The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 687 - 399: The Only Light

Chapter 687: Chapter 399: The Only Light

The dense black fog hit them in the face, and the light from the lantern was instantly compressed to the extreme, but fortunately, the red tear stone was there, its emitted red light resisting the erosion.

Midair, Rod had completed the spiritualization of his hands, boiling spiritual energy converging on his palms. Both spirit and flesh had transformed into a pure state of spiritual energy, powerful spiritual energy rising up from his soul without any obstacles, flowing swiftly through his hands.

Under the effect of the Star Shuttle, silvery star lines rapidly gathered at his fingertips, spiraling into a shining spinning top.

The spiritualization greatly enhanced the Star Shuttle, allowing for stronger and swifter spiritual energy to condense more star lines.

And more and faster star lines meant a more powerful Star Shuttle.

After ten seconds, ten fully formed Star Shuttles reached their limit, and with ten huge whistling sounds, they tore through the black fog at unimaginable speeds, hitting the monster dead-on.

Boom!

A massive flash of light erupted, and tiny star sparks scattered across the sky.

And when the light fell, Rod had already landed behind the monster.

This was a huge spider, but its abdomen was made up of hundreds of writhing human heads, each face rotten and fierce, with hollow eye sockets and wide-open mouths as if they were moaning in agony.

Its back was pierced by the Star Shuttles, leaving a large hole. Corrupted flesh and blood flew about, the spirit suffered some damage, spiritual energy was somewhat lost, but it was not to the point of exposing a vulnerability.

"Ugh! This thing is disgusting!"

Rod drew the Star Night Long Sword with a backhand motion, his spiritual energy rising, his spirit instantly concentrated, his will sharp as a needle, and his spiritual energy boiling and transforming at an unimaginable speed, driving his arm.

Soul Strike!

The long sword cleaved through its abdomen like lightning, splitting those human heads in half, with a large amount of black blood spraying across the sky. The spider let out a crazed roar and swiftly turned around, its two large pincers hurtling down towards Rod.

But the next moment, it froze.

Rod said with a smile, "Anna, well done!"

From afar, Anna’s javelin had hit the spider, paralyzing it for half a second.

In that half a second, Rod summoned a phantom and struck its head with his sword.

Bang!

The spider used its spiritual energy to block his attack.

Anna shouted, "Rod, don’t attack there, the Ghost Demon Spider’s hardest part is its head!"

Rod said with a smile, "I know." His practical combat experience had become quite rich during the previous period of frenzied fighting, and this wasn’t the first time he had encountered a Ghost Demon Spider.

He already had insights on how to deal with such creatures.

Sure enough.

With a muffled thud, the powerful spiritual energy of the Ghost Demon Spider could no longer withstand the assault and suddenly became disordered, its forelegs buckling, and it half knelt down.

The phantom behind took the opportunity to strike full force at the monster’s wound. The Ghost Demon Spider’s fragile spiritual defense was once again breached, and its spirit could no longer hold on, exposing a huge vulnerability.

Rod leaped up, and the crescent moon-like curve of his right hand flashed past, plunging into its spirit.

Bang!

A muffled sound came from the void, and Rod pulled back his hand, the Ghost Demon Spider’s spirit shattered, collapsing.

This spider, as large as a house, crashed to the ground, and after being silent for a few seconds, it began to evaporate, billowing black dust rising into the air, like a piece of wood on fire.

A black line rushed towards him, and a line of text flashed in Rod’s eyes.

[The Soul of the Ghost Demon Spider]

A very powerful spirit and a source just like that at hand, this was a rare feast. Even during his high-speed hunting in the sparkling stars, he seldom had such a rich haul.

"Done!"

Rod beamed, turning to face Anna and the others with his hands wide open.

"How strong is your man?"

Anna spat out in derision, "Show-off, I know you’re strong, don’t brag about it here."

Kashan was stunned, just a few dozen seconds ago, she thought they couldn’t beat that monster.

"Rod... you, you’ve become this strong."

Rod smiled and said, "Kashan, don’t be disheartened, the power of your strongest punch is not inferior to mine."

Kashan was silent for a few seconds, then smiled again.

"I know, I’ll fight with all my might."

Suddenly, Anna yelled, "Here they come again! Six more Ghost Demon Spiders!"

Rod glanced over and sighed, "What a pity, no source."

With spiritual light on his hands, pat pat pat pat pat pat, six rapid Star Shuttles were fired at them, not very powerful, their main purpose was to draw the monsters’ attention.

As expected, the six Ghost Demon Spiders simultaneously turned and rushed towards Rod.

Rod swung his long sword, summoning phantoms, and joined the battle with them.

Although the monsters without a source were not difficult to deal with, being attacked by six strong, high-rank monsters was somewhat tough for Rod, especially without gaining the upper hand first, he could only defend passively and had no opportunity to attack.

Seeing Rod in trouble, Kashan couldn’t help but grow anxious, "Sister Anna, let’s go help him!"

Anna calmly shook her head, "The time isn’t right yet."

She merely paced slowly on the outskirts, without any intention of moving forward.

Mephit, who was beside her, had already silently raised her right hand. Ice swirled around her, frost spread under her feet, and her silvery white hair shone especially bright amid the snow.

The air grew colder, and this cold spread out, reaching the six monsters.

In just a few dozen seconds, the speed of the Ghost Demon Spiders had noticeably slowed, and frost began to cover their segments.

"Mephit, you’ve really gotten stronger."

Rod exclaimed joyfully, fending off the spider’s claws with a clang, while the phantom also parried the lightning-fast pincers.

The feeling of having four hands is truly wonderful!

Of course, it was Mephit’s Cold Ice that provided the solid foundation for his calmness and composure.

As long as he could hold the front, the monsters were bound to get weaker the more they fought.

Anna laughed and said, "Kashan, this is our team’s usual tactic, remember it well."

Kashan nodded dumbly, her gaze toward Mephit now filled with a hint of reverence.

About fifteen minutes later, the Ghost Demon Spiders were completely covered in frost, turned a bluish-purple color, and their speed had greatly slowed.

Rod switched from defense to fierce offense, his full-powered strike on the Shock Crystal could reach close to ten thousand markers; "Soul Strike" could double that, and if he used Spiritualization, it could reach close to forty thousand.

However, full-body Spiritualization was too heavy a burden, consuming too much Spiritual Energy, and it put great pressure on the soul; Rod only Spiritualized his arms and hands, and under the state of "Soul Strike," a strike could reach about thirty thousand in power.

The defensive capability of the Ghost Demon Spiders was not strong; Rod had long known that dealing over one hundred twenty thousand damage in a short time would break through their Spiritual Defense and reveal a Soul vulnerability.

That meant four strikes.

Having control over so much information, Rod found the following battle quite effortless, adhering to the principle of not striking until he could take down a monster with a single blow, he easily killed five Ghost Demon Spiders.

He left the last one to Kashan.

Kashan was both nervous and excited, standing in front of the ice block somewhat at a loss.

Rod shouted, "Don’t be afraid, hit it!"

Kashan raised her fist, gathering Spiritual Energy, but it was clearly not enough.

Rod’s eyes flicked and he ran over to Mephit.

"Wow, that’s huge, Kashan, way bigger than yours!"

Boom!

With a loud noise, Kashan threw her punch, hitting the monster square on.

A massive gust of air struck Rod’s face like a sheet of iron; within a hundred yards, dust and sand were flying.

And the unfortunate Ghost Demon Spider was nowhere to be seen.

"Gone?"

Rod’s eyes widened.

"It’s gone? Where’s the huge monster I saw?"

Kashan withdrew her fist; her Spiritual Energy felt like a gentle breeze before Rod, but the flame of Black Blood that burned on her fist posed a significant threat to Rod.

What was worse, Kashan was staring at him, and her azure eyes were full of malice.

A few seconds later, she turned her head away, still looking very angry, but she didn’t continue to dwell on that comment.

Rod scratched his head and was about to say something when suddenly a wisp of grey mist floated down from the sky and entered his chest.

[The Soul of the Ghost Demon Spider]

This works too?

Is the monster dead? Was it smashed to pieces?

Rod raised an eyebrow.

Why do I get the soul when Kashan killed the monster?

Is it because she’s completely become my person now?

Rod asked inwardly.

The Book of Knowledge responded, "Yes, your influence on her has reached the maximum; you and she have established a peculiar connection, in the adjudication of the Dream Realm, she is considered an extension of your soul, thus the Law of the Dark Devourer extends to her as well."

"Would this method work on super-strong individuals like Aran?"

"No, their strength is already very strong, you cannot make them grow double their previous level because of your influence."

All right then.

Rod sighed, better to just fight honestly.

In the time that followed, their battles remained very relaxed.

Most of the monsters that surged from the depths of the darkness were of High Rank Strong Level, and posed no threat to them.

Sometimes Rod charged into battle alone, and other times he joined forces with Phantom; regardless of the method, he was always rampaging through the monster hordes, even though the weakest of them were of Primary Rank Strong Level, they were quickly eliminated under the fierce attacks of "Star Shuttle" and "Soul Strike."

Anna was responsible for paralyzing the monsters at critical moments, allowing Rod to land the fatal blows with ease.

Mephit was in charge of Freezing the monsters.

Kashan joined the battle in relatively safe situations, usually to help Rod finish off the monsters.

But her performance was erratic; sometimes one punch could turn a monster to dust, and other times she couldn’t even produce a vulnerability.

Despite her less than stellar performance, Rod still believed that with time, she would integrate into the team and become his best partner.

Haha, Kashan is awesome!

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In the distance.

Rock Lighthouse.

Inside the command center, First Commander Herman was staring at the oversized Fog Disk, muttering, "The situation doesn’t look good."

On the Fog Disk, darkness pressed forward like a tide, dimming all the lights.

All except for one.

The Third Station where Rod was located.