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.

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

999th stair, the two environments merged to form one ultimate environment that casting masters could only dream

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

Ladder could grant any warrior an abundance

the reason they could train so many casting geniuses. No other force had such an excellent training

test involved casting weapons on the Casting Ladder. The negative environment, in

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

participants gathered at the square inside the Helian

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

as vast as an entire

relation to it. With no hesitation, he entered the perfect casting

he stayed here for a year, the casting

cultivate up there. Who knows how much I could progress?' Ricky wondered in

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

Dragon Intent Grass revealed

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

your real skills in the next test?" the Dragon Intent Grass

really do. The competition between me and the top geniuses of the

of the competition began to talk. "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

moved onto the first step, he sensed three kinds

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 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 pervading

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

negatively affect

three powers but not least was

if he couldn't stay focused. Casting was no

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