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.

positive and negative environments made the Casting Ladder the best place for casting masters in the Misty South.

one

was persistent enough to

could grant any warrior an abundance of casting

card and the reason they could train so many casting geniuses. No other force had

Casting Ladder. The negative environment, in particular,

results all depended on two aspects. First, it hinged on how many steps the participants had reached, and second, the quality of the weapon they

square inside the Helian Clan, where an enormous and ancient-looking bronze stairwell sat in the

protruded high over the sky, so much so, that the clouds obscured

seemed as vast as an entire world, and

no hesitation, he entered the

stayed here for a year, the casting he did would be worth ten

Ladder is amazing! It's a shame I can't cultivate up there. Who knows how much I could progress?' Ricky wondered in amazement.

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

Intent Grass revealed

advantages over us because they have all these resources. It's like they're

real skills in the next test?"

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 the other saints arrived, the man from the Short Human tribe in charge of the competition began to talk. "Well, you already know the

onto the right side

step, he

against each other. It appeared that the negative spiritual power was there to stop

matters worse was that the casting intent pervading the air was incomplete

weapon casting. If it were incomplete, it would

could even negatively affect that

three powers but not least was the power that could cause

warrior couldn't achieve anything if he couldn't stay focused. Casting was no easy

competition had to resist the three kinds of power as they cast the weapons. For ordinary