Age of Adepts

Fire Elemental Plane, near the Altar of Molten Fire.

This was a dark red cloud floating high above the vault of the sky.

Inside the cloud was a strange old man standing quietly. He was dressed in a black tuxedo, straight trousers, spotless leather boots, and white hair on top of his head, which was still in perfect order despite his age.

He didn't use any flight props, and there were no traces of the spell on his body. He was standing quietly in the red clouds, leaning slightly over his body, silently surveying everything that was happening inside the valley of the molten fire altar.

From the looks of it, he seemed to be an ordinary human old man, with nothing strange or surprising about him.

However, with such a cruel and harsh environment on the Fire Elemental Plane, if he was really an ordinary human, how could he survive here and sneak a close peek at the Molten Fire Altar without Grim's spirit perception!

The old man seemed to have been hiding in the fire cloud for a long time, examining almost every idiosyncratic person and place on the site several times. Particularly interested in the split-brain Sock, and the small teleportation array that connected the Steel Capital of the Out-of-Domain Camp.

Of course, the moment Grim appeared, the old man withdrew his gaze and only silently observed his every move with his passive perception ability.

When its countless times confirmed Grim's true rank, the old man pulled out a dripping old-fashioned pocket watch that was in his jacket pocket and held it in his hand for a few times before carefully putting it back down again.

The pocket watch wasn't big, it was golden, and the material seemed to be made of beaten brass. But when the old man stroked the case of the pocket watch with his fingers, an exceptionally powerful yet strange and unpredictable fluctuation of the law slowly spread out.

If the old man's ability to conceal and hide was too powerful before, it would have been understandable that Grim hadn't discovered him. But now, with such obvious waves of law spilling out like a ripple that spread to a thousand-meter radius in a flash, Grim wouldn't really be worthy of being called a great sorcerer if he couldn't discover him.

Somewhere in the valley, while discussing with the Embers Web Spider Mother about capturing more powerful servants and forming a flame army strong enough to guard the entire Molten Fire Territory, Grim raised his head abruptly, his eyes filled with hidden astonishment.

"Drops, detecting traces of the Law of Time fluctuation, pursuing the source of the fluctuation..."

The Law of Time... Grim was horrified, this was one of the most enviable Law abilities within the Bit World, and was tied with the Law of Space as the two most powerful Bit Laws.

However, these two abilities were very difficult to acquire, and one had to have a very strong innate talent to learn them. Therefore, among the Shape** Sorcerers that Grim had encountered so far, there were almost absolutely none that possessed these two Law abilities, except for Alice.

Now, suddenly perceiving this strange fluctuation in the fire elemental plane, Grim was naturally moved, and his eyes immediately quickly scanned the surroundings, searching for the source of the fluctuation traces.

Grim stood frozen, his eyes penetrating deep into the blue inch of fluorescence, scanning the sky over and over again. There, a golden ripple spread out, and was silently touching the invisible, formless laws of the bit surface behind the invisible curtain.

Where the laws intersected, there were marks left behind, though slight....

Grim's binocular vision quickly pursued the Law Waves to freeze on the dense red cloud floating above the valley. Following that, he increased the frequency of his binocular rays and instantly penetrated the red cloud barrier, clearly seeing the old man who was standing in the red cloud.

A human?

No....and no way!

While others might not be able to see through the old man's essence, Grim, being a great sorcerer and aided by the chip, was naturally able to penetrate through appearances to see the source of the opponent's power at a glance.

This old man was, in his eyes, a mass of humanoid rules, densely packed with dense, intertwined lines of power. His clothes, his flesh and blood, his bones, his skin, and even the vibrantly pulsating heart inside him... all of them were made of layers and layers of densely woven and twisted lines of power.

And from the analysis of the spectrum of energy radiating from the power threads, his power source also belonged to the fire system, just like Grim. This meant that he was also a native creature of this Fire Elemental Plane.

Only, in addition to penetrating his power source, Grim also found three or four special energy halos around his body, which were obviously some powerful magical items. In particular, on the right side of the opponent's chest, the energy halo emanating from there was unprecedented, and it was the source of the Law of Time fluctuation just now.

The original Law of Time fluctuation was not his own ability, but a powerful magic item!

For no apparent reason, Grim couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Since Your Excellency is here, you might as well come down and sit down!" Grim whispered softly.

The old man was not overbearing, he smiled and only took a step forward, and in the next instant had appeared in front of Grim.

Grim's face didn't move, but his heart was filled with shock, and the originally strong and pulsating Heart of Rule suddenly paused.

Chapter 2139.

From where the old man was standing just now to his own eyes, it was 2,139 meters. But the other party actually couldn't perceive any traces of magic, supernatural abilities, or strange operations on his body, appearing in front of him in just an instant across over 2,000 meters....

If it weren't for the chip's see-through perception that could detect the old man's presence, Grim would have suspected that the other man was just an overly realistic phantom without any entity.

Grim didn't know him, but the embers web tarantula mother Lakebeth at his side did.

This normally fearless 4th rank flame lord, upon seeing the old man, immediately bowed down and respectfully called out, "Lord Hegel!"

The old man straightened his untidy nobleman's gown, swept a partial glance at Lakebeth and said calmly, "Congratulations, Lakebeth, I haven't seen you for a few days and you even have a master..."

On the ugly and hideous head of the embers web spider mother Lakebeth, the lotus petal-shaped mouthpiece opened and closed a few times, but could only sigh helplessly and lower her head.

And yet, secretly, Grim had already been quietly communicating with Lakebeth.

"Who is he?"

"Hegel...a servant of the 5th...6th ranked Flame King Zetas...Lord Zetas hasn't taken a half step out of his chambers in nearly ten thousand years. Usually the affairs of the territory are taken care of by this Lord Hegel..."

Hands down? Shitty underlings...this is a rule billet of that fucking Flame King, okay?

Grim was screaming at the top of his lungs inside, but there was no way to blame Lakebeth.

After all, unlike him, the other party did not possess such a powerful Penetrating Scan ability that could directly peek into the source of this Hegel's power. Therefore, it was understandable to treat him as one of the Flame King's human subordinates.

Humans? What was that Flame King doing creating a rule billet in human form? Could that Zetas guy still have some kind of connection with humans....

Grim speculated under his breath as he greeted the Hegel warmly.

He perceived very clearly that this Hegel was above himself in overall strength, even though he was only a 5th stage bilocation. When it came to a real fight, in the fire elemental plane, Grim wouldn't be able to find half a point of advantage.

"So it's His Excellency Hegel, I don't know which wind brought you here. Welcome welcome, I'm still not sorted out here, the place is rather humble, I'm sorry to make you laugh!" Since you can't beat them, let's just soften up honestly, Grim is very aware of the situation though.

"Hehe, here in the Fire Elemental Plane, there's no need for so many manners. This isn't a place for that either, so let's just be straightforward and say what we have to say!" Hegel said matter-of-factly.

"Yes! In that case, I won't hide it. I wonder what's the matter with His Excellency Hegel's sudden visit to the Altar of Molten Fire?"

"Not that it's anything special. It's just that I heard from my men that a strange foreign powerhouse has popped up here and is 'recruiting' around, so that's why I came over to see what's going on..."

"Then... I wonder what Your Excellency sees in it?"

"Hehe, by the looks of it, your Excellency should be from the Wizard Civilization, right?"

"Yes!"

"I wonder what bit world your Excellency is from?"

"Wizarding World!" Grim hesitated to give his answer.

At their level, there are many things that can't be said, often with all sorts of unknown implications for their future.

"Wizarding world? The original seat of the wizard civilization... Your Excellency is still so young, it seems that you are also an incredibly talented person within the wizard!"

Grim was a bit confused about the other side and could only casually humble himself a bit.

"Your Excellency is trying to become one of the Flame Kings, right?" Hegel asked sharply.

Grim Ug's breathing stagnated, and his entire spiritual will instantly soared. He narrowed his eyes, the flame energy in his body gradually began to activate, and the rule protection condensed by the Book of Filth and Darkness filled under his skin.

If necessary, Grim could instantly envelop himself in layers and layers of multi-functional, multi-purpose sorcery protection. The Scorched Earth divine Art within the Fire God Pearl and the Ring of Corruption within the Book of Filth and Darkness could also definitely catch an opponent off guard.

Two stage 5 attacks at a single meeting, even if this old man's own form of existence was extraordinary, it would be impossible for him to withstand such a swift and fierce attack.

And only when it had made all the preparations, did Grim smile 'gently' at this.

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"

The atmosphere of the battlefield sharpened!

"If Your Excellency does not wish to become a Flame King, then forget I said anything. If you do, I think we do have some content that needs to be exchanged in advance..." the Hegel looked unmoving, seemingly unconcerned by Grim's warning.

"Communicate what?

"Exchange the path to becoming a Flame King!" Hegel had a smile full of 'sincerity' on his face.