The Last King Of Darkness

Chapter 1929: Chapter 861: Light in the Abyss_3

The Great Shepherd Leader smiled and said, "Lord Rod’s barrier is truly beyond imagination. Even fluctuations like this can be completely cut off..."

"No!"

In the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge suddenly shouted, "No, no, Master! Look, quickly!"

Rod jerked his gaze around. In the Eye of the Soul, an incomparably gigantic face was pressed against the outside of the barrier. It was larger than the entire Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, its dead-fish, lifeless eyes staring fixedly at the Holy Emperor who had just stepped into the True King Realm. Countless Ghosts circled behind that face, black deathly miasma crawling across its skin.

"Dark Spirit!"

The Book of Knowledge shouted, "It’s the Dark Spirit, that’s the Dark Spirit. It has found us, it has seen us!"

Rod’s heart clenched, but he immediately thought that the Fire Saint Emperor had already completed his ascension and stepped into the True King Realm; he could completely annihilate this terrifying High Rank evil thought right here!

"Your Majesty Holy Emperor, the Dark Spirit is here, right there!"

Rod shouted, casually halting the operation of the Star Marrow Altar. The barrier, already riddled with holes, shattered in an instant; all fluctuations from the outside world surged in. Only then did he realize that a terrifying Black Tide had already submerged the Royal City. Countless Black Fog Symbionts were surging toward the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, and in the distance, there was an incomparably colossal figure.

"It’s the fallen King of Yanuo!" Rhein shouted.

In that instant, everyone knew the final battle was about to begin.

However, to Rod’s surprise, the Fire Saint Emperor did not move. He stood rigid in midair, like a stone statue.

"No!" The Great Shepherd Leader cried out in shock. "Why is this happening? The Holy Emperor’s Soul is trembling, and there is actually darkness spreading along the Law ring. How can a True King be corrupted?"

Rod’s whole body shook as he stared at the Fire Saint Emperor in disbelief. Sure enough, darkness was already spreading within his Soul. Some invisible power was seizing his mind and occupying his Soul.

"H-how can this be?"

"A conspiracy!"

In the Dream Realm, Asa suddenly opened his eyes. "I can smell the stench of evil thought’s conspiracy, more intense than ever before. This is a vast conspiracy, hidden unimaginably deep. I only detected it at the final moment."

Rod’s heart sank abruptly. An inconceivable thought rose in his mind: could it be that there was something wrong with the final plan?

The Book of Knowledge frantically flipped its pages. The doubt that had long plagued its Soul unraveled in this instant. The supreme wisdom it once possessed as the Wisdom Goddess began to operate at full capacity.

"The final plan is the Dark Spirit’s conspiracy. By this method, it is fundamentally impossible to become a True King. The True Gods of the earliest Epoch have long since fallen; the Phantom summoned forth is imbued with infinite evil."

The Book of Knowledge shouted in despair.

"By this method, one can only become a vessel for the Black Fog. What is born is a fallen True King. With human power alone, the Holy Emperor could never have stepped into the realm of the True King. It was the power of the Black Fog that drove him into the True King Realm!"

In that moment, Rod’s heart plunged to rock bottom, a bone-deep chill spreading through his body. He suddenly realized that if the final plan was a thoroughgoing conspiracy, then the Soul of the King of Yarno had likely long been influenced by the Dark Spirit. Everything he told them was a lie of the Dark Spirit. The final plan was fundamentally unworkable; complete Sacrifice only made things worse. The Spirit Barrier had no effect whatsoever. The moment the final plan began, the Dark Spirit had already known.

No!

Wrong!

At that instant, Rod suddenly realized that if the King of Yarno had long since been controlled by the Dark Spirit, he would have died in Yanuo Royal City and could not possibly have survived. Therefore, at that time, the King of Yarno still possessed a remnant of consciousness.

If the King of Yarno had it, then the Fire Saint Emperor must also have it.

He raised his head and indeed saw two fierce forces clashing within the Fire Saint Emperor’s Soul.

There was still hope!

In an instant Rod understood that even within this despair, there remained a sliver of life. The words of the King of Yarno were not complete lies!

He swung his gaze around and saw the Dark Spirit staring fixedly at the Fire Saint Emperor. Without a doubt, it was eroding the Holy Emperor’s mind.

"Rhein, Aran!"

Rod shouted.

"Attack the Dark Spirit and interrupt the Soul Erosion. The Holy Emperor will definitely awaken!"

The Book of Knowledge screamed, "No, Master, run, leave this place at once. There’s no chance left. The Fire Saint Emperor’s fall is only a matter of time!"

Asa, an expert in Soul warfare, also saw the problem at a glance. "Yes, Master, the Holy Emperor’s chance of Victory is infinitesimal."

"No!"

Rod stepped forward, all his Divine Power surging into a single Star.

"As long as there is even a sliver of hope, it will surely appear."

Sin’s Touch was triggered. Massive tentacles burst from his back, lashing toward the Dark Spirit.

Shattering its defenses was the best method he could think of.

The Book of Knowledge cried anxiously, "Master, even the Eternal Dream cannot lift such an infinitesimal probability. I can sense that its power has already been exhausted. Run, quickly, we have no hope!"

Rod remained unmoved. Hundreds of tentacles frantically wrapped around the Dark Spirit, and corrosion began in an instant.

But in the next second, all the tentacles exploded, dissolving into countless motes of dust that scattered into the air.

That terrifying might was, without a doubt, Level 19 Spiritual Energy!