The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 784 - 436 The Spirit of Bygone Days (Part 1) (First Update)

Chapter 784: Chapter 436 The Spirit of Bygone Days (Part 1) (First Update)

Immediately after, countless giant hands broke through the earth, a massive black mass emerged from the pit.

It was over a hundred yards in diameter, black mud flowed across its surface, and countless giant hands stretched out from within, dragging the black, mud-like mass out of the pit.

The moment it appeared, Rod realized that numerous semi-transparent shadows had emerged all around.

They were clad in strange, dark blue armor, draped in long cloaks, wielding hiltless longswords and wedge-shaped shields.

Soron recognized them in an instant.

"It’s the Fighting Star Knight Order, those damaged armors and weapons belong to this style, look, the cloaks and shields even bear their Fighting Star insignia."

Rod exclaimed in surprise, "Are these their ghosts?"

Soron’s expression darkened significantly, Spiritual Energy flickering over his hands, already entering a combat state.

"No, these aren’t ghosts; they are some sort of existence between projection and phantom, but it’s unclear if they have any relation to the original hosts..."

Boom!

A blindingly bright white light soared to the sky beside them, overpowering Spiritual Energy rushing forth, a colossal six-armed figure appeared within the light.

"How strong."

Six massive arms extended, six giant swords raised high, Jessica’s voice came from above.

"Let’s find out by fighting them."

Bang!

Six giant swords fell at once, smashing into the phantoms from six different directions.

Rod felt the ground shake, black mud splashing hundreds of yards high, stones and debris flying, the ground cracking.

The giant swords were lifted, leaving behind six extremely long sword marks, the phantoms they struck utterly extinguished, dissipating into the air.

Soron revealed a slight smile.

"Seems they aren’t very strong, perhaps they’ve inherited the incomplete combat strength of the former Fighting Star Knights."

Before his words had even finished, Jessica’s whirlwind of a windmill started, six giant swords swept across like slicing through melons or vegetables, swiftly vanquishing a large number of phantoms.

In the blink of an eye, the Six-Armed Snake Demon had already charged in front of that eerie black mass.

"Destroy."

Six giant swords cleaved through the air, simultaneously striking the black mass.

But, to everyone’s surprise, the swords passed through the black mass, landing heavily on the ground, splitting the earth with a crack several hundred yards long.

The black mass reappeared not far away, just like a phantom.

Giant hands once again extended from within it, grabbing onto the ground.

Jessica immediately realized, "It’s the dark distortion phenomenon!"

Rod also noticed the anomaly, he casually destroyed a few phantoms, but did not gain any souls, only a very small number of Soul Without Spirit.

This indicated that they were some kind of derivative creation, and the actual source of power wasn’t themselves.

Soron, being battle-hardened and experienced, shouted, "We need to find the source of the dark distortion phenomenon, destroy the source, then we can eliminate the phenomenon."

Rod suddenly remembered his experience at Storm Castle.

At that time, the situation was the same, and it was also related to the Knight Order of the Starry Kingdom, where a dark distortion phenomenon created by a contaminated Demi Divine Artifact continuously spawned some disgusting shit-lords besieging the city.

When he and the punitive team found the source of the disaster, the dark distortion phenomenon summoned many Undead Knights to attack them, and the team was at one point in a dire predicament.

Of course, under Rod’s boundless wisdom and valiant spirit, they reversed the situation, and ultimately, the dark distortion phenomenon carelessly exposed its soul at a critical moment, then, Rod killed it by extracting the soul.

So, sometimes not having a soul can be a good thing, at least it won’t end up being gutted by Rod.

Just like the one in front of him, Rod couldn’t see a trace of the soul, nor could he discern the deep and restrained Spiritual Energy.

To use "Soul Blast" against it was out of the question.

Worse yet, this dark distortion phenomenon might possess a characteristic related to phantoms, as it kept summoning phantoms of the Fighting Star Knight Order, and it could also transform into a phantom to dodge attacks.

Jessica’s attacks failed repeatedly and could not find its source.

The dark distortion phenomenon summoned phantoms faster and faster, and countless phantoms appeared out of thin air, nearly filling the canyon.

Soron swung with all his might, and his forty-yard long Spiritual Energy Giant Sword swept away a swath of phantoms, but more surged up immediately.

These phantoms had strength roughly between the Primary Rank of Strong Level and the Super Rank of Fierce Level, which normally posed no threat to the two Guardians and one First Level Combatant.

But the number of phantoms was too great, even Jessica couldn’t clear them all, wiping out wave after wave, the tide-like phantoms even managed to crawl onto Jessica’s gigantic serpent body, surpassing the rotating six Giant Swords.

Jessica’s Spiritual Energy shook, repelling these phantoms, with her power fully unleashed and Spiritual Energy going berserk, her six Giant Swords created a blur of afterimages, her sharp sword aura enveloping the two hundred yards around her in fierce howling, resonating throughout the entire Death’s Trace Canyon, but she was still gradually being overwhelmed by the phantoms.

On the other side, Rod, wielding his sword with one hand, also charged into the group of phantoms.

By now, he was far from the inexperienced self he had been, skilled in battle, highly adept with Spiritual Energy, and his means of Soul Combat were so refined that they were practically instinctual; the efficiency of his Spiritual Energy conversion was extremely high, and breaking through to the Eleventh Level Spiritual Energy of 5000 ’ticks’ made him nearly invincible, the upgraded Star Shuttle posed a boundless threat, with a single Star Shuttle launched, the phantoms in its path were instantly cleared.

Ordinary phantoms couldn’t stop him; he moved through the group of phantoms with ease, yet the more he cleared, the more phantoms appeared, stretching as far as the eye could see, all shimmering with a faint glow, semi-transparent shadows.

What was worse, Rod vaguely sensed that the strength of the phantoms was gradually increasing.

This was not only reflected in their Spiritual Energy but also in their combat ability, skills, and application of Spiritual Energy.

Some phantoms began to dodge their attacks or attempt to use techniques to parry, their own attacks becoming sharp and cunning, gradually giving the impression of High Rank Combatants.

Soron cried out anxiously, "Not good! The phantoms are resonating with their past existences! This dark distortion phenomenon’s ability is beyond our imagination."

"What do you mean? Are the phantoms turning real?"

"No, but they’re becoming as strong as real ones, existence will leave traces, and the dark distortion phenomenon is trying to align with the traces of the Fighting Star Knight Order to reproduce their power."

Soron’s tone was extremely urgent.

"We must find its source as soon as possible."

"Teacher Soron," Rod shouted, "I have an immature idea, but if I’m not mistaken, the Divine Artifact of the Fighting Star Knight Order, the Wind Wedge Plate, is the source of this dark twisted anomaly!"

Soron furrowed his brows, "How do you know?"

Rod briefly recounted the battle at Storm Castle.

Soron suddenly understood, he thought tensely for several seconds, the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

"That’s right."

He shouted.

"This conjecture is very likely. When the Divine Artifact is corrupted, its powerful strength can indeed give birth to a dark twisted anomaly, affecting the surrounding space and laws. This dark twisted anomaly is so highly related to the Fighting Star Knight Order, it must be connected to them! You must have a way to destroy it, right?"

Rod answered, "I do, but I must get close to it before I can use this method."

"What method? Will it work?"

"It will, my... uh, the garbage can contains some fragments of the Soul Body, which I can infuse into the dark twisted anomaly to force it to give birth to a soul as soon as possible. A newly born soul is extremely vulnerable, lacking any protection, and I can kill it with one hit."

Soron glanced at the dark twisted anomaly behind layers of Phantoms in the distance, worriedly asking, "Will it work? With its level of strength, the soul’s vulnerability will be fleeting."

Rod smiled, "Trust me, teacher, I am no longer a green trainee. I won’t miss any opportunity for insertion."

"Good!"

Suddenly, Soron leaped backward, landing near Jessica.

"Jessica, protect me for a moment."

Jessica understood immediately. A giant windmill swiftly enveloped Soron, with the Giant Sword and the Gale howling around him, yet not harming him at all.

Soron’s body surged with Spiritual Energy, a blue-white glow covering his skin as he underwent Spiritualization. A formidable power gathered in his hands at an unimaginable speed, the surging Spiritual Energy nearly liquefying, its flow clearly visible in the veins of his body.

In his hands, the liquid-like glow was stretching and unfolding.

Gradually, an unprecedented Super Spiritual Power Giant Sword appeared in his hands.

Soron’s exclusive weapon had broken, greatly reducing his combat power, but his Characteristics were still usable.

"Rod, prepare to go over!"

He shouted loudly.

"There’s only one chance! You must seize it!"

Rod immediately understood, his spirit highly concentrated, with Spiritual Energy already pre-gathered.

The next second, Soron clasped the Giant Sword in both hands, raising it high.

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the Spiritual Energy Giant Sword swung towards the direction of the dark twisted anomaly at an extremely fast speed.

Boom!

A white light soared into the sky, piercing through the thick Black Fog, blasting away the black rain without leaving a trace, leaving the whole world bathed only in white light.

Countless Phantoms melted away in the white light, and Rod made his move, charging in the opposite direction.

As expected, the dark twisted anomaly used a Phantom to dodge the strike, reappearing in a different direction, not far from Rod.

Rod immediately extended his hands. With a thought, countless black and white Soul Without Spirit surged out of his palms, mixed with translucent Spirituality and some smaller souls, quickly submerging the dark twisted anomaly.

As the white light descended, Soron’s Spiritual Energy was depleted once more.

He collapsed to the ground, exhausted, but his gaze still fixed on Rod, shouting, "Did it work?"

Rod did not speak. After a short pause, the black entity turned into a Phantom once again and disappeared. Yet, most of the Soul Without Spirit and Spirituality on the ground were gone, clearly having been devoured by it.

The Soul Without Spirit and Spirituality exposed in the highly polluted environment quickly rotted, turning into a sticky, black substance.

With a flash of Spiritual Light on his hands, Rod sent several Star Shuttles, destroying them.

Meanwhile, new Phantoms were appearing in the empty surroundings.

Soron said disappointedly, "Did it fail?"

"No."

This time the voice came from Jessica.

Her massive serpent body turned in a different direction, looking towards the distance on the other side.

The dark twisted anomaly was there, its appearance changed.

Black sludge fell from its body, revealing heaps of mangled Corpses, severed hands, amputated legs, shriveled heads, shattered bodies and organs, and fragments of bone, all piled up to form a massive mound of corpses.

Dozens of giant hands reached out from the mound, propping it up from the ground.

"These are the remains of the Fighting Star Knight Order."

Jessica said solemnly.

"No wonder the Armor we found was empty; their Corpses have been gathered by this entity. This is a dark twisted anomaly with the attributes of the Undead."

Rod’s expression grew dark.

Its existence was a desecration to the warriors who had fought valiantly in the darkness, and it had to be destroyed no matter what.

He had already seen Soul Bodies gathering inside it. As soon as the soul appeared, its time of death would come.

At this moment, new Phantoms were still appearing, but their numbers had significantly reduced.

However, Jessica suddenly noticed they seemed to be becoming more solid.

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