Age of Adepts

In terms of efficacy alone, the Potent Magic Essence was much inferior to the Breeding Flower.

After all, the best way to solve a witch's fertility problem was to breed flowers. But at best, it can only be used to fill in the gaps and make up for some innate regrets.

However, on the other hand, the Breeding Flower was a Tier 6 item, while the Magic Essence was only a Tier 4 item, so it was obvious who was more difficult to start.

If a reproduction flower appeared out of the camp of Esoda, I'm afraid that the 6th ranked witches would have already grabbed it, how could it be the turn of the 5th ranked Saints.

Moreover, if the potent magic essence had the effect of granting ordinary people elemental affinity as Grim said, I'm afraid that it would soon become the object of hoarding by all the sorcerers. At that time, it would be a bit delusional for Saints to obtain a strong magic essence at such a small price.

Therefore, after only half a day's work, Saints had exchanged a 4th stage high level Focus Crystal for one person's share of the powerful magical essence in Grim's hands. As for the effect, he would naturally try it with the appropriate ethnic descendants in his family.

After all, resources, knowledge and sorcery means, Saints lacked none. But it was a shame that two thousand years had passed, but the bloodline group he left behind in the Scattered Tallinn had fallen to the point where he couldn't even select an apprentice sorcerer.

This also made him sigh long and hard whenever he thought of it, but there was nothing he could do about it!

Now that there was a strong magic essence, it would give the family a chance to rise again.

When Saints left, Grim also rushed into the alchemy lab in a flourish.

After a series of tests by the chip, the quality and amplification factor of this 4th-order Focusing Crystal was clearly far above that 3rd-order crystal.

"Drop, one 4th order Focusing Crystal found... Crystal's own sturdiness: 450 degrees, magnification factor: 2, 57 times, energy cohesion form: to be determined, energy cohesion spectrum: no attribute, incidental elemental effect: splash..."

The nearly 3x amplification factor meant that when Grim injected his mental energy into the flame sorcery through the Focus Crystal, he was able to increase the power of the sorcery to 2 or 57 times its original power out of thin air. Furthermore, due to the large amount of mental energy mixed into the sorcery, there was also a special 'splash' effect attached to it.

Like a thought ripple, the sorcery, when it hit the target of the attack, would transmit the damage cascading to the periphery like a collapsing water balloon. While this transmission will weaken some of the attack's power, it's a good means of mass damage.

Amplify the power of the attack by 2 or 57 times?

It should be known that Elemental Sorcerers were already known for their attack power, and Fire Sorcerer was the most recognized fire turret among all Elemental Sorcerers. If you then multiplied Grim's attack power by 2 or 57, the terrifying effect of the attack would cause the enemy's bones to ache.

With such a powerful firepower, and the 4 Flame Laws....

Not to mention the enemy, even Grim's own brain to mimic that kind of image would not be able to help but shiver with excitement inexplicably throughout his body. For no reason, he actually looked forward to the upcoming 'death mission' a little bit.

The Focusing Crystal's function had been proven, but simply using it like this would easily make it the focus of the enemy's fire. So Grim took some more thought and cleverly set it on top of that burning corona.

Normally, Grim didn't run around with that beautifully styled magical crown on his head, and would only wear the Flame Suit when he was in battle. This way, when Grim wore the Burning Corona, the Focusing Crystal was positioned right on his forehead, making it easier for him to protect and exert his spiritual power.

Although the Outer Realm was riddled with crises, it was also an extremely good battlefield for sharpening a wizard's battle prowess.

As such, the deep connection between the Witch World and the various extra-territorial camps had never been broken.

Those large sorcerer families or organizational forces could send batches of sorcerers to the bitter battlefield or the extra-territorial battlefield, allowing them to grow rapidly through blood and fire time and time again. Although this would result in the loss of a large number of bottom-level sorcerers, as long as one bottom-level sorcerer could grow up stepping on someone else's bones, it would bring the family ten or a hundred times the great rewards of the previous situation.

Previously, the Crimson Family didn't have such conditions, so they had to use the more dangerous bit of the battlefield to sharpen their family members. And now, Grim, as a Pathfinder, had gained a preliminary understanding of the situation outside the domain, and had made arrangements and plans to expand the family's power here.

However, that was all for later, Grim's current most critical concern was how to survive that dreaded 'death mission'!

So, as Grim quieted his mind and made various preparations inside the Witch Tower, some unexpected 'visitors' disturbed his peace.

"The Great Wizard of Anremus? What did he send you here for?"

Within the dwelling, Grim was stunned to see the strange 4th rank wizard with a cold and stern face, a man and a woman sharing a body with two heads, and was somewhat unsure how to react.

To be honest, most witches would mutate somewhat when they reached the higher ranks, but there were still a few that mutated as strangely as they did.

"Lord Anremus heard that you have in your possession a potent magic essence that can make ordinary people possess magical powers, and sent us siblings here to exchange it with you in particular. This is the item we brought, so take a look at it first!" The one who spoke was the male of the two skulls, who called himself brother, with a cold and fierce look. The other female head wasn't ugly at all, and her eyebrows were quite impressive.

Unfortunately, they had two heads and two consciousnesses that seemed to be only one controlling the body at the same moment.

Thus, while that brother spoke freely, that sister had her eyes closed tightly and her head tilted to the side, as if her consciousness had fallen into a deep sleep.

And with a wave of the two-headed wizard's hand, three bizarrely shaped objects floated in front of Grim.

Grim's eyes rested on the two-headed sorcerer for a long time before they slowly drifted to the first item.

It was an exotic plant seed he had never seen before.

It was the size of an egg, with a tan skin and some strange magical patterns looming on it.

Natural magic lines?

As far as Grim knows, beings with natural magic lines have all sorts of unique and strange effects!

If only Grim, even if he was as knowledgeable as he was, he probably wouldn't be able to remember every single one of the hundreds of thousands of magic plants recorded in the Sorcerer's Journal. But now with the aid of the chip, retrieving from this plant's shape, color and special magical scent, the chip soon gave feedback on its true identity.

The seeds of the Sunflower Vine.

By planting it within the bedroom of the residence and growing it into a mature Sunflower Vine, it would be able to absorb magic and exhale an exotic fragrance that would promote the effects of meditation.

It was said to be effective against 4th rank witches as well.

On that alone, it could already be considered a pretty good auxiliary wizard resource!

As such, the chip rated it as a Tier 3 item, which could barely be classified as Tier 4.

The second item was a memory crystal.

Grim took it into his hand and held it up in front of his forehead for a moment to sense it, and then he detected the information inside.

Stored inside was a 4th rank flame sorcery, Flowing Fire Waterfall.

It was able to condense flame energy into a stream of high temperature flames, striking and drowning enemies at various angles at will, with an attack power of around 1400-1600.

For reasons of secrecy, only the first half of the information inside was presented, the information behind it regarding specific spell casting, sorcery spells and mental fluctuations were sealed by sorcery.

Grim hesitated, but put it back and turned to the third.

This third one was an actual fire coral wand.

The dark red head of the staff, the staff covered in strange patterns, and the hot breath that poured out, all tangibly indicated its identity.

A 4th rank Flame System witch staff!

What it was able to bring to Grim, however, was a 7% increase in Flame Sorcery damage.

Don't look at the 7% figure as not big, but now with the step-by-step improvement of Grim's sorcery ability, any percentage point increase often meant hundreds of degrees of terrifying energy damage.

So, for a 4th level Grim, a 7% increase in Flame Sorcery damage was already impressive!

Grim slowly scanned the three Tier 4 items in front of him, and although he was moved, he didn't reach the point where he had to change them.

If he brought the Fire Coral Sorcerer's Staff, it would mean that Grim had completely abandoned melee combat and positioned himself as a spellcaster.

This... couldn't help but be a huge waste for his super-high physique and good strength!

And that 4th level flame sorcery is not a must.

Since advancing to the 4th rank, the first thing Chip had been busy with was projecting and upgrading those existing 3rd rank flame sorceries for Grim.

So far, the 3rd rank Raging Fireball had been upgraded to the 4th rank 'Blazing Fireball'....

A 3rd level Flame Gate upgraded to a 4th level Molten Fire Gate....

A 3rd level meteor blast upgraded to a 4th level meteor blast....

A 3rd level lava armor upgrade to a 4th level flaming form....

In addition to this, both Flame Teleportation and Flame Jump had been optimized and functionally enhanced to varying degrees.

This also caused Grim's attack power to start climbing straight up, increasing from the previous base flame damage of 400-500 degrees to the current 700-900 degrees. If he added the increase from the Professional Specialization and the sorcery equipment on his body, the attack power of a small fireball he threw at random was now around 1300-1500 degrees.

Of course, if the power of the newly obtained Focus Crystal was put to use, Grim's attack ceiling could reach a staggering 3900 degrees.

This... for a sorcerer who had just advanced to level 4 for just ten years, it was inordinately too astonishing!

It was with this kind of strength that Grim felt somewhat ribbed by the three 4th rank items in front of him.

But Grim's hesitation and dissatisfaction fell into the eyes of the two-headed sorcerer, but he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

One had to know that Grand Sorcerer Anremus was a rank 6 sorcerer from the Sorcerer's Association. It was simply unbelievable that what he had brought out would be rejected by a small 4th rank sorcerer!

And as the Grand Sorcerer's Messenger, he really couldn't afford to lose face like that....