Age of Adepts

Ice creatures continued to swarm forward with no regard for their own lives.

However, their courage and fearlessness were like pretty bubbles in the face of absolute power– crushed with a single touch.

A new wave of native creatures charged forward and turned into dust.

Another wave of native creatures rushed forward and was crushed to pieces.

The one standing at the front of the five-person party was no longer Greem, but Sand King.

Sand King wasn’t quite unleashing any of his powers, either. He simply walked forward with his thundering steps, crushing all the monsters he came across like a heavy tank. Sand King might have seemed smaller than some of those magical creatures–some of whom stood up to dozens of meters tall–but his terrifying control over sand constantly shrouded him in a sandstorm.

Any creature that walked into the sandstorm was quickly shredded and torn into pieces. When Sand King walked by, all that would be left behind him were his strange footsteps and large pools of blood.

As for the ice breaths, ice spears, and snowballs that the native creatures fired at him while at death’s door? They shattered into tiny pieces of ice against Sand King’s impenetrable carapace. Their attacks could not leave anything on his giant body apart from a few spots of frost here and there.

Heart of Principles (76% Mastery of Fire Laws).

Bodily Attributes: Strength 27 | Physique 31+2 | Agility 19 | Spirit 44+5.

Bloodline Talent: Energy Blackhole.

Fire Laws: Increased Fire Range (Locked In), Fire Penetration (Locked In), Invisible Flames (Locked In), Fire’s Blast (Locked In).

[Host is currently experiencing planar suppression.

[Chillfrost planar law analysis progress: 100%. Host’s power has been suppressed to beginner Fourth Grade. Host currently has 82% of full power. Elementium power is 76% as effective as usual. Effectiveness of fire laws is not compromised.]

Greem read the data provided by the Chip and was speechless.

Even with the help of the Chip and a complete analysis of the planar suppression, he had only managed to recover 82% of his usual power. His companions were most certainly more affected than he was. How well could they fight still?

However, the degree to which everyone had recovered their powers was an incredibly private secret. If this information was leaked, it would be very easy for an opponent to deduce their Spirit’s strength. Even though they were in a party, there was no way they could share such information.

“This is the entrance to the ice dragon’s lair,” Kanganas’ Spirit was getting restless now that they were here. “A little further, and we will be entering the settlement of the ice giants that the ice dragon has enslaved.”

“Ice giants?” Greem said in surprise. “Didn’t the ancient ice giants go extinct? How could there possibly be ice giants here?”

“Kehkehkehe…ancient ice giants are powerful existences of Sixth Grade and above. There’s no way a mere Fourth Grade ice dragon could enslave them!” Kanganas laughed sinisterly and explained, “The ‘ice giants’ here are only mutts that have inherited some degree of the ice giant’s bloodline! Even so, there are quite a few individuals among them who have reached Third and Fourth Grade. They are not easy opponents at all!”

“Hehehe! Cannon fodder! If you think this is trouble, then I can deal with all of them alone. Of course, I will take most of their spoils for myself!” Sand King chuckled with his booming voice.

“Hmph! You wish!” Sshina flicked her slender tongue as she coldly said, “We will strike together, and we must be clean. Don’t let these giants disrupt our plans.”

Everyone else nodded and said nothing else. Together, they stepped onto the sheet of ice above the frozen sea.

They did not make it a hundred meters across the ice before they stopped and looked around them.

Several giant pillars of ice had abruptly burst up around them. Several towering and ferocious giants walked out from within the ice. These giants had blue skin that almost seemed translucent. You could see their bones and blood, all of a slightly darker shade of blue.

There were males and females amongst the giants, all of them covered in crude, simple garments made out of animal skin.

The giants stood at an average of twelve meters tall.

The male giants looked more muscular and were bald. Their eyes were so white it seemed like a terrifying snowstorm was brewing within. The female giants were more petite, and they had strange hair behind their heads that seemed to be woven out of icicles.

Without exception, all of them had the infamous strength that all giants possessed. They also had shocking ice powers.

Seventeen ancient ice giant descendants, the leader of whom had the powers of a beginner Fourth Grade. The rest of the giants were also at Third Grade. Even the two giants that looked like children had the power of an intermediate Second Grade.

“Stop there, outsiders!” The leader of the giant’s had a loud voice. When he shouted, the sea beneath them seemed to roar alongside him. The ice around him also cracked and erupted. “This is the territory of the great Ice Dragon Nax. You may not enter without permission!”

Tch. What age is it? To think that there are still people that like to announce their names before they got to the fighting.

Greem insulted the giants in his mind and hurled out the massive fire spell he had been preparing, without any mercy at all.

Scarlet Firestorm.