Age of Adepts

"What's going on, asshole?"

The White Battle Bear could no longer keep his cool and roared, "Why are we being attacked by the power of the rules?"

The only one of the three kings to retreat with its entire body, the jellyfish-like demon, promptly held up a transparent light shield, blocking the penetration of the burning will.

Without the Scorching Will to guide it, the Indestructible Flame degenerated into an ordinary magical fire, which it casually snuffed out with a few freezing rays.

It didn't care about the two partners' chicken and dog jumps, but gazed into the distance, silently feeling the slight but distinctive fluctuation traces of the world rule system.

After a long time, it suddenly sighed under its breath and slumped, "I'm withdrawing from this attack plan..."

"What did you say, old monster?"

"Have you got it wrong, you started this operation, but the two of us came here at your invitation..."

The other two immediately shouted out, while the blow they had just received had made them scrupulous, wasn't it a little too careful to abandon an operation that would bring great benefits to the clan or themselves for that reason.

This jellyfish-like demon was clearly one of the longest living in the western part of the Black Forest, and undoubtedly the oldest in terms of qualifications. It twisted its body in Woodland and solemnly admonished the two young kings with the words of its spirit.

"You must never forget that this is the land of the witches! Taking the opportunity of the demonic tide erupting and the witches having no time to distract themselves, we'll sneak into the human territory and grab some necessary resources. As long as we don't do too much, those so-called high-ranking witches will turn a blind eye and won't come to trouble us..."

"But once there's a king among them, in order to maintain their face and glory, they'll instead act even more aggressive and aggressive than usual. If we were to touch his bad luck at this time, I'm afraid that this Western Territory of ours would be *bothered*..."

Hearing the jellyfish-like demon's long-winded reminder, the two newly-rising Western Kings couldn't help but furrow their brows, somewhat indecisive.

It was a rare opportunity!

The Black Forest of the entire Sorcerer Continent could be roughly divided into four regions, east, west, north, south and south, due to the vastness of its terrain and the intervals between several large human settlements.

Each region had its own powerful magical creatures, who usually became the king of the region, ruling over millions of miles of vast forest and sea.

The Black Forest of the West, sandwiched between the middle of the continent and the center of the Silver Alliance, had undergone repeated sweeps and purges by wizards. As a result, there were very few powerful demons of 4th rank or higher, and even fewer that could become a king of a region.

Under such circumstances, taking advantage of the demonic tide to scavenge and loot a number of rare resources in the region ruled by the witches was an opportunity for the demons to secretly develop and grow.

If they gave up on this opportunity, it would be a fantasy for the demon community to explode.

After all, the magical creatures lacked the systematic power system, alchemy system, inheritance system and trade system that the wizard community had. All of the resources needed to evolve in a lifetime relied on digging themselves out of the Black Forest little by little, which was simply too difficult for the Black Forest system that didn't have perfected industry and commerce.

"What level has this strong sorcerer that suddenly appeared out of nowhere reached?" The bird-bodied queen, Philohi, asked in a deep voice.

This is a critical question!

If the other party was only a peak 4th stage superpower, they would still have a chance to fight against it with the strength of three of them. If they were able to lure it to a few Jedi dead places in the Black Forest, it wouldn't be impossible to kill it.

The jellyfish-like demon said coldly, "Judging from the rule scent I perceived, that guy's strength is clearly above the super-strong. In a way, we even have to treat him as a 5th rank wizard!"

"How is that possible? Isn't the power limit in this world at the top of the 4th level? Why would such a special case pop up?" The bird-bodied Queen Philoxie couldn't help but let out an ear-piercing scream.

The white war bear even had a look of fear and chagrin on its face.

"Bad, bad, bad... Now my litter of cubs are without their magic crystals, I'm afraid not many of them will be able to grow up smoothly..."

"Hmph, the other side has already designated the middle part as his territory. If you guys want to offend a super-ranked wizard just go ahead and try, I won't be involved anyway..." the jellyfish-like demon snorted, "The reason I've lived so long is because I'm tolerant enough. In the world of wizards, you still want to compete with a super-ranked wizard, huh, are you too long to live?"

With that said, the other party turned around and drifted into the depths of the forest.

The translucent, slimy, liquid body flickered with a strange light of light blue inside, quickly becoming invisible and quickly disappearing into the pale forest sea.

The White War Bear watched this in stunned silence, a series of angry curses coming out of its mouth. But in the end, it did not give the order for the beast tide to attack.

Just as the White Battle Bear looked frustrated and wanted to leave, the bird-bodied Queen Philoxie flew over with her blue wings flapping behind her.

"Bern, you're not going to give up too!"

"What? You're going to keep attacking?" White War Bear Bern retorted indignantly.

"We definitely can't go to the middle of the continent, but there might be a chance in other regions?" Bird Body Empress Philoxie drummed her tongue like a reed and said, "Don't forget, our Western Region side is still bordered by the Silver Alliance. While those guys from the Southern Region are attacking the Silver Alliance, we'll only take some of our trusted men and rush there, and we might have a chance to get a piece of the pie..."

Hearing Philohi's suggestion, the white war bear Bern hesitated a bit.

"That's a war zone designated by a few bastards in the Southern Domain, will we attract their retaliation if we run over there to join the fun?"

"Hmph, you want trophies, but you're also afraid of the east and west, so how can you grow your family." Philohi trailed off and scoffed, "Missing this demonic tide, without the catalyst of enough magic crystals, when will your community grow and expand with time alone? It's up to you to put together a lay..."

The white war bear Bern was also a simple-minded and courageous fellow, and instantly made up his mind.

"Good, you can count me in. I'll go back and make a few simple arrangements to join you in the west. As for the little ones that have gathered here, let them move freely! Anyway, as long as we don't show up, there's no reason for those witches to bother us..."

After the brief deliberation was over, the two forest kings left the camp one after another.

And before they left, under their drink, the huge tide of beasts gathered from the Black Forest in the surrounding tens of thousands of miles finally broke out of the forest and rolled towards the nearest human territory.

It was just that amidst the vast tide of beasts and demons, the figures of the middle and high level demons were no longer visible. And this had undoubtedly made the demonic tide chaotic and disorderly.

Correspondingly, the killing power also began to plummet, becoming less unstoppable!

...................

The Great Space Rift.

Making a bit broadcast for the first time using the power of the rules, Grim finally relieved the accumulated anger and hatred in his chest.

He stood quietly at the edge of the Great Rift, using his own Burning Field to wash away and annihilate the abyssal breath that was twisting above the earth.

This was the rule power from another vast world, and every strand of it contained the cruel, tyrannical, chaotic, and evil will and power of the Abyssal Plane.

And what he needed to do now was to use his own flame energy to neutralize this Abyssal breath, and then wait for the Sorcerer World's bit-rule to regain control of this place.

If he didn't do that, without the impetus of a powerful demon, sooner or later, the Wizard World's Bit Consciousness would also take back control of this place. However, now that he was there to act as a helper, defeating the Abyssal Demons and expelling the Abyssal Will, the bit consciousness' job of regaining control would be a lot easier.

Thus, with each point of reclaiming control of the Bit Consciousness, Grim could perceive a stream of pure life energy pouring into his soul.

And this was clearly a hint of the Bit Consciousness' reward for setting him straight!

Don't look at the rewards so tiny as to be imperceptible, but as he completed his purification work step by step, a trickle of life energy gathered and condensed within his soul, giving his mental strength a slight boost.

More importantly, they purified and clarified Grim's soul, allowing it to feel as if it was in the warmth of his mother's body**, as well as an incomparable sense of ease and relaxation.

And deep within its mind, the chip's beeps never ceased.

"Integration of exotic high purity life essence detected, predicted to form a small boost to the original spirit..."

"Detecting the incorporation of a foreign high purity life essence, it is predicted that it will form a small boost to the native spirit..."

........

The cues were so frequent that Grim had self-consciously taken them for background music, focusing only on the three-dimensional models of the characters projected deep in his mind.

With the influx of bitonal feedback, Grim's various body indicators had increased by tiny amounts. And even the red band of light that represented the flame affinity talent was undergoing strange changes, and the gold at the top of the band, which was originally only a touch of gold, gradually extended downwards, with a trend of blending into one.

The bloodline that Grim had forcibly changed before allowed his development path to jump from being a mere elemental sorcerer to one that took both elements and bloodline into account. This great change had also invariably filled his soul with some undetectable darkness.

However, now, with the purest life energy nourishing him, these secret wounds hidden in his soul were also quietly healing. And the newly fused Devouring Devilfish bloodline was also in the process of happily developing and growing....

It wasn't until this moment that Grim fully understood why so many sorcerers were willing to please the bit consciousness, even at the risk of damaging their family power to 'do the work for the gods'.

It turned out that feedback from the bit consciousness could actually bring such great benefits to the individual!