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.

environments made the Casting Ladder

to form one ultimate environment that casting masters could only dream about.

a mediocre warrior could become a casting master of Sage Level if he was persistent

Casting Ladder could grant any warrior an abundance

so many casting geniuses. No

Ladder. The

on how many steps the participants had reached, and

had passed, and the participants gathered at the square inside the Helian Clan, where an enormous and ancient-looking bronze stairwell sat in the center.

over the sky, so much so, that

as an entire

stood by the stairs, he felt conscious of how small his existence was in relation to it. With no hesitation, he entered the perfect casting realm. To

a year, the casting he did would be worth ten years' hard

up there. Who knows how much I could progress?'

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 the public whenever the casting contest is held. That is the one and only chance for outsiders to cultivate up there,"

Grass

because they have all these resources. It's like they're destined to rule in the casting field, '

the way, are you still going to hide your 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,"

"Well, you already know the rules, so I won't beat around the bush. We are starting now! You

participants immediately stepped onto the right side of the

Ricky moved onto the first step, he sensed three

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 warriors from making weapons. The second was the power of casting intent. Although different from the first type, it functioned in the same way, in that

that the casting intent

of casting intent was to weapon casting. If it were incomplete, it would

even negatively affect that

of the three powers but not least was the power that could cause distractions.

he couldn't stay focused. Casting

competition had to resist the three kinds of power as they cast the weapons. For ordinary casting masters, it was