With the help of a local tyrant, Grim's work became much easier and more comfortable.
Compared to the fire creatures that had lived in this area for tens of thousands of years, the Tier 5 Grimm was no weaker than a God of Fire. No matter how much they struggled or resisted, they could not change the final outcome.
Powerful strength was the key to ensuring that Grimm's will could be carried out!
Taking down Lakebes was equivalent to pushing down the first domino. By relying on this snowball method, he would be able to establish a sizable influence in this area. However, most fire creatures did not have any lofty ambitions, nor did they have the ambition to rule the entire Fire Elemental Plane.
A Tier 5 Flame Monarch like Grimm, on the other hand, would occupy a good fire-filled land and enslave some of the fire creatures nearby. That was enough. There was no need to waste time attacking one Flame Lord after another.
The Fire Elemental Plane was a typical super-large Plane. Its space was more than ten times that of a large Plane like the Sorcerer World.
The difference in strength between the two sides was like heaven and earth.
The Sorcerer World could only bear up to Tier 4 strength, while the Fire Elemental Plane had an upper limit of Tier 7 strength … This meant that there was a high chance of encountering terrifying fire creatures as high as Tier 7 in the Fire Elemental Plane.
Grimm would be no different from an ant in front of such a powerful being!
As a Tier 5 Fire Shaman, Grimm naturally could not treat himself poorly. He had carefully selected a special place called the Molten Flame Altar for himself to reside in.
According to legend, this Molten Altar was once a passage to a powerful Lord of Flames' divine kingdom. However, following a huge incident, the Flame Overlord had fallen completely, and the Sacred Flame on the Molten Flame Altar had been extinguished as well.
Even so, the sacred energy that had permeated the surroundings of the Molten Altar for tens of thousands of years had not completely dissipated. Hence, anyone who worshiped or believed in fire would not dare to approach the Molten Altar.
As an outsider, Grimm naturally did not have the reverence inscribed in his soul like the fire creatures. Hence, among the massive map Grooms had given him, only the Molten Altar could match Grimm's Tier 5 status.
And so, on the 68th day after entering the Fire Elemental Plane, Grimm led the Dragonweb Spider Queen Lachbeth to the Molten Fire Altar.
It was a silent and desolate land.
Even with Grimm's powerful mental power, he could not sense any life or soul in this land.
This place seemed to be under some kind of curse. Even the heatwaves blowing on the scorching and dry land carried an indescribable aura of depravity.
The wind was howling, the fire was whimpering, and the entire earth seemed to be weeping …
As soon as they set foot on this land, the Dragon-Web Spider Queen, Lakebis, who was following closely behind Grimm, stopped in her tracks. Her hideous face revealed a trace of reverence.
"Master, you shouldn't choose this place! I … I smell death and resentment here. Even high-grade creatures like us might be contaminated by some bad things if we stay here for too long … "Lacebeth advised hesitantly.
Grimm did not reply. Instead, he stood rooted to the ground and silently sized up the land before him.
At the end of his vision, he could see undulating volcanoes in all four directions. Black smoke billowed from the tall volcanoes, and flames soared into the sky. Black clouds of smoke piled up in the sky, covering the entire world in a dark red.
There was a rather gentle plain surrounded by mountains. At the center of the plain was a crescent-shaped lava lake that occupied an area of 20 square kilometers. The Molten Altar was right next to the sunken lava lake.
The Molten Altar was unusually grand and majestic. It was surrounded by huge stone pillars that were over a hundred meters tall, and in the middle was a four-layered stone altar. At the top was a strange stone platform shaped like a compass.
Due to the passage of time, the altar was very old and dilapidated.
Not to mention that most of the stone carvings and patterns on the altar had already collapsed and fallen off, even the huge stone pillars erected around it had mostly collapsed, only leaving behind stone pillars that were only two to three meters tall as foundations.
For some reason, strange scenes inexplicably appeared in Grimm's mind as he looked at the ruins that looked like ancient ruins.
The entire sky and earth were fiery red, and a huge door of light that was over a kilometer wide stood in the middle of the plain. In front of the door of light, the Molten Altar was burning with a strange, glass-like purple flame.
The huge plain was densely packed with flaming creatures that came from all directions. They were of different shapes and ranks, but they all looked fanatical. Under the guidance of the priests of the flames, they piously prayed to the purple flame on the altar.
Every once in a while, the purple flame would suddenly burst out with a strong light, and then project a purple halo on the bodies of some of the followers.
Every time the purple halo appeared, there would be a tsunami of cheers, and the prayers of the believers of the Flame would also be raised to a deafening level. Under the envious gazes of the crowd, the followers whose bodies were projected by the purple light slowly walked up the altar, and then strangely passed through the huge door of light, completely disappearing from the scene.
Every time this happened, the atmosphere would heat up to the point that it was about to explode.
All the followers of the flames became even more pious and fanatical, looking forward to becoming the next batch of lucky ones to be chosen.
Passing through the door of light … Entering the Kingdom of God … Becoming one with the origin of the flames …
For some reason, this indescribable strong desire also invaded Grimm's consciousness. He could not help but want to kneel down and pray to the Molten Altar.
[Beep. Sensing the invasion of a mysterious will from the outside world … Requesting Host to remain vigilant …]
[Beep. Detected that the Host's consciousness has been confused. Immediately activating the protection of laws …]
In the next second, the two law halos around Grimm's body suddenly collided with each other, sprinkling bits of law radiance. In an instant, a layer of golden light enveloped Grimm's hundred-meter-tall flaming body.
With the isolation of the golden light, the indescribable feelings that had transcended time and space suddenly disappeared.
Grimm shuddered. When he came to his senses again, the scene before him suddenly disappeared, and he returned to the lonely and desolate state from before.
"A.I. Chip, what happened? What happened to me just now? "Grimm asked in a low voice.
[Beep. Strange spiritual force field detected in this region … Initial judgement is that of an ancient historical scene that has mysteriously reversed time and space … Requesting Host to pay attention to spiritual defenses!]
Spiritual force field?
Time and space reversed?
Grimm carefully thought about it, and could not help but become even more curious about the Molten Altar at the end of his vision.
From the looks of it, it seemed like a powerful divine being had appeared in the Fire Elemental Plane tens of millions of years ago. It had established a large divine kingdom of fire somewhere, and then left behind a Molten Altar here to select its followers to enter the divine kingdom.
A god of the Fire Elemental Plane …
If such a being really existed, it would definitely be thousands of times more powerful than the God of Fire in the World of Gods. The number of followers and the number of fanatics were not on the same level.
Most of the gods in the World of Gods resided in a prime material plane, and no matter how many intelligent beings there were, they could not compare to the elemental planes. On top of that, elemental beings were mostly simple-minded and had simple needs, unlike the intelligent beings in the prime material plane who had messy thoughts and endless desires.
Hence, if a God of Fire really did appear, there would definitely be many fanatics in the Fire Elemental Plane. It would be much better than fighting for the resources of those few followers in the prime material plane.
However, according to Grimm's understanding, the most powerful being in the Fire Elemental Plane was the rank 8 Sovereign of Flames. He had never heard of a God of Fire that relied on faith.
It seemed that it was very difficult for elemental beings to give birth to true Elemental Lords.
All of this was said to be directly related to the Titans.
Grimm had read about the ancient Magi's biographies in the scattered towers. Some Magi had speculated that the four elemental planes were where the basic particles of the multiverse were concentrated. They were also the source of all extraordinary abilities in the material plane.
In order to prevent the four elemental planes from giving birth to beings that were too powerful and thus preventing the material plane from absorbing energy from the Elemental Plane, the Titans were ordered to patrol the Elemental Plane regularly and get rid of powerful beings that had the potential to become Elemental Lords.
Hence, even though the four elemental planes had vast lands and endless elemental beings, the highest they could give birth to was a rank 8 Elemental Lord. There had never been a rank 9 Elemental Lord.
This was the main reason why they were hiding behind the scenes!
In that case, the fallen Sovereign of Flames should have been a powerful being at the peak of rank 8. It was precisely because it was too powerful that it had been attacked by the Titans, causing its divine kingdom to collapse and the altar to be destroyed.
Even after tens of millions of years, the Molten Altar still retained a portion of the strange energy from ancient times. It could drag people into some sort of spiritual illusion and allow them to understand some ancient secrets.
However, Grimm had used his own strength to break free from the illusion. If he had not, what would have happened to him?
Grimm hesitated for a moment before asking in a low voice, "Lakbeth, have you heard of this Molten Altar? Are there any taboos here? "
Lakbeth, the Mother of Dragonweb Spiders, curled up behind Grimm and scanned the altar in the distance with fear. Her voice trembled as she spoke, "As long as it's a creature native to the Fire Elemental Plane, it will not approach the Molten Altar of its own accord. On the contrary, outsiders seem to be summoned by the altar and are unknowingly drawn in. "
"Do outsiders often go missing here?"
"Yes! Many outsiders never appeared again after they got close to the altar. No one knew where they went. However, reliable information says that … "At this point, even Lakbeth could not help but lower her voice," Their souls have been absorbed by the dead Sovereign of Flames, becoming the energy for its resurrection. As for whether it's true or not, I don't know! "
The Sovereign of Flames' premeditated resurrection … This was shocking news!
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