The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1319 - 654: The Grand Meeting

The golden light flooded the dream realm, endless specks falling from the boundless and distant starry sky, scattering at the tip of the Sun Tower, ultimately immersing into the Obelisk.

This rain of golden light persisted for a full quarter of an hour before stopping.

As it dissipated, a massive golden text flashed before Rod’s eyes, alongside several red texts—

Preserve hope amidst an overturned crisis, save humanity from destined destruction, slaughter nightmares, eradicate calamities, Divinity+1850

Excessive slaughter of Ancient God species, killed the soul safeguarding the Abyss Key, causing a premature descent of the Ancient God and triggering a vile disaster, Divinity-100

Involved in factors leading to the demise of the high fire elect, Divinity-20

Confronted the void, cursed by the Ancient God, Divinity-1

Maliciously impacted civilized exchanges, Divinity-1

Polluted the environment, Divinity-1

——

Lastly, a small golden light flashed.

Born from the operation of Source Energy, Divinity+15

As the light descended, Rod’s eyes bulged.

Divinity points!

This was the most Divinity he had ever gained at once, surpassing even the event at Starry Sky City, and when added to the Divinity earned previously at Saint Reel, it was more than twice as much as Starry Sky City.

At that moment, Rod felt like all the pent-up energy within him was released.

After waiting so long, the return of Divinity did not disappoint him. It was worth all the painstaking effort, the exhaustion of mind and body, the braving of countless dangers, and facing genuine death threats multiple times, ultimately saving so many people.

This 1850 Divinity points were enough for him to ignite two Great Stars such as "Sin’s Touch" and "Song of Life," enough to activate the Star Souls for 18 stars, enough to fire 18 destructive "Kales’ Soul Cannons," or unleash 185 potent Spiritual Realm Strikes, or conduct 185 Spirit Tides.

The Book of Knowledge started laughing wildly, a hearty laugh it hadn’t given since being influenced by Fear Ghost Lars.

"So much, so much, a lot! Almost can’t fit anymore! Almost overflowing! Hahaha, hahahaha!"

Asa watched all this with envious eyes. He was very certain that the final step to becoming the King of Devouring Excrement would definitely require this, and he hoped one day to gain this power from his master.

Unfortunately, the Puppet and the Book of the Future remained in deep slumber due to severe damage, their soul overhead requiring long rest.

However, when Rod saw the red text below, his expression turned grim.

"Did I cause the premature descent of the Ancient God?"

Rod shouted in disbelief.

"Let alone killing Flesh Puppet, what does killing the soul guarding the Abyss Key mean? When did I ever kill such a soul? There’s got to be a mistake? 100 Divinity points!"

The Book of Knowledge’s demeanor suddenly became solemn, and it said deeply, "Divinity cannot be mistaken; this is the fundamental operation mechanism of the Dream Realm, everything in the Dream Realm is built upon it... Master, think carefully, are there any suspicious targets?"

Rod pondered deeply, furrowing his brows for a long time before saying, "Could it be... the Church Court Knight Captain Gauss?"

The long-fallen Gauss, made into the core supporting the Twisted Space by Ancient Evil Thought Lars, had to be killed for them to exit the canyon.

This was an extremely arduous battle.

Gauss’s combat power was incredibly strong; Takxis couldn’t defeat him in a short time. Rod gradually destroyed his soul through Summoning and his complete form’s ability, "Dark Devourer’s Destroying Darkness," then used "Sin’s Touch" to disrupt his Spiritual Defense, finally killing him.

And the Blood God’s descent was also halted at that time by his Spirit Summoning, with the internal strife among the Blood God’s Creation weakening the effect of the Descent Ceremony, while the Spirit Summoning’s reverse Descent Ceremony greatly delayed its arrival.

Everything should have been a perfect ending, yet it was precisely at this time that Lars suddenly appeared, reciting the prayer of the Descent Ceremony in person, accelerating the Blood God’s descent and ultimately leading to Takxis’s death.

The situation was urgent then; Rod hadn’t thought much of it. But now, recalling it, he noticed the irregularity immediately.

If Lars could perform the Descent Ceremony of the God of Contaminated Blood, why didn’t he use it from the start?

If the Blood God descended a day earlier, none of them would have had a chance to leave the land of Saint Reel.

Why use it precisely when they had killed the fallen Gauss, delayed the Blood God’s descent, and the situation was looking up?

There are only two possibilities.

Either performing the Descent Ceremony comes at a great cost, and Lars was unwilling to use it until the last moment.

Or he is unable to bring forward the God of Contaminated Blood’s descent; something is obstructing him.

In this light, the latter seems very possible.

The Book of Knowledge and Asa both fell into contemplation; the more they thought, the more likely it seemed.

"If Gauss is truly the soul guarding the Abyss Key, then I should be able to discover something from his soul."

The Book of Knowledge jumped onto the Soul Altar, carefully examining for a while.

"Hmm, indeed his soul is exceptional, possessing a powerful sealing and safeguarding force, ah, I see; his soul structure... As his soul’s light extinguished, it seemed to be guarding something."

Asa scrutinized for a moment too, then said, "This soul was killed by Lars; he exploited the vulnerabilities within his soul and crushed his spirit with fear. Let me guess using evil thought thinking..."

"Perhaps, this knight captain named Gauss’s soul was guarding the Abyss Key, and within the Abyss, there remain items related to the God of Contaminated Blood. Lars attempted to use these remnants to summon the Blood God but found Gauss insurmountable. Hence, he plotted to have him killed, but unexpectedly, even after Gauss became fallen, his soul continued to guard the Abyss Key, leaving Lars with no choice but to make him into the node of Twisted Space."