Zongman: The wrong person on the ground, double Shenwei at the beginning

"Could this be the greatest fragment of brilliance?"

Aspen paused, and the corners of his mouth beneath the mask seemed to turn up slightly.

He was already tired of the endless, meaningless wars, and entrusting this power to someone else would make his life much easier. It seemed this mysterious young man would make good use of this power...

However, at the same time, Rhodes issued absolute instructions to the system in his mind.

EX Perfect Synchronization, Activate!

How could I possibly trust a complete stranger? I'll just fool my buddies, not myself.

The effect of eliminating all flaws and negative characteristics means that even if the opponent has any tricks up their sleeve, they will be rendered meaningless in the face of my absolute power!

That's where my confidence comes from!

boom--!

An unimaginably powerful force flowed through his body.

Rhodes felt as if he were connected to the entire world of the dead, with countless souls whispering to him and submitting to him.

The boundary between life and death became incredibly blurred in his perception, as if he could bring the dead back with just a single thought!

Aspen pointed to the battlefield below and said,

"Now, it's your turn to fight. You know what to do."

Rhodes raised his head, his gaze cold.

The pitch-black shadow began at his feet and continued to expand across the brown earth, like an ever-expanding black hole, covering the entire battlefield in the blink of an eye!

The shadows swiftly covered the blood and corpses of the monsters, and wherever the shadows passed, screams of agony emanated.

Both the silver soldiers in the sky and the remaining magical beasts held their breath.

All eyes were now focused on Rhodes, no longer on the former king beside him.

Rhodes raised his right hand gently towards them and spoke in a voice powerful enough to shake the soul:

"stand up."

In an instant, the battlefield, stained red with blood, was mercilessly swallowed up by the black waves.

Countless "shadow soldiers" emerged from the ground, letting out a roar that was hard to tell whether it was a cheer or a lament.

In their eyes, there was no longer any fear of the silver soldiers, only absolute loyalty to Rhodes.

They began to fight frantically with all the creatures still standing around them, treating both magical beasts and silver soldiers as enemies!

Aspen was somewhat surprised by Rhodes' decision, but said nothing.

Ultimately, this was merely an illusion used to familiarize the heir with their abilities...

When the battlefield fell silent again, Aspen seemed to feel much lighter, as if he had been relieved of his burden.

"The monarchs are more powerful than you imagine. Especially the Dragon Emperor; you must be fully prepared before fighting him."

"However, I will not hand over my former legion to you. I think you probably prefer to find your own soldiers."

Rhodes felt the surging power within him, feeling extremely satisfied and in a great mood.

"Ah, you're right."

Aspen shook his head.

"Let's end this small talk here. You should go back now."

As he spoke, he was about to wave his hand to send Rhodes back to the real world.

Just then, Rod suddenly spoke.

"I can't answer your questions right now. But when I see you again, I will definitely show you a new path."

In his imperial plan, he and his girls naturally occupy the highest level, residing alone in the independent "Perfect Fantasy Paradise".

However, he also gathers talents from other worlds, allowing them to reside in various worlds and continuously harvest wish points for him.

That being said, he had no intention of merely going through the motions.

Aspen is a blindly loyal man, but with the Absolute dead and unable to feel any sense of belonging to either the Dominator or the King, he would be a good subordinate.

However, given Rhodes' current strength, saying such a thing would only make him a laughing stock.

But I believe it won't be long before he has the power to make even the first king submit to him!

Aspen looked into Rhodes's unwavering eyes, and a meaningful chuckle escaped from beneath his mask.

"Interesting... Well then, I'll look forward to it."

After saying that, Rhodes was pulled by a force and was about to leave this illusion.

Aspen, too, turned and walked toward the void, returning to his own kingdom of the dead.

Just as his vision was about to be swallowed by darkness, Rhodes's eyes suddenly became incredibly sharp.

He immediately issued the command to the system in his mind!

"System! Copy the radiant fragments from As itself!"

[6 Prayer Points have been used.]

[Shard of Glory successfully copied. Current balance: 22700.]

[The system detected that you also possess fragments of Primordial Darkness within you. These fragments have been synthesized into a Creation Fragment (1/8).]

[A massive energy source has been detected within you. You have now been adapted to the limit that your current physical and spiritual strength can handle.]

Congratulations on acquiring the power of Shadow King!

[Congratulations on obtaining the power of creation (residual) (1/8)!]

Congratulations on acquiring the skill "Hand of the Dominator"!

When my gaze was once again drawn to the dark, damp stone walls of the temple.

As Rhodes felt the surging, new power within him, like a volcanic eruption, he could no longer contain his excitement and let out a triumphant roar to the sky.

"--Cool!!"

boom! ! !

A powerful aura, strong enough to distort space itself, suddenly erupted from him!

A brilliant glint flashed in Rhodes' eyes as he eagerly asked the system a question in his mind.

"System, according to the standards of the DanMachi world, what level do my current attributes correspond to?"

Based on attribute values, your estimated level is: Lv.7.

[However, due to the existence of powers beyond reason, your true combat strength cannot be effectively measured.]

Lv.7...This is truly a meteoric rise!

In the original work, Cheng Xiaoyu was carefully guided by the "system" to slowly modify his body step by step in order to adapt to the vast power of the Shadow King.

With the power of "EX Perfect Synchronization", Rhodes simply and directly pushed the upper limit of the power he could withstand to the current limit in one go!

"If I want to continue improving, I'll need to expand my capacity with physical or soul-related talents...?"

Rhodes stroked his chin, muttering to himself, and began to ponder his next suitable target.

You can also develop your current physical and mental abilities to their limits through training, thereby adapting to greater strengths.

Rod clicked his tongue, somewhat speechless.

"Do I still have to be this curled up in another world...? How long will it take to train like this...?"

His words suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something, and he immediately opened the system panel to check "Prayer for All Realms".

【Prayers for All Realms】

[World Number One: To be selected]

[Leveling up alone: ​​To be refreshed]

[One Piece World: Coby: "Waaaaah, please, someone kind, come and rescue me from Alvida's ship!" (Rank B Prayer)]

Seeing Koby's tearful plea, Rod's lips curled into a slight smile.

Oh? The talent of the "King of Hard Work" seems to be destined for me...

However, Rhodes did not intend to set off immediately.

There are still things in this world that he can reap for the time being, and he needs some time to familiarize himself with his newfound abilities.

He glanced at his remaining system prayer points and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

"This is truly like going back to square one..."

Although the Wishing Points originally intended for replicating the power of the Shadow King were ultimately saved and used to replicate the Shard of Radiance.

But he never expected that this thing would be so ridiculously expensive...

It should be noted that there are also eight "Primordial Dark Fragments" and seven "Radiant Fragments" outside.

If you want to copy them all, you'll need a full 900,000 Wishing Points!

If he were to rely solely on himself to complete missions everywhere, it would take him forever!

Moreover, the remaining 20,000 prayer points probably won't last long.

The Totsuka Sword also seals away a top-tier illusion master, and the abilities of the "Ant King" on Jeju Island, not far away, were already part of his plan.

"It seems we need to find a way to hire more strong laborers..."

Suddenly, Rhodes thought of something and casually waved his hand, throwing a mangled body out of the Divine Might Space.

It was none other than the former Lv.4 adventurer—[Faceless] Witt!

"Theoretically, people who die in the DanMachi world go directly to the underworld. In another world, there's absolutely no chance of them being summoned..."

However, Rhodes still quietly issued the king's decree to the corpse.

"stand up."

Wisps of black smoke began to emanate from Victor's corpse, but due to some invisible rule, the smoke was unable to condense and take shape.

Rhodes narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling somewhat disappointed.

As a result, the system notification sounded again.

The following flaws were detected in the power of the "Shadow King":

[1. Unable to retrieve entities that have been dead for too long.]

2. Unable to extract from creatures without shadows.

3. Unable to extract the souls of beings from another world.

【…】

["EX Perfect Synchronization" is now active.]

All defects have been automatically eliminated.

"3.8 Ughh ...

A heavy, mournful roar was accompanied by a chilling, biting wind.

From Witt's shadow, a jet-black arm stretched out, and then a complete black figure slowly crawled out and knelt on one knee in front of Rhodes.

Rhodes was surprised for a moment, but then he became more and more satisfied with this somewhat unreasonable power.

"OK!"

"System, how strong is this guy?"

The shadows you extracted all retain their strength from their previous lives.

[If an entity's strength far surpasses yours, its power will be temporarily suppressed to the highest output level of your current energy, and will gradually be fully unleashed as you grow stronger.]

"Is this so..."

Shadow soldiers are relatively difficult to promote.

To quickly and directly enhance their power, Rhode needs to actively infuse them with more energy.