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 over him.

was his powerful spiritual meridian, although

he had now reached the peak of the sixth grade of the Skin Refinement, he

successful, two problems would be

he met a cultivator of the

safe place to finish the breakthrough. He searched for two days and finally found a

hardly ever ventured here.

cave and began to cultivate in

twenty Body Refining

the sixth, he consumed seventy-five Body Refining Pills—thirty pills more than the breakthrough before that,

activating his spiritual meridian and

grade. Despite the large cost of one hundred and ten pills, Ricky knew it would be worthwhile if he could reach

spiritual meridian when he broke through the

like a blood-red slender serpent floating in his mind. However, the moment he broke through the sixth grade of Skin Refinement, his spiritual meridian wriggled. Suddenly, eight golden lines burst through its surface, dividing the spiritual meridian into nine parts. Now it seemed like a slender serpent whose body was divided

the first segment of the spiritual

saw a tremendous blood-red vastness here, which was as wide as the whole world, and there were red flames floating in every direction he

attacking him, and he couldn't even feel any heat, as if they didn't exist at all.

zone hidden here in the spiritual meridian? And what are those red flames?" For a moment, Ricky was perplexed, yet he remained calm. He was not terribly shocked.

he regained his spiritual meridian, so now he had become immune to these and was not

appeared one

conspicuous words floating among the

What the hell is that?" Ricky pondered, thoroughly

The manual… I must be dreaming! Could it really be the manual?" coming upon this revelation, he

of course he knew about the manuals