The Last King Of Darkness

Chapter 1865 - 844: Fire Saint Emperor

Rod felt a chill in his heart and immediately left his palace to head to the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground.

The priests of the Holy Fire had been waiting here for a long time; a High Rank Priest bowed and said, "Lord Rod, please come in, His Majesty the Holy Emperor is waiting for you."

Rod looked up, and on both sides of the great hall, a dense crowd of priests kneeled, leaving only a straight path.

At the end of the hall, the closed gate had been opened, and an incredibly heavy golden light shone through.

Rod couldn’t help but feel nervous as he quickly crossed through the kneeling crowd and stepped into the gate, arriving at the center of the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground, the throne of the Fire Saint Emperor.

To Rod’s surprise, this was a very deep area, the entire space seemed to float in the boundless universe, and that cluster of flames shining with infinite golden light seemed to be the center of the universe.

It was at least tens of thousands of yards high, the burning flames were as substantial as matter itself, an overwhelming vastness greeted him, like an immovable star, making Rod feel incredibly insignificant.

This was the Sixth Rank Holy Fire, fundamentally different from the Third Rank Holy Fire.

"You have come."

A deep voice emanated from the Holy Fire, echoing in the space.

"The legendary Dark Destroyer."

Yet Rod did not see the figure of the Fire Saint Emperor.

"Uh, I am here, are you the Fire Saint Emperor?"

"Yes."

The voice was so deep, it was as if the universe itself was answering him:

"I am the king of Saint Longde, the Holy Emperor of the Divine Fire Church, the Lord of Countless Glories, Griffith."

Rod felt a shock in his heart, the Lord of Countless Glories? Is he also the Life of Man?

At that moment, he suddenly saw the body of the Fire Saint Emperor, a shriveled human form, seated on the throne, at the bottom of the Holy Fire, surrounded by golden firelight.

Compared to the vast Holy Fire, it seemed like a speck of dust.

"Is the Fire Saint Emperor not just a corpse?" Rod suddenly had this thought, but quickly dismissed it.

Suddenly, a surge of flame flew out from the Holy Fire, startling Rod.

"Solos was right, you are quite extraordinary, perhaps you are the savior of this world."

The Fire Saint Emperor spoke in a calm, emotionless voice.

For some reason, Rod always felt that there were two exalted gazes observing him from within the Holy Fire, as if the Holy Fire itself was the true form of the Fire Saint Emperor.

Boom!

The world suddenly began to tremble, and another flame reached out from the Holy Fire, like an arm pointing at Rod.

In the next second, Rod felt an unprecedented immense force in his soul, his "constellation," which had been unable to immerse deep within his soul, was suddenly suppressed.

He only felt a heaviness in his spiritual body, a massive pain rushed through, but soon, a strange sensation replaced the intense pain, his connection with the stars became even closer.

If before it was like his third leg, now, it’s like his heart, without any feeling, yet as effortless.

"Good."

The flame returned to the Holy Fire, and the voice of the Fire Saint Emperor spoke again.

"The spiritual body adapted so quickly, truly extraordinary."

"Go back, the Great Shepherd Leader already knows what to do."

"The fate of the future is about to be revealed, the terrifying ultimate darkness is imminent, I have many things to attend to..."

Rod felt a shock in his heart and looked towards the Holy Fire, urgently asking, "What did you say, what is the ultimate darkness?"

The majestic gaze slightly lowered.

"Ah, the Dark Destroyer, Saint Longde obtained the Source Prophecy just like you long ago, the arrival of the great disaster is the descent of ultimate darkness, the flame of humanity is still precariously flickering, in the starry sky, I saw countless extinguishing lights resisting darkness."

"In the three hundred years since I entered Primordial, events never before seen frequently occurred in recent decades."

"Including you, the Dark Destroyer."

Rod’s eyes widened, he urgently asked, "What does this mean? What does it represent?"

"I cannot be sure."

The Fire Saint Emperor lifted his gaze again, looking towards the starry sky.

"Although I am far stronger than those extinguishing lights, countless of them are the main force resisting the starry sky."

"...The disaster of destruction has already arrived, the fate of humanity floats uncertainly, whether the flame can continue depends on our efforts."

"Go, Dark Destroyer, you must step into Primordial."

With those words, Rod suddenly found himself back in the great hall.

With a bang, the Fire Gate closed before him.

And within the throne of the Holy Fire, a whisper echoing in the space, heard by no one.

"...Ah, perhaps this is the anomaly beyond fate, the great Lord Royeger, can you still see?"