The Ten Thousand Stars Instrument provided Rhodes with a lot of divinity. The next time the stars shine, he will gain hundreds of divinity points.
This number also increased with the increase in spiritual energy he squeezed out. Originally, Rhodes hoped that his divine power would exceed a thousand again.
Unexpectedly, a bolt from the blue came.
The bald master told him that the corruption of Wanxingyi did not start recently. It had accumulated a lot of corruption a long time ago. The loss of some of its core components was suspected to be the reason.
This kind of corruption is irreversible. The black mist can corrode all spiritual substances and turn them into twisted and deformed decayed objects. The lifespan of the Wan Xing Yi is destined.
Rhodes felt very heavy, which meant that their schedule to find the Dreadfort had to be advanced.
Trolian has deeply realized the importance of star source, which is a product from the stars and the power of the stars. His improvement to combatants, especially high-level combatants, is irreplaceable.
If the Ten Thousand Stars Instrument is completely corrupted, then they must find a purer and more powerful "star source" elsewhere.
The "Fortress of Terror" is such an area.
It's a pity that the Royal City has not yet found any clues about it. Horus arranged for at least a hundred scholars to spend all day immersed in the large library, looking for a few words about it.
The Survey Corps dispatched a large number of high-level investigators to search for traces of it deep into the darkness.
The importance of this mission is second only to finding other surviving Fire King cities.
Rhodes sighed, knowing that this matter could not be rushed for the time being, so he had to squeeze out enough spiritual energy again and apply it on the Ten Thousand Stars Instrument to leave time for the next battle.
The bald master and the researchers from the Industrial Machinery Research Institute are constantly tinkering with this artifact, hoping that one day it can be reproduced in the royal city.
Rhodes has no hope for this. There are too many faults in civilization, and there are too many things left behind by history. Trorian's current high-end technology has almost no system and is all scattered. The Wanxingyi is not a single one.
It is not an artifact, but a complex system assembled from multiple ancient artifacts and artifact-like artifacts. The chance of successful reproduction is almost zero.
After finishing the chores in Starry Sky City, Rhodes returned to the Royal City.
At this time, there was only one day left before the expedition, and Rhodes came to the largest training ground in the royal city - the Sealand Military Combat Training Base to continue training the hand-to-hand combat skills he had just mastered.
Everyone in the Black Legion is here, and they have an exclusive training ground, but Rhodes rarely stays here.
His arrival this time made Annabeth and Cassian extremely happy. They rarely had time to train with Rhodes, and this was a rare opportunity.
As a result, Rhodes quickly mastered the skills of hand-to-hand combat on a horse, as well as Kashan's punch experience.
But the most important thing is cooperation with them.
Kashan has the power of anger, and her punch is extremely powerful, but it is only that one punch.
Annabeth has speed and control. If Rhodes' fast close combat rhythm can be combined with them, it will definitely show stronger power.
In this battle, Rhodes has prepared to take out all members of the Black War Group. Except for the King Killing Battle, which they cannot participate in, all other battles can be fought.
As long as they make good use of their power, Rhodes will definitely gain more divinity.
The day's training passed quickly. This was not their first time working together. Rhodes quickly adapted to the new fighting method.
The only pity is that Mavis is not here. She has been helping corroded souls remove the seeds of evil thoughts in the Church of Souls.
Rhodes regretfully discovered that he did not gain divinity as a result. Obviously, the strengthening of Mephis was not enough, and she was far from being the "god envoy" of dreams.
At the end of the training, Rhodes took out two Star Source Potions that he obtained with his authority.
This super powerful elixir sparkled in his hand, emitting a subtle blue shimmer. The shiny particles floated in the translucent potion, and the crystal bottle seemed to contain a galaxy.
Kashan's eyes lit up in an instant. She took the potion without saying a word, raised her head and drank it.
Annabeth's eyes widened, and the stars reflected in her eyes shone brightly: "Wow... so beautiful!"
Rhodes smiled and said: "Drink it, your characteristics will be further improved after drinking it."
Annabeth touched the potion bottle with both hands and looked at it carefully. After a long time, she unscrewed the cap and drank it bit by bit.
"Wow, it's so cool!"
"The stars have fallen into my belly!"
"Rod, why are you so nice all of a sudden? Let me tell you first, I won't sleep with you."
"Is it possible to drink such a precious potion like this?"
Rhodes smiled and replied: "Yes, the higher the level, the easier it is to take potions. Potions that need to be taken with complex rituals are imperfect and have shortcomings. Star Source Potion is an absolutely perfect spiritual potion. There are no taboos. Drink it."
After this, you will be able to feel the changes in your soul and the improvement of your characteristics after you have a good sleep."
"Wow..." Annabeth's eyes were shining, and she could only utter this one word.
Kashan's dark blue eyes looked at Rhodes steadily and asked: "Why don't you drink?"
Rhodes smiled and said: "How do you know I didn't drink?"
Kashan was silent, clenched her fists with her little hands, and said in a decisive tone: "I will surpass you."
Rhodes bowed gracefully: "Of course, I'm waiting for that day, my eldest lady."
Kashan snorted, flicked her long blond hair, and left the training ground.
Annabeth shook her little fist in front of Rhodes' eyes: "Hahahaha, Rhodes, I'm going to become stronger again. I will definitely be able to fight side by side with my sisters."
Rhodes did not ruin her mood, but he had seen Jessica's powerful strength and terrifying growth rate, and thought that the only way for you and your sisters to fight side by side might be in bed.
But he said: "Yes, you are also a member of the Spirit Girl Group."
Annabeth beamed with joy and ran out boundingly, her silver bell-like laughter could still be heard from a long distance away.
Rhodes felt inexplicably sad. He glanced at the dream. The book of knowledge and the doll were still dormant, but the powerful soul had been placed on the soul altar for some time.
He wanted to light the stars directly, but he was worried that without the guidance of the Book of Knowledge, he would not choose the most efficient star.
"Unfortunately, Xingyuan has no effect on me."
Rhodes thought sadly.
"I can only strengthen my power through dreams. This may be a limitation..."
Rhodes sighed deeply and found a room in the training ground to sleep without leaving the station.
"I hope you can wake up soon and gain a lot of divinity from this battle..."
"Hey, my strength is still growing too slowly. Why am I still not invincible despite gaining so many powerful souls?"
"What is a dream?"
"The previous master was so powerful, why did he still fail? How can I avoid making the same mistake again? The black mist is really terrifying..."
"What is it that creates ancient evil thoughts?"
"Does the Will of Fire Really Exist?"
"Am I really the envoy of fire? Will mankind really move towards revival?"
"Hey, what is the legendary true king? How strong is it? Can I become the true king?"
While thinking wildly, Rhodes gradually fell asleep.
But this time, he did not enter a dreamless sleep. His soul seemed to be flying invisibly, shuttling through chaos. When he came back to his senses, he was lying in a dream again.
And he obviously did not enter the dream state before going to bed. Regular sleep is also very important, which can completely relax the soul and repair the deep-hidden fatigue. This is something that the dream rocking chair cannot do.
Rhodes stood up and found that he was lying next to the tombstone.
This is the fragment he obtained in Star City.
A cyan rectangular semi-domed tombstone, nothing special from the outside.
The surface of the stele is gray, with complex patterns engraved on the edges. In the gaps between the patterns, there is a line like this written in the language of dreams.
"Those who sleep here will eventually shine in eternity."
The vicissitudes of time seep out from the tombstone. There are several long scratches on the surface of the tombstone, erasing most of the information on it.
Only his name is written on the bright red text at the bottom.
"Lod of Trolian."
This tombstone has not played any role since its appearance.
The Book of Knowledge and the Doll also fell into silence long before it appeared, and did not say any information about it.
So Rhodes hasn't paid much attention to it.
"What's going on?"
Rhodes looked around confusedly, his dream was surprisingly quiet. Asa, who was always talking to himself, huddled up and fell asleep hiding in the crystal wall.
The Book of the Future is nowhere to be seen, probably sleeping on the bookshelf.
The King of Evil Ghosts was curled up at the foot of the obelisk, its huge flesh wings covering its head, its body rising and falling, obviously sleeping soundly.
"What happened? Why did I come here?"
Rhodes had an idea and wanted to return to the material world, but the feeling of his soul sinking did not appear, and his spiritual body still stayed in the dream.
"Huh?"
Rhodes felt uneasy, and immediately crossed his hands and formed a lightning symbol that had not been used for a long time.
But this time, the lightning symbol that has never failed has also failed.
A strong sense of uneasiness surged up like a tide, and Rhodes suddenly felt like the hairs on his body stood on end, as if there was a large piece of ice stuck to his back.
He turned around abruptly and suddenly found that there was some unknown gray mist filling the dream.
Thick fog enveloped the familiar Obelisk, House of God, Star Square, and Soul Altar.
Only him and the tombstone are left.
"What was sent?"
Rhodes felt his hands and feet were cold, chills spread all over his body, and suddenly there was a snap.
He turned around quickly, only to find that it was just a pebble that fell from the mound.
"Oh, you scared me..."
Before finishing the word "jump", Rhodes was horrified to find that black air suddenly filled the blue-gray tombstone, falling from the top of the tombstone like an ivy.
His name suddenly burst out with a strong red light, like a cry for help.
And above the name, the huge scratch is disappearing.
The fear in Rhodes' heart suddenly erupted, and the coldness swept over him like a wave. A strong feeling forced him to close his eyes, but an even stronger will made him refuse.
The scratches disappeared, as if they had never appeared before, and a black name gradually appeared in the place where the scratches were.
The moment he saw it clearly, Rhodes' eyes widened. It was a familiar line of text!
Flowers on the cold shore, Hegeor, Prince of the North!
"It's actually him?"
Rhodes suddenly had countless thoughts in his mind.
Hegeor was the previous Lord of Dreams, who declined at the moment of death by fire and died in the secret room of the Kingdom of Stars.
When Rhodes had just obtained the dream, his mad soul was attacking the obelisk.
Later, when attacking Rhodes, he was killed by the divine blade that was automatically triggered.
At that time, his soul had lost most of its power, but when Rhodes sent it into the first star in the dream, "Dark Devourer", he still raised the star to the highest level before "quantification"
Status.
I just don’t know why, but the soul strength it gives is too little, far from being in line with the rank of “Dark Devourer”.
No matter what, Hegeor has died and his soul has been thrown into the stars.
"Why does it appear on the tombstone at this time?"
Rhodes suppressed the fear in his heart and looked at the name above. According to normal understanding, each scratch is the name of a Dream Lord.
The current Lord of Dreams is at the bottom, with red text marking the fact that he is still alive.
Hegeor is above him, and his name is in black, indicating the fact that he is dead.
Rhodes counted and found that based on normal distances, there were at least five Dream Lords above.
"So, there are seven masters in the dreamland?"
Rhodes thought.
"I'm the seventh?"
He thought, stretched out his hand, and gently touched the black name.
The next moment, a sharp hissing sound sounded, and a huge black hand came out of the ground and violently pinched his wrist.
Rhodes was horrified and shrank his hands violently, but he didn't move at all.
Black air swept over the tombstone, Hegeor's name emitted a strange black light, and screams appeared from under the tomb, echoing in the dream.
A burnt face appeared in front of Rhodes, with a blackened nose, turned flesh, and empty eye sockets, which actually contained an expression of strong hatred.
It climbed up from under the tombstone. It was a charred corpse. The hands and feet turned abnormally and were obviously broken. The neck had already been twisted. The back of the spine was cut open, and the broken bones and entangled bones could be seen.
viscera.
"Give me my life back!"
A sharp roar was pulled from the broken throat. This was not a human voice.
"Give me everything back!"
The charred black hands grabbed Rhodes' neck and pushed him down.
Rhodes felt that his will was being hit hard. The cold feeling spread from his heart to his limbs. His soul became extremely heavy and was submerged by the tide.
Neither spiritual energy nor stars responded to him.
At this moment, he almost became an ordinary person without power.
"Am I going to die?"
Rhodes' consciousness began to blur, darkness was drowning his spirit, and terrifying shadows were covering the sky.
Memories of the past appeared in front of his eyes like a lantern, and he saw countless familiar and unfamiliar faces in his past.
They floated past Rhodes' eyes, but the one who finally stayed in Rhodes' sight turned out to be Mavis!
"Ah? Why is it you?"
Mavis looked calm, she was smiling, and she seemed to be crying.
A strong movement suddenly came from Rhode's heart, and the desire for life instantly swept through his soul. He bravely stepped forward, broke through the darkness, waved away the shadows, and punched the charred corpse with a heavy punch. p>
"I don't want to die!"
Rhodes' heart was racing and he roared loudly.
He suddenly stood up and beat the scorched corpse together. Although he had no psychic powers, his power control skills were applicable at any time.
In the close-quarters fight, he actually gained the upper hand, knocking the charred corpse to the ground and wildly hitting its head.
"I don't want to die!"
he yelled.
"Trolian is waiting for me!"
"Humanity is waiting for me!"
"Sisters are waiting for me!"
"They are all waiting for me!"
With a heavy blow, the scorched corpse was shattered, and a black shadow emerged, roaring ferociously:
"Why? Why can you?"
"No, no, the thousand-year layout...is ruined like this?"