One day later.
Grimm calmly stood on the ground, his eyes incomparably tranquil under the Ashen Mask. He didn't show the slightest bit of panic because he had fallen into some kind of large-scale magic prohibition.
The golden light between the towering peaks on Claytia's chest floated up, forming a pink defensive cover. More than a hundred fiery-red flying scorpions swirled around it.
Claytia felt the frightening coercion of the prohibition all around her. Her face was aghast and incomparably pale. She said, "There are actually so many strong people in this area? Not to mention those troublesome fellows from before, two of them actually managed to escape from your hands. This restriction is absolutely not something that an ordinary Sorcerer-Apprentice can arrange. No wonder each of the three Sorcerer-Apprentices has nearly 2000 imprint points! "
Grimm indifferently said, "This magic prohibition is indeed very marvelous, but the one concealing the fluctuation of the prohibition should be a Sorcerer-Apprentice proficient in manipulating mental force illusions."
That's right, to be able to make Grimm and Claytia unwittingly fall into this prohibition, Grimm's first thought was similar to the mental force illusions in the Tower of Ruin. Only this kind of explanation could explain why Grimm's hunting nose and ultrasonic positioning were successfully concealed from the three Sorcerer-Apprentices that Claytia had sensed.
However …
The reason why Grimm didn't have the slightest bit of panic was because the Eternal Flame restrained the prohibition and the defensive cover.
As long as Grimm found more than half of the energy nodes of this prohibition and covered them with the Eternal Flame, the Eternal Flame would quickly consume the energy of the energy nodes. This prohibition would then be useless.
…
Outside the prohibition was a small team of three people.
The three were unexpectedly all female Sorcerer-Apprentices with similar appearances, just like Millie and Mina. The only difference was that their hair colors were purple, blue, and cyan.
"Big Sister, look at that woman in the prohibition. The imprint on her forehead is unexpectedly that of a 12th District Sorcerer-Apprentice!" The blue-haired female Sorcerer-Apprentice said in astonishment.
The purple-haired female Sorcerer-Apprentice should be the oldest of the three. After slightly sweeping her eyes over Claytia, whose face was full of panic, she cast her gaze on Grimm, who was wearing an Ashen Mask. Feeling the instinctive trace of fear in her body, the female Sorcerer-Apprentice looked toward the green-haired girl. "Third Sister, have you still not sensed the ripples of the badge on that white-masked Sorcerer-Apprentice's body?"
The green-haired Third Sister was sitting on a three-meter-tall, makeshift altar. In front of her was a monster's head dripping with blood. There were also two candles burning with green flames, a curved stick of incense, and a pile of Intermediate Magic Stones arranged in a magical formation.
The green-haired girl was holding a crystal ball that was emitting strong spatial fluctuations. She said anxiously, "That Sorcerer-Apprentice's badge can be triggered at any time, allowing her to leave the secret plane. However, that Sorcerer-Apprentice wearing a mask can't sense the location of the badge. Either he was stupid enough to throw the badge away, or he has a spatial item on him that he stored the badge in. "
This Sorcerer-Apprentice called Third Sister was actually a Sorcerer-Apprentice who researched spatial power and the Occult Studies!
And from their conversation, this girl actually had the ability to take the initiative to trigger the badges on other Sorcerer-Apprentices' bodies, causing other Sorcerer-Apprentices to "leave" the Holy Tower Tryout Secret Plane!
This kind of intelligence …
This kind of intelligence was simply the same as Claytia's ingenious use of an alternative path!
The green-haired girl called Third Sister looked at the purple-haired elder sister with difficulty and asked, "The Null World Stone still has six chances. Should we first expel that Sorcerer-Apprentice from the secret plane?"
The purple-haired female Sorcerer-Apprentice clenched her teeth and said, "We'll talk about it later. That Sorcerer-Apprentice isn't a big problem. The key is that white-masked Sorcerer-Apprentice. Whenever I see him, I always feel a kind of fear and trepidation. In a moment, I'll activate the restriction with all my strength. Second Sister, use your mental strength boundary to conceal our position … "
It was very obvious that this witchcraft ability to actively trigger other Sorcerer-Apprentice badges had very large restrictions. It required an altar, a deep level application of the Occult Studies, and spatial knowledge, sacrifices, the passive cooperation of the target, as well as a material called the Null World Stone.
…
Inside the restriction.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky. Claytia was startled and was just about to use some kind of witchcraft to block this bolt of lightning. However, Claytia was one step ahead of her and was pulled back by Grimm. Space distorted and the explosive lightning fell on empty air.
With a rumbling sound, a large expanse of black soil splashed on the ground, and the lightning scattered in all directions.
"One." Grimm appeared in the distance and muttered to himself in a low voice.
After his pair of eyes under the Ashen Mask memorized the location of an energy node, Grimm once again cast his gaze towards another area where the earth was trembling. More than ten two-meter tall earth giants were currently slowly standing up from the ground. All of them fiercely shook their heads, causing a large amount of dust to fall. Then, with a rumbling sound, they charged towards the place where Grimm and Claytia had landed.
"Two." Grimm muttered to himself again.
At this time, the space to the left suddenly fluctuated violently. Berserk wind and fire elements simultaneously appeared. Subsequently, under the guidance of some kind of mysterious power, they gradually combined and formed a seven-meter-tall hurricane of flames!
Even Grimm's eyelids couldn't help but twitch when he saw this high-intensity boost-type spell. However, he still muttered to himself, "Four. That's enough."
The instant that the hurricane of flames appeared, Claytia tightly gripped her badge while looking at Grimm in alarm and asked, "What do we do now? This magic restriction simply isn't something that an ordinary Sorcerer-Apprentice can lay out. It's definitely a super restriction specially prepared by a Sorcerer-Apprentice who specializes in restriction research for this Holy Tower Tryouts. Unexpectedly, there are four types of elemental attribute changes, and there's also this high-intensity boost-type hybrid spell. Perhaps only you can use that move to try and break the restriction in one go … "
Grimm lightly shook his head. "The Fire Blast spell also consumes a lot of my energy. I have an even simpler method of breaking the restriction."
Saying this, Grimm unexpectedly distorted the space and disappeared with Claytia. After a few more spatial distortions, the Inextinguishable Flames were placed at the four energy nodes.
A Sorcerer's magic restriction was divided into War Magic Restriction and Personal Magic Restriction.
The biggest difference between War Magic Restriction and Personal Magic Restriction lay in the energy nodes.
Although the energy nodes of these two types of magic restriction were based on a hexagram and seemed to have only six energy nodes, each energy node of a War Magic Restriction was supplied by six more basic magic formations. In other words, a War Magic Restriction had at least 36 basic energy nodes.
On the other hand, an Personal Magic Restriction's energy attack only had six energy nodes. The only difference was that the energy contained in each of the magic stones was different.
The reason why there were so many differences between Magic Restrictions was that if Grimm wanted to use the Inextinguishable Flames to destroy the energy nodes, he would have to simultaneously place the Inextinguishable Flames on half of the energy nodes. Only then would he be able to disturb and absorb the magic formation's function, and not be destroyed by the magic formation's elemental power.
* Boom! Boom! Boom! *
Bolt after bolt of lightning chased after Grimm and Claytia. Grimm couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the cumbersome Earth Giants. Although the Flame Hurricane's attack power was high, it wasn't suitable for individual combat. It was obviously some kind of group combat spell.
Suddenly, Claytia was pleasantly surprised. "It's working! Your Earth Elemental Giants and the Flame Hurricane are dissipating!"
"Mm."
Grimm only needed to look at the surging Inextinguishable Flames that emitted rays of light that soared to the horizon. He knew that the magic formation had been broken because of the opponent's magic stones' remaining strength.
"Ah …"
Claytia was pleasantly surprised. Just as she was about to say something, her complexion suddenly changed. She only had time to shout before space distorted and she disappeared from the secret plane of the Holy Tower Tryouts.
Hm?
Grimm's complexion suddenly changed, and he said in disbelief, "Forcefully activating the insignia on others? This! There's actually such a spell that's specifically used to 'cheat' in the Holy Tower Tryouts? But, why is it only Claytia … "
Grimm recalled that his own insignia was currently in a one-time use dimensional pocket. Could it be that the opponent couldn't sense the contents of the dimensional pocket?
Lightly heaving a sigh of relief, Grimm couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Wisdom was indeed incomparably important to a Sorcerer!
Of course, there was also luck …
If Grimm hadn't thrown the insignia into the dimensional pocket and instead wore it on his body, perhaps at this moment, he could only have followed Claytia out of the secret plane. Although Grimm's frightening points could still guarantee that Grimm would become a reserve Demon-Hunter Sorcerer, it was very likely that he would miss the opportunity to obtain the top reward.
This was because, as long as Grimm lost half of his points, then the Sorcerer-Apprentice who obtained half of Grimm's points would inevitably have more points than Grimm.
In this case, if Grimm wanted to obtain the top reward, he could only pray that the Sorcerer-Apprentice who obtained his points would be expelled from the secret plane by others.
A moment later, the magical interdiction dissipated in the Inextinguishable Flames. The three sisters who weren't strong in battle actually crushed their insignia without the slightest hesitation and left the secret plane.
From a certain point of view, they were actually more suitable for Arcane Sorcerers!
But if they were ingeniously combined together …
Grimm glanced at the empty space behind him, and Claytia's figure was no longer there.
Shaking his head, Grimm no longer cared about the 300 points. This was because all the Sorcerer-Apprentices who had more than 100 points were the same in Grimm's eyes. Their insignia were all as black as ink.
A nightmarish scenario unfolded in the 11th District's Stone Pillar Forest. Grimm was like a serious and dedicated cleaner, beginning to meticulously and thoroughly clean this area that was similar to the beginning of the Endless World's civilization. This made the 11th District, which seemed to be flourishing day by day and had crouching tigers and hidden dragons, quickly enter the age of nightmares and fall into decline.
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