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.

restricting, and so Ricky had not expected that the tunnel would eventually

was covered in sleet. An analogy that confused Ricky, given the increasing warmth emanating deep inside the grotto that soon permitted him to diffuse the force

it so

he mused.

Dwelling of Fire and Ice... Maybe there's

downwards. A change in the atmosphere was also felt as the humidity rose higher the more he traveled to

six hours, he had finally arrived

flat ground had an approximate range of one hundred meters. It was divided into sections where two opposing elements engulfed their own

right, lay blocks of glittering 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

and boiled with the threat of its intensity

have been pronounced 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 their

Myriad Magic Ice! This is exactly the place where cultivation method like the Nice-degree Body Refining Formula can be created. The Dwelling of

Fifth Degree within two months," Ricky feverishly ranted to himself in delight. He could see that his goal was now attainable and was overjoyed at the fact.

all grades in the Blood Purification. I would have no more qualms in facing combatants of the low-stage

it was no painless task. Ricky could not stop the tremors from

renewed vigor, his muscles strained as he started to utilize the Third Degree of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula, and walked to the center of

Crimson Magma, and the

screamed at the aggravating suffering the two components caused him. The thick sinews and veins

......

from his harsh

the Fifth Degree of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula. He had also broke through the next stage of cultivation as a result of his arduous training, and had reached

energetic compared to his prior self at the start of his journey. His breakthrough of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula granted him a growth

stop the grin from spreading on his lips. He even believed that the overwhelming strength he wielded

Chief must already be

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

not let Zenith take him to this Dwelling of Fire and Ice every time he wanted to polish himself. If he were to

if I try the Devourer