The Last Dark King

Latest website: Rhodes smiled and replied: "This is a misunderstanding. If I am weak, how can I clean the sewers alone? How dare I hunt down doomsday cultists?"

Heiyu's expression was a little gloomy.

"You can scout and kill enemies, so am I useless?"

Rhodes consoled him: "How could it be? Your badge is very useful."

Heiyu immediately showed a smile: "Yes, this is a sensor badge made from the ashes of evil spirits. Whenever an evil spirit approaches nearby, it will vibrate crazily. But unfortunately, this is just a simple sensor. It only It can remind you that there is an evil spirit nearby, but it cannot point out its specific location.”

Rhodes smiled and said: "It just works with me. The evil spirit seems to have the ability to teleport. I had already seen the direction just now, but when I turned around, it appeared."

Heiyu said in surprise: "Evil spirits are pure spirits and can travel freely in the spirit world. When it enters the spirit world, of course you can't see it."

Rhodes was moved in his heart and asked: "Then how can I see it?"

"Unless your spirit is also in the spirit world."

"Isn't there nothing we can do to deal with the evil spirit?"

"Why can't you deal with it?" Heiyu looked at him in surprise: "Evil spirits entering and exiting the spirit world are instinctive behaviors. You don't think they will use this to attack or escape, do you?"

"Uh, no?"

Heiyu covered his forehead: "You must also be an intellectualless orangutan. You hate learning and only love fighting. All creatures infected by the black mist have no reason. They only have madness, chaos, dead silence, and instincts engraved in the soul mark. The same goes for evil spirits. They enter the spirit world from time to time and return from the spirit world from time to time. There is no reason or purpose. When they are angered, they will directly and violently attack you. The biggest difficulty for us in dealing with them is that even if We can't see them even in the material world. Their spiritual bodies have very strong concealment capabilities. Those with a spiritual vision of less than fifty can't even see their shadows."

"Then how do you fight them?"

"The scouts will give us the points, but the sight of several blind men in our fortress is very poor, and the points are reported slowly and crookedly. I have to use my spiritual power to protect my whole body and chop randomly with a knife."

"Can physical weapons harm spiritual bodies?"

"As long as it has psychic powers. By the way, I still don't know what it looks like. Please tell me."

Rod gave a brief but precise description of what the evil spirit looked like.

Heiyu shuddered: "It's really scary. Fortunately, I can't see it."

In this way, for the next two hours, they chatted casually while searching for evil spirits in the wasteland.

Searching for evil spirits is an act purely based on luck. They walk along the established route. Sometimes evil spirits will fly towards them, and sometimes they will suddenly appear in the air.

The induction badge does provide a lot of convenience. After all, Rhodes' Soul Eye cannot rotate 360 ​​degrees around the clock.

The neck will be broken.

Rhodes was not particularly satisfied with this efficiency. By the time they returned, they had only hunted thirty evil spirits in total.

Rhodes was the one doing the whole thing, while Blackfish was shouting from the side.

Later, Rhodes was not even willing to use spirit-sealing bullets, and he could use real silver bullets to deal with evil spirits.

The flaw in it was so big that it seemed like it was given away for free.

Two hours later, although Rhodes wanted to continue hunting, Blackfish insisted on returning.

Because it's almost night time.

This is the darkest time of the day. The power of fire is at its weakest during this time, and the power of black mist is at its strongest during this time. Many monsters hiding underground in the Corpse Wasteland will also come out and move around.

The most dangerous thing is that the dormant state of many monsters sleeping deep in the wasteland will weaken and their senses will become sharper.

With the power of fire, they are likely to awaken these ancient beings.

Not only is this very dangerous, it can also pose unexpected threats to nearby human strongholds.

"Unexpected" is the last thing Wang Cheng wants to see.

Trorian's power is very weak compared to the huge darkness, and it relies entirely on the observers and prophets in the White Tower to maintain a fragile balance.

Once "unexpected" occurs, it usually means they will suffer heavy losses, requiring complicated actions and long-term adaptation to adjust the new balance.

Because of this, in the dark world outside the royal city, it is common sense to prohibit any movement at night.

Blackfish discovered that this guy had no common sense. He was not only an ordinary orangutan without intelligence, but also a super-intelligent orangutan.

He didn't even know what an orangutan was.

"Don't you have a childhood? Didn't your mother tell you "The World of Light" when she was putting you to bed? Haven't you heard "About the Orangutan Growing Red Hair"? "The Little Princess and the Seven Snow Dwarfs" "The Little Girl Who Illegally Sold Firestarters" didn't know that so many classic fairy tales were the spiritual food of our childhood... You are so pitiful."

Blackfish's words made Rhodes finally understand why he was always incompatible with them even though he had mastered many customs and habits.

It turned out to be a lack of childhood.

Okay, I'll borrow "Bright World" to read when I get back.

By the way, I will bring my childhood here to show you what "Pleasant Goat vs. Shui Bingyue" is.

On the way back, Heiyu kept giving Rod a variety of common knowledge. This guy was very talkative and very interested. Today's harvest was huge for him. In the past, they could not kill thirty evil spirits in a whole day. .

And it was very easy. The evil spirit was hacked to death by him with just two cuts.

This is what he said after returning to Jianguan Fortress.

Rhodes didn't care much, but the other four teams were very envious. Annabeth's team, the most among them, only hunted ten.

Annabei looked at Heiyu proudly displaying the ashes of evil spirits in his hands, and sighed: "Don't be envious. In front of him, I am just a piece of stone and wood. Fortunately, he is relatively brittle."

Rhodes said unhappily: "You haven't tried it, how do you know I'm fragile? Only those who have experienced it are qualified to answer this question."

Turning his head, he raised his voice and asked:

"Heiyu, am I hard?"

Heiyu, who was bragging at the side, quickly replied: "Hard, hard, hard, I have tried it, and there is no one tougher than Brother Rhodes."

Annabeth snorted: "I must go with you tomorrow to see how hard you are."

"Forget it." Rhodes didn't want to go with her. "Magic Liberation" is said to be one of the seven characteristics. It sounds like she has some powerful long-range attack methods. Moreover, her spiritual vision is not weak, and she might be able to steal her away. Captain Blackfish is the most suitable teammate for this monster. He has short hands, thick skin, and blind eyes. He can be used as a shield without stealing his soul.

Heiyu said happily: "Look, the Rhodes brothers all think that I am the best partner."

Annabeth glanced at him and hummed: "You guys are evil." She raised her chin, turned and walked away, leaving only an arrogant figure behind them.

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In this way, Rhodes settled down at Jianguan.

The garrison soldiers at Jianguan responded with great enthusiasm to their arrival. As the end of the inner defense circle, they had never been taken seriously and had never received such great support.

He has never enjoyed the warmth of the guardian fire.

When the fire of human life took root here, its power became stable and powerful, and the entire area within a radius of three hundred yards was illuminated by its light.

Although it was still small compared to the darkness in the wasteland, the soldiers felt as if it was dawn.

Before the arrival of the Guardian Fire, they used the residual fire containing Mars separated from the Guardian Fire. Its power could not even light up the fortress. When fighting on the city wall, the soldiers also needed to wear red to resist the erosion of the black mist. Tear stone.

But now, they can freely run on the city wall, look into the distance, and use ballistas and other defensive equipment to attack monsters.

The most important thing is that they can finally have a good sleep with peace of mind.

The number of people on duty at night has been reduced by more than half. It is impossible for any dark existence to bypass the fire and attack them. As long as they step into the range of the fire, they will continue to burn until they are reduced to ashes.

The recovery speed of spiritual energy is also faster. Sitting next to the burning guardian fire and meditating, feeling the warm breath pour into the soul and disperse into the limbs and bones, this is definitely the highest enjoyment.

It's much better than taking potions or eating cold soul red crystals.

But it is a pity that the fire protection sacrificial site of Jianguan Fortress is the smallest one, with only ten places.

Fire Keeper Maul is a very strict and eccentric old man, and he will drive out anyone who squeezes in.

"Next to the Guardian Fire, no more people than the limit are allowed to meditate. This is the basic rule." He warned everyone coldly.

Everyone except Rhodes can understand that this is to prevent the guardian fire from being damaged and causing the loss of power.

Under the arrangements of the garrison chief steel hand, captain Beowood and Raistlin, a rule of meditation was formulated. The time for each person to meditate in front of the guardian fire was determined according to the time of each person's mission and the severity of the battle.

And Rhodes, who has a brilliant record, is undoubtedly ranked first.

During this period, he and Blackfish went to the Corpse Wasteland to hunt evil spirits every day.

Starting in the morning and working until returning at night.

There are sixteen hours a day, and he has to work for twelve hours, wishing he could omit the time for eating and defecating.

Blackfish was full of energy on the first day, sluggish on the second day, and lay in the fortress on the third day unable to get out.

Rhodes could only change his warrior to accompany him.

He can actually act alone, but he is not familiar with the road and cannot use an astrolabe. He can't find his direction in the vast darkness. Once his peripheral light or red tear stones are exhausted, all that is left is the black mist. Tragic fate.

Moreover, it is also good to have a teammate to support you.

In this unknown dark world, who can guarantee that accidents will not happen?

Rhodes could hunt about a hundred evil spirits every day, but the efficiency was not very high, far lower than he expected.

This is because evil spirits generally appear more in the evening and less in the morning and noon.

It is most popular at night, but no one is allowed to leave the customs during this time.

And if it wasn't for the safety of the Jianguan Fortress, even Xishi would not be allowed to leave the fortress.

What made Rhodes most unhappy was that when he made the sacrifice, he found that there were very few evil spirits, far lower than expected.

Those sacrificed plus those directly obtained from soul critical strikes, there are only less than 80 soulless souls in total.

In other words, at the end of the day, he only had an income of 8,000 soulless souls.

But even so, it far exceeds the original efficiency in the sewer.

The distance to 50,000 soulless souls is just a matter of waiting a few more days.

Moreover, the evil soul is not completely useless. It has a very rich spirituality, and one soul has at least two copies.

After sacrificing so many evil spirits, Rhodes gained about 800 spiritual points. These translucent jelly-like objects were piled almost to the height of half a person, far beyond his richest humanity.

Rhodes could only put them all into the storage room. The internal space was quite large and could be fully stored.

The Corpse Wasteland was also much emptier than expected, unlike when Rhodes first heard its name and thought it was crowded with monsters.

In fact, apart from the evil spirits, there is just some dust floating around.

Rhodes had no interest in these things that only had a few soulless souls, and left them all to the guarding soldiers.

Even so, most soldiers would not survive a day.

After returning from a trip with Rhodes, he lay in the fortress like a dead pig for several days before he could regain his energy.

And Rhodes is not only full of energy and full of energy at all times, he doesn't even need to meditate next to the guardian fire.

He gave up all opportunities to others, which moved the garrison soldiers at Jianguan to death.

Of course, this is not because Rhodes is selfless, but for a reason.

First of all, he doesn't particularly need to regain his psychic powers.

The recovery effect of [Frigid Blue] is very significant. The longer the combat time is, the more durable it will be.

The intensity of the battle in the wilderness was actually very low, but the time was extended to twelve hours, which put no pressure on him at all.

Then, Rhodes discovered that when he was too close to the Guardian Fire, not only did his recovery not speed up, he also felt very uncomfortable and had a strong feeling of rejection.

This feeling was not present when the Guardian Fire was installed in the lamp, but became evident once it landed.

As long as you get within twelve yards, you will feel a strong sensation, and when you are twenty yards away, you will not feel any discomfort, only the same indifferent feeling of warmth and comfort as them.

This immediately reminded Rhodes of the scalding Holy Grail during the Trial of Fire.

He actually did not pass the trial and is not in the Fire Bearer sequence.

Rhodes, who had been completely relieved, felt a little more worried. He had many secrets that could not be made public. He had to be careful in his actions and not to reveal his flaws. Otherwise, he might be exposed during an inspection and it would be over.

Rhodes thought about it carefully for a while. Apart from some personality changes, the biggest flaw was the Defiler Sect.

After returning, we must find ways to step up the encirclement and suppression of them and kill them all as soon as possible.

But now, no one doubts that aspect at all.

Steelhand, Baywood, Raistlin and others also joined forces to persuade him. They talked to him countless times, but after discovering that Rhodes really did not need to recover, they stopped talking.

Instead, they were always lamenting how powerful Rhodes' second fire source, "Grass", was. Why didn't they even have such a powerful fire source?

For a moment, even those who were in the Spiritual Fire Sequence regretted it. If they had awakened as Sparks, maybe they would have been the ones who were "mistaken".

Regarding this, both the garrison warriors at Jianguan and the members of the secret branch were extremely envious. They took turns asking Rhodes what "grass" felt like every day, and even wrote the original soul text of "grass" on their clothes. , weapons, armor and even bodies, in the hope of gaining the protection of "grass" and allowing them to recover a little more psychic energy.

There are also some funny guys who have this word tattooed on indescribable places, hoping to gain more lasting abilities.

I don’t know since when, it has always been popular in the folklore to associate psychic endurance with another endurance, thinking that the two are connected.

It can be inferred from this that Rhodes' endurance is simply beyond ordinary people.

This troubled Rhodes quite a bit. No matter where he went, men and women looked at him with great reverence and yearning.

Of course, what they admire and yearn for is different.

There was only one person who firmly didn't believe it, and that was Annabeth.

The senior student in the fourth semester of the college insists that anything she has not tried personally is just a rumor, and she will never admit that Rhodes is hard unless he gives her a try.

But her little thoughts were mercilessly ridiculed by Mina, who called her an old cow who wanted to eat young grass and a man who wanted to eat the dinner table.

This made Annabeth so angry that if Beowood and Raistlin weren't stuck in the middle, the two would have fought.

Although there is a little bit of disharmony, the overall work of Jianguan Fortress is very smooth, and it has never been so smooth.

The team that hunted evil spirits achieved unprecedented results, greatly weakening the number of evil spirits, so that the incoming evil spirits' impact did not have any impact on the Jianguan Fortress.

The patrol teams of Baywood and Raistlin cleared a large area behind Sword Pass with high efficiency, so that there was no delay in the supply of supplies from Giant's Fortress. The environment of villages and towns such as Rock Village and Nanfeng Town in the rear was greatly improved. Snow, the guardian of the seventh defense zone, even wrote a letter to them to express his praise.

The team that went to the Everglades to hunt the Creepers also returned with a full load and successfully retrieved many Creeper ashes.

Under Mina's maintenance, the psychic generator is now ready for normal use.

The spiritual energy it releases strengthens the entire Jianguan Fortress along the established lines, greatly increasing its hardness, and can also greatly distribute the impact force, making it very difficult to destroy.

The best news is that the operation at the Liguang Fortress in front of the sword pass went extremely smoothly. The super-giant psychic cannon "Liguang" located at the top of the fortress evaporated more than half of the incoming black tide. The elite combat groups and defenses in the fortress The attackers rushed out of the city gate and killed the remaining monsters to pieces.

Therefore, the tide of monsters that may overflow into the sword pass will be very small, and the defenders of the sword pass will have more time to prepare.

After replacing seven followers in a row, Rhodes finally gathered 50,000 soulless souls to make [Soul Firewood].

There were fewer and fewer evil spirits in the wasteland, and the benefits were almost lower than those in the sewers. He no longer wanted to go.

So, after returning to the best room in the entire fortress specially prepared for him by Steel Hand, Rhodes locked the door, buttoned his sleeves, and entered the dreamland.