Age of Adepts

Meteor Bombardment!

It was one of the few single-target Fourth Grade spells that the Chip had managed to produce after Greem’s advancement to Fourth Grade.

The meteor formed by magic was over five meters in diameter. It had a gray stone exterior enveloped in fierce and violent magical flames. Through the cracks in the stone, you could vaguely see the slowly flowing lava within.

Even the Fourth Ring arcanist in the tower couldn’t help but lift his head and look at the approaching fireball with a solemn expression as this terrifying meteor crashed down towards the security tower.

Several semi-translucent force shields appeared in the trajectory of the meteor, and every one of them was crushed to pieces. Even though the barriers couldn’t thoroughly stop the meteor, they had effectively neutralized the fearsome kinetic energy behind the meteor’s crash.

Then, as a half-meter thick lightning bolt blasted against the meteor, the rock finally exploded, turning into a massive cloud of fire. Endless amounts of lava and fire splashed across the sky.

Everything in their way ignited and started burning. Blistering heat and waves of fire appeared wherever the cloud of fire was.

Having successfully defended against the enemy’s attack, the security tower soared through the flames, all while gathering a fearsome torrent of arcane magic and unleashing it upon the fire giant.

The security tower had elementium towers of four elements. As long as the enemy was not wholly immune to all elements, they would be able to find the attribute that the enemy was most vulnerable to and unleash a devastating attack upon them.

As such, when dealing with the Fourth Grade fire adept, the security tower’s elementium attacks were primarily based around the water element. Lightning bolts and harsh gales were used as secondary attacks. Rapid and ferocious spells repeatedly ravaged the giant.

Naturally, with how big Greem’s body was, he was much less agile than usual. He lifted the lava shield to block most of the arcane attacks. Meanwhile, his other arm waved the fire coral staff and retaliated with a barrage of Blazing Fireballs.

With over two thousand meters between the two combatants, they viciously assaulted each other with spells as they rapidly approached each other.

A violent and ferocious arcane torrent crashed against the lava shield, shattering the magma on the surface and sending lava splashing across the ground. If the fire giant had not been supplying the shield with a constant stream of pure fire energy to repair its surface, he would already be defenseless now.

The occasional arcane spell would land on the fire giant’s body, leaving a small, dark spot on its crimson body. However, as the overwhelming energy surged through the fire giant’s body, the dark spots would quickly vanish before they could cover a significant area.

The Fourth Ring arcanist couldn’t help but draw in a cold breath of air at the sight of this.

He was a high-grade arcanist himself. Naturally, he knew how terrifying the security tower was when it was firing at full capacity! If he were the one on the receiving end of its attack, he would barely last for seven to eight seconds, even with his most potent defenses.

An individual’s might was limited, after all!

How could an individual confront a gigantic security tower alone? It was impossible unless it wasn’t a human that was doing the fighting, but…a monster!

It was a stubborn and ingrained belief that had been etched into the souls of every arcanist. They had, at a very young age, understood the meager power of the individual and the might of the collective.

However, on this tiny, irrelevant battlefield, he had personally witnessed a fearsome Fourth Grade adept directly confronting a security tower. Moreover, that adept was not yielding a single inch!

How was this possible?

“Fine. Your elementium magic might indeed be terrifying. Now let me see if your body is as formidable as your magic.”

The Fourth Ring arcanist screamed wildly in his heart as he drove the security tower fearlessly at the opponent.

Upon seeing this, Greem let out an earthshaking roar and tossed aside his staff. He lifted his lava shield with both hands and started sprinting towards the security tower.

“Dammit! It is the barest of provocations! Hmph! Victory or defeat, your courage is admirable. Still, it’s better if you just die.”

The veins on the temples of the Fourth Ring arcanist swelled in anger. His body leaned forward as he grabbed the arcane crystal firmly with both hands. The security tower descended a little more and started spinning with its thick and sturdy base pointed towards the enemy.

On one side was a stone tower built of tough rock, and on the other, you had a fire giant of elementium flames. Both the giant and the tower were of approximately the same size. The two colossal entities crashed towards each other.

Every spectator and participant of the battle watched with wide-open eyes and beating hearts, gazing intently at the two approaching figures.

Magnus, who had been hiding near the battlefield, hastily added more elementium shields around him in preparation for the massive collision that was about to occur. On the other side of the battlefield, a pair of confused eyes appeared in the shadow of a towering thousand-year-old tree. The eyes stared unblinkingly at the charging giant.

That’s not right! Judging from the information that they had collected from all over, Greem was an exceptionally cunning and sinister individual. Why would he commit to such a ‘foolish’ and ‘impulsive’ act?

Regardless of the thoughts of the spectators, the two gigantic constructs, one made of flames and the other of rock, finally clashed!

However, a small incident seemed to have occurred at the instant of collision.

An ordinary person might not even be able to figure out what had happened during that tiny moment in time. However, everyone here was a Fourth Grade powerhouse. They had all perfectly seen what went down.

Greem had cheated!

One second before clashing with the security tower, the sprinting fire giant’s silhouette had flickered and appeared behind the tower. Thus, when the fire giant reappeared out of thin air, it was no longer a mutual impact. Instead, it was the fire giant tackling the security tower from behind.

“You cheat…” The movement had been far too instantaneous. The Fourth Ring arcanist only managed to mutter half a sentence before the tower was blown away as if a hill had struck it.

It was such a tremendous and violent force. It didn’t matter how the Fourth Ring arcanist tried to control the tower; he still could not undo the complete loss of control of the tower’s motion!

An earthshaking thud rang out. The security tower crashed through countless trees and cliffs, razing a wide path through the forest like a rampaging tank.

A pillar of dust rose to the sky along with a loud rumbling sound, both of which started to spread outwards in every direction. Dirt and pebbles flew across the air, with broken logs, roots, grass, and panicking insects mixed within.

A few thousand meters away, Adept Holly quickly dealt with the last arcane guard with his astral construct. He turned to look at the grounded security tower, a wicked smile of approval uncontrollably appearing on his face.

Indeed! That was a trick that adepts should be using!

The arcanists were like babies walking out of a kindergarten when it came to fighting techniques. They were far too rigid and stiff. An adept who didn’t know how to fully utilize their advantage had no right to set foot upon the planar battlefields.

It was only now that Adept Holly started having confidence in this fire adept known as Greem!

The eyes floating in the shadows of the ancient tree couldn’t help but betray a trace of disappointment. Her eyes gleamed with a cold light when she looked at the fire giant, the way a tiger looked upon a prey.

If the fire adept had been foolish enough to crash directly with the security tower back then, if he had revealed any sort of weakness in defense, then she would take the opportunity to strike and murder him on the spot.

However, now that the fire adept had successfully tricked the arcanist, her chance to strike was gone. The eyes in the darkness blinked a few times before slowly vanishing into thin air.

Meanwhile, Mangus was relieved after personally witnessing the legendary fire adept’s power. He started thinking about ways to establish a relationship with Greem better.

The most direct option was to aid him in battle!

Having made up his mind, Mangus defaulted on his pessimistic, non-confrontational attitude. He strode out of the forest and rushed towards where the security tower had crashed.

Greem couldn’t care less what his spectators were thinking. He would never let go of such an excellent opportunity of attack, after creating it himself with the use of Fire Teleportation. He immediately unleashed a furious storm of spells into the dust pillar.

The trembling security tower attempted several times to remove itself from the earth, but it was always blown back into the ditch by the meteors crashing down from above.

Arcane radiance shimmered around the tower, layering over each other like fish scales to defend against the fire adept’s manic and ferocious attacks. However, it was exceedingly difficult for the tower to escape the opponent’s attacks and rise back into the sky.

While the security tower was enduring the meteors and slowly gaining altitude, Mangus arrived below the structure.

He looked at the security tower and saw it shrouded in flame, its arcane barriers trembling without stopping. Mangus let out a roar without any hesitation and unleashed his true power.

As the earthshaking roar rang out, Mangus’ body started to swell and grow at a rapid pace. The sound of cracking bones could be heard as Mangus turned into an unusual five-meter-tall, two-headed adepts.

Meanwhile, a sort of change seemed to have overcome the two-headed adept, whose body could only accommodate one consciousness at any one time. The two suddenly became fearless and powerful.

Both heads opened their eyes simultaneously.