Age of Adepts

If the battle between Grim and Shani, the Dark Witch, was still a kind of dark war before the Shadow Legion was deployed. Then, with the appearance of the Shadow Legion, the battle had quickly turned into a war.

And war, naturally, had its own unique look and means!

A huge crimson sun rose from inside the wooden hut, from which endless light and heat radiated, baking the nearby space with a charred burst. However, this place had been transformed into a shadow-like domain, and even the most powerful light and heat were restricted to within a hundred meters, making it difficult and far away.

Therefore, this ten-meter diameter huge fireball can only illuminate the surrounding space of a hundred meters, while a hundred meters beyond, still invisible dark world.

Shani, who was hiding in the core of darkness, raised her head, and with her extraordinary vision, saw the situation inside the huge fireball through the blinding light and heat.

The legendary fire wizard was standing out of the sky, holding a fiery red fire coral wand in his hand, wearing a strangely shaped magical crown, with red light appearing at his waist, arms, neck and feet, forming a dark red magical boundary lingering at his side.

On top of his exposed hands, he also carried the strange rings full of listening to Lang full of strange rings, each emitting strange fluctuations with very different energy vibes.

As for the legendary fire witch himself, his entire body was radiating terrifying light and heat, and his side was dazzled with a strange golden flame that was intimidating.

Under the interference of this powerful atmosphere, even with Shani's vision and perception, she was unable to clearly see the other party's face. And the mental tentacles that she silently probed into the light and heat field were also completely incinerated after a grimace.

Damn it, how can you lock onto a target when mental energy can't extend past it?

The dark witch Shani roared in anger and immediately drove the legion of shadows to launch a swift strike at the fireball.

With a single command, the ghostly shadows were in the air.

Hundreds of Shadow Leopards sprang out from every concealed place, stomping on the void all the way up and down.

Grim, who was standing in the midst of the mass of light, quickly scanned the battlefield, a light smile on his flame-filled, firm face.

With the murmur of a deep and quick incantation, the light covering an area of several hundred meters suddenly extended more than a dozen flame tentacles fifty meters in length and one meter in thickness, and waved them in the air like an octopus.

All the Shadow Leopards that rushed to the circumference of the ball of light were knocked away by the flaming tentacles before they could enter the burning field.

The violent flame energy imbibed in the flame tentacles was conducted into the Shadowed Leopards' bodies, causing them to spontaneously combust into beautiful fireworks as they flew back in the air.

A 2nd rank strength Shadow Leopard, placed in those small human kingdoms, would have been enough to become a huge scourge. But in this 4th rank battlefield, they could only rely on their numbers to serve as cannon fodder at the bottom.

If it were placed in normal times, these Shadow Leopards would still be able to directly appear in the enemy's shadow with their shadow leaps that came and went, and they would have an absolute advantage whether they were attacking or dodging. But today, they had encountered their most terrifying natural enemy!

Where can one look for shadows to shelter or stand in, when a great mass of light is enveloping them?

Thus, the Shadow Leopards that trampled on the void and rushed from all directions, even if they were strong, were forced to show themselves at the periphery of the light group. And this brief jumping pause was what brought them to their doom.

The dozen or so flame tentacles weren't for decoration, they also had a powerful power and almost unbelievable agility that was incomprehensible to normal people. As long as the Shadow Leopard appeared within attack range, before they could break into the cluster of light, they would be smacked into the sky by the overhead flaming tentacles.

So many Shadow Leopards were bursting in from all angles, but without exception, they were all intercepted, unable to even touch the edge of that light cluster. And this, obviously, made that Shani who was controlling and directing behind the scenes feel more and more angry and impatient.

This wasn't the Wizard World after all, but the Orion-dominated Morian Plane.

With Shani's strength, she would also need to use the power of the Shadow Jewel and the assistance of the Dark Witch's First Origin Gauntlet to rip this town into the crossroads between the Bit World and the Shadow Realm. And the price for doing so was naturally consuming every second of the Origin Gauntlet's reserves of shadow power.

Therefore, if Shani didn't want the Dark Sorceress line to weaken from this, then a swift victory would undoubtedly be a wise choice!

However, it was only at this moment that she truly experienced the difficulty of that legendary fire witch....

Even though the Shadow Leopard Legion was deployed, it couldn't even get close to the other side. This... this was simply too surprising!

With a heart full of hatred and anger, driven by Shani, a group of battle groups made up of 3rd ranked Shadow Warriors were also slowly approaching that huge mass of light. Behind the Shadow Warrior battle group, two strange phantoms with ethereal bodies were also spewing out Shadow Arrows, madly hitting that ball of light.

Although most of these Shadow Arrows were exploded by the Flame Tentacles overhead, there were still some that leaked through the blockade and nailed and stabbed at the light cluster. As soon as they touched the ball of light, these Shadow Arrows exploded of their own accord, like ink spewed by a cuttlefish, invading everything in contact with the surrounding area with darkness.

Flame and darkness are inherently two forces whose attributes are mutually exclusive!

As a result, their encounter triggered the continued shaking and breaking of the Flame Light Cluster.

With this dark power as a stepping stone, those Shadow Leopards that had nowhere to go immediately used their natural instincts of shadow jumping to break through the blockade of the Flame Tentacles and appeared directly at the edge of the Flame Light Cluster.

With their rank 2 strength, they couldn't even carry the attacks of the flame tentacles, so how could they resist the burning of the burning field. As a result, the Shadow Leopards that broke into it didn't even see what was there before bursting into black mist.

If there were very few Shadow Leopards, then this bit of black mist would quickly melt and disappear without a trace amidst the endless light and heat. But when the constant stream of Shadow Leopards burst inside the light, layer after layer of black fog appeared as it obliterated.

It made a large dark spot visible to the naked eye appear on the red-white mass of flame light.

And, as the Shadow Leopard moved forward and backward, there were signs of this dark spot continuing to expand and invade!

Such a scene made Grim, who was perched high within the burning fireball, also couldn't help but frown slightly.

The current him, however, had three layers of flame protection around his body.

The innermost layer was of course the Burning Fireball which was mainly golden flames, which was also his close protection.

The middle layer was the light cluster formed by the combination of the burning fireball's power radiation and the burning field, which was considered the middle layer of protection.

On the outside were the flame tentacles formed by the flame sorcery, they were all controlled and directed by the chip, leaving no gaps for the enemy to attack.

However, Grim was, after all, only fighting the entire Class Shadow Realm with his personal strength.

Thus, when the enemy's offensive was fully launched, this seemingly flawless flame defense was still invaded by the enemy.

Faced with the enemy's comprehensive and three-dimensional attack, Grim did not panic in the slightest.

In all seriousness, the current battle was nothing more than a warm-up before the real war began!

Prying open Grim's protection with the power of the Shadow Legion would only leave him in a small mess at most, but it wouldn't be able to harm his original body. Therefore, if the other party wanted a fatal blow, that 4th rank dark witch would have to do it herself.

After all, a 4th rank witch's enemy could only be another 4th rank!

These dazzling attacks and the legions of shadows going forward and backward were just cannon fodder to pave the way for that 4th Order Dark Witch to have some battle advantage!

Above the 4-stage battlefield, they could never...ever be the protagonists of battle!

Thus, even though those Shadow Leopards were numerous, nearly 60% of Grim's attention was still placed on the two obtrusive 4th rank Phantoms. There was also 30% placed on that dark witch Shani who had yet to show herself, and as for the remaining 10% was only used to focus on those shadow creatures.

The other side wanted to use numbers to suppress themselves?

Hiding in the golden fireball, Grim smiled heedlessly and raised his Fire Coral Sorcerer's Staff in his hand, a tall and magnificent Gate of Flame instantly took shape behind him.

If placed in the past, such a flame door, Grim would only need to expend a very small amount of flame power to summon it. After all, there were countless fire elements in the void that could be summoned and brought together to reduce the loss of the body's flame.

However, within this type of shadow realm, all elemental power was excluded except for shadow energy. Thus, a sorcery like summoning the Gate of Flame was almost entirely supported by Grim's own flame energy.

If he hadn't created a strange heart of law within him, I'm afraid that he wouldn't be able to afford such losses!

But now there was the Heart of the Law providing a steady stream of powerful golden flame energy, so Grim effortlessly summoned a huge door of flame behind him with his own strength.

As the door of flames burst open, countless flaming creatures swarmed out of it, roaring at the shadow creatures outside the glowing mass.

Compared to the elite legions of shadows crafted by the Dark Witches, these flame creatures were much more amateur and feeble. Not only were the high-ranked flame creatures scarce, even the ones that pounced out were mostly rank 1 creatures.

With such quantity and quality, it was simply a fool's errand for them to fight against the elite Shadow Legion.

However, Grim hadn't put any more thought into them than to have them briefly stalk those pesky Shadow Leopards. And that way, Grim would be able to free up his hands and focus on dealing with those two 4th stage Phantoms.

After all, it was the two of them that could truly threaten the Flame Defense Circle!