Once the disciples of all the forces had entered the rift, the saints sat down in wait for them.
It was going to be a year before those disciples came out. However, the Grey Wind Land was a
magical place.
Everything that happened in the ancient battlefield would be projected in the sky and visible outside.
After passing through the rift, Ricky, Mordechai, Ashley, and Hayes landed on an area covered with the
bloody evil power.
So powerful and widespread was the bloody evil power that it penetrated the four of them the instant
they arrived. They could feel it clouding their senses and knew that ordinary warriors could not survive
it.
Besides, they also sensed another type of power apart from the evil power.
It was not dense, but it filled the air completely.
It rushed through their bodies, as if trying to tear them to pieces.
Apart from that, the four of them realized that this mysterious power could arouse their own fighting
spirit.
"Can you feel this power trying to arouse our fighting spirit?" Ricky asked his companions as he
gathered his strength to remove the mysterious power from his body.
"I can feel it, all right." Mordechai nodded.
"It's the power of fighting, or you can call it the fighting power. It is floating all over this battlefield,"
Hayes explained.
"What?" Ricky and Mordechai exclaimed simultaneously. They exchanged confused glances and
turned towards Hayes. "How is that power formed? Through fighting energy?" Ricky asked.
"Mmm. Yes and no. You are only half right. Technically, the power of fighting is a combination of the
fighting energy and willpower. The willpower at use here was formed by the fighting spirit of those
warriors who died in here,"
Hayes explained.
"Now it makes more sense. This area is filled with the willpower of ancient warriors, which is filling our
minds and arousing our fighting spirit," Ricky said. "I guess the power of fighting can only be formed in
battlefields such as this one."
"Exactly. It exists only in huge and ancient battlefields. I've never heard of its existence in other places.
It is only due to this power that this ancient battlefield can form the pure fighting energy we need.
As Ricky just said, pure fighting energy is created from the power of fighting," Hayes said.
"I see!" Ricky and Mordechai responded in chorus.
"Looks like we have not arrived in a good portion. There is strong bloody evil energy here. Although
there is a lot of pure fighting energy here, we won't be able to absorb it. Most of it must have been
eroded by the bloody evil power." Hayes frowned.
"Don't worry about that. My Devouring Mutant can devour a certain amount of the evil power and turn it
into my own power," Ricky said with a laugh.
Hayes and Mordechai laughed with relief. "Ha-ha. I almost forgot about that. You have the Devouring
Mutant on your side. We're lucky we've got you on our side, Ricky. You're right. We've nothing to worry
about," Hayes chuckled.
Ashley brought out the token that Lloyd had left in her care. Then she began to use it to sense the
Territory Seal along with Ricky, Mordechai, and Hayes.
Their top priority was searching for the Territory Seals. The survival of the Five-element Sect depended
on the collection of four of these seals. That was why they had been sent here along with disciples from
the other branches of their sect.
"We also have a few disciples from the other branches looking for Territory Seals as we speak. I am
certain it's not going to be too much of a challenge to finish our tasks," Hayes said. "If the disciples of
each branch get their hands on one of these seals, our task will be done and we'll be able to go home."
Over the next two days, the four searched far and wide but found nothing. Worse still, they were now
lost in this place full of bloody evil power.
Their fighting spirit was soaring higher every second and if they didn't try to suppress it, it would burst
out from their body.
The powerful force sending their fighting spirits into an uproar could prove lethal.
While they were busy looking around, they suddenly saw all the bloody evil power and the fighting
power around them fly into the distance. It looked like their destinations were the same place.
"Hayes, did you sense that as well?" Ricky asked immediately.
"Yes, I did. I'm sure. The pure fighting energy is close by," Hayes said excitedly. "I hadn't expected that
we would find the pure fighting energy first."
"So that is the pure fighting energy," Ricky murmured to himself.
Without hesitation, the four of them tore through the space behind the bloody evil power. Very soon,
they arrived at a blood-colored space.
This area was filled with water made out of the bloody evil power.
They were submerged in that water. Since direct contact with this water could harm them, they quickly
gathered all of their strength to form protective domes, shielding them from its effects.
"The water contains enormous amounts of bloody evil power. As soon as I got here, it tried to invade
my Soul Sea," Ricky exclaimed. "But the fighting power here is denser."
He and his companions glanced around, and their eyes soon came to a halt in the center of the space.
There was a huge blood-colored vortex swirling around there.
Within that vortex, a dazzling yellow light was flashing constantly.
Suddenly,
a ferocious growl rang out, and a gigantic tiger jumped out of the vortex.
This creature was not made of flesh and blood. Instead, flashes of reddish yellow and blood dark would
take turns and appear on its body. Judging from the momentum it was emitting, it had the strength of a
three-star lower spiritual emperor at peak state.
Luckily, creatures of this level did not pose any threat to Ricky and his companions.
However, they could sense that something was wrong. Somehow, they had a feeling that the tiger
could prove dangerous.
It growled again, and two wings slid out of its body. One of them was reddish-yellow, and the other one
was blood dark.
The tiger let out a howl and came straight for Ricky and his friends, wings flapping and jaws open wide.
As soon as the tiger moved forwards, the reddish yellow vortex dissipated.
"That fighting beast is huge! It looks like this beast has a big heart condensed out of fighting energy,"
Hayes remarked and his eyes lit up in excitement.
As far as Ricky knew, fighting beasts were formed out of pure fighting energy. To put it correctly, the
fighting energy could morph into a strong creature but without any psychic intelligence.
The sources of the fighting energy in their bodies functioned as their hearts.
To kill a fighting beast once and for all, one had to take its energy source, which was its heart.
"Leave this tiger to me," Hayes said, full of fighting spirit. He stepped forwards and gathered the justice
power which appeared in the shape of a blade over his palm.
"Be careful, Hayes. My gut is telling me that this tiger won't be easy to deal with," Ricky warned.
Hayes's eyes flashed and the justice power continued to grow. Soon, he had formed eight powerful
blades out of it.
Under his control, these blades slashed forward and created eight passages in the water, leading up to
the tiger.
His companions could clearly feel that each of these blades contained the power of a three-star lower
spiritual emperor at peak state.
Even Ricky didn't dare take these blades lightly.
The tiger flapped its wings, and countless waves were created. They turned into eight water currents
and lashed out at the blades.
The second these currents encountered their target, the blades broke into pieces and vanished into
thin air.
The tiger was evidently much stronger than Hayes.
It rushed towards Hayes, wings flapping and dividing the water in two.
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