CH 102

After a long period of contemplation, Rode forcefully suppressed his desire to continue exploring and chose three remnants of starry bonfires as backups for critical moments.

They are:

【Spiritual Boat】

【Giant's Power】

【Nightingale of the Stars】

Rode can ignite them with his current conditions.

Afterwards, Rode sacrificed all the dust-like souls and small or large soul fragments he obtained. The only purpose of these souls is to provide soullessness and spirituality.

A total of 2810 dust, 83 small fragments, and 76 large fragments were obtained, resulting in 12011 soullessness and 61 spirituality.

There were also many souls of the Doomsday Cultists, which Rode also sacrificed after listening to them.

He obtained 610 soullessness and 35 living spirituality.

The harvest was not bad, but lower than expected.

Rode discovered that many souls of the Doomsday Cultists seemed to have some problems. Not only could he not hear their voices, but they also had no names.

Generally speaking, the souls of the sacrificer would obtain a portion of living spirituality, but they not only lacked living spirituality, but also spirituality.

Perhaps they had suffered some cruel torture or modification.

Rode thought to himself.

From the souls of other Doomsday Cultists, Rode did not obtain any useful information. They were all noisy desires. In the soul of the Dark Priest, there was only endless fear, regret, and resentment.

Strangely, she did not resent Rode for killing her, but resented the three leaders of the Polluted God Sect for not coming to rescue her, for arranging her in the Iron Ingot District, for causing her to encounter Rode, and for not letting her give up the Brain Eater plan and stopping her adventurous behavior.

This guy is beyond saving... Rode shook his head and walked down from the Soul Altar with a slight disappointment.

He now had 14622 souls, 62 spirituality, and 74 living spirituality.

He came to the Monument of the Apex, lightly touching the surface with his fingertips.

In the deep night sky, three stars shone with dark red, cyan, and bright yellow lights.

Among them, the cyan light was the brightest.

Although the dark red light was not eye-catching, it sat in the center, with its red light reflecting into the background, unable to be concealed.

The bright yellow light was relatively dim.

【Justice Execution】 was still the lowest dim fire and burned weakly.

There was a lot of room for improvement, but first, he needed to make soul firewood.

It was the core of the starry bonfire and could improve the utilization rate of fuel.

Rode didn't know this before and suffered a lot.

Soul firewood required a medium and a powerful soul, ten portions of humanity, one portion of divinity, one luminous stone, and ten portions of any monster's bone ash.

Among them, a powerful soul could be replaced with 100 spirituality and 50000 soullessness.

This was not a small number; he had to hunt many souls.

If there were still leaks like the Plague Fiend that he could pick up, it would be great.

Rode silently thought.

He left the Monument of the Apex and came to the stone platform, skillfully lighting the candles.

The promised 50 sunstones and 100 grams of starlight ruby powder from Lauren had arrived.

After several consecutive fierce battles, he had used up all his trump cards, so it was just right to make some "Sealing Spirit Bullets" and "Soul Ash".

"Um... Ten true silver bullets, three spirituality, one humanity, one gram of starlight ruby powder, done."

Accompanied by a series of tinkling sounds, the tools on the stone platform completed the work on their own.

Ten bullets with spiritual patterns appeared before his eyes.

Rode smiled slightly and put away the bullets. "Sealing Spirit Bullets" were extremely useful. They had a strong impact on souls and could easily expose their vulnerabilities.

Paired with "Soul Crit," it was a weapon for slaughtering monsters.

In the past, resources were scarce, and he would feel heartache even using one.

Now that Rode was rich, he made a hundred directly.

Next was the "Soul Ash".

Rode thought for a moment and placed the soul and ash of the Brain Eater on it, followed by ten portions of humanity and one sunstone.

With a light touch, the production began.

However, after the production was completed, Rode found that it was actually the 【Chaotic Soul Ash of the Brain Eater】.

What was going on? Wasn't it supposed to be soul ash made from contaminated sunstones?

But I clearly used the sunstone Lauren gave me.

To confirm if he had made a mistake, Rode placed another sunstone on the stone slab.

This time, he saw clearly that it displayed 【Chaotic Soul Ash】, and the materials below changed to "Contaminated Sunstone".

No.

This is bad!

Rode immediately realized that the situation was not good.

The sunstones Lauren gave him were obtained from the logistics department of the Internal Affairs Adjudication Hall.

This proved that his previous warning did not work, and the contaminated sunstones were not identified and flowed into the royal city.

He quickly tried the remaining forty-nine sunstones.

They were all contaminated.

Not good!

The Eclipse Plan of the Polluted Sect was about to succeed!

Rode immediately returned to the material world and wrote down this shocking discovery as quickly as possible, sending it out with a spirit raven messenger.During the waiting time, Rode was very anxious. Since he learned the truth, he and the Polluted Sect had become mortal enemies. Using rumors to deal with possible retaliation was only a temporary measure.

The best solution was to kill them all.

If their plan succeeded, Rode, as a "traitor," would definitely have a bad ending.

Of course, Rode was certain that they must have made a mistake. He didn't possess the power of the "God of Devouring Filth" mentioned by the Dark Priest. It was completely biased and misunderstood. The Dream World was an unexpected existence for them, and it had a hidden origin.

Moreover, their interpretation of the "Book of Fated Death" must also be wrong. The fragments they were looking for were obviously Dream World fragments, which did not contain any power and could not be pieced together into a weapon.

Most likely, their interpreters and the guy who translated it as "Black Rice Bucket" were of the same kind.

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This was also very disadvantageous for Rode. If they took away the fragments, wouldn't he be unable to obtain them?

Just as he was thinking, suddenly, a huge hand reached out from the void and grabbed Rode, dragging him back before he could react.

His vision blurred, and the world suddenly became bizarre. Various clusters of light and color were piled together in a chaotic manner, and the space was filled with a strange sense of disorder.

This, this wasn't the Spirit Realm, was it?

Rode was completely dumbfounded.

He had only entered the Spirit Realm once and knew that it was another world opposite to the Material Realm, with completely different rules from the Material Realm. It was very dangerous for non-Spirit Realm creatures to move around in it.

Could it be that I encountered a powerful Spirit Realm monster?

The big hand tightly held him. It was skinny, with brown, withered skin tightly attached to the bones. Its long arm extended into the indistinct clusters of color, dragging Rode back quickly.

Its speed was so fast that all the clusters of color became blurred.

Rode struggled with all his might, but the strength of the big hand was extremely strong. No matter how much spiritual power he used, he couldn't break free.

But after only a few seconds, Rode's vision blurred again, and he returned to the Material Realm.

The big hand gently put him down and quickly retracted into the void as if escaping.

Rode's gaze was vacant, and when he looked up, he saw Lauren, as well as the cold, majestic, and grand hall behind him, and countless people sitting on the tiered seats.

This, this is the Internal Affairs Adjudication Hall? How did I end up here?

Everyone was looking at him. Lauren's tone was slightly anxious, but he still spoke unhurriedly, "Relax, Rode, don't be nervous. That was our tool. Organize your thoughts and tell us in detail about your discoveries."

Rode regained his composure and his rational thinking quickly returned. He soon understood that the big hand might be some kind of special summoning method.

When the Internal Affairs Adjudication Hall saw that the situation was urgent, they used this emergency method to bring him over.

He took a deep breath and calmed his nervous emotions, casting his gaze on everyone sitting on the seats, and explained in detail the whole story.

Of course, the reason for his discovery became what he saw with his highly developed spiritual vision.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone on the seats questioned, "This is impossible! The Logistics Department mobilized nine senior fully developed spiritual vision users, and they didn't find anything abnormal. Why were you able to find it?"

Rode's heart sank.

Oh no, I didn't even think about it. Although fully developed spiritual vision users are rare, it's impossible for there to be only me in the entire Thalorian Kingdom.

But at this point, it was impossible to change his words.

Rode took out a Sunstone from his bosom and calmly said, "The best way to verify is to use it immediately. Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth."

The Chief Adjudicator, a tall black bear, agreed, "I think he's right."

One of the Chief Justices opposed, "This is a complete waste of time. He's just trying to please the crowd and demand more compensation!"

Another Chief Justice opposed the opposition, "This is a matter of great importance. I think it's necessary to be cautious."

Sitting in the front, an old man in a robe with a balance remained silent and said calmly, "Summoning Verification Department."

His voice was not loud, but the entire hall immediately quieted down.

Soon, several people in blue-gray robes rushed in. One person held a copper lamp in his hand, and another quickly took the Sunstone from Rode's hand.

No ripples could be seen as he kneaded it in his hand, and the stone instantly turned into powder.

"This is the fastest way to ignite the essence."

He briefly explained, and the other person opened the copper lamp, inside of which was a glowing light suspended.

It was the "residual light" separated from the fire, and most lamps used it for illumination.

He added a bit of powder to the residual light, making the light brighter, but there were no other changes.

"No problem," he said.

Many people on the seats showed a hint of disappointment in their eyes.

Manolobana, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, "I told you he was a fraud."

"Not necessarily," Chief Adjudicator Mipol said, "We can assume it's true based on the principle of adjudication. In that case, this pollution must be very small and very hidden. We need to pour all the powder in."

The inspector nodded, held the copper lamp in one hand, inputted spiritual power, and poured all the powder in.The residual light began to flicker, unable to absorb so much fuel element at once, countless powders floated in the air within the copper lamp.

The inspector increased the input of spiritual power, accelerating the catalytic absorption.

The residual light quickly became bright and incandescent, like a tiny sun, illuminating the entire hall.

Suddenly, the light dimmed, a speck of black spread from the depths of the sun, the residual light was quickly tainted black, the ominous black light shone on everyone.

Puff.

The next second, the light went out.

In the hall, there was a deafening silence.

The old man at the front stood up.

"Immediately notify the Supreme Council, immediately stop all additions and production of fuel elements, and wait for further inspection."

He glanced at the iron mask on the first row of seats.

"Manolobana, you are suspended, waiting for our inquiry."

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