Chapter 256
Chapter 256 Death of an Adept
Dong!
An intense explosion erupted.
Greem’s massive flame body appeared within the sea of flames. The tremendously wide Ring of Fire instantly shot out from his body. For the first time, Greem was able to catch Carlos within the burning zone before he could escape.
Carlos’ gray defensive barrier was turning a bright red under the heat of the elementium flames.
The very next second, two ferocious Magma Fireballs exploded right next to him!
However, all of a sudden, a strange smoke of pure gray suddenly appeared. It formed the shape of a skull and dove into Greem’s body, causing his vision to go completely black. He had been temporarily blinded.
Carlos took full advantage of this window of opportunity and scrambled out of the Magma Fireball’s explosive radius. One could still see the burn marks left all over his body as he frantically scurried away. He made a smart choice! Almost at the very instant Carlos had left, a gigantic magma hand rose from the lava pool below, smashing at where Carlos was with all its strength.
Greem’s resolution had also exceeded the two adepts’ expectations and better judgement. The unique existence of golems had also turned the elementium core into a miniature elementium bomb! Especially when it was the self-destruction of an adept-level golem. The terrifying might was enough to frighten even two veteran adepts.
Carlos had been wandering at a distance from the Fire Lord. He was able to retreat the moment he sensed the Fire Lord’s abnormality. However, McThran wasn’t so lucky. He was battling with the Fire Lord at melee distance. It was too late for him to escape when he finally sensed the boiling and chaotic elementium tide within the Fire Lord.
Boom! A massive explosion shook the ground and the heavens.
A towering mushroom cloud slowly rose to the skies.
Violent gales blew in every direction, bringing with them the incinerating flames of the explosion. In just a single instant it had collapsed half of the outer castle walls five hundred meters away. Horrifying heat and flame streams blasted out, reducing all life without elementium protection to ashes before blowing even the ashes to the winds.
Buildings near the castle had crumbled and fallen apart. Even the heavily guarded side of the castle facing the battlefield had also been charred soot-black under the heat of the terrifying flames. The buildings that were even closer to the walls had softened and collapsed as if they were made of mud or molten cheese.
If even the castle, shielded by a castle wall, had been reduced to such a state, what would one expect of the exposed armies of Lord Tras?
Terrifying fires ravaged across their ranks. The poorly equipped vassal troops were instantly burnt to ashes, leaving weird human-shaped scorch marks on the ground. The ninety warriors of steel, that had fortunately escaped from the last attack with their lives, were also engulfed by the tide of fire before they could escape this time.
Their numbers were instantly cut in half!
After the fire passed by, the scattered and remaining troops weren’t even enough to form a battalion.
Even Keoghan and Cochran, who were still engaged with each other, had to stop their fight as they looked on in shock. All of their attention was now on that terrifying field of fire.
Wasn’t this just a border skirmish between adept clans!? How… how did such a big commotion come about? Were they having a battle of life and death?
Meanwhile, at the core of the explosion.
The Fire Lord’s massive and magnificent body had already vanished.
Only a fifty meter wide and ten meter deep crater was left on the spot. Boiling lava roiled within the crater. Monstrous heat and flame streams, upwards of four thousand degrees, had completely shattered the space above the crater. Colorful dark red auroras floated about, painting a beautifully tragic image.
However, any clear-headed adept would never be tricked by the beauty before them. Neither would they ever come close to those phantasmally pretty lights. Because… those were the elementium mirages projected by the space outside the plane after the space within the plane had been shattered.
No First Grade adept would be able to escape if they were caught in this zone of shattered space. They simply didn’t have the defensive capabilities.
A completely burnt figure climbed out of the bubbling lava at the edge of the crater. He slowly walked forward, stumbling as he tried to leave the site of the explosion. A long trail of burning black footprints were left behind as he walked…
Magical energies flashed about the figure, and the last remaining wisps of fire on his charred body were finally extinguished.
McThran opened his cracked, burnt lips and exhaled. Hot breath came out of his mouth. So hot, there were even sparks of flames as he breathed. He took out a potion from his bosom to treat himself, but all of a sudden, he stopped.
Right before him was Greem. Greem’s blood red eyes were like a raging inferno and were trained right on him. The Scroll of Voodoo in Greem’s hand was madly flipping.
A massive surge of elementium energies were quickly gathering!
“No… we can talk… ” McThran screamed with all his might.
Sadly, everything he still had to say was devoured by a new wave of flame and fire!