The Wizard Tower.
This was especially so for the private Wizard Pagoda of a Level 4 Wizard. It was a place of death filled with traps and mechanisms!
For most regular Magi, visiting a high-ranked Magus' residence in private was no less difficult and dangerous than exploring a dragon's nest.
This "little worm" of unknown origins was clearly not someone to be trifled with.
She had easily barged through the Molten Fire Cave, passed through the Molten Fire Hall, and snuck into the Flame Monarch while Grimm was opening the door of the Wizard's Pagoda to receive the two visitors.
The fact that she could do this meant that she was not someone an ordinary person could compare to!
But she would never have guessed that the layout and structure of Grimm's private Wizard Pagoda would be so strange and subversive. The first and second levels of the Wizard's Pagoda were completely isolated from the upper levels, and there were no direct passageways.
After sneaking into the Wizard's Pagoda, Karin quickly explored all of the hidden spaces on the first and second levels, but she did not find a path to the upper levels. She immediately knew that she had encountered a bastard Wizard who had a perverted need for personal safety.
If there is no physical passageway, then I'll dig one myself …
With a stubborn and unyielding spirit, Karin found a secret room on the second floor and secretly set up a Silence Boundary. Then, she began to dig up the stone slabs on the ceiling in a frenzy.
The Wizard's Pagoda that Grimm had built was only a standard model of a small Wizard's Pagoda. He was naturally poor back then, and he could not have used the best steel rock in the Wizard's Pagoda. Thus, the volcanic rock that was taken from the ground could only fall like rain under the violent demolition of the Level 3 Witch. In an instant, a fist-sized hole was dug out.
Unfortunately, not only did Karin not sense the presence of the upper levels of the Wizard's Pagoda through the hole, she even accidentally came into contact with a layer of Space Barrier.
Only then did Karin realize that the damned Fire Wizard had not only sealed off the upper levels of the Wizard's Pagoda, he had also separated the second and third levels of the Wizard's Pagoda. The two levels of the Wizard's Pagoda seemed to be connected, but they actually belonged to two completely different dimensions.
If he wanted to enter the upper level of the Wizard Pagoda, he had to use a fixed Teleportation Formation Spell or use the Short Distance Teleportation Spell like Grimm. But to use the Short Distance Teleportation Spell, he had to obtain the specific Dimensional Waymark of the Wizard Pagoda's upper level, as well as the teleportation authority of the Wizard Pagoda's Tower Spirit.
This time, Karin was completely blinded!
Although she was proficient in Shadow Jumping and could pass through as long as there was a shadow, she was still able to do so. However, the spatial barrier in front of them blocked all paths forward. If she were to jump around aimlessly, she might still be on the second level of the Wizard's Pagoda at one moment, and in the next moment, she might be thrown into the dangerous Interdimensional Layer by the Space Turbulence.
After all, the transfer point for all spatial spells was the Space Layer, which was the mysterious and terrifying region between the two layers of the Dimensional Barrier.
Although the environment there was much better than the outer void, it was still a perilous place for an unprepared Tier 3 Dark Witch.
Just as Karin was panicking, not knowing how to sneak into the upper level of the Wizard's Pagoda, her every move was captured by the Wizard's Pagoda's Tower Spirit.
Through the surveillance crystal, Grim looked at the hateful 'thief' who was sneaking around in his home. He frowned and said coldly, "Shadow Devil, go and catch her for me!"
After he finished speaking, the room was still calm, and he could not sense any movement.
However, the strange shadow of the Shadow Demon was no longer in Grimm's shadow.
…
Karin weaved through the shadows quickly.
Every time she jumped, she would pass through one or several walls and appear in a completely unfamiliar room.
Karin held her breath and concentrated. She hid in the shadows and quietly sized up the entire secret room.
If there was something she was interested in, she would stop and sneak closer to investigate. If there was nothing out of the ordinary, she would jump out again and emerge from the shadows of another secret room.
As a Dark Witch, the place where Shadow Energy existed was their world!
As long as there were no energy barriers or witchcraft boundaries, they would be able to move freely like fishes in a river. They could go anywhere they wanted to go and create a splash.
But this kind of leisure could not last long!
As Karin moved slowly in a wide Wizard Hall, she suddenly turned around and looked at a corner of the hall. There, in the shadow of a pillar, she suddenly felt a strange ripple of shadow energy.
This was not an elemental ripple produced by an explosion of Shadow Energy, but the ripple of energy caused by a creature moving in the shadow. As an elite among the Dark Witches, Karin could not be more familiar with this kind of energy ripple.
Could there be other Shadow Creatures here?
Karin could not help but mutter to herself.
In order to protect themselves and their property, high-level Wizards would often raise all kinds of strange and ferocious Wizard Beasts or Summoned Creatures in the Wizard's Pagoda, so it was not impossible for some Shadow Creatures to appear.
Thinking of this, Karin could not help but feel nervous. She hid in the shadows and silently observed the deep darkness.
She could feel that there was something strange about the shadow there. It was like boiling water, much more active and restless than other places. And in the deep darkness, there was a gigantic shadow monster, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, looking like it was about to devour someone.
Karin held her breath and focused, silently casting a Shadow Wizard Spell, wanting to investigate the other party's background. But just as the ripples of the Wizard Spell had not dissipated, her expression changed drastically, and her figure flickered in the darkness, disappearing from where she stood.
Almost at the instant she disappeared, a strange creature several times her size suddenly appeared in the depths of the darkness. Numerous flickering metal blades sliced past the spot where she had been hiding. Wherever the sharp edge of the blade flashed, even the pitch-black darkness was sliced into several pieces, unable to be mended again. Only when the strange power had completely disappeared did the restless darkness stretch back together.
When Karin emerged from another corner of the darkness, her heart was still beating wildly, and she had even more so relied on that flash of a glance just now to instantly distinguish the other party's identity.
Shadow Steel Golem … Damn it, it's a Shadow Steel Golem!
Karin could be considered a small expert when it came to these strange lifeforms that were between Shadow Creatures and Construct Creatures. After all, in a small country established by the Dark Witches in the Shadow World, there were also these strange creatures that were like Construct Creatures and Construct Creatures.
They had powerful defensive abilities that were not weaker than Metal Constructs, and they also had flexible bodies similar to Shadow Assassins. Therefore, in a real battle, a Shadow Steel Golem was enough to fight against two or three Dark Witches of the same level without being at a disadvantage.
However, the creation of Shadow Steel Golems consumed too much resources, so the Dark Witches usually only used them to guard resource vaults or the entrance to secret realms, and were not willing to use them as cannon fodder on the battlefield.
As an elite among the Grade 3 Dark Witches, Karin naturally had to fight these dark creatures to hone her combat skills. Therefore, Karin was also very familiar with Shadow Steel Golems, and she could practically deal with them with her eyes closed.
Hence, when Karin sensed a sudden fluctuation in the shadow substance beside her, she did not hesitate to jump out again.
Unlike the previous time, Karin did not leave the original shadow this time. Moreover, the moment she jumped away, she stretched out her foot and lightly stepped on the shadow, instantly releasing a strange spell.
After the first pounce failed, the Shadow Fiend was unperturbed. It quickly locked onto the direction in which the Grade 3 Dark Witch had escaped, and pounced over without hesitation.
Strangely, the moment that strange shadow appeared, the surrounding darkness that was originally as calm as water suddenly became viscous and flowing. Strange shackles of darkness surged from all directions, instantly binding the Shadow Fiend's body and causing it to freeze in place, unable to move at all.
The Dark Witch that had disappeared before its eyes actually appeared once more. She did not choose to escape, but instead chose to counterattack.
A series of Shadow Arrows struck the Shadow Demon's skeleton-like metallic body like rain hitting banana leaves, producing cracking sounds. Amidst the Shadow Bolts, two unstoppable dark auras tore through the air, targeting the Shadow Fiend's right eye and cervical vertebra.
If the Shadow Fiend was only Grade 3, it might not be able to escape this Elite Witch's sneak attack and would definitely suffer a great loss. However, it was a powerful Magic Tool that Grim had spent a huge amount of resources and effort to forge. How could it be compared to ordinary Shadow Steel Golems?
With just a slight struggle, the shackles of darkness binding his body shattered inch by inch, breaking into countless pieces.
The Shadow Fiend's eyes, hidden in the faint black fog, suddenly shot out a dark light that transformed into a shadow shockwave that slammed into Karin's body. It opened its large metallic hands that resembled a demonic claw, and four sharp blades that flickered with a dull luster streaked through the air, locking onto the tall and graceful black figure.
Bastard, this is a Grade 4 Shadow Steel Golem …
The moment Karin's Lightless Dagger collided with the Shadow Fiend's claws, she had determined the Shadow Steel Golem's rank based on the aura it released.
Unfortunately, this insight came a little too late!
If Karin had determined that the Shadow Steel Golem was a Grade 4 Shadow Steel Golem, she would not have tried to assassinate it in vain. She would have chosen to flee immediately.
At this moment, her Lightless Dagger collided with the Shadow Steel Golem's claws. The explosive force sent her flying, blood spurting from her mouth.
She flew out of the shadow zone and landed heavily on the hard ground.
Before she could break free from the dizziness, another shadow shockwave slammed into her head.
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