Age of Adepts

Different dimension.

As a flame sprang up in a corner of space, Grim's great and robust body then emerged.

And as soon as his soul breath appeared, a huge ball of condensed fire rushed over and ruthlessly slammed into Grim.

This ball of fire was five meters in diameter, and was filled with liquid flame energy that was as solid as substance. The high heat spilling out from the edge area of the ball had already shaken this space, causing the surrounding milky white spatial barrier to creak with a terrifying stressing noise.

The temperature of such a terrifying fireball was already thousands of degrees just at the edges, while the temperature in the core area was even as high as a terrifying tens of thousands of degrees.

Not to mention being hit by the fireball, a sorcerer below 3rd rank could be roasted to death even if he was too close to the fireball.

But seeing such a terrifying fireball hitting across the sky, not only did Grim not panic in the slightest, but he had a smile on his face.

"Stop it, let me see your true form!" Grim laughed softly and reached into the fireball, grabbing out a strange bead that was still burning quietly.

With the gentle shaking of his palm, the fireball that had lost its core exploded and dispersed into a terrifying sea of fire.

The entire space immediately burned with rage.

And Grim, seemingly oblivious, stood quietly in the middle of the sea of fire, playing with the bead with an indifferent look.

Eighty years, eighty whole years of wear and tear....

During these long years, Grim had been struggling against this Fire God Pearl almost every day.

The divine Brand of Power left inside the Fire God Pearl by that powerful Fire God had completely fused with the flame origin within it, and trying to completely erase it was almost an impossible task. Therefore, the only thing Grim could do was to try to seal off and isolate the divine brand's hold on the Fire God Bead.

Originally such a thing was also extremely difficult to accomplish, but Grim couldn't help but have the guidance of Alice, the 4th stage Fate Witch behind him. Under the suppression of Alice's Hourglass of Time and Scepter of Prophecy, two top-grade holy artifacts, Grim finally projected a wisp of flame billet into the interior of the Fire God Pearl, temporarily replacing that divine power brand.

In this way, the Fire God Pearl's power was weakened though, and some of its abilities could not be used. But it became able to be driven after all.

Only at this moment did Grim take initial control of the Fire God Bead!

From today onwards, this Fire God Bead also truly belonged to him.

Grim played with the Fire God Pearl, quietly feeling the abundant and majestic flame energy within it, one strand at a time, each piece of flame energy within which he could detect the presence of his soul's breath. In this way, as long as Grim moved his mind, the flame energy densely packed within the space could move with his heart and condense into the form he wanted at any time like an arm.

Grim held the Fire God Pearl tightly, light flickering in the pupils of his eyes as the sea of fire within the space gathered and scattered, turning into a few glittering fireballs flying in the air in a chase, turning into a crimson firebird flying in the sky, and condensing into a terrifying ferocious beast roaring at the sky....

Manipulating and playing with everything in front of him, as the flame forms continued to change and transform, Grim's comprehension of the flame energy became deeper and deeper.

In the past, although Grim was able to control the flame energy, and also comprehended the 4 flame laws, but the traces of the knife chopping and chiseling were too obvious. Which was like now, the flame was both him and he was the flame, the two were inseparable, and there was already a gradual sign of deep integration.

And in Grim's mind, the chip projected the results of his latest physical test.

Grim, male, 4th Order Rule Sorcerer (Flame Specialization), Chaotic Physique (Zhuo Qi Magic Resistance), Star Beast Bloodline (13%), Rule of the Heart (Flame Law 56%), Body Base Data: Strength 27 Physique 31 Agility 19 Spirit 44, Bloodline Talent: Energy Black Hole, Flame Law: Flame Augmentation, Flame Intensity, Flame Penetration, Flame Invisibility, Flame Blast ........

It had to be said that at Grim's level, any further increase in strength would require a huge amount of resources and a large investment of time.

Eighty long years of tempering and sharpening the spirit day in and day out had only raised Grim's spiritual strength by 4 points. There were still some of the effects of the exotic mushrooms in it.

Now, the exotic mushrooms had completely lost their effect on Grim. If he wanted to take shortcuts and shortcuts any longer, he would have to try to find new high-level resources!

The constant struggle with the Fire Goddess Pearl and the Wisdom Sacrament over the years had also brought Grim a considerable gain.

The Heart of Rule that Grim controlled had increased from 48% to 56%, and with it brought him a new Law of Flame: Flame Blitz.

With the power of the Flame Law, Grim can grant active attack sorcery with double the damage of fire, at the cost of losing twice the sorcerer's power.

The original power of Grim's attacks was already terrifying, but now there was an additional law of violence, thus also triggering a drastic change in Grim's flame power.

It was just that with Grim's current 44 points of mental power, the haphazard use of the Law's power would also cause his mental power to deplete extremely quickly. However, it was fortunate that the Fire God Pearl was born, which also alleviated Grim's mental power shortage.

Item Name: Vulcan Bead

Category: Elemental Jewels (Artifacts)

Item Attributes: Fire

Item Level: 5

Item Base Attributes: +3 Spirit +2 Physique

Item Increase: Passive Flame Sorcery, Summoned Flame Sorcery by 300%.

Item Effects: Flame Breath, Flame Self-Healing, Flame Berserk, Flame Immunity (Intermediate)

Item Skill: Scorched Earth (5th level Flame Divine Art, under seal), Flame Armor (1700 degrees of defense), Flame Space (comes with a small flame space that can store 3 flame creatures)

As the Fire God Pearl was gradually controlled and driven by Grim, its basic properties were revealed a little bit.

Compared to a rank 4 Sorcery, the power of a rank 5 Fire God Bead was naturally even higher.

Not to mention, it was the series of item effects that made Grim happy.

As long as he was in the flames, Grim had the ability to breathe flame (absorbing flame energy on his own to compensate for his own losses), self-healing flame (absorbing flame to repair his own damage), flame storming (increasing his ability to move in the flames by 300%), plus middle-grade flame immunity.

With such effects aggregated together, Grim's flame abilities were already not weaker than those of the Flame Lords in the slightest!

Moreover, the Fire God Pearl also came with a small flame space, capable of storing three flame creatures. This meant that Grim could do his best to cultivate three powerful flame creatures as fighters, storing them inside the Fire God Bead and releasing them to act as killer weapons when it was critical.

As for the Fire God Pearl's increase effect, it was even more pleasing.

300%... Although it was only limited to passive and summoned flame sorcery, it was still a considerable increase to Grim's combat power. The most intuitive change was Grim's burning field that was becoming somewhat ribbed, and the attack power had skyrocketed from over 200 degrees to 600 or 700 degrees.

This kind of power was already enough to pose a considerable threat to an ordinary 4th stage sorcerer!

The Flame Gate that Grim liked to use the most, the number of flaming creatures summoned would also skyrocket from the original 500 to the current 1,500. In a way, Grim was even more terrifying than those wizards who specialized in summoning arts.

However, the only unfortunate thing was that that 5th level divine Art that came with the Fire God Pearl was nullified due to the seal of the divine Brand. This was also tantamount to depriving Grim of a chance to control the 5th Order Flame Sorcery in advance, which was undoubtedly a very great pity!

After appreciating the Fire God Pearl, Grim took out the Fire Coral Wand from inside the Ring of Elders.

When he gently placed the Fire Pearl on the head of the staff, the four Fire Coral wrapped in the Flame Crystal fell off, revealing a small groove. Grim pressed the Fire God Pearl upwards, and the four Fire Coral tentacles twisted together again, firmly holding the Fire God Pearl in place.

Grim picked up the Flame Crystal and weighed it in his hand, regretfully collecting it.

Seriously speaking, this flame crystal was a good flame amplifier as well. Unfortunately, it was useless compared to the 5th level Fire God Pearl.

After taking care of the Fire God Bead, Grim turned around and left this alien space and came back to the alien space where the Wisdom Sacrament was located.

Here, a small altar was silently operating, the Holy Book of Wisdom and another strange book were stacked on top of each other, and a portion of the energy voxels manifesting on both sides had merged together.

That Fire God Pearl, due to its compatibility with Grim's original attribute, he was still able to force it down with the power of the Fate Artifact. But this Wisdom Sacred Book was a master artifact created by the God of Wisdom himself, and it was nearly impossible for Grim to suppress the brand of divine power within it.

Since it couldn't erase the divine imprint left inside by the God of Wisdom, Yero, then it should be completely destroyed.

Grim was ruthless, and immediately recruited the Plague Poison Spirit Remy, reverting it back to its initial form, the original Voodoo Secret Scroll form, but still retaining the mind it was blinded to.

Thus, with the terrifying power of the Bloody Altar, and with Grim's assistance beside it, the Voodoo Secret Scroll that existed as a soul-armed existence finally began to devour the Wisdom Sacrament a little bit.

This devouring process was exceptionally difficult, and several times it almost backfired horribly.

But the good news was that the Holy Book of Wisdom was only a 'dead object' after all, and without the control of Yero, relying on the instincts of a 5th-grade artifact to resist the erosion of the Bloody Altar was also a delusion. Coupled with the existence of Remy, the artifact, fighting against the unconscious with his consciousness, the subsequent process was basically smooth.

Sensing Grim's arrival, Remy's frail soul void emerged from above the two books.

"How is it, how far has the fusion gone?" Grim inquired with concern.

"87%..." replied Remy weakly, "I need resources, I need energy... this is a really hard nut to crack... you have to Give me something to add!"

87%? That meant that it would take at least another twenty years for Remy to completely devour the Wisdom Sacred Book....

"I see, I'll gather the resources and energy you need for you as soon as possible. You can just finish this work here without worry!"

Grim inspected the fusion of the two and found nothing out of the ordinary, which was why he left the alien dimension with ease.