The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 645 - 380: Leave it to Me (Part 2)

Chapter 645: Chapter 380: Leave it to Me (Part 2)

Rod nodded, "You’re right, so we must find the source."

With a powerful leap, he dove into the thick Black Fog below.

"This..."

Herman and Zhang Bai exchanged glances, with no choice but to follow suit.

The Black Fog below was incredibly dense with a massive corrosive force, but Rod was unafraid. Without even carrying a lantern, he relied on his Eye of the Soul to lead the way, mercilessly slaughtering monsters.

All Herman and Zhang Bai could do was follow behind and jointly exterminate these dark creations.

Their strength was considerable; they were standard Hall Level combatants. When they operated at full power, their efficiency in hunting was also very high.

But compared to Rod, it was like comparing a witch doctor to a grand wizard. Rod’s current Spiritual Energy was extremely strong. Although he hadn’t completed the ascension ritual and couldn’t control the release of his power, he didn’t need to hold back—he could just continuously release it.

After the battle in the Dead Land and the training he had undergone during this time, his combat skills improved significantly. Furthermore, he had gained a greater mastery of Soul Combat techniques, significantly increasing the efficiency of his Spiritual Energy conversion and displaying tremendous endurance.

He and his Phantoms, like two meat grinders, ploughed through the Dark Monsters.

Wherever he went, the situation quickly improved, and the originally rotting state began to mend rapidly.

——

In the lowest level of Star City.

The deep, dense Black Fog rolled and spread, firmly pressing a few spots of light within a one-meter range.

On the pure black stone ground, the corpses of the monsters were slowly turning to ash, scattering into the Black Fog, gradually becoming one with it.

Guardian Qingyu and the Commander of the Conquest Legion, Lothar, stood on the edge of a cliff. Before them lay a bottomless abyss, the deep and cold Black Fog striking their faces, accompanied by the heavy weight of boulders and a suffocating sense akin to hell.

After a long time, Qingyu sighed lightly, "Commander Lothar, it seems impossible to find the source."

Lothar was a burly man with a huge scar on his face, nearly splitting his head in two. The thick scar was like a trace of some adhesive mark.

"Your Highness."

He remained silent for a long while before finally uttering two words.

"What exactly is beneath us?"

Qingyu shook her head slightly, "I don’t know. It could be a path to the Abyss or the dark side of the universe. Its existence dates back to ancient times. Star City was built by the Starry Kingdom solely to seal it. We were all wrong; the Guardian Fire could never be ignited here."

With a bitter tone, Lothar said, "Without the fire, how did Star City exist in the past?"

Qingyu paused for a few seconds before replying, "I guess it might have been some force of the Starry Queen that was suppressing this place. When Tasnia Starry Sky City fell and the Queen’s power vanished, Star City faced retaliation a hundredfold, which is why it was so utterly ruined."

Lothar looked up at Qingyu, his voice carrying a rare plea.

"Your Highness, is there really no way out?"

Qingyu shook her head, "None, unless the King himself comes with the Holy Fire. Otherwise, there’s no way to break the curse on Starry Sky City. We can only re-seal it and then abandon it."

Lothar fell silent. He had fought in Star City for over a year, sacrificing countless companions and comrades, investing immense effort and strength. The recapture of Star City had become an obsession for him.

After enduring tremendous hardships and finally reaching the last step, he discovered the problem had no solution.

A sense of unprecedented agitation rose in Lothar’s heart, with despair and rage alternating within, urging him toward destruction.

At that moment, a strange wave of Spiritual Power came through, and both of them immediately turned their heads.

Even though the Black Fog limited the range of their Spiritual Vision, their senses remained sharp.

In the distance, an extremely ostentatious figure was approaching them.

His Spiritual Energy was very active, uncontrollably dispersing outward, like a resplendent sun in the dark and gloomy underground.

Lothar yelled angrily, "Who is that fool? So what if he has Tenth Level Spiritual Energy? Doesn’t he know the basic principles of disturbance? With such danger here, how can he release Spiritual Energy like this? Does he think his Spiritual Energy is the only one at Tenth Level?"

Qingyu’s brow furrowed slightly; she too felt it was very inappropriate. The deepest layer beneath Starry Sky City was incredibly dangerous.

Such conspicuous disturbance could trigger many unnecessary troubles.

However, something felt amiss to her; the flavor of this Spiritual Energy wave was familiar, giving her a sense of déjà vu.

She couldn’t bring herself to believe it until he stepped through the final portal.

"Rod!"

Qingyu suddenly called out, her voice carrying far and wide, amplified by Spiritual Energy.

The figure indeed reacted, immediately charging towards the source of the voice.

It was indeed him!

Qingyu bit her red lips, almost unable to believe it.

How long had it been since they last saw each other, and he had already reached Tenth Level Spiritual Energy!

The once green and naive youth had, in the blink of an eye, become capable of fighting alongside her.

In the eyes of these people, only the most dangerous battles could be called true combat, and only those who fought together in such battles could be acknowledged as comrades-in-arms.

That’s why Second Level Combatants were considered the backbone among High Rank Combatants.

And now, he had done it.

A whirlwind of complex emotions passed in an instant. Qingyu reached out to stop Lothar, who was about to explode, and watched as Rod approached her.

Around him swirled a faint flash of Spiritual Energy, his strong Spiritual Power Wave even more conspicuous under Spiritual Vision.

With a tone filled with intense joy and confusion, Qingyu asked, "Are you truly Tenth Level?"

Rod smiled, "Of course."

Qingyu frowned slightly, "Then why haven’t you completed the Spiritual Energy Advancement Ceremony? Your Spiritual Energy will be uncontrollable."

Rod replied casually, "The situation in Star City is urgent, how could I not be urgent?"

Lothar angrily said, "Where did this smug kid come from? Do you think the commotion you caused isn’t big enough? Is Tenth Level Spiritual Energy such a big deal?"

Rod didn’t speak, and in the next moment, Lothar’s heart was suddenly overwhelmed by an inexplicable pain and a raging anger that threatened to destroy everything.

This emotion was so strong that it immediately triggered his alarm.

Lothar took a deep breath and violently suppressed his furious emotions.

At that moment, Qingyu also came closer, pressing a ball of light into Lothar’s forehead with her slender fingertips.

Lothar’s body was pierced by the light, and a few seconds later, he exhaled a long breath.

"I’m alright now."

Qingyu nodded slightly, "Fortunately, we spotted it in time. Once Soul Darkening touches the deepest level, your only fate is to become a Fallen."

Lothar sighed and then turned to bow to Rod, "Apologies, Sir Rod, my Soul just underwent Darkening and I was nearly Fallen. My temperament was altered, please understand."

Rod nodded, "No problem."

Lothar directly asked, "Are you the reinforcements mentioned by the Royal City?"

"Yes."

"Then prepare to give up."

Qingyu’s expression turned somewhat somber as well, "Little Rod, there’s no way out here."

At this moment, Herman and Zhang Bai also rushed over from behind.

On their way here, they finally understood why there were more and more Dark Creatures.

The depths of this Underground City were many times greater than they had imagined, and when they reached its deepest part, seeing that chasm that seemed to lead straight to the core of the earth, they found their answer.

—Countless black worms were crawling up from the abyss, gradually growing into Dark Creatures.

That hopeless number could not be exterminated by a single person.

"Brother Rod, give up as soon as you can, while there’s still time."

"Starry City really can’t be held."

Rod ignored their words, stepped forward twice, and glanced at the abyss-like broken wall in front of him.

"No problem, leave it to me."

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