The Last Dark King

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They believe that as long as they practice hard, work hard to improve, fight fearlessly, and continue like this, a beautiful tomorrow full of light and fire will come.

Even mature and prudent people like Horus and Percival thought so. After getting the specific specifications of the ceremony, they began to make full preparations.

The requirements for the Ascension Ceremony are very clear: 2 Light Stones, 2 Pure Star Essences, 2 Pure Star Sources, 1 Divine Stone, and at most the True Silver and Psychic Crystals that form the basis of the ritual.

For Trolian now, basic spiritual materials such as true silver and psychic crystals are not a problem at all.

The key lies in the four rarest resources.

The sacred stone is the most precious and cannot be manufactured (for them). Rhodes is responsible for it. He will go to the relics left by the Pope to get back the inheritance that belongs to mankind.

They are responsible for the remaining three rare resources.

After careful research, Percival and Horus quickly figured out how to construct the Stone of Light formation.

This is a huge psychic ritual. It will use an infinite number of psychic crystals and pressurize them through psychic reflection, superimposing a huge amount of spiritual pressure towards the center, condensing the essence of the sun stone into everything, forming a stone of light.

"A light stone formation requires 175 tons of true silver, 5,000 high-purity psychic crystals, and 1,000 high-quality sun stones. Depending on the ability of the leader of the formation formation, 3 to 5 light stones can be condensed."

Horus calculated the required materials as quickly as possible.

The formation of the Stone of Light must be presided over by the King of Bright Light. His ability of light is the key to extracting the essence of the Sun Stone, so he is also the most concerned about the formation.

Percival said in a deep voice: "The demand for materials is very high, and you are under great pressure, Your Excellency the Archbishop."

Horus smiled slightly, his dry face cracking like tree bark:

"I have no problem. I have absolute confidence in my Mingguang ability. After the Blood God War, my understanding of Mingguang has reached another level. Now, I am a veritable King of Mingguang."

But Hu Lun and Feng from the Logistics Resources Department looked pale.

"Two adults, may I ask, can the ritual base of the light stone formation be used repeatedly?"

Horus scolded: "What are you thinking? How can the formation be used repeatedly? The huge pressure will destroy the materials carrying the formation. You don't think that the stone of light is a very common element, do you? Maybe it can't be called Is Shang Yuan element just an ordinary spiritual material?”

The two resource managers were choked and speechless. A rare and precious spiritual material like the Stone of Light is certainly enough to be called an "element". The Archbishop was scolding them for not knowing common sense.

"But."

Hu Lun said with a sad face.

"Your Majesty the Archbishop, you need so many materials to make a formation at one time..."

Horus stared, looking a little angry: "What did you say? This is an important matter related to the future of mankind. No matter how much it costs, we must provide it at all costs!"

Percival coughed and said, "Although it costs a lot to refine the Stone of Light into the array, with Trorian's current resource output, it should be enough to supply it."

Hu Lun shrank his neck and whispered: "Your Excellency, Archbishop, there is no problem in making the formation once, but it needs to be used multiple times. It consumes so many materials, but can only produce 3 to 5 stones of light. The price is too high." Big!”

Horus was obviously irritated by Hulon's basin of cold water. Percival said before the archbishop could get angry: "Tell me, what's the price?"

Hu Lun immediately became energetic, raised his fingers and said.

"Two adults, you see, to make the array at one time, you need 175 tons of true silver, 5000 high-purity psychic crystals, and 1000 high-quality sun stones. In the end, you can only produce 3 to 5 stones of light. Lord Russ has extraordinary abilities, and he only takes 5 stones each time. On average, each light stone requires 35 tons of real silver, 1,000 high-purity psychic crystals, and 200 high-quality sun stones."

"According to your description, the first round of the spiritual ascension ceremony requires 2 stones of light, the second round four, and so on, up to seven rounds. If it reaches the seventh round, 128 stones of light are needed, plus The first six rounds are 254 stones of light, which means we need 8,890 tons of real silver, 250,000 high-purity psychic crystals, and 50,000 high-quality sun stones to complete a complete set of spiritual ascension rituals."

"Trolian's current monthly production of real silver is 5 billion pieces, and one piece is about half a gram. This means that the monthly production is only 2,500 tons. We need three and a half months of total production to add up. ”

The red-haired Feng continued: "The key is that all Trolian projects currently require the use of real silver, and the monthly consumption is more than 2,000 tons. If it is used freely, 5,000 tons can be used. In other words, we There is still a gap in resources, and the gap is very large. Under this situation, if you want to complete the project of the Ascension Ceremony, you must stop all other projects, but that will have a huge impact on the normal operation of Trolian. ”

Hu Lun added: "Not only that, high-purity psychic crystals are also very precious resources. On average, only 5 copies of high-purity psychic crystals are produced from every ton of psychic crystal mines. In other words, we need to mine 50,000 It takes tons of psychic crystals to collect 250,000 high-purity psychic crystals. As for high-quality sun stones, that is the most serious problem. On average, there are only 11 high-quality sun stones out of 1,000 sun stones.”

Feng said: "High-quality sunstones are also firewood, one of the important elements of fire phlogiston, and one of the key combat materials and cultivation materials. The demand is huge in all aspects. With our current output, it is far from enough." not enough."

Hu Lun coughed and continued what his partner said: "And this is just an element in the spiritual ascension ceremony. The cost of making the Stone of Light is so high. I believe that the same material as it, pure star source and pure The price of the Star Essence will not be low, and Trorian cannot afford it.”

After the words fell, the hall of the Holy Church was silent. The statue of the first hero Trorian looked down at them, silent.

It took a long time before Horus spoke, and his voice had become hoarse.

"The Spirit Ascension Ceremony must be carried out, and it must be carried out to overcome all difficulties. If these costs are paid, the third true king can be born, I think it is completely acceptable."

Percival asked more directly: "What do you want to say?"

He was keenly aware that the two resource managers were not trying to refuse the ascension ceremony by posing difficulties. That was also impossible.

They may just want some conditions.

Hu Lun and Feng Huwang said in unison: "Our current resources are too few. Trorian needs more minerals and a larger territory. We hope that Trorian can start to expand comprehensively again, not just Go all out to the west, but to all four directions.”

The red-haired Feng Qingsheng said: "We believe that our current expansion strategy is too conservative. We are fully capable of having more space."

Hu Lun said: "When we occupy the entire Gray Earth Continent, these resource issues will no longer be a problem. Our swords can plow out a larger living space for us!"

Horus was silent for a while and then said, "Did Lovia ask you to say that?"

Hu Lun smiled and said: "No, it's our idea. Lord Rovia just strengthened this belief."

Horus nodded: "We will consider this issue. We must wait for the king to wake up before we can make such a major decision."

"It's the same with Lord Rhodes here."

Percival laughed and said: "Your Excellency Rhodes is not the king yet, so you don't have to be too impatient. The king's injury is improving rapidly and he will wake up soon."

Horus had another idea: "It's not impossible for Lord Rhodes to decide... I will mention it to him when the preparations for the ascension ceremony are completed, but now, we must start preparing the Stone of Light Formation Formation immediately. We don’t have to complete the seven-round spiritual ascension ceremony at once, and it’s not necessarily seven rounds. The shortest one is three rounds, and usually four to five rounds..."

"Be careful!"

Percival immediately interrupted.

"Don't tell these secrets outside the Holy Fire Sacrifice. Without the protection of the Holy Fire and the True King's Realm, it will trigger the taboo of the black mist."

Horus immediately shut up. Before the meeting ended, Rhodes had specifically stated that the key content and details of the ceremony could not be communicated casually. If taboos were touched, it might lead to unknown events.

Percival coughed and continued: "In addition to the light stone refining formation, there are also star source condensation rituals and star marrow refining furnaces. Their consumption of spiritual materials such as true silver and psychic crystals is equally astonishing, especially It’s the Star Source Condensation Ceremony.”

He didn't say what he said later, which involved the secrets of the Star Source Condensation Ceremony. According to Rhodes' description, Percival discovered that if inferred based on the logic and legal principles of the Star Source Condensation Ceremony, at its center are three true kings. In the middle position are thirty kings, and in the outer position are three hundred law-givers.

Obviously, such high requirements are currently impossible for Trolian to meet. However, the Star Source Condensation Ceremony does not have such high requirements. The closer the ceremony is to the starry sky, the lower its requirements, and the closer it is to the starry sky. The farther away, the higher the requirements.

If it can be done in the stars, then a king can do it.

But how to get close to the stars?

It is above the high-level spiritual world, with huge insurmountable space faults and plane barriers. It is impossible to approach it by normal means.

"We will not prepare for the Star Source Condensation Ceremony for now. We will prepare the Star Marrow Refining Furnace first."

This is an efficient heating furnace. The principle is the same as his use of thermal energy to condense star marrow, but it is more efficient. If everything goes well, he will have one pure star marrow in a week, unlike him, who can only hold back one portion in half a year, and all the time. Heating the Star Marrow also suppressed his spiritual energy, and the inhibitory effect on his soul affected his efficiency.

If the Star Marrow Refining Furnace is built, Percival can be completely liberated.

Moreover, the Star Marrow Refining Furnace can be used repeatedly. The only disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of fuel.

"This is the material for the Star Marrow Refining Furnace."

Percival handed over a list.

"You will prepare the materials, and I will complete the construction process myself."

"Also, we have to start preparing the star marrow. It needs to be of high purity. The higher the better."

The higher the purity of the refined star marrow, the faster the refining speed of the pure star marrow. Its essence is actually the purification process, but the star marrow is too active. As long as the pure star marrow is exposed to an unprotected space, it will interact with the star marrow. Various materials are combined to form star marrow with impurities, and its suction force is quite strong. One part of pure star marrow can absorb a lot of impurities, often forming a purity ratio of more than 1:10,000.

"Yes, my lords." They both replied in unison.

They took the list, calculated all the required resources again, and quickly returned to the Logistics Resources Department.

Horus and Percival also started preparing various matters required for the ceremony.

On the other side, Rhodes came to the Eastern Fortress.

This is the location of the Starmarrow Altar, the starting point of the Spirit Curtain and the Black Mist Wall, and it is located behind the Sword Fortress, Trorian's eastern gateway.

As the "city wall" of Trorian, this place is heavily guarded by the Holy Church. A large number of fire priests and fire protectors guard the Star Marrow Altar day and night to protect the altar, maintain the daily operation of the altar, and provide the altar with a lift. The spirituality needed for the spiritual curtain.

Due to its extreme importance, a special combatant is usually stationed here.

Today's guardian is an old friend, Churchill of Apple Town. As soon as he saw Rhodes, he laughed and hugged him into his arms.

"Brother Rhodes, we meet again. I didn't expect that when I saw you this time, you were already a true king, and I was just a Lawmaker, far behind you."

Churchill's words were full of sincerity and joy, without any sourness or injustice of being replaced or surpassed.

Rhodes smiled and said: "Brother, we are not different from each other, we are all human strength. I also stood up on your shoulders."

Churchill grinned widely: "That is the honor of my life."

Rhodes smiled and turned to look at the Star Marrow Altar.

The huge altar was as clean as new, and the majestic spiritual curtain rose from the top of the altar, attracting black mist from all directions in the west, forming a majestic Great Wall of black mist.

Churchill said confidently: "The Star Marrow Altar is in very good condition and has not suffered any corruption. I regularly send people to search its core space. Any black mist that penetrates will be quickly dispelled by us."

Rhodes nodded: "That's great."

Step onto the Star Marrow Altar and come to a circular area in the middle of it. Seven vacancies of different shapes appear in a strange metal disk.

Rhodes knew that this was the key to the Star Marrow Altar and its core.

Only by inserting all the soul weapons of the Seven Gods into it can the Star Marrow Altar operate at full power.

If the power of the key is increased, the Star Marrow Altar will also become stronger at the same time and move towards a form that its designer has not yet completed.

Rhodes took a deep breath and inserted the soul weapons of the Spider God and the God of Evil into it.

At that moment, the Star Marrow Altar shook violently, and strong spiritual light radiated from the altar, alarming the entire fortress defenders.

"Don't worry, it's me."

Rhodes' voice spread throughout the fortress, and people's frightened hearts calmed down.

The vision ends quickly.

On top of the altar, a fire priest shouted: "The Star Marrow Altar has become stronger, and the limit of the Spirit Curtain has been extended at least twice!"

"The efficiency of the Star Marrow Altar has increased twice as much as before!"

Cheers immediately echoed through the fortress, and everyone shouted Rhode's name in unison.

Rhodes smiled slightly and said: "Maintain the altar, it is our city wall. In addition, Churchill, try to develop the space inside the altar... That's all, I'm leaving."

Churchill yelled, "Where are you going?"

Rhodes smiled faintly and said something instead of answering directly.

"Fire, it's time to light up this continent."