Chapter 1951: Chapter 868: Ascension and Beginning (Part 3)
"Master!"
The voice of the Book of Knowledge resounded by his ears, carrying a kind of inevitable joy: "Dark Abyss and Mountain Blood are its source materials, already stored within the dream realm long ago."
For some unknown reason, Rod did not feel surprised. He stretched out his hand, taking out the long-stored [Dark Abyss] and [Mountain Blood] from the storage, then retrieved [Ancient Death God Hastar’s Soul] and 50 portions of Root Origin from the Soul Altar and Obelisk, casting them all into the ashes. A faint dark flame shot skyward, rising at least thousands of yards high, obscuring all his sight.
Rod quickly discovered that the flame itself wasn’t black, but a layer of night shadows clung to the flame.
Dark-colored words poured down upon the flame.
[King of Night]
[State: Primordial]
[Position: Above Spirit Realm]
[Star Energy: Night Ascension]
[Strength: 5 billion]
[Source: 1500]
[Description: Only through the night can one embrace the light.]
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[Night Ascension]: Enter the King of Night form, greatly enhancing the destructive power of all abilities.
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After reading [King of Night], Rod frowned slightly.
"Book, are you sure this is the most suitable star for me? I already possess [Giant Divine Power]. When I enter the Red War God state, can [King of Night] still be used?"
The Book of Knowledge turned its pages, pondering: "Master, this situation is also my first encounter, but my intuition cannot be wrong. [King of Night] is indeed the most suitable star for you at present. Perhaps, the King of Night state can coexist with the Red War God’s descent."
Rod was slightly skeptical but did not pay much attention. In the collection of "constellations," divine power can only activate one star at a time. Even if other stars could be used, they could only be used using spiritual energy. However, his current spiritual energy is not enough to support divine power, making it difficult to simultaneously activate two stars.
Even if they cannot be used simultaneously, it doesn’t affect him much.
The most important thing right now is to awaken the stars, rekindle the ashes, he still has 1.51 million divine essence unused.
Rod then arrived at the Star Tower. Fortunately, the awakening of [King of Night] had no additional conditions, and after expending 4100 divine essence, he entered the illusion realm of [King of Night].
The Book of Knowledge had informed him that given his current level of power, aside from a few special stars, most star awakenings do not pose much difficulty.
Though [King of Night] is considered a relatively special star, it is equally simple for the master.
When Rod regained his sight, what appeared before him was a stretch of barren land, gray dust stretched endlessly, and remnants of black fog lingered in the sky, which were quickly dissipating, and the sunlight shone upon the world.
Ka-chak ka-chak.
A strange sound of chewing came from behind, Rod turned his head, witnessing an immensely disgusting scene. A man was frantically devouring a heap of decayed flesh from a large freshly dug pit, the flesh had rotted deep, mixed with thick black blood, putrid yellow pus, yet the man indulged fearlessly, eating with large bites.
Suddenly, he vomited, spewing yellow and black vomit onto the ground.
Then, Rod was shocked to see his vision blacking out.
Did it fail?
Rod felt incredulous. I didn’t do anything, nor did anything happen?
Why did it fail?
Rod fell into thought, the darkness lingered for a long time, representing that the illusion of the giant star required a huge cost, he may not have many opportunities for repeated trial and error.
Thinking thoroughly, Rod found no clue, the only anomaly in the whole scene was the man’s regurgitation.
Could it be, having him swallow and finish that mass of rotting flesh is the victory?
Rod found it somewhat unbelievable.
What does this mean? Is there anything special about this flesh?
As he pondered, his vision began to blur, light illuminated the darkness, and the same scene reappeared before him, scattering black fog, the unearthed deep pit, and the man consuming flesh.
Another dilemma emerged in his mind, how am I supposed to help him finish eating?
Rod furrowed his brows slightly, cautiously approached the pit, then suddenly, his vision shifted, he became that man, the stench suffocated his nose, the feeling of vomiting filled his brain, before him were putrefying blood and flesh, challenging his nerves.
However, Rod himself was a challenger of dark delicacies, having undergone Asa’s baptism, eating everything but feces, and the rotting flesh before him was repulsive, yet far less than those countless years of old excrement left behind.
With steely nerves, Rod imagined the rotting meat as a delicious cake, taking it in three bites and swallowing completely.
The next instant, Rod’s vision returned to himself, crazed laughter rose from the giant pit.
"Hahahahaha!"
"I ate it, I ate it, hahahaha!"
Infinite ripples converged on his body, madness power rose in his soul, the imprints of Source Law appeared on the soul body, in a blink of an eye, a man of perhaps only a dominating lord level, had reached the peak of Half-King, mastering multiple Root Origins.
Not only that, his soul evidently contained immensely powerful strength.
Rod widened his eyes, unable to comprehend what he was witnessing.
At that moment, multiple strong disturbances emerged from afar, powerful spiritual energy soared heavenward, and multiple peak Half-Kings were born simultaneously.
He turned his gaze, seeing a giant dragon composed of spiritual energy soaring in the sky. The spiritual energy illusion resonated with the breath of life, seemingly ready to transform into a real dragon at any moment.
Below the dragon, an elf encircled by verdant woods stood up. He, like the dragon, was a spiritual energy illusion, yet brimmed with life.
Then, Rod suddenly saw a familiar figure.
He stood upon a barren mountain, roaring towards heaven and earth, powerful spatial ripples gathered around him.
Isn’t that the Ancient Space God?
Rod suddenly recalled, in the Prophetic City’s prophecy, he had seen this scene from another angle.
That was the process of the Ancient Space God becoming a god.
What shocked Rod further was that not only him, but also the Ancient Golden War God Ares, Red War God Beakleus, and some Ancient Gods he had seen within the prophecy.
So this is the earliest period of the Ancient Epoch, the birth of Ancient Gods?
They all acquired power by consuming the decaying flesh?
At this point, the man in the pit jumped out, shadows surged skyward over his body.
He murmured: "Ah, it’s the power of the night, supreme king, let me call myself the King of Night... Ah, a new epoch begins, may humanity remain eternally on the earth."
As the words finished, the illusion realm faded, Rod returned to the Star Tower, the starlight brightened the dream realm.
[King of Night]
[State: Primordial]
[Position: Above Spirit Realm]
[Star Energy: Night Ascension]
[Star Soul: Dark Protection]
[Strength: 15 billion]
[Source: 1500]
[Description: Only through the night can one embrace the light.]
——
[Night Ascension]: Enter the King of Night form, greatly enhancing the destructive power of all abilities.
[Dark Protection]: In a state of no light, guarded by the night, possessing extremely high defensive capability and complete night vision, no darkness can obscure the eyes.
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Very strong.
But Rod did not pay much attention; he immediately turned to the Book of Knowledge, conveying everything that happened within the illusion realm to it.
The Book of Knowledge pondered: "Could it be..."
Rod nodded, understanding that at this moment their minds were aligned.
The Ancient Gods were all humans; the dragon and elves were humans too. They all gained power by consuming certain flesh.
If his guess proves correct, this flesh was left by the True Gods of the initial epoch.
"No wonder the Ancient Space God advanced so quickly!" Rod murmured, he thought it was the prophecy accelerating time.
The Book of Knowledge asked: "Why is the King of Night different from the other Ancient Gods? Moreover, in the initial prophecy, we didn’t see the King of Night, neither at the Ancient Gods’ gathering nor during the final Godoyin Sacred Mountain battle."
"Perhaps something changed along the way." Rod pondered.
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