Born Almighty Warrior
Chapter 748 Advance By Leaps And Bounds

Ricky knelt down to keep his balance 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 larger the difficulty to obtain it.

"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 alarmed.

"Tina, don't worry. I assure you that this level of challenge will not overcome 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 clashed 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 balance 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 cumulative amount.

Ricky activated the power of his four zones to stop these two attacks urgently. However, he didn't stop them completely. 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 displayed more talent than Meade has so far,” another warrior added.

The warriors discussed more as Ricky stood firmly in his place. They had so many speculations already but sooner or later, 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 most competitive warriors in this challenge today. Too bad for them, Ricky stole their thunder.

However, they were not jealous of Ricky at all. Or more accurately 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.

"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 incomparable 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 shortcoming will be experience in weapon casting.

But that amount of time I have before the competition is just right for me to practicing weapon casting.’

"I believe he has understood the opportunity! He will pass the tenth stage!" Harrison exclaimed to the two elders through their telepathic link when he saw the subtle change of expressions that played 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 speculations. They stared at Ricky and struggled to see how Harrison could have come 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 the last 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 speculation, they did not want to accept his bet either.

Harrison laughed 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 speculations, Ricky suddenly accelerated. He only took two steps and passed through the last 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 the last 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 success. Logically speaking, the last 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?