the last king of darkness

Chapter 403 The Disaster of Evil
The closer to the castle, the thicker the black mist, the deep ominous mist seemed to seep out from the deepest part of the world, with hell-like heaviness and coldness, covering everyone's sight.

Here, the sight distance of any one person is compressed to within 20 yards.

Except Rhodes.

His absolute vision can see 400 yards away, dozens of times far beyond them.

Is this the absolute clairvoyant?

Jon was amazed.

My spiritual vision is also 80, and I belong to a high spiritual vision person. Why is my vision distance only 20 yards?
At the same time, fortunately, Rhodes stood up, otherwise they might not even be able to approach the castle.

"One hundred yards to go."

Rhodes said: "Are we going to enter through the gap in the castle? The original route is very unsafe, there are three thirsty soul demons wandering there."

Jon was silent for a few seconds. The original route was stitched together by the scholars of the royal city based on historical data and information, but they couldn't possibly know the distribution of the monsters.

Soulthirsty monsters are very troublesome monsters. Their thirst for souls is contagious and quickly alarms all nearby monsters. The Bell of Silence has little effect.

"Reroute," Jon said. "Choose the route you think is safest."

Rhodes hesitated: "Is this okay?"

Jon said: "Advance the castle, and find a new route after entering the castle."

"it is good."

The team continued to move forward, and quickly bypassed the monster outside the castle and stepped into the huge gap.

The first step he stepped in, Rhodes felt a cool chill rising up his back, as if some unknown existence was watching him.

The same is true for Jon and others.

The petite Mithor said softly: "I feel the breath of the curse, this is a cursed area."

Hall hoarsely said: "Don't worry about those messy delusions. In many cases, they are just our mental illusions. They are the confusion caused by the pressure of darkness and the erosion of black mist. We just need to overcome them and stride forward. Go behind the scenes, kill everything at its source, and we'll see that victory is actually easy."

Jon nodded slightly: "Hall's words make sense. Mental state and psychological factors are one of the major factors for our downsizing. Monsters don't scare us, but we scare us."

Although Rhodes hadn't experienced the feeling they mentioned, he could imagine that situation. If he didn't have dreams and fought in such an environment, it would be difficult for him to recover mentally.

Li Liwei said softly: "I'm not afraid, Lord Theodore will protect me."

Jon frowned slightly, but didn't say much, just said: "Go to the center of the castle first, and then find the way down."

Rhodes continued to walk forward with the team.

This gap is quite large, and the inside is covered with corpse residue and gravel. The section is rough and uneven, and it looks like it was hit by a meteorite.

Jon seemed to have guessed what Rhodes was thinking, and said: "It is rumored that this is the trace of the battle between the Starry Kingdom and the King of Devourers. Their big star priest summoned meteors from the void, broke the castle's spiritual defense, and severely injured the Devourer. King, then seal it."

Rhodes asked: "Aren't they capable of destroying it?"

Jon shook his head: "That shouldn't be the case. The Kingdom of Stars in its heyday was very powerful. It was first established by the legendary King of Stars. Because of the blessing of the stars, each king has an extremely long lifespan. Under the long-term protection of the strongest , the emerging forces in the kingdom are blooming like green grass after the spring rain, and one after another, the lawmakers have stepped onto the stage of the times."

"During the most prosperous period, they single-handedly drove the black mist out of the Dead Earth Continent and expanded to the Gray Earth Continent."

Rhodes frowned. To the north of the Dead Ember Mountains was the Dead Earth Continent. In his impression, it was a land sunken in endless darkness.

And to the south of the Ash Mountains is the Dust Continent, which is the area where Trorian is located.

"That means……"

Jon nodded: "All the traces of the Starry Kingdom that we see today are relics from their expansion period, including Star City, Starry Town, Black Forest, and so on."

Rhode's heart sank, Trorian only occupied a tiny corner of the Gray Earth Continent, and he had such a powerful force.

How strong should a country occupy an entire continent and have the ability to attack another continent?
"How did they die?"

Jon shook his head: "This is what we want to know the most. Wangcheng has been looking for the reason for the collapse of the Starry Kingdom. Dozens of schools, societies, and hundreds of scholars have participated in it, but so far, we have not found the exact reason. reason."

Rhodes asked the Book of Knowledge in his mind: "Do you know?"

The Book of Knowledge gave a negative answer: "In my last memory, there is an impression of the existence of the Starry Kingdom, but there is no memory of its destruction. When the dream was shattered, the Starry Kingdom should not have declined."

"Can you know why?"

"No, it's not knowledge, it's beyond my limits."

"Can I use [Sense of God]?"

"It's best not to use it." The Book of Knowledge warned: "[Sense of God] has a limit. With your current position, there is a high probability that you will only get a vague reminder, and you may not get any The answer, we only have the last 35 points of divinity left."

Rhodes sighed, he could only keep his doubts in his heart, and continued to walk forward.

Soon, they came to the center of the castle along the gap.

It was a huge deep pit, and the meteorite seemed to have smashed through the ground and smashed into the ground.

Rhodes looked down, and there was a pitch-black piece below, and the bottom could not be seen at a glance, as if leading directly to the crack of the abyss.

"Can you see anything?" Jon asked.

Rhodes shook his head: "There is some kind of strong isolation blocking my spiritual vision, and I feel that the space below is not a normal space."

Jon took out the white seal rune from his arms, closed his eyes, and held it to his chest.

A white light rose from the rune and began to rotate like a jumping musical note.

After a few seconds, the note points straight down.

Jon opened his eyes, put the white rune in his arms, and said in a deep voice: "The seal of Meredith has been sensed, and the seal of the Starry Kingdom is below, let's go straight down."

Misor's petite face showed some hesitation, and asked softly: "Shall we go on like this?"

Jon nodded: "Yes."

"But……"

"No but." Hall interrupted her mercilessly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Darkness is not scary, what brings us horror is the spiritual unknown, you can't see it, so you are afraid, but maybe the darkness below There is nothing, we can find the seal after pasting it to complete the task, and return to the station smoothly, many things are actually not as complicated as imagined."

Jon said with a sullen face: "That's the only way. We don't have more reconnaissance methods, and we can't tolerate delay. I'll go first."

With that, Jon jumped into the darkness.

Li Liwei closed her eyes, sensed for a moment, and said happily: "Jon is fine, let's go down."

She took a step forward and murmured: "Lord Theodore protects me." With a light leap, she jumped down.

Hall immediately jumped off, followed by Rhodes, and Misol could only jump off after him.

The moment he passed the cave, Rhodes felt as if he had come to another space. The cold feeling on his back suddenly increased. The chill seemed to pass through his chest and reach his soul. When they came, only a reddish figure could be seen.

With a click, Rhodes landed on the ground and looked up. Jon and the others were all nearby, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief before he had time to look around.

It appeared to be an artificial basement, surrounded by brick and stone rather than weathered corpses.

There was a little joy in Jon's voice: "This is a long brick forged by the power of the stars. It must have been built by the Kingdom of Stars. This must be the place where the King of Devourers is sealed. We just need to find the main hall."

He has a lot of experience in exploring ruins, knowing that violence cannot be used to destroy them, so he quickly found the gate following the traces.

"here."

Jon stretched out his hand, and retracted the moment he touched the door.

"Corrosion, curse, pollution, the power of the Devourer King has desecrated the seal, and the door is also a part of the seal. We must find the main seal as soon as possible... Rhodes, we can only rely on you here."

Rhode stepped forward and looked at the decayed gate in front of him. It was completely made of bricks and stones, and it was hard to find that it was a gate without looking carefully.

"what should I do?"

"Put your hand up, try to communicate with it with your spirit, and push it away." Jon said: "This is the safest method, but this process will produce huge pollution and erosion, you have to be careful."

Rhodes nodded and put his hand on the door. In an instant, his humanity dropped crazily, and countless distracting thoughts and ramblings appeared in his mind. He took a flower of humanity without hesitation.

The next moment, the world was quiet.

Rhodes closed his eyes, opened his soul, and tried to communicate with the spirit. In an instant, more pollution and corruption poured over him, but under the influence of the flower of humanity, Rhodes was not affected at all.

Ka!

With a soft sound, the door suddenly fell apart, the bricks and stones collapsed, and black flocs fell all over the ground and then flew away.

Jon stepped out of the gate first: "Let's go."

Li Liwei came to Rhodes and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Rhodes raised his hands and smiled, "It's okay."

Lilivi smiled immediately: "That's great, it must be Lord Theodore's blessing."

Rhodes was worried in his heart, he just smiled and didn't reply.

Outside the room is a long corridor, which winds down, and every step you take, the feeling of coldness becomes heavier.

Jon said, "We are approaching the Lord Seal."

The chill in Rhode's heart is getting deeper and deeper. He has always maintained strong vigilance, but the eyes of the soul can't see very far. This strange long brick of stars can block his sight. The only thing that makes him feel at ease is that he can Feel free to contact Dreamland.

At the end of the corridor is an old church, which has not been damaged, and the emblem of the Starry Kingdom can be seen vaguely.

Jon said: "This is the Starry Cathedral. Any large starry building must build a cathedral. According to their customs, we will soon be able to reach the main hall of this underground complex. Maybe we will be able to finish it soon." mission."

But in the next moment, Rhodes shouted anxiously: "Above!"

boom!
A huge black object falls.

Jon reacted extremely quickly, and immediately rang the Bell of Silence, and completed the psychic transformation in an instant, but the speed of the monster was even faster, and two black tentacles stabbed towards Mithor, who seemed to be the weakest in the team, like lightning. .

Jon couldn't react in time, he only heard two chi chis, and the tentacles were bounced off by the air.

Hall clenched his fists with both hands, and his whole body shone with spiritual energy.

"The Seal of the Sky." He said lightly, "Accelerator."

boom!
Jon's whole body was on fire, and he flew up to fight the monster.

This is a huge flea-like monster with dozens of straw-like tentacles under its huge abdomen. Its spiritual energy fluctuations are very powerful, but it is still suppressed by Jon's power.

Liliwei flicked her fingertips, and a beam of chaotic flames flew away and landed on the monster.

Although it was only a star and a half, the monster suddenly started to go crazy, rushing and beating wildly, Jon firmly resisted it, Hall opened the seal of space, this kind of power can change the space, seal the "travel" attribute in the space, and thus reject the intrusion of matter pass.

With his current characteristic level and psionic strength, he can maintain the size of a wall.

The monster could neither break Jon nor break the seal of the sky. The fire of chaos burned deeper and deeper like a gangrene, and when it reached a certain limit, it burst out suddenly, instantly burning the monster to ashes.

Jon flew down.

"This is the Soul Eater." He said, "Like the Soul Thirst Demon, it is a monster born under the influence of the Spirit King's characteristics."

"It doesn't have the right soul strength," Hall said.

"curse."

Misor said suddenly.

"I smell a curse, something is rising, like the level of the sea."

In the next instant, Rhodes felt his body sink, like carrying a large bag of ice water, but this feeling quickly melted away.

"It's the curse of the Devourer King!"

Jon said, without any particular fluctuation in tone.

"The seal of the stars has almost failed, Mythor, lift the curse."

Mithor stretched out his hands, and the aura shone on his fingertips.

"Huh? Rhodes, where's your curse?"

Rhodes said: "Purified."

Mithor was surprised: "Your soul also has the ability to counteract curses?"

Turn around and go to others, touch their souls, and the curse will be lifted.

Jon said: "The situation is not good, we have to act as soon as possible, this way."

Outside the church is a hall, which seems to be part of a huge building, with a huge door at the end.

"The sealed place is behind the door." Jon said firmly.

Rhode was overjoyed and reached out to push the door, but what he didn't expect was that the door was so heavy that he couldn't push it at all.

Jon said in a deep voice: "The spiritual power is not enough, let's go another way."

Misor asked softly, "Is there no other way?"

Jon shook his head: "No, the Sealed Gate is driven by spirit. Absolute psychic power is the only driving force. Temporary strengthening and explosion are useless. Judging from the scale of this door, the absolute psychic power it requires is between two For more than ten thousand ticks, Liliwei and I may not be able to push it, and we cannot withstand such a strong corrosion."

Hall asked, "Can it be destroyed?"

Jon shook his head: "Of course not. The specially treated long star bricks are very hard and difficult to break, and they are part of the seal. Violent damage may lead to more unpredictable results."

Everyone can only go in another direction. Jon has rich experience in exploring underground ruins, and is very familiar with the architectural style of the Starry Kingdom. The white seal can also guide the direction, and soon found another road.

After passing through several smaller sealed gates, they were attacked again.

This time it was a Spirit Eater and a Soul Thirst.

For this team, they are not particularly difficult to deal with, but in such a thick black fog, everyone's strength is suppressed, and the monster's strength is greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Soul Devourer Curse is released periodically.

Although Mithor will be removed as quickly as possible, it still has a great negative impact on their combat effectiveness.

After eliminating the monsters that attacked the third time, they came to another hall.

At the end of the hall was another huge door, smaller than the last one, but larger than most.

Jon's face sank all of a sudden: "Too bad, this sealed door requires at least [-] ticks of absolute spiritual power."

Rhode's heart sank, and he tried it, but it didn't move at all.

At this time, except for Rhodes, everyone's spiritual energy consumption has exceeded half, and even though Jon has used the Bell of Silence many times, the disturbance they caused still inevitably alarmed the monster.

Although the spiritual vision was isolated and unable to see, the perception was still very clear. In this underground complex, many monsters were rushing towards them.

Jon glanced into the distance and said, "We can't go around again."

Before Rhodes could ask, Jon pressed his hands on the door, the spiritual light was shining, and the powerful spirit gradually opened the door with the spiritual energy, but the super pollution spread in Jon's soul instantly, and he His hands had turned dead black, and quickly spread to his body.

boom!
In just a few seconds, Jon pushed open the door, but he also fell to the ground, his whole body was blackened, and his soul was seriously polluted.

"You can go."

said Jon, still calmly.

"The rest of the battle will be held by Hall. Remember, as long as you give Lilivia enough time, she can be burned to ashes."

"Rods, the seal is entrusted to you for safekeeping. Use it if you don't know the direction. It has a weak induction with the star seal and can guide the direction. There should be no such a big sealed door in the future."

Rhodes was shocked slightly, and asked, "What about you? What should you do?"

Jon said: "Don't worry, I will return to the guardian fire that resonates with me, and Wangcheng will try its best to keep my life."

Before he finished speaking, he turned into a ball of flames and left through the air.

A large mass of black can be seen in the flame, as if polluted.

"Let's go." Lilivia said softly: "We are almost there, I can feel the cold and terrifying malice pulsating beneath the ground, but Lord Theodore will protect us, I have already prayed to him."

After speaking, she made another prayer gesture.

"We will surely win, human beings are invincible."

Rhode's mind was a little confused. As soon as Jon left, the team became much weaker, and the panic that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly boiled in his heart.

However, Rhodes didn't show any expression on the surface, and said calmly: "Go this way."

He took over Jon's position and began to lead the team forward. He didn't have Jon's rich experience, knowledge of the ruins and knowledge of the Starry Kingdom, but he had the book of knowledge.

These intellectual questions are in the hands of the Book of Knowledge, which can obtain answers with little effort, and some of them even know themselves.

So, under the inference of the book of knowledge and the guidance of the white rune, the team was on the right track again.

But what's worse is that they encountered more and more attacks, and the soul-thirsty demons kept coming to them from all directions.

After Jon left, Rhodes realized how troublesome this monster was. It moved swiftly like a lizard and attacked unexpectedly, not to mention the thrust of its tongue or the flick of its tail. It was very powerful.

If Rhodes doesn't use psionicization, psionic defense is unstoppable.

Hall had to go forward with him in order to hold off the monster.

Liliwei's Chaos Flame is still the main output, as long as the monster gets a little bit of it, there will be only one ending left.

Although it is a pity that these souls were not harvested, the most important thing is to complete the task.

After a short period of cooperation, the team got back together smoothly. The thirsty soul demons came and died one by one, and they walked all the way forward without encountering the big sealed gate again.

Mithor said softly: "I feel that we are getting very close, and the curse of the Devourer King is becoming more and more frequent."

Hall said hoarsely: "I didn't expect our cooperation to be so good, Brother Rhodes, I really underestimated you."

"This is the protection of Master Theodore."

Li Liwei showed such a strange smile again.

"You must not forget Lord Theodore."

Rhodes glanced at her: "Of course not, no one will forget him."

"I knew it was like this." Lilivi said happily: "I want to pray to Master Theodore for you, he will give us strength and wisdom to solve all difficulties."

She made another prayer gesture, and Rhodes suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and turned his head away.

But in the next second, he turned around abruptly. Isn't Li Liwei's praying hand gesture exactly that 51?
The chill filled her whole body in an instant, and Rhodes suddenly remembered that she used this gesture every time she prayed before.

Li Liwei looked at Rhodes, her face was full of ulcers at some point, but she still smiled and asked as before.

"What's the matter, little Rhodes?"

(End of this chapter)