CH 117

The first thing Rode did when he entered the dream world was to sacrifice all the souls on the altar.

In a total of eight days, he hunted and killed about 700 evil spirits. If it weren't for the significant decrease in the number of evil spirits in the last few days, there would have been even more.

But even so, it far exceeded the harvest in the sewer.

Now, he had a total of 72,916 soulless souls and 1,510 spiritual essences, which was more than enough to create the "Soul Firewood".

Rode came to the stone platform and placed 50,000 soulless souls and 100 spiritual essences on it.

They looked like a pile of black and white snow and a semi-transparent jelly.

The "Powerful Soul" option lit up, indicating that its substitute had taken effect.

He then placed the materials one by one: a medium-sized soul, ten portions of humanity, one portion of divinity, a 13-gram luminous stone, and ten portions of monster ashes.

The "Soul Firewood" option lit up completely.

Rode let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had prepared two luminous stones; otherwise, he would have to wait until he returned to make them.

With a light touch of his finger, the stone platform was surrounded by light, and a large hand and two large pestles flew out from below the platform, fiercely kneading and pounding the materials.

After a moment, the Soul Firewood was completed.

Rode picked up this precious item that seemed to be made up of countless withered branches and came to the obelisk, entering the Soul Wilderness.

In the boundless darkness, a few bonfires burned on the wilderness, reminding him inexplicably of the current situation of humanity.

He came to a bonfire emitting a bright yellow light like a ribbon and placed the Soul Firewood into it.

The flames shrank and then expanded, and the dancing flame tips became stable. The firewood lay quietly in the bonfire, becoming the core of the burning.

Rode knew that he needed to elevate the bonfire to the state of maximum burning.

He reached out above the obelisk, and the black and white soft material gathered in his palm with a thought.

These were soulless souls.

When he sprinkled them into the bonfire, the flames grew stronger.

It took 3,000 souls to go from "Weak Burning" to "Sustained Burning" and 4,000 souls to go from "Sustained Burning" to "Blazing Burning".

Then, it took 5,000 souls to reach "Excessive Burning".

Finally, it took 10,000 souls to reach "Extreme Burning".

Rode's more than 70,000 soulless souls quickly diminished to only 916.

The originally less than one person tall bright yellow bonfire expanded to more than two people tall, with intense flames swaying like ribbons in the strong wind, reminiscent of a girl's dress running.

A line of bright yellow text appeared in the void.

[Justice Execution]

[Status: Extreme Burning]

[Star Energy: Spiritual Quartet]

[Infusion: Soulless Souls]

[Adding Fire: Humanity]

[Quantification: Not Available]

[Position: Blazing Fire]

[Intensity: 310]

[Description: Stars shine in the dark night, and I only want to protect your brilliance.]

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Rode widened his eyes. This change far exceeded his expectations.

He used a total of 22,000 soulless souls to upgrade "Justice Execution" to the state of "Blazing Fire".

In contrast, it took less than 1,000 souls to reach the same level for "Frigid Blue".

The difference was huge.

But the change was also enormous.

The intensity of "Justice Execution" increased from 10 to 310 in one go.

It should be noted that "Frigid Blue" in a state of complete burning was only 200, and "Dark Devourer" was only 30.

"Justice Execution" had just reached the state of "Blazing Fire", and its intensity had already surpassed them.

Doesn't this indicate that there is also a significant difference between bonfires?

Is the volume of "Justice Execution" far greater than theirs?

Considering the different requirements for igniting stars, this speculation was likely true.

For a moment, a tremendous heat seemed to rise in Rode's heart.

With the enhancement of the stars, his soul intensity jumped from 240 to 540, more than doubling.

Doesn't this mean that his absolute power has also doubled?

Moreover, the overwhelmingly powerful "Spiritual Trio" had become the "Spiritual Quartet".

If he were to elevate it to "Golden Fire" or even "Eternal Fire", wouldn't he possess an extremely powerful killer move?

As long as he found a way to join a team consisting entirely of super strong individuals and used the "Spiritual Multiple Harmony" when they fought against the most powerful monsters, wouldn't he become successful?

This was an opportunity, but also a challenge.

If he could handle it well, he would encounter fewer dangers in the future and no longer face frequent life-threatening crises.

However, the premise of avoiding life-threatening crises was to experience life-threatening crises.

Sighing lightly, Rode left the desolate wilderness filled with remnants.

He glanced at the text on the obelisk, which had changed to:

Soul Intensity: 540

Soul Stars: 3

Humanity: 611Divinity: 35

Soulless Souls: 916

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Rode's divinity has decreased to 35. He can only extract three more portions to create three soul kindling.

Rode currently has no clue on how to obtain divinity.

However, three soul kindling would be enough for him to use for a very long time.

He temporarily doesn't want to think about things that are too far in the future.

There are only 916 soulless souls left.

His top priority now is to obtain as many soulless souls as possible.

According to the experience of "Frigid Green," "Righteous Execution" will consume even more soulless souls in the future.

Rode let out a sigh.

The hunting is far from over.

One of his contradictions is that he has to hunt desperately in order to avoid hunting anymore.

Rode glanced at the "Undying Spirit," "Wooden Puppet," and "Soul Ashes of Brain-Eating Demon" stored in the storage room, wishing he had more hidden cards.

He doesn't know when the "Resurrection Stone" in the stone platform will be completed.

If he can be resurrected, he won't be afraid to go all out.

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Afterwards, Rode checked the dream realm as usual. Whenever time allows, it is something he must do. The dream realm is related to his life and death.

The invasion surface of the obelisk is still empty, and he doesn't know why.

The text in the Book of Knowledge is still obscure and difficult to understand. Rode plans to find an ancient language teacher as soon as he returns to the royal city to systematically study it. The "Ancient Language" elective course he originally chose was canceled due to the patrol tasks in the royal city, and he didn't attend a single class.

The stored supplies are still abundant. During the eight-day hunting trip in the wasteland, he used about 1,500 true silver bullets, an average of two evil spirits per true silver bullet, which is more cost-effective than using sealed spirit bullets.

There are still 1,000 true silver bullets, 98 sealed spirit bullets, 200 thunderstones, as well as plenty of food, potions, and supplies.

If it weren't for the need to repair the spiritual energy generator, there would have been many valuable items.

Rode's eyes sparkled with bright light.

After returning to the royal city, in addition to reimbursing his expenses, he should also be given some travel expenses, right?

With this unprecedented method of transportation, giving him a travel expense of 10,000 silver coins wouldn't be excessive, right?

Hehe.

With such a wonderful expectation, Rode fell into a sweet sleep.

When dawn arrived, Rode woke up on time.

Although the light seemed no different from yesterday, he knew that it was already the second day.

He took out his pocket watch and saw that the largest hand was pointing to the top, according to Thalorian's rules, this is the beginning of a day, the origin of all things.

Rode jumped out of bed. The environment in the fortress is naturally far from comparable to the academy, whether it's clean water, food, or heat, they are all limited.

Of course, there is no running water either.

All the supplies in Jian Guan are transported from Giant's Fortress.

Therefore, the supply passage located at the foot of the Dead Mountain Range needs to be cleaned frequently.

Beowood and his patrol team have been doing this during this period. It is a very terrifying thing if the supplies are cut off.

Rode fetched a basin of clean water from the water storage room, quickly washed up, and then went to the hall for breakfast.

Since it was still early, there were only a few scattered people in the hall. When they saw Rode coming in, they waved their food at him.

"Hey, little Rode, who's the victim today?"

"Bro, don't pick me, okay? I did heavy work all day yesterday, and my back is about to break."

"Tell me honestly, how long can you hold on?"

"I heard that you're close with Sister Mina, can you give us some information about her?"

Rode casually replied, "99, 66, 95."

Everyone was puzzled.

"What's that?"

"Is the spiritual energy output only 99 points? That's too low."

"Are you just making things up?"

"Haha, so Rode doesn't know either. Looks like I have a chance."

No one paid attention, except for Annabel sitting in the corner, who felt something strange about these numbers. They seemed to have some kind of pattern and didn't seem like random numbers.

What could it be?

She pondered while sipping the fragrant mushroom soup.

Rode randomly chose a seat and sat down. The long dining table was filled with food brought by the logistics department, including steaming soup, fragrant sugar-filled pastries, tempting fresh milk, and sausages.

There are more than a hundred people in Jian Guan Fortress, and apart from the twenty-one combat personnel, all of them are logistics personnel.

In Thalorian's system, the majority of logistics personnel are ordinary people who are responsible for medical treatment, supply, construction, cleaning, transportation, and all other miscellaneous tasks.

Except for combat and production personnel, everyone else is classified as logistics.

If a Flamebearer becomes a logistics personnel, they must have special logistics abilities.

For example, the healing nuns are all Flamebearers with the Radiant attribute."Mingguang" is recognized as the soul characteristic of healers. It can investigate injuries, sense souls, eliminate impurities and infections. Under their treatment, both physical and spiritual wounds can heal quickly.

It is worth noting that almost all those who ignite the soul fire and awaken the "Mingguang" characteristic are women.

However, there are also a few exceptions, and in order to maintain a unified image, they also wear the same clothes and become healing monks in the Healing Sect. Ordinary people cannot tell them apart.

As a pyromancer with the "material transformation" characteristic, Mina is a natural repairer.

This characteristic allows her to easily change the form of matter in order to achieve the purpose of repair.

It is also because of this that she embarked on the path of pursuing knowledge and truth, becoming a disciple of the scholar Amides.

Mina told him all this during a chat, and Rode's purpose in finding her for a chat was just to remind her not to forget the supplies she brought and to reimburse her for the money and travel expenses.

It should be noted that Rode's combat methods are not part of the regular combat system in the royal city. Except for beginners and non-combatants, no one uses real silver bullets in combat.

Therefore, there is no such item in the reimbursement list of the Royal City's General Logistics Department, and there are no real silver bullets in the supply.

Rode has always been burning his own money for battle.

He is very poor.

"Fortunately, the food is free." Rode brought a plate of pies and a few sausages, buried his head and ate them fiercely, "The taste is good."

After half an hour, the team leader Blackfish walked in, and everyone in the hall burst into laughter.

Someone shouted, "Captain Blackfish, I heard you collapsed from exhaustion again yesterday!"

Blackfish's face turned black in an instant, "Stop spreading rumors and slandering..."

"I saw it with my own eyes. After you came back, you fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, and it was the sisters from the logistics department who carried you back."

Blackfish ignored them, sat down and picked up a bowl of mushroom soup to drink.

"Captain, your endurance is not as good as little Rode's. He is like this every day. You collapsed last time, saying it was painful, and rested for so many days, but when you went up again, you collapsed again. Why is that?"

Blackfish snorted, "If you can do it, then you go."

"Of course I can't, but Captain, you are known as the super hero who fought for seven days and nights on the Trident Plain, killing thousands of corruptors. How did you do it, in your dreams?"

Blackfish's face turned red, and veins popped out on his forehead, "You guys don't understand! At that time, Lord Arlan was with me, and Lord Arlan's aura of light inspired me. The glory of a knight echoed in my heart..."

Then came incomprehensible words like "soul will," "spiritual potential," and "unity of human and spirit," which made everyone laugh.

Beside him, the chubby Dodo leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, can you really do it three hundred times in one night?"

Rode swallowed the last piece of pie and looked at him unhappily.

So far, only this guy is willing to call him big brother, and he's not even a girl. It's especially disappointing.

"That's just a rumor, don't believe it."

"Oh." The chubby Dodo happily sat back and picked up a large basin of mushroom soup to gulp down.

Rode glanced at him. This guy has a huge appetite, no wonder he's so fat.

But his strength is not that strong. Like Rode, he is a spirit gunner who relies on pistol output.

The key is that he doesn't have many bullets. When he took him out that day, he ran out in half a day, and Rode had to lend him dozens of them.

After another quarter of an hour, Beowood, Raisin, and others walked in one after another, and everyone warmly greeted them.

The hall quickly became lively.

When the instructor Anye, the knight Bach, and the defense chief Steelhand walked in, the atmosphere in the hall had already reached a very enthusiastic level.

They seemed to have endless topics to discuss, discussing everything related to them.

"Quiet down."

Steelhand shouted, his voice not loud, but it overwhelmed the whole room.

"Receive the news from the front line Li Guang Fortress. The Black Tide has overflowed and is surging towards Giant Fortress, Wind City, Dragon Pass, Sword Pass, and other places. From now on, the inner defense circle officially replaces the middle defense circle's responsibilities, and all missions are canceled."

He paused and said in a deep voice.

"Prepare for battle, everyone."