The Last King Of Darkness

Rod thought for a moment and decided not to mention the actions of the King of the Deep Sea to the King, as there would be too many things that couldn't be explained.

As for the path of eliminating the Black Fog and saving the world, there's also no need to tell them for now.

The High Spirit Realm is an area beyond Trolian's current reach.

In fact, very few people even venture into the Outer Spirit Realm.

Currently, Trolian's attitude towards the Spirit Realm is to observe, defend, research, and occasionally utilize the Spirit Realm for spatial crossings; very few can fight in the Spirit Realm.

What Rod needs to do is actually quite simple: help Trolian develop and become stronger as much as possible so that he can obtain more Divinity, making both him and the Dream Realm stronger, allowing them to defeat powerful Spirit Realm monsters and purify the High Spirit Realm.

Of course, what he needs to do now is quickly retrieve his lost power.

The Book of Knowledge tells him that Asdes, the King of the Deep Sea, is also a terrifying presence within the Spirit Realm; its existence is a source of pollution, and killing it means purifying the Spirit Realm.

This is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Excellent!

Rod clenched his fist.

The journey to purify the Spirit Realm, shatter darkness, and embrace the light begins with you.

King of the Deep Sea, Asdes!

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The bald Master personally greeted Rod at the headquarters of the Mechanical Research Institute, and rows of researchers and scholars in white coats bowed to him in salute.

"Good day, Lord Rod."

Rod waved his hand: "No need to be so formal, I'm just here to check my Spiritual Energy."

The bald Master laughed: "Lord Rod, you are now the Fire Son; testing the Spiritual Energy of a Fire Son is the highest honor for the Mechanical Research Institute. If Miss Mina weren't deeply engaged in developing her No. 59 Mechanical Body, I would certainly have invited her over."

"How is her mechanical research coming along?" Rod asked curiously.

"Well, it seems that they can now go into production. A large Mechanical Body workshop has been established at the Simans works, and she is now working with several grand scholars to solve some minor issues. Maybe soon these big fellows will appear on the battlefield."

The bald Master led Rod through the door, followed by a throng of white coats.

Rod noticed a few on the edges wearing glasses and constantly scribbling on notebooks.

"You must be from that annoying translation department, right? If you give me a weird name again, I'll be flipping tables!"

Rod thought to himself.

"Now that I'm the Fire Son, isn't a name change due?"

Along the way, the bald Master kept explaining various new creations in the Mechanical Research Institute. This time, the harvest from Sagus City was very rich; archaeologists retrieved a lot of lost knowledge, and combined with what was gained from Starry Sky City, the weapons and equipment of many mid-to-low-level combatants were significantly upgraded.

They performed exceptionally well in subsequent skirmishes.

However, the equipment of high-level combatants hasn't changed much; their weapons are either powerful spiritual weapons or specific soul weapons, or simply Divine Artifacts or Demi Divine Artifacts, without any significant change.

The only noteworthy mention is the new Spiritual Power Cannon which has begun to be equipped, greatly enhancing the defensive firepower of major fortress castles, which is a rare good thing for the combat-scarce Trolian, allowing them to invest limited combat power in more critical positions.

The Royal City has greatly increased its demand for spiritual minerals used in manufacturing the Spiritual Power Cannon, such as Black Iron, Red Iron, High Copper, True Silver, and so on.

Trolian now has a much greater demand for resources.

Yet large-scale expansion will have to wait until after the Source Prophecy.

Apart from the Ash Lake and the Old Fortress area, battles are only minor.

Right now, the entire Royal City is eagerly awaiting the results of the White Tower; the Source Prophecy ceremony has entered its seventh day, and the White Tower has invested everything it could, with the Master of White Tower, Meredith, personally presiding over the ceremony. A large number of Prophets and tower-top Observers are participating, making the entire White Tower operate at only the lowest level to pave the way for the Source Prophecy.

Everything gives way for the Source Prophecy.

"Alas, the Royal City's resources are truly scarce now."

As he spoke, the bald Master sighed deeply.

"We just captured such a large Sun Crystal Vein, yet the Mechanical Research Institute didn't get even a single Sun Crystal, and more egregiously, what we were previously allocated was even taken back! This is simply outrageous; even if someone advances, you can't do it this way! The Mechanical Research Institute also represents a path, after all! Our research is also extremely important!"

Rod gave a dry laugh and shifted the topic.

"Uh, haha, Master, I want to know, what is the biggest bottleneck in our Spiritual Power Technology currently?"

Talking about this topic, the bald Master suddenly became very animated.

"Our research on Spiritual Power has reached a considerable depth; theoretically, we have delved into the origin of energy and material conversion. But practically, our biggest bottleneck lies in the problem of storing ultra-high-level Spiritual Energy; there are no Spiritual Crystals capable of storing Spiritual Energy beyond Eleventh Level. We can only use Spiritual Power Arrays to increase Spiritual Power Strength, but the larger the array, the more unstable it becomes. Each additional Spiritual Crystal increases instability by three percent, and when the total Spiritual Power Level exceeds Fourteen Level, the instability of the entire array reaches eighty-one percent, making explosions very likely..."