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

to form one ultimate environment that casting masters

become a casting master of Sage Level if he was persistent

Casting Ladder could grant any warrior an abundance of casting

many

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

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

at the square inside the Helian Clan, where an enormous and ancient-looking bronze

so much so, that the clouds obscured

stair seemed as vast as an entire world, and each

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 his astonishment, the

knew that if he stayed here for a year, the casting he did would be worth

Casting Ladder is amazing! It's a shame I can't cultivate up there. Who knows how much

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

Intent Grass revealed further.

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

going to hide your real skills in the next test?" the Dragon Intent Grass curiously

is the time to test what I can really do. The competition between me and the top geniuses of

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 participants immediately stepped onto the right

step, he sensed three

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

the casting intent pervading the

how essential the power of casting intent was to weapon casting. If it were incomplete, it would

could even negatively affect that warrior's

of the three powers but not least was the power that

achieve anything if he couldn't stay focused. Casting

the three kinds of power as they cast the weapons. For