The legendary warrior

A shocking swell of greenery filled the landscape, its overgrown weeds curling around tall and broad shafts of cone-bearing trees that significantly made up most of the topography. It was a stark contrast to the lifeless cold that pervaded the rest of the Blizzard Cliff; snow and ice showed no signs of accumulating and destroying the growing foliage with their heavy debris.

Ricky almost collapsed in relief upon arriving at the revitalizing view.

He was understandably ragged. His clothes were torn and barely hanging on as cover to his almost naked self. It failed its purpose as a meager attempt to fill him with warmth against the harshness of the perpetual winter. The force of roaring flame inside his body became the driving source in keeping his temperature within normal levels.

He had spent three whole days in the Blizzard Cliff, and in that short span of time, all he could do was run for his life.

Perseverance and stubbornness were the traits that saved him countless of occasions in the face of the never-ending dangers he had to go through.

The fierce predators lurking the unmanned grounds possessed a potency that were unmatched by most. They would have certainly been Boris' first suspects if Ricky were to disappear without a trace after his two-month excursion.

Fortunately for Ricky, he had survived and was now about to enter the Land of Opportunity Zenith had advised him to seek with haste.

He rushed to cross the threshold, fully aware that he could not stand another minute idling in the Blizzard Cliff any longer.

"There are so many coniferous trees and weeds! This must be the place where Chief Zenith called the Land of Opportunity!" Ricky muttered as he looked around in awe.

He twirled in a slow, full circle, quietly observing the scene before him until his eyes caught sight of a stone tablet nearly obscured by its surrounding shrubs. He approached it and bended a knee to read the inscribed text: The Dwelling of Fire and Ice.

A tiny narrow hole was situated on the right side of the plague, seemingly able to accommodate the size of only one individual.

"That's right. I've come to the right location!" Ricky beamed, unable to contain his excitement.

Zenith had told Ricky that the Dwelling of Ice and Fire was the birthplace of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula.

Legend had told time and time again, that a strong warrior without the spiritual meridian had once wandered in the Dwelling of Fire and Ice and honed his skills to an extent that led him to create the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula. Ricky stumbling upon the origins of the famous tale paved a great opportunity for him to grasp. As long as he had great comprehension skills, he would definitely evolve his Nine-degree Body Refining Formula by leaps and bounds inside this Dwelling of Fire and Ice.

Ricky exhaled as he steadied himself in preparation to walk in the narrow passageway.

and so Ricky had not expected that the tunnel would eventually grow wider in size as he moved along. Its surprisingly

given the increasing warmth emanating deep inside the grotto that

is it so warm here?"

he mused.

Fire and Ice... Maybe there's

the burrow had started to move downwards. A change in

arrived at

ground had an approximate range of one hundred meters. It was divided into

and translucent Magic Ice. Its age was unfathomable to mere scrutiny, but the aura it exhibited spoke volumes of its ancient history encompassing at least the past

the sporadic, crimson magma that churned and boiled with the threat of its intensity having the ability to vaporize

dead from the scalding incandescence of the lava or the gripping gelidity of the Magic Ice if he were only exposed to one of the constituents. It was a blessing for him, that

Magic Ice! This is exactly the place where cultivation method like the Nice-degree Body Refining

to the Fifth Degree within two months," Ricky feverishly ranted to himself in delight. He could see that his goal was

in the Blood Purification. I would have

smiled, his confidence swelling as he began his refining process. However, it was no painless task. Ricky could not stop the tremors from permeating his body from the agony

had spent out in the wilderness. With renewed vigor, his muscles strained as he started to utilize the Third Degree of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, and walked to the

infernal power from the Incessant Crimson Magma, and the

screamed at the aggravating suffering the two components caused him. The thick sinews and veins of his form bulged in protest to the writhing of the clashing forces

......

him not relenting from his harsh

Formula. He had also broke through the next stage of cultivation as a result of his arduous training, and had reached the

of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula granted him a growth in height of about 5.9 ft., while even his invisible vital energy and spirit were

spreading on his lips. He even believed that the overwhelming strength he wielded at present could easily smash a mountain

the Chief must already be here to take

from leaving immediately as he glanced back at the Incessant Crimson Magma and

Fire and Ice every time he wanted to polish himself.

if I try the Devourer Zone?' Ricky