After hearing what Ricky said, Monkey Nine once again fell silent.
"Since you are ready for death, you are ready for everything!" Ricky said. "I am really not looking for a
servant, just a helper.
I could really use a helper, specifically because two gangs of the Snow Sect, the Endless Shadow and
the forces from the Earth Fire Land can hardly wait to kill me. I am sure you understand."
"Yes, well, count me in!" Monkey Nine said.
"Great! I hope we can be sincere fighting partners," Ricky said, smiling as he reached out to shake
Monkey Nine's hand.
....
"Monkey Nine, your code name seems a little strange to me. Would it be okay if I called you 'Nine'
instead?" Ricky asked.
"You can call me whatever you want. As for me, I will be calling you leader, just like Caleb and Elvis,"
said Monkey Nine.
"Nine, do you want Beast Fire?" asked Ricky.
"Even demi-immortal warriors rarely have the opportunity to have beast fire, so I would be lying if I said
that I didn't want it. Was the power you applied earlier the power of Beast Fire, leader?"
"Yes!" Ricky confirmed. Then, Ricky went over to the headless bodies of Caleb and Elvis in tow with
Monkey Nine.
Without hesitation, Ricky directly applied Devouring Fire onto the bodies of the two, and in no time, the
Beast Fires of the two were sucked out!
"They are Beast Fires. How is it possible that they both have Beast Fire?" Monkey Nine said, shocked
over what he was seeing. More than that, he was even more shocked that Ricky had the ability to suck
out Beast Fires from the bodies.
"I gave them those Beast Fires, but they betrayed me, so now I am taking it back," Ricky said grinning.
"Now they are yours, just think of it as a welcome gift."
"Thank you, leader!" Monkey Nine took the Beast Fires without hesitation.
He also understood the hidden meaning behind Ricky's words.
"Nine, what do you know about the killers of Endless Shadow?" asked Ricky.
"Just some management and divisions. After all, I am just in the first grade of Bone Reinforcement!"
said Monkey Nine.
"Then tell me something about that," said Ricky.
"First of all, I have never seen the head of the Endless Shadow, nor do I know anything about him. All I
have heard is that he is probably an upper spiritual king," said Monkey Nine.
"There are two Halls under the control of the head, the Hall of Heaven and the Hall of Earth. The
leaders of the two Halls are both middle spiritual kings. Additionally, each Hall has two deputy leaders
who are lower spiritual kings!
Each Hall has six segments. Each segment is led by an overmatch of demi-immortal. These twelve
segments are named after animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey,
Rooster, Dog, Pig.
Each segment has nine killers of Bone Reinforcement, the grade of which is from nine to one. By
combining the segment name and the grade, our code names are formed. For example, I am a first
grade of Bone Reinforcement in segment Monkey, the Hall of Heaven. I'm the ninth in my segment,
thus my code name is Monkey Nine.
Meanwhile, the killers of Blood Purification? They are not even included in the organization of the
Endless Shadow. They are nobodies."
"What a delicate organization!" Ricky murmured quietly.
"Yes, and the hierarchy is very rigid. When one killer dies, he will immediately be replaced by a new
killer," said Monkey Nine.
"That is not the worst part. The terrible thing is that, at the very least, we will have to deal with one
upper spiritual king, two middle spiritual kings, and four lower spiritual kings," Ricky said in a low voice.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this organization was the top force in the Realm of
Wildness.
Until then, Ricky finally understood why, in spite of the Endless Shadow's many enemies, they had
never been defeated. It was not that everyone needed the Endless Shadow to do secret work for them,
but that the Endless Shadow had immense strength.
'Right now, I am no match for a warrior of Bone Reinforcement. How can I handle the Endless
Shadow?' thought Ricky in his heart. 'I think I'll just focus on the matter of the Stone City first!'
"Leader, now you understand why I am so afraid of betraying the Endless Shadow!" said Monkey Nine.
"Ha-ha, I understand, but at the same time, isn't that the exact reason you are still alive now?" Ricky
laughed. "It does not matter how strong they are. One day, I will make them tremble in front of me!"
"Leader, perhaps you will be able to do that with your talent and ambition!" said Monkey Nine.
In truth, the reason why Monkey Nine promised to serve Ricky was that he was very fascinated by
Ricky's talent. Ricky's terrible talent: seventh-grade of Blood Purification VS first-grade of Bone
Reinforcement... Well, that was something he had never heard of before. And so, when he saw it with
his own eyes, he was immediately captivated.
"What do you mean 'perhaps'? I will definitely go there. I know it."
....
"You will refine the two Beast Fires, while I consolidate the stage of the eighth grade of Blood
Purification. After that, we need to deal with some things!" said Ricky.
"Okay, leader!"
Without delay, the two of them left the magma lake and found a cave in a remote location. As soon as
they settled down, they went into a state of refining themselves. Initially Ricky wanted Monkey Nine to
go with him into the Heaven Melting Pagoda for refining, but he changed his mind at the last minute.
After all, there was no trust between them yet.
Inside, Ricky took it easy and took out all the things from the storage ring of the demi-immortal.
What he found inside the storage ring made Ricky so excited. Inside the ring was tens of thousands of
gold coins, and hundreds of thousands of silver coins. This kind of wealth almost equaled the wealth of
an innate spiritual king!
'What a rich killer!' Ricky exclaimed.
Other than the coins, there were nine weapons of the advanced Mortal Level and dozens of
intermediate Mortal Level weapons.
More than that, there were also two other Treasures from Heaven and Earth apart from the Volcano
Fruit.
One was a black fruit about the size of two fists.
"My master, this is an Infernal Black Fruit. It grows in dark places, and has a strong dark power. It is
valuable for any killer," said Alva.
"It seems that I don't need it then, and neither does Autelan!" said Ricky.
"My master, it would be useful to Monkey Nine," Alva replied.
"If he wants this fruit, then I'll give it to him once he proves his loyalty to me. Besides, I already gave
him two Beast Fires. There's no need to rush," said Ricky.
Another Treasure from Heaven and Earth was the Soul Nourishing Herb just like the one given by
Elder Alex. Without hesitation, Ricky refined it with his regained spiritual meridian!
After all, his regained spiritual meridian didn't require any Treasures from Heaven and Earth to nourish
it. All it needed was absorb more fierce power.
'Now it's time for me to refine this fruit!' thought Ricky as he looked at the Volcano Fruit.
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