Grimm couldn't help but sigh in relief when he saw Runai's clone vanish from the crack.
Even though he'd been the one to lure her here, her terrifying might had far exceeded his imagination. His thoughts were still stuck in the realm of beings on a plane, and he couldn't imagine or deduce what the higher lifeforms were like.
However, his brief contact with Runai's clone had given him an epiphany.
Compared to Magi, gods had a deeper understanding and control of laws, and were closer to the origin. It was just that the gods had divided the Laws into different domains, and they had grouped them into Divine Domains.
To the gods, Divine Domains were their own laws.
The gods placed all their power into their divine domains, using them to condense divinity and convert the power of faith from their worshippers into usable divine force. Divine force contained the might of a divine domain, and represented the origin of the world.
In this aspect, the path of power for Magi of laws and gods was somewhat similar. However, a God's true power was borrowed, rather than accumulated bit by bit. That was why a God's true power would be greatly weakened once they left their Divine Kingdom and Origin Plane.
It was no wonder that many great Magi looked down on the gods, even calling them parasites that lived on the laws of the plane of origin. Their everything was tied to the plane of origin, and if something happened to it, they would not survive either.
This was why the World of Gods had always prevented any external forces from entering their plane of origin.
Magi, on the other hand, were more like imitating the power of laws of the plane of origin. They observed, researched, and comprehended the system of laws of the plane of origin, searching for the power of laws that was most compatible with their own soul.
They would then trace back to the origin, slowly probing the operation of laws from the end of the chain of laws. This would allow the power they controlled to get closer to the core of the plane of origin.
If the plane of origin was a huge tree, what the Magi grasped at the beginning was just one or two leaves at the end. With the leaves, they would follow the veins of the leaves to the branches, and from the branches to the trunk, the branches, the trunk …
In the end, the source of power for Magi of laws would always be the gigantic roots hidden deep within the earth.
With such a huge root system, even a wizard could only master a small part of it in their lifetime. With the source of life in their hands, law-defying wizards could absorb an endless stream of energy from it and become stronger step by step.
Perhaps this was the path that the Magi of laws had chosen for themselves.
In the time it takes for a spark to fly off a flint, the dense aura of laws surrounding him and the A.I. Chip's analysis of Runai's clone allowed Grimm to deduce his future path of advancement. He also had a general understanding of the origins of laws.
At his level, external resources and knowledge were only a foundation. What truly determined his future development potential was the height and depth of his thoughts.
Idealism …
In the past on Earth, this might have been a kind of dross. However, in a different world that was filled with magical energy, the spiritual consciousness was superior to the material, becoming a dominant and decisive powerful force.
…
However, just as Grimm was about to follow this train of thought, the dimensional rift floating in the thousands of beautiful ribbons of light suddenly began to rumble, and there was a new change.
Oh? Runai's clone had just been kicked out of the Magus World. What, did she want to come back?
Grimm stared intently and began to quickly gather his energy.
Sure enough, a large hole tore open in the planar crack, revealing Senai's fierce, fiery head once again.
However, she wasn't stupid enough to enter by herself. Instead, she opened her mouth wide and spat out a stream of scorching red flames.
The high-temperature flames surged into the plane, but they didn't engulf everything like before and destroy all life. Instead, they circled around the rift and gathered into a sea of flames. Once the flames reached a certain level, Runai spat out a golden crystal the size of a fingernail and entered the Magus World.
As soon as the golden crystal entered the plane, the flame energy scattered around the crack quickly gathered together as if it had a backbone.
In no time at all, a ten-meter-tall flame giant that looked 70% to 80% similar to Runai's clone crawled up from the ground, slowly scanning the unfamiliar world.
Judging from its strength and form, this flame giant seemed to be a powerful pinnacle grade 4 flame creature. Only, the Flame Energy contained within its body was likely stronger than a Tier 5 Flame Creature's.
Divine Shard of Fire …
That golden crystal was a Divine Shard of Fire!
Only a divine object like the Divine Shard of Fire could serve as a vessel for Runai's clone's consciousness, allowing her to freely control the laws of fire in the plane.
Anri, Gloria, and Cthuna watched the scene at the same time, their eyes glinting with a cold glint. Their hearts couldn't help but pound wildly.
Divine shards were naturally the foundation of power that gods relied on to survive. Only by gathering enough Quintessence would they be able to ascend to a higher level of Gods.
If the Crystal of Law that Grimm had previously obtained was just a fragment of some kind of law power, then the Divinity contained the essence of a complete power system.
Although it had been broken into finger-sized fragments, as long as it was still a divine shard, the power within would always be complete and refined. Once a Magus obtained a divine shard like this, its effects would be akin to turning stone into gold.
It might not be possible to turn a mortal into a god with such a small shard, but it would be no problem for a pinnacle grade 4 Magus who was on the verge of breaking through to grade 5. However, considering the origin of the divine shard, Grimm was the only Magus present who could make use of it.
The moment the divine shard appeared, the hearts of the powerhouses trembled for some reason. They faintly felt that this was what Grimm had been trying to achieve all this time.
Did he want to steal Runai's divine shard? Did he have the strength to fight against such a terrifying clone of the Fire God? Was he trying to borrow our power again?
As these thoughts flashed through everyone's minds, the thousand-metre-tall Grimm finally made his move.
In a burst of earth-shattering laughter, Grimm's huge body abruptly collapsed, reverting to a pure and refined flame energy. It turned into a terrifying stream of flames that rushed towards the Flame Giant who had just condensed his body.
Still bound by the laws of the plane, the flaming projection had nowhere to hide. It simply opened its mouth wide and swallowed the oncoming flames.
Just like how Runai's flames could not harm Grimm's body, Grimm's flames could not harm the flaming projection either. As long as it was given enough time, it could even devour ten Grim Imus.
After all, the flaming projection had a shard of divine shard that could refine and convert any type of fire energy.
However, it was not so easy to devour the flames that contained Grimm's willpower in an instant. One had to know that Grimm's current level of power was not any weaker than Runai's clone. It was just that his energy reserves and control of flames were far superior.
The Flame Projection could not help but feel puzzled by Grimm's strange behavior that was akin to sending himself to his death. However, it would be a waste if it did not accept power that was delivered to its doorstep. It instinctively devoured Grimm's boundless flames.
Suddenly, the flame energy in his body that contained Grimm's willpower began to riot. The flaming projection laughed coldly, using its own power to suppress it.
Its strength was more than ten times that of Grimm's, and it was not worried that this little bit of fire would cause a ruckus in its stomach. However, the restlessness in its body had undoubtedly scattered its power, causing it to temporarily lose control of its body.
Just as it was delightedly trying to suppress Grimm's willpower, the flaming projection suddenly sensed something. It used all its strength to turn around.
Behind it, a pair of huge dark green eyes were staring at it.
When she saw the flame projection turn around, her dark green eyes flashed with a hint of mockery. She then opened her mouth wide, revealing fangs that were even larger and deeper than Runai's clone, and swallowed it with a roar.
Devouring Demon Fish!
It was Grimm's Astral Beast Transformation ability that he had recently learned.
After transforming into a Devouring Demon Fish, Grimm instantly gained the ability to devour a body's strength that was no more than two times his own.
However, it was obvious that the flaming projection that Grimm had devoured today was more than ten times his own strength. Hence, after a bout of nausea, Grimm opened his mouth and spat out more than half of his flaming body from his stomach. Only then did he turn around and tear through space, vanishing without a trace.
Without the shard of divinity and Runai's divine soul's control, the remaining half of his flaming body immediately dissipated into a boundless sea of flames that spread in all directions.
The surroundings of Blackink Valley, which had just stabilized, were heavily damaged by the flames once more!
Runai's clone, who had been silently standing outside the plane rift and controlling the flaming projection with the shard of divinity, suddenly let out an earth-shattering roar of fury.
Just now … just now … that hateful human Magus had actually turned into a strange astral beast and devoured half of her flaming projection. What infuriated her the most was that the shard of divinity had been snatched away as well.
Having lost the connection to the shard of divinity, Runai's clone's aura immediately plummeted, her strength dropping by a few ranks.
Just as she was about to charge into the Sorcerer World and fight to the death with the human Sorcerer, Senai's avatar suddenly stiffened and slowly turned around.
In the depths of the stars, the three-headed Hellhound Dilmas was walking towards her step by step. The six huge eyes on its three heads revealed a hint of burning greed and evilness as they stared at its body.
Both of them were at grade 6, although Runai's clone was more powerful. However, as a Lord of Disaster, Dilmas seemed to be more adept at fighting and killing.
When these two people came together, who would win and who would lose, who would live and who would die, was still unknown!
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