Shani, who was in close combat with Grim, quickly sensed that something was wrong.
Through her mental perception, she could sense that the number of shadow creatures in the shadow-like domain was decreasing rapidly.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't be happening.
With the Origin Tower calling out to them from afar and the Tier 4 Shadow guiding them, the shadow creatures should be pouring in endlessly, flooding the battlefield with their frightening numbers and fearless fighting style.
But how long had the battle been going on? The Origin Tower suddenly cut off the shadow creatures' teleportation route, causing the shadow army in the shadow-like domain to dwindle. It looked like they were about to be annihilated by the enemy.
Damn it! What are those sisters doing in the rear? Could it be that something went wrong somewhere?
Shani could not help but feel doubtful.
Little did she know that in the distant Sorcerer World's Northern Dark Witches' Origin Tower, Leader Circe was already hopping mad and vomiting three liters of blood.
The Shadow Army that the Dark Witches had painstakingly nurtured was inexplicably annihilated. As they projected their dark powers to the strange plane hundreds of millions of miles away, the bodies they left in the Shadow Valley were burned to ashes one by one by a flame that suddenly emerged.
Faced with such a terrifying discovery, Leader Circe had no choice but to cut off the soul passage between the Shadow Army and the distant Morian Plane, barely preserving the remaining 20% of the Shadow Army's strength.
Afterward, looking at the sparse Shadow Army and the severely injured Shadow Army, Leader Circe wanted to cry, but no tears came out. She could only angrily curse the bastard who had given her the wrong information.
Although the Dark Witches' drastic measures had saved the Shadow Army's last flesh and blood, they had also harmed Shani, who was still fighting on the frontlines.
The shadow-like domain shook silently.
After the soul passage was cut off, the Tier 4 Shadow that was guiding the Origin Tower in the heart of darkness naturally dissipated. Meanwhile, without Shadow's Soul Beacon, the Origin Tower had lost its ability to project power to the outside world.
With this, even the shadow-like domain was in danger!
It should be noted that at this moment, a part of Shani's consciousness had been fused with the shadow-like domain. Now that the shadow-like domain had collapsed, if her consciousness could not withdraw in time, her soul would most likely suffer great damage.
Therefore, when Shani felt the tremors and power of the Shadow-like Domain fading away, she was instantly scared out of her wits. She couldn't care less about fighting Grimm anymore. She desperately escaped from the battlefield and rushed to the dark core.
Unfortunately, how could Grimm, who had also sensed the danger of the shadow-like domain, let her escape so easily? He immediately chased after her, not giving her the chance to regain control of the heart of darkness.
… …
In an almost endless space of darkness.
Grimm strode forward, holding the Flaming Coral Staff in his right hand, which was glowing with a dense red light, and constantly fired fireballs at the shadow energy around him, blowing it up.
The Dark Witch Shani's elemental aura was faintly discernible in front of him, pointing him in the right direction.
As soon as he followed the elemental aura into a dark node, Grim's expression changed. He took a step back and raised his wand high. A fiery barrier that was glowing with red light quickly formed.
Grimm's expression changed slightly as he followed the elemental aura into a node of darkness. He took a step back and raised his staff high, forming a flaming barrier that glowed with red light.
However, under the infusion of Grimm's powerful Flame Force, the thin but incomparably tough Flame Barrier was able to withstand the terrifying trap that Dark Witch Shani had set for him.
The Shadow Energy that had been flowing freely around his body had become much thinner and poorer after such a torment. The suppression on Grimm's flame force was also greatly reduced.
Grimm coughed lightly as he walked out of the chaotic explosion. His eyes flashed with blue light as he scanned the surroundings.
However, it was a pity that the violent explosion had destroyed all traces here. It was no longer feasible for him to use the elemental aura to track Shani.
"A.I. Chip, can you lock onto the elemental aura?" Grimm asked in a low voice.
[Beep. The surrounding elemental auras have been completely disrupted. Unable to lock onto a target …]
"Is there any other way to catch up to her?"
[Beep. Based on the analysis of the current situation, there is a 97% chance that the Dark Witch is heading towards the Darkness Core. The location of the Darkness Core is currently being calculated and simulated …]
[Beep. The location of the Darkness Core has been determined. Please move in the indicated direction …]
Immediately after, an illusory light blue arrow was projected onto Grimm's retina.
Grimm charged forward without hesitation.
The illusory arrowhead kept changing directions, guiding Grimm forward.
This did not mean that the Darkness Core was constantly moving, but that it was a special characteristic of the Shadow Domain.
The Shadow Domain enveloped Maplewood Town and the surrounding land for thousands of metres. Such a large area was more than enough for a normal person to use as a battlefield. However, for two Grade 4 Magi, this battlefield was simply too small.
With just a blink or leap, the two Magi would be able to rush out of the battlefield.
Hence, in order to trap Grimm here, the Shadow Domain had the strange spatial characteristics of a magic lock. This way, even if Grimm flipped the heavens and earth upside down, he would not be able to escape from the Shadow Domain.
In this shadow-like domain, even if you were flying or running with your eyes closed, you would only be crashing around in a strange arc. The sense of space and time within the Shadow Domain was chaotic, causing people to unknowingly circle around a strange core.
The power of this Domain lay in the fact that it did not affect one's sight, hearing, touch, or taste, but one's soul. Even if one were to circle around it for tens of thousands of years, one would not realise that they were not walking in a straight line, but in a strange arc instead.
Hence, while Grimm followed the A.I. Chip's instructions and constantly changed directions, his body was actually walking in a straight line towards the Dark Witch Shani's room.
That's right, the Darkness Core was not hidden. It was simply set up in Shani's room. It was only due to the existence of the Domain that Grimm could not sense its existence. Of course, it was impossible for him to get close.
Grimm's eyes flickered with blue light.
With the A.I. Chip's powerful computing ability, it projected two different visions in his left and right eyes.
In the vision of his left eye, Grimm was standing in a dark void, stumbling around like a blind man. In his right eye, he was in the stone plaza of Maplewood Town. His surroundings were filled with the miserable scene of a fire spell wreaking havoc.
One on the left and one on the right, one real and one fake. If not for the A.I. Chip not being affected by the power of the Domain, Grimm would have been passively attacked by the Dark Witch in the Shadow Domain.
Grimm walked along the scorched stone street towards a small wooden building in the distance. In the entire Maplewood Town, this was the only building that was still intact.
Crossing the street, he arrived in front of the building. The two thick doors were wide open, and Grimm could faintly feel Shani's life force on them.
It seemed that Shani had used her hands to push them away when she was rushing back here.
Grimm walked in and stood in the middle of the hall on the first floor. In front of him was the winding staircase that led to the second floor. On his left, the door to the dining hall was wide open. Qiu Lisha was anxiously sitting on a chair, her head tilted to the side as she tried to sense the changes in the surrounding elemental energy.
They were only 20 metres apart, but Qiu Lisha did not seem to sense Grimm's presence.
20 metres … This was a distance that Grade 4 Magi could even hear!
Perhaps Grimm's gaze contained a trace of power, but Qiu Lisha, who was waiting anxiously, suddenly trembled. She turned her head in Grimm's direction in a daze. She scanned the empty hall on the first floor a few times, but did not find anything out of the ordinary. She did not even see Grimm's figure.
She could only blame it on her own paranoia.
In fact, with Qiu Lisha and Mangles's strength, the dining hall could not possibly trap them.
It was just that they were afraid of Shani's' brutality ', so they did not dare to extend their power beyond the dining hall.
After all, the whole Maplewood Town had become the battlefield of the Legendary Fire Wizard and the Dark Witch. If they unscrupulously extended their power, it might cause some unpredictable changes in the situation.
To be honest, if it was not necessary, even Wizard Holly did not want to have a direct confrontation with Shani. Therefore, he could only lock himself in his room and restrain his power. This was a practical way of expressing his will not to participate in the battle between the two Grade 4 Magi.
Of course, Wizard Holly and the double-headed Wizard were not just waiting for death. They were just using their own power to defend themselves.
If the Dark Witch dared to extend her shadow power to them, they would naturally have additional means to protect themselves. However, if that happened, the Dark Witch's plan to fight the Legendary Fire Wizard alone would be doomed.
Therefore, even though Grimm and Shani were fighting fiercely, Wizard Holly's room and the dining hall where the double-headed Wizard was in were still as quiet as before.
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