Chapter 142 The Scorching Dragon Valley (1/2)

Smoke and flames rose over the looming mountains, engulfing the trees and wild beasts in a dense cloud. The forest was soon aflame, the roar of the wild beasts echoing from the sky.

In a remote corner of the mountain, hidden were three newly-dug caves. Sitting in the lotus position in their respective caves, Ricky and his two companions were already in the state of refining fire essence.

Although the fire essence had been divided equally among them, each of them had a substantial amount of it.

With the help of the Flame Zone, Ricky had been skillfully refining the fire essence. With the added power of the powerful Devouring Skill, Ricky successfully refined all his fire essence in less than six hours.

Of course, there was also another important factor in Ricky's success. It was the fire essence, the purest energy on earth, which contained almost no impurities. This greatly lessened the effort he had to make in terms of purifying it.

Ricky finally fulfilled his goal of reaching the sixth grade of Blood Purification after the successful refining of fire essence.

During his stay in the Casting Guild for over a month, Ricky had already reached the peak of the fifth grade of Blood Purification. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to kill Casado so efficiently, even if he had the aid of the Ice Cage Fingers.

Now, thanks to the energy of fire essence, Ricky had not only reached the sixth grade of Blood Purification, but also consolidated and strengthened it in a rather short span of time.

'This pure energy is extraordinary. The Earth Fire Place, due to its powerful fire essence and secretive nature, is really quite exceptional, ' Ricky thought to himself, feeling a wave of emotions well up inside him.

Besides, the Flame Zone inside the regained spiritual meridian had once again undergone a change after he reached the sixth grade of Blood Purification. It seemed the originally boundless Flame Zone had expanded once more, the infernal power growing even more intense. The scarlet runes, especially, had become more gleaming.

”It seems that as long as I keep elevating my cultivation, my regained spiritual meridian will appear naturally! But... I just don't know when the Supreme Skills inside the Flame Zone will appear,” Ricky murmured to himself.

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