In the following days, Grimm began his life as a peeping tom.
Unfortunately, Lord Artes was like a typical otaku, spending all his time in the lava pool. He had never been seen patrolling his territory or meeting with his subjects. Even when the captain of the guards came to report to him, he would just sit cross-legged in the lava pool and send them away with a few words.
From this, it could be seen that the Lords of the Flame in the Fire Elemental Plane did not have a strong desire for power. Instead, they focused all their attention on absorbing fire energy and increasing their strength. The way they increased their strength was also primitive and crude. It was a shame for the resources and convenience they had.
Under the surveillance of the Witchcraft Eye that Grimm had secretly planted, Lord Artes no longer had any secrets or privacy to speak of. Day and night, Grimm constantly thought about how he could assassinate Artes.
A direct attack would definitely not work.
Artes was a powerful Grade 2 Lord of the Flames. Even if he challenged him openly, Grimm would only have a 40% chance of winning if he used all his trump cards. With the help of the Grade 1 Lava Giant guards, Grimm's chances of winning would drop to 10%.
If he was unlucky and the Grade 2 Lava Giant captain was still by Artes' side, Grimm would not even have a 10% chance of winning.
Hence, from the start, Grimm had decided on a sneak attack to kill Artes.
Before he took action, Grimm had to think of a way to weaken Artes' basic strength. Otherwise, if Artes could hold out for seven or eight minutes, all the Lava Giants in the Fire City would come to attack Grimm.
Fortunately, Grimm had considered that he would need to assassinate a Lord of the Flames and bought a batch of Ice Essence from the Magus Market at a high price. This was a strange Ice Essence that came from the parotid glands of the Snow Worm, an ice-type magical creature. It was a rare material.
If a Magus who practised ice-type magic used it as a potion, it would undoubtedly greatly increase their strength. However, if a Fire Shaman accidentally ingested it, there would be a terrifying consequence of it contaminating the source of fire.
Of course, with Artes' strength, it would be difficult for Grimm to trick him into swallowing the Ice Essence, so Grimm had to find another way to achieve this indirectly.
On this day, Grimm once again snuck out of his hiding place and snuck into Flame City.
After a few days of scouting and scouting, Grimm had a clear grasp of the terrain of the Flame City. He was even more familiar with the key nodes of the city.
He planted hundreds of alchemy bombs on most of the supporting pillars of Flame City. When the time came, Grimm detonated all the bombs without hesitation.
The Flame City that had been quiet for less than 40 days had once again descended into chaos and madness.
The pillars that supported the walls above were blown apart. The rubble and the collapsed walls above the Dustfire Canyon tumbled down, burying almost one-fifth of the city in the falling rocks.
The deafening roar and the earth-shattering power immediately drew Artes, who was resting with his eyes closed, out of the Hall of Flames.
While Artes was roaring outside the hall, Grimm snuck in again and dived into the lava pool.
After entering, the first thing Grimm did was set up a strange flame spell formation at the bottom of the pool. This flame spell formation was divided into three layers, each with three different effects.
The first effect was to absorb the fire energy in the lava pool and provide it to Grimm to replenish his energy in battle. The second effect was a flame cage. Using the energy in the lava pool as a material, he could construct a fire cage that isolated the outside from the outside. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about being disturbed by the outside world!
The third effect was an invisibility barrier. It could hide Grimm's soul aura and prevent Artes from detecting him beforehand.
After setting up the spell formation, Grimm placed a small Witchcraft Trap at Artes' favourite place and hid the sealed Ice Marrow within it.
After everything was settled, Grimm dispersed his real body and dispersed himself into a dense ball of fire, quietly hiding at the bottom of the magma pool.
With the concealment of the invisibility barrier, as long as Artes did not scan the area, he would not be able to discover Grimm's existence. After all, the Lord of the Flames, Artes, was only proficient in physical combat and only had 13 points of spiritual force. If Grimm transformed into a Flame Demon twice, his spiritual force would reach 29 points.
With such strength and the terrifying Flame Demon, he would be able to go all out against Artes!
Time always passed very slowly while they waited.
His territory had been blasted to smithereens by an enemy, but his useless subordinates could not even find the shadow of the enemy. If such a thing happened to anyone, it would be enough for it to fly into a rage out of humiliation.
After knocking down three Lava Giants in one go, Arthez vented a little of the anger in his chest. He ordered his only Grade 2 clansman, Huo Lie, to lead a small team of Lava Giants to search the entire city. At the same time, he ordered the Fire Elemental Army to rush to the entrance of the Dustfire Canyon and seal it off.
Before they found the troublemaker, no living beings were allowed to step out of the Dustfire Canyon!
This time, the Lord of the Flames, Artes, was resolutely carried out.
A large number of formed Fire Elementals occupied the entrance and set up a perimeter. The Lava Giants loudly repeated their lord's orders as they gathered all the Fire Creatures into a specialized cave for further investigation.
Artes also brought over two more Lava Giants to stand guard outside the Hall of Flames. This way, he now had a total of four Grade 1 Lava Giant guards. For the Lava Giant tribe, which only had 27 members in total, this was an unprecedented and strict measure.
After angrily berating his subordinates, Artes swayed his heavy and stocky body once again to the lava pool. Without hesitation, he jumped in with a plop.
The bottom of the pool was sloping downwards. The edge of the pool was only three meters deep, while the center was seven to eight meters deep. Artes stood at the edge, but half of his body was still exposed.
Since his mind was disturbed, Arthez did not pay any attention to what was happening in the pool of fire. He slowly pushed away the pillar of gold and jade, half leaning and half lying on the edge of the pool of fire, only exposing his huge head that was one square meter above the magma. In order to wait for the results of his clansmen's search, Artes did not choose to rest. Instead, he slowly closed his eyes and silently absorbed the fire energy that was seeping out of the boiling lava.
Just as he was lost in thought, Grimm, who was hiding at the bottom of the pool, slowly gathered his body and opened his eyes.
As a Grade 2 Fire Wizard, Grimm's body contained a shocking amount of fire energy. It was impossible for him to face Artes without him noticing. Hence, Grimm had dispersed his energy beforehand, using the lava's fire energy to conceal his presence.
Now that he was about to make his move, Grimm began to gather his body and increase his strength.
First Transformation … Body of Flames!
Second Transformation … Body of the Flame Demon!
As the two tall Flame Demons rose from the ground, the flame energy in the lava pool was completely stirred up. An incomparably tyrannical spiritual consciousness rapidly pressed towards Lord Artes.
Ugh … What's going on?
Artes, who was resting, opened his eyes abruptly and looked at the sticky bottom of the pool in shock.
There, a wave of tyrannical flame energy suddenly condensed and took form. Then, like a small mountain, it crushed towards him with an overwhelming force.
Enemy!
The enemy is at the bottom of the lava pool!
Artesian instantly understood what was going on. He roared angrily and prepared to stand up.
Unfortunately, Grimm had already activated his mental consciousness.
The first thing that attacked Artes was the magic trap Grimm had set up on the pool's walls.
A flame rune suddenly appeared and shattered, and a fist-sized ball of light emitting a hazy red glow slammed into Artes' thick leg. In the next moment, the red glow dissipated, and an icy aura that terrified Artes spread from the point of impact.
In the blink of an eye, Artes and the lava pool within a dozen meters of him were frozen in a layer of blue ice crystals. A strange layer of frost spread along Artes's body, spreading to his chest, head, and arms.
If this layer of frost were to spread to its core of flames and soul, it would most likely be impossible for it to advance any further.
Fire subdued ice, and ice subdued fire!
These two attributes mutually reinforced and countered each other. There was no real difference between the two attributes. The only difference was the number of attributes they could control.
With Arthez's strength and the Lava Pool's boundless flame power, the Ice Crystal Marrow's power of ice would be completely exhausted in less than a quarter of an hour. However, before the Power of Frost was completely consumed, the Power of Frost that suddenly erupted from Artesian's body still had the upper hand. It eroded Artesian to the point where he howled and cursed.
Just as Artes was trying his best to gather the flame energy in his body to resist the invasion of the Ice Essence, the lava in the lava pool splashed in all directions. Two tall Flame Demons rose from the ground and launched their most ferocious attacks at Artes.
At the edge of the lava pool, the scarlet lava was restrained and twisted by a strange force. It rose from the ground and formed dozens of lava pillars that were more than a meter thick, sealing off the entire pool.
The four Lava Giant guards who heard the commotion saw the Lord of the Flames being besieged through the gaps in the lava pillars. They anxiously rammed and smashed the lava pillars with all their might. Unfortunately, with the endless energy from the lava pool, the pillars were repaired in the blink of an eye.
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