The legendary warrior

After unanimously agreeing on the rules, the disciples headed into the Lion King Mountains one by one. Ricky was among them and entered the mountains secretly. After all, he was no match for Jim now. It would not be good were they to cross paths.

Once under the cover of the mountain's foothills, the disciples dispersed immediately and looked for their own prey. They didn't trust each other. Moreover, this place was dangerous. It would be better to hunt alone.

The first fierce beast Ricky encountered was a lowly boa at the sixth grade of Skin Refinement.

Ricky had made great progress in just a few days. It was now a piece of cake for him to slay beasts of such a low grade.

After killing the boa, which didn't stand a chance, Ricky let its blood drip onto his ironwood, but there were no black dots that appeared.

"It seems that what Benson said is true. Only the blood of beasts of advanced stage of Skin Refinement can leave a mark on the ironwood," Ricky murmured to himself, somewhat disappointed.

The ironwood was very peculiar. Its trunk was extremely hard, an impenetrable fortress against any powerful attack. Even if it was cut with a high grade tool, there would be no hint of a scratch. But the ironwood was especially fond of the blood of the fierce beasts.

The ironwood of different ages could absorb the blood of beasts of different grades. Black dots would emerge on the bark when the blood met the trunk.

Ricky's particular ironwood was over a century old. It could absorb the blood of beasts at advanced stage of Skin Refinement.

Therefore, it was useless for these disciples to kill the beasts at a low grade of Skin Refinement. Instead, they had to focus their skills on beasts at a high grade.

"Well then, my next target should be the beasts at the seventh grade of Skin Refinement, and I need to practice my cultivation methods, especially the Nonuple Flame Strike and Nine-degree Body Refining Formula," decided Ricky.

He knew he had to get moving. Actions spoke louder than words. Ricky began looked for a beast at the seventh grade of Skin Refinement.

Within ten days, Ricky had killed in total forty beasts at the seventh grade of Skin Refinement. He had also defeated some of the disciples who tried to steal his fruits. In the end, Ricky had accumulated more than seventy black dots on the ironwood.

However, for Ricky, the greatest achievement was that he had improved the two cultivation methods and reached the highest peak of the sixth grade of Skin Refinement.

most efficient way to improve my skills, ' Ricky thought, the realization dawning

the most important contributor to his progress was his powerful spiritual meridian, although

Skin Refinement, he

two

ranking. Secondly, even if he met a cultivator of the ninth grade of the Skin Refinement, he stood a better

place to finish the breakthrough. He searched for two days and finally found a secret hideaway. It was downstream a stinking river, which was filled with

and beasts hardly ever ventured

began to cultivate in seclusion.

twenty Body

fifth grade and reached the sixth, he consumed seventy-five Body Refining Pills—thirty pills more than the breakthrough before that, when he broke through the fourth

activating his spiritual meridian and

through the sixth grade. Despite the large cost of one hundred and ten pills, Ricky knew it would be worthwhile

happened to his spiritual meridian when he broke through the sixth grade of

grade of Skin Refinement, his spiritual meridian wriggled. Suddenly, eight golden lines burst through its surface, dividing the

mind integrated into the first segment of the spiritual

as the whole world, and there were red

flames did not seem to be attacking him, and he couldn't even feel

spiritual meridian? And what are those red flames?"

now he had become immune to these and was not

floating in the vastness. They appeared

three conspicuous words floating among the runes. It

the hell is that?" Ricky pondered,

dreaming! Could it really be the manual?" coming upon this

knew about the manuals and their importance.