The legendary warrior

Just as the Dragon Intent Grass expected, over three-fourths of the participants were eliminated. Out of the thousands that took part, only hundreds of participants got into the second round.

Those who expected much from Ricky were all disappointed because it took him nine hours just to create a mediocre weapon.

'This guy looks innocent, but he is quite cunning. He's pretending to be weak so that his opponents would let down their guard, and then he'll take them by surprise, ' Kolton mused quietly as he observed what Ricky was doing.

Of course, he didn't fall for Ricky's trick since he knew the other man's real casting skills.

'But this proves that he already got over what Lanny had done to him. His spirit is strong, and his determination and persistence are even stronger, '

he thought.

In three days, the second test would begin in the Helian Clan's Casting Ladder.

The Casting Ladder had 999 steps in total, and the whole of these stairs was a supreme weapon of the Helian Clan that was designed for casting.

The Casting Ladder had two parts with inherently opposite environments.

Its left side was perfect for casting, as it had the ideal realm in weapon casting, spiritual power, and the power that could help warriors enter the state of casting.

A warrior's casting realm could improve exponentially in this environment.

In fact, the higher the stair, the better it was for casting masters.

The Helian Clan's members honed their casting skills in this place.

On the other hand, the environment on the right part was entirely different. It lacked spiritual power and didn't have the ideal realm in weapon casting. Worse, the energy that could help warriors enter the casting state occasionally disappeared.

In that place, the higher the stair, the worse it became for casting masters.

Unlike the left side, this part couldn't help warriors improve their casting realm. They could cultivate there, though, and it would help them enhance their current casting realm. The longer the time they spent in this place, the deeper understanding of the casting arts they would obtain.

these positive and negative environments made the Casting Ladder the best place for casting masters in the

to form one ultimate

mediocre warrior could become a casting master of Sage Level if he was persistent enough to stay and train on the 999th stair for a

an

so many casting geniuses. No other force had such an excellent training

second test involved casting weapons on the Casting Ladder. The

aspects. First, it hinged on how many steps the participants had reached, and second, the quality of the weapon they made. Needless to say, it must be exceptional.

participants gathered at the square inside the Helian

high over the sky, so much so, that the clouds obscured the rest of

entire

the stairs, he felt conscious of how small his existence was in relation to it. With no hesitation, he entered

if he stayed here for a year, the casting he did would be worth ten years' hard

can't cultivate up there. Who knows how much I could progress?' Ricky wondered

a supreme weapon that was born from the ancestral land of the Helian Clan. With it, the fortune of every member of the Helian Clan is decided. That's why they deem it very private and only open it to

Grass

The Helian Clan has so many advantages over us because they have all these resources. It's like they're destined to rule in the casting field, ' Ricky thought to himself in

real skills in the next test?" the Dragon Intent Grass curiously asked.

to do my best because this is the time to test what I can really do. The competition between me and the top geniuses of the Helian Clan has finally begun," declared Ricky firmly, and an anticipative smile stretched

soon as Elder Grayson and the other saints arrived, the man from the Short Human tribe in charge of the competition began to talk. "Well, you already know the rules, so I won't beat around the

immediately stepped onto the right side of the

first step, he sensed three

that he sensed was the spiritual power. However, it was negative. It conflicted with his spiritual power, and the two kinds of spiritual power ended up clashing against each other. It appeared that the negative spiritual power was there to stop

that the casting intent pervading the air was incomplete and chaotic.

weapon casting. If it were incomplete, it would be

even negatively affect

least was the

anything if he couldn't stay focused.

three kinds of power as they cast the weapons. For ordinary casting masters, it was a nearly insurmountable