The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1659 - 778: Advancing Again (Second Update)
This is simply the star he has longed for.
With so many powerful abilities and means, defeating the star-devouring Amidala is no problem at all.
Moreover, the Book of Knowledge tells Rod: "These Black Fog Symbionts are derivatives of Amidala, born because of Amidala, empowered because of Amidala, but conversely, destroying them also weakens Amidala."
This period, Rod has been fighting on the front lines, the number of Amidala’s offspring he has eliminated is countless, even if Amidala isn’t severely injured, at least it should be weakened by half, right?
In the Illusion Realm of [Justice Execution], Amidala killed two True Kings with 6 Root Origins each, when weakened by half, it could only kill one True King with 6 Root Origins, and when fighting in the Dream Realm, its power is further halved, meaning it could at most kill three True Kings with 3 Root Origins.
Yet Rod’s Root Origin Strength has already reached 4.
"I won!"
Rod made a declaration of victory to himself, of course, this is just a slogan, aimed at instilling confidence in himself.
With the invasion looming, the terror of Amidala affected him somewhat, Rod’s mind continuously replayed the scene where it killed two True Kings, which made him find it strange, he had never encountered such a situation before, it also induced some anxiety.
Could Amidala be stronger than anticipated?
To rid himself of this anxiety, Rod kept throwing himself into various affairs, battling tirelessly.
Within the Saint Reel Kingdom, there are no monsters, but precisely because of this, surrounding monsters keep converging, along with the invasion of Black Fog Symbionts, the pressure of battle remains substantial.
Moreover, as the battlefront extends, defense pressure across regions rapidly surges.
The expanded areas are beyond the protection of the "Eternal Sanctuary," lacking the defensive moat like the Black Fog Great Wall, relying only on prior defensive methods with warriors stationed at each outpost.
However, the territory controlled by Troli has far exceeded its original size.
Stretching from Great Dragon City to Saint Reel, measuring approximately 6000 to 8000 kilometers, purely in terms of area, has surpassed Troli’s size fifty times.
Large and small outposts exceed one hundred thousand.
If not for the Mechanical Research Institute providing adequate Spiritual Power Cannons in time, Troli’s entire combat strength might have been needed to guard the outposts.
With these new Spiritual Power Cannons using Ash Core, only 3 to 4 combatants are needed, along with several technical and operational personnel, to guard an outpost.
Yet even then, the pressure keeps mounting. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Especially some major cities in Saint Reel, relying on just 3 to 4 combatants and Spiritual Power Cannons, cannot be defended.
The exceedingly long border with the Dark World also brings enormous pressure to Troli.
Hence, part of the people strongly demand the Star Marrow Altar expand the Spirit’s Curtain scope to encapsulate new territories, at least a part.
But doing this would affect Troli’s existing defense, and currently, the Star Marrow Altar cannot initiate the Spirit’s Curtain over such a vast area, so it remains temporarily shelved.
However, Rod knows that once the remaining three Divine Soul Weapons are found, the Star Marrow Altar can be restored fully, and the Spirit’s Curtain strength will be substantially enhanced.
With the internal Space expanded, enveloping the entire Gray Soil Continent might not be a problem.
At that time, Troli’s rise truly won’t be an empty talk.
The Book of Knowledge tells Rod: "The remaining three divine souls most likely fell into the Abyss along with the missing four True Gods, and the Abyss sealed beneath the Sea of No Light is highly suspect, perhaps their missing divine souls can be found there."
Rod deeply agrees, the abyss sealed by the Sea of No Light is truly the abyss where the God of Contaminated Blood lies dormant, he recalls the Ancient Evil Thought mentioning that the other True Gods also seem dormant here.
As for why they haven’t awakened with the Blood God, it’s likely because they are dormant in a deeper Abyss.
Therefore, breaking the Abyss, slaying Ancient Gods, and seizing Divine Artifacts should be a natural course of action.
With Troli’s current strength, it’s not an issue.
With the refinement of the Three Elements completed, a new round of Ascension Ceremony is already on the horizon.
As for the candidate issue, everyone unanimously agrees it should be the First Knight, Alan.
Lately, Alan has been tirelessly venturing east and west, seeking a path to the Main Continent, the relic of the Fire Epoch was discovered by his Knight Order.
After this period of battles, Alan’s power has grown to a degree astonishing people, he has ignited the twenty-eighth Fire Spark, his Spiritual Power Strength has also reached an impressive level of 17.
Moreover, the resources he consumes are far less than others, merely having used a few Star Source Potions, some Star Marrow Suspension, ingested some Holy White Tree Fruits, Firewood, and Fuel Element.
Compared to Horus and others’ consumption, it’s like heaven and earth.
Everyone pays significant attention to Alan’s uniqueness, unlike Rod’s brilliance, he quietly battles, but when it comes to who the biggest behind-the-scenes hero is, it’s undoubtedly him.
Troli’s fourth True King candidate, he’s everyone’s choice.
However, Alan defers this honor, saying: "My advancement is because I found the way that suits me, while the Ascension Ceremony doesn’t suit me, give this opportunity to someone more suitable."
