CHAPTER 1190: CHAPTER 606: BREAKING THROUGH THE KING OF LIGHT (PART 1)

Rod nodded slightly; he had long heard of the existence of the King of Light.

At that time, they were far from having the ability to vanquish the King of Light.

But now, after half a year of rapid development, Trolian was finally ready to sweep away all obstacles.

Then, Qingyu briefly informed Rod of the current battle situation.

Two weeks ago, they arrived at the Red Forest Fortress. Due to the intense battles, combat forces were tight, and only two Special Level combatants were dispatched to vanquish the King of Light—one had arrived, while the other was pending.

Naturally, Qingyu was the one who arrived first.

Although Special Level combatants were in tight supply, the recent burst had provided ample High Rank combatants. The Royal City had sent 20 First Level combatants, 60 Second Level combatants, and 300 Third Level combatants in one go.

The plan was to first clear the Red Forest entirely, then attack the Destruction Temple, ultimately killing the King of Light to open a path for the Royal City’s expansion in this direction.

Originally, the Royal City anticipated completing the Red Forest’s clearance in two weeks and then dispatching the other Special Level combatant to complete the killing of the King of Light.

Unexpectedly, the difficulty of battle exceeded expectations by far.

The Red Witch was far more troublesome than anticipated, coupled with deteriorating weather—Fog Day, Black Sun, No-Light Nights came in turns, causing the battle difficulty to soar dramatically.

In the expected two weeks, they had not remotely achieved the set goal.

The battlefield gradually showed signs of worsening; continuing like this, the Red Forest battlefield would become a huge burden for the Royal City’s expansion.

Qingyu walked to the window, gazing far into the distance through special crystal glass.

"Little Rod, our task is extremely heavy. In two more weeks, the battle on the other front will reach here. If we can’t resolve this quickly, it will interfere with them and disrupt the Royal City’s expansion plan."

She turned her head; her pitch-black eyes gleamed in the firelight.

"Do you have confidence?"

Unexpectedly, she was greeted by a brilliant smile.

"Yes."

Though just one word, it pierced the gloom in her heart like an arrow of light.

For a moment, the heavy mood from the unfavorable battle of the past two weeks cleared away.

Perhaps.

A thought suddenly sprouted in Qingyu’s mind.

He really is my destined king consort.

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Of course, Rod was unaware of Qingyu’s thoughts; his happiness came from his clear understanding.

The greater the difficulty, the more divinity there is!

Indeed, as Rod returned to the Dream Realm, he saw the golden numbers flashing on Star Square.

Potential Divinity Gain: 50-100

Great!

There’s so much divinity!

Rod was overjoyed; with several more attempts like this, that last Great Star could be ignited!

In this expansion war, I must progress another step and soon step into the Monarch Level!

Rod inspected the materials and items within the Dream Realm, preparing to leave when suddenly, the Dream Realm shook furiously.

The Book of Knowledge leaped down from the Sun Tower and dashed into the House of God.

"Master! We’ve crossed the Boundary Land and entered the Ice Prison!"

Rod was startled; finally, they had arrived!

The Boundary Land between the Chaotic Sea and Ice Prison was indeed vast, for the dream voyage took such a long, long time to finally enter the new higher Spirit Realm.

He jumped into the House of God, reached the Light Platform, pressed the Star Core, and witnessed beyond the Dream Realm.

In an instant, his vision turned ice cold, endless mist blocked the view ahead, a pale blue color resembling frozen ice mist.

But soon, the dream bubble pierced through it and ventured into a space shrouded in cold light.

The sight was filled with extreme cold light, shooting from infinitely distant places, extending infinitely further.

Floating throughout the space were many ice blocks big and small, some larger than the Royal City, some smaller than the dream bubble, amid countless ice fragments whistling by.

In the far distance, there were drifting ice fog, roaring ice tornadoes, falling hail, or heavy snow.

The Book of Knowledge exclaimed joyfully, "This is the Ice Prison! Indeed, this is the Ice Prison!"

The Dream Realm’s shaking intensified, ripples spread from its tail.

A loud crash resounded in the space; some icebergs suddenly cracked or collapsed, the cold wind fiercely whipped, filling the ears with a howling din.

Even Rod noticed something wrong and shouted, "What’s happening?"

The Book of Knowledge excitedly shouted, "The Dream Realm is plundering the lowest level spirits of the Ice Prison! We’ve grown stronger, able to seize more spirits!"

After approximately tens of seconds, the anomaly ceased.

The Dream Realm formally entered the Ice Prison, navigating through the icebergs, occasionally dodging the incoming hail.

This level of challenge the Book of Knowledge could handle, so Rod retreated.

He wanted to see what special creation the Ice Prison offered.

Lighting the candle on the Stone Platform, as expected, a new dream creation appeared before his eyes.

[Ice Prison]: Seal an area inside the Ice Prison, prohibiting any spirit communication.

Requires 1 Flower of Humanity, 10 Divinity Points.

Only five can be created.

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Rod scratched his head and asked, "Book, what use does [Ice Prison] have? What does spirit communication refer to?"

The Book of Knowledge replied succinctly, "Resurrection. Within the [Ice Prison] area, all forms of resurrection are forbidden."

Rod was shocked.

"Even the Resurrection Stone?"

"Yes."

"So, what’s its use?"

"Many monsters have resurrection abilities; [Ice Prison] can target these monsters. Additionally, the Ice Prison environment gives a great boost to souls possessing Cold Ice characteristics while strongly suppressing souls with heat and magma attributes."

Rod glanced at it, his gaze lingering on the ingredients required for its creation, hesitated, then said, "Let’s wait until we need it to make it."

The Book of Knowledge did not reply; it was busily steering the dream bubble towards the core region of the Ice Prison.

—— that was an unbelievably gigantic iceberg; surely, the crucial Dream Fragment would be there.

Rod departed the Dream Realm somewhat disappointed.

He had been anticipating a new dream creation for a long time.

Previously, whether [Undying Spirit] or [Light Bell], they had significant effects.

But [Ice Prison] didn’t seem particularly useful; to date, Rod hadn’t encountered any monster that resurrects.

Just then, the team set off.

He, along with Qingyu, Anna, Kashan, Mephit, White Wolf, and Allo, seven individuals, headed towards the Red Forest together.

Along the way, Qingyu recounted in detail why the battle situation was so unfavorable.

"The pollution inside the Red Forest is too severe, warriors cannot sustain prolonged combat, nor can I."

Rod nodded, indifferent, for he was immune to pollution.

"The star phase is unfavorable, and the bad weather too frequent, greatly affecting the warriors."

Rod remained unconcerned, for his abilities were largely unaffected by the star phases.

"The Red Witch is supremely difficult to deal with; it possesses a special spiritual energy defense layer, capable of buffering attacks of enormous threat, ensuring most of the time it suffers no more than 2 rails of damage."

Rails denote units of spiritual energy; 1 rail of spiritual energy can recharge the Royal City’s spiritual energy railgun once, sometimes also used to measure damage inflicted.

Rod frowned; this posed a significant problem.

Under these circumstances, even Special Level combatants will require considerable effort to kill it.

"The most troublesome aspect is."

Qingyu said grimly.

"It can resurrect."

"If its corrupted body material isn’t promptly incinerated, a new Red Witch will quickly spawn in the forest ... huh? Rod, why did you stop?"