Archbishop Horus looked worriedly at the king sitting quietly in front of the holy fire, and murmured: "Isn't it over yet? The battle in the spiritual world..."
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What Rhodes never expected was that the Soul Church in the Royal City refused to conduct a "full set of soul and body in-depth examinations" on him because the sewers were clogged.
According to the spiritual master in the church, this project will produce a large amount of highly polluted sewage and is not allowed to be carried out during the period when the sewer is blocked.
Is this okay?
I have become a high-level combatant, why can't I escape the fate of cleaning the sewers?
Rhodes was extremely depressed, but he had no other choice.
Anyway, cleaning sewers also has some soul, so it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
Hum!
Sewer, your king is back!
Rhodes found a sewer shaft and jumped in vertically.
What he is now is completely different from what he was back then.
At that time, he was only at the second level of spiritual power, and had only ignited a few stars. His output relied entirely on his spiritual spear, and his right hand was all it took to kill enemies. The super-high spiritual vision brought by his soul eyes and his incomparable familiarity with the complex sewer routes were his greatest abilities.
Rely on.
Now, he has reached the ninth level of psychic power and has officially entered the ranks of high-level combatants. All seven stars are in complete state, half of the stars are in the process of being "quantified", and the quantification of the core stars has been completed, and there are countless various means and items. The map of the entire sewer is still firmly imprinted in his mind, and it has even become clearer by revisiting the old place, and the eyes of the soul have become more powerful because of the ninth-level spiritual power.
Along the way, Rhodes just wanted to walk in the sewer.
The strong oath armor completely ignores the attacks of any monsters in the sewers, and does not even need to open its psychic defense.
The Bone Boots allowed him to walk as fast as flying, and the Executor's Gloves greatly accelerated the speed of his star shuttle.
The Deep Sea Diver's trident makes his star shuttle even more powerful. The star shuttle that can be shot out in one second is as powerful as the thunder stone that took dozens of seconds to throw.
Rhodes flicked his fingers together, and the rapidly condensing star shuttle hit the sewer like a storm.
The monsters in the sewers encountered the greatest disaster in history. Rhodes swept through the entire sewers like a humanoid self-propelled cannon, blowing up all the monsters lurking in the filth.
The plague rats and rotten shrimps who were once revered as the "King of the Sewers" by the watchmen abdicated in an instant and were killed on the spot in the wild bombing. However, His Majesty Rhodes has arrived in his loyal sewer today.
Damn it, so unlucky.
Rhodes thought angrily.
Blast you maggots to death.
The cleanup work went extremely smoothly, but what made him unhappy was that the current Dark Devourer could no longer plunder the souls of low-level monsters, and Rhodes could only receive a certain amount of soulless souls.
It only took half a day for Rhodes to clean the entire royal city's sewers, most of which was spent on the road.
How to complete the complex and complicated route of the sewer with the highest efficiency is Rhodes' unique skill.
In the entire human kingdom of Trolian, no one can compare with him.
Even if the king comes in person.
A total of more than 500,000 souls were harvested during this trip, which is just enough for Rhodes to squeeze through his teeth.
There is also a large bag of monster ashes.
Rhodes was too lazy to count and threw them directly to the Royal City Defense Department.
The latter did not care at all that these were the ashes of a sewer monster and directly used them to make soup.
——Ashes soup is very effective in the growth of middle-level combatants. The active power contained in it can accelerate the growth of their lives and souls.
This is also something that Rhodes is very lucky about. He directly jumped over this stage and avoided the tragedy of eating rice with ashes every day.
Rhodes' supernatural efficiency shocked the entire Royal City Army War Department.
All the defense chiefs, commanders, and watch captains were alerted. They gathered one after another to look at Rhodes' battle report and marvel at the miracle he had created.
Although most people have long heard of Rhodes' amazing deeds in the sewers, such legends gradually faded away after Rhodes left the Royal City and went to Fanxing Town.
Later, except for those who experienced it personally, few people believed it.
But this time Rhodes returned as the king and returned to the sewers. In an instant, his legendary golden body became permanent and never faded.
Faced with such a miracle, the Royal City Soul Church could no longer make excuses and could only invite Rhodes in.
Rhodes stepped into this famous Soul Church for the first time.
It is located in the upper city of the Royal City. It is an extremely magnificent and huge church. Its appearance is dark and soul-like, with a Gothic architectural style. It is tall and thin, with pointed peaks, many windows, and many stained glass.
But the interior of the building is majestic and spacious. Huge pools made of soul crystals can be seen everywhere, where countless warriors cleanse the pollution in their souls and purify the erosion of the black mist.
Standing on the towering altar are soul masters. They preside over the purification ceremony, and the huge soul power echoes in the church.
The person who conducted a full set of examinations for Rhodes was a soul master named Priscilla.
She once taught Rhodes a lesson. Her appearance showed no age, but she was very beautiful and had a quiet and distant feeling.
"Relax."
She said softly, and her slender and cold fingers traced Rhode's chest, like a stream of ice water flowing down.
"Don't be confrontational mentally. Imagine that I am the closest person to you. We are doing the most intimate things. We are integrated into each other and enter each other's bodies..."
Rhodes tried not to think too much.
But her words were so confusing that Rhodes thought about indescribable places.
Priscilla frowned slightly. Her face was delicate and her eyebrows were like willow leaves. When she frowned, she had an unusually fragile feeling, which made people feel distressed.
"You are still resisting me."
"Uh... I didn't have to do this for my previous examinations. They just used a few crystals to look at me and that was it."
"That won't work."
Priscilla said firmly: "What you are doing is not a simple examination, but a complete set. I need to see every fold and every corner of your soul to make sure that you are not corroded by the black mist and that there is no pollution in your soul.
Corruption, curse, traces of darkness."
Rhodes became slightly nervous.
She won’t be able to detect the dreams in my soul, right?
Although there has been no such sign so far, according to what she said, it does not seem to be an in-depth inspection.
"Master...my soul is very pure..."
"No."
Priscilla firmly rejected Rod's excuse.
"A lot of pollution is very hidden, especially monsters that exceed a certain strength. The blackening backlash caused by killing them is very powerful, so we have always disapproved of low-level combatants crossing levels to kill monsters. This may cause a lot of trouble." She paused and said seriously.
"Queen Fra the Devouring Insect cannot be killed by your level. You must undergo a complete inspection."
"But, I don't know how to relax..." Rhodes looked at her with innocent eyes.
A flash of light flashed in Priscilla's eyes, and she calmly took out a photo crystal from her arms: "Then look at this."
"What is this?"
Rhodes held the image crystal and input psychic energy.
"Fuck!"
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Priscilla pressed her white onion-like fingers on Rhodes' chest, and her spirit entered his soul smoothly.
Wow.
Wow.
The sound of water flow repeated in his ears. When Rhodes came back to his senses, the inspection was over.
"Your soul is very pure."
Priscilla said lightly.
"There is no erosion, pollution, curse, corruption, or darkness. You have a miraculous purification ability. It is said that this is the function of your fire black rice bucket."
Rhodes was stunned for a long time before he noticed Priscilla's crystal eyes looking at him.
"Uh, uh, yes, that's the power of a black rice penny. As a rice penny, it's normal to eat some black dirty things."
Rhode's eyes met hers, and he moved away like an electric shock.
But Priscilla looked calm and said lightly: "Its purification is beyond imagination. No fire or soul characteristics can compare with it. I will report this to the big library and they will change your records.
Next time a similar situation occurs, you don’t need to check.”
"Uh, okay."
Priscilla turned and left. She was petite and her long robe was trailing on the ground, making her feel like a little adult.
Rhodes was stunned for a while before he realized that the photo crystal in his hand had been taken away at some point.
The two burly followers dragged him out of the Church of Souls without any surprise.
With a bang, the door closed behind you.
It was only then that Rhodes realized that he had passed the test.
Looking back, I saw the side hall of the Soul Church behind me. There was an endless stream of people at the entrance to the main hall in the distance. There was a long queue in front of the main door, and from time to time there were fire bearers flying over quickly carrying stretchers and breaking into the church.
Those are soldiers who are seriously contaminated and need to be purified immediately.
The tense atmosphere infected Rhodes, making him clearly aware of what kind of battle mankind was fighting.
It has been around since ancient times and has never stopped for a moment. Human beings have no chance of winning, but they never give up.
Faintly, he heard the cheers in the church. These were the soldiers who had successfully rescued him.
But among the cheers, there were faint sounds of crying.
It goes on and on, like a soul-stirring tune.
Rhodes felt a little sad.
I don’t know when we can truly live a peaceful and happy life.
It would be great if the Holy Fire Project could succeed.
He wanted to.
Hope everything goes well.
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Temple of Fire.
After receiving the news from Rhodes, Dalin couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of you, Rhodes, there is no one more special than you in our new generation."
The messenger asked: "Your Excellency Dalin, what should we do?"
Dalin said with a smile: "Keep your promise and put him back into the frontline battle order."
"However, according to the prophecy of the White Tower, he is now in great danger and is not suitable to leave our sight. We do not have more high-level combatants to ensure his safety..."
Dalin pointed at the map: "Well, the level of danger here is relatively high, and there are many threats of the same type."
The envoy was confused for a few seconds, and then suddenly realized: "He is a third-level combatant. According to convention, entering this area requires the king's blessing."
Dalin said with a smile: "Yes, let's do it like this, you go ahead."
The messenger bowed and left with sincerity.
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Rhodes was very happy.
Lord Dalin is indeed a man who keeps his promises. Not long after he completed the inspection, two envoys came to him, explained the situation to him, and asked him to go to the Holy Fire Sacrifice to seek the king's blessing.
"The King's Blessing" is a blessing given by the King with the power of the Holy Fire, which can comprehensively enhance the power of the recipient, and has a certain nature of the Holy Fire, which can suppress monsters to a certain extent.
When dealing with threats of the first category or above, combatants usually go to the Holy Fire Sacrifice to obtain the king's blessing, especially those with a lower combat level.
And the area where Rhodes is going to support happens to have many Type 1 threats.
In fact, such blessings are not uncommon. In addition to the king's blessing, the warriors in the palace also received the "Trolian blessing".
This is the blessing left by the original human hero of the Dark Age. The flame symbols on the collars of the palace warriors, as well as their ancillary abilities, are all from his blessing.
Rhodes went to receive the blessing happily.
The book of knowledge was already overwhelming in my mind, and the little soul I gained from cleaning the sewers was used up in the blink of an eye.
Without a soul to repair the dream's protection, it was very anxious and kept talking about how terrible the invasion of high-level nightmares was. If the dream's protection was not strong, the nightmare could directly erode the dream and destroy everything.
Rhodes sacrificed all the souls on the altar, but it was not enough to fill the hole. He was reluctant to sacrifice the only remaining insect queen soul.
The Book of Knowledge is very dissatisfied. Rhodes can no longer stand its nagging. He is also very worried about the upcoming invasion and is eager to re-engage in new battles.
However, when he came to the holy fire sacrificial site located in the center of the upper city, the fire priest guarding the sacrificial site did not allow him to enter.
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Rhodes tried his best to no avail. Fortunately, he still had the identity of captain of the King's Hand, so he issued a pass for himself and managed to sneak in.
But as soon as he entered, he ran into Archbishop Horus.
He said directly: "Rhode, the king cannot give you his blessing for the time being."
Rhode's face suddenly fell: "Why?"
Horus said solemnly: "The king's spirit is fighting in the spiritual world."
It was the first time Rhodes heard such a thing and he was surprised: "Spiritual world? The king fights in the spiritual world?"
"It is the spirit of the king."
Horus corrected.
"Human beings cannot exist in the spiritual world for too long. The only way to enter the spiritual world for a long time is to enter with the spirit."
Spirit is the aggregate of spirit and the essence of thinking and will.
But the spirit that leaves the body and is separated from the protection of the soul is very fragile.
The king can actually take the initiative to escape from the spirit and enter the spirit world to fight?
Rhodes looked around and saw the king sitting on the throne in front of the huge holy fire.
Since spiritual vision cannot be used in the Holy Fire Sacrifice, he could not judge the king's state, but he could find that there was a layer of soul power surrounding his body.
Wang lowered his head, as if sleeping.
"Why does the king use this method to fight in the spirit world?"
The combat power of a single spirit is very weak. If Rhodes flew out alone, he might not even be able to defeat a sewer monster.
Wang’s behavior can be said to be extremely risky.
"There is no way around it."
"The enemy is Latotip, the Lord of Nightmares in the spiritual world. It is very powerful and extremely polluting. It must be blocked in the spiritual world, otherwise the holy fire will be seriously disturbed."
Horus's voice was heavy.
"The king's battle situation is unfavorable, and the battle may not end until the Sons of Fire finish the battle and come back to assist."
"During this period, the king cannot give blessings to anyone."
Rhodes' heart sank. Before he could speak, the Book of Knowledge suddenly shouted in his mind.