Although the Nightmare Castle had awakened, it had no hands, legs, or sharp claws. Hence, the job of cleaning up its enemies could only be handed over to the Nightmare Creatures under its control.
In essence, the Nightmare Creatures were just a bunch of spirits that appeared in the Nightmare Weave through the projection of their souls.
However, ever since Kothryn's blood sacrifice had devoured all of Magus Entom, it had transformed from a pure alchemy lifeform into a monster with the characteristics of a flesh and blood creature.
In other words, it had a life and a soul, possessing everything an intelligent lifeform should have!
The only problem now was that Kothryn's advancement had been through blood sacrifice, and his soul was filled with a murderous and tyrannical aura. Once it awoke from its slumber, it could mutate into some terrifying forbidden lifeform.
If such a fellow could not be controlled and allowed to wreak havoc in the scattered towers, it would be a calamity for the central continent. However, if it could be controlled, it would be an excellent Wizard Slave for any Magus organisation or organisation.
After all, a Wizard Slave with the potential to develop to rank 6 was extremely rare, and those that could be used by Magi were even rarer!
If Mary could successfully control Kothryn's soul core, then the combination of Mary and Kothryn would definitely not be inferior to Lich Congnus. Of course, this referred to the Lich before he had obtained the Austere Winter's Chest, and not the extremely powerful Frost Lich now.
Ever since he had obtained the Austere Winter's Chest, Lich Congnus had hidden in his Skeletal Plane and had not shown his face. Even if Grimm had invited him, he would only send a few rank 4 underlings to deal with the situation.
If Grimm had not used the Necropolis of the Death God to summon him out for a while, it would probably be difficult to see his true body for hundreds of years.
According to the A.I. Chip's observations, Lich Congnus's assimilation with the Austere Winter's Chest was very successful. He had now reached the peak of rank 4 and possessed the strength of a powerful being. Furthermore, the power of ice that he had absorbed had perfectly fused with his own power of death, forming a unique Frozen Death Aura.
In battle, it could even extend the cold air of death to its Undead minions in the form of a halo, adding another magical effect to their physical attacks — Soul Freeze.
He thought about the undead army that filled the entire plane. He thought about how each and every one of them had the ability to freeze souls. Every time an attack landed on an enemy's body, the enemy's soul would become sluggish, their thoughts frozen, and they would be unable to retaliate no matter how they attacked …
Such a powerful and terrifying ability was only the result of his initial fusion. Given a few centuries, he would be able to fuse the Austere Chest into his soul and reach the fifth stage, becoming the first frost lich in the multiverse to wield the freezing aura of death.
Everyone was silently advancing or becoming stronger, and Grimm naturally did not dare to slack off. Even though he had now firmly occupied a dominant position in the central continent, he still did not let go of any opportunity or challenge that could enhance his own strength.
Compared to Grim's smooth sailing, Mary's future was much more troublesome.
For a vampire wizard like her, success or failure depended on her bloodline.
Everything she had was given to her by her bloodline. The speed at which she ascended in the early stages was as if she had cheats. However, once she lost her bloodline or touched the bloodline shackles, her path forward would be cut off. It would be hard for her to take even half a step forward.
For Blood Meridian Sorcerers, if they didn't have a great opportunity, they wouldn't be able to break the shackles of their bloodline and ascend to become a true high-level lifeform.
While Mary's talent was decent, it was only decent.
Compared to the genius wizards, Mary's talent for vampirism was low. Had it not been for the large amounts of dragon blood in Lance, Mary would have needed at least another seven to eight hundred years to reach her current level.
That would be the time for her to use her talent and hard work to fight for her life!
It had to be said that Mary's encounter with Grimm was a stroke of luck and fate. The fact that she could trust Grimm wholeheartedly was something that should not exist in the Sorcerer World where people only cared about benefits and deceit.
However, it was the existence of this weird mentality and emotion that freed Mary and Grimm. There was no blood relation, no contract, no conflict of interest, but they could trust each other from the bottom of their hearts.
This … could no longer be described as ordinary feelings!
It was because of his trust in Mary that Grimm was willing to go all out against the Nightmare Castle.
With Grimm's elemental vision and spiritual perception, he could see that the interior of the Nightmare Castle was filled with all sorts of distorted and strange force field undulations. These force fields overlapped with each other, intertwining and mutating, changing the original nature of the force fields.
It was because of their overly complicated changes that it made it difficult for external probes to advance.
When Grimm had first entered the castle, his domain and spiritual perception had been suppressed to the point where it was difficult for them to leave his body. This was the main reason.
Now, with the A.I. Chip's high efficiency analysis and data analysis, Grimm had finally grasped the curves and undulations of the force fields within the Nightmare Castle. Only then did he unleash the might of the Inferno Domain, incinerating the terrifying enemies that swarmed towards him into charcoal, keeping them at a distance of ten steps.
It couldn't be helped. After entering the second stage of Nightmare Weave, almost all the nightmare creatures that appeared in front of Grimm were rank 2 or 3. Though they could not truly be Grimm's opponents, they relied on their fearless charge and terrifying numbers to hold him back in the great hall.
Using the time gained from the nightmare creatures, the Nightmare Castle was also in the midst of rapid changes. The wall-like substance seemed to cover every corner of the castle, and Grimm could even faintly hear a muffled thumping sound that sounded like a war drum from within the great hall.
Heartbeat … This was the heartbeat of the Nightmare Castle after it had been revived!
"Time's up. Beginning the third stage of Nightmare Weave … "
The moment the A.I. Chip's prompt disappeared, the strange heartbeat also disappeared.
The entire Nightmare Castle suddenly became abnormally quiet.
An unprecedented berserk force swept down from the upper levels of the castle, converging with the complex force field undulations inside, pressing down on Grimm.
Before the battle at Shattered Stone Canyon, perhaps Grimm could rely on his vitality of 26 to withstand this attack. Now, however, Grimm's expression changed. He could only gather a vast amount of fire energy to block in front of him, blocking the powerful force that was pressing down on him.
* Bang … *
With a loud explosion, the 12-metre-tall Molten Giant was sent flying out of the Nightmare Castle like a baseball that had been struck, only coming to a stop after smashing through the gates of the manor.
Peak Grade 4 …
It was only the third stage, but it already had the strength of a Peak Grade 4, and it had actually forced him out of the Nightmare Castle.
This was not a good start!
Grimm pondered as he slowly pulled his body out from the wall. Scorching flames roasted the walls, turning the rocks within the human-shaped gap red. Then, they turned into soft lava that flowed down.
In front of him, the Nightmare Castle that stood quietly in its original spot like an ancient ferocious beast was wriggling its body slowly. An unprecedentedly powerful soul undulation rose from the depths of the castle, crashing towards Grimm like a small mountain.
A sharp glint flashed in Grimm's eyes, and his tall Molten Giant suddenly stood upright like a mountain. His spiritual force mixed with the four laws of fire met the attack head-on.
* Boom … *
A muffled sound rang out.
The formless and intangible mental powers collided in the void, stirring up ripples visible to the naked eye. The sky above the Nightmare Weave was like a piece of parchment, distorting and wrinkling to a terrifying degree. The terrifying sound of paper tearing could be heard in the air.
This kind of spiritual collision couldn't be faked at all. It was like two powerful lifeforms abandoning casting techniques and combat methods, directly colliding with each other with the power of their hearts and souls. What they were competing on was the strength of their mental strength, the strength of their souls, and the tenacity of their willpower …
Grimm had the Book of Darkness to protect his mind and the Vulcan Orb as the core. In this aspect, he was clearly superior to Koslin. Although Koslin was half an alchemist, and his physical and mental toughness were far above that of human Magi, he was still inferior to Grimm, who had two godly weapons in his hands.
After the collision, Grim was forced to retreat continuously.
Every time the thick and sturdy Giant Molten Leg took a step back, it would leave a two-meter-deep footprint in the ground. The footprint was filled with boiling red molten lava, causing the ground to sizzle from the heat.
The Nightmare Castle, which was a hundred times larger than Grimm, was not having an easy time either.
Visible to the naked eye, dazzling flames erupted from every part of the castle. Thick black smoke wafted out of the castle and slowly rose into the sky.
The Nightmare Castle trembled violently, and the embossed decorations on the outer walls fell down. A deep crack extended from the castle's foundation up to the fourth floor of the castle.
The huge and complicated force field walls that surrounded the castle crackled and exploded non-stop.
This collision had successfully tested the basic strength of the two.
Koslin, who had used the Nightmare Castle as his main body, had completely suppressed Grimm in terms of strength and vitality. However, in terms of spiritual force, he was clearly weaker.
Perhaps Koslin's most obvious weakness was his mobility.
After all, he was just a lifeform transformed from an alchemy castle, so his mobility was close to zero. If not for the Nightmare Weave's special consciousness domain, he would have been perfectly suppressed by Grimm's powerful fire spells.
After the first attack failed, the Nightmare Castle trembled again and began to prepare another consciousness attack. Grimm, who had sworn not to retreat, could only sway his molten body and meet the attack head-on.
As he fought with Koslin, Grimm secretly sent a message to Mary.
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