Chapter 159 Darkness, Encompassing Everything

"Mark of the Dragon God!"

Seeing the faint light in the distance, Rhodes and Alpha were overjoyed. The Dragon God really did leave his power here.

He immediately sped up and flew towards the giant dragon statue standing in the middle of the lake.

however.

Before they get close.

There was a sudden rumble on the lake surface below, and huge waves exploded.

A terrifying giant mouth full of sharp teeth rushed out of the water and bit Alpha's wings hard.

"careful!"

"Lord Rhodes!"

In an instant, exclamations were heard everywhere.

Rhodes and Alpha were equally shocked.

Because what appeared below them was a seventh-level black beast, the second seventh-level water dragon!
"Ow—"

Alpha let out a roar, and half of his wing was bitten hard.

Rhodes on his back swung and hit the giant dragon statue in the center of the lake, but he was not injured.

When he turned around, he found that Alpha had broken free from the black beast's mouth. The blazing flames turned into meteorites that fell into the lake, causing huge waves.

"Lord Rhodes, go get the mark! I'll hold it back!"

Alpha shouted without even turning his head, and crushed the bottle of Moon Fountain in one bite.

Then the wings spread, and with a humming sound, a red magic circle covering the entire sky appeared, dyeing the sky and the water red.

Forbidden spell: Red Lotus Purgatory!

In an instant, the temperature above the entire Moon Bay rose sharply, and the black water lake below began to boil.

"Die!"

The infernal fire containing all of Alpha's power exploded directly in the lake.

Rhodes, who had just removed the Dragon God's mark, saw a huge figure burned by flames rushing out of the water, and then rolling back into the water.

The huge waves almost submerged the dragon statue where he was, and he was so scared that he quickly climbed to the highest point.

"Is this Alpha's forbidden fire spell?"

He had heard Alpha say before that he knew the sixth-level forbidden spell.

I didn’t expect it to be so terrifying. It could even burn the black beast in the water, and it’s a seventh-level one!

but.

His shock lasted only a moment.

There were a lot of roaring sounds coming from the forest in the distance, and countless black beasts who heard the noise were quickly gathering here.

Even the water was rolling violently, and it was obvious that the seventh-level black beast would not die so easily.

"Come on!"

Alpha landed on top of the statue with a thud.

Perhaps because of the excessive consumption of energy, his soul body became dim and looked like it was about to dissipate.

Taking Rhodes with him, he flew towards the shore without looking back.

"withdraw!"

Seeing this, Augla and his companions who were struggling with the water dragon also evacuated urgently, taking the sacred tree saplings hidden by Rhodes and hurriedly fled to the distant forest.

The water dragon broke free and wanted to chase after them, but it could no longer sense their breath. It could only roar angrily towards the sky, causing the entire area around the Holy Mountain of Elements to shake.

And at this time.

The outskirts of the Holy Mountain of Elements.

On the endless black soil plain.

Because Crescent City disclosed the location of the meteorite, the adventure teams that had gathered there also felt the movement coming from the Death Forest and looked up.

"Look! What is that?"

There was an exclamation from the crowd.

The teams scattered across the plain stopped and looked towards the depths of the Holy Mountain of Elements.

I saw a raging flame erupting in the sky, accompanied by a terrifying dragon roar.

Even though they were an unknown distance away, they could feel the air vibrating. The aura of fire around them became thicker, causing their faces to change.

"What a terrifying aura of fire!"

"This must be at least level six magic."

"More than that! Level 6 can't even reach this level."

"What happened there?"

"It looks like the deepest part of the mining area!"

Screams were heard everywhere. Everyone was frightened by this sudden change. They thought it was a monster rushing out and were ready to escape at any time.

Followed by.

Another earth-shattering roar sounded.

The black soil outside the entire mining area became restless.

"Seventh level!"

"This is definitely a seventh-level black beast!"

"Someone is fighting a seventh-level black beast!"

There was an uproar on the plain, and everyone looked in the direction deep into the Holy Mountain of Elements in horror.

There actually is a seventh-level black beast in this forest of death.

What kind of person is fighting a seventh-level black beast?

What terrifying strength is needed to achieve this!

Some of the timid ones no longer dared to stay nearby and fled in a hurry with their teams.

Some of the brave ones stayed where they were, investigating the situation and looking for meteorites, and asked someone to pass the news back.

After all, the news of the appearance of the seventh-level black beast is of too much significance to them and they cannot be careless.

……

On the other side, deep in the forest.

Rhodes and his companions who escaped from Moon Lake were now dozens of kilometers away, looking at the direction where the roar came from with lingering fear.

"It's okay, I finally escaped."

"It looks like they didn't catch up."

"This seventh-level black beast is too strong. I almost couldn't hold on just now."

"Is everyone okay?"

In this battle, each of them consumed a huge amount of energy and almost used all their best skills.

Especially Alpha, who even had to use forbidden spells to barely block the attack of the seventh-level black beast. He truly deserves to be a monster with the name of legend.

What they didn't expect was that there was actually a second seventh-level black beast in the Moon Lake. They hadn't been able to sense its existence when they explored it before. "I felt like it was guarding something. During the battle just now, it kept lingering in the middle of the lake and didn't want to leave, which gave me the opportunity to cast the forbidden spell."

While Alpha was recovering from his injuries, he spoke thoughtfully.

"Does this mean there might be something hidden in the water?" Augula and the others looked over.

"I think it's very likely." Alpha whispered, "Otherwise it would be strange if such a big commotion on the shore didn't attract it."

"That's what I feel." Rhode recalled the scene just now. "For a seventh-level black beast to guard it, it must not be an ordinary thing. I'll go take a look when I have a chance. Maybe it's something left there by the dragon clan."

"it is good."

Alpha didn't say much.

For him, the most important thing is to get the Dragon God's Mark.

All he wanted now was to go back and repair the statue and see if he could contact his people.

So soon, they recovered and set off back in the direction they came from.

Because the black beasts along the way had been cleared out, they could say that they had no obstacles and soon returned to the altar.

As soon as I stepped into the altar, I saw the little thing and Kaba patrolling around the edge of the woods with serious expressions.

When he saw them coming back, he ran over cheering.

"Very good, you two did a great job, this is your reward."

Rhodes smiled, took out two black fruits from the ring, and gave one to each of them as a reward.

"Yeah!"

"roar~"

The little thing and Kaba held the black fruit and jumped happily, as if they had accomplished a great feat.

When they walked away, Rhode took out the Moon Spring he had prepared and handed it to Ogula and Irene's tribesmen.

"Thank you for coming here to help today. You should all take a good rest and recover first."

"this is what we are supposed to do."

"It's just a small favor."

"Then we will go back and report."

The three of them happily took the bottle, said goodbye, and hurried away. Their souls disappeared and returned to their bodies.

Rhodes, surrounded by Augla and the others, came to the statue of the Dragon God, and they were all very nervous.

"It's about to begin."

Rhodes gave a reminder, then slowly stretched out his hand and touched the base of the statue.

Ogula Ilin and Alpha held their breath and stared at his arm and the statue, as if time had stopped.

next second.

A wave of energy spread out.

Unlike any previous time, this energy was black, the same color as black soil.

"Why is it black? Could it be that this black soil was created by the Dragon God? Is the Dragon God the mastermind behind this?" Augla poked Alpha beside him.

"If you don't know how to talk, just shut up." Alpha glanced at him. "Lord Dragon God originally controls the dark element. What's so strange about this? And how is this aura similar to black soil?"

Just as he said, this was also the strangest thing for Rhodes.

The power of the Dragon God is actually quite different from the black soil.

Although they look very similar, there are subtle differences.

But before he could take a closer look, the entire forest underwent new changes due to the spread of this force.

Small black dots of light floated up from the ground, wandering around in the woods like elemental elves, adding another color to this colorful world.

"No, this is the dark element!"

Suddenly, Alpha reacted and exclaimed in surprise.

He is the one who has the most contact with the Dragon God here, so he can naturally be recognized at a glance.

"What did you say? Is this a dark element?"

"You read that right?"

Augura and Irene looked at each other.

You must know that the dark element is one of the two major forces controlled by the Moon Goddess, and it is on the same level as the forces of light, space, and death.

If the force of life evolves all things, then the force of darkness is equivalent to the cradle of life. There is a huge difference between the two. Logically, it should not appear like ordinary elemental elves.

"Is this the dark element?"

Rhodes looked surprised. He reached out his hand and gently touched the black spot that was wandering nearby, but there was no sign of life like other elements.

In other words.

It is not an elemental spirit.

And there doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

"Forget it, don't worry about that for now."

Having said that, Rhodes looked at the statue again.

At this moment, the Dragon God Seal in his body had already flown out, turned into flowing light and merged into the statue, bursting out with a dazzling light.

"Ow—"

A dragon roar resounded through heaven and earth, and turned into a giant dragon shadow that soared into the sky.

The teams that had just left the forest turned back and were stunned by the continuous strange visions.

Thinking that it was a seventh-level black beast about to escape, he quickly fled to the edge of the forest and returned to the plain.

But the shadow came and went quickly.

After everything was settled, messages appeared in front of Rhodes one after another.

[The Dragon God statue is activated successfully, unlocking the Demigod Blessing: Elemental Power (Small)]

[Elemental Power (Small): Elemental magic power is increased by 10%, permanent effect within the altar range, and disappears 1 hour after leaving the range.]

"Elemental power? Why does it increase the power of elemental magic? Shouldn't it be dark magic?"

Seeing the content of the message, Rhodes was a little confused.

Alpha and the others also felt the changes in the altar and were equally puzzled.

Instead, Augla thought of something and said excitedly, "I understand! I know why the dark element is different from other elements!"

"You understand again?"

"What do you know? Tell me when the time comes."

Rhodes wanted to punch him on the head, but he could only reach this guy's knees, so he finally gave up the idea.

Seeing this, Augla immediately became proud: "Didn't you notice? The characteristic of the dark element is that it encompasses everything. In other words, it does not show the characteristics of any element, because... it contains the characteristics of all elements!"

hiss--

The sound of inhaling was heard.

After being reminded by him, Rhode and the others finally reacted and looked at the black spots floating everywhere again.

(End of this chapter)