the last king of darkness

Chapter 548 The Battle of the Source

This bad news greatly spoiled Rhodes' mood.

The Wanstellar Apparatus provided Rhodes with a lot of divinity. The next time the stars shine, he will gain hundreds of divinity points.

This number also increased with the increase in spirituality he squeezed out. Originally, Rhodes hoped that his divine power would break through a thousand again.

Unexpectedly, there was a bolt from the blue.

The bald master told him that the corruption of the Wanxing instrument did not start recently, it had accumulated a lot of corruption a long time ago, and the loss of some of its core components was suspected to be the reason.

This kind of corruption is irreversible. The black mist can corrode all spiritual substances and turn them into twisted and deformed rotten objects. The lifespan of the Wanstellar Instrument is doomed.

Rhode's heart was very heavy, which meant that their schedule to find the Dreadfort had to be advanced.

Trorian has already deeply realized the importance of the star source, which is the product of the stars, the power of the stars, and his promotion of combatants, especially high-level combatants, is irreplaceable.

If the Wanxingyi is completely decayed, then they must find a purer and more powerful "star source" in other locations.

The "Dreadful Fort" is such a region.

It's a pity that the Royal City has not yet found any clues about it. Horus arranged for at least a hundred scholars to bury their heads in the large library all day long, looking for a few words about it.

The investigation legion sent a large number of high-level investigators to search for its traces in the darkness.

The importance of this task is second only to finding other surviving Fire King cities.

Rhodes sighed, knowing that this matter could not be rushed for the time being, so he had to squeeze out enough spirituality again and smeared it on the Wanxing instrument to allow time for the next battle.

The bald master and the researchers of the Engineering Research Institute are constantly rubbing this artifact, hoping to reproduce it in the royal city one day.

Rhodes is not hopeful about this. The faults in civilization are too great, and there are too many things left behind in history. Trorian's current high-end technology has almost no system, and it is all scattered, and the Wanxing instrument is not a single It is a complex system assembled from multiple ancient artifacts and artifacts, and the possibility of successful reproduction is almost zero.

After finishing the chores in Starry Sky City, Rhodes returned to King City.

At this time, there was still one day before the expedition, and Rhodes came to the largest training ground in Wangcheng - Xilan Military Combat Training Base, and continued to train the hand-to-hand combat skills he had just mastered.

Everyone in the Black Battlegroup is here, and they have an exclusive training ground, but Rhodes rarely stays here.

This time his arrival made Annabe and Kashan very happy. They rarely had time to train with Rhodes, and this was a rare opportunity.

Therefore, Rhodes quickly mastered the skills of hand-to-hand combat on horseback, and Kashan's punch experience.

But the most important thing is to cooperate with them.

Kashan has the power of anger, and her punch is powerful, but only that punch.

Annabelle has speed and control. If Rhodes' fast personal fighting rhythm can be combined with them, it will definitely show stronger power.

In this battle, Rhodes is ready to take all the members of the Black Warband out. They can't participate in all battles except the King Killing War.

As long as they exert their power well, Rhodes will definitely gain more divinity.

A day of training passed quickly, this was not their first cooperation, and Rhodes quickly adapted to the new fighting style.

The only pity is that Mephis is not here. She has been helping the eroded souls to remove the seeds of evil thoughts in the Soul Church.

Rhodes regretted that he did not gain divinity because of this. Obviously, the strengthening of Mephis was not enough, and she was far from the "God Envoy" of the dream.

At the end of the training, Rhodes took out two copies of the star source potion he obtained with authority.

This super powerful elixir shone brightly in his hands, emitting a subtle blue shimmer, and the shiny particles floated in the translucent potion, and the crystal bottle seemed to contain a galaxy of stars.

Kashan's eyes lit up instantly, she took the potion without saying a word, raised her head and drank it.

Annabelle's eyes widened, and the galaxy reflected in her eyes shone brightly: "Wow... so beautiful!"

Rhodes smiled and said, "Drink it, your characteristics can be further improved after drinking it."

Annabelle touched the potion bottle with both hands, carefully looked at it, and after a long time, she unscrewed the bottle cap and drank it bit by bit.

"Wow, it's so cool, so cool!"

"The star fell into my stomach!"

"Why are you so nice all of a sudden, Rhodes? Let me tell you first, I won't sleep with you."

"Did such a precious medicine be drunk directly like this?"

Rhodes smiled and replied: "Yes, the higher the level of potion, the easier it is to take. Potions that need to be taken in conjunction with complex rituals are imperfect and have shortcomings. Star Source Potion is an absolutely perfect spiritual potion. There are no taboos. Drink it After finishing it, you can feel the changes in your soul and the improvement of your characteristics after taking a nap."

"Wow..." Annabe's eyes sparkled, and she could only utter this one word.

Kashan's dark blue eyes looked at Rhodes firmly, and asked, "Why don't you drink?"

Rhodes smiled and said, "How do you know I didn't drink?"

Kashan was silent, clenched her fists with her two small hands, and said in a decisive tone: "I will surpass you."

Rhodes bowed gracefully: "Of course, I'm waiting for that day, my eldest lady."

Kashan snorted, flicked her long blond hair, and left the training ground.

Annabe shook her small fist in front of Rhodes' eyes: "Hahahaha, Rhodes, I'm going to become stronger again, and I will definitely be able to fight side by side with my sisters."

Rhodes didn't spoil her mood, but he had seen Jessica's great strength and terrifying growth rate, and thought that the only way you could fight side by side with your sisters might be in bed.

But he said, "That's right, you are also a member of the Spirit Girls Group."

Annabe smiled happily, and ran out bouncingly, her clear laughter like silver bells could still be heard after a long distance.

Rhodes was inexplicably sad. He glanced at the dream. The book of knowledge and the puppet were still dormant, and the powerful soul had been placed on the soul altar for a while.

He wanted to ignite the stars directly, but he was worried that without the guidance of the book of knowledge, he would not choose the most efficient star.

"Unfortunately, Xingyuan has no effect on me."

Rhodes thought melancholy.

"I can only strengthen my power through dreams, this may be some kind of limitation..."

Rhodes sighed, and without leaving the station, he found a room in the training ground and fell asleep.

"I hope you can wake up early, and gain a lot of divinity in this battle..."

"Hey, my strength is still growing too slowly. Why am I still not invincible after I have obtained so many powerful souls?"

"What is the dream?"

"The previous owner was so fierce, why did he still fail? How can I avoid repeating the same mistakes? The black mist is really terrifying..."

"What is it that created the ancient evil thoughts?"

"Does the will of fire really exist?"

"Am I really the angel of fire? Is human beings really going to be revived?"

"Hey, what is the real king in the legend? How strong is it? Can I become the real king?"

Cranky, Rhodes gradually fell asleep.

But this time, he didn't fall into a dreamless sleep. His soul seemed to be flying invisible, shuttling through the chaos. When he came back to his senses, he was lying in a dream again.

And he obviously didn't enter the dream state before going to bed, regular sleep is also very important, it can completely relax the soul and mend the deep-hidden exhaustion, which cannot be done by the rocking chair in the dream state.

Rhodes stood up and found that he was lying beside the tombstone.

This is the fragment he obtained in Starry Sky City.

A blue rectangular half-dome tombstone, from the outside there is nothing special.

The surface of the stele is gray, with complicated patterns engraved on the edges. In the gaps between the lines, such a line of words is written in the language of dreams.

"Those who sleep here will eventually shine in eternity."

The sense of vicissitudes of time permeated from the tombstone, and there were several long scratches on the surface of the tombstone, which erased most of the information on it.

His name is only written on the bright red text at the bottom.

"Rod of Trorian."

Since the appearance of this tombstone, it has not shown any function.

The Book of Knowledge and the puppet also fell into silence long before it appeared, and did not say any information about it.

So Rhodes has not paid much attention to it.

"How is this going?"

Rhodes looked around in a daze. The dream was surprisingly quiet. Asa, who was always talking to himself, shrank into a ball at this moment, hiding in the crystal wall and sleeping.

The book of the future is also missing, probably sleeping on the bookshelf.

The king of evil ghosts curled up at the foot of the obelisk, his head was covered with huge fleshy wings, and his body was heaving and falling, obviously sleeping soundly.

"What happened? Why did I come here?"

Rhodes had a thought and wanted to return to the material world, but the feeling of falling soul did not appear, and his mental body still stayed in the dream.

"Ok?"

Rhode felt uneasy, and immediately crossed his hands, pinching out the lightning symbol that had been useless for a long time.

But this time, the lightning symbol that never expired also expired.

A strong sense of uneasiness surged up like a tide, and Rhodes suddenly felt his whole body stand on end, as if a large piece of ice was attached to his back.

He turned his head suddenly, and suddenly found that there was some gray mist in the dream.

The thick fog enveloped the familiar obelisk, house of gods, star square, and soul altar.

Only him and the tombstone remained.

"What happened?"

Rhodes felt cold hands and feet, and the chill spread all over his body, and suddenly there was a snap.

He turned around quickly, only to find that it was just a small stone falling from the mound.

"Fuck, I'm startled..."

Before he could finish his words, Rhodes found out in horror that black air suddenly permeated the blue-gray tombstone, falling from the top of the tombstone like a creeper.

His name suddenly burst into a strong red light, like a cry for help.

And above the name, that huge scratch is disappearing.

The fear in Rhodes' heart suddenly exploded, and the coldness swept up like a sea tide. A strong feeling forced him to close his eyes, but a stronger will made him refuse.

The scratches disappeared, as if they had never appeared before, and a black name gradually appeared at the original scratches.

The moment he saw it clearly, Rhodes' eyes widened. It was a line of familiar text!

The flowers on the shore, Hegeol, Prince of the North!
"It turned out to be him?"

Countless thoughts suddenly surged in Rhodes' mind.

Hegeol was the previous master of dreams, who died in the secret room of the Starry Kingdom when he was dying of fire.

When Rhodes just obtained the dream, his mad soul was attacking the obelisk.

Later, when attacking Rhodes, he was killed by the automatically triggered divine blade.

At that time, his soul had lost most of its power, but when Rhodes sent it into the first star "Darkness Devourer" in the dream, he still raised this star to the highest level before "quantified". state.

It's just that I don't know why, the soul strength it gives is too little, far from meeting the rank of "Darkness Devourer".

In any case, Hegeol was dead, and his soul was thrown into the stars.

"Why does it appear on the tombstone at this time?"

Rhode suppressed the terror in his heart and looked at the name above. According to the normal understanding, each of these scratches was the name of a dream master.

The current dream master is at the bottom, and the fact that he is still alive is marked in red text.

Hegeol is above him, and his name is in black, indicating the fact that he is dead.

Rhodes counted, and according to the normal size and distance, there are at least five dream masters above.

"So, there are seven masters in total in the dream?"

Rhodes thought.

"I am the seventh?"

He thought about it, stretched out his hand, and lightly touched Hei's name.

The next moment, there was a sharp hissing sound, and a huge black hand broke through the ground and squeezed his wrist violently.

Rhodes was startled, and withdrew his hand suddenly, but remained motionless.

Black air swept over the tombstone, Hegeol's name emitted a strange black light, and screams appeared from under the tomb, echoing in the dream.

A scorched face appeared in front of Rhodes' eyes, with a blackened nose, turned flesh, and empty eye sockets, showing a strong expression of hatred.

It climbed up from under the tombstone, it was a charred corpse, its hands and feet turned abnormally, it was obviously broken, its neck had already been twisted, its back was cut open, broken spines and entangled bones could be seen offal.

"Give me back my life!"

A sharp growl ripped from the shattered throat, it was not a human voice.

"Give me back everything!"

The scorched black hands grabbed Rhodes' neck and pushed him down.

Rhodes felt that his will was being hit hard, the cold feeling spread from the heart to the limbs, and the soul became extremely heavy and was submerged by the tide.

Neither psionic energy nor stars responded to him.

At this moment, he almost became an ordinary person without power.

"Am I going to die?"

Rhodes' consciousness began to blur, darkness was overwhelming his spirit, and terrifying shadows were covering the sky.

Memories of the past appeared in front of his eyes like a revolving lantern, and he saw his past, the countless familiar and strange faces.

They floated past Rhodes' eyes, but it was Mephis who finally stayed in Rhodes' sight!

"Ah? How is it you?"

Memphis looked calm, she was laughing, but also seemed to be crying.

Suddenly a strong throb came from Rhode's heart, and the longing for life swept his heart instantly. He bravely went up, broke through the darkness, waved away the shadows, and hit the scorched corpse with a heavy punch.

"I don't want to die!"

Rhode's heart was surging and he hissed loudly.

He stood up abruptly, and was beaten together with the scorched corpse. Although he had no psychic power, the skill of controlling power was applicable at any time.

In the hand-to-hand combat, he actually gained the upper hand, knocked the charred corpse to the ground, and slammed it on the head frantically.

"I don't want to die!"

he yelled.

"Trollian is waiting for me!"

"Humans are waiting for me!"

"My sisters are waiting for me!"

"They're all waiting for me!"

With a heavy blow, the scorched corpse was shattered, and a black shadow emerged, roaring ferociously:

"Why? Why can you?"

"No, no, the layout of the millennium... just ruined like this?"

"Impossible, this is impossible... Ahhhh!"

Amidst the screams, the black shadow dissipated.

(End of this chapter)