Born Almighty Warrior
Chapter 81 Mysterious Man, Jason

It was another day meant for combat as all of the Shui Clan anticipated with much delight in theirbodies. Everyone was excited to see the competition among the three factions of the Shui Clan.Who would be the best one?

The clan held secrets, lots of secrets. One of them was the location of the Trio Array of the Shui Clan.The location was preserved and only known to some of their warriors.

Meanwhile, several Elders of Purity Faction led Agnes and Ricky as well as some genius disciples ofPurity Faction to an isolated hall. It was secluded, the alleyway dark and narrow. Agnes and Rickywere nervous and excited at the same time as to what the Elders had in store for them.

Two groups of people could be seen in the hall--the Groom Faction and the Sage Faction.

Upon entering the hall, Ricky saw the people sitting on the clouds of spiritual energy high in the sky.Ricky was amazed to see how they floated gracefully up there. These three were the demi-immortalgrandmasters of Shui Clan, the powerful and respected warriors.

The demi-immortals could not only make spiritual energy wings for flying, but also form spiritualenergy clouds to sit on. The demi-immortals sat on their respective clouds and gave them a nod, asignal which meant that they could enter the hall.

The Elders of the three factions talked to each other rather quietly, as if they had somethingplanned that was already taking effect. They whispered--only they themselves could hear eachother. Based on their body language and their lip read, they were all confident that the control overBillow City would be theirs.

During this time, Agnes introduced the competitors of the other two factions to Ricky.

The Sage Faction, which had controlled the Billow City for three years in a row, sent Dora Shui tojoin the competition this time. She represented the whole of the faction and was expected to winthe battle. Of course, everyone in the Sage Faction rooted for her to bag the win for the fourthconsecutive year. But there was someone odd in the hall, someone invited by Dora who seemed tobe very mysterious. The Purity Faction did some research on him but still, to their dismay, and nomatter how deep they tried to dig, they still weren't able to figure out who he was and what hisbackground was.

In the battle yesterday, no one could hardly take a punch from this young man, including disciplesat the peak of the first grade of Blood Purification. The warrior was strong, and that was as far asthey could go in describing him.

After hearing Agnes’ introduction, Ricky shifted his gaze to the Sage Faction. He looked at them andstarted to wonder who would be the man Agnes just described. Alas, he found the one. He was veryeasy to spot for he completely stood out of the crowd.

The warrior wore a black robe and looked as young as Ricky. Despite the simplicity of his clothes, hewas noticeable. He emitted so strong a vibe that no one could deny he was indeed powerful.

Aside from the fact that he was undeniably strong, he bore a saber on his back which emittedstrong intangible saber-light.

'He will be a powerful competitor!" Ricky was sure of his judgment even with the first glance. Thisman would be the one to watch out for in the competition.

The young man had hyper senses. Soon he felt Ricky stare at him and gazed upon Ricky with hisdark black eyes.

The man only shot him a glance, nothing more, and then looked away as if he only wanted to tellRicky that he knew he was staring at him.

The Groom Faction, on the other hand, was even worse than the Purity Faction, because for fourconsecutive years, the Groom Faction hadn't won any control over Billow City.

After talking about Sage Faction's competitor, Agnes introduced the competitor from the GroomFaction. It was their best disciple--Elsa Shui. Boasting her skills and capabilities, Elsa invited anothergenius from West Vanity Valley, the one and only, Jason Li.

After Jason knew what happened to Alan, he made it his mission to avenge him.

As expected, right after Agnes told Ricky the information, a tall, rough-looking young man who wasrather unfriendly came straight toward Ricky.

"Ricky, look out! Jason is far stronger than Alan, be careful.” Agnes reminded Ricky of that.

"Don't worry. He just came here to taunt. The time for battle is yet to begin." Ricky smiled.

"Are you the one who defeated Alan? You don't seem so strong." Jason came forward, and talked toRicky disdainfully.

"I'm indeed very ordinary, but such an ordinary man defeated the genius in West Vanity Valley. Thatonly means one thing-- your so-called genius is just a joke," Ricky replied simply.

People around chuckled after hearing Ricky's words, which made Jason more spiteful.

"I came here to tell you that you don't have any place in this competition. You better pray that youwouldn't pass the Trio Array, otherwise you would regret crossing me," Jason threatened.

"You'd better think about yourself. If you failed to pass the Trio Array, both you and the West VanityValley would lose face.” Ricky sneered, pointing out the fact coolly.

Crack! Jason couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't wait to showcase his strength in battle and bringdown Ricky. He clenched fists angrily, and almost made his bones crack. He had a hard timestopping himself from attacking Ricky, and it was a good thing Elsa was there to calm him down."Agnes, keep your partner's mouth shut!" Elsa said to Agnes fiercely.

"So do you!" Agnes said coldly.

Subsequently, the verbal confrontation ended with Jason's sneer.

With the shift of attention, all eyes were looking at the three demi-immortals in the sky, waiting fortheir statements.

The next moment, one of the three demi-immortals said in a clear and loud voice, "Each of the threegroups of competitors will enter the random door in the hall. There, you will see the Trio Array.

I can assure you that the Trio Array behind the three doors in the hall is the same.”

After the announcement, the demi-immortal grandmaster gave a deafening silence.

"Agnes, which door shall we choose among the three?" Ricky asked Agnes who seemed to bepondering over her options.

"It makes no difference. Just let them choose first,” Agnes replied.

Then, Ricky and Agnes entered the hall after the other two groups made their choices.

The competition among the three powerful factions of Shui Clan formally began after the choosingof their respective doors.

Except for the demi-immortals, all the people couldn't see what was happening in the hall. Theycould only wait for the final result calmly.

After entering the hall, Ricky found that it was divided into three parts. A third of the fan-shapedarea was visible to Ricky.

In addition to this were rows of wooden men who seemed to be ready to beat the living soul out ofthem.

Behind the rows of wooden men, there was a staircase leading to the second floor of the hall."Look, this is the Wooden Men Array of the Trio Array," Ricky said seriously, feeling a sense ofdanger and apprehension.

"Exactly, this is the Wooden Men Array. Only after passing this array can we go to the second floorto challenge the Stone Men Array,” Agnes whispered softly. The watery spiritual energy hademerged from her body.

Right after Agnes's words, a clicking sound was suddenly heard.

Wooden limbs started to move as the Wooden Men ran towards them with great speed.

They soon formed a line just like a long snake. All of them stared at Ricky and Agnes ghastly.

"It seems that the competition has started. Agnes, we'd better not separate. Otherwise we wouldpossibly be defeated by these wooden men one by one," Ricky suggested.

Meanwhile, he gathered ideas on how to pass the Wooden Men Array. “Do we take them one byone or do we just slide our way to the staircase and go up?" Ricky thought to himself.

"I know, Ricky, this is the reason why two people are needed to participate in the competition. Inthis Trio Array, even the warriors at the third grade of Blood Purification could not always watch outfor things behind them," Agnes replied.

The next moment, they stood back to back, and took out their weapons, getting ready to fight. Theysummoned up all their energies as they were preparing for one woody battle.

Suddenly, booming sounds filled the hall. They looked everywhere as they searched for the sourceof the sounds.

The moment they took out their weapons, the Wooden Men Array moved rapidly, rounded them upand trapped them in the center. Sticks suddenly appeared in the wooden men's hands as they wereprogrammed to.

Every stick in the wooden men's hands corresponded to the power of the array. The wooden menwere not that easy to defeat for they all matched the power of a warrior at the peak of eighth gradeof Skin Refinement. Ricky and Agnes moved closer together, back to back, as they held theirweapons in an attacking stance ready to fight their lifeless opponents.