The legendary warrior novel Chapter 175

'Think of the people around me? That is to say, either Heather, Edgar, or Autelan possesses another sacred fire, right?' Ricky thought to himself.

"Alva, don't keep me guessing. Who is it?" Ricky asked eagerly.

"My master, if I'm not mistaken, my sense of the sacred fire came from Autelan. Also, I have to tell you that I got another familiar sense from Autelan!" Alva went on.

'I know, I knew Autelan was out of the ordinary!' Ricky thought to himself.

"Alva, you said you've sensed something else. If it's familiar, what is it?"

"It is the Heaven Slaughtering Pagoda!" Alva confirmed.

"Heaven Slaughtering Pagoda?" Ricky was startled by the name. He asked, "Could it be another divine artifact?"

"Yes, my master. I am the one who watchfully guarded the Heaven Melting Dragon tribe. The Heaven Slaughtering Pagoda is the one that watchfully guarded the Five-clawed Golden Dragon tribe," Alva said. "It's highly probable that Autelan has found the legacy of the Five-clawed Golden Dragon tribe, or that he has learned something from them by some stroke of luck.

The Heaven Slaughtering Pagoda and the Heaven Slaughtering Fire... maybe both are in his possession!"

"In that case, Alva, since you can sense Autelan's Heaven Slaughtering Pagoda! Maybe Autelan can also feel your existing?" Ricky exclaimed excitedly.

"I have no idea. Anyway, if the spirit of the Heaven Slaughtering Pagoda still exists, maybe he can feel me; if it does not exist, Autelan himself could only go as far as to guess the fire inside you is something extraordinary," Alva said.

"My master, would you like me to undercut the stroke of luck that belongs to Autelan?" Alva asked menacingly.

"Don't think about this anymore! Maybe I will come up with an idea to steal the lucky chance

given to somebody else, but I will never take it away from Autelan! Besides, Autelan is my friend!"

"My master, I should have been more cautious in my choice of words! I am sorry for suggesting that." At the moment, Alva was fully aware of Ricky's just and objective stance, so he gave an apology.

"Alva, let us talk no more of it. Now that Autelan has got it, it's his lucky chance," Ricky emphasized again.

"My master, I understand!" Alva replied.

At that moment, a plan began to form in Ricky's mind. He was planning to snatch an opportunity to verify Autelan's Heaven Slaughtering Fire. If it was true, then he wanted to swap a little bit of Heaven Melting Fire with Autelan's Heaven Slaughtering Fire.

…

Several hours later, the whole Snow Sect was enlivened again by Caleb and Elvis's announcement. They both announced that they had joined the Misty South Faction. At once, the announcement caused uproar in the whole Snow Sect.

"What! How can they make such an announcement?" "Ricky had a huge success! He really did it!" Instantly, all the disciples thought about that and made all sorts of exclamations.

The Casting Faction and the Refinement Faction had both invited Caleb and Elvis to join them, but failed. Ricky had only invited them once and he somehow succeeded. In that case, Ricky's skills had outshone Gennadi and Wyn in every way.

Soon, such rumors were on everyone's lips.

"With things happening this way, the Misty South Faction is no longer inferior to the other two factions in terms of fighting capacity. It is bound to pull in more disciples. In the recent months, some disciples from the Casting Faction and the Refinement Faction have been acting like tyrants and there is no way any good will come of that," some people remarked.

"Indeed! With the disintegration of the Amber Faction, Bertha also joined the Misty South Faction. There were top four inner disciples in the Misty South Faction at that point; they were Autelan, Caleb, Elvis, and Bertha. They had already come to outnumber the Casting Faction and the Refinement Faction!"

"Well, should we also join them? The Casting Faction and the Refinement Faction will be very likely to crush us otherwise!"

"Let's wait and see by taking a look at those seniors at the seventh grade or eighth grade of Blood Purification."

"That's a good idea!"

…

"I can't believe it. Caleb and Elvis are really two conniving bastards. They have unexpectedly abandoned our Casting Faction and joined that good for nothing Misty South Faction!" In a courtyard, belonging to the Casting Faction, Gennadi was speaking coldly.

At the same time, such angry remarks were also being spoken in the courtyard of the Refinement Faction.

As the Misty South Faction boasted about four of the top ten inner disciples it had, its courtyard soon became lively with noise and excitement.

A number of inner disciples, who had reached the eighth grade or ninth grade of Blood Purification, had arrived. It was very clear that they wanted to join the Misty South Faction. Nearly all of them bore grudges against the other two factions.

Some of them were troublemakers. Of course, they were forcefully removed by Autelan and Ricky.

What Ricky did not expect was that Caleb and Elvis had also come to the courtyard.

As they said themselves, since they just joined the Misty South Faction, they had to do something!

Ricky was totally mystified by their petty attitude. Why were they so enthusiastic? However, Ricky seemed mostly unconcerned by it. Ricky had enough confidence in himself and he thought of their plots as kid games.

Along with Caleb and Elvis, more and more disciples joined the Misty South Faction.

Their choices were the best choices, because they were crushed by the Casting Faction and the Refinement Faction before. They were fully aware that the Misty South Faction was no longer what it used to be, for it owned four of the top ten inner disciples now.

What was more, many disciples at the eighth grade or ninth grade of Blood Purification also joined the Misty South Faction. So, fewer and fewer disciples were in fear of the other two fractions by then.

The number of the disciples from the Snow Sect who had joined the Misty South Faction had reached 300 within only three days!

…

"Ricky, our ordinary staff and the high-end staff have come to outnumber the other two factions for the time being," Edgar told Ricky, in their room.

"There is just one problem, however. Somehow they have become mixed up!"

"That isn't an obstacle. We can recruit more people and secure our position first, then we must get around to weeding out the bad ones!" Ricky explained.

"By the way, Edgar, How do you allocate and control their work?"

"Ricky, I have divided our faction into ten halls first. Autelan has hand-picked ten hall chiefs to lead the halls. Everything is going smoothly for the time being," Edgar explained. "There is something very strange though. You know, we are all in motion, but by contrast, the other two factions remain motionless!"

"That's impossible. They may seem to do nothing, but they'll make a big move soon!" Ricky predicted.

"A big move? What sort of big move?" Edgar asked.

"It's hard to tell at the moment. For us, the immediate priority is to reinforce the management. We cannot afford a mistake!" Ricky gave an instruction. "As for the two factions, Caleb, Elvis, and I will act accordingly!

After all, our Beast Fire is not something easy to handle!"

"Good idea, Ricky." Edgar nodded in agreement with Ricky.

… Just as Ricky expected, the other two factions were stirred by the Misty South Faction's big moves. Two days later, sensational news was spreading like wildfire through the Snow Sect.

The sensational news was that Clyde, who ranked fourth among the inner disciples, challenged Caleb and won a crushing victory. Hector, who was ranked sixth, challenged Elvis and won a sweeping victory as well.

The news had instantly stolen the limelight away from the Misty South Faction.