Chapter 748 Advance By Leaps And Bounds


    Ricky knelt down to keep his bnce as a strong pressure overcame him. He grit his teeth as he


    struggled to stay upright. "It finally gets intriguing. This is exactly what I expected from the Casting


    Path."


    The force at that moment certainly indicated the level of challenge Ricky was about to face.


    If the tenth stage was as easy as the other nine stages, Ricky would have scorned the opportunity. He


    grinned as he looked forward to something more demanding. After all, the bigger the opportunity, the


    "Ricky! You must be careful! This is the suppressing power from the tenth stage. For each further step


    you take, the runic power will keep intensifying," Tina reminded Ricky, her voice worried and rmed.


    "Tina, don''t worry. I assure you that this level of challenge will not ovee me," Ricky responded. He


    then stood upright in a proper stalling position. Instantly, the four kinds of runic powers surged and


    turned into a battle costume for him.


    "The suppressing power of the tenth stage, show me what you are capable of!"


    Ricky roared at the sky and took the first step. However, this little movement had immediately caused a


    solid attack from the runes to his soul Without hesitation, Ricky condensed the four kinds of runic


    powers and confronted this attack.


    A loud noise thundered and shed as the forces met.


    Ricky was only at the entry level of the tenth stage, but the condensation of the four kinds of runic


    powers hung in bnce with one single attack. He could now see for himself the marvelous


    suppressing power from runes at the tenth stage.


    ''The test designed by a warrior who is a spiritual emperor and a casting master of Demi-sage Level is


    indeed not easy to pass!'' Ricky sighed inwardly. ''It seems like even if I use the power of my four zones,


    I can''t pass through a hundred meters of this.


    If that is the case, the only solution is to understand and dismantle those attacks from the runes.''


    Thoughts passed rapidly in his brain as he took another step. This time, two runic attacks ravaged his


    body.


    ''Perhaps for each of the further steps I take, the number of attacks will increase once each time, '' Ricky


    thought to himself. Those two attacks felt much stronger than the previous one.


    It became obvious to him that in the following steps, the strength of the attacks grew while the number


    of attacks increased at the same time.


    The incremental force alone was not a huge challenge for Ricky. Nevertheless, he could never


    withstand this power in a cumtive amount.


    Ricky activated the power of his four zones to stop these two attacks urgently. However, he didn''t stop


    thempletely. Instead, he incorporated them with the power of his zones and scrutinized their


    structures carefully.


    Ricky stopped on the path to allow time for his study.


    "What happened to him?" "Is he giving up upon the challenge?" Warriors around the field muttered to


    each other quietly when they saw Ricky abruptly stop.


    "He has already passed through all the challenges. He only needs to persist for another two hundred


    meters to get the opportunity Gorden has left. What a pity!" one warrior murmured in disappointment.


    "The tenth stage is the most demanding and represents the strongest power in this challenge. It is


    understandable if this is too much for him. He has already disyed more talent than Meade has so


    far," another warrior added.


    The warriors discussed more as Ricky stood firmly in his ce. They had so many spections


    already but sooner orter, these would all be disproved. Ricky was not giving up.


    "Harrison, Ricky is indeed talented! He discovered that it requires more than brute strength to pass


    through this challenge within two steps," an elder said.


    "Since Ricky can reach the tenth stage, he definitely has a remarkable intelligence. We just need to


    wait and see if he is capable of understanding Gorden''s runic power," Harrison answered telepathically


    as well.


    ... An hour had passed. Ricky had only made progress of one more step, which took him to the third


    step.


    At this moment, the other warriors had got their results already. Linda and Tony reached the seventh


    stage with huge difficulties.


    If Ricky didn''t show up, Linda and Tony would have been the mostpetitive warriors in this


    challenge today. Too bad for them, Ricky stole their thunder.


    However, they were not jealous of Ricky at all. Or more urately speaking, they did not have the


    courage to be jealous of such a genius. They knew that they were no match for Ricky''s talents. Linda


    and Tony were resigned to that fact. If they were envious of Ricky, they would be the ones who would


    be overwhelmed and lost.


    It was the first time in the history that someone had entered the tenth stage. At this time, it was getting


    more crowded around the field. Even the powerhouse in the Casting Center appeared amidst the


    crowd. All wanted to witness this miraculous moment.


    "He must be Ricky!" More and more people picked up the name and started to repeat it to themselves


    in recognition. It seemed that the crowd has finally recognized Ricky.


    As Ricky took the fourth step, it took him an even longer time to move forward.


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    "His progress gets more difficult. Based on his current performance, I think it is impossible to get the


    opportunity," one warrior said. Many warriors agreed with him as they saw Ricky''s slow progress.


    Only Ricky himself and Harrison knew that Ricky had been undertaking substantial changes.


    For each step that Ricky took, his understanding of runes and casting became deeper and deeper.


    As he gradually understood and broke apart the runes, he acquired new experiences of runes. In


    addition, he also gained valuable insights of casting.


    Gorden must have incorporated the experiences of runes and casting into these attacks. In order to


    fully sense the knowledge and its existence, one needed to disintegrate and learn the attacks.


    For Ricky, those experiences were iparable to his Chaos Manual. They were absolutely precious


    for Ricky if he wanted to refine his casting skills.


    ''This must be the true content of the opportunity, '' Ricky thought to himself.


    All of these are the inspirations of a warrior who is a spiritual emperor and a casting master of Demi-


    sage Level. Gorden must have put great efforts into building this casting stone road.


    After I pass the tenth stage, I believe my theoretical skills regarding casting will match with the seven


    geniuses. The only shoring will be experience in weapon casting.


    But that amount of time I have before thepetition is just right for me to practicing weapon casting.''


    "I believe he has understood the opportunity! He will pass the tenth stage!" Harrison eximed to the


    two elders through their telepathic link when he saw the subtle change of expressions that yed along


    Ricky''s face.


    "Harrison, you must be joking! His progress is getting slower. It seems that he is still having a hard


    timing moving forward." The other two erupted into protests when they heard Harrison''s spections.


    They stared at Ricky and struggled to see how Harrison could havee up with that idea.


    The two did not know what was on the opportunity.


    "Ricky might have taken a very slow pace, but it does not necessarily mean that he will keep this


    speed. Let''s make a bet. I bet Ricky will pass thest fifty meters in no time," Harrison challenged the


    two elders confidently.


    The two elders were surprised by Harrison''s prediction. Even though they did not believe in his


    spection, they did not want to ept his bet either.


    Harrisonughed after the two elders rejected his bet on Ricky''s chances of winning. They obviously


    knew that they were wrong.


    Ricky used almost an entire day to pass through the first fifty meters. All the warriors were concerned if


    he could reach the destination with his slow pace. They thought that Ricky would fall at any point in


    time.


    As if in challenge to all these spections, Ricky suddenly elerated. He only took two steps and


    passed through thest fifty meters. He finished the entire journey!


    In the previous fifty meters, Ricky had painstakingly disassembled and gradually understood the


    attacks from the runes. Therefore, with all the knowledge he gathered, he was able to breeze through


    thest fifty meters.


    At this moment, Ricky was thrilled by his achievement. Only he knew what a huge progress he had


    made. On this tenth stage, he was fortunate to receive this great opportunity. His casting skills truly


    advanced by leaps and bounds in this short period of time.


    A stunned silence enveloped the field when the warriors saw Ricky''s suddenly hastened progress and


    sess. Logically speaking, thest fifty meters should be the hardest to pass through. How could


    Ricky move in such a quick pace? They all wanted to understand his rapid movement. What happened


    that he suddenly progressed so fast?