"That's... Jenny's apprentice Sodofei? Why is she here?"
Looking at the silver-haired half-elf who resisted strongly among the people who were fighting against the spiritual collective, Rhodes recognized her identity at a glance. She was the first disciple of Jenny, the hero of Eli.
In the previous battle to conquer Brakada, Rhodes had some interactions with her. He took her as a hostage and forced the reinforcements from Eli to avoid providing assistance to the mages of Brakada.
Recalling the information reported to him by his subordinates before, Rhodes probably understood what was going on. In order to awaken Azazel's remnant soul, Sellon captured creatures with the potential to become heroes around the world, and then used these The spirit and soul of the creature were used as a sacrifice to feed the remnant soul of the ancient demon king. It is probably because of this that the half-elf was captured.
Thinking of the god-level wisdom skill on Azazel, Rhodes had a vague feeling. If the soul of the ancient demon king was revived, there would be another difficult enemy to deal with in the doomsday battle.
In front of Rhodes, the silver-haired half-elf was gathering everyone's strength to fight against the remnant soul that had merged and swallowed up a large number of living creatures' spirits and souls. She had no time to take into account other aspects of the situation. Her eyes were fixed on the remnant soul. Above, as the core that leads everyone and gathers spiritual power to fight against the remnant souls, if she is distracted in the slightest, she is afraid that everyone will eventually die.
As everyone worked together, the spiritual power, which was slightly weaker than that of the hero, spread out from their bodies, slowly flowing to Sodofi in the center, and then turned into a thin layer of pale white through Sodofi's full exertion. The barrier tightly wrapped everyone in it to resist the invasion of that group of ghosts.
Of course, the ghost will not let go of the group of food delivered to the door. As the dark clouds surge, countless dark tentacles spread from it, and they will completely engulf everyone in the field, as well as the pale white barrier that protects them.
The tentacles slapped on the barrier that protected everyone, and faces familiar to this group of people appeared on the surface. They were clearly the companions of this group of people who had been completely swallowed by the ghost before. The cry and wailing of their companions , enough to make anyone daunted, and the spiritual energy provided was also sharply reduced. Without enough spiritual power to support it, cracks began to spread rapidly on the barrier.
While Rhodes was watching, the powerful aura he exuded naturally attracted the attention of the ghost tentacles. Several tentacles violently attacked Rhodes, trying to completely wrap around his body and swallow up his spirit.
Rhodes didn't even try to avoid it, he stretched out his hand and caught the incoming tentacle accurately in his hand. Perhaps in the hell of the past, Azazel was the famous Hell Demon King, but this group of ghosts now is just a lingering remnant soul. It still needs to absorb non-heroic units to restore its strength. In terms of will, it has How can you compete with a real hero?
As the domineering will to conquer everything pours out from Rhodes' mind, a screaming human face appears on the spiritual tentacles that were so powerful just now. Blood spurts out of the human ears, as if hearing a deafening sound. The sound was completely unbearable. In the struggle of wills, the tentacles could be said to have been completely defeated. It tried to retreat, but Rhodes did not give it such a chance at all. The powerful power contained in his hands allowed the tentacles to let go. No matter how you break free, there is no way to get rid of that bondage.
Just when Rhodes was about to further study the characteristics of the ghost, he felt the strength coming from behind the tentacles weaken. It turned out that the tentacles knew that they could not escape from Rhodes's restraint, so they shattered directly from behind, giving up control of this part of the tentacles. . After losing the power provided by the rear, the tentacles turned into a dark and evil spiritual energy and completely dissipated after a struggle.
After feeling the unique spiritual power, Paris took the initiative to poke her head over. As the strongest spiritual element person in the world, she naturally has unique insights into different spiritual energies.
"Did you find anything?" Seeing Paris looking thoughtful, Rhodes asked proactively.
Paris nodded. The spiritual power left by the ghost was significantly different from the spiritual energy in her memory, but she quickly distinguished the difference: "That spiritual power is so complex that it can be said that Without any refinement and purification, the spirits and souls of countless creatures are bluntly blended together. Even people with spiritual elements dare not absorb such spiritual power rashly, but the ghost uses this as a source of power. That is the power of god-level wisdom..."
"What's the difference?"
Listening to Paris' explanation, Rhodes couldn't help but frown, and then asked. Rhodes' research on spiritual power is not profound, and he is not a spiritual element person. Naturally, he cannot compare with Paris in this regard. On this issue, the spiritual element monarch is more qualified to answer the question.
Paris thought for a while, then slowly spoke: "You should know that people with spiritual elements can absorb the memories of other creatures, thereby gaining their knowledge and spiritual power, and even learning the little-known magic they once mastered. and skills.”
Rhodes nodded. He naturally knew this. People with spiritual elements generally have a gentle temperament. Their absorption of spiritual power from other creatures is also aimed at those long-dead creatures. They will not actively murder people specifically to obtain any skills. Other creatures, at this point, spiritual elemental people are significantly different from chapter-faced monsters.
Seeing Rhodes nodding, Paris then spoke: "Spiritual elemental people also selectively absorb the memories of other creatures, and will not absorb them all. The minds of creatures will remember a lot of useless and boring information. These The message even occupies most of the memories in the minds of living creatures. Only a small part of the effective memories that can really help people with spiritual elements. If the memories of other creatures are completely absorbed, it will put a serious burden on the minds of people with spiritual elements. , those useless information will seriously hinder the mental element person's thinking ability, and even cause the mental element person to regard themselves as the creature whose memory has been absorbed, resulting in extremely serious identity confusion."
Following Paris' explanation, Rhodes seemed to realize something. As the master of spiritual elements, Paris had gathered the spirits and memories of countless creatures in her body, but the memories she absorbed were by no means completely absorbed. , but selectively selects, absorbing only the most valuable essence memory in a living being, and other boring memories will be completely abandoned by her.
Thinking about it carefully, Rhodes doesn't think there is anything unreasonable. Spiritual element people can absorb the memories of other creatures, but that also has choices. If they absorb all the memories of other creatures, I'm afraid it won't be long before the spiritual element people can absorb the memories of other creatures. It will lose its own uniqueness and instead regard itself as a creature whose memory has been absorbed.
More importantly, even people with spiritual elements cannot bear the burden brought by those huge memories. Unlike people with spiritual elements, the memories they can carry in their minds are also limited, and they have absorbed the memories of too many living things. In the end, those left to people with spiritual elements will also not end well.
At the end of the sentence, Paris couldn't help but cast her gaze on the ghost in front of them: "But that power is not like that. The remnant soul of Azazel does not need to control the souls of other creatures. To filter, the only thing he needs to do is to completely integrate all the memories of other creatures into his body. I don't know how he does it, but I think only the power of god-level wisdom can bear such a burden."
Hearing Paris mention the god-level wisdom skill, Rhodes also understood the power of that special skill. According to the records left by the former Mage God, the power of god-level wisdom is enough to withstand the backlash of the four major elemental powers at the same time.
Every elemental authority has the power to mobilize a certain element in the world, and that power to mobilize the elements, in a sense, also bears the element's memory of this world, which is unimaginable. Even the spiritual elements cannot bear the huge flow of information. There are so many creatures in the world, and the memories of those elements are not even limited to the creatures themselves. Everything contains traces of elements. When the powers of the four elements come together, At that time, the violent information flow was even equivalent to the world itself.
Only the power belonging to the god-level wisdom technique is qualified to withstand the backlash of that terrible force. The elemental authority itself has the energy to regulate elemental information, but when the authority is fused, the ability to reconcile energy will be completely out of control, and it will bring about What came was a violent flow of information that was enough to completely shatter the mind of any living thing.
Recalling everything about the god-level wisdom technique, Rhodes was no longer surprised by the ghost in front of him. With the power of the god-level wisdom technique, whether it was directly swallowing the souls of other creatures, or Processing the information that gathered the memories of countless creatures was all within the power of god-level wisdom. What he saw in front of him did not surprise Rhodes at all.
"Everything about the god-level wisdom technique is in the remnant soul, but what should I do to obtain the information?" As if he had thought of something, Rhodes also looked a little thoughtful.
Paris on the side seemed to see what Rhodes was thinking, and took the initiative to offer advice: "Double-line monarch, only Azazel in this world understands the mystery of god-level wisdom. He is devouring those living creatures. It seems that he has encountered some troubles in his mental process. If you are willing to help him complete the devouring process, maybe after he recovers, he will tell you the news about the god-level wisdom technique."
Rhodes just glanced at Paris indifferently. Admittedly, what Paris said did make some sense. If he helped Azazel recover at this moment, he might be able to get some useful information, but doing so There is undoubtedly a huge risk. If you are not careful, it will add a powerful enemy to the hell side. This is undoubtedly something that Rhodes does not want to see.
More importantly, looking at Paris on the side, Rhodes could vaguely guess what she was thinking. Even though she, as the master of spiritual elements, could shield herself from prying eyes, the eagerness in her words was hidden. Can't live. After Azazel recovers, Rhode will be the unlucky one, and Paris will take advantage of Rhode's complete defeat to gain the authority of the Elemental Lord.
Shaking his head, Rhodes did not consider the advice provided by Paris. All Rhodes knew about Azazel lay in the records of the Horn of the Abyss and a few words from Tularion. As for whether the demon king would recover after he revived, It is completely unknown whether it will pose a threat to oneself. Faced with unknown risks, the best way to deal with them is to completely eradicate them while they are still in their infancy.
Soon, Rhodes made the final decision in his heart. As Rhodes slowly raised his hand, the pale white barrier that was full of cracks just now seemed to be completely unable to support it. At this moment, it seemed that he had gained a strong strength. And with the strong support, even Sodofei in the center looked surprised. I don't know who suddenly burst out such strong mental power. Could it be that someone broke through their own limits under the heavy pressure? , became a real hero?
Without thinking about the source of that power, Sudofei immediately beamed. Naturally, she would not miss such a rare opportunity. That strong stamina was exactly the counterattack opportunity she was looking for. Under the blessing of that power, the pale white barrier expanded rapidly, and the strong repulsive force coming from it pushed the dark ghost away continuously, and many of the tentacles protruded by the ghost were on the barrier. Completely melted under the power.
Under the violent expansion of the barrier, the ghost also let out a loud wailing, and quickly retreated towards the rear, but suddenly seemed to notice something, the retreating movement suddenly stagnated, and then seemed to have found a new breakthrough. Quickly rush towards a direction.
Following the direction where the ghosts were rushing towards, Sodofei looked around, but her pupils suddenly shrank. She saw a terrifying figure that she never expected to appear here.
"Rhode...this is impossible. How could he come to hell at such a moment?"
Looking at the evil figure in a wide black robe, Sodofei couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed. The nightmare of the past seemed to resurface in her mind again, but what followed was an inexhaustible will. , after going through everything in Eli, although she has not become a real hero, she is not far away from a hero. Even when facing Rhodes who once appeared in nightmares, she can face it without fear.
What surprised Sodofei was that the spiritual power that supported the barrier before came from Rhodes' body. Only a true hero can explode such spiritual power. Sodofei firmly believed that Rhodes would never help him out of kindness, but had other tricks.