the last king of darkness

Chapter 342 Promotion
As soon as he woke up the next day, the messenger from the temple had arrived.

A group of dozens of people is mighty.

The first person is holding a gorgeous rectangular box.

"This is your hall badge of honor."

The messenger put the box into Rhodes' hands with both hands.

Accompanied by a burst of spiritual light, the boxes flew into colorful flowers and fell down one after another.

"In recognition of your outstanding contribution to mankind during the Battle of the Trident River, the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground and the Fire Palace jointly decided to reward you with sixty hall badges."

While speaking, a strong aura kept flickering.

A person dressed in flamboyant clothes and holding a picture crystal is not far away, looking for various angles to take pictures.

The low psionic energy erupted from his body with a strong light, just judging by the momentum, it was stronger than the psionic energy of the queen of insects.

"Come on, come on, have a laugh!"

"Laugh again!"

"One more laugh!"

"Have you had enough?" Rhodes said dissatisfiedly, "The dog's eyes are almost blinded by you!"

"Don't worry, my little hero, this is the image that Archbishop Horus wants. The Holy Church wants to use it as a key publicity and set a new heroic benchmark for the royal city. There must be no flaws."

After another quarter of an hour of shooting, the guy was satisfied and left holding the picture crystal.

The flowers stopped falling, and the leading emissary bowed and said, "Your Excellency Rhodes, your battle order has been adjusted to the second line, but in view of the urgent battle situation, you only have two to three days to rest."

Rhodes nodded slightly, two to three days was enough for him to upgrade his spiritual power.

You can also take advantage of this time to make big purchases in the hall.

Adding the original twelve and a half badges, he now has 72 and a half badges.

This is not a small fortune.

But to Rhode's surprise, his rewards seemed to be more than that.

Another messenger brought several large boxes over.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, in view of the achievements of your battle group, Wangcheng has decided to give you corresponding material rewards."

He opens the box.

"This is one hundred thousand silver ropes, two hundred combat supplies, one hundred special potions, one hundred soul red crystals, ten mercury potions, ten green mold potions, one burning fire potion, one grass potion , a high-concentration life potion."

"These supplies are for your battle group, and you distribute them to the members of the battle group."

It turned out to be like this. No wonder Annabe and Mephis went back to Fanxing Town directly after the battle. I was still wondering what their reward was... This was the first time for Rhodes to experience such a thing. He flipped the box curiously The supplies in the store, asked.

"Can I distribute it however I want?"

The envoy raised his glasses and said in a calm tone: "Please follow the principle of fairness, justice and openness, and distribute them reasonably to your battle group members. If necessary, we can provide corresponding evidence of military exploits."

"If any member of the battle group is dissatisfied with your assignment, you may be investigated by the Disciplinary Committee, and Wang Cheng may intervene to change your unreasonable assignment."

cut.

Rhodes pouted.

It's so strict, I don't even want to make some unspoken rules, it's really boring.

"of course."

The messenger added.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, you still have great discretion, but this is your battle group. You don't want to cause internal gaps due to distribution problems, which will lead to a decline in combat effectiveness?"

This guy's perception is quite sharp... Rhodes glanced at him and said with a smile: "Thank you for your guidance, I understand."

The envoy bowed and said: "This is what I should do. If you have any questions, you can come to us in the affairs hall. May you have Huo's company along the way, goodbye!"

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After the envoy left, Rhodes immediately went out, intending to perform the spiritual energy promotion ceremony.

After [Star Shuttle] reached its full state, Rhodes clearly felt that the psionic energy had crossed the limit, and the control became a bit jerky and inconvenient.

Miss Mina from the Engineering Research Institute once told him that if he felt a similar feeling, it meant that he had enough power and needed a new soul body structure to better exert their power.

And Rhodes has been stagnant at the eighth level of psionic power for a long time.

The qualification of a third-level combatant, an official member of the temple, and a state of complete coordination between body and soul all require level-[-] spiritual power.

Even the book of knowledge told him that the reason why "quantification" progressed so slowly was because his spiritual power level was too low.

Ninth-level spiritual power is a line, a threshold. Only after passing ninth-level spiritual power can he truly have the power to influence the world, step into the ranks of high-level combatants, and become a member of the strong.

Rhodes has been waiting for a long time.

Now is the time to cross this chasm!

The Temple of Fire is a fully functional stronghold, with a ceremony hall dedicated to upgrading spiritual powers, and a spiritual power laboratory for complete testing of spiritual powers.

They are in a relatively deep position below the hall. Rhodes walked out of the fireplace area and walked down the corridor.

I met many comrades-in-arms along the way, and they all received their own rewards. Everyone had a happy smile on their faces, talked enthusiastically and compared who had won more badges of honor.

The rewards for this operation are generous, and most people have gained a lot, but they are far less than Rhodes.

After learning that Rhodes had obtained sixty badges alone, everyone let out admiration and envy.

"As expected of you!"

"I'm so envious!"

"Master Rhodes, do you still lack warm beds at home? Give me three, and I'll keep you warm for a week, okay?"

"I only want two!"

"I only want one!"

"I warm one for a month!"

"I'm warm for a year!"

"I'll stay warm forever!"

The person who said the last sentence was glared at and beaten by everyone. Rhodes looked up curiously, and was disappointed to find that the guy who claimed to "warm his bed for a lifetime" turned out to be a rough guy.

Pooh!
Blind me!

In order to get rid of this bad feeling, Rhodes rushed downstairs and came to the ceremony hall.

However, when the ritual priest heard that Rhodes was going to upgrade to the ninth level of psionic power, his face suddenly fell down.

"Why don't you make an appointment?"

"Who is your teacher?"

"Where's your psionic report?"

Rhodes was dissatisfied: "Why do you have so many problems? I used to be directly promoted."

The priest of the ceremony turned green with anger: "Stinky boy, what did you say?"

"Do you understand what is going on with high-level psionic upgrades?"

"Is the ninth level of psionic power the same as your one or two levels of psionic power?"

"You rushed over in such a frizzy manner, we Sun Crystals were not prepared!"

Rhodes sneered and said, "I have sun crystals, so you don't need to worry about them."

The ritual priest glared at him: "Where did you get the sun crystal? This is the highest level of controlled material in the royal city, you can't have..."

Rhodes casually took out two sun crystals from the dream and hit them on their faces.

"Did you see clearly?"

The intense light emitted by the sun crystals illuminated the ashen faces of the priests.

This is the Temple of Fire, and if he dared to take it out openly, it proved that his source was legitimate.

A priest suddenly saw Rhodes' face clearly, and exclaimed, "It's you!"

Rhodes sneered: "It's me..."

"Black rice bucket!"

Rhodes' face pulled down all of a sudden.

What the hell, I will definitely change this name in the future, it has no momentum at all.

But the faces of the priests suddenly improved a lot.

They patiently instructed Rhodes to apply for various details of the ninth-level psionic ceremony, and told him that it is best to have the same person to perform the ceremony for him.

And Rhodes' promotion ceremony has always been held by Miss Mina.

"Can she enter the palace?" Rhodes asked worriedly.

"Of course." The priest replied: "A special psychic upgrader for a strong man is eligible to enter the psychic laboratory of the Temple of Fire."

"Yes, go for a psychic test quickly, and we will urgently recruit researcher Mina."

Rhodes hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "How did your attitude become so good..."

The priest smiled and said, "Of course, the treatment is different for talents with potential."

"After all, it is our hope."

"The stronger you are, the more secure we can live in this world."

An elderly priest said: "Little Rhodes, only after reading the miraculous deeds of you and those few, can I truly feel the hope of victory. One day, human beings will be able to overcome the black mist and see the light."

Several priests showed looks of great yearning.

Rhodes knew that what they imagined was that every day was Sun Festival and Bright Day.

In their view, this is like a mythical paradise, and only a few vague words can be seen in the ancient historical records.

But in fact, they probably don't believe that they can see such a day.

However, this does not prevent them from working hard in that direction.

Rhodes sighed slightly in his heart, turned and left.

In the psychic laboratory, several high-level researchers from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering did a detailed examination for him and provided a complete psychic report.

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Tester: Rod
Psionic Level: 8
Maximum psionic strength: 604 kk
Maximum psionic output: 120 kilocuts
Average spiritual pressure: 33 kk
Estimated total psionic power: 7 rails

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Compared to before, Rhodes' psychic power has increased by an epic level.

When he got the report back, Mina had already arrived at the door of the ceremony hall.

The moment she saw Rhodes, strong joy burst out in her eyes, and she swooped up and hugged Rhodes.

"Little Rhodes, I miss you so much!"

"Let go! I'm going to suffocate!"

Mina let go of her hand, her little face was flushed, and her eyes were full of smiles.

"Little Rhodes, you have grown up a bit."

Rhodes glanced at her dissatisfied, and muttered: "You didn't grow anything, you just grew..."

Humanity +1919
What the hell!

Although Rhodes doesn't care about humanity anymore, this is the largest single sum of humanity he has received so far.

Mina smiled so much that her eyes were bent, she grasped Rhode's wrist with her slender hand, and said with a coquettish smile, "Come on, my sister has been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Can you speak more normally..."

Even so, Rhodes is quite cooperative.

According to Mina's instructions, she took off her coat and lay down on the ceremony platform in the shape of a square.

Mina was fiddling with various supplies while fiddling.

"Little Rhodes, write more letters to my sister when you have time. I don't know how worried my sister is."

"Although combat is important, knowledge is even more important. Teachers and scholars are waiting for your book."

"We have discovered several important relics. The expedition team has gained a lot of important knowledge from the relics. Teachers and scholars are waiting to share with you."

In the broken thoughts, Mina skillfully completed the ceremony arrangement, and with the cooperation of several priests, the ceremony officially started.

"Flow it! Spirit!"

Powerful spiritual energy circulates in the crystal array, forming special patterns.

The sun crystals emitted a dazzling light, and the strong light quickly flooded the hall.

The ceremony continued until the next day.

When the strong light fell, the sun crystals disappeared without a trace, all the crystals cracked, and the fragments scattered all over the ground.

Mina and the priests were exhausted, but they couldn't hide the joy on their faces.

"Success!"

"Very smooth!"

"Your soul is very balanced and powerful, just like a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon, we just cut the cocoon shell!"

On the stone platform, Rhodes sat up.

He clenched his fists, and a powerful psychic energy flashed past.

He obviously felt the difference, it was an indescribable sense of coordination, a feeling of incomparable smoothness, spiritual energy running through the body, like sliding through an absolutely smooth mirror surface, without a trace of resistance, it was unbelievably smooth .

The spiritual energy flowed perfectly in the body, just like the transmission of electric current in a superconductor. Rhodes jumped up in one step, and he had never felt so happy before.

He played a set of fists and kicks, and he felt extremely refreshed. Compared with him before, he was like a stiff puppet.

Rhodes raised his head with joy on his face: "I have become stronger!"

Mina smiled and said, "Your body and soul have been coordinated perfectly. Your spiritual energy perfectly resonates with your body. All your abilities will exert [-]% of their power."

A priest said: "This is also the basis for the next step. If you want to become an inhuman second-level combatant, you must learn to spiritualize your body. This is the real gap."

Rhodes said happily: "Then I am a third-level combatant now?"

"Correct."

Mina pointed to the comparison table on the wall of the ceremony hall.

"Look, that's the standard of normality."

"Level nine psychic powers correspond to level three fighters."

"Tenth-level spiritual power corresponds to a second-level combatant."

"Eleventh-level spiritual power corresponds to a first-level combatant."

Rhodes was surprised: "Is it only the level of spiritual power? Don't you need to conduct combat trials?"

Mina shook her head: "No, the trial of high-level combatants is too expensive, and Wangcheng can't afford it. We have changed to a better way. As long as you have enough achievements and reach the corresponding spiritual level, you can directly promote .”

"We will also evaluate your combat effectiveness, which is based only on your past achievements. As long as your soul does not degenerate or weaken, the combat effectiveness evaluation will continue to rise."

Rhodes smiled and said, "What is my estimated combat power now?"

"On the flame symbol on the corner of your clothes, you can see it when you enter spiritual energy."

Rhodes did so, and sure enough, he saw a number.

"It's only 81."

Mina smiled and said, "For you, it's already very high. I went to evaluate it last time, and it was only 5."

Rhodes almost laughed out loud.

It turns out that you are a scum with only 5 combat power.

"What about Alan? Is he [-]% perfect?"

Mina shook her head: "Special fighters don't have combat effectiveness evaluation, and their combat effectiveness is immeasurable."

"Ok."

Rhodes was a little disappointed, he thought he could reach [-]% of Alan's combat effectiveness.

"Then when can I upgrade to the tenth level of psionic power and step into the ranks of second-level combatants?"

"Psychic energy has reached at least 1500 kilocuts." Mina said.

The difference is a bit big.

I added so many stars and ate so many powerful souls, and my psionic power is only 600 thousand cuts.

Is the conversion efficiency too low?

Rhodes grinned, feeling that the journey was a bit far away.

Maybe [Phantom of the Wind] can surprise me.

It's a pity that the conditions of this star are too high... I don't know when it will be ignited.

Afterwards, Rhodes briefly chatted with Mina, and told about the dangers of the Battle of the Trident River, and heard the latter screaming coquettishly, and the waves were turbulent.

He also promised to finish his work as soon as possible, and to explore the ruins with them when he was free, to obtain the truth of history.

Mina told him to write to her often, and to come to her to check her spiritual power when he had time. For a high-level combatant, health care of body and soul is very important.

And she is good at doing such a big health care.

Mina was very satisfied after receiving Rhode's positive guarantee.

Afterwards, Rhodes bid farewell to them, came to the affairs hall of the main hall, handed the new psychic report to the hall envoy, applied for promotion to a third-level combatant, and became an official member of the Fire Hall.

(End of this chapter)