The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 231 - 168 Joining the Battle_2

Chapter 231: Chapter 168 Joining the Battle_2

"You’re slandering me..."

But the Medicine Woman no longer listened to his explanation and forcibly kicked him out.

With a bang, the door shut in front of his nose.

Rod scratched his head, feeling that unless he took out the "Wood Puppet" to show her, this misunderstanding would be hard to clear up.

The fact that Puppet Wood actually had characteristics like those of Love Potion and hallucinogens was really troublesome.

Even more troublesome was the Medicine Woman; he hadn’t expected that a creator from the Black Workshop would have such a bottom line, actually daring to report him to the Internal Affairs Court.

Wasn’t that just like those who run unlicensed businesses reporting smugglers who came here to sell their loot?

Forget it.

Let’s think of another way.

Rod could only leave the Medicine Woman’s Black Workshop and return to the secret base.

——

In the first two days at the secret base, it was the same as before, training, studying, catching up on lessons.

However, the overall improvement brought about by Rod’s greatly increased Soul Strength refreshed many people’s perceptions.

Teresa praised, "Your Spiritual Energy has increased rapidly, I’m starting to feel it now."

Since he dropped the disguise, Rod had suddenly become much younger; after all, he was only sixteen and not even five feet seven.

And Teresa was already well into her twenties, not to mention her power was still in a phase of rapid growth. She had long since graduated from the academy, but her current status was also that of a special student allowed to stay on campus.

These two identities, both indicative of a strong person, combined to represent a Fire Holder of unlimited talent and even greater strength.

Moreover, with her membership indicated as "Strong" within the secret division, her power had already broken through the skies.

Teresa’s tall figure and mature temperament made her a perfect fit for the role of an elder sister, even the way she pinned him down was the same.

"Get up! Your armor is both cold and hard; it’s chafing me!"

"Oh, sorry little Rod, I always forget you’re still the rookie, does it hurt?"

Rod pushed her hand away and snorted, "Don’t be proud, I’ll surpass you soon."

Teresa smiled, "Really? That would be great."

"Heh, and don’t forget our agreement, you have to start calling me big brother from now on."

"Of course, a Valkyrie won’t forget her promise, little Rod."

Rod pursed his lips; he clearly sensed the way she talked to him as if he were a little brother being indulged.

You may not believe it now, but one day you’ll be calling me that from morning till night, hmph.

"Alright, next we’re going to train three combat moves: Vis’s spin-move, Theodore’s heavy smash, and four types of getting-up techniques."

In the training field, Rod’s wails could be heard once again.

Many of the top fighters who had finished their training were watching on the side, cheering him on.

It was a rare moment of leisure time in the day.

And a group of beautiful elder sisters also gathered around, admiring and whispering among themselves.

"Wow, look at Rod’s waist, virile and toned, with smooth lines, definitely got the charm of a man."

"His abs are perfectly defined, his muscles are flexible and full, brimming with power, aesthetically pleasing, and he’s got a strong burst when sprinting."

"Jessica, your drool is showing..."

"That b*tch Teresa, so lucky. I’m not any weaker than her, why can’t I be an instructor?"

"Why don’t you unleash your magic power and try? Teresa could make you unable to stand with just one finger."

"Wow... Lisa, you’re being quite alluring with your words."

The beautiful elder sisters played and giggled now and then, like blooming flowers, vying for attention in a brilliant display, mesmerizing many onlookers.

Teresa was aware Rod was having a tough time; to attract more elder sisters to watch, she gradually tore at Rod’s clothes during training to reveal his well-proportioned and handsome figure.

"Enough, that’s enough! If you keep this up, I could do push-ups without my hands."

Teresa exclaimed in surprise, "You can project your Spiritual Energy externally?"

Rod gave her a speechless look, closed his mouth, and focused on his training.

Through this training, he truly felt the benefits; his actual combat ability was rapidly increasing with the training.

What made Rod even happier was that in the evening’s foreign language makeup lessons, Professor Bins thought his fundamentals were solid enough and passed on his own invented core language decryption rules to him.

After mastering this rule, many problems with language suddenly became clear, and Rod’s proficiency in the ancient language took a big leap forward.

In the dream he had before falling asleep, he thus deciphered a lengthy key passage from the Book of Knowledge and learned how to discern the size and capability of a star while in an ashen state.

More importantly, he could now obtain answers to a certain type of question from the Book of Knowledge.

"Which star is most suitable for me currently?"

After paying one hundred Red Jade, the Book of Knowledge gave the answer.

[Divine Sense]

[Spirit Elegy]

Rod soon found these two clumps of ashes in the Soul Wilderness and, by using the methods obtained from the Book of Knowledge, he learned the specific uses of these two stars.

[Divine Sense] could greatly enhance spiritual sensitivity, allowing him to continually grasp the essence during the learning process and gain inspiration.

[Spirit Elegy], on the other hand, could greatly increase Spiritual Energy, its Star Energy effect being the enhancement of Spiritual Energy.

Indeed.

These were precisely the things Rod was currently lacking—the Strength of Spiritual Energy and combat skills.

There was no star more suitable for him than these two.

Unfortunately, the conditions to ignite these two stars were very high.

To ignite [Divine Sense] you need [3 Source Souls, 100,000 Souls Without Spirit, 1500 units of Spirituality]

To ignite [Spirit Elegy] you need [3 Source Souls, 150,000 Souls Without Spirit, 1000 units of Spirituality]

[Source Soul] is a special soul containing the Source, and Rod didn’t have even one, so where would he get three?

Moreover, the number of Souls Without Spirit they required was also very high, far exceeding Rod’s current stock.

Only his Spirituality barely met the standard.

Rod then asked the Book of Knowledge what exactly a special soul was and where it could be found?

But the cost to answer these questions reached tens of thousands of Red Jade.

Damn, that’s really toxic.

I’ll just ask the teacher tomorrow.

As expected, the "Top Class" teacher did not let Rod down.

Guardian Lily told him that in the three-layer structure of the world, the essence of the Sea of Source occasionally seeps out with the ebb and flow of the Void. Souls that possess this essence are special monsters, usually with many strange characteristics—powerful spiritual recovery and extremely high spiritual perception are two of the most common traits.

Eliminating such monsters helps restore balance to the Sea of Source and can fundamentally slow the spread of the Black Fog, but they are usually very strong, far beyond what Rod could touch at his current level.

No way?

But I’ve already killed several of them.

And that shit-loving Black Priest, she also had that kind of soul, right? She was quite weak, wasn’t she?

Of course, Rod did not voice these thoughts, merely asking where such monsters could be found.

Lily told him that these monsters are usually found outside the defensive circle, that is, beyond the Trolian Kingdom. That is the real Dark World, teeming with countless dangers and terrifyingly unknown monsters. Many of them have lain dormant in the dark for tens of thousands of years, turning into existences incomprehensible and indescribable to humans.

By comparison, within the defensive circle was paradise, the Safe Zone was an infant’s cradle, and the Royal City was the womb for embryos.

Rod’s first reaction was disbelief, much like how adults deceive children about wandering outside, but his second was a shiver of cold dread—her words were not merely threats.

Rod knew that even Dust Level monsters, if left unattended for a long time in the Black Fog, would mutate, either devouring one another or constructing nests, gradually evolving into a deadly threat.

And outside Trolian, in the depths of the dark that humans had never reached, who would clean them up? After the passage of countless epochs, what had they become, who could imagine?

Rod himself had seen such terrifying existences, though only a fleeting glimpse, which left an extremely deep impression on him.

After getting the answer, Rod thought long and hard, ultimately deciding he would only have a chance to kill such monsters if he traveled with the strong.

But the problem was, the Hunter Group seemed to have no missions involving areas beyond Trolian.

And the secret base did not allow him to undertake missions outside.

To travel with those strong beings, he first needed to become strong himself.

But the problem was, how could I become strong if I don’t hunt monsters?

Rod felt he was caught in a paradox, unable to break free from this logical enigma on his own.

What to do?

Just as Rod was fretting, an opportunity arrived.

On the evening of the following day, the instructor Soron finally returned from the front lines.

At the same time, Headmaster Vera and the secret Leader Calier announced a most astonishing piece of news.

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