When the aurora passed, my figure slowly faded, and under the stunned gaze of the Pope, the next moment...... My figure appeared strangely on another pinnacle a few hundred meters away!

Seeing this scene, the Pope shouted, and the big sword swung wildly, and a wild roar roared out, rushing towards the figure hundreds of meters away like lightning.

It's a pity that before the Pope's attack was in place, the next moment the figure became illusory again, and then on a mountain peak farther away, a tall figure appeared again!

Seeing this scene, the Pope couldn't help but be stunned, completely gave up the attack, and watched in horror as the strange figure kept flashing on the mountain peaks, only a dozen times, and then completely disappeared from the Pope's sight!

Thump......

With a muffled sound, the big sword in the Pope's hand fell to the ground with a dull sound, his eyes fixed on the direction in which the other party disappeared, and the Pope muttered, "This...... What is this? Is it an illusion?"

Time flies......

A few days later, I finally hurried back to the Phantom City, but this time, I didn't alarm the others, just gathered the main cadres such as Adiciusa, Alanx, and others, and briefly explained the itinerary!

Hearing that the Pope had made an enmity with me, Adiciusa and the others immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, especially now that I have lost all my martial arts, and there is no one who can resist the blows of the Holy See, many things must be arranged as soon as possible!

Soon, Adiciusa and the other generals quickly left the conference room, and before the Holy See attack came, they must complete the work of darkening their forces and hide all our armed forces in the open!

Looking at the anxious steps of everyone leaving, I couldn't help frowning deeply, I know...... If we can't solve the big trouble of the Pope, I'm afraid we will be in the dark forever, and we will never be able to come out!

Now, the most important thing for me is to improve myself as soon as possible, and now...... I've lost all the phantom beasts, and I've lost all my energy, so ...... I'll have to think about it!

Some people may say that I have no conscience, and my phantom beasts are dead, but I am not in pain at all, in fact...... This really wronged me, although my phantom beast did leave me, but between us, after all, we used to live in the same body, so there is still mutual induction!

Although I can't feel where they are now, I can be sure that my four phantom beasts are still alive, and I believe that as long as the time comes, we will meet again!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but calm down and think about it carefully, although I lost the phantom beast, but my spiritual power was liberated, and the energy was gone, what were I afraid of?

Especially my current body, I am no longer the body that was completely ungifted in the past, but now I am a fusion of energy and soul, similar to the existence of elves and phantom beasts, as long as I have a good cultivation method, I can also be like an elf, with an extraordinary cultivation speed! Speaking of which, I have to think about it, how should I cultivate? What should I practice?

After thinking about it for a while, everything quickly came to an answer, although it ...... I lost the phantom beast and lost the energy, but I didn't lose my experience, my understanding and perception of martial arts was not lost, especially after the peak duel with the Pope, my consciousness has been raised to the level of the same realm as the Pope, and now I'm only lacking in energy!

Cultivating completely from scratch, that's unwise, in terms of fighting qi, I still have to cultivate the kamikaze spectrum, after practicing for so many years, for the kamikaze fighting qi, I have been extremely familiar with it, and there is no need to break through again at each level, I have complete breakthrough experience!

Thinking of this, I stood up excitedly, hurried to the Dream Valley, and took out the kamikaze spectrum from my treasure, since I had the phantom beast, I originally thought that I would never have a chance to cultivate him again, but now, everything seems to be back to the past, and I am about to start cultivating again!

Time passed quickly in my cultivation, as we expected, the Holy See sent the Knights of Light to invade the Phantom City, facing the powerful Knights of Light, the people of the Phantom City did not make any resistance, opened the city gate, and let the Knights of Light enter, for a while, 100,000 Knights of Light were actually stationed in the Phantom City, and the Phantom City was not very large!

The senior cadres of Phantom City didn't understand the policy of non-resistance at first, but when everyone saw the heyday lineup of the Knights of Light, everyone shut up, and it was better to commit suicide against the Knights of Light!

The Knights of Light are not as simple as ordinary people think, among the 100,000 Knights of Light, there are 80,000 Knights of Light and 20,000 Pegasus Knights!

This is only on the surface, in fact, even if these 100,000 Knights of Light are defeated, what if the Holy See is annoyed and sends a dragon knight equivalent to an AcE-level martial artist, then as long as two dragon knights come over, the Phantom City can be wiped out from the earth! That is simply impossible to defeat!

But soon, the Knights of Light who occupied the Phantom City found that there was nothing here at all, let alone Phantom Venerable, and even none of his subordinates could be found, and no one knew where they went!

After receiving the report, the Pope did not give up, although he still withdrew his troops in the end, but he still sent 20,000 ordinary papal guards to station in Phantom City, which can be regarded as taking over Phantom City!

No one could have imagined that in the Dream Valley, which is separated from Phantom City by a mountain, is where I am hiding, in addition to me and a group of backbones, there are 10,000 soldiers of the Scorpion Legion!

When I returned to the Valley of Dreams, they had been cultivating in the valley for five or six years, and with the infinite supply of magic crystals, everyone's strength had improved rapidly! The reason why I told the Pope at that time that I would come back in ten to fifteen years was precisely because of that time, when the Scorpion Legion would be able to face the whole world brazenly!

As for the Blue Dragon Knights, the White Tiger Thieves Legion, the Vermilion Bird Phantom Beast Legion, and the Xuanwu Mercenary Regiment, they have all been turned underground, managed by Alanx, Blood Wolf, Betty, and Jason Terry, and have gone underground and become a member of the darkness!

Actually, I don't care too much about all this, with Ediciusa here, I don't need to worry about it at all, and even if I want to worry about it, I can't necessarily get things done, I'm not that material at all!

Looking at the golden kamikaze spectrum in my hand, I couldn't help but take a breath, from the first day I came back, until now, in the six months since the invasion of the Knights of Light, I have been cultivating without interruption, but as I expected, difficulties still appeared!

Indeed, in comparison, my talent is much stronger than other human beings, it is simply incomparable, but the cultivation of Douqi has never been a fast process, no matter how high my talent is, I must be down-to-earth and accumulate step by step!

Albert Einstein said that success depends on 99% of the effort and 1% of the talent, this sentence is really too true, talent is a good thing, but hard work is an important condition for success!

Combined with my own cultivation process, I have a deeper understanding of this sentence, if you want to reach a certain realm, you need absolute effort, but ...... What realm a person can cultivate to is not only hard work, but also a person's talent that determines the highest realm!

I'm sure that if I were given fifty or sixty years, I would have been able to reach heights that no one else could reach, but ...... Am I going to wait fifty or sixty years before I go to the Pope? The cucumbers are all cold! My time, only ten to fifteen years, is my oath to the Pope, and I will never break it, but...... With my current entry, in ten years, I may be able to reach S-level strength, but with such strength, if I want to compete with the Pope, isn't that looking for death?

Ay......

Looking at the kamikaze spectrum in my hand, I couldn't help but sigh...... What can I do so that my cultivation speed can be accelerated indefinitely? Who can tell me!

City! City Lord......

was smiling bitterly, and suddenly ...... Raising my head in confusion, I looked out of the door in displeasure, I have repeated it again and again, in the Dream Valley, no loud noise, you know, this place and the Phantom City, just a mountain apart, once discovered, the dead are definitely not one or two people!

Bang!

As I was thinking about it, my door slammed open, and at the same time, Roca staggered in, and although Roca had tried to adjust his pace, he couldn't control it in the end, and fell to the ground!

When I saw Roca's appearance, I couldn't help but be surprised, what is going on......? Roca has always been steady, what is it that can make the always steady Roca so alarmed? Could it be that we have been discovered by the Holy See?

Secretly guessing, Roca got up in embarrassment, looked at me with bright eyes, and said, "City Lord! Good news! Good news...... We've discovered the Phantom Stone Vein!"

Kindness?

looked at Rocca suspiciously, I didn't understand why he was so excited, now for me, money is nothing, what I want is strength, only strength is what I need most?

Seeing my indifferent expression, Roka shouted fiercely: "City Lord, it's not an ordinary ore vein, what we found is the mineral core of the entire phantom stone vein, it is very likely that a god-level phantom stone will appear!"

Kindness?

Listening to Roca's words, I couldn't help frowning, and after thinking about it slightly, I finally understood why Roca was so surprised, and jumped up violently, and I said feverishly: "Quick! Take me there, take me there!"

Listening to my words, Roca didn't say anything, nodded slightly, turned around and ran towards the door, at this time Roca and I both knew what it meant!

The main purpose of the phantom stone is to inlay it on the armor or weapon to increase the ability of the secondary user, and a staff inlaid with the phantom stone can allow the user to cast spells beyond their own ability!

For example, the ruling of the fire god of the blood wolf back then, which was actually on the hilt of the sword, sealed in the core position of the fire array, was inlaid with a first-grade phantom stone, which is also the power of the first-grade phantom stone, as long as there are super craftsmen, it can be embedded in the weapon or battle armor, it can exert infinite power!

Back then, the strength of the blood wolf was only A-level, but with the ruling of the god of fire inlaid with a first-grade phantom stone, he actually defeated more than a dozen sss-level masters in a row, which shows how terrifying the phantom stone is!

However, it is a pity that the technique of sealing the magic array on the weapons and armor has long been lost, although the current craftsmen can also inlay the phantom stone, but it is inlay, not sealed, and can only exert one-tenth of the ability of the phantom stone itself!

Some people may say, in this case, what are you excited about, hehe...... In fact, what I am thinking about is the 10,000 sets of ancient suits in the ruins of the Knights of the Firmament, if I really dig the core of the phantom stone, then I will be developed, you know, a mine core, at least tens of thousands of first-grade phantom stones can be dug out, and the middle of the ore core is the essence of the entire ore vein, that is a god-level phantom stone!

Just imagine, when I replace the tens of thousands of sets of armor and the phantom stones sealed on the weapons with a high-grade phantom stone, how much will the strength of the entire Scorpion Legion increase, isn't that tens of thousands of SSS-level summoners?

If you hold the phantom stone in your hand and summon it, it will have no effect, and if you want it to have an effect, you must inlay the phantom stone on the magic circle, and use the formation to draw out the energy of the phantom stone, so ...... When the weapon is inlaid with a phantom stone, the strength of the phantom beast summoned through the weapon increases with the level of the phantom stone!

SSS-level phantom beasts, plus SSS-level phantom beasts, God...... I can't imagine it, although the strength of the dragon knight has reached the realm of AcE level, but the so-called ants bite the elephant to death, and the dragon knight is so hundreds, one less to die, and the phantom beast is never dead, just by virtue of this, I am high-minded!

Clenching my fists tightly, I rushed towards the newly opened mine in the Dream Valley at full speed, and as I ran, I secretly prayed in my heart, don't let me rejoice in the air!

Rattle......

Just rushed into the cave, the next moment ...... In the midst of the golden light in front of me, a golden figure appeared in front of me and let out a cheerful cry at me.

Puzzled, he stopped and stared blankly at the huge guy in front of him, oh my God...... Is this still my little gold? When did he get so big!

That's right, this big golden guy who is four or five meters tall and extremely stout is the golden holy dragon I got from the Dragon Valley behind the Holy Dragon Academy, but it's just ...... I remember he was only the size of a palm, when did he grow so big?

Just in confusion, Roca finally rushed over, looked at the golden holy dragon on the opposite side with admiration and said: "City Lord, speaking of which, the reason why we can make such a big discovery this time is thanks to Xiao Jinzi, who pointed us out!"

Kindness?

looked at Roca suspiciously, and at the same time, Roca continued: "Little Jinzi, who seems to be born with the ability to sense energy, revolves around a stone wall all day long, looking very anxious!"

After a slight pause, Roca continued with a smile: "We were also very strange, thinking that there was something in that stone wall, so we sent someone to dig it, but we have been digging for a week, but we have not dug anything!"

Oh?

Looking at Roca curiously, I asked, "Since you haven't dug anything, then you should stop, then how can it be?"

Although I didn't finish speaking, Roca obviously guessed what I was going to say, and said with a smile: "Yes, we gave up at first, but the little gold is anxiously hitting the stone wall every day, no matter how much we persuade it, it is useless, so we chose to believe him, and decided that there will be something when we dig it down!"

After listening to Roca's words, although I already knew the result, I continued to ask, "What about the future?"

Ha ha......

Laughing, Roca continued: "I continued to dig for a long time, until the city lord came back, we didn't have any gains, until today, in front of us, a large number of six or seven grade phantom stones suddenly appeared, and the more we dig in, the greater the number of phantom stones, and the higher the quality, I am sure, it must be the mine heart is about to arrive!" nodded excitedly, I looked at the little gold in admiration, and said puzzledly: "But, why did this little guy suddenly grow so big?"

Hehe......

Hearing my words, Rocca couldn't help but smile bitterly, and shook his head while laughing, "Don't mention it, you little gold, you are simply a money-eater, so far, the phantom stones we dug up have been eaten raw by him, and ...... The phantom stones he dug up before were also stolen and eaten by him, and as the number of phantom stones he ate increased, his body grew bigger!"

Oh?

looked at the Golden Holy Dragon in amazement, it was really strange, could it ...... Isn't he a pure creature either, but something special?

Just as he was puzzled, a strange, deep voice sounded: "Master, you guessed correctly, in fact, I am a life form born from dragon qi after thousands of years of brewing, and in human language, I am a golden holy dragon that only appears once every ten thousand years!"

Aaa!

Listening to Xiao Jinzi's words, I couldn't help but be completely stunned, Xiao Jin Zi actually spoke! And it used telepathy similar to that of phantom beasts to transmit information, which ......

Seeing my surprised look, the Golden Holy Dragon said eagerly: "Master, quickly order those guys to dig quickly, originally...... The only way for me to grow is to devour the dragon crystal and grow by absorbing the energy in the dragon crystal, but now there are very few dragons, and the dragon crystal is almost extinct!"

Speaking of this, the Golden Holy Dragon paused slightly, and then continued: "Originally, I have been born for many years, but I have not been able to grow until I came here, I found the Phantom Stone, and ...... After tentatively eating a piece, I found that the effect of the Phantom Stone was even better than that of the Dragon Crystal, as long as there were enough Phantom Stones, I could raise myself to the tenth order in a short period of time!

Ten! Ten Steps!

Hearing the words of the Golden Holy Dragon, I couldn't help but scream in horror......