the last king of darkness

Chapter 384 The Journey Begins

With the death of the pollution source body, the dark distortion phenomenon also dissipated, and the darkness of the entire underground became thinner. This is a very strange feeling. The original darkness was thick and deep, but now the darkness is clear and clear. Clean, no fear, only peace.

The black mist dissipated, leaving only empty caves and cliffs.

The nightmare that had plagued Lockhart for more than a year also disappeared.

The Star City has finally been taken down!

He felt extremely light all over his body, like a big balloon in his chest, and he walked with ease.

More than a year of hard work was not in vain.

Countless painstaking efforts and sacrifices were not in vain.

The great price Trorian paid has paid off.

At this moment, the depression in his chest was exhausted, and he just wanted to look up to the sky and laugh.

The same goes for Herman and Zhang Bai.

The City of Stars not only has an excellent location and is an important base for the Western Expedition, but also has many precious mineral deposits underground, especially high-quality true silver mines, sunstone mines, and raw crystal mines.

Wangcheng will never think that there are too many resources, and the resources they need will never be enough.

Human expansion isn't just about getting more space to live in.

The improvement it brings is all-round.

Afterwards, everyone returned to the ground, and Qingyu successfully lit a fire in the very center of Star City.

The bright fire dispelled the black mist, dispelled the haze over the human head, dispelled the disaster buried in the ground, and also illuminated the human way to the storm pass.

The Holy Fire Project has finally taken the most important step and crossed the most difficult threshold.

King City brought a large amount of food and fine wine from the rear, and Lockhart, Herman and Zhang Bai planned to hold a grand banquet in the city to celebrate this hard-won victory.

However, when they went to invite the protagonist of the banquet——Rhode, who played the most critical role in the entire battle, he had already disappeared.

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On the carriage back to the Temple of Fire, Rhodes finally had the time to close his eyes.

The moment he entered the dreamland, the book of knowledge threw himself on his face and slapped him frantically.

"Hahaha! 40 divinity points! A dream fragment! There are three source matter, hahaha! We sent it!"

Rhodes was also very happy, he didn't pull it off immediately, and asked casually, "Why is there no soul?"

The Book of Knowledge quickly wrote: "This is the particularity of the dream fragments. You absorbed the fragments, and the twisted vision collapsed because of it, but it was not directly killed by you, so the Devourer of Darkness cannot plunder its power."

Rhodes felt a little regretful, but looting souls was no longer that difficult for him.

The acquisition of divinity and source material can offset all losses.

Rhodes raised his right hand. On the back of his hand, several patterns were superimposed on everything, making him unable to see clearly.

"Book, look, what's in the fragments this time?"

The Book of Knowledge jumped down and carefully distinguished the pattern on the back of his hand.

"This is the fragment of the house of gods, this is the new formula in the stone platform, this is... grass!"

A dirty word was suddenly written in the book of knowledge.

Rhodes asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

The Book of Knowledge wrote very unhappy: "This is a fragment of a doll, too bad luck, why not mine?"

Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief, and patted the back of its book: "Don't worry, book, I will definitely help you gather your soul and restore it to its original form. The same is true for you, Avro. It doesn't matter who comes first, you are all mine." wings."

The Book of Knowledge slapped his hand away: "I don't want to be side by side with that bitch."

Rhode didn't care either, and beckoned: "Afro."

The puppet walked over briskly, bowed and half-kneeled, and lightly touched the back of Rhodes' hand with his forehead.

On the complex pattern, part of the lines boiled up, and soon turned into a large cloud of gray gas, bursting out of the body, falling on Afro, and quickly sinking into its body.

A few seconds later, Afro stood up.

It looked the same as before, still rusty, the only change was that the yellowed eyes became bright and energetic, like a piece of emerald gemstone.

But just this one change made the lifeless puppet become full of life.

Its eyes fluttered, its bright eyes sparkled, and when it looked at Rhodes, it made his heart beat a beat slower.

"Uh, Af... Afro, how are you feeling?"

The puppet lowered its head, and when the bright eyes left Rhodes, it made him feel as if he was relieved.

It looked at its hands and said, "Master, a big part of my soul has been replenished, and a lot of memories about the battle have been restored, and my fighting skills have become more exquisite."

It paused and said again.

"I've also mastered a new technique. I can use your soul to manipulate your creation or avatar."

Rhodes said happily: "That is to say, you can also manipulate my phantom?"

The puppet nodded slightly: "It can be manipulated, but your abilities must be used by you. I can only perform basic physical combat."

Rhodes said with a smile: "It's okay, as long as I can fight physically, it's fine, so I don't have to be distracted. It's really tiring for one person to control two bodies."

Although the Phantom of the Wind inherits all the abilities of its master, all its actions require the will of the master, and its spiritual energy consumption is doubled.

Unless it needs to explode, Rhodes will not use any abilities on it, and it is generally used to increase the efficiency of persistent combat.

It would be a great help if the puppet could manipulate the phantom for him.

He no longer has to focus on two tasks, just focus on the battle in front of him.

The puppet paused for a few seconds, then continued: "Master, the newly recovered soul is very weak, I need to eat a lot of soul and spirit."

Rhodes said casually; "No problem, how much should I eat every day?"

"1000 million souls, and [-] spirits."

puff!
Rhodes almost spit out his saliva: "Why do you eat so much? I remember that the Book of Knowledge was only eaten a little!"

The puppet said calmly: "The Book of Knowledge needs very few souls. It prefers all kinds of spiritual materials, rare ores, and pure spirituality."

The Book of Knowledge snorted: "Afro, I am much more frugal than you."

Rhodes asked curiously: "Afro, I remember you said that you are the knight guarding the dream, how strong are you when you are in a full state?"

The puppet paused for a few seconds, and replied nonsense: "Very strong."

Rhodes cleverly changed the question: "How much is your current combat power compared to before?"

The puppet replied: "Maybe half a point."

"What about after using 1 divinity?"

"About two to three points."

Rhodes immediately smiled: "So strong? Then you can eat it."

The Book of Knowledge shouted, "I want to eat too."

Rhode glanced at it: "Can you eat it now?"

The Book of Knowledge is choking, its current soul has been recovered, and it can't eat it even if it wants to eat it.

Rhodes said with a smile: "Don't worry, when you recover, I will give you the same food, and you won't lose a cent."

Hearing this sentence, the Book of Knowledge suddenly became happy again, and wrote: "Master, quickly restore the fragments. The more dreams are restored, the stronger the overall strength will be, and the stronger our ability to resist risks will be."

"Let's recover quickly."

The second motif on the back of the hand belongs to the house of the gods.

After Rhodes walked in, a large cloud of white mist flew out and landed on the left wall of the Terrace of Light.

The book of knowledge suddenly wrote wildly: "It's the mirror of the gods! It's the mirror of the gods! Great, with it, our chances of surviving the nightmare night are much higher, and we don't have to be afraid of the dark stars anymore! Hahaha! Hahaha! Our road to rise is about to begin!"

The white mist fell, and an oval mirror was embedded on the wall. It was about three yards high and two yards wide. There were a lot of hollows and patterns on the edges, and the mirror was covered with cracks. The mirror was gray and you couldn’t see anything. less than.

The Book of Knowledge's laughter stopped abruptly, and it wrote in disbelief: "Irreparable?"

At the same time, Rhodes also sensed its message.

"Mirror of the Gods" (broken)

Unusable, "Spirit Defense" (invalid)

irreparable
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Soon, Rhodes learned about the function of the "Mirror of the Gods" through a dream.

It is the core of dream defense, used to control and strengthen the protective power of dreams, resist internal or external intruders, prevent the power of corrosion and pollution from eroding dreams, and mobilize the power of dreams to suppress intruders.

In the previous nightmare invasion, it was very laborious and inefficient to directly operate the dream protection from the book of knowledge, and it was unable to suppress the spread of erosion.

Moreover, the dreamland not only needs to protect against internal intrusions, but also to resist direct blows from the spirit world.

And these all need to use the mirror of the gods, otherwise, they can operate by instinct.

But it's broken.

Rhodes frowned: "What if the book cannot be repaired?"

The Book of Knowledge wrote depressingly: "Then we can only restore it when we find the fragments of the 'Dream Factory' and use the soul and divinity to make the creation of the gods."

"Dream Factory"?
Another building I've never heard of.

Rhodes stood outside the door of the House of God, looking into the distance.

In the entire dream, there are only a few buildings, and most of the places are empty.

Looking back, the House of God is also empty.

There is only one bookshelf, one stone platform, one light platform, one rocking chair and one mirror.

Rhode couldn't help asking: "How many things do we still need to restore?"

The writing in the Book of Knowledge also became heavy: "Many, the power of dreams is still very weak. Although we have defeated many powerful enemies, they are nothing in front of the real darkness."

"The only thing that can protect us now is divinity, which is a power beyond the law."

The puppet who had been silent at the side suddenly said: "If we can better leverage the power of Trorian to promote the development of human beings, the efficiency of obtaining divinity will be even higher."

Rhode's heart moved, the puppet's words made sense.

After all, the power of an individual is limited, especially when he is not strong enough to affect all mankind.

However, he still needs to think about how to leverage Trorian's power.

The last pattern is the recipe.

Rhodes turned around and came to the stone platform, pressed his right hand on the platform, and a cloud of gray air flew out and sank into the stone platform.

Two new recipes have appeared.

[Powerful soul ashes]: One-time item, summon the phantom of the corresponding monster's spirit body to fight for you, lasting for one hour.

Note: The strength of the monster cannot exceed the limit.

Requirements: Corresponding to the ashes of the monster, corresponding to the complete soul of the monster, 10 flowers of humanity, 10 points of divinity.

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[Star Mark]: Mark the target soul with a mark that spans time and space, which can guide the blow from the spirit world.

Requirements: 1 Flower of Humanity, 1 Star Essence.

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When Rhodes figured out their usefulness, a burst of ecstasy welled up in his heart.

too strong!
[Powerful Soul Ashes] is an upgraded version of [Soul Ashes].

[Soul Ashes] is one of the most useful conventional creations. It can summon the phantom of monsters to fight for him. It once made great contributions to Rhodes' growth.

The only downside is that it cannot create ghostly apparitions of powerful monsters.

After Rhodes grew up, it was gradually forgotten in the corner.

For this, Rhodes has always been very regretful.

And now, this regret can finally be made up for.

Just imagine, if he could summon a monster like the Queen of Worms, what would be so scary?

However, the ingredients to make it are very expensive.

In addition to the ashes and souls of corresponding monsters, you also need 10 flowers of humanity and 10 points of divinity.

Needless to say, the rarity of divinity, but the flower of humanity is not inferior.

It is very difficult to obtain and requires positive emotions from the deepest depths of the soul.

Rhodes has obtained more than 2000 million humanity, but the flower of humanity is only double digits.

After making three Bells of Light last time, the reserves of Flowers of Human Nature have been greatly reduced, and there are only 21 left, which is only enough to make two.

Rhodes felt a bit of liver pain, and it seemed that he was about to pick up the aspect that he had neglected for a while.

[Star Mark] is relatively better. Its main function is to mark the soul. Once it is successfully marked, no matter where it hides, it will be tracked by Rhodes' will.

In addition, it can also guide the spirit strike.

The materials are not too expensive, 1 flower of humanity, 1 star marrow.

Star marrow can be exchanged in the hall, 1 badge and 1 piece.

Although the flower of humanity is precious, as long as there is only one flower, it is not too difficult to accept.

Rhodes was both sad and joyful. This piece of dream fragment contained much more than he had imagined, but he needed more, which made him feel a lot of pressure.

But no matter what, the stronger the dream, the greater his chances of survival, and the more possibilities to illuminate the dark world.

Rhodes turned and walked out of the House of God, before arriving at the obelisk.

Three pieces of source material are under the monument.

They have different shapes, but exude the same mysterious atmosphere, showing that they are extraordinary.

The source matter is the source of materialization, which theoretically has the same effect as the source and is indestructible.

If it is forcibly destroyed, it will disappear and re-condense anywhere in the spirit world.

But in the dream world, if it is not the source material that the stars have "quantified" needs, it will have no effect.

The Book of Knowledge answered this question: "Yes, source material is the most precious resource, but we can't use it yet, you can also give it to the most needy humans to obtain divinity."

Rhodes nodded. So that's the case. It seems that more source matter will be collected in the future, whether it is needed by the stars or not.

He looked down one by one.

"Abyss of Extreme Darkness" has already been used.

"Feather of Light" has no corresponding demand.

Rhodes focused his eyes on "Ash of the Ancient God", and gradually revealed a little smile.

It is the source material of [Bitter Blue]!
it is good!
This star can finally be quantified!

Rhodes was overjoyed, and immediately threw it into the stars.

[Bitter Blue] Suddenly emitted a strong blue light, flooding the surface of the stele, a powerful disturbance spread out from the obelisk, and the dream made a rumbling sound.

Perhaps it was because of the "quantified" activation of the stars many times, the vibration stopped quickly.

The blue light subsided like a tide, and a new star appeared.

【Broken Blue】

[Status: Origin]

【Position: Above the Spirit World】

[Star Power: Spirit Tide]

[Strength: 10000]

[Description: Instead of complaining about being in the dark, it is better to move forward with a lamp. 】

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[Spiritual Tide]: Increase the recovery speed of spiritual energy. If you consume 10 points of divinity, you can activate a wave of spiritual energy to increase the recovery speed of spiritual energy in the entire area.

isn't it?
After reading it, Rhodes frowned.

[Spiritual Tide] is indeed very strong, but what about my [Awakening]?

Although Fury of the Void has side effects, it is also my trump card at critical moments.

Without [Awakening], wouldn't my infinite psychic cannon's combo be gone?

Rhodes was very depressed, but after he carefully studied [Spiritual Tide], he was pleasantly surprised to find that this ability is not as bad as imagined.

First of all, [Spiritual Tide] increases the speed of recovery of spiritual energy, in other words, Rhodes lasts longer.

Second, [Spiritual Tide] has no side effects.

In the end, the effect of the wave of psionic energy he activated on himself was more than three times higher than that on others, and multiple activations could be superimposed.

In other words, as long as he has enough divinity, it is equivalent to a [Awakening] with no side effects and group effects.

Of course, it consumes divinity and cannot be used in leisure.

it is good!
Rhodes let out a breath.

The dream finally returned a bit.

And my journey is about to begin again.

　Sorry for the late update. . . .Today, a person in Ah Shan's community won the bid, and after a whole day of commotion, he was on the verge of falling apart, so he didn't write anything. . . .Only one chapter can be updated today, and three chapters will be moved to tomorrow. . .sorry again

　
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