the last king of darkness

Chapter 262 It's Our Time (Part [-])
Ghost Lake is twelve thousand yards south of Fanxing Town, and it is covered by fog all year round.

The black dead fog and the gray mist mixed together, looking weird and terrifying.

In fact, it is far more dangerous than it appears.

Countless high-level evil spirits either float in the mist or hide under the surface of the water, launching deadly attacks on any creatures passing by here.

Wangcheng has lost countless reconnaissance teams and exploration teams here, and many in-depth exploration operations have all ended in failure. In the end, it can only be listed as a deep red high-risk area, and any missions are forbidden to go deep here.

But today, a team of thousands of people broke the dead silence, and the fog that shrouded this mysterious area was finally dispelled by the fire.

The Fire Keeper personally separated an embers from the guardian fire and put it in the lantern. The passion of victory also washed over the heart of the old Fire Keeper. , to dispel the fog of the road ahead.

But what was brighter was the team like a long dragon. The light gathered by countless lanterns pierced through all the shadows, exposing this foggy dead place to the light for the first time.

This is a gloomy wetland, with a huge lake in the center, the lake is dark and gray, as if there are countless shadows hidden under the water.

This is the legendary ghost lake.

But at this moment, there are not many ghosts here, only a few floating scatteredly on the gray lake.

Most of the spirits have left the area.

The ghosts that were once extremely troublesome left the advantage of the nest, and became very vulnerable under the dual suppression of Huoyaori and Guardian Fire, and were swept away by the Fanxing Town Legion.

The remaining ghosts couldn't resist the thousands of high-spirited fighters and were quickly killed.

The area around Ghost Lake was quickly cleared, leaving only the massive lake itself.

Captain O'Hara said excitedly: "Master Commander, everything is going well, we are approaching the ghost lake, use that magical tactic to kill the corrupt Hydra, it is the only remaining threat in this area. "

"That's right, boy, go and destroy it!"

The defense master yelled:
"I can't wait to set up an iron wall near Ghost Lake. I agreed in advance that my weekly salary will be 4000 silver ropes!"

Have you already conceded defeat... Rhode pouted and said, "It's too expensive, can you make it cheaper?"

The defense master immediately jumped up as if he was sitting on a red iron rod.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! I am the owner of a high-level title in the City Defense Army, and I can't lose a penny."

"That's it."

"3000 silver cables."

"make a deal."

Annabe on the side looked very dejected: "Why did I rush up? What the hell am I doing? Rhodes killed the ghost without me... Woohoo, I'm really useless."

Her best friend and rival, Mina, consoled her empathetically, "Don't blame yourself, you're useless in the first place."

Rhodes said with a smile: "Sister Mina, don't hit her like this, Annabelle has worked very hard."

Molly on the side pushed her gold-rimmed glasses, and said seriously: "It's not Annabe's fault. She was probably affected by a certain characteristic's ability. I very much doubt that the opponents are obstructing it. The monster is under the fiery sun." The abnormal departure from the lair to attack, the unnatural rampage of the unclean spirit, and Annabe's abnormal behavior are all related to them."

Rhodes was surprised: "There is such a good person? Are you sure he is an opponent? Isn't he my unbreakable ally?"

Everyone around laughed.

But Molly said in a solemn voice: "Lord Rhodes, it was your unexpected strength that turned their plot into an ugly trick, but their original intention was to destroy Fanxing Town and the expedition team, so as to achieve the purpose of destroying the expansion plan of the Royal City." , One failure will never make them give up."

Vivienne on the side also said: "Miss Molly is right. Our victory will cause huge waves in Wangcheng, and the interests of countless people will be affected by us. There are many people who hate us to the bone. We must not main idea."

Rhode said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are many people who hate us, but there are more people who support us, and there will be more and more people, and even those who hate us will gradually turn to support us. Bright, the road may be tortuous, but the sun will surely penetrate the black mist and fill the world."

It was said so firmly, as if he really foresaw that future.

This kind of strong self-confidence immediately infected them, making them seem to see the radiant scene.

Everyone was moved by it.

Darkness has ruled everything since they were born, and everything except firelight is darkness, and they deal with darkness every moment of their growth.

No one dared to despise it like this, no one dared to boast that the darkness would be defeated, that strong psychological barrier was hard to imagine, but Rhodes easily crossed it, and jumped over with them.

"Wooooow, I finally know why you are the commander."

"Master Rhodes is amazing."

"I'm confident again! Humanity will win!"

Among the praises from the landslide and tsunami, only Molly remained expressionless, as if it was a matter of course.

O'Hara was also excited, and shouted: "Get ready to fight, the corrupted Hydra is at the bottom of the lake, after killing it, the guardian fire will rise in Ghost Lake!"

Beowuld smiled and said, "Brother Rhodes, your murderous eyes are really amazing. If we had this ability earlier, many things would be very simple."

But A Luo was a little uneasy, and whispered: "Little Rhodes, my psychic power is not enough, can your murderous eyes still hold up?"

Rhode's heart suddenly turned cold.

"Your spiritual power is not enough? Aren't you unfathomable?"

A Luo said angrily: "No matter how deep I am, I can't let you suck like this! Do you know how many times you sucked? 23 times! My legs are still weak."

Rhode's heart sank.

The Corrupted Hydra is also a strong monster, not much worse than the unclean ghost, and this time they are fighting outside the range of the fire, in the monster's lair.

The odds are against them.

Rhodes originally wanted to repeat the previous tactics again.

As long as there is A Luo to replenish the magic, it should not be a problem.

But I didn't expect A Luo, who claimed to be unfathomable, to be sucked dry by him.

Rhodes frowned and glanced at Annabelle.

It is definitely not enough to rely on men and horses to throw guns, and the use of [Awakening] is even more worthwhile.

How to do?
Do you want to retreat?
Rhodes hesitated.

Such a good opportunity to expand the results of the war was given up like this. Not to mention he was unwilling, no one would be willing.

But failure to retreat could turn a big victory into a big defeat.

That's even worse.

Just as he was about to make up his mind, the book of knowledge in his mind suddenly became noisy again.

It kept slapping the obelisk with its pages, which caught Rhodes' attention.

"What's the matter?" Rhodes asked in his mind: "Has another spirit world monster caught up? Wait for me a while."

The book of knowledge opened its pages, and several large characters were written on it.

"Are there any ghost-like monsters near you?"

Rhodes frowned and asked, "Can you see the outside world?"

The Book of Knowledge reads: "No, but I can sense breath, answer my question quickly."

"What do monsters of the evil spirit type refer to?"

"One of the corrupted strange demons, with the characteristics of immortality, filth, corrosion, strangeness, body fluids, etc., born from the abyss."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Abyss? There is no abyss fissure here."

The Book of Knowledge reads: "The rift is not the abyss. The real abyss is the dark side that can corrode even the gods. It is the materialized super source matter of one of the [-] primordial laws. The rift is its derivative. Any spiritual thing can gain power through the characteristics of the abyss, and strange monsters are monsters formed by the condensation of black mist through the abyss."

Rhode's heart sank.

"You mean, the abyss rift is just a fragment of the abyss derivative? The monster guarding the fragment like the abyss serpent is just a monster in the derivative?"

"That's right, the abyss existed at the beginning of the creation of the world, and it was the source of all evil in the initial era, but after the appearance of the black mist, it gradually withdrew from sight, but its derivatives became more treacherous under the erosion of the black mist Abnormally, abyssal monsters are all over the dark world, not just in the abyssal fissures."

Rhodes immediately realized what it was talking about.

"I'm in Ghost Lake, and there's a corrupted Hydra under the lake, it's a strong and low-level monster."

The handwriting of the book of knowledge became scribbled, looking very excited.

"That's it! Go and absorb it!"

Rhodes was stunned: "Absorb?"

"Yes, go quickly, the demon stone jar has been hungry for a long time."

Rhodes has almost forgotten about this building.

The Goblin Jars, a structure he acquired long ago, contain a thirsty soul that, fed enough humanity, will spit out a Gobstone.

This ghost stone swallowed Gregor's soul and turned into a mass of flesh. It was said that it hatched after forty days, but there has been no movement until now.

Rhodes can cut a piece of "living flesh" from it every few days.

It's become his regular cash machine, so he doesn't care when exactly it hatches.

Rhodes asked in surprise: "Evil ghost stone jar can still eat monsters?"

The book reads: "Of course, Theodore's instinct once controlled you to eat an evil son of the devil."

Rhodes remembered it in an instant, and couldn't help asking: "Are you sure the corrupted Hydra is an evil spirit? I won't rush up and be eaten by it, right?"

Bookcrazy wrote: "Of course I am sure! I am the Supreme Wisdom Noble Phantasm, is there anything else I don't know?"

"Then how do I absorb evil spirits?"

The book was silent for a few seconds and wrote.

"……do not know."

"...Aren't you a Noble Phantasm of Supreme Wisdom?"

Bookishly wrote: "I am incomplete now and my soul is not restored."

Rhodes carefully recalled the situation at that time.

"It seems that sticking the hand on it and activating the ability of the stone jar will do."

The book quickly wrote: "That's right, in fact, I knew a long time ago that I was only testing you just now."

Rhodes didn't notice what it wrote at all. Under the lake in front of him, a huge shadow was rapidly expanding, and powerful spiritual fluctuations emanated from under the ghost lake.

The Corrupted Hydra was awakened.

In Rhodes' sight, a huge deformed soul was approaching them.

Its soul waveform is jagged, which is a typical strong monster.

The oscillation amplitude of the psionic waveform has reached the level that can be observed by the naked eye, and the psionic level is at least level eleven, which is stronger than unclean ghosts.

The captains shouted loudly: "Get out! Get out!"

A giant head the size of a carriage floated out of the water, and a terrifying aura of corrosion rushed over, and the lanterns around the waists of the fighters who were close were extinguished one after another.

O'Hara and the others rushed up, kicking away a few fighters who were in a daze and wanted to attack it.

Annabelle quickly released the awakened state and jumped in front of Rhodes.

"Rod, let's go!"

Ah Luo shouted anxiously: "Let's retreat! Let's retreat quickly, little Rhodes' spiritual power is not enough!"

Seeing Rhode's silence, Molly immediately said: "Command, retreat immediately! This is the order of Deputy Commander Molly."

Even the orderly soldiers who always ordered and prohibited were stunned for a moment, and did not take a step forward.

Molly raised her willow eyebrows and said sharply, "Order! Do you want to go to court-martial?"

But the next moment, Rhodes came back to his senses, turned over and jumped onto Annabelle, and said loudly: "Command, everyone disperse, don't let any ghosts approach here."

The messenger immediately bowed and said, "Yes!" He turned and ran away.

"Molly, possessed!"

Molly turned into a mist and submerged into Rhode's body, and the black thread of wind was activated instantly.

"A Luo, come on!"

A Luo lightly pressed Rhodes' waist to inject warmth.

Rhodes felt full of spiritual energy again, and smiled.

"Annabelle, come on!"

(End of this chapter)