"Master, that Magus seems to have recognised me. Look … "
Worm Witch Billis licked his lips lightly, looking like he was hungry and thirsty.
"Keep an eye on him. If they're just reporting information, let them be. If they have any other intentions, I don't mind bathing this route in blood … "Grimm said resolutely as he surveyed the surroundings.
"Understood! Leave it to me … "
Worm Lich Billis laughed sinisterly, and the body hidden under the black robe squirmed slightly. A torso the size of a pinky finger fell to the ground and broke into countless tiny black beetles, quietly swarming in all directions along the floor.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the entire airship had been thoroughly scrutinized.
Ralph, the Magus in charge of controlling the airship, had a swarm of black beetles latched onto his shoes and became the focus of the swarm's surveillance. However, he was completely unaware of it.
It was midnight, and the airship flew above the thick clouds. Below it was a vast and boundless Dark Forest.
A faint layer of invisibility enveloped the airship, erasing all traces of it.
With this layer of invisibility, most magical creatures with low intelligence would not be able to detect the airship's existence, ensuring the safety of the voyage. As for those that could detect the airship's existence through the faint magic undulations, they had already been beaten to a pulp by the Magi of the association. Naturally, they did not dare to rob a transport with the association's insignia.
At night, in order to maintain the airship's secrecy, all the Magi on board were forbidden from using any spells. Hence, in their boredom, they would either walk up to the flight deck and admire the Dark Forest under the cover of night, or hide in their residences to do research or meditate.
At the bottom of the airship, in a tightly guarded room, Ralph sat in front of a wooden table, communicating with someone in the headquarters through a strange rhombus-shaped crystal.
"... Are you sure it's that legendary Fire Lich?" On the other side of the crystal was an elderly Magus, who was frowning as he listened to Ralph's explanation. He could not help but interrupt.
"This … I'm not too sure. But it's very likely … "
"Why do you think so?"
"Because it has been confirmed that one of the two black robes is the Insect Witch Bliss, and he can be considered one of the core fighting forces of the Crimson Family. However, according to my observations, the insect sorcerer seemed to be very respectful to the other person, and he seemed to be treating the other person as his master. That's why I speculated that the other person might be the Crimson Tribe's leader, Grim … "
"Hmm, according to what you said, it's very likely that the other one is Grim. At least in the Crimson Family, he seemed to be the only one who fulfilled these characteristics. When will you arrive at the destination? "
"37 days later …"
"Understood, then continue to monitor them … Forget it, you don't need to do anything, and don't pay special attention to these two people. I will make the necessary arrangements. Be careful, don't provoke these fellows. Rank 4 Magi aren't good people! "
"Yes, I understand."
Little did Ralph know that while he was hiding in the room that was protected by multiple spell formations, there were a dozen tiny black dots on the floor that were hard to see with the naked eye that were monitoring his every move.
In a simple cabin on the second floor of the ship.
The Insect Witch Bliss was sitting cross-legged on an empty wooden bed. His body under the black robes would swell and wriggle from time to time, making him look like an outsider.
On the ferocious insect head that was exposed, the many compound eyes around the insect pupils were flickering alternately, faintly reflecting hundreds of strange images. Some were quietly moving about in the cabin, some were chatting with each other on the deck, and most of them were reading books or in deep meditation …
One had to know that most Magi had a perverted fear for their own safety. Hence, unless it was absolutely safe, they would not enter deep meditation.
The insects that the Insect Witch Bliss had released were able to hide from the surveillance spell formations on the airship, as well as the alarm spell formations that the Magi had set up in the cabin. They were able to get so close to them and monitor their every move. This meant that the other party's life was in his hands.
With Bliss's methods, killing any one of them would be as easy as flipping his palm. If he was more meticulous, Bliss could even arrange for their deaths to be an accidental backlash from a spell experiment, making it so that no one would be able to see through it.
This feeling of having the enemy's life in his hands and having the situation under his control was what Bliss loved the most!
However, no matter how arrogant he was, there was still an area on the airship that he did not dare to approach.
That was the room that the Scarlet Family's head, Grimm, was resting in.
Perhaps the other Magi on the airship were too low-ranked and could not sense the terrifying energy radiation from Grimm's body. In their eyes, Grimm was just a quiet and reclusive rank 1 Magus.
However, in Bliss's eyes, Grimm was a moving volcano that had been suppressed for thousands of years and was about to explode. The cabin that he resided in was filled with a terrifying flame energy that made even Bliss's scalp go numb.
Every time he commanded the insects to crawl around the airship, Bliss would do his best to stay away from Grimm's room. He was truly afraid, worried that the swarm's approach would trigger the silent volcano.
If this terrifying energy were to erupt, the airship and the Magi on it would be vaporized in an instant. Not even their bones would be left behind.
In the cabin that Grimm resided in, he finally opened his eyes leisurely.
The Flaming Coral Magic Staff, which was standing in front of Ji Hao, was already glowing red. The intense heat had even twisted the air around it, making the scene in the room extremely weird.
The Divine Fire Orb at the tip of the staff formed an illusory chain of fire with Grimm's core of laws. Waves of extremely pure flame energy that were like boiling lava flowed through the chain. Every time it circulated, the energy itself seemed to undergo some strange changes.
Its colour changed from scarlet to white, gradually turning into a golden yellow.
This change in colour meant that the flame energy was continuously increasing.
Ever since he saw the Flame Sovereign in the depths of the Sea of Ashes, Grimm had a rough idea of the energy form of high-ranked creatures. If he wanted to continue improving himself, he would need to deepen his understanding of flames and also increase his spiritual force.
Without extremely high spiritual force, it would be impossible to control the violent and dangerous fire elemental particles. Without extremely high spiritual force, it would be impossible to compress and purify the unruly fire elemental particles.
When he was still at a low level, Grimm's understanding of the fire elemental particles was that he could control them and manipulate them at will. However, as his understanding of flames deepened and his spiritual force increased, he began to understand the nature of flames more and more.
Yes, flames had their own nature!
Just like the gentle and gentle water elemental particles, the unruly and unruly wind elemental particles, and the sluggish and firm earth elemental particles, the fire elemental particles that Grimm desperately wanted to control were extremely passionate and unrestrained. If one followed their elemental characteristics, everything would become very simple. However, if one were to go against their elemental characteristics, they would find it very difficult to get along with them.
The power of the flame lay in its violence and its destruction …
In the hands of a gentle Magus, these wild and flamboyant elements were naturally unable to display their full might. Only those who were tyrannical and did not care about the consequences would be able to display the might of fire spells to their fullest.
In comparison, Grimm had restrained himself too much in his past battles and relied too much on the A.I. Chip's assistance.
Although this increased his safety, it also hindered his body and mind from fusing with the fire elemental particles.
This was especially so after reaching the 4th grade. With every step he took, Grimm could feel the resistance and restlessness of the fire elemental particles. Being unable to tame the fire elemental particles caused Grimm's understanding of flames to stagnate.
However, Grimm did not regret his decision after he figured it out!
A good flame was one that he could control. If he had to sacrifice a portion of his rationality to increase his affinity with flames, Grimm would rather be rejected by the fire elemental particles.
However, this did not mean that Grimm would give up on flames.
Since he could not accept the transformation of the fire elemental particles and could not entrust his safety to the violence and ferocity of the fire elemental particles, Grimm could only take another path and use other methods to increase the level of his fire elemental energy.
If his own understanding of flames was insufficient and he could not continue to compress and purify the fire elemental particles, he would find a substitute. Grimm's choice was the Vulcan Orb!
Grimm formed a fire chain between the core of law and the Vulcan Orb, sending the fire elemental particles into the orb and using its power to compress and purify them. He then transferred the compressed and purified flames back to the core of law, using the power of laws contained within to strengthen the core of law.
Limited by Grimm's current spiritual force and the tolerance of the core of law, he could only do this step by step. It would take a long and arduous time.
Hence, the Insect Lich, Bliss, could sense that there was a terrifying amount of fire elemental particles in Grimm's room. Its strength, intensity, and level of power had clearly surpassed Grimm's current rank!
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