Age of Adepts

Greem looked at the overwhelming dark energy around him.

He knew very well that this wasn’t the power of the Dark Witch across from him.

It was impossible for her to have turned this entire space into a pseudo-shadow domain without the aid of an adept’s tower. However, there was no doubt that the Dark Witch would still enjoy a tremendous boost to her combat power in this domain.

That said, what would decide the outcome of this battle was still the fundamental power of both parties, as well as their combat techniques.

There was no doubt that the Dark Witch held a tremendous advantage in this regard!

Five hundred long years of fighting had allowed her to accumulate plenty of experience in combat that rookies could not hope to match. That was the real reason why she had been able to maintain her esteemed status amongst the Dark Witches.

As Dark Witch Shani slowly walked through the air towards Greem, her entire body, her heartbeat, and even her breathing resonated intensely with the pseudo-shadow domain.

It was nearly unimaginable, but given all the unusual and bizarre variety of spells available in the adept’s magic system, Shani had no choice but to accept her situation.

After emerging from another dark node, Shani decided not to hide any longer. Instead, she quickly gathered shadow energy and prepared for a serious battle.

Shani was a Dark Witch that had advanced five hundred years ago. She had not achieved her current position through lies and deceit. Her title as ‘Nightraven Shani’ was not in vain!

Shani sensed the commotion and shockwaves in the shadow energy around her and quickly determined the angle and direction in which the legendary fire adept was approaching.

A rapid chant came out of her mouth. Endless shadow energy that had been flowing around her suddenly gathered together, forming into a massive core of darkness. Seven or eight massive tentacles of shadow reached out of the center and started lashing about aimlessly in the air. Every one of these tentacles was as tall as an entire building.

When the legendary fire adept descended in a giant fireball, all of the shadow tentacles reached towards him and bound him to the spot as if they were a giant octopus.

A series of miniature energy explosions erupted the moment the shadow tentacles came into contact with the giant fireball.

The heat and light of the fireball dissolved the shadow tentacles incessantly, causing them to go limp like melting ice. However, the surging shadow energy around the massive core of darkness allowed it to create even more tentacles to bind Greem to the spot.

Taking full advantage of this opportunity, the Second and Third Grade shadow creatures stepped upon the tentacles and charged out of the darkness to attack Greem’s fireball.

Every bit of shadow energy that penetrated and attacked the ball of light would cause it to tremble unstoppably. Greem could sense the frequency and intensity of the fireball’s shaking.

Blazing Fireballs shot out of Greem’s hand like a restless cannon. Every single fireball could exterminate a Second Grade shadow creature and significantly injure a Third Grade one. Even the shadow warriors had to defend with all their might to avoid being consumed by the violent flames.

No shadow creature could continue maintaining their projection in a different plane once their core of darkness had been destroyed.

After mastering the fire laws, the penetration power of Greem’s fire was one of the best even amongst elementium adepts!

The actual bodies of the shadow creatures in the Shadow World would suddenly ignite and turn to ashes when they died at Greem’s hands. Of course, Shani was invested in this battle and still did not know of this situation. Otherwise, her heart would be aching a lot more than it currently was.

Why were shadow creatures so challenging to deal with?

Precisely because they excelled at using shadow energy to project their power.

While their projection was fighting recklessly and sacrificing themselves in another plane, their actual person would remain unharmed within the Shadow World. Even if their shadow projection died in the line of battle, all they had to do was exert a portion of their Spirit to project their body once again.

It was this unique characteristic of shadow creatures that turned them into terrifying existences that no material creatures were willing to fight, despite their almost non-existent defenses.

However, they had met their bane in Greem!

The application of the potent fire laws caused the dead shadow creatures to bring back a portion of the fire energy when their consciousness returned to the Shadow World. In doing so, their core of darkness, the true form of their consciousness that resided in the Shadow World, would instantly be engulfed in flames.

That was the terrifying part of a principle adept!

They used the lever of the principles to move entire power systems and could often inflict devastating damage upon the enemy with minimal power. Moreover, an attack that utilized the power of laws was nearly indefensible.

Unless you had similar law powers to protect yourself, your only option was to endure the attack!

The Dark Witches had not discovered that Greem had mastered a portion of the fire laws before this mission. That would shape up to be a massive flaw in their planning. At this point in the battle, they could only swallow their teeth and cry as they suffered a tremendous, unexpected loss.