The legendary warrior

But the truth was, Ricky chose not to reveal the fact that he had purposely caused his own failures. He believed that Elder Alexander would not teach him more casting techniques and methods if he had done the tasks perfectly.

Ricky activated the Devouring Skill to its fullest. Using the Devouring Fire as a medium, he began eliminating the impurities in the casting material.

Before beginning the intricate pounding process, Ricky first mentally practiced the Pounding Skill to perfection.

Ricky was not too meticulous during the pounding process. After all, the true pre-requisite to succesful casting was not meticulousness but the intricacy of mastering the Pounding Skill and a high degree of the casting master's assimilation into the ideal realm.

This assimilation was the perfect gauge of a casting master's grasp on the Pounding Skill and his attitude during the casting process.

Ricky would have to do his utmost best in both of these aspects in order to breakthrough and become a real casting master in the intermediate Mortal Level.

'That is no doubt an inheritance from a casting master in the Sage Level! His Pounding Skill is extremely intricate! Even I could only comprehend a little bit out of that!' Elder Alexander thought, marveling at Ricky's Pounding Skill. His sharp eyes zoomed in, focusing on his movements.

'If I could be enlightened by Ricky's Pounding Skill, I might gain an opportunity to breakthrough, '

Elder Alexander thought, paying even closer attention to Ricky's progress.

As time flew by, the more Elder Alexander focused on Ricky, the more shocked he felt. He realized that Ricky was completely engrossed in his work, to the point of being able to concentrate hundred percent on his pounding. Even casting masters in the Spirit Level like him could not manage to do such a thing!

He also noticed that Ricky had applied all the pounding experiences he had learned in the three days of training, including some of the more minute details. To his growing surprise, Ricky had perfectly applied whatever he had taught him with nearly complete comprehension. He had seen nothing like it!

If Ricky continued like this, he would probably succeed in casting weapons in the intermediate Mortal Level.

"How... How can it be!?" Elder Alexander gasped in astonishment as he tried to process the idea of Ricky's miraculously fast improvement.

was in terms of skill. And from what he could see then, Ricky certainly still had a long way to go before becoming a casting master in the intermediate Mortal Level. Even if Ricky had amazing skills in casting, without months or even years of training, he could not possibly fully grasp those experiences, pay sufficient attention to the details and become a trained

three days (as Elder Alexander suspected), he could not possibly

that such a talented casting master actually exists in this world...' Elder Alexander thought, still reeling

an outstanding genius in casting. However, he had regained his spiritual meridian, something specifically suited

the Chaos Manual, and nobody had any inkling yet of the

and assimilated the inherited techniques. This eliminated the need for

the Sage Level recognized Ricky as his student but did not care too much about how Ricky cultivated the art of casting! He most probably thought that he could not teach Ricky much in

be blamed for being overly imaginative. It was only natural to think that way when met with Ricky's

such a talentd warrior like him, it's better to give him what he needs to improve! He

with genuine sincerity. Ricky would

...

technique from among the many methods in his Devouring Skill could make Elder Alexander think that much. It was only his Pounding Skill, and

ideal realm. He was racing closer to becoming a casting master in the

finish his casting process. Right after him was Andrew.

the moment Andrew opened his eyes, he looked

eyes just in time to see Ricky had complete his last pound. A gleaming saber now appeared

had just cast. Ricky felt confident. He knew that there would be no need for careful inspections. His intuition told him strongly that

he had cast, feeling

it be? You actually succeeded!" Andrew exclaimed

did not want to verbally acknowledge the quality of

Didn't think I

because you didn't outperform me as we finished

Andrew snorted defiantly, but deep inside, his astonishment had not decreased