Chapter 127 The Appraisal
"The appraisal for the intermediate Mortal Level casting masters begins now!" Elder Alexander said,
"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 be 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 seed or not," Ricky said earnestly.
But he wanted to p 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..."
……
"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!"
……
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 mes to burst among the casting materials.
''This me is so advanced; it definitely wasn''t produced by his own spirit energy!'' Ricky told himself as
he watched the extraordinary me 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 me.
"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!"
……
"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 mes that they channeled were all
extraordinary.
The color of Ka''s mes was a pale blue like ice! Meanwhile, the color of Ivan''s mes were ck,
looking rather ominous! And the color of Theo''s mes were grey, giving off a death-like energy.Exclusive ? material by N?(/v)elDrama.Org.
"Look at these four kinds of me. 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 onest insult, before
finally bing fully immersed in his own casting.
"In that case, let''s see who gets thestugh!"
Ricky said, before clearing Andrew from his mind. He started to wave his hands. The scarlet mes
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 me. It''s rather creepy, if you ask me! I can tell that scarlet mes 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.
"nk! nk!"
A momentter, the air waspletely 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,bining them with his Devouring Skill.
This time, he had to cast it sesfully! 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.