The legendary warrior novel Chapter 1420

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.

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

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

Supposedly, even a mediocre warrior could become a casting master of Sage Level if he was persistent enough to stay and train on the 999th stair for a few hundred years.

The Casting Ladder could grant any warrior an abundance of casting insights and experience.

It was the Helian Clan's trump card and the reason they could train so many casting geniuses. No other force had such an excellent training environment, after all.

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

The 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 made. Needless to say, it must be exceptional.

Three days 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.

This staircase protruded high over the sky, so much so, that the clouds obscured the rest of the steps.

Each stair seemed as vast as an entire world, and each had a casting civilization.

As Ricky 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 Casting Ladder's invisible aura immediately resonated with the casting runes inside him.

Ricky instinctively knew that if he stayed here for a year, the casting he did would be worth ten years' hard cultivation elsewhere.

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

"It is indeed a supreme 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,"

the Dragon Intent Grass revealed further.