Age of Adepts

Strange Space.

It was a bizarre space that was only a hundred square meters in size.

There were no doors or windows, no walls, no floors or ceilings, not even a passage to enter or exit, the entire space was a closed space surrounded by a translucent strange force field wall.

If you stand at the edge of the space and strike the force field wall with your hand, you will hear a dull thumping sound. This shows that the force field wall is a real substance, not a hazy illusion. Looking through the force field wall, one can only see a glare of strange colors, making it difficult to identify where one is at this moment.

There was no air, no soil, no water, and certainly not any living life within the surface... yet it was not a lonely place!

When Grim entered this space through the teleportation formation, he was confronted by a terrifying stream of flames that could consume gold and bones. The red flame stream washed over Grim's body, but did not damage him in the slightest, instead it turned into a dense, almost materialized flame energy that scrambled to swarm into his body.

Grim felt the extremely full flame breath in his body, and even more so, the fervor and agitation in his spiritual sea that had been dried up for a long time, eagerly awaiting the arrival of manna.

Having arrived here, nourished by the strange and pure flame energy, it seemed as if the riddled wounds in the soul's origin had improved, and the entire body, mind, and spirit could not help but be invigorated, once again possessing that feeling of fullness full of power.

There was nothing in the entire space, only the Fire God Pearl floating alone in midair, slowly spreading out a stream of extremely pure flame energy.

If it was purely just flame energy, then the Flame Heart in Grim's body could achieve a similar effect, and it was much easier to accept his control. Therefore, the flames overflowing from the Fire God Pearl could nourish and strengthen Grim's heart and soul, and there must be something unusual about it.

Grim did not rush to approach the Fire God Pearl, but examined it silently from a distance.

The astral seal that Alice had attached was still in effect, and there were no unusual energy fluctuations inside the Fire God Pearl. The reason why there was a constant overflow of flame energy was entirely because the Fire God Bead itself was a powerful to terrifying energy source.

The flame energy came from the void and gathered within the core of the Fire God Bead, most of it transformed into some sort of higher level of strange power that was stored, while a small portion dispersed out, radiating and transforming the surrounding environment.

If Grim didn't absorb and devour the scattered flame energy in the exotic space, I'm afraid that by the time he next came in, it would have become an ocean of flame energy. If the Fire God Pearl was given enough time and space, it could even create a flame space or molten fire world out of thin air.

At this time, the alien space had also undergone some strange changes due to the existence of the Fire God Bead.

The edges of the space were filled with a sea of scattered flames that danced in the air like beautiful silk drifting ribbons. Near the central area of the space, the flames became more and more dense and intense, and the crimson streams of flame vibrated around the Fire God Pearl like tides.

And by the time it came within ten steps of the Fire God Pearl, the flame energy here had already thickened into a viscous liquid fluid, wrapping the Fire God Pearl in a huge ball of fire that could not be seen clearly. Even from a distance, Grim could hear the loud rumbling sound of the rapid flow of liquid flames within the giant fireball.

Grim stood at the edge of the space, his black pupils blue and shining, almost blinking to take in the energy changes here.

The energy radiation intensity of the flames at the edge of the space was as high as 137 degrees, while the middle area had soared to 335 degrees. As for that giant fireball, the internal radiation was even as high as 628 degrees....

If Grim was only a 3rd level wizard, Grim would only be able to move around the edges and central area. If he got too close to the fireball, he would even be in considerable danger of losing his life.

Luckily Grim had already advanced to rank 4, and it was fortunate that Grim possessed a Chaos Physique, so he was still able to move around freely in such a dense space of flames, even as a fish.

Grim had also had the intention to use the instruments inside the lab to resolve the secrets of the Fire God Pearl. But after the extracted flame energy left the radiation range of the Fire God Bead, the strange energy inside would quickly decay and transform into ordinary flame energy.

This was a clear indication that the biggest secret of the Fire God Pearl was actually itself.

Grim walked slowly and leisurely in the wondrous ocean made up of flame energy, and every tremor of his spirit fluctuation could set off one massive tsunami after another in the sea of fire. The spirit energy that was dispersed out was constantly importing some kind of strange energy into his body, making him feel warm, as if his whole body was soaking in a snowy mountain hot spring with the right temperature, and he didn't want to do anything lazily.

Although his body was lazy, his spirit was becoming more and more aroused.

Numerous flame particles that resonated with his spirit were competing to be the first to pour into the ramshackle space of consciousness, slowly and firmly repairing the damage there. In the process, even Grim's soul origin was nourished to a certain extent and grew stronger and stronger.

Grim slowly walked to the front of the giant fireball and stretched out his right hand to slowly probe into it.

As soon as his hand fell into the fireball, he felt the impact and burning of the stream of flame from all directions. If it weren't for him and a different person, I'm afraid that in less than a couple of fingers, his entire arm would have turned into a pile of charcoal, and his flesh would have been eaten away by the astonishingly high temperature of the flames.

But after all, he was already a 4th stage legendary fire witch, this kind of terrifying heat was just right for him.

Thus, a moment later, the fireball shook, the energy crumbled, and the fire god pearl transformed into a fist-sized bead that was honestly grabbed out.

"Come out and talk! I know you're in there..." said Grim matter-of-factly, while not half a living being existed in front of him except for the Vulcan Pearl.

........

"Playing dead doesn't work with me..." said Grim, his young and handsome face full of a teasing look that he couldn't hide, "You better not be a consciousness billet of that Sinai, or else I'll have to take the You completely erased it!"

Sensing Grim's fierce and abnormal threat, as well as the dense and terrifying flame energy that vibrated in his body, the Fire God Pearl that was lying peacefully in his palm finally made a slight movement.

A flame steamed up.

A golden flame gushed out from inside the bead, dazzling and tossing and then condensing into a strange flame human face.

"How did you perceive my existence? Honestly, it seems as if the two vicious women from before weren't able to detect my presence, so how did you do it?" A strange child's voice came out of the flame-face, sounding a bit springy and otherworldly and compelling.

"Fierce woman? Ha.......If Alice hears that description, it won't be a good thing for you. As for being aware of your existence, well, that's not surprising. It's because I had come into contact with a Flame Tiger with autonomous consciousness in the Fire Elemental Plane before, so I'm just a little familiar with the elemental life fluctuations you're overflowing..."

"A Flame Tiger with autonomous consciousness..." the Flame Face murmured with a low head, his tone filled with longing and envy.

"Well, since you are also a vessel with an autonomous consciousness, you naturally understand what I will do to you, right?" Grim threatened coldly, "Tell me, are you going to let go of the core of your consciousness on your own, or am I going to have to go to the trouble of erasing your existence completely?"

The flame-face smile tightened and the voice changed from a clear child's voice to a deep, hoarse male voice.

"Erase my consciousness? Oh, little wizard, I'm not laughing at you, you're not even a great wizard could do that, I'm afraid! You are only a 4th rank wizard, and I... am a 5th rank artifact, you can't do anything about it..."

Grim smiled heedlessly and clenched his right hand in Ug, cutting off the energy supply of the Vulcan Bead, and the proposed flaming human face smouldered away in a moment, turning into fire debris in the sky.

"Chip, start microscanning, keep me informed of the scan results..."

"Drip, mission established, scan operation begins..." as the mechanical tone of the chip in the depths of his mind sounded softly, two beams of deep blue light emanated from Grim's eyes, which were fixed on the Vulcan Pearl and began to constantly change spectrum and frequency.

The outer shell of the Vulcan Bead was a strange crystalline substance that was cold and smooth to the touch, not feeling the slightest bit warm. However, when the detection light waves and scanning rays hit it, most of the energy spectrum was refracted, unable to penetrate the crystals by even a fraction.

Even those energy spectral lines that managed to pass through the crystalline shell were as if they had fallen into a flame space with infinite breadth and depth, and were annihilated by the swarming flame energy before they could break through the dense fire clouds inside.

With a soft puff, Grim turned his head sideways and a faint black smoke emerged from his eyes.

Grim closed his eyes, and two viscous snakes of blood emerged from his eyes and flowed slowly down his cheeks.

Hmph, having been careless just now, the energy spectrum that penetrated into the interior of the Vulcan Pearl was backfired, causing slight damage to the eyeball.

He could only close his eyes tightly now, remotely controlling the Soden Holy Ring on his left ring finger to release a stream of pure holy light to slowly heal the injured eyeball. The flame energy he possessed was certainly second to none in terms of offensive power, but when it came to healing injuries, it was still no match for these pure holy lights.

After three to five flexes, the itch on the eyeball gradually dissipated and Grim opened his eyes once again, everything had returned to normal.

The 5th rank artifact was worthy of being a 5th rank artifact, although it had lost control of the holder's soul consciousness, and although most of its own abilities were sealed, the instinct to fight back alone had also caused Grim to suffer a not-so-small secret loss.

Grim gritted his teeth and smiled, without hesitation, he gathered his eyes again, transforming into two breathtaking blue beams of light, and straightforwardly struck the Fire God Pearl....

Damn little thing, I'm going with you today!