He was just about to rush over and grab the sharp blade of light and stab the monster to death like last time.
The golden light dissipated.
But the monster that was torn in half turned around and took a step towards him.
Boom.
The ground seemed to be shaking. Half of the monster's body was dragging on the ground, and half was standing upright. Only the lower body was still stuck together. Black sticky matter flowed down from the cross section of the body. Two glowing red eyes came from both sides.
Staring at him from a wide angle.
Not dead yet!
The chill exploded in his soul in an instant. Rhodes tightened his grip on the gun, almost instinctively activating his spiritual energy.
The spiritual pressure gauge soared into the sky, and the muzzle of the gun flashed with spiritual light.
Bang!
The white line shot out instantly hit the side of the monster's body. The real silver bullet fired at high speed penetrated into the pure black sticky substance filling the body, releasing its energy and exploding the large black substance.
Fly out.
The black monster staggered a step, but quickly stood firm and still moved towards him.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Rhodes fired five shots in an instant, emptying the bullets.
All five white lines penetrated the cross-section of its body. The silver light of the explosion of real silver bullets flashed one after another, and the black sticky matter scattered in all directions, like a naughty child throwing firecrackers into a cesspool that had been settled for ten thousand years.
Old shit.
Click.
Rhodes removed the gun shell at the speed of light and loaded seven more real silver bullets into it in an instant.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Seven shots were fired almost instantly, and seven real silver bullets accurately hit the monster's wound.
Rhodes' spirit is unprecedentedly concentrated, and spiritual energy is continuously generated in the soul like breathing, just like muscles releasing power, it is an instinct.
Click.
The seven real silver bullets have been loaded again.
Seven gunshots rang out again.
Rhodes felt that his whole body was burning, his soul was restless, his spiritual energy was surging, and "Raven" began to feel hot, unable to withstand his crazy infusion.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
After another seven gunshots, the monster finally fell. When its huge body fell to the ground, its contents were almost blown away.
A strange whine sounded in the air, as if something had left.
The monster's corpse began to evaporate, countless black dust rose into the sky, and the sticky substances scattered on the ground also began to decompose.
Black flying dust covered the sky and the earth for a while, covering his eyes, but Rhodes clearly saw a huge black line composed of countless black dust sinking into his body.
Immediately, on the black altar, a black fire larger than all the previous flames appeared.
After a while, the black dust disappeared and scattered in the air.
The dream returned to its original state, all traces of the existence of monsters had disappeared, and the black mist in the distance had also dissipated. The gray and quiet mist flowed slowly, without any waves, infinitely far away, as if until the end of time.
Everything was so peaceful, as if the invasion had never come.
But his excited and tired spirit, the hot pistol, and the real silver bullet still in his hand reminded him that all this was not an illusion.
Finally!
It’s finally over!
I finally survived.
I survived another crisis.
Rhodes let out a long breath. The moment he relaxed, exhaustion surged up like a tide. He just wanted to fall down and fall asleep.
But this is impossible, he still has many things to do.
Rhodes raised his head and cast his gaze at the black fire, which was about half the size of a fist.
【The Soul of Twisted Demonic Flesh】
[The soul from the dark side of the twisted demonic flesh]
[Black blood wraps corpses and dead souls. This is the spiritual essence that fell off from a greater existence, a monster formed by floating in the river of eternal death for countless years.]
Rhodes frowned.
This soul seems to be related to something extraordinary.
He wrote down every word carefully and planned to study it carefully when he went back.
Then I listened carefully to the soul for half a second, and it turned out to be countless noisy and crazy murmurs mixed together.
Rhodes immediately stopped listening, thinking that unless he was a human soul, he would never listen again.
He jumped off the altar and came to the obelisk, only to find that it did not heal as quickly as last time.
There are cracks all over the blue-gray surface of the monument, and huge claw marks can be seen everywhere. Some tiny green fly ash is gathering towards the stone monument from the air, slowly filling the gaps.
Very slow.
There is continuous pain deep in the spirit, but the intensity is much less than it was at the beginning.
Sure enough, my spirit has been bound to it.
Maybe, it is my soul.
Rhodes stretched out his hand and gently touched its surface.
The deep night sky once again appeared on the monument, and countless light spots once again appeared on the pure black background.
So, this is actually the inside of my soul?
Rhodes guessed that these things outside belong to me?
However, why are the words and information on the belongings presented in a way that I can best understand, but the light spots inside the soul are completely unfamiliar with strange words?
There is currently no answer to this question.
Rhodes could only sink it into his heart and look forward to learning the truth one day in the future.
Moving his eyes, Rhodes saw the dark red "Dark Devourer" in the center and the light blue light spot near it.
"Dark Devourer" cannot add any more souls.
I can only devote myself to the light blue light spots.
Rhodes focused his eyes on the light spot.
The light faded, and the black hole appeared again.
Six dust-like flames floated in it, which were the six souls he invested last time.
Rhodes' spirit was connected to the altar, and with a thought, the black fire flew into the obelisk, and a black meteor appeared in the night sky, following Rhodes' gaze into the black hole.
In an instant, the entire black hole burned, and the seven souls turned into burning flames, lighting up the star.
The light spot became stable from an illusory and uncertain state, and the light blue light gradually became darker and dyed with a touch of cyan.
Now, there are two stars shining brightly in the night sky.
In their light, other stars are almost invisible.
A line of text emerged from it.
【Bitter Blue】
[Status: Weak burning, about to extinguish]
【Star Energy: Resurrection of Spirit】
[Injection: Unknown]
[Strength: Unknown]
[Description: Unknown]
Rhodes didn't recognize many of the words on this light spot, and many of the descriptions were different.
What concerned him the most were the words "weakly burning and about to be extinguished".
"Dark Devourer" has "Eternal Burning".
Why is this? Is it about to go out as soon as I light it?
Is it because the soul is not enough?
Rhodes guessed.
He has already felt the changes this star has brought to him. His mental fatigue is obviously reducing, his throbbing nerves are calming down, and even the recovery speed of the obelisk seems to be a little faster.
It seems that its function is to restore and heal, but I don’t know the specific scope.
You need to quickly figure out what the following three lines of text mean.
Rhodes put down his hand, and the dark night sky disappeared, revealing a blue-grey monument full of cracks.
"Well...we still need to find a way to restore the obelisk. Otherwise, what if there is another invasion and it breaks at a touch?"
Rhodes came to the left side of the obelisk and touched the surface of the obelisk.
A pure black color appears from the surface of the monument, then settles down and stops when it reaches about half its height.
It’s no different than before.
However, the right side of the obelisk has changed.
In the past, the gold color on the monument was only about one-third, but now not even one-tenth is gone, leaving only a thin layer.
In an instant, Rhodes thought of the golden light that saved him twice in a row.
"It comes from here? Is it some kind of life-saving amulet? Appears to save me in times of crisis? Has it been used up now?"
This is very bad news.
Rhodes had some bad associations.
He came to the last side of the obelisk and touched it lightly. Blood once again snaked down from the top of the obelisk, forming many blood-red words.
Although I don't recognize them, they look much normal this time. They no longer have the alarm-like structure and no flashing.
Rhodes relaxed a little, wrote down the font, and left the dreamland.
The crisis is temporarily over.
After a period of time, life finally calmed down temporarily.
The atmosphere of Jinworth College is actually very good. Here, Rhodes can feel the hard work that Wangcheng has put into it everywhere. The college's facilities are all available, and the teachers are all talented and talented.
Any of the bad things that happened on campus have never happened here.
Most of the students' basic needs and supplies are contracted by the college, and even students with the lowest ninth-level salary can survive.
Of course, if you want to think better, you still need money.
However, the college has a special salary promotion exam, which allows you to advance from level nine to special level.
The salary scale at the time of admission is not so much a kind of differential treatment, but rather an incentive for poor students, establishing an atmosphere and belief that hard work will be rewarded.
If it weren't for the trouble, Rhodes would really like to live here forever.
But it's a pity that he can't experience a stable life now. He has a lot to do.
First of all, you must study very hard.
Knowledge is not only power to him now, but also life.
He needs to have a more complete and profound understanding of this world, this kingdom, and this royal city in order to make targeted strategies and survive better.
Then you have to train very hard.
The battle with the invading monster revealed his true colors.
He has no strength at all and doesn't know how to fight. He will be killed instantly when he comes on stage.
The life-saving golden light has been used up. If there is another invasion, he can only rely on himself.
Finally, he still has to find a way to make money.
His weekly salary of forty-two silver cords is completely insufficient for him. He can't even afford bullets, let alone training and combat supplies.
The gap is quite large.
During the day, Rhodes went to class, and at night, he studied Common Tongue and Ancient Tongue by himself. Before going to bed, he went to Dreamland to think about the philosophy of life.
Occasionally, I would kill Wayne and the green-haired Zales, who were gradually becoming best friends, and the day passed like this.
It can be considered fulfilling.
The only annoying person is Kashan. She has become more and more like the one sister of ten groups. She bosses around the group and says the same thing, but no one dares to get angry or speak out.
But to be fair, she is just urging everyone to study and complete the training on time and within the amount. However, her attitude is rather arrogant, her methods are a bit rough, and she is not very good at talking.
Rhodes actually understands this very well.
Learning and growing are a very painful thing, but falling freely is much easier and more joyful.
Of course, if it’s just for your own future, you don’t have to push too hard. All roads lead to Rome, and a bright future is not the only one.
But if this involves the future survival of the family, country, and race, it wouldn’t be a problem if Kassan pressed harder.
Therefore, Rhodes and Kashan are on one side on this issue, and even used a famous saying to encourage the miserable Wayne and Green Hair:
"Cry more in peacetime and bleed less in war."
This easy-to-understand remark spread quickly and gained Cassian's great favor, and Rhodes's attitude of studying hard also made her very satisfied.
Because of this, he has become one of the few people in the group who has not been criticized by Kashan.
As time goes by, the students in the ten groups have become familiar with each other. Their attitudes are friendly, full of youthful vitality and vigorous hope, which makes people feel like spring breeze.
The only thing that bothered Rhodes was that as they got to know each other better, Kashan completely regarded his dormitory as her own home.
He often runs in without knocking and works or studies in his dormitory. He also puts a lot of things that he doesn't usually use in his dormitory, and comes in to pick them up from time to time or simply asks him to send them over.
If it weren't for the fact that she helped him pay the water tower bill on Hammer Street, he would definitely change the door lock.
But these are just trivial matters after all. Rhodes studies hard and trains hard not because he has self-control, but because he will die if he doesn't do this.
But peaceful days never last long.
On the fourth day after the investigation, the Internal Affairs Adjudication Office once again asked him to answer designated questions at a designated time and place.
This time, Inspector General Lauren was not the only one, but was also accompanied by many guys wearing black clothes.
Their questioning was unceremonious and they completely treated Rhodes as a prisoner.
Although Rhodes eventually got away with amnesia and various excuses, it made him feel a great sense of crisis.
The second thing was that he discovered that his second star was really about to go out.
Its light is getting darker and darker, and it is a little transparent.
Rhodes was panicked. How could the stars that were finally lit be extinguished?
But, where can he go to plunder souls at this moment?
We can't let him go on a killing spree in the academy, right?
Not to mention whether he is willing or not, even if he is crazy, the academy, which is tight on the outside and tight on the inside, has various secret defense forces, will arrest him as soon as possible.