant determination on his face.

"By the way, there's something I've been wanting to ask,” the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor suddenlychanged the subject.

"Yes, sir?" Ricky replied readily.

"If I'm not mistaken, you used three kinds of fires to melt that innate copper essence. From what Iknow, all of them were extraordinary. You are in possession of three uncommon fires, aren't you?"the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor inquired.

Before he had finished speaking, the sound of an intense blaze arose from Ricky's hand.

When Ricky turned his palm up, three different kinds of flames were leaping on it. They were ofcourse the Devouring Fire, the Heaven Melting Fire and the Heaven Illuminating Fire.

"I knew that they were sacred fires! You are really fortunate to have owned all of them. I bet thatonly few warriors can manage them all at the same time!" the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor couldn'thelp but exclaim, fascinated at the sight of Ricky's hand.

"I mastered them with a stroke of luck. I wonder if you can guess exactly what they are, sir?" Rickyasked a bit jokingly, raising his eyebrows cheekily.

"Ha ha! You can't baffle me with that! The demi-spiritual emperors of your time might not be able torecognize them. But I'm from the ancient times, boy. I have seen them countless times in the manybattles I have experienced!" the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor answered proudly.

"Look at this one. It's bloody red, and keeps releasing the devouring power. It's no doubt theweakest yet the strongest sacred fire in this world. We called it Devouring Fire,” the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor chuckled. Then he turned to the second flame. "This crimson one is rather wildand aggressive, and I can sense that it is enough to melt almost anything. This must be the mostraging fire in this world--the Heaven Melting Fire!" The last one seemed easy for him to identify,too. "As for this black one, it seems to be able to burn forever like the sun, yet it smells of death anddarkness. No other fire than the Heaven Illuminating Fire of the Heaven Illuminating Eye can makethese opposing forces compatible!" he drew his conclusion with confidence.

"What do you say? Am I right about them?" he then asked Ricky, gesturing in a way that expressedhis confidence.

"You are absolutely right about them, sir! You are truly a strong warrior from the ancient times, whohas really seen this amazing, wide world!" Ricky expressed his admiration. His eyes blazed with arenewed sense of purpose, inspired by this ancient being who had lived through the birth and deathof many great things.

"It was a piece of cake!" the Ruin Demi-spiritual Emperor chuckled kindly.

Even though he was just a piece of remaining soul from the ancient times, he had his own thoughts,and had memories of millions of years. Locked in this Ruin Small World since the ancient times, hehad suffered unspeakably from loneliness and isolation. Talking with Ricky, another human being,gratified him immensely.

"Since you have mentioned the Heaven Illuminating Eye just now, could you please tell me a bitmore about it?" Ricky asked respectfully, his sharp eyes gleaming with eagerness.