The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 528 - 329: Hunting Trip_2

Chapter 528: Chapter 329: Hunting Trip_2

Most personnel were fighting outside, including Commanders Herman and Tyrion.

A few logistics staff saw Rod, stood up in surprise, and saluted him.

Rod waved his hand, signaling them to continue with their work.

Currently inside Lighthouse No. 20, Rod’s prestige was extremely high, and everyone regarded this young hero as their savior.

His commands were followed unconditionally, even more so than those of the Commanders.

The logistics staff immediately bowed their heads and went back to work, which included a wide variety of tasks such as allocating medicine, making bandages, repairing the tower, boiling soup, and so on.

Then, Rod turned and returned to his room, taking the time to make preparations in the Dream Realm.

In the Dream Realm, a light mist swirled, with nothing much changed.

Compared to the beginning, only the towering Obelisk displayed its difference.

The book still lay in front of the Light Platform, its white fog merging with the faint glow of the platform; two gray streams of light emanating from the Soul Altar and the Obelisk flowed into it.

Rod glanced at it and felt a pang of distress upon finding that there were over a million fewer Souls Without Spirit, and only about a dozen strong souls were left.

"You’ve used so much... Haven’t you repaired it yet?"

Two impatient words emerged from the back of the Book of Knowledge, "Don’t disturb me."

All right then.

The busy Book of Knowledge was always so irritable.

Rod didn’t bother it further and went to the Stone Platform in the cabin, using 10 points of Divinity, 1 Resurrection Stone, and the corresponding materials to make a Resurrection Stone, setting the rebirth location within the room.

The Resurrection Stone was his fundamental guarantee.

With it, he dared to do many bold things.

After that, Rod replenished some regular Dream Creations, but he couldn’t replace rare ones like Kales’ Same Temperature Cannon, Pioneer of Destruction, and Goddess’ Tears.

Scarcity of materials was a major problem.

He then checked the storage box; there were still some special creations left, such as Undying Spirit, Guardian of Darkness, and Twisted Balance, which were his trump cards.

Rod felt somewhat more at ease, then took another look at the supplies and souls within the Obelisk.

Humanity had exploded; the figures had become indistinguishable.

Without any exaggeration, he was now free in his Humanity.

Although there weren’t many points of Spirituality, the Soul Altar had stored a lot of souls.

Sacrificing a strong soul yielded hundreds to thousands of points, so there wouldn’t be a shortage of it.

His Divinity had dropped from 79 to 69.

This gave Rod a sense of urgency, not knowing when the next Star Flash moment would come or how much Divinity he would gain.

There were still over twenty million Souls Without Spirit; what used to seem a lot now appeared not enough.

Great souls had become what he most lacked.

Moreover, he needed more Sources.

Rod sighed slightly, feeling overwhelmed.

Just as he was about to leave the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge suddenly called out to him.

"Master, I need some very powerful souls to repair the Light Platform," it said.

Rod frowned slightly. The Book of Knowledge had already consumed many souls for the repair, and now it was asking him for more; weren’t there enough souls in the Dream Realm for its use?

"Really? Do you need that many? What’s the use of repairing the Light Platform? Will the Dream Bubbles float faster?"

The Book of Knowledge wrote impatiently, "Do you think the Light Platform has only a minor function like spiritual detection? This is very important; it’s one of the core constructs of the Dream Realm, closely related to our future operations against Spirit Realm monsters and the hunting of Ancient Gods. It must be repaired!"

So that’s it!

Rod felt a mix of surprise, elation, but also some worry.

I thought the Light Platform was just a driver’s seat; I didn’t expect it to have such a role.

Recently, Rod’s growth rate had become too slow. He was short on souls and the Source, while the demand from the stars kept increasing.

Ultimately, the reason was that the supply of excess powerful souls obtained from the dream realm had diminished.

The invasion in the dream realm ceased after he escaped pursuit and entered the orbit of the City of Chaos.

The plan to hunt Spirit Realm monsters and remnants of Ancient Gods had also been delayed for a long time due to the slumber of the Book of Knowledge.

Once he resumed hunting Spirit Realm monsters, there should be more strong souls and Sources available.

"Alright!"

Rod agreed without hesitation and returned to the Material World.

Before long, Lannis, Cilly, Mephit, and Anna had also returned.

Apart from fatigue, they had not suffered any injuries.

Only Anna was unhappy; as soon as she returned to the lighthouse, she reverted from her Awakened State, kicked over the cart turned from a Wood Puppet, and stormed back to her room in a huff.

With a grave expression, Lannis said in a deep voice, "Rod, I’ve thought about it on the way. The only one who could control the monsters to act like this is the Insect Queen. It has noticed our threat."

Rod nodded his head.

He had also come to this conclusion, which was why he felt worried when he heard the words of the Book of Knowledge earlier.

"So, what do we do now? We can’t enter the central area, can we?"

"Not necessarily, I’ve calculated the decrease in the scale of the Spiritual Power Field. Twenty thousand yards away from the exit of the Underworld, the strength of the field will decrease by one level, and the Insect Queen should not be able to control the Demonized Ants in that way."

"Right!" Cilly agreed, "We were only attacked after we had entered deep enough."

Lannis continued, "We can hunt the Big King Ants on the edge. Professor Chucher just informed me that all the Hall Level forces in the entire region have gathered in the central area. For every level the number of Big King Ants drops, the Spiritual Energy of the Insect Queen will be weakened. We just need to compress its Spiritual Power Field back, and its space for maneuvering will decrease, making it easier for us to discover."

Rod was delighted. With such teammates, things were indeed much easier.

They rested in the tower for a few clock hours. Although the situation was urgent, recovery of Spiritual Energy was necessary. Rushing off in poor condition was the most foolish act, and neither the academy nor the combat troops encouraged such behavior.

During this time, Rod and Lannis discussed many details of combat with the Big King Ants and prepared many targeted items.

Although the Trident River Region was already in a state of semi-collapse, the supply of resources had not been cut off. Transporters arrived at the lighthouse with large boxes of supplies and then left in a hurry.

The boxes contained food, Potions, Fuel Element, Residual Fire, and various combat materials.

If there was a special request, Lannis would ask for support from a higher level command post, which generally would not take long to provide.

If marked urgent, it would be even faster.

Rod was silently amazed at the power of this logistics transportation system.

Ensuring transportation of supplies in such an environment was quite difficult. Transporters being corrupted by the Black Fog, killed by monsters, or going missing was not rare.

That Trolian could manage to this extent showed how many sacrifices they had made for the fight.

Once all preparations were complete, the team set out on their hunting journey again.

This time, Lannis had prepared a considerable amount of items resistant to Spiritual Power Shock. The team already knew the combat pattern of the Big King Ants. Anna and Mephit deliberately positioned themselves outside the extreme range of the Spiritual Power Shock and equipped themselves with Spiritual Armor, Black Crystal Necklaces, and other gear specifically to resist the Spiritual Power Shock.

Lannis and Cilly were at the forefront, engaging in close combat with the Big King Ant.

Rod was in the middle, sometimes at a distance, sometimes close, moving agilely.

As the Big King Ant grew weaker under the continuous effects of paralysis and cold, it never managed to reach the two outermost fighters with its Spiritual Power Shock. Lannis and Cilly clung to it like glue, and there was always a "sixth" firing at it from a distance or hitting its rear.

In such targeted combat, the previously formidable Big King Ant soon could not hold on any longer and let out a shrieking sound as Cilly thrust her sword through its Spiritual Defense and into its head.

Its tenacious Life Force allowed it to hold on until Rod arrived and finished it off with a grab.

[Soul of the Large Demonized King Ant]

Great!

Rod clenched his fist, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

Great!

The Book of Knowledge wrote a character in his mind and quickly pulled the still warm Soul of the Big King Ant from the Soul Altar and threw it into the Light Platform.

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