Flame Fusion Bead

Chapter 43 Flame Fusion Bead

"Brother Belrod, I wonder if we have a chance to compete for the second secret realm?"

A pretty and clever witch apprentice looked at Belrod expectantly.

When Belrod saw the girl looking at him expectantly, he felt incredibly satisfied and proud.

Back when he was unknown, no one in the team paid any attention to him. Let alone this girl, whom the team called the shining pearl, asking for his opinion, they wouldn't even give him a second glance.

But now...

She actually put on a well-behaved and clever act in front of me.

"Yes, Brother Belrod, do you think we have a chance to seize this second secret realm?"

Another wizard apprentice asked the question a second time, which greatly satisfied Belrod's vanity, as if he were enjoying a hot spring in the cold winter.

"Cough cough..."

Belrod coughed twice.

Whenever Berrod spoke in front of his companions, he would always cough twice to quiet them down and get their attention, while he would always put on a humble and wise smile, as if he were a perfect genius speaking words that were well-analyzed and self-evident.

"The second secret realm competition is naturally more than ten times more difficult than the first. For ordinary people to participate is like moths flying into a flame. However..."

Belrod glanced at the people beside him, and seeing their expectant eyes, he couldn't help but smile and say, "However, with the strength of our team, if the wizard apprentices competing for this secret realm happen to be relatively weak, we still have a considerable chance."

After saying that, Belrod once again put on a humble smile, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

However, it must be said that Belrod, as the ninth of the top ten masters of the Dark Realm Academy, already possessed the strength to surpass his own ranking.

For example... at this moment, the mark value on Belrod's body has completely exceeded ten points!

He certainly has some reason to be arrogant.

Led by Belrod, the group of five finally arrived at the nearest secret realm they had sensed.

As the members of Belrod's team approached the secret realm, they instantly sensed a terrifying wave of markings. They all looked in horror at the silent, metallic figure sitting far away, his head covered in sweat. With a "buzz," the title "Mechanical Heart" exploded in the minds of the five of them simultaneously.

Within a hundred meters of the Mechanical Heart in this secret realm, no squad dares to station itself near it; this is the deterrent power of the Desperate Ones!

Elsewhere in the secret realm, there were about thirty or forty people scattered around. Most of these people possessed extremely strong auras, and at least ten of them had a mark value of over ten points. In Green's team alone, Green, Raffi, and Robin had mark values ​​of over ten points.

Robin first met up with Raffi and gained some benefits with Raffi's help. Without his sister's help, Yoris's combat strength was average, and he dared not use explosive witchcraft.

Belrod and his companions carefully controlled their steps, not daring to make too much noise lest they attract the attention of the terrifying, desperate figure in the distance, and slowly retreated.

"Huffing and puffing..."

The witch apprentice, known as the Radiant Pearl, was panting heavily. The pressure she had just faced from the Desperate Ones had indeed given this small group quite a fright.

At this moment, the Brilliant Pearl couldn't help but look at Berrod again, her eyes brimming with tears, and asked, "Brother Berrod, what should we do now?"

Belrod gritted his teeth inwardly.

Not wanting to ruin his confident and wise image, Berrod tried to put on an expression that he had expected this and seemed indifferent.

"It's alright. There are seven Desperate Ones in total across the ten secret realms, so it's normal for there to be one in this one. However, even if he is a Desperate One, with so many wizard apprentices here who have marks exceeding ten, he wouldn't dare to act recklessly. We can find an opportunity..."

With that, amidst the adoring gazes of his followers, Belrod led the group toward the other side of the secret realm, away from the one in despair.

"Brother Belrod, this team has three wizard apprentices with mark values ​​exceeding ten. What should we do?"

The witch apprentice, known as the Radiant Pearl, habitually asked Belrod.

Seeing that Belrod didn't speak, she looked up and suddenly realized that Belrod was standing there blankly, looking terrified as if he had seen a ghost, and even his legs were trembling.

This caused the expressions of the people behind Belrod to change. Even when he had just seen the Desperate Mechanical Heart, he hadn't reacted like this!

The people behind Belrod could not possibly understand the shock and fear he felt when he saw the person with the pale mask!

Ten days ago, Berrod arrived at the Trial Grounds on his first day, thinking this was his paradise to rise to power, hoping to amass a massive amount of magic stones through a bloodbath, and then...

But all these dreams were ruthlessly destroyed and brutally trampled upon by the mysterious wizard apprentice before them.

He not only ruthlessly trampled on Berrod's dreams, but also brought Berrod back to the harsh reality during his escape, leaving him with a string of nightmarish memories.

Belrod was unaware of how pale his face was or how terrifying his cold sweat was. He simply stretched out a hand that trembled uncontrollably and stammered, "Leave...leave here!"

The voice brooks no questioning.

The five people slunk away from the secret realm, just like many other wizard apprentices who had come here before, overestimating their abilities.

On the other side, Green, wearing a pale mask, happened to see Belrod. Green naturally had some impression of the wizard apprentice who had run away from him on the first day of the trial.

Shaking his head and smiling, not paying any attention to the matter, Green continued to "casually" toss a stone or something into the confinement magic circle, "testing" the situation inside.

…………

Three days later, late at night, the hazy moonlight shone on the earth.

Apart from a few occasional clashes, the secret realm where Green was located was left with only about a dozen wizard apprentices who left in disappointment because many wizard apprentices were unable to solve the problem.

Green silently observed the void worm in the secret realm, which had dwindled to less than one percent of its original size, and nodded silently to Raffi, Yocris, and the others beside him.

Then, the group, carrying large amounts of stones, branches, and other materials, rushed directly into the confinement magic circle and headed straight for the altar in the center of the magic circle.

At the same time, the Mechanical Heart outside the magic circle suddenly opened its eyes and said coldly, "Hmph! So, finally, a wizard apprentice has cracked the defenses of the guardian inside?"

Then, in a flash, he rushed into the magic circle without hesitation.

As for the other squads, apart from the guards, most were still meditating or asleep.

Inside the magic circle, as Green, Raffi, and the others threw large amounts of matter into the invisible void worm, Green sensed that the void worm was shrinking at an alarming rate and would disappear completely in just a few more breaths.

Green and his friends could no longer contain their joy.

Once they obtain that one-time powerful treasure in the center of the altar, even the Desperate Mechanical Heart will never dare to argue with the Green Squad again!

As for the treasures on the altar, their deterrent effect far outweighs their practical use. In fact, it can be said that as long as you obtain the treasures on the altar, as long as you don't compete for the third secret realm and wait until the trial ends, and as long as you don't do anything too outrageous, you can generally pass the trial safely.

"Hmph! Sorry, this Flame Fusion Bead doesn't belong to you."

With a cold voice, the Mechanical Heart appeared in the sight of Green and the others, and at the same time, a huge rotating compass flew over rapidly.

"Be careful!"

With a loud shout, Yocris transformed into a werewolf and unleashed his inner magic almost instantly. He pushed off the ground, his body becoming a blur, and his battle axe slammed into the flying rotating compass.

With a loud bang!

The immense force that Yocris unleashed in an instant actually managed to withstand the rotating compass.

After a slight surprise, Mechanical Heart seemed to have seen something funny, and with a "fool," it didn't even glance at Joris again.

At that moment, seven or eight mechanical beetles flew out of his body and flew towards the altar, where Binghamson was only a few steps away from the top of the altar.

On one side, Yocris's expression changed drastically. He felt a powerful and irresistible magnetic force coming from the spinning frisbee. Not only his battle axe, but also the metal claw that he was so proud of and which was embedded in his body was pulled towards him with a "bang," becoming a burden instead.

This compass was quite heavy, and for a moment, Yoris was no longer able to coordinate with the operation.

On the other side, a series of explosions suddenly occurred near Binghamson, who was only a few steps away from the altar. Binghamson was shocked and his body instantly turned into a black mist, shooting dozens of meters to the edge of the magic circle.

Raffi had one eye closed, while the other transformed into an eagle's eye. His exquisite and mature face was now filled with coldness. With a "bang," the full moon's life bow shot out, and a phantom image, condensed with terrifying wind elemental energy and life energy, flashed by and shot towards the Mechanical Heart. A cold laugh followed.

"it's over!"

boom!

The raging wind swirled up countless blades of life energy, cutting through the mechanical heart trapped within. Having personally experienced the terror of Raffi's sorcery, Green's eyes twitched involuntarily.

Meanwhile, Lafite's hurricane arrows have been reduced by one, leaving only three.

Green dared not make any sudden movements, keeping his eyes fixed on the huge hurricane ball not far away.

Yorkriana panicked and ran to Yorkris's side to try to help him separate the magnetic compass.

Finally, Robin ran quickly to the altar and seized the powerful, consumable artifact that the Mechanical Heart called the Flame Fusion Orb.

Suddenly, from within the raging whirlwind, a beam of golden light shot towards Raffi, the terrifying energy fluctuations it contained causing everyone's expressions to change!

Almost simultaneously, a nearly naked figure burst out from the whirlwind, attacking Robin at an astonishing speed, with a metal arm emitting a spinning, sawing sound.

Raffi had just fired the Hurricane Arrow, and her body was almost at its weakest. Now, feeling the golden beam of light coming at her, her face turned deathly pale, and a sense of despair from her very soul made her tremble uncontrollably.

In this final period, Raffi's eagle eyes seemed to undergo some strange changes, and the beam of light seemed to slow down considerably.

However, although Raffi could feel that the beam of light had indeed slowed down considerably, his body seemed unable to move at all, and he could only watch helplessly as the deadly beam of light struck him.

"No! No! Move! Move now!"

Raffi screamed desperately in his heart.

Just then, a figure suddenly stepped forward and stood firmly in front of him. In despair, Raffi's pupils contracted, and then he suddenly laughed for no apparent reason.

So, I've always been the kind of person who only trusts himself?

Beneath the pale mask, Green's eyes sensed the terrifying power of the golden ray.

No wonder, after shooting that terrifying beam of light at Raffi, Mechanical Heart rushed towards Robin without even looking at him. It seems he was extremely confident in his magic.

His long golden hair was blown about by the dissipating wind ball in the distance, fluttering in the wind, and his robes trembled. It was as if Grimm was braving a level twelve gale. He calmly stretched out a hand towards the golden ray of light, instantly activating all the magic power in his body and gathering it on his pale mask.

hum!

A surge of over thirty points of mark value erupted silently, causing Robin's Mechanical Heart to suddenly pause, its blurry figure halting as it slowly turned to look at Grin.

boom!

The golden beam of light landed on Grimm's protective shield. After a blinding flash, the shield began to deform in an astonishing way, gradually denting as if it would shatter at any moment.

Green remained calm.

I don't know if this calmness is due to my self-confidence, or because the mask hides my pale face, or because there are people behind me that I must protect, and I can't retreat, so I can only stand here with full confidence.

boom!

After the dazzling light that was almost blinding in the last moment, Green remained standing firmly in place, his long golden hair slowly falling down as the wind sphere in the distance dissipated.

At that moment, Green was like an ancient, unyielding mountain, blocking any attack.

Under Raffi's eagle eyes, he once again drew back the Bow of Life to its fullest extent, the Hurricane Arrow gathering terrifying energy fluctuations. However, this time, the Hurricane Arrow was not released, seemingly only for deterrence.

"Got it!"

At the top of the altar, Robin held the dazzling flame fusion orb and shouted excitedly.

The entire battle, though seemingly long, actually lasted only a few breaths. It was only then that the other wizard apprentices outside the magic circle reacted and rushed into the magic circle, but it was all over.

With the Flame Fusion Orb as a deterrent, not a single wizard apprentice dared to rush up and snatch it.

At this moment, due to Laffey's previous attack, not only had all of Mechanical Heart's clothing disappeared, but its metal tail also seemed to have suffered considerable damage, dragging helplessly on the ground.

Sparks were faintly visible inside his body below his right rib, indicating some mechanical damage; large patches of flesh and skin were a gruesome sight.

Looking at the mysterious man not far away who was emitting the same intensity of imprint fluctuations as him, and at the calm eyes behind the pale mask on his face, Mechanical Heart knew that this person was definitely not any of the Desperate Ones in its files!

The subtle confrontation between the Mechanical Heart and Grimm seemed to become the focus of all eyes, and a hidden yet intense aura slowly spread out.

(End of this chapter)