The Knights of Saint Martin had finally started to retreat.
After a few hopeless attempts, they finally realized the huge gap in strength between them and their enemy. Thus, they gave up and began to retreat.
When they first arrived, there were about three hundred of them, but when they retreated, there were less than a hundred of them left.
From the beginning to the end, Grimm did not leave the campfire at all. Apart from the one time he attacked the Grade 2 commander, the rest of the Knights of Saint Martin were killed by the Fiery Iron Fist of the Elemental Magic Machine. Katy, on the other hand, was strangely quiet. She did not take the opportunity to attack Grimm.
Of course, it was also possible that she did not have the chance.
After all, even during the fiercest battle, 80% of Grim's attention was still on Katy Katy.
However, when faced with the pure holy light left behind by the brave and loyal Grade 2 Silver Knight, Grimm and Katy could not help but lick their lips as they pondered.
The pure holy light in front of them clearly belonged to another branch of the power system. It was completely different from the knowledge and transformation path that Magi worshipped. Instead, it overlapped with the belief system of the World of Gods. It was just that most of the Planes of Gods believed in a certain god with a physical body, while the wooden-headed knights of the Envic Plane believed in an illusory spirit or belief.
Holy light? A light that was filled with a holy and noble belief?
What was the point of believing in it? Could it be that this light could hear the prayers of its believers and grant them all sorts of blessings?
Due to the Magi's natural disdain towards the belief in the Gods, Grimm originally did not care about the so-called faith in the holy light. But … now, when a loyal and pure believer of the Holy Light died in front of him, his body turned into ashes, and the last wisp of his soul floated in front of him in a wisp of pure white Holy Light, the shock it brought to Grimm's mind was too great!
This holy light was too weak!
If Grimm released his Burning Domain, a gentle breeze from the wilderness would be able to blow it away, and it would cease to exist. However, Grimm had a feeling that the wisp of Holy Light and the soul that was attached to it would not disappear just like that. Instead, they would gather somewhere under the guidance of the plane's laws and become a part of a greater will.
Although this feeling was ridiculous, Grim firmly believed that it was true.
The source of his confidence was the A.I. Chip's analysis of the laws of Envik's plane.
With Grimm's strength, he could not decipher and analyse the fundamental laws of the plane. The A.I. Chip could only probe and use the laws of the plane. There was still a long way to go before he could truly control them.
Faith in the Holy Light was undoubtedly one of the rare high-level powers in the Envic Dimension, and its research value was definitely above the basic Laws.
Now, there was a shortcut to peek into the power of faith in the Holy Light. Although it was very different from the power of the Sorcerers, it was still a good research subject.
"Beep. Detected the existence of pure spiritual energy. Can be captured, absorbed, or destroyed … Please make your choice …"
Grimm could understand the concept of capturing and destroying. But what was the use of absorption?
"A.I. Chip, what are the effects of absorbing this holy light?"
"Beep, this is an extremely pure and condensed spiritual energy. After removing the spiritual impurities, it can rapidly strengthen the host's spiritual attribute …"
Increase the Spiritual Attribute?
At this moment, Grim's hair almost stood on end.
Ever since he became a Magus, he had tried countless times to search for items and methods that could quickly strengthen his spiritual attribute. Unfortunately, apart from the Magus system's meditation technique, he could not find any other methods or methods.
Of course, some rare Magus resources could still be used, such as the Elven Holy Water from the Faern Plane, the Spiritual Mixture from the Silver Alliance, and the Giant's Brain that had once appeared in the Magus market … It was a pity that these things were all at least rank 4 or 5, and Grim did not have the qualifications to obtain them.
What was the biggest factor that restricted a Magus from advancing? Naturally, it was the slow increase in one's basic strength.
Grim was currently walking the path of an elemental Magus, and his main focus was spiritual force.
On the other hand, after Grim reached Tier 3, his Concentration had skyrocketed. However, he had only managed to raise his Concentration from 31 points to 32 points. Ever since it reached 32 points, the rate at which his spiritual force increased slowed down.
Grim had made some calculations. According to the current rate at which his spiritual force increased, it would probably take 10-20 years of arduous training and daily meditation to increase it by 1 point. Moreover, the higher one's rank was, the slower the rate at which one's spiritual force increased.
Many Magi would exhaust their lives and still not be able to increase their spiritual force to the point where they could advance.
If one could successfully advance by hiding in a Magus Tower and suffering, there would not be so few rank 4 Magi in the entire Magus World. If they did not think of ways to find resources that could speed up the process, most Magi would die of old age in their own Wizard's Pagoda.
Hence, when he suddenly heard the A.I. Chip's prompt, Grim, who had been calm a moment ago, felt a little dazed.
In his daze, Grim impatiently reached out to grab the flickering holy light.
The bonfire beside him suddenly dimmed, and the sharp whistling of the wind immediately filled the entire area.
Katy, who was 200 meters away, suddenly appeared beside Grimm. She held two metal thorns in her hands and pierced the translucent flame barrier in front of Grimm, leaving a deep dent in it. On the other hand, the five-sided metal blades circled behind Grimm and slashed at the Flame Barrier from different angles.
No matter how strong a rank 3 barrier of fire was, it could not withstand the all-out attack of a rank 3 Mechanical Witch. It only lasted for one to seven seconds before shattering.
After the barrier of fire shattered, Grim's defensive force field, which was a mixture of spiritual force and fire energy, was the next to be attacked.
This was also his last defensive force field!
The Elemental Magic Equipment that had been chasing away the Knights of Saint Martin roared and charged towards the bonfire. The Plague Poison Spirit, who was sitting on Grim's shoulder, screamed and cursed Katy, who was right next to him.
However, one of them was 120 metres away, and the other was only at rank 2, unable to stop the attacks of a rank 3 Mechanical Witch.
Thus, the only one who could save Grim was himself!
Not even a second of distraction had brought Grim the threat of death. This showed how fierce and terrifying high-ranked Magi were in battle.
The two metal spikes continued to advance, heading straight for Grim's forehead.
The distance between the two was less than half a meter.
The "Sharpness" and "Penetration" spells enchanted on the metal spikes continued to show their effects. The layers of flame barrier and energy field exploded into tiny fireworks and sparks that filled the sky. Her 31 points of strength were the driving force behind the metal spikes. Otherwise, the elemental turbulence after the explosion of the flame barrier and energy field would have been enough to disrupt any subsequent attacks.
The Plague Poison Spirit's full-powered Curse of Death turned into a cloud of gray smoke as it entered Catie's body, causing her face, which was made of flesh and metal, to turn a shade of gray. However, her 36 points of vitality was enough to resist the first wave of the Curse of Death and continued to push the metal spikes forward.
The tip of the metal spikes was less than five centimeters away from Grim's forehead.
The last defensive force field was severely dented, and the translucent force field was filled with cracks that looked like spider webs. It seemed like it would shatter at any moment.
Once the energy barrier disappeared, with Grimm's crude close combat skills, it would be impossible for him to survive against a Magus Hunter like Dagger Girl.
Crackle …
Beside the bonfire, a dry firewood made an almost undetectable sound.
The bonfire suddenly expanded, and the crimson flames condensed into a tall flaming human figure.
Light and shadow flickered in the field. Silently, the tall figure and Grim, who was sitting cross-legged, had strangely swapped places.
The defensive force field shattered, and the metal spikes pierced through the forehead of the tall flaming human figure. The head made of flames exploded into sparks that filled the sky. Katy's metal spikes and flying blades intertwined, and the flaming human figure was completely destroyed in an instant.
Grimm's pained and resentful roar resounded in the air.
Next, the flaming human figure above the bonfire turned into Grim, and angrily threw two giant fireballs at Katy.
Dong dong …
Two massive mushroom clouds of flames quickly appeared beside the bonfire, and Katy let loose a howl of anguish as her body transformed into a surging saber formation, forcing back the raging crimson firestorm before appearing over 100 meters away in a flash. In another flash, she appeared at the end of the line of sight, and disappeared without a trace.
Although Dagger Girl was fast, Grim could still see her clearly. The stacked flame damage from the two Berserk Fireballs had already scorched half of her skin into a layer of charcoal. Although it was not fatal, it was still a serious injury.
Therefore, even though she knew that Grim was right beside her and that she had lost her elemental protection, Katy still chose to escape instead of staying behind to fight him.
Although the flaming human figure she killed was not Grim's original body, it was still an important figure like his Fire Clone. Having a portion of Dagger Girl's consciousness annihilated was a huge blow to Grimm.
Moreover, it was the most precious mental force of an Elemental Sorcerer. It was a serious injury!
Katy, on the other hand, seemed to have suffered more serious injuries, but they were only superficial wounds. As long as she was given enough time and flesh, it would only take her three days to heal such an injury.
It was almost impossible for Grim to recover from the mental damage caused by the destruction of his Fire Clone in three days.
It was because she understood the damage caused by the other party that Katy gave up on the opportunity to fight in front of her. She chose a more stable and safer way of fighting!
Furthermore, since that despicable Fire Magus could set up a Fire Clone in the bonfire, it was hard to say if he did not have other trump cards. If he was forced into a corner and decided to fight to the death, even Katy did not have the confidence to avoid the backlash of a powerful Grade 3 Fire Magus.
Therefore, on this chaotic night, the two Grade 3 Sorcerers had only exchanged a single blow, which lasted less than two seconds, and both of them were heavily injured!
Of course, what made Grim feel even more pained was that Katy had used her Blade Wheel to completely destroy the ray of holy light before escaping.
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