Grimm slowly walked into the forest.
Although he was weak now, he still had the foundation of a wizard. Even if he was unarmed, ordinary creatures could not hurt him. He had a feeling that the puppets he made would not be affected by the law change. That was why he wanted to find a secluded place to test it out.
The forest was filled with vines and short bushes. Half-green and half-red berries swayed on the branches. The wind blew against his face, filled with the fragrance of grass and moist air.
He was about half a mile away from the camp. Looking back, the dense ancient trees covered the sky. No matter what he did here, he would not be noticed.
Grimm took out an Earth element crystal core from his storage belt and threw it on the ground. As the dense earth elements began to gather, the black and glossy soil began to bulge and deform, and in a few seconds, a humanoid earth golem was formed.
Since the Earth Puppet did not sift through the soil before it was formed, there were countless broken branches, rotten leaves, and earthworms and insects crawling around in panic.
Grimm furrowed his brows.
This was a beginner Earth Puppet. Although it was not as strong as the Crocodile Hunter, it should not be this weak!
According to his tests in the wizard world, a beginner Earth Puppet should be about two meters tall and weigh 600 to 700 pounds. But now, it seemed that this Earth Puppet was only 1.5 meters tall, and its weight was less than a third.
It seemed that the summoning of the puppets was not affected by the law change. However, the magic elements here were scarce, so the strength of the puppets was reduced. This small flaw did not make Grimm depressed. Because for the sake of this Planar War, his storage belt was densely packed with various types of Demon Puppet Crystal Cores. A rough count was at least two to three hundred of them.
This was the result of his hard work for half a year. Grimm always believed that if he could not crush the enemy with quality, he would drown the enemy with a terrifying number!
Grimm closed his eyes and sensed the consumption of his spiritual force to summon the Earth Puppet. With his current spiritual force, he could support 100 Earth Puppets on the battlefield. In the following days, Grim repeatedly tested the other types of Demon Puppets, including the Water Man, Rock Python, Wind Breath Monster, Lightning Giant, Flame Hound, Flame Lord …
Grimm carefully sensed the amount of spiritual power each of them needed to consume, and then memorized them one by one in his mind.
Ever since he had advanced to become a Magus, his sudden increase in spiritual force made the Demon Dusk Army that he had previously envisioned somewhat feasible. With Grim's current spirit power, he could probably support 100 beginner level magic puppets (Earth Puppet, Fire Hound, Wind Breath Monster), or 25 advanced level magic puppets (Water Man, Crocodile Hunter, Rock Python), or 10 quasi-wizard level magic puppets (Lightning Giant, Water Spirit, Lava Hound), or 5 wizard level magic puppets (Flame Lord).
However, there was only one Wizard-ranked magic puppet, the Flame Lord. Due to the scarcity of high-grade magic puppets, Grimm could only focus on the low-grade magic puppets.
Just as Grim was inspecting the various types of magic puppets, the A.I. Chip suddenly emitted a shrill alarm.
[Beep. Strange lifeform detected. Currently transmitting special spiritual waves …]
Grim suddenly turned around. His eyes that were as bright as the morning stars pierced through the gaps of the forest, and his gaze landed on a strange flying insect lying in the dense foliage.
It was a finger-sized insect with a shiny black carapace all over its body. It was lying on a thick branch, using the wide leaves to cover its body. If not for the A.I. Chip's warning, Grim would not have been able to discover such a hidden 'lurker' with his spiritual force severely suppressed.
Bastard, it's that demonic insect Entik's spy.
Grim furrowed his brows, and his eyes flashed with a red light. The branch that the flying insect was perching on immediately emitted thick smoke, and was instantly ignited by the gathering fire elemental energy.
The flying insect knew that it had been exposed. It flapped its metallic wings and wanted to slip away, but Grim's second ignite spell had already locked onto it. The laws of the other plane had affected Grim's first spell, and he had no choice but to cast a second one.
The sudden explosion of flames engulfed the flying insect in an instant. It wriggled its fat body and shrieked in pain, making human-like sounds. It seemed that the demonic insect Entik had attached a strand of spiritual force to the insect's spy, and now it had suffered a little under Grim's hands.
In a clearing half a kilometer away from Grim, the black-robed Entik stood there quietly, a cold snort coming from the shadows of his hood.
Like Mary, the demonic insect Entik did not rely too much on elemental spells due to its special constitution, and thus was not greatly affected by the laws of the other plane. That was why he wanted to take this opportunity to kill Grimm.
The main reason why he did not choose Mary was that vampires were too difficult to deal with, and they were also the type that were hard to kill. Grim was only an elemental Magus, and once his strength was greatly reduced, a sneak attack would be more likely to kill him.
Unfortunately, the scenes that the flying insect had spied on made Entik feel a chill run down his spine. That damned Grim actually had such a large number of Detestable Magic Centipedes. This made Entik restless and uneasy.
It was precisely because his spiritual undulations were agitated that the A.I. Chip was able to detect the existence of the flying insect. As the flying insect was engulfed in flames, Entik felt a slight pain in his spiritual world.
Hmph, I'll let you live for a few more days!
Entik cursed bitterly, turned around, and quickly vanished on the spot.
Although he looked calm on the surface, he was actually very nervous inside.
That Grim's strength did not seem to have decreased by much, and had even become more terrifying. If he allowed Grim to surround him with his Magic Centipede army, coupled with Mary, who moved like a phantom, Entik would not be able to fight them even though he was very confident in his strength after becoming a Magus!
Hence, after cursing a few times, he hurriedly ran away.
After all, he was also worried that Grim would suddenly change his mind and come after him.
… …
Mary quickly traversed through the forest.
The vampire bat that she had transformed into would sometimes fly into the blue sky and look down at the nearby forest. At other times, she would rush into the dense forest and quickly weave through the verdant treetops, branches, rattans, and spider webs.
Wherever she passed, many small animals in the forest were alarmed. They quickly hid in their holes and peeped at the strange blood-red giant bat through the gaps between the dense leaves and branches.
Occasionally, she would also barge into the homes of powerful magical beasts and provoke them into attacking her in groups. Unfortunately, in front of Mary's lightning-fast speed, their clumsy and heavy bodies could not even eat dust.
Pterosaurs, griffins, rocs, four-armed apes, razor boars, saber-toothed mammoths, ogres …
Along the way, Mary could not help but sigh. The abundance of living creatures in this plane had far exceeded her imagination. The density of living creatures here was even more astonishing!
However, in comparison, the strength of these creatures was much weaker than in the Magus World. There were also very few magical creatures in the wild forests!
The scarcity of magical creatures might be a great thing for regular humans! This way, human gathering places would be safer, and there would be fewer unnecessary sacrifices. However, for those with extraordinary powers, this was a terrible thing! This meant that they would not have many opportunities to sharpen themselves and learn from nature.
Why were Magi so powerful? It was because the Magus World had powerful magical beasts! If they wanted to protect the peace of the human world and let humans continue to survive, Magi had to become stronger and smarter than magical beasts!
Therefore, the strength of Magi was the natural result of fighting against bloody and cruel magical beasts for thousands of years, and not the rise of one or two genius Magi!
If this plane lacked powerful magical beasts or magical beasts, the primitive natives would not be able to give birth to powerful individuals. This was the logic of the development of the plane that all Magi firmly believed in!
Why were all Magi above grade 4 forced to leave the Sorcerer World? It was to maintain a situation where the overall strength of Magi was equal to that of magical beasts. Then, a cruel and harsh living environment was created to encourage and sharpen more qualified Magi.
This was the conclusion that Grimm came up with after analyzing the development of several regions, so Mary naturally knew about it. However, she never cared about such bullsh * t theories. The only thing she cared about was whether there was any delicious food here that could tempt her!
The rampaging giant bat finally attracted the attention of the overlord of the forest. A rare three-headed Chimera flew into the sky and swooped down towards her at high speed.
Chimeras were powerful magical creatures with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake. Ordinary Chimeras only had one head, and they could spit out flames with strong adhesion. Once a Chimera grew three heads, it would have three different elemental attributes: flames, venom, and wind blades.
Such a magical beast could barely be ranked as a mid-level magical beast in the Sorcerer Continent, but here, it was already an extremely powerful high-level magical beast.
Suddenly seeing a magical creature that could pique her interest, Mary immediately became excited and agitated. She lured the Three-headed Chimaera to move quickly through the forest. Her body was much thinner and slender, and she could quickly pass through the almost impenetrable canopy of the tall ancient trees. However, the sturdy Chimera with a wingspan of up to 12 meters could not do it as easily as she did.
Thus, amidst a series of snapping sounds of branches breaking, the Chimera was like a forklift that rampaged through the dense forest, carving out a wide path.
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