Age of Adepts

This place was originally a dark and damp cavern.

However, after a simple transformation by Grim, it had become a simple and comfortable underground palace.

Since leaving Harkans City, Grim had found a safe place nearby, using the Rock Python to plunge thirty meters into the ground, which quickly opened up a crude cavern that covered an area of fifty square meters.

As for the ubiquitous moisture underground, a high temperature boundary turned the originally damp soil into hard rocky soil. Grim then took out an illumination stone set in the roof of the cave and inputted a little magic, so the place became bright as well.

Releasing the elemental magic weapon to act as a sentinel, Grim transformed another stone bed in the corner of the cavern, and fitfully lay down on it and whirled to sleep.

It had been 37 days since he broke into the Enwick Dimension, and for the rest of the month under the harassment of that annoying blade geezer, Grim almost never really slept, and even deep meditation was rarely performed. Although as a 3rd rank wizard, his body was already as strong as most demons, mental fatigue was inevitable.

The days of erratic travel, the spiritual backlash brought about by the extermination of the flame billet, and the huge amount of spirit lost in the battle of Harkans City, these cumulatively also made Grim somewhat exhausted. As soon as the safe house was opened, he fell back to sleep without saying a word, directly falling into the deepest sleep.

It had to be said that for humans, sleep was still the best means of relieving fatigue and relieving mental stress!

After the black sweet sleep, when the mental fatigue completely disappeared, only then did Grim slowly wake up from his sleep. Dazedly sitting up, yawning and stretching, Grim gently shook his head, only then did he completely regain his consciousness.

"Chip, how long was I asleep?"

"40 hours, 37 minutes, 52 seconds..."

"Uh...I can't believe it took this long!" Grim touched his hungry belly and laughed bitterly, "No wonder I feel so hungry."

Actually, with a 3rd rank wizard's physique, even if he didn't eat for a month or so, he wouldn't feel hungry. The only reason why Grim felt this way was because his own energy loss was too severe.

The Inferno Heart that was transformed and implanted at the 1st level was amazingly only a 2nd level demonic organ. When Grim's power was weak, the energy output and power-ups it brought to Grim were undoubtedly enormous. Even when Grim was able to successfully complete the Infernal Transformation, it was only by channeling the demonic breath within the Infernal Heart that he was able to do so.

But now that Grim had advanced to Level 3, the flame sorcery he had inspired or urged was easily over 400-500 degrees, such energy levels were no longer something that the Level 2 Inferno Heart could withstand and afford. The battle power increase that the Inferno Transformation brought to Grim was no longer as great as it had been in the past.

When facing 3rd level enemies, the Inferno Transformation that had helped him to overcome strong enemies repeatedly had also degenerated into a lesser sorcery ability, and was not as flexible as the Flame Body.

It was precisely because of the 'lack of power' of the Infernal Heart that Grim's battle prowess had weakened, and he was no longer able to intimidate the field with his terrifying and powerful strength like he had in the past.

If there was no need to fight and the body's flame energy demand was low, the energy output of the Infernal Heart could still basically meet Grim's activity needs. But once faced with a fierce battle, the flame energy output of the Infernal Heart became inadequate, requiring Grim to spend a huge amount of mental energy to absorb and gather the magical energy straying from the bit space.

And this was one of the main reasons for the rapid decline in Grim's body's flame energy reserves!

Where does the energy come from? From those high-energy foods, of course!

So after waking up, Grim also chose to eat to make up for the lack of energy in his body, just like Katy the Knife.

However, it was only a group of Earth Tyrannical Bears with a strength of only 1, but Grim took it out of his belt pouch and simply barbecued it before devouring the meat of a 3-stage fire dragon.

The energy gap between the two was simply incomparable!

After the ten pounds of fire dragon meat had gone down, sensing the warm breath that was slowly spreading in his belly, Grim was able to burp comfortably and his mind regained its usual sharpness.

After sleeping and eating well, the following would be the need to examine what he had gained in Harkans City.

That 4th rank Soden Holy Ring was undoubtedly a high level magic item that was far beyond Grim's power level. With it, even though Grim was only a 3rd rank junior sorcerer, he possessed a powerful power that crushed ordinary 3rd ranks.

In order to avoid exposing its power early, Grim had to cast a 'camouflage' on it to make it look less conspicuous on the surface.

After lovingly playing with the Soden Sacred Ring for half a day, Grim then brought it back above the tail finger of his right hand and turned to examine the other items.

In the next second, the Plague Poison Spirit that had become one with his soul crawled out of the void and ran around in front of him like a delicate doll.

Step 3....

After the battle in Harkans City, not only was Grim richly rewarded, but even this Plague Poison Spirit had managed to advance to Level 3. Moreover, this level 1 leap also caused some weird changes in its form of existence.

At 1st level, this soul armament existed entirely in the form of a spellbook....

At 2nd level, it had transformed into a wooden doll covered in bizarre runes painted all over....

Now that it became a 3rd stage, it was getting closer to a real life form. At least, from the looks of it, it was a strange little boy that was only 1 meter tall with dark green skin and phosphorescent green pupils, with a bare torso and no gender organs between its legs.

Although its every movement was still somewhat numb and dull, and it was still unable to move as freely as a real life form. But as 'he' ran around Grim happily, Grim still had the trance-like illusion that he suddenly had a 'son' of his own.

"Master, I also want a name..."

A timid child's voice entered his ears as Grim chanted and smiled. And the other man's request made him squirm.

"Name? Why do you want a name?" Grim smiled inquiringly.

"Because the master has a name, Alice has a name, and Mary has a name, so...I want a name too!" The Plague Poison Spirit was clearly taking the initiative to communicate with others for the first time, and although it stammered at first, once it got going, the words became more fluid and natural.

Grim noticed that the Plague Venom Spirit clearly possessed a spiritual connection with itself, and wanted to exchange a spiritual channel to instantly understand all of each other's thoughts and ideas, completely eliminating the need to adopt the 'clumsy' and 'archaic' communication method of language.

However, it was biased to use this method. Moreover, it was using the Zambis Empire's universal language of the Envik Dimension. This also meant that the Plague Poison Spirit was fully capable of grasping Grim's nearly vast store of knowledge by virtue of its soul fusion characteristics.

Although limited to its own talent, it could not cast flame sorcery, but it could share most of the sorcery knowledge that had been synthesized by the chip.

Grim sighed with emotion.

After spending so much effort and expending such huge resources, he had finally upgraded this strange item that was bound to his soul to the 3rd level. From now on, it would no longer be a rib, but a powerful 3rd stage 'assistant' that could truly help him.

However, wasn't this body that was only 1 meter too small? What are the abilities it possesses?

Seemingly sensing Grim's confusion, the Plague Poison Spirit voluntarily let go of its mind and presented its true side to Grim.

Target creature: Plague Venom Spirit (tentative name)

Target Race: Magical Covenants

Target level: 3rd order

Target Base Attributes: Strength 3 Physique 8 Agility 5 Spirit 31

Target magical properties: highly toxic properties

Target natural abilities: virulent aura, plague spores, soul toxin, plague transformation

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The list of skills projected by the chip was densely filled with combat skills with strange names and strange abilities. These were the basic abilities that the Plague Venom Spirit had mastered so far, and as it progressed, these combat abilities would continue to strengthen.

Grim browsed through all of the Plague Poison Spirit's data and couldn't help but chant.

It could see that the Plague Poison Spirit was also a special contracted creature that needed to be protected in order to bring out its great strength. Its strength, physique, and agility were significantly low, and only on par with those formal sorcerers who had just advanced.

And all of its strength was focused on the spirit item.

The only thing that was unknown now was how it fought? I'm afraid this will need a little bit of fumbling and correction over the course of a long fighting career.

"From now on, your name will be Remy!"

Hearing Grim's words, the little boy, who was covered in dark green, cheered happily and bounced off to play with that big guy (Elemental Magic Armament).

Grim, on the other hand, hesitantly took the strange Polyjuice Crystal from his waist and held it in front of his eyes.

"Chip, scan and detect the Poly-Soul Crystal!"

"Drip, scanning has begun..."

With the slow flow of mental energy, a dazzling blue mane burst out of Grim's black pupils and struck the Soul Gathering Crystal. Vaguely, a thousand miserable and sharp soul wails resounded within the Soul Gathering Crystal, making Grim dizzy.

A full fifteen minutes passed before the chip's scanning work came to an end, and an updated inspection report was presented to Grim.

Scan object: the Soul Gathering Crystal

Target species: higher energy aggregates

Number of targets: 175 individuals of higher energy were found, with a total energy intensity of 7963 pattos. There was one 3rd order individual with an energy intensity of 4214 pattos, accounting for 51, 92% of the total energy value.18 2nd order individuals with an energy intensity of 2946 pattos, about 36% of the total battle energy value.156 1st order individuals with an energy intensity of 803 pattos, about 12% of the total energy value....

After depth scan detection, these higher pure faith energies can be absorbed and assimilated by the subject, and can directionally supplement the subject's spiritual attributes.

After the subject absorbs these faith energies, they need to undergo regular spiritual energy purification, otherwise unpredictable spiritual mutations will occur. The following sorcery resources are required to hold a ritual of spiritual energy purification:....

Looking at the information and messages projected by the chip, Grim's eyes lit up with a sudden surge of interest!