The legendary warrior

Chapter 127 The Appraisal

"The appraisal for the intermediate Mortal Level casting masters begins now!" Elder Alexander said, coming to the front of the dais.

"Let me show you the real power of casting, you bastard!" Andrew growled ferociously, positioning himself directly beside Ricky.

Ricky didn't care about him at all. Instead, he looked at Bertha and walked towards her, standing in front of her casting table.

"Ricky, when you are casting, just do your best. Don't push your spiritual meridian to the point of no return!" Bertha said, reminding Ricky to be careful. Actually, she really didn't want Ricky to participate in this appraisal.

She was well aware of Ricky's talent. But it was practically impossible for him to become a casting master of the intermediate Mortal Level after only training for a few days with Elder Alexander. If primary casting masters wanted to cast an advanced weapon, they might exert too much of their spiritual power, which could irreversibly damage their spiritual meridian.

Ricky hadn't formed a strong spiritual meridian yet. If it got damaged, it would certainly affect Ricky's future in the world of Martial Arts.

"Don't worry, Bertha. I know what I'm doing. I just want to test myself in this assessment. It doesn't matter whether I succeed or not," Ricky said earnestly.

But he wanted to slap himself after saying this. The very reason he had wanted to join the appraisal was to get the Magic Spirit Stone!

"Long time no see, Bertha!" Andrew suddenly came over and stopped beside Ricky, looking all over Bertha with a perverted smile.

"Mr. Wu. Now you've caught up with me!" Ricky said with a sneer.

"Kid, I told you, I'll show you the real casting power!" Andrew hissed.

"I look forward to it. I do hope your casting skills are not as stunted as your height," Ricky retorted.

"I'll make you pay for what you just said..."

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"This is different from any previous appraisals, which I believe most, if not all of you already know. This time, we will carry out three rounds of assessments. After three rounds, the disciple who has the most sophisticated casting skills will receive the Magic Spirit Stone," Elder Alexander said, interrupting their squabble.

"Once again, I hope you can do your best in this appraisal!"

"Ho-ho!" Many of the participating disciples shouted in a deep voice, expressing their enthusiasm. They all shouted for the Magic Spirit Stone.

"You may begin!" Elder Alexander said, formally starting the appraisal.

"The first round of appraisal is very simple. As long as you can cast a weapon of the intermediate stage of the Mortal Level within 12 hours, you can pass this round. And you will also receive an identification card for casting masters of intermediate Mortal Level!"

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Immediately, the disciples got to work. They started to prepare and began to melt the casting materials with their own strength and fire.

The casting materials of the intermediate stage of the Mortal Level were higher stage materials, so the time that they needed to melt them also increased.

"Watch this, kid!" Andrew said to Ricky.

He started waving his hand. Then all the casting materials on the table flew into the tripod. His hands channeled spiritual energy, calling forth strong red flames to burst among the casting materials. All content is © N0velDrama.Org.

'This flame is so advanced; it definitely wasn't produced by his own spirit energy!' Ricky told himself as he watched the extraordinary flame that Andrew channeled.

With his strength, which was not yet even at level of Blood Purification, he wouldn't manage to gather such a strong flame.

"Look at Andrew! That was amazing! No wonder he ranks third among the Casting Guild!" People murmured in admiration.

"Don't you know that Andrew's fire is a powerful beast fire from a demi-spiritual beast? That is the Lava Fire from Lava Snake—the demi-spiritual beast! The reason that Andrew is so good at casting must have something to do with the Lava Fire!"

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"Hmmm... interesting!" Hearing these murmurs, Ricky began to further understand. "Maybe all of the top four of the Casting Guild have this kind of power."

Then he turned to look at the other three and found that the flames that they channeled were all extraordinary.

The color of Kayla's flames was a pale blue like ice! Meanwhile, the color of Ivan's flames were black, looking rather ominous! And the color of Theo's flames were grey, giving off a death-like energy.

"Look at these four kinds of flame. The Devouring Fire of Devourer Zone is ready to make a move!" Ricky said to himself. "If I get the chance, I must find some beast fire for my Devouring Fire."

"Boy, are you scared? You are way out of your league. How could a casting master of the Mortal Level's inferior stage dare to participate in today's appraisal?" Andrew gave one last insult, before finally becoming fully immersed in his own casting.

"In that case, let's see who gets the last laugh!"

Ricky said, before clearing Andrew from his mind. He started to wave his hands. The scarlet flames surged and were channeled into the tripod with his strong energy.

Even though he hadn't trained his Devouring Fire to a more superior stage yet, its power was already incredible. He had already melted down all his metals within an hour.

Because of this, Ricky was the first to start the beating phase of casting.

'That's a very strong flame. It's rather creepy, if you ask me! I can tell that scarlet flames are far from ordinary ones. He was lucky to have a master whose casting skills had reached the Sage Level!' Elder Alexander thought. He constantly kept an eye on Ricky and was impressed to see Ricky was the first one who finished melting down the materials.

"It's just a pity that we didn't have much time to train this outstanding young casting master. If we had, the Magic Spirit Stone would definitely not fall into the hands of Andrew or Ivan!" ……

By now, Andrew had just finished melting his materials. He looked at Ricky as soon as he opened his eyes, looking forward to seeing Ricky's pathetic, awkward face while he struggled with melting!

But instead, it was Andrew who was surprised.

"How can it be? How is that possible? How he can melt faster than I can!?" Andrew rubbed his eyes hard, disbelief and hate coursing through his heart.

It was a big blow to him. Casting was one of the only things he was really confident about.

However, he was the third disciple of the Casting Guild. He was supposed to handle this pressure! He pulled himself together immediately and began to beat the material.

'Even if Ricky can melt materials so quickly, it's impossible for him to cast a weapon of the intermediate Mortal Level. I should cast my weapon as fast as I can and spend the rest of my time watching him flounder and fail, ' Andrew told himself.

"Clank! Clank!"

A moment later, the air was completely filled with the sound of weapons being beat.

Ricky was now using his Devouring Skill and regained spiritual meridian to do this. As he was exerting himself on pounding his weapon, Ricky repeated to himself the methods that Elder Alexander had taught him, combining them with his Devouring Skill.

This time, he had to cast it succesfully! He couldn't fail!

Ricky's brow furrowed with determination. When he was casting with Elder Alexander earlier, he had time after time ended in failure. He had set his heart on not having the same result today.