With the vastness of a plane, the plane's consciousness could never be as agile and responsive as a human's brain.
However, its basic likes and dislikes were no different from a human's!
All the individuals living in its embrace, whether they were sentient beings or unsentient rocks and wood, were insignificant parts of the plane's consciousness. If the plane was completely sealed off and the total amount of resources and living beings remained the same, the plane's consciousness would lose the opportunity to evolve and grow stronger.
Only by working hard to protect what it had and continuously usurping resources from the outside world for its own growth could the plane's consciousness continue to grow stronger and awaken itself into a more powerful existence.
As a large plane, the Sorcerer Continent had long since sprouted a great consciousness that belonged to this plane, thus forming a world's consciousness that matched the Sorcerer Continent's.
After the birth of this consciousness, the only way it could control this plane was through the invisible Hand of Law. All matter and living beings that lived in this plane were bound by numerous nomological powers.
Wood could make fire, fire could smelt metal, and metal could cut down trees and stones. The earth could bear everything, giving birth to life in the soil, and water could nourish everything … These were all superficial phenomena. Behind the scenes, everything was controlled by the all-encompassing and all-encompassing Plane's laws.
Even the top-level Sorcerers who claimed to have conquered planes and were as powerful as gods could not ignore the existence of the Plane's laws and act recklessly.
Therefore, the more powerful a Sorcerer was, the more profound their understanding of the World's Will would be. As for the weaker beings, they could only sense all of this in a hazy and illusory manner. Just like the evolution of Grim's Body of Flame, the existence of the plane's consciousness was everywhere.
There was no God or God here, but there was a selfless plane's consciousness hidden in the depths of the plane, silently driving the plane's orderly operation. All actions that were beneficial to the plane's operation would receive hazy feedback from the plane's consciousness, thus increasing one's control and authority over the Plane's laws.
As for actions that went against the plane's consciousness, it would also cause "it" to feel disgusted, thus becoming the object of disgust for all beings in the plane.
Through monitoring and analyzing the data of his body, Grimm vaguely sensed that there was an invisible hand controlling everything in the plane. Otherwise, it would be underestimating Grimm's intelligence to say that this was an instinctive and unconscious action of the body.
In order for a sorcerer-apprentice to become an official sorcerer, it seemed that they had to cross the threshold of understanding the laws of the plane. Otherwise, why would there be such a huge difference between a Prospective Wizard with 20 points of mental strength and a Wizard with 21 points of mental strength?
With a mind full of questions, Grimm waited until the immersion of the 'Body of Flame' ended before quickly leaving the lava sea to avoid being caught by the patrolling Molten Core Giants.
Grimm ran out of the safe zone in one breath and found a new campsite to settle down.
During this period of consumption, the food and water he brought were almost all used up, so Grim had no choice but to live a primitive life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. Their food came from the Fire Lizards they hunted, and their water came from the water and lizard blood that they gathered using witchcraft.
In order to arrange the best time for his immersion, Grim would change his campsite every two days. The time and location he entered and exited the lava sea was also different. Using this method, he successfully avoided the Molten Core Giants' traps and ambushes, which made the Molten Core Giants angry but helpless.
Through countless "conversations" with the Molten Core Giants, Grimm quickly figured out the Molten Core Giants' way of thinking and action. After countless tests and summaries, he finally broke through the blockade of the Molten Core Giants and successfully approached their nest — the circular islands.
Although it was called a circular island, it was actually just a bunch of huge rocks floating on the lava sea. The Molten Core Giants used thick alloy chains to tie them together, forming a chain of floating islands anchored in the center of the lava sea.
The lair of the Molten Core Giants was located on these floating islands.
It could be said that a Molten Core Giant's entire life was spent in this vast lava sea from birth to death. This was why they only had the strength of a wizard and high intelligence, but they did not have the corresponding high-level wisdom.
To sum it up, they were very smart, but not at the level of "cunning"!
That was why they were so powerful, but they were still disturbed by Grim, a "high-level acolyte".
Of course, it was rare to see a High-Rank Apprentice like Grim.
After observing the Molten Core Giants' floating islands, Grim did not give up. He even thought of robbing the Molten Core Giant family's treasure vault. These Molten Core Giants were born and raised in this place. They patrolled in the lava sea every day. Almost all the high-level magic gems and top-grade witchcraft materials that could be produced by the underground volcanoes had been piled up like a mountain in their treasury.
If he could successfully rob such a family's treasure vault, Grim felt that he would not have to spend the next few hundred years searching for resources. Just this one time was enough for him to eat his fill!
But after carefully inspecting it a few times, Grim was discouraged once again.
The Molten Core Giants really valued their treasure vault. Not only did they build it on the largest floating island, but they also built it next to the elder's residence. There were also two elite Molten Core Giants guarding the entrance all year round, so the defense was impenetrable.
Grim had the A.I. Chip come up with countless plans, but he still could not find a reliable way to sneak into the treasure vault under the watchful eyes of the two elite Molten Core Giants.
However, after searching for treasures but to no avail, Grim accidentally made another discovery.
He found the Molten Core Giant's cemetery of death!
Although the Molten Core Giants had a lifespan of one to two thousand years, as time passed, they would inevitably die. In order to give their dead tribesmen a place to rest in peace, the Molten Core Giants built a cemetery on one of the floating islands. Every time a tribesman was about to die, they would enter the cemetery and wait for their death.
After they died, their huge and scorching bodies would gradually cool down, and then solidify into stone statues that stood quietly. Hence, there were many stone statues in the cemetery, and there were even some bodies that were as tall as seven to eight meters.
The Molten Core Giants guarded their family's treasure vault strictly to prevent human Magi or other fire creatures from sneaking in and stealing their treasures. However, Grim did not find any effective security measures for the family graveyard.
This was actually understandable. After all, not everyone or any creature would have any improper thoughts about a lifeless stone statue! However, when the Molten Core Giants encountered Grimm, who could even squeeze oil out of a stone, their family's graveyard became precarious.
What Grimm was after was the elemental cores left in the remains of the giants. The elemental crystal cores that had been dead for too long would, of course, have lost all their soul aura and could not be used further. However, for the elemental crystal cores that had been dead for less than a hundred years, he might be able to find some cores that could be used to make magic puppets.
One had to know that the Molten Core Giants that could enter the family cemetery were the most senior ones, and even the weakest elemental crystal cores were at the Magus level. If he was lucky, he might even be able to find a Grade 2 Magus level crystal core.
At the thought of elemental magic puppets of this level, Grim's heart palpitated, and he could not control himself. He could not wait to rush to the ring-shaped floating island, smash all the giant bodies, and collect all the crystal cores.
Unfortunately, this was just pure fantasy. If he really did that, he would definitely be able to get on the island but not get off. The Molten Core Giants would definitely eat him alive!
There were about two hundred Molten Core Giants living on the island. Among them, about seventy were baby Quasi-Magi, and more than 140 were mature Magi. In this world where they had no natural enemies and did not have to worry about food and clothing, their defense mechanism was not very strong.
If it wasn't for the fact that Grimm's level was too low, these clumsy giants with huge bodies and great strength would definitely be his best prey. But now, even a young Molten Core Giant would require a lot of effort for him to take it down.
Therefore, if he wanted to take advantage of the situation, the only way was to fish in troubled waters!
With this preliminary plan in mind, he did not rush to provoke the Molten Core Giants. Instead, he became even quieter. Every day, he would only roam around the outskirts of the Fire World and only sneak to the edge of the lava sea every few days to take a bath before sneaking away.
Using this regular movement pattern, Grim successfully deceived the patrolling Molten Core Giants. They gradually let down their guard and no longer saw him as an enemy that could pose a threat to them. Although the hunt for Grimm was still ongoing, it was more like a routine activity, a game of cat and mouse that would be carried out almost every day or two.
Of course, Grim was not in a hurry.
This underground mission would last for as long as three months, and it would take a long time for his Physique of Flame to evolve. Therefore, what he needed to do now was to wait for the day that his Physique of Flame broke through. When that day came, it would be the moment he put his plan into action.
Finally, two months after Grim entered the Fire World, his long-awaited Physique of Flame finally broke through.
When the A.I. Chip's projection of the Physique of Flame's progress jumped from 99% to 100%, Grim felt that his entire body had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.
Everything was different from before!
Body of Flame!
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