The urrence of this unexpected event undoubtedly messed up Greem''s cultivation ns.
The urgent matter at hand wasn''t how to increase his power, but to create that Emblem of Fire armband as soon as possible. After all, it was thebination of two set pieces that could provide Greem with actual fire immunity, rather than before where he had to turn into his body of mes to be immune to fire.
If he had no choice but to go into the Fire Elementium ne, he would not have a singlepanion who could apany him.
The Fire Elementium ne was the world of the fire elementium creatures. Second Grade adepts like Mary and Alice would not be able to endure the burning mes for extended periods of time, regardless of how good their magic resistance was. Even the tough Dragonborn Zacha couldn''tst in this aspect, let alone them.
That was why the only person that Greem could rely on was himself!
If hispanions couldn''t survive in the Fire Elementium ne, what other options were avable to him?
The Fire Elementium ne was a pure elementium ne. The ne itself rejected all other elementium apart from fire elementium. All magical equipment or essories that needed to absorb external elementium to function would only have one use. They could not be replenished after being exhausted.
Magical scrolls, magical potions, wands, essories; all of these tools could no longer be of much help to Greem.
What about magical golems then?
These elementium golems were what had helped Greem the most since he started his rise to power. Could he still rely on them to break through the storm this time?
The expectation of his elementium golems quickly fell as he started to delve into more detailed information on the Fire Elementium ne.
That ce excluded all elementium apart from fire elementium to an extreme degree. Elementium golems like the Wind Dragon and the Decayer would rapidly exhaust their internal elementium energy reserve there. The only ones he could use there were probably fire elementium golems.
It wasn''t necessarily a bad thing!
At the very least, the me Fiend of Terror would be able to manifest for extended periods without any damage due to the ne''s rich fire elementium. With the aid of the me Fiend of Terror, a powerful fire adept like Greem would probably have no problem surviving in the Fire Elementium ne.
The only trouble was the uncertainty as to what traps the wicked witches hadid around the Fire Lord. If Greem were tracked down by the enemy the moment he entered the ne, he would have nowhere to go in the Fire Elementium ne where he had no allies or friends!
The event that had happened to him concerned some secrets of the Northern Witches'' higher-ups after all. As such, Greem did not reveal anything about the situation to the people around him. He could trust Mary, but she was an impulsive and irritable person. Greem was worried that she would sneak behind him to find trouble with the Deceit Witches if she found out about the incident.
Thus, Greem handed all of his authority over White Tower to Meryl and returned to Fire Throne under the excuse of performing a major magical experiment.
A fire elementium altar had been constructed in Fire Throne as well, which allowed Greem to open a passage to the Fire Elementium ne at any time he wished. Thus, Greem felt like there was a need to first travel to the Fire Elementium ne for reconnaissance.
The creation of the Emblem of Fire armband still required three to four months. It would be best for him to familiarize himself with the Fire Elementium ne during this time.
After returning to Fire Throne from White Tower, Greem first summoned Gargamel to ask about the tower''s situation. He then set down some tasks to bepleted and waved Gargamel away.
Once Gargamel had left, Greem used his authority as the owner of the tower to move the fire elementium altar from the first floor of the tower into his own room.
The massive fire elementium altar had three tiers. It was twenty meters long and thirty meters wide, while eachyer was three meters tall.
The marble surface of the altar''s base was carved full of strange magical lines and runes. Many of them were sketches of various fire elementium creatures. An elementium brazier was lit at the four corners of every tier, with a bright yellow elementium me burning within them.
A wide, thick b of marble had been ced at the top of the altar. It was the altar tform, where the casters would present their sacrifices to the Fire Elementium ne.
Ordinary fire elementium altars had two purposes. One was to summon powerful fire creatures from the Fire Elementium ne through sacrifices, while the other was the megate that Greem needed to use. It was only through the megate that Greem could sessfully travel between the World of Adepts and the Fire Elementium ne.
Once the fire elementium altar had been ced in his room, Greem used his authority to separate a dedicated power channel from the energy room and connected it directly with the fire elementium altar. This way, he wouldn''t need to worry about the megate dispersing on its own due to ack of energy.
Greem carefully inspected the fire elementium altar once again after he''d done everything. He confirmed that there were no problems before waving his hand and activating the fire elementium altar.
As abundant fire energy surged into the fire elementium altar without stop, the altar started to light up, tier by tier, from the base. The runes and arrays etched upon the altar began to activate wherever the fire energy coursed through, slowly but surely burning with dense and zing mes.
Greem stood atop the altar tform and hesitated for a moment before taking out the ze of Destruction from his storage ring. It was a staff that had apanied him for a long time. Alice had given him the ze of Destruction shortly after her own advancement to First Grade. With the increase of Greem''s powers, this First Grade magical equipment was no longer suitable for him.
If that was the case, then let it unleash its power one more time!
Greem raised his arm and lightly ced the ze of Destruction into the narrow socket located at the center of the tform. As overwhelming fire energy flowed into the staff through the altar, the ze of Destruction turned bright red in color before turning a blinding white as it grew brighter and brighter.
By the end, the light it emitted was so strong that one couldn''t look straight at it.
The lights glowed and hovered above the altar. They then slowly gathered together and formed into the shape of a phantasmal door of light. Through this shimmering door, Greem could vaguely sense the destructive pulses of fire energy on the other side.
The megate leading to the Fire Elementium ne slowly opened.
The temperature in the magical room started to rise rapidly. The glimmer of elementium defenses began to show on the surrounding walls, floorboards, and ceiling, repelling the fire energy radiating into the air. Otherwise, the intensity of the fire energy from the opening of the megate would have melted even the enchanted stone materials.
If that happened, Greem''s little secret could no longer be concealed!
Greem''s towering body stood in front of the megate. He looked around him to ensure that all the defense and security arrays had been activated and that all his preparations were going ording to n. It was only then that he turned and leaped into the megate.
…………
This was a burning world!
The sky was burning. The ground was burning. Everything in the world was burning.
There was no air here, nor food, and naturally no water.
Of course, just when you thought this ce to be and void of life, this unique world would prove otherwise with its own odd and twisted narws– sometimes fire could also be life!
Greem quickly lost all his physical senses after stepping through the megate.
He had no vision, hearing, sense of touch, and no sense of smell. Even his sense of space had vanished. The only thing that could help him in this strange and twisted world was his extended Spirit.
It was like falling into a dark and bottomless abyss. Everything around him was hidden behind a heavy shroud of darkness, making it impossible for Greem to see anything, even if his eyes were wide open. Greem quickly regained hisposure after a brief moment of panic. He started to converse with the Chip.
"Chip, what is it with me? Why can''t I see anything?"
[Beep. ording to the narws of the elementium world, no other elementium particles aside from fire elementium particles exist here. That is why normal human organs are no longer suited for this new world. Host must direct the reconstruction of the sensory system with his Spirits as the framework.]
"Begin construction now!"
[Beep. Host''s instructions received. New sensory system in process of construction. Estimated time required: Seven seconds. 7…6…5…4…3...2…1.]
As the countdown ended, Greem felt the darkness before him fade away. The shape of nearby objects started to be clear and appear in his vision. The strange mental flux extended in every direction like ripples on the surface of the water, feeding everything it sensed back to the source of the flux.
A brand new world slowly presented itself to Greem, just like that!
Greem slowly turned about and earnestly sensed the world around him.
It was a deste and quiet in. Apart from two or three sharp broken rocks around him, there were no other lifeforms or objects.
Greem squatted down in curiosity and felt the soft grass under his feet with his hand. The grass here was utterly different from material nes. All the grass and flowers were of a single color: red. If it weren''t for the fact that the tactile sensation resembled that of grass in the material ne, Greem would have suspected that they were only mes of a different state.
Greem applied some force and plucked a handful of red grass from the ground, cing it in his palm for better observation.
It was an ordinary handful of grass, but everything from its roots to its leaves was bright red. Even the dirt entangled in its roots was a dark red. The fire grass seemed to have lost the constant nourishment of fire elementium upon leaving the ground. It quickly wilted and withered away, losing all of its life force in an instant.
The next second, the grass in Greem''s hand–along with the dirt on its roots–exploded into sparks of fire in a sizzling st.
Greem could sense pure and concentrated fire energy in these sparks!