The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 331 - 233 Start War

Chapter 331: Chapter 233 Start War

Afterward, Molly rambled on for a long time, detailing the dangers of Star Town and what he, as the only complete Spiritual Visionary in the team, should do.

She also recounted how to distinguish the strength of monsters through the waveforms of the soul and fluctuations of Spiritual Energy, and told Rod how to use this information to allocate personnel more reasonably.

It wasn’t until Rod could no longer stay awake and fell asleep that she stopped lecturing and silently left the room.

Of course, Rod hadn’t actually fallen asleep; he had just entered a deep state of calm and returned to the Dream Realm.

After checking his current state, Rod felt even more confident.

He placed the most important items on the outermost side of the storage and set the point for entering the Dream Realm right in front of the storage.

Since gaining a deeper understanding of the Dream Realm, Rod had mastered many ways to utilize it, and the Book of Knowledge had also taught him many practical methods.

Over the recent period, this book had gradually become smoother in its interactions, at least not deliberately ignoring him or pinching him with its pages anymore.

Of course, this was also because Rod consistently fed it a hundred units of Spirituality every day.

Now, Rod could enter the Dream Realm merely by closing his eyes, without any gestures.

Moving items in and out had become very simple, almost like magic.

He could also carry large items into or out of the Dream Realm through a Dream Ritual, although this method could only transport one target at a time.

Before sending it out of the Dream Realm, a second item could not be brought in.

Rod could also see scenes outside the Dream Realm while inside it, and vice versa, or use objects or buildings from the Dream Realm.

Moreover, Rod had gained a deeper understanding of each Dream Realm building.

Besides the Obelisk, which represented the source of the Dream Realm, the Soul Altar representing the Soul, and the House of God representing authority, there were also the Evil Ghost Stone Tank, Star Square, Eternal Statue, and others.

The only regret was that the essence of the Dream Realm still couldn’t be expressed by the Book of Knowledge.

This was an absolute taboo.

Rod quickly finished his routine maintenance tasks, added Humanity, fed the book, crafted items, and even sliced some flesh from the Evil Ghost Egg.

This thing had been around for many days now; why it still hadn’t hatched was a mystery, especially since the initial explanation was forty-four days.

Rod didn’t care, though; if it didn’t hatch, he would come every day to harvest its flesh.

The material "living flesh" was all provided by the Evil Ghost Egg.

In the end, Rod took out the Spirit Realm Bullets given to him by the bald Master—a total of twenty—and carefully began to load the Sealing Spirit Bullets into them.

Watching each Sealing Spirit Bullet disappear into the blue mist, Rod found it quite magical.

After stuffing in fifty, the mist began to become unstable.

After seventy, the mist started to flicker.

After a hundred, the mist showed signs of expanding outward.

Rod knew he had probably reached the limit and decided it was not worth the risk to continue.

He pressed his fingertip against the bullets and used the Sealing Ability provided by the Soul Altar,

The Spirit Realm Bullets were sealed by an invisible, transparent substance, with the blue mist solidified within, as if isolated from the river of time.

These became Rod’s only hundred Spirit Realm Bullets; every subsequent one he made only contained fifty.

With everything ready, Rod took one last look at the stars. He now needed a little over seventy thousand souls and one "very powerful soul" to fully elevate the "Divine Sense."

But he still needed nine hundred thousand souls and one "Great Soul" to completely upgrade the "Spirit Elegy."

The quantification of the "Dark Devourer" was still ongoing.

Rod now knew this was its process of seizing related authority.

If he could find the Source Material required for "Frost Blue", "Justice Execution", and "Spirit Boat", then their "quantification" could also begin.

Rod’s heart was filled with passion. He took one last look at his orientation in the Spirit Realm, turned the direction of the Dream Bubble, and once again flew toward the River of Eternal Death.

Haha, the feeling of freeloading special items was really exhilarating.

Rod left the Dream Realm but didn’t immediately go to sleep.

He made a special trip to the edge of the giant pit, used the Book of the Past to check on the whereabouts of that unfortunate group, and found that they had indeed been devoured by the Void, disappearing instantly without leaving even a speck of dust.

Rod finally felt at ease, noted their appearances, planning to investigate later which side they were really on.

The next day.

As soon as morning arrived, Molly gathered everyone together, detailed everyone’s tasks, and set three goals.

First, quickly clear the area around the giant pit of monsters.

Second, quickly clear the main route to Star City.

Third, strive to clear the eastern area of Star Town within three months and ideally establish a second stronghold by securing the Guardian Fire.

Captain O’Hara and Conrad argued with Molly, thinking the time for the third objective was too short.

They had too few people, it was impossible to clear out a high-danger area of deep red within this timeframe.

However, they were sternly rebuked by Molly, who insisted that subordinates were not allowed to contradict their superiors during combat.

Afterwards, she pulled out a new battle plan and divided them into dozens of teams.

She instructed everyone to deplete the monsters’ Spiritual Energy in the safest manner possible, and once a Soul Void appeared, it was Rod’s job to handle it.

O’Hara and Conrad were stunned and exclaimed, "Miss Molly, what does this mean? Why does the commander have to do the hardest work?"

Molly’s eyebrows shot up, and just as she was about to lose her temper, Rod coughed:

"Ladies and gentlemen, please hear me out. First, as long as the monsters exhibit a Soul Void, I can kill them in one strike. Second, I possess a powerful self-healing soul, and am not afraid of pollution."

O’Hara hesitated, "But, Sir Commander, this would put too much pressure on you..."

Rod smiled, "This is the most efficient way. Please don’t feel burdened. For the sake of the Holy Fire, for humanity, making a bit of a sacrifice is understandable."

The captains and the team members looked immensely moved.

"Sir Rod truly is our rising star."

"Sir Rod’s character is truly noble."

Rod’s face, already thicker than a city wall, didn’t show the slightest bit of embarrassment. He raised his arm and shouted, "Please, let us all strive together. Let’s reclaim Star Town and restore human glory."

The warriors shouted in unison, "Yes, Commander Sir!"

"No, you should shout, ’Duty compels us.’"

Humanity +1024

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Along the way, emboldened by their new slogan, the warriors were fired up and quickly engaged in battle.

Dozens of flames scattered in different directions, plunging into the thick fog.

Rod was among them.

He wore a lantern at his waist, held Condensed Light in his hand, and led the charge towards Star Town with Molly.

Star Town was spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends; their first target was to seize the sharpest part at the eastern end.

Rod’s speed was far greater than before, he had reached a thousand yards in under ten seconds, and could maintain this speed for over a half a clock hour.

What surprised him was that Molly could keep up with him.

Not bad, this girl.

Rod thought, but didn’t pay it much mind; this wasn’t his maximum speed.

Within a few dozen seconds, they had already reached the outskirts of Star Town.

Rod looked around, countless buildings lay silent in the darkness; they were largely intact, and even some signage remained legible.

Huge monsters wandered among the buildings, indifferent to inanimate objects, but avoiding them, only changing direction when they bumped into each other.

Under the gaze of the Eye of the Soul, the souls of the giant monsters were laid bare.

Their souls had no layers, like a mass of black substance mixed together, and upon closer inspection, it seemed like a bundle of countless agitated strings tangled together.

That was the Soul Ripple.

When ripples stack together, they form a waveform.

The waveform of the giant monsters was quite strong, with a long amplitude, and there were signs of pulsing, typical of a Fierce Level monster, approximately at the Primary Rank.

This was no difficult opponent for Rod now.

Crucially, the Soul Ripple had no dark or lightless anomalies, proving it had no Source.

So there was nothing dangerous about it.

Molly said, "The giant monsters are purebred, their attack method involves a huge tumorous mass in their hands, their strength is immense, don’t get hit by it; the tumors have strong contaminants, making them troublesome to deal with. Their Spiritual Power Level is 7, with profound Spiritual Energy, they are a tough kind of monster, be extremely cautious, and make sure not to alarm too many at once..."

"Oh."

Rod was overjoyed to discover that now he could fill a bag with Thunder Stone in just ten seconds.

The immense power brought by his strong Spiritual Energy made the thrown Thunder Stones even exceed the speed of sound.

The strong wind instantly tore open the grey bags, unleashing the Thunder Stones from their restraints.

"I have Silent Needles to lure them out one by one... What are you doing?"

Boom!

A thunderous explosion erupted in this ancient town.