This small sphere was easily enveloped by his palm.
Of course, the part connecting the sphere to the door did not work.
But generally speaking, with only such a small portion exposed, the Dream Realm would determine that the object was within his palm.
Although he couldn’t be sure, how would he know without trying?
Rod decided to act imdiately, grasping the small sphere with both hands, his thumbs crossing to form a Lightning Symbol.
The next instant, his vision blurred, and his Soul soared.
In the fleeting mont of alternating light and darkness, the faint mist of the Dream Realm once again materialized before his eyes.
He opened his palm. The shiny tallic ball lay there, the part that connected it to the door neatly severed, the cut as smooth as a mirror, revealing the intricate silver structure inside.
Could it really work?
Rod had no ti for ecstatic celebration. He quickly returned to the Material World, saw the Spiritual Energy rapidly dispersing in all directions from the steel door, and soon vanishing without a trace.
With a strong push, the door opened a crack.
He imdiately slipped through, finding himself inside a storage room.
The instant he entered, Rod’s eyes fell upon a rusty broken sword, displayed like a treasure on a stone pedestal.
An intense attraction emanated from it.
Rod barely touched it, and in a flash, a fiery sensation pierced his Soul.
His vision blurred, and he saw countless streams of Spiritual Energy rushing toward him, while a desolate voice echoed in his ears:
"The northern barrier is breached! Darkness descends! Darkness descends!"
The vision contained only this single image, which disappeared in an instant, returning Rod’s sight to normal.
Looking at the broken sword again, it had turned to dust.
On the back of his hand, two patterns appeared: one a regular heptadecagon, representing the Dream Cottage, and the other, a black ghost head with its mouth open, revealing broken teeth as if it were about to devour sothing.
Was this a new building?
Rod didn’t ponder further, as unusual noises began to emanate from the outside.
The abnormal destruction of the steel door had triggered an alarm; he had to escape quickly.
Looking around, it seed this warehouse was mainly for storing the broken sword, with few other items present, just five boxes.
Then I’ll just take sothing randomly.
Rod opened a nearby wooden box, which was full of pure white stones, like solidified soft light.
This was Sun Stone!
A whole box of Sun Stone!
Rod imdiately grabbed two handfuls and sent them to the Dream Realm; when he ca back and saw that no one had appeared yet, he grabbed two more handfuls.
Soon, a whole box of Sun Stone was sent into the Dream Realm, without any sign of people yet.
Frequent trips into and out of the Dream Realm caused so dizziness, but the exhilaration did not diminish in the slightest. Rod imdiately opened the second box, and was instantly bathed in red light.
It was a box full of Red Jade.
Perfect, the Book of Knowledge feeds on it, saving the money to buy it.
Shortly, Rod sent a box full of Red Jade into the Dream Realm.
When he opened the third box, the exploding silver light nearly blinded him.
Once he finally adjusted to the brightness, he discovered it was a box full of True Silver!
True Silver was incredibly expensive; about one-fifth of a gram, which you’d find in a True Silver Bullet, cost seven silver coins.
This box of True Silver must weigh half a ton.
Rod jubilantly moved all the True Silver into the Dream Realm.
The fourth box contained Soul Red Crystals, and despite the soul-rending pain, Rod managed to move them all into the Dream Realm.
The fifth box housed nurous red Potions. Without overthinking, Rod bit the bullet and stuffed them all into the Dream Realm, the overwhelming pain unable to suppress his ecstatic mood.
At that mont, hurried footsteps finally echoed from the stairs.
A voice shouted, "Quick! Quick! The intruder is still in the vault! Don’t let him get away!"
Hehe, fellas, you’re too late.
With a thought from Rod, the Fourth Star, the Spirit Boat, emitted a hazy glow.
"Spirit Boat Ferrying."
Feeling lightened, the misty Spirit Boat lifted him up.
However, he was currently underground; to reach the surface, he would have to circle up the staircase while flying.
This might be sowhat difficult.
Rod focused intensely, about to attempt a forceful flight out, when suddenly the Spirit Boat shot upwards.
As he collided with the wall, Rod’s world flickered, becoming kaleidoscopic, with a jumbled ss of colored blocks piled up chaotically.
Was this the Spirit Realm?
Before Rod could react, his vision flickered again. He had returned from the Spirit Realm, now stopping at the location he had previously envisioned reaching—
The alley outside the residence.
The Spirit Boat had this function too?
Rod was astonished. He had originally thought it was rely a flying Skill, consuming a great deal of Spiritual Energy and subject to a usage limit.
Yet, it could actually traverse through the Spirit Realm.
Rod knew that in the Spirit Realm, directions were chaotic, and it was very difficult for non-native creatures to travel there.
And the Spirit Boat that could achieve this was by no ans useless.
Ha ha, who would’ve thought the Fourth Star was so useful? Now, if I ever want to make a getaway, what could stop ? Could I not go wherever I wished?
Rod was overjoyed, and just as he was about to fly directly back to the academy, a wave of dizziness washed over him, nearly causing him to fall from midair.
Spiritual Energy used up?
Rod could hardly believe it. Just this small distance had depleted his Spiritual Energy?
But his drained soul told him that this was no illusion.
Rod could only use "Awakening" and then continuously pictured his dormitory in his mind.
Indeed, the Spirit Boat once again entered the Spirit Realm and sped off in an unknown direction.
When he returned to the Material World, he finally made it back to the dormitory he had not seen in several dozen days.
Without ti for anything else, Rod fell into a deep sleep instantly.
——
anwhile.
Upper City.
The White Iron residence.
Manolo Bana looked at his empty warehouse, feeling as if his heart was splitting open.
"Who exactly was it?"
His eyes red, he issued a soulful interrogation.
——
The next day, Rod found Reslin and Egger, who had almost gone mad with worry, and handed over the Recording Crystal.
The two wept with joy.
Having lost track of Rod, Egger was close to insanity. Later, they were accidentally discovered by soone and had to withdraw.
The two t at the entrance of the academy and waited for Rod for four clock hours without seeing him.
Just as they were worried sick, they bumped into him upon returning to the secret base.
In that instant, both thought they were seeing an illusion.
However, they also knew that Rod’s Fire Spark was odd and gave him many abilities, so they didn’t pry too much.
After confirming the content of the crystal, they were ecstatic. Although the conversation recorded in the crystal was very brief, it was enough to prove that Manolo Bana had the intention to cause destruction.
He had already violated the prohibition of the Supre Council.
Therefore, Reslin and Egger imdiately took leave and went to the Internal Affairs Court with the crystal.
Manolo Bana was their archenemy, and they had resolved to take him down.
As for why they did not bring Karamon, it was because they felt Karamon had too low intelligence and might bungle things if he ca along; they were better off handling it themselves.
Just like that, this short operation ca to an end, and Reslin and Egger took over the follow-up matters.
Rod also reaped a huge harvest.
Although the Sword Pass mission suffered heavy losses, the secret branch wasn’t affected at all.
During their several dozen days out, the base had started regular training and had dispatched several teams to carry out missions for the Military War Departnt.
So teams returned unscathed, so suffered heavy losses, just like they did.
But the person in charge, Dean Vera, and the secret leader Kalia, were unfazed. The very purpose of the secret branch was to let students with combat talents grow amidst brutal battles. The over three hundred students in the base knew their fate.
They had the right to refuse.
After joining, they also had the option to leave.
But so far, not one had done so.
Their daily routine was to train, study, and fight, without the need to think about anything else.
The results were indeed significant; many students experienced vast growth, especially those who had returned from dangerous missions. So even awakened new characteristic talents.
This proved the secret branch’s plan was highly effective.
In all the missions, the Sword Pass action was the largest in scale, had the most personnel, the longest combat, and the heaviest losses.
Although things got complicated due to the involvent of Doomsday believers, it did not affect the growth of the students.
The seven survivors all made great progress, and without a doubt, Rod was the most shocking of them all—his Spiritual Energy had increased at least fourfold.
He had to undergo a Spiritual Power Level upgrade. The Second Rank was totally unfit for his Spiritual Power Strength.
However, when Vera was about to apply for upgrade materials for him, she was surprised to find Rod had beco a convicted person. Until he was cleared of his cris, no personal allocations were allowed to be issued.
Vera didn’t want to delve too deeply into the issue. In the debriefing on the Sword Pass action, it was clear they had encountered too many unexpected powerful enemies. The deaths of three excellent teachers were deeply regrettable, and the premature loss of students was intensely painful. But they did not die in vain, as the survivors would carry on their legacy and fight on.
The seven students who survived Sword Pass were set to digest their gains in the upcoming special training and undergo a true transformation.
But on the eve of the special training, Vera suddenly discovered that Rod’s insignia in the secret branch had changed to "Strong · Combatant."
This ant that he would be trained alongside those most elite students, receiving the top special training.
Although his performance at Sword Pass was very impressive, there was still a long way to go before he could compare with the most elite students, especially those "most elite" who were adept at growing through combat.
These supern had almost no weaknesses. At the sa Spiritual Power Level stage, they were virtually unbeatable.
And not only did Rod have a major weakness, his Spiritual Energy Level was also too low.
But this was an order from the Royal District, and Vera, being only the sub-branch head, had no say in the matter.
He could only use his resources to gather the upgrade materials for Rod and help him as much as possible to keep up with those true rising stars.
On the other hand, Rod, after resting for several days, finally felt he could enter the Dream Realm.
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