Age of Adepts

Eo Valley.

The Dark Witch Origin Tower - the location of the Black Secret Realm.

Within a huge witchcraft hall on the eleventh floor of the tower, a black portal slowly opened up with a curtain of light.

The dozen or so witches waiting in front of the portal were all covered in black robes and hoods, their bodies filled with a cold and austere air. They were all elite sorcerers belonging to the Dark Witch Dark Group, the worst of the group had a power of 2nd rank, while the general members were around 3rd rank intermediate.

Such a team of dark witches with powerful combat abilities, and led by a 4th rank witch elder, would be a terrifying force to be awe-inspiring and feared even if placed on any plane!

And today, they gathered here, obviously want to carry out some hidden dark mission.

When the light curtain above the spatial energy is no longer vibrating dense, pestle standing by the door of the head of the witch micro head, these witches silent into the light curtain, instantly disappeared without a trace.

The only people left behind were the dark group elder Claudine and the Cersei leader, who was surrounded by black smoke.

"The dark canopy has already enveloped that bit, and the other party could not have foreseen your arrival in advance. So, fight quickly and exit the bit immediately after grabbing the Vulcan Pearl. I will await your return here at the Gate of Darkness..." the deep, hoarse voice of Cersei resounded within the silent palace.

The dark group elder Claudina gave her a cold sideways glance and angrily said, "Using our dark group's elite to snatch the treasure for that bastard, you're really saving our dark witch's face! If there are huge casualties in this operation, you'll just have to wait to explain it to Lord Malvina."

Cersei's face was hidden in the darkness, and no one could see the change in her expression, only her peculiar voice could be heard.

"How to explain that to Lord Malvina is my business, and as long as I remain the Dark Witch Leader, you must enforce the family's internal resolutions. What, Claudine, do you wish to challenge me now?"

Claudine grunted, no longer speaking, and lowered her head to enter that dark screen of light.

The moment her vast and pure dark power broke through the barrier of the dimension and broke into the alien plane, a small silhouette of that alien world appeared on the image of the light curtain.

As far as the eye could see, not a blade of grass grew, and the crimson ground was covered with hot sand, crushed rock, and a huge volcano with heavy black smoke. Above the dome of the sky, a huge burning fireball was spewing out searing light and heat all the time, scorching the entire world.

A moment later, the dark power re-shrouded the Gate of Darkness, and only then did the images projected on the light curtain slowly disappear.

However, for no apparent reason, the temperature in the hall had quietly increased by more than ten degrees.

Only when the hall had regained its tranquility and she was the only one left in front of the Door of Darkness did Cersei sigh grudgingly and turn around to leave the place.

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In the other Fain realm ruled by the Pale Witch, a bloody fight was also continuing.

The elite dark witch squad that had come across the border had broken directly into the central mountain range of the Javan Continent, where they were frantically besieging the main temple of the Moonlight Goddess Mimi.

Due to the existence of a massive dark canopy, the Elven temples all over the Javan Continent had lost their direct contact with their deity of faith. The many temple guards had also been heavily drawn into the southwest war zone due to the Witch's Calamity.

As a result, the only ones in the entire temple area who could withstand the dark witches' raids were the elven priestesses with the highest divine family members.

Unfortunately, although all the priestesses possessed powerful divine power to protect them, they could only hold on to the main temple and resist the enemy's constant sneak attacks against the invisible and skillful Dark Witches.

Although there were news of attacks on various temples, only the temple of Mimi, the Moonlight God, had suffered great losses.

It had suffered a number of sneak attacks from high-ranking dark witches, and even the main sacrifice had died on the spot. The 'Spring of the Moon' that was enshrined inside the shrine also flew away and fell into the hands of the otherworldly witches.

A moment later, the darkness canopy dissipated.

The elven gods once again made contact with the main pantheon, thus receiving the news that had shaken the gods to the core.

For a time, the major elven temples dazzled with light and the breath of divine power rushed to the heavens.

One after another, divine bilocation or projection descended on their respective pantheons, and then led by the bilocation of the Elven God, Syrtha, they rushed out of the central mountain range and began to follow the trail to hunt down those abominable witches who had absconded.

In the true vision of their mighty divine power splitters, no dark creature could escape their pursuit. As a result, one vicious and tyrannical battle after another erupted in every corner of the Jialan Continent.

But unfortunately, the dark witches who came across the border were obviously extremely familiar with such raids, and had a perfect escape plan. They unscrupulously summoned a large number of dark creatures, allowing them to sneak around and disturb those cities and villages that lacked the power of divine magic to protect them.

On the other hand, they themselves scattered and hid themselves, slipping silently to the reserved evacuation points.

Although some of the Dark Witches were caught up in the trail of the Divine Branches and thus died in battle. But more of the Dark Witches managed to escape and returned directly to the Wizard World from the evacuation point.

And that 'Fountain of the Moon' came to the Wizarding World with it!

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Half a month later, on the top floor of the Tower of Destiny, the Dark Witch Leader, Cersei, accompanied by Alice, met with the legendary fire witch who had teleported here, Grim.

Although the two sides had already fought overtly or covertly countless times, this was the first time that such a face-to-face discussion had taken place.

Grim still looked like he had not recovered from a serious injury.

With his red witch robe wrapped around his tall and strong body, Grim still looked so young and vibrant. However, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Grim was so fierce inside, and was especially weak in the most important mental aspect of an Elemental Sorcerer.

However, no matter how weak a 4th rank wizard was, he was still a lion that no one could humiliate.

Therefore, when Grim stepped into the hall and locked eyes with the Cersei leader who had hidden his body and face, he clearly felt a look of vigilance and hatred from the other party's gaze.

"It is a pleasure to meet you here, Lady Cersi, we have finally met!" Grim couldn't help but sigh melodramatically.

The Cersei witch's eyes dripped over Grim, then shifted to the shadows beneath him. The black fog that shrouded her face revealed two black glares that pierced the border between darkness and reality, and saw some other image that she abhorred.

"I don't have the heart for your nonsense here...trade with each other, as we agreed beforehand." Cersei cut to the chase single-handedly.

And at this moment, Alice, who was accompanying her, couldn't help but insert herself.

"According to the prior agreement, the Dark Witches will be exchanging the Fire Goddess Pearl and the Spring of the Moon for the Shadow Jewel. Since Chief Cersi has come, he must have gained something. How about letting us see the trade items first?"

Hearing Alice mention the two exotic treasures in a cloudy manner, Cersei's face hidden under the black mist was somewhat twitching and twisted. Others might not know how much the Dark Witches had paid for it, but she, the Dark Witch Leader, knew all about it.

That price was simply so heavy that it made her feel a little gloomy!

The Fire God Pearl was a divine artifact created by Sinai, the God of Flames in the World of Gods, and also possessed a mighty power not inferior to that of the Shadow Pearl. Therefore, trying to take the Fire God Pearl from him was simply an impossible task.

But the good news was that Alice had already divined that at some point in the past, that Fire God Pearl would be delivered to an important believer by Sinai for use during one of the bit wars. So it was with this opportunity that the Dark Witches launched a surprise attack, seriously injuring the believer and stealing the Fire God Bead.

Of course, the Dark Witches paid a heavy price for this action!

Claudine, the Dark Team elder who led the operation, was seriously injured and might need more than 30 years of recuperation to get rid of the violent flames in her body. The dark group witches, on the other hand, lost one 3rd rank and three 2nd ranks. As they were all injured and damaged under the artifact, their souls didn't even have the chance to escape and come back to life again.

As for the other Moon Fountain, it was a divine artifact of the Faun Plane Elves, and was enshrined year-round in the main temple of the Moonlight Goddess Mimi. The difficulty of trying to rob the divine object there was also beyond imagination.

And the price the Dark Sorceress paid for it was five 2nd rank Dark Sorceresses!

Thus hearing Alice's question, the expression on Cersei's face was simply 'colorful', and she remained silent for half a day before waving her hand and releasing two 5th rank items.

The Fire God Pearl was a fist-sized bead with an inextinguishable golden flame burning on it all the time. As soon as it was released into the sealed space at this point, it quickly transformed into a huge ball of fire and had a great tendency to continue expanding and prairie fire.

The temperature in this top floor hall also began to rise rapidly, quite a tendency to directly transform into a world of molten fire.

Grim closed his eyes and quietly felt the fire elemental particles in the air that were so dense that they were almost materialized, and all the cells and lives of his body and mind were desperately shouting and screaming, wanting to devour that Fire God Pearl and become part of his original power.

Well, it was indeed a rank 5 artifact, or an attack type... For Grim, this item could be worth far more than that mismatched attribute of the Shadow Jewel!

After examining it, Grim looked at Alice again, and saw her nod silently. Only then did he spread his right hand, and a dark, dark, metal claw peeked out from the shadows beneath him, and handed over the jewel of shadows to him.

The Cersei witch's breath immediately quickened!