The legendary warrior novel Chapter 18

'This is not a time to be thinking twice', Ricky thought. In a single beat, he activated the spiritual energy transferred from the Spiritual Energy Nourishing Pills. He gathered the pills and poured them into his spiritual meridian. As an effect, the spiritual energy traveled into every cell of his body, inch by inch.

And in an instant, his body recuperated. He felt stronger, with the vigor in his body refueled.

The pills were very much effective, cleansing and nourishing every aspect of his being. It was not too long after that Ricky achieved the zenith of fifth grade of Skin Refinement.

"Ah! Three Spiritual Energy Nourishing Pills was all I needed. Remarkable!" Ricky said with such joy and excitement. He let out a turbid breath and said, "But afterwards, perhaps the Spiritual Energy Nourishing Pills won't have such a huge influence on me, even if I possess this new magical spiritual meridian!"

Everything was better taken in just the right amount. And when it came to medicine's side effects, one should be wary. Too little will garner you with no effect, and an overdose would leave you in a fatal position.

Nevertheless, Ricky was quite satisfied with these three Spiritual Energy Nourishing Pills. With the pills that he took, he saved almost twenty days of cultivation.

"I just reached the fifth grade of Skin Refinement. If I reach the sixth grade, the realm would most likely be unstable. So if I want to increase my power, I should turn to the Nonuple Flame Strike and the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula."

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth stimulated and honed the Nonuple Flame Strike. It condensed the flame elements, poured them onto the saber and wielded the blade of the flame.

The flame blade's power rested upon the amount of flame elements transferred from the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth--the more flame elements, the stronger and more powerful the blade would become.

Speed also played an essential role in the power of the flame blade. If you could wield the blade once per second while others could wield it three times, there was no doubt that you would be killed.

Surely, every disciple thought that a certain kind of spiritual meridian of different natures had their own suitable cultivation method. But unlike what these disciples said, Ricky was like a Jack-of-all-Trades--he could adapt to and make do of any kind of cultivation method, since his spiritual meridian seemed to have no special attribute.

Ricky's eyes sparkled, seemingly beaming with flames. He leaped out of the house excitedly and ran into the small yard with a saber in hand.

Whoosh!

Flames started to encapsulate his saber. Heat was rushing through his body. Suddenly, a flash of light almost blinded him as he held his arms high, flames wildly spurted around. Eureka! Every time he wielded the saber, flame danced fiercely on the blade.

Such cultivation was no easy task. It lasted for four hours and finally came to an end.

Not all cultivation was perfect, just like how Ricky was unsatisfied with his performance. Every flame blade he wielded only contained a portion, twenty percent, of flame elements. Moreover, he was unsatisfied with the fact that he was only able to wield the saber no more than one and a half times per second.

"Twenty days later, the flame blade I wield must contain fifty percent of flame elements, and I have to wield the saber three times per second, otherwise I'm no match to Wade," Ricky said with a serious tone.

Such stunt was very difficult to pull off, especially when someone had to do it in the next twenty days.

The Nine-degree Body Refining Formula normally followed the cultivation of the saber skills.

The Nine-degree Body Refining Formula was divided into nine degrees. This division was based on the strength of the body and the quantity of spiritual energy that was stored in the flesh and blood. And this made it even more difficult to perform.

When using this formula, the warrior's body would reflect nine colors--red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet, gold, and violet-gold, from bottom to top. These colors corresponded to the nine levels of the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula.

In his mind, and with such difficult formula to absorb, Ricky told himself not to expect too much within the next twenty days of this cultivation journey. If only he could cultivate to even the first degree of body refinement and pair it with the Nonuple Flame Strike, he would certainly have a chance against Wade.

The essence of body refinement pertained to the refinement of body's endurance from blasts of powerful spiritual energy.

Ricky remembered that the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula strongly recommended the method of amalgamation of ice and flame during the refinement.

Of course, it would be better to take the supplements originating from nature to strengthen the body, yet there were not so many such supplements.

The so-called amalgamation of ice and flame was a way to refine and reinforce the body by using the frosty and infernal power. In this alternation of ice and flame, the warrior's body would become the toughest.

But this method was not easy. Its power might lead to destruction of a warrior's body. If not done properly, he would face the risk of paralysis and muscle atrophy of the whole body.

Strong with his desire and will to succeed, this warning never stopped Ricky from cultivating the Nine-degree Body Refining Formula.