The figure was Ricky. He had drawn all attentions from those who were present. Even Linda and Tony forgot they were fighting against the runic power as they shifted their attention to the black shadow.
"Who is he?" the warriors muttered to each other. They were all aghast.
High up in the sky, Harrison and two elders were both taken aback as well.
The comparison and huge difference was hard to deny and ignore for them. How could they forget that the three disciples of the Casting Center took longer time to pass the sixth and seventh stages than Ricky did?
'How is that even possible?' Harrison thought in disbelief.
"How is that possible? How could he have passed the seventh stage and reached the eighth in no time?" It was difficult for the witnesses to overcome their huge disbelief.
It didn't help that Ricky directly jumped through the hundred-meter distance of the seventh stage and reached the eighth.
The intense shock was immediately followed by a profound silence. Everyone stared at the black shadow, as if they were dreaming.
The deadly silence didn't last long as Ricky opened his mouth and lazily said, "It seems that the Casting Path isn't much of a difficult or challenging place to get on. I simply took one step and now I'm at the eighth stage."
Ricky's comment snapped everybody out of their reverie.
"What was that? He made the eighth stage sound extremely easy!" All the other warriors were not really happy about Ricky's words. They were infuriated.
"Where did this guy come from?"
Several of them were still struggling to reach the fifth stage. The sixth and seventh stages were as unreachable as the sky and they could only dare to think about it.
And yet, here comes Ricky, a guy fairly unknown to them, who reached the eighth stage so effortlessly. It was a stage that only casting geniuses would be able to reach. They had witnessed it with their naked eyes.
Even the three geniuses of the Casting Center made tremendous efforts to get to the eighth stage. Though Meade had already reached the ninth stage, he also found it extremely difficult to be where he was, back when he was still at the eighth stage.
It was all too different for Ricky. He had not even broken a single sweat as he accelerated to the eighth stage.
The warriors present envied him. Linda and Tony were completely forgotten. The two had likewise forgotten what they were doing because they were distracted by Ricky's deliberate display of his abilities.
"Where does this guy really come from? How can he possess such excellent casting talent?" Grumbling voices whispered and exclaimed left and right.
"Harrison, it seems that we have ourselves an extraordinary genius this time!" an elder exclaimed, communicating using their internal power. "He might even be the genius who can finally break the record."
"The ninth and tenth stages are not easy. It is still too early to say whether he could pass the two stages or not." Harrison was unfazed by Ricky's easy ascend to the eighth stage. Though he would not admit it, Harrison himself was also among those who were shocked.
Ricky hadn't used the runic power to hold against the runic pressure at the eighth stage, which meant that his talent exceeded that of the three disciples of the Casting Center.
"How about that, Pearl?" Ricky smirked, awaiting for Pearl's reply.
As a man, of course Ricky didn't want to be mocked by Pearl.
"Humph! Tell me that again when you've accomplished the ninth and tenth stages and have your hand on the opportunity," Pearl replied, seemingly unmoved by Ricky's achievement. Deep down, however, Pearl, too, was impressed and pleasantly surprised.
She was also aware of how the three disciples of the Casting Center struggled in this Casting Path.
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