the last king of darkness

Chapter 832 The Age of Giants

Rhodes was shocked. He felt that an invisible force was released from some ancient seal, covering the area and everything fell into silence.

However, he could not sense any existence in his soul, only nothingness.

Rhine's reaction was extremely fast. He entered a fighting state in an instant. The mist-like spiritual water waves dispersed instantly, and the powerful source of power vibrated in the air.

"careful!"

Rhine took a step forward and stopped in front of Rhodes. It was not that he had never encountered talking monsters before. They were either the remaining wills from ancient times or hallucinations caused by powerful abilities. However, no matter which kind they were, they were not ordinary. monster.

According to common sense, the more organized its words are, the more powerful it is.

The monster in front of him not only gave him an extremely calm feeling, but also blocked his senses.

This is definitely not a dark soul formed by ordinary distortion and corruption.

However, in the next second, Rhodes stopped him.

"and many more!"

Rhine turned his eyes in surprise and saw countless light spots sinking into Rhodes' soul.

This is definitely not some kind of corruption, some kind of erosion, some kind of damage, but some kind of engulfment, some kind of fusion.

His soul absorbed these points of light.

At this moment, lines of gray text continued to appear in front of Rhodes' eyes.

[The Broken Soul of Giant Warlord Unkers]

[The Broken Soul of Bass the Giant Soul Breaker]

[The broken soul of the giant city-breaker Bakaris]

[The Broken Soul of Drix the Giant Slayer]

……

Countless souls flew into dreams and returned to the soul altar.

Although these souls are dilapidated and don't have much strength left, there is a spirit of destiny in each soul.

The Book of the Future danced wildly in the trajectories of countless souls, shouting: "There are so many, so many, I want to send them, hahahaha, so much destiny energy, I want to be invincible! Master, you know, I want to Invincible! I want nothing in the three realms to cover my eyes. I want no dust in the universe to blind my soul. I want this fate to surrender at my feet. Wow. Hahaha! I am the Book of Eternal Destiny!"

At this moment, Rhodes knew that it was definitely not a monster.

He raised his gaze and looked at the terrifying head. It was about the size of half a town. The main body was almost completely corrupted. The gray bone belt was only hung with sparse black decay. The lower half was missing, and two huge His eyes were so empty that it was scary.

It's just a skull, so to speak.

"Good day, great being, I am Rhodes."

Rhodes carefully chose a very polite greeting, but the monster ignored him. In the dark eyes, the glimmer of light moved slightly, seeming to turn its eyes.

"Ah, the strong man of steel and fire, please temporarily shield your spirit and perception, and leave here. For each additional spirit that is touched by the taboo language, the cost of protection will increase exponentially."

Rhine's heart was shocked. At this moment, countless possibilities emerged in his mind. The worst was that this was a high-level hallucination. Many monsters would use their own memories to make up Suitable illusion, and then achieve the purpose of destruction.

If this was some powerful ancient existence, then if he left rashly, he would kill Rhodes.

If his spirit and perception are blocked, he will be completely blind.

But in the next moment, his reason and logic overturned this possibility. There is no doubt that this is Rhodes' "opportunity" and a special feature of his human life. Otherwise, why would he go straight here? ?

Perhaps Lord Rhodes, who is full of mysteries, is the reincarnation of a powerful ancient being?

After understanding this, Rhine no longer had any doubts, nodded slightly to Rhodes, closed his own spirit and perception, turned his body into invisible wandering light, and left the giant cemetery.

Soon, only Rhodes and the huge skull were left in the huge cemetery.

Rhodes noticed that its location was right in the center of the Giant Cemetery, trapped in a huge hole with a diameter of more than 3 yards.

"Seal, this is a special seal."

In the dream, the book of knowledge murmured.

"The entire giant cemetery exists for this seal. This is a special seal that belongs exclusively to the giant family. The remaining spirit of the giant king Omir exists to protect this seal. No, all the remaining spirits of the giants exist for this seal. It exists."

Rhodes was shocked. He had vaguely guessed what this remnant spirit was, but he was not sure for the moment.

Silence oppressed the eardrums, and the invisible force dispersed the black fog in the area, but the entire Giant Cemetery was still shrouded in darkness. However, Rhodes clearly sensed that this was not the terrifying darkness coming from the black fog. , but a natural, calm and gentle darkness,

In this environment, the giant skull finally spoke again.

"Ah, after countless years and countless thousands of years, I finally see you again."

"The Lord of Destruction of Darkness."

At this moment, Rhodes immediately thought of [Dark Devourer], whose star energy is exactly [Darkness Destruction]!

Is this "Lord of Destruction of Darkness" the Lord of Dreams from previous generations?

Rhodes hesitated for a second, and then asked: "Who are you? Does the Lord of Destruction of Darkness refer to me?"

The giant skull looked at him, the glimmer of light in its eyes flickering, as if it was sizing up his soul. After a moment, it slowly replied: "I am the Red God of War Beacles, who you call the Giant. god!"

really!

Rhodes clenched his fists.

Besides the God of Giants, who else can maintain the existence of the seal at the expense of the entire Giant Cemetery.

However, his heart was also full of doubts. Didn't Beacles, the God of Giants and the Red God of War, die early in the ancient era? He made most of his soul into the Giant Divine Sword, and then tore apart part of his soul body, leaving soul ripples. Why is there still a residual soul?

"I regret."

The dull, hollow sound of the giant's skull echoed through the cemetery.

"When I saw you again, tens of millions of years had passed. The black mist had ruled the land, ocean, sky, spiritual world, starry sky and abyss. I could no longer bring you a chance to win as I promised you. .”

Rhode's eyes trembled suddenly, and the tsunami in his heart almost drowned his thoughts.

"What did you say? What opportunity for victory?"

The glimmer of light in the empty eyes of the giant's skull flickered: "Ah, it seems that you have died long ago. Now you are just an afterimage, a lingering sound, an echoing melody, an echo of the past... and me too."

Rhodes asked anxiously: "What on earth are you talking about? Meng... of course I have died. How did you know him? What is your promise? What is the opportunity for victory?"

The voice from the giant's skull became more hollow, sounding like a shuddering echo floating in a tomb that had been forgotten for countless years.

"Let Omer tell you these questions. I don't have much time."

A strange ripple was released from the center of the giant's skull. It seemed to have been accumulated for so long that the invisible ripples contained an aura of decay and obsolescence.

"Djinni Ceremony!"

Suddenly, the Book of Knowledge shouted in his mind.

"It's the legendary giant spirit ritual! A powerful ritual that can only be constructed by using the soul of a quasi-god as a sacrifice!"

But Rhodes couldn't hear it anymore. An invisible storm enveloped the entire cemetery. Light and shadow flickered in the space. A powerful field transcending the fundamental source opened here, and a thunderous sound penetrated his ears.

"Ah, disaster."

"Disaster has arrived, destruction is approaching, and the chapter of destruction has begun under the witness of the fallen gods. Chaos and disorder will end all things, all miracles will be extinguished, all living creatures will collapse, and the dark side of the universe will Reversed in the three realms, the law of darkness will dominate the chaos and abyss. Ah, this ultimate curse, the source of disaster, please rule these billions of realms."

"No!"

"No!"

"There is still hope. Creatures have not perished! Light and order have not perished! Miracles have not perished!"

"escape!"

"escape!"

"Use your blood and spirit to build a true eternal refuge! Leave the material plane, hide in the void, and drift in the void forever!"

"...Star Marrow Altar, Star Marrow Altar is the key to carrying. Find the fallen souls of Cles, the God of Power, Burros, the God of Wisdom, and Als, the God of Steel. They...they are in the fallen ship, hitting Kill them, take back the remaining Star Marrow Key, reshape the Star Marrow space, and fulfill our last wish!"

Rhodes opened his eyes wide. He seemed to have come to another space. The storm of light and shadow swept around him, and the lightning made a thunderous roar, forming the tone of every word. Since he was no longer an ordinary person, , but my ears are still ringing.

Suddenly, the lightning became denser, the storm became chaotic, and the thunder was mixed with countless noises.

"No!"

"No!"

"And! And! There must be a way other than escape..."

"Eternal night!"

"Eternal Night is the prelude to the catastrophe. The ancient era was destroyed twice in Eternal Night... Eternal Night must be ended. You, you must kill the Black Mist Original that caused Eternal Night, otherwise Eternal Night will never end. .”

The roar of thunder became more distorted, and countless tiny friction sounds were added to the originally loud sound. The strange rustling noise was entangled in every tone, making Rhodes shudder.

"Black mist, the way to eliminate black mist..."

"Ah ah ah, find the origin of the... mausoleum, the source of the black mist... Godouin Mountain, the place of the origin, destroy the darkness, the taboo of darkness... ah ah ah!"

A sharp noise erupted in Rhode's ears, and the ferocious and distorted sound severely damaged his spirit. His humanity was reduced crazily, and a large amount of darkness appeared in his soul.

"Master!" the Book of Knowledge shouted: "Don't listen, this is blasphemy and pollution. Your soul has been polluted, and your dreams have been polluted!"

But at such a critical moment, how could Rhodes be willing to give up? He concentrated all his energy, trying to find a trace of useful information in this crazy voice.

The terrifying sharp knives penetrated directly into his brain from both of his ears, stirring crazily. His thinking had become a mess in this violent destruction, but he still used the last trace of his clear mind to distinguish from the sound. the last two tones.

【The Furnace of First Fire】

【god】

The next second, a violent explosion exploded in his mind. Rhodes felt that his mind was blown to pieces, his soul was shattered in the void, and every ounce of will was turned into ashes.

I don't know how long it took before he came back to his senses. The vision in front of him had disappeared. He was still standing on the giant cemetery, and the huge skull was still in the giant cemetery.

But the glimmer in the skull had dissipated.

The invisible field covering the giant's cemetery quickly collapsed, and the thick black fog was quickly pressing down on him.

At the same time, Rhodes felt a strange murmur in his soul, noises and scratching sounds echoing in his ears, and he felt that his spirit was a little out of control.

"Master!" the Book of Knowledge shouted: "Take the Flower of Humanity quickly, your soul has been severely corrupted!"

Rhodes immediately ate 1 serving of Flower of Humanity. The weird noise went away from him a little bit, but did not disappear completely. He ate dozens more servings of Flower of Humanity before he felt his spirit return to calm, and the feeling of losing control gradually dissipate.

The darkness in his soul has not been completely removed, but only a thin layer is left, which can no longer affect him.

This is the most serious pollution that Rhodes has ever suffered, almost to the edge of losing control. He knows very well that once the mind loses control, the soul's resistance will completely collapse, the spiritual energy will collapse, and the pollution will quickly erode the entire soul.

His action just now was very dangerous, but Rhodes did not regret it. He captured the last three important information, [The Furnace of the First Fire], [God], and the [Dark Forbidden Place] that he had not yet finished.

Coupled with the tomb of Yuanchu, the source of the black mist, Rhodes has been able to piece together a complete pattern.

With these clues, he believed that as long as time passed, the secret of the destroyed black mist would be completely exposed in front of him.

But now was not the time to think deeply. Rhodes kept the words of the giant skull firmly in his mind. Just as he was about to leave, another voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Don't leave, Lord Rhodes."

Rhodes was shocked. He remembered this voice very clearly. Wasn't it that of the Giant King Omir?

But why did it come from his soul?

Rhode's eyes immediately returned to the dreamland and saw a scene that he would never forget.

On the soul altar, in the crystal wall, a little spiritual light floated out of Omir's turbid soul, and a strong star aura spread with the wake of the spiritual light, filling the dream.

"Are you Omir?" Rhodes asked in shock. He suddenly recalled the words of the giant skull. It turned out that this was what he meant by leaving the question to ask Omir.

The spiritual light flickered slightly, and Omer's voice sounded in Rhodes' soul again.

"It's me, Lord Rhodes. I'm very happy that you can come to the Giant Cemetery in such a short period of time and unlock the seal of the giant spirit. I originally thought that I would have to wait a few more decades for the Origin Ancestor to tell the final giant spirit prophecy. I hope you can find a glimmer of hope."

He paused and continued.

"That is the head of the Origin Ancestor, the only remaining part of his body. It was originally taken away by the divine envoy of the Supreme Will. It was me, Royger, the Seven Gods and the Lord who took it back together. Although the spirit of the Origin Ancestor has completely dissipated, there is still unparalleled power in this skull. Please be sure to take it back." Rhodes was shocked and immediately flew to the giant skull, only to find that the entire skull had turned into ashes. Dust, he touched it lightly, and the huge skull collapsed.

But his inspiration was also touched at this time. He went to the ashes and took out a normal-sized human skull.

"Yes, Lord Rhodes." Omir's voice said in the soul: "This is the skull of the original ancestor."

As soon as Rhodes thought, his skull flew into the dreamland.

Without this last support, the entire field collapsed immediately, and black mist swept in at a speed of tens of millions, drowning everything.

Rhodes lit the spiritual lamp, and the red light on his body, supported by the firelight, firmly resisted the invasion of the black mist.

Rumble.

The giant cemetery that had been turned into ruins began to collapse again. The entire ground sank and the mountain collapsed.

Amidst the roar, the original plains and mountains have turned into an extremely huge deep hole. Its scope is so large that the end cannot be seen at a glance.

A red light flashed from the distance. It was Rhine. He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Rhodes safe and sound, and asked urgently: "What happened here?"

Rhodes' thoughts were complicated and he knew that he would not be able to explain it for a while. Judging from the previous visions, there must be secrets and taboos involved, and it would be impossible to tell them here.

"Your Excellency Rhine, everything here is over, let's go back."

Rhine understood instantly, nodded and said, "Okay."

At this moment, the doll suddenly spoke. It told Rhodes that some strange changes had occurred in the black mist. The White Tower observed a terrifying dark phenomenon, and the Survey Corps also noticed a new round of black tide. , its scale exceeds anything before. With the current combat power, Trolian may not be able to withstand it and wants them to return as soon as possible.

Rhodes' heart sank and he said: "Your Excellency Rhine, the royal city is in danger, we must return quickly."

As soon as I thought about it, the portal immediately opened in front of me.

A look of envy flashed through Rhine's eyes. This was simply the ability that Saint Lund had dreamed of.

But the situation was urgent, so he didn't say anything and took a step forward.

Rhodes also returned to the royal city.

The Holy Fire Sacrifice was empty, with no one around. Huge psychic fluctuations came from the distance. It was obvious that the battle had begun, and Qingyu had already gone to the North City Gate to join the battle.

More than 2 million spiritual energy waves spread across the sky and the earth, and the 25 fundamental laws of origin shocked all souls with the source laws. The extremely powerful field of fire spread out in the distance. Rhodes knew that countless monsters were coming without looking. In an instant, he was eliminated by Qingyu.

Rhine's expression became extremely focused in an instant, and he said, "Sir Rhodes, I'm going to fight."

Before he could return, his figure turned into a ray of light, passed through the Holy Fire Sacrifice, and then disappeared through the air.

Rhodes sat down on the spot. He had more important things to do. Rhine was enough for the battle.

The moment he returned to the dreamland, Rhodes noticed that the situation in the dreamland was not good. The previous pollution had not been completely removed. There were black marks everywhere on the ground, like necrotic skin tissue.

Part of the pollution has eroded the Sea of ​​Flowers, large areas of spiritual flowers and spiritual grasses have been corrupted, and the breath of life is rapidly decaying.

The Book of Knowledge is constantly using the Tears of the Goddess to purify the pollution, but the effect is not good and the corruption is still expanding.

"Master, it's bad, the pollution is still spreading. It will be bad if the Holy White Tree is corroded... We can only use Colorful Dreams to strengthen the Tears of the Goddess, otherwise it will not be purified."

This consumption is a bit high. 10 copies of Colorful Dream is 1 copy of Eternal Dream. But if it is not used, the entire sea of ​​flowers will be polluted, and the loss will be huge.

Rhodes did not hesitate for half a second, took out 3 Colorful Dreams from the obelisk and handed them to the Book of Knowledge.

The Book of Knowledge immediately began to be strengthened, and the effect was very significant. However, although the pollution was purified, the corroded spiritual soil could not be restored.

Looking at the large black scars appearing in the brilliant sea of ​​flowers, the Book of Knowledge said in a very depressed tone: "I can only throw them away. It's such a pity. I have spent so much effort and countless spiritual and soul residues cultivating these. The soil that comes out, ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, a large part of the sea of ​​flowers has to be dug out, this is a huge loss!"

At this moment, Asa suddenly shouted: "No need to dig."

The Book of Knowledge said angrily: "How can we do it without digging? Are you going to eat it?"

Asa sneered and said: "Yes, I will eat it."

He jumped into the sea of ​​flowers and devoured these black corruptions.

"Hahaha, this is really good corruption and filth. It would be nice if there were more!"

Rhodes didn't look at the blind scene, but Omir's aura was very interested.

"Sir Rhodes, if I guess correctly, this is a soul with ancient evil thoughts, right?"

Rhodes nodded.

Omir exclaimed: "It's unbelievable. It seems that this ancient evil thought has rebelled. Mr. Rhodes, I simply can't believe that their souls are composed of the elements of evil thoughts. In essence, it is absolutely impossible." You rebelled against the Supreme Will, what method did you use to achieve this? Is there anything that can transcend the instinct of the soul?"

Rod replied curtly: "Poop."

Omir's spirit flashed slightly: "Poop?"

Rhodes didn't want to delve into this topic, so he asked eagerly: "Your Excellency Omir, can you tell me the whole story?"

Omir's voice became solemn.

"Sir Rhodes, what do you want to know?"

"Everything, but what I want to know most right now is, what is the opportunity for victory mentioned by the Red God of War?"

The spiritual light flashed in the air, and it took a while before he began to speak.

"Ah, this is a memory that I don't want to think of. After the failure of the Battle of the Giant King's Court, we all knew that the end had come."

"Wait a minute!" Rhodes asked urgently: "You didn't die in the battle of the Giant King's Court? Didn't the giant clan be destroyed because of this?"

Omer calmly replied: "No, this was a huge defeat, but with the help of the Seven Gods and the Lord, more than half of the elites escaped back to the royal city. However, all this was in vain. The initial black The fog has swept across the three realms, all struggles are ineffective, and no one can resist the unspeakable terror."

Rhodes asked urgently: "How did the battle at the Giant King's Court fail? What did you release from the abyss?"

Omer shook his head slightly.

"All the details about it have been erased from my memory. What I face is a taboo that cannot be touched, an existence that cannot be looked directly at, and an indescribable horror."

Rhodes' heart sank. Although Omir didn't say it directly, he could vaguely guess that Omir and the giant family were facing a terrifying existence similar to the strange ancestor.

Thinking of the power of the battle between humans and demons, his throat unknowingly became dry: "Then why was the giant clan destroyed?"

Omir replied calmly: "Because of me."

"Destruction has arrived, irreversible fate is about to come, and the only thing we can do is to leave the seeds of hope for the future."

"Therefore, I sacrificed all my clansmen, including myself, in the Giant Cemetery with the Giant Spirit Ceremony."

Rhodes' throat couldn't help but become dry: "What does the Djinn ritual do?"

Omir said softly: "You should know the history of the giant family, right?"

Rhodes nodded. The red god of war, Beacles, was the source of the giant race. Before his death, he condensed his soul into the giant sword and gave it to Ehaeus.

But what is surprising is that the Red God of War also left soul ripples.

And this ripple was inherited by the giant king Omir.

Omer said calmly: "During the first extinction crisis in the ancient era, the Red God of War Beacleus, in order to leave the seeds of hope, condensed the main soul to form the Immortal Sword."

"He gave the divine sword to Ehaeus, and thus, the ancestor of the giants was born."

"After the crisis passed, he held the divine sword, killed monsters, purified pollution, and created a homeland. After that, he distributed the power of the divine sword to the tribe, and thus, the giant family was born."

Rhodes opened his eyes wide and asked in disbelief: "What did you say?"

Omir said softly: "You are right, Lord Rhodes. The giants were originally humans. They were just humans who obtained the source law of the giant spirit and transformed the source law into life."

Rhodes was shocked. Suddenly, he remembered a sentence, which was said by the Blood God of Pollution——

[All righteous gods were once humans]

The giants are also humans.

"Then, the Red God of War..."

Omir said: "Beacles, the red god of war, is also a human being."

At this moment, Rhodes felt a huge wave of panic in his heart: "But its skull is so big..."

Omir explained: "That is his divine body. The giant spirit that stepped into the origin has both a divine body and a true body. If I guessed correctly, you should have been to the Tomb of Human Demons, then you should see The tomb of the Red God of War is the tomb of his body, and at the end of the Dead Ember Mountains, there is the tomb of the God of Giants, which is the tomb of his divine body.”

Only then did Rhodes understand why the Red God of War had two tombs.

"What is the difference between the true body and the divine body?"

"The true body is the original body of life, and the divine body is the body formed from the Kingdom of God. What the divine envoy of the supreme will takes away is his divine body."

Omir paused and continued.

"Afterwards, the ancestor of the giants, Ahaeus, died in battle on Godouin Mountain. Its soul was shattered, and its body was dismembered by evil thoughts. Only a little residual spirit remained, attached to its head. In the countless years that followed, it continued to This method guided the giant clan forward until they were completely destroyed in the battle of the Giant King's Court."

Rhodes looked at the [Part of the Soul of Giant Ancestor Ehaeus] that had been stored in the Soul Altar for a long time, and finally understood why its soul description could not be displayed until now. It must also involve that indescribable terrifying existence. .

"This is the birth and death of the giant family."

Rhodes was silent for a few seconds and asked, "What about you?"

Omir said lightly: "While the Red God of War Beacleus was condensing the main soul, he unfolded the main soul to form soul ripples, which echoed in the spiritual mist and the void. Countless years later, he chose I, therefore, became the last chosen giant."

"But this remaining hope still failed to change the fate of destruction."

"After the defeat, the Seven Gods and Royger formed an alliance to find a new path. Under such circumstances, the Lord of Destruction of Darkness was born. He once gave us hope."

"But it was too late. The black mist could no longer stop us. After the Battle of Starfall and the Battle of Holy Tree, we knew that everything was over. Even if we tried our best to recover Yuanzu's skull, With my soul ripples, I successfully awakened the remnant spirit of the Origin Ancestor. This situation cannot be changed. The black mist is like a black hole that swallows everything, eroding our world, and we can't find a way to fight it."

"In this desperate moment, only the Lord of Destruction of Darkness did not give up hope. He firmly believed that we could achieve the final victory. In this case, Yuanzu decided to activate the giant spirit ritual and sacrifice the entire giant clan, using the fate of the entire clan as a guide. The price to make the final prophecy.”

"This ceremony is a huge seal. The moment it is unveiled, the final prophecy will be born."

"The time of the seal determines the strength of the prophecy. In order to ensure that a way to purify the black mist can be found, the Origin Ancestor and the Lord of Destruction of Darkness agreed that the seal would not be unveiled until a hundred years later."

"This is our agreement, the opportunity for victory."

"But what no one expected was that the Lord of Destruction of Darkness also died. It was not until countless years later that you, who obtained the source law of the giant spirit, revealed it again."

It was only at this moment that Rhodes finally understood why the previous Lord of the Dream had not been revealed. It was him. It turned out to be because he ignited and awakened the [Colossus Power].

Omir said softly: "But after countless years, the situation has changed greatly. I don't know if the final prophecy can point you to a clear path. In this dark era, you will face greater tests."

"But no matter what, hope still exists and the light has not completely disappeared. As long as mankind continues, the fire of my life and the light of my soul will not be extinguished."

"I, Omer, the last giant king, am here to hand over my last hope to you, the great destroyer of darkness."

"I hope you can continue your unfinished mission and bring us the ultimate light."

The next second, a powerful trembling feeling rose in Rhodes' soul, and the Giant Divine Sword in Omer's soul automatically separated, turned into a ray of spiritual light, and flew into the star of [Giant Power].

"Stars!" exclaimed the Book of Knowledge, "stars are burning!"

Intense white light flooded the dreamland, huge vibrations rose on the obelisk, ripples in the Sea of ​​Origin spread, and the strong power of Origin Law reverberated in Rhodes' soul.

Rhodes only felt unprecedented power expanding in his soul body, and in the soul wasteland, the remaining remains of [Giant Power] began to burn again.

"Ah, the source law of the giant war god, it is finally back."

At this moment, there was finally emotion in Omir's tone. It was an extremely complex emotion, full of pride and regret.

Its spiritual light traced an arc and flew into the human skull.

The next second, an unprecedented huge red light radiated from the skull, and at the same time, the [Colossus Power] began to vibrate violently, as if resonating with the red light.

(End of this chapter)