As soon as I woke up the next day, the messenger from the palace arrived.
There were dozens of people in the group, a huge crowd.
The leader is holding a gorgeous rectangular box.
"This is your badge of honor."
The messenger put the box into Rhodes' hands with both hands.
With a burst of spiritual light, the box flew into colorful flowers and fell one after another.
"In recognition of your outstanding contribution to mankind during the Battle of the Trident, the Holy Fire Sacrifice and the Fire Palace jointly decided to reward you with sixty palace badges."
While speaking, a strong spiritual light kept flashing.
A man in flashy clothes and holding a photo crystal was looking up and down not far away to take photos from various angles.
His low spiritual energy burst out with intense light, and its momentum was simply stronger than the Insect Queen's spiritual energy.
"Come, come, smile!"
"Smile again!"
"Smile even more!"
"Have you had enough?" Rhodes said dissatisfied: "My dog eyes are almost blinded by you!"
"Don't worry, my little hero, this is the image that Archbishop Horus wants. The Holy Church wants to use it for publicity and set a new heroic benchmark for the royal city. There cannot be any flaws."
After another quarter of an hour of filming, the guy was satisfied and left holding the photo crystal.
The flowers stopped falling, and the leader of the envoy bowed and said: "Your Excellency Rhodes, your battle order has been adjusted to the second line, but given the current urgent battle situation, you only have about two to three days to make adjustments."
Rhodes nodded slightly. Two to three days would be enough for him to upgrade his spiritual power.
You can also use this time to do some shopping in the palace.
Including the original twelve and a half badges, he now has seventy-two and a half badges.
This is a considerable fortune.
But what surprised Rhodes was that his rewards seemed to be more than that.
Another messenger brought several large boxes.
"Sir Rhodes, in view of the achievements of your war group, the Royal City has decided to give you corresponding material rewards."
He opened the box.
"This is one hundred thousand silver cords, two hundred combat supplies, one hundred special potions, one hundred soul red crystals, ten mercury potions, ten green mold potions, one fire potion, and one green herbal potion
, a high-concentration life potion."
"These materials are given to your war group, and you will distribute them to the members of the war group."
So that's it. No wonder Annabeth and Mavis went back to Star Town directly after the battle. I'm still wondering what their reward was... This was the first time for Rhodes to experience this kind of thing. He flipped through the box curiously.
I asked about the supplies inside.
"Can I distribute it however I want?"
The messenger raised his glasses and said in a calm tone: "Please follow the principles of fairness, justice and openness, and reasonably allocate members of your war group. If necessary, we can provide corresponding evidence of military merit."
"If any war group member is dissatisfied with your allocation, you may be investigated by the Discipline Committee, and Wangcheng may intervene to change your unreasonable allocation behavior."
Cut.
Rhodes curled his lips.
It's so strict that I can't even make some unspoken rules. It's really boring.
"Of course."
The messenger added.
"Sir Rhodes, you still have huge discretion, but this is your war group. You don't want to cause internal gaps due to distribution issues, which will reduce the combat effectiveness, right?"
This guy's perception is quite sharp... Rhodes glanced at him and said with a smile: "Thank you for your advice, I understand."
The messenger bowed and said: "This is what I should do. If you still have any questions, you can come to us in the affairs hall. I hope you will be accompanied by fire all the way. Goodbye!"
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After the envoy left, Rhodes immediately went out, planning to perform a psychic upgrade ceremony.
After [Star Shuttle] reached its full state, Rhodes clearly felt that his spiritual energy had exceeded its limit, and his control became a bit jerky and not very flexible.
Miss Mina from the Industrial Machinery Research Institute once told him that if he had similar feelings, it meant that he had enough power and needed a new soul structure to better exert their power.
And Rhodes has been stagnant at level eight psychic power for a long time.
The qualifications of a third-level combatant, a formal member of the palace, and a complete state of spiritual and physical coordination all require ninth-level spiritual power.
Even the Book of Knowledge told him that the reason why "quantification" progressed so slowly was because his psychic level was too low.
The ninth level of spiritual power is a line and a threshold. Only after passing the ninth level of spiritual power can he truly have the power to influence the world, step into the ranks of high-level combatants, and become a member of the strong.
Rhodes has been waiting for a long time.
Now, it’s time to cross this gap!
The Palace of Fire is a fully functional stronghold, with a ritual hall dedicated to upgrading psychic powers, and a psychic laboratory for complete testing of psychic powers.
They were in a relatively deep position below the hall. Rhodes walked out of the fireplace area and walked down the corridor.
Along the way, I met many comrades-in-arms, and they all received their own awards. Everyone had a happy smile on their face, chatting enthusiastically and comparing who had obtained more badges of honor.
The rewards for this operation are huge, and most people have gained a lot, but they are far less than Rhodes.
When they learned that Rhodes had obtained sixty badges alone, everyone expressed admiration and envy.
"As expected of you!"
"I'm so envious!"
"Lord Rhodes, do you still lack a bed warmer at home? Give me three of them, and I can keep them warm for you for a week, okay?"
"I only want two!"
"I only want one!"
"It will keep me warm for a month!"
"I'll be warm for a year!"
"I will be warm for a lifetime!"
The person who said the last sentence was glared at and beaten by everyone. Rhodes raised his head curiously and took a look, and was disappointed to find that the guy who claimed to "warm his bed for the rest of his life" turned out to be a rough guy.
Bah!
Blind me!
In order to get rid of this bad feeling, Rhodes rushed downstairs and came to the ceremony hall.
However, when the ritual priest heard that Rhodes was going to upgrade his spiritual power to level nine, his face suddenly dropped.
"Why don't you make an appointment?"
"Who is your teacher?"
"Where's your psychic report?"
Rhodes was dissatisfied and said: "Why do you have so many problems? I used to be directly promoted."
The ritual priest's face turned green with anger: "You brat, what did you say?"
"Do you understand what high-level psychic upgrades are?"
"Is the ninth-level psychic power the same thing as your first- or second-level psychic powers?"
"You rushed over so impetuously, even our Sun Crystals were unprepared!"
Rhodes sneered and said: "I have the sun crystal, you don't need to worry about it."
The ritual priest stared at him: "Where did you get the sun crystal? This is the highest level of controlled materials in the royal city. You can't have it..."
Rhodes casually took out two pieces of sun crystal from the dream and threw them in their faces.
"Do you see clearly?"
The intense light emitted by the sun crystal illuminated the livid faces of the priests.
This is the Palace of Fire. If he dares to take it out openly, it proves that his source is legal.
A priest suddenly saw Rhodes' face clearly and exclaimed: "It's you!"
Rhodes sneered: "It's me..."
"Black rice bucket!"
Rhode's face suddenly dropped.
Damn it, I must change this name in the future, it has no momentum at all.
But the faces of the priests suddenly improved a lot.
They patiently pointed out various details for Rhodes to apply for the ninth-level psychic ceremony, and told him that it would be best to have the same person perform the ceremony for him.
The promotion ceremony for Rhodes has always been held by Miss Mina.
"Can she enter the palace?" Rhodes asked worriedly.
"Of course." The priest replied: "A powerful person's exclusive psychic upgrader is qualified to enter the psychic laboratory of the Palace of Fire."
"Yes, you go take the psychic test quickly, and we will urgently recruit researcher Mina."
Rhodes hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Why did your attitude become so good..."
The priest smiled and said: "Of course, the treatment for geniuses with potential is different."
"After all, it is our hope."
"The stronger you are, the more peaceful we can live in this world."
An elderly priest said: "Little Rod, only by reading the miraculous deeds of you and those few can I truly feel the hope of victory. One day, mankind will be able to defeat the dark fog and see the light." Several priests showed expressions of great yearning.
Rhodes knew that they imagined that every day was the Festival of the Sun, the Day of Light.
In their view, this is like a mythical paradise, and they can only see a few vague words in ancient historical records.
But in fact, they probably don’t believe that they can see such a day.
However, this does not prevent them from working hard in that direction.
Rhodes sighed slightly in his heart and turned to leave.
In the psychic laboratory, several senior researchers from the Industrial Machinery Research Institute conducted detailed examinations for him and provided him with a complete psychic report.
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Tester: Rhodes
Psychic Level: 8
Maximum psychic strength: 604 thousand ticks
Maximum psychic output: 120 thousand ticks
Average spiritual pressure: 33 thousand moments
Estimated total amount of psychic energy: 7 tracks
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Compared with before, Rhodes' spiritual power has increased by an epic level.
When he got the report back, Mina had already arrived at the door of the ceremony hall.
The moment she saw Rhodes, her eyes burst into intense joy, and she swooped up and hugged him.
"Little Rod, I miss you so much!"
"Let go! I'm going to die of suffocation!"
"You didn't listen to me telling you to grow taller. Are you bored now?"
After holding Rod's head and rubbing it hard for a few more times, the broad-minded Miss Mina let him go.
Her face was flushed, and her eyes were full of smiles.
"Little Rod, you have grown up a little."
Rhodes glanced at her dissatisfied and muttered: "You didn't grow anything, you just grew breasts..."
Humanity 1919
Damn it!
Although Rhodes doesn't care about humanity now, this is the largest single sum of humanity he has received so far.
Mina laughed so hard that her eyes rolled, she held Rod's wrist with her bare hands, and said with a sweet smile: "Come on, sister has been waiting for this day for a long time!"
"Can you please be more normal with your wording..."
Even though he said this, Rhodes was still very cooperative.
Take off your coat as Mina said and lie down on the ceremony stage in a Tai-shaped position.
Mina mumbled to herself while fiddling with various supplies.
"Little Rod, please write to your sister more often when you have time. You disappeared as soon as you went out and there was no news. I don't know how worried my sister is."
"Although fighting is important, knowledge is even more important. Teachers and scholars are waiting for your work."
"We have discovered several more important ruins. The expedition team has gained a lot of important knowledge from the ruins. Teachers and scholars are waiting to share it with you."
While thinking, Mina skillfully completed the ceremony arrangements, and with the cooperation of several priests, the ceremony officially started.
"Flow! Spirit!"
Powerful spiritual energy flows in the crystal array, forming a special pattern.
The sun crystal gave off a dazzling light, and the strong light quickly flooded the hall.
The ceremony lasted until the next day.
When the strong light fell, the sun crystal disappeared without a trace, all the crystals shattered, and the fragments scattered all over the floor.
Mina and the priests looked exhausted, but they could not hide the joy in their expressions.
"Success!"
“Very smooth!”
"Your soul is very balanced and very powerful, just like emerging from a cocoon and becoming a butterfly. We just cut the cocoon shell!"
On the stone platform, Rhodes sat up.
He clenched his fists, and powerful psychic energy flashed past.
He clearly felt the difference. It was an indescribable sense of coordination, an incomparably smooth feeling. The spiritual energy was running through the body, just like sliding through an absolutely smooth mirror without any resistance. It was so smooth that it was unbelievable.
.
Spiritual energy flows perfectly through the body, just like electric current transmitting through a superconductor. Rhodes jumps up in one step and has never felt so relaxed.
He did a set of punches and kicks, and he felt extremely refreshed. Compared with him before, he was like a stiff puppet.
Rhodes raised his head with joy: "I have become stronger!"
Mina smiled and said: "The coordination of your spirit and body has been perfected. Your spiritual energy perfectly resonates with your physical body. All your abilities will exert one hundred and two percent of their power."
A priest said: "This is also the basis for the next step. If you want to become an inhuman second-level combatant, you must learn to spiritualize your body. This is the real gap."
Rhodes said happily: "Then I am now a third-level combatant?"
"Yes."
Mina pointed to the comparison table on the wall of the ceremony hall.
"Look, that's the standard for judging normal status."
"The ninth level of psychic power corresponds to the third level of combatants."
"Level 10 psychic power, corresponding to level 2 combatants."
"Eleventh level of psychic power, corresponding to level one combatant."
Rhodes was surprised: "Does it only require a psychic level? No need for a combat trial?"
Mina shook her head: "No, the trial of high-level combatants is too expensive, and the royal city cannot afford it. We have switched to a better method. As long as you have enough merit and reach the corresponding psychic level, you can be directly promoted.
."
"We will also make a combat effectiveness assessment for you, which is only based on your past performance. As long as your soul does not deteriorate or weaken, the combat effectiveness assessment will continue to rise."
Rhodes smiled and said: "What is my estimated combat power now?"
"On the flame symbol on the corner of your clothes, you can see it by inputting psychic energy."
Rhodes did as he was told and saw a number.
"Only 81."
Mina smiled and said: "For you, it is already very high. I went to evaluate it last time and it was only 5."
Rhodes almost laughed out loud.
It turns out that you are a scumbag with a combat power of only 5.
"What about Alan? Is he 100% perfect?"
Mina shook her head: "Special combatants have no combat effectiveness assessment, and their combat effectiveness is immeasurable."
"Okay."
Rhodes was a little disappointed. He thought he could reach 80% of Alan's combat effectiveness.
"Then when can I reach the tenth level of psychic power and step into the ranks of a second-level combatant?"
"Psychic power reaches at least 1,500 thousand moments." Mina said.
This gap is a bit big.
I added so many stars and consumed so many powerful souls that my spiritual power is only 600 thousand moments.
Is this conversion efficiency too low?
Rhodes grinned, feeling that the journey was a bit far away.
Maybe [Phantom of Wind] can bring me a surprise.
It's a pity that the conditions for this star are too high... I don't know when it will be ignited.
Afterwards, Rhodes briefly chatted with Mina and told her about the dangers of the Battle of the Trident, which made the latter scream and scream.
He also promised to finish writing his book as soon as possible and explore the ruins with them when he has time to obtain the truth of history.
Mina told him to write to her often and come to her often to check his psychic abilities when he had time.
For a high-level combatant, the health of body and soul is very important.
And she is good at doing such big health care.
What technician number are you... Rhodes was almost speechless. Is this kind of thing happening in the Palace of Fire?
But with Mina's quality, even if she is, she is definitely the most ace technician in the top club.
It would be nice to experience it occasionally.
Hey hey hey hey.
After receiving Rhode's assurance, Mina was very satisfied.
After bidding farewell to her and the priests, Rhodes followed their advice and came to the affairs hall of the main palace. He handed the new psychic report to the palace messenger and applied for promotion to a third-level combatant and became a member of the Palace of Fire.