Age of Adepts

Billis lived an unusually miserable life.

Ever since he made up his mind to transform himself into a worm body, his thoughts, his preferences, his aesthetics, and his life have all changed drastically.

Sound wine and food, beautiful maidens, coquettish noblewomen, excessive power... none of these things could attract him any longer. The meaning of his life had been tampered with by the evil and twisted Worm Mother, and he had lost all interest in anything else except for the high-energy flesh and blood that still had a hint of warmth to it.

Self-imposed idiosyncrasies have also made Worm Witch Billis the most idiosyncratic fellow in the entire Crimson family.

Independently carrying out family tasks, sneaking into the Black Forest alone, living alone in a hidden dwelling... Even within the Family Witch Tower, Billis tends to keep to himself, almost never having any contact with outsiders.

However, even so, the fearsome reputation of Worm Wizard Billis still spread widely!

His hideous and ugly insect body, his hostile and brutal insect army, and his haunted trail... all of these had increasingly triggered the curiosity and fear of outsiders towards him.

As the Crimson Family's old core sorcerer, within the 2nd level group, Billis' battle prowess was undoubtedly one of the best, and had even once become the Crimson Family's core force in waging foreign wars. However, with the gradual rise of the Crimson Family, a large number of high-ranking sorcerers began to emerge, and the family's core combat power also increased from 2nd to 3rd rank, and even now there were already signs of extending to 4th rank.

Under such circumstances, the Worm Witch Billis, whose natural potential was almost exhausted, gradually began to 'fall behind'!

First, the odd 3rd class vampire appeared under Mary. Next, even that Meryl who originally had a combat power of 'zero' magically transformed into a Red Dragon Witch.

2nd Tier Beginner...2nd Tier Intermediate...2nd Tier Advanced....

Seeing Meryl's rapid step-by-step improvement, she had now reached the pinnacle of the 2nd stage, and had the tendency to leap up to the 3rd stage in one fell swoop. In addition to this, even many of the feeble guys within the family who were originally extremely despised by Billis were now soaring to the sky, having the tendency to overtake him.

This kind of situation appeared again and again, naturally, it also deeply stimulated Billis.

For his own sake, and for the sake of the restless insect heart that couldn't be suppressed, Billis had also secretly visited Grim, wanting to get a chance to improve from him. Unfortunately, after becoming a 4th rank wizard, Grim was too busy, too busy to almost think of a painstakingly awaited 2nd rank worm witch....

He had just returned from the depths of the Black Forest and had expanded his Worm Army on a small scale. At this time, the Insect Witch Billis, himself possessed advanced 2nd rank strength, and the Insect Army under him was even stronger to the point of terror.

There were now as many as twenty Void Ravagers with 2nd rank intermediate strength, over a hundred 1st rank Invisible Mantises, and thousands of Insects at his disposal... If it wasn't for his 'feeble' spirit limiting the number of Insects, he would even be able to Transforming even a small human nation into a swarm of subservient insects.

Upon returning to the family quarters, Billis hid directly within his own residence.

He didn't have a sorcerer's apprenticeship, he didn't have a teaching mission, and aside from his mission and residence, he never participated in the family's internal interactions, nor was he likely to be present at the lavish parties where people were gathered.

It could be politely said that in Billis's inner world, becoming stronger and evolving was the entire meaning of his life!

This time, however, he didn't wait for him to fall into a dull, withering silence before a bright flame rune pricked up in front of his eyes and hovered there silently.

Looking at the strange flame rune that represented Grim, Billis flipped inside Ug. Although he didn't know what Grim's intentions were in summoning him, a fierce glimmer of hope arose within his heart.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally reached out his weird insect hand and pressed it on top of the quietly burning flame rune.

The strange rune was clearly burning with a golden flame, but the moment Billis's insect hand touched it, it didn't feel the slightest burning sensation. The golden flame rose with a whimper and quickly extended from the rune to his arm, and then to his entire body.

Just when Billis was confused, the golden flame wrapped his whole body, and the light and shadow shook before his eyes. When he woke up again and regained his senses, he realized that the golden flames had all subsided, and he was in an empty and huge flame hall.

Above the hall, Grim was silently standing there, his black pupils staring at him without a second thought.

This was the Flame Throne!

Billis instantly understood.

At that moment just now, the legendary family master had used some kind of magical sorcery to forcefully ingest himself from the Crimson Family compound ten thousand miles away.

Billis' bizarre insect compound eyes only took a glance at Grim before panicking and moving away.

For just a moment, even if the other party hadn't forced the flame power out, it made Billis feel the bug-eye sting and the strange sensation of being vaguely burned by the flames.

And as soon as this feeling appeared, it made Billis couldn't help but feel a little miserable inside.

Once upon a time, he was also the right-handed 'fighter' who followed Grim's side. And now, even looking directly at the other's brilliance could cause him to suffer a considerable backlash.

The disparity in strength that came out of this made him feel down as well!

"Billis, do you know why I called you here today?" Grim's voice was clear and floating, and the words lingered within the hall, hinting at a certain resonance with the environment here.

"I don't know! I would also like to ask for a clarification from my lord... "Billis hurriedly bowed, looking sincere and fearful.

"You'll have to see what this is first!" Grim's witch staff in his hand, the void in the center of the hall broke open a crack, from which slowly floated out half a valve of the corpse of a powerful creature.

The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the body of the creature, and then you'll see it in the mirror.

This was the corpse of a high-ranked demon, and although the remains had been cut open from it, leaving only half a valve, the strange feeling of looking down upon the world and dominating the world was not diminished at all.

Looking at the wreckage, Billis was frantically wondering inside: was it a 4th or 5th rank....

The overly powerful and obscure power still remained within the corpse, deterring those who had bad intentions towards it. But allowing this power to be like a sea of waves, dead things were, after all, dead things, and the twilight decaying sorrow was something that anyone could perceive.

"My lord, what are you..." the Billis Worm's heart pounded wildly, dying to hold back his inner agitation and behaving more and more respectfully.

"This is the trophy that the family brought back from that Hessian bit. It's the only indigenous deity in the Hexen Plane, originally at 5th rank, but fell to 4th rank due to some special reason. It was only then that we strangled it!" Grim looked at this trophy with an indifferent face, "I asked you to come here because I want to ask you. If... I let you devour this half-mortal corpse, what level would you be able to reach?"

As if struck by a thunderbolt from the clear sky, Billis' mental consciousness was instantly scattered. It took a full half a quarter of an hour before he desperately tried to gather his mind and retrieve his consciousness.

"My lord, this divine corpse has already possessed an immortal body since it once reached the 5th rank. If I am able to devour it, my natural potential will increase from the current peak of rank 2 to rank 4. At that time, my chances of advancing to Tier 3 would increase to 100%, and my chances of advancing to Tier 4 would be 60%..."

Grim listened in silence, and combined with the chip's perceptions, largely agreed with Worm Witch Billis's judgement.

Worm Witch Billis's biggest problem at the moment was not with himself, but with the Worm Mother that had become one with him. That Worm Mother used to have a potential limit of 3rd rank intermediate, but due to being forced to reverse her fusion with the Evil Worm Entik, her potential was damaged and fell to the peak of 2nd rank.

Now with this half-vessel corpse that was between 4th and 5th rank, it was able to bring its potential back up, and it was within the chip's estimation.

Originally, Grim was going to ask for help from those Death Witches and turn this divine corpse into a high rank 4 undead creature. But under the chip's estimation, how could a rank 4 advanced undead creature be as good as two future rank 4 underlings!

That's why Grim was opening the library door wide, intending to use these resources to create a stack of loyal and reliable high-ranking fighters for the Crimson Family. Although this Insect Wizard Billis is not as good as Thunder Dragon Ames in terms of individual combat power, but his unique way of repelling insects and strange fighting methods can bring out unexpected effects in many cases.

If it were any other 4th level sorcerer, he wouldn't dare to deplete his resources on his men until he was sure to advance. Only Grim, who had absolute confidence in himself, dared to throw away his resources with his 4th rank beginner's strength and invested in creating so many men with 4th rank potential for the Crimson Family in one breath.

Although it was a bit of a waste to hand over the half-vessel corpse to the Worm Wizard Billis who was only 2nd rank advanced, but considering the Crimson Family's future, losing a little current benefit was actually not a big deal.

To control Ames, Grim used the Dragon Soul Contract.

But for the Worm Witch, before Grim could come up with a surefire method, Billis himself had already eagerly contributed a solution.

Blood Soul + Barbarian Witch Curse....

At the higher levels, the control methods that were still effective were all related to the soul at every turn.

But this proposal of Blood Soul + Barbarian Witch Curse from Billis was the product of the combination of two soul control methods. From this point of view, it seemed that Billis himself did not reject the idea of having his soul controlled by an 'outsider'.

Grim's journey had been smooth and smooth, so how could he feel the desperate pain of Worm Witch Billis who had no way to advance and was worse than death. Without Grim's help, he would never be able to find a way out by relying on his own strength.

Because the items or resources that could solve his problems were not within his reach at his current level!

Rather than moving forward with no way forward and being stuck at 2nd level Advanced slowly tormenting and waiting to die, it was better to make yourself show some value and become a loyal fighter under a powerful sorcerer like Grim. And to gain trust, surrendering one's soul and offering loyalty was again a necessity!

So it's not Grim figuring out how to control Billis, it's Billis who is frantically 'giving' himself away to get another look at Grim.

Even to put it mildly, there were plenty of guys willing to contribute their souls in exchange for the possibility of advancing to the 4th level if Grim let the word out. By then, I'm afraid Billis wouldn't have such easy access to top-tier resources!