Chapter 131: Heir of the Blazing Sun

Dixiya knew Luo De was immune to the dead zone's erosion.

Luo De had told her about this before they set out.

But hearing about it is one thing; seeing it with one's own eyes is another.

To be honest.

When she saw Luo De emerge from the dead zone, his exposed skin, including his face, covered in black markings, Dixiya really panicked.

However, after seeing Luo De merely rest a moment and return to normal, she felt helpless to complain.

Fortunately, the fact that he had three Visions—something beyond the norm—gave her a baseline; otherwise she might have been shocked beyond belief.

And the small dead zone they discovered.

Luo De merely entered and exited once, completely consuming it; let alone Nadixa's protection, the dead zone's power inside couldn't even approach his physical limit.

After consuming that dead zone,

Luo De merely took a brief rest, then continued searching with Dixiya; over the next few days they found another five dead zones in succession.

Unfortunately,

these were also just relatively small dead zones.

With the power of these six small dead zones, plus the large dead zone near Chanana Garden,

Even with only a one‑thousandth conversion rate, Luo De could clearly feel that the elemental energy he could control had surged enormously compared to before.

Boom—

In the thriving forest,

a giant tree that took several people to encircle slowly toppled, raising a tremendous noise and causing the surrounding birds and beasts to scatter in panic.

As the instigator, Luo De raised his fist, examined it, and nodded in satisfaction.

Dixiya beside him clicked her tongue and said, "With your current strength, that staff probably isn't enough anymore, huh?"

"Hmm."

Luo De's smile stalled, then he gave a wry nod.

That staff, which had been just enough to reason with people, suddenly felt too light after he gained another Grass Element Divine Eye, boosting his strength sharply in a short time.

Although a weapon isn't better the heavier it is,

but Luo De never received systematic training, so his martial skills remain lacking.

Simply put,

it's just that relying only on what Dixiya taught him, he can't achieve the master's ability to make light feel heavy.

"Why not go get a different weapon?"

Luo De stroked his chin and pondered.

"Do you have enough money?"

Hearing his words, Dixiya replied helplessly, "With your current strength, wanting a weapon that can withstand it—if you go custom, setting aside the technical issues, the materials are hard to find."

"Um"

Luo De thought a moment: "Then why not go ask Dolly?"

In Sumeru, Dolly is all‑capable.

There's nothing you can't think of that she can't obtain.

A weapon.

Even if the requirements are a bit many, for her it shouldn't be too difficult.

However, Dixiya poured cold water on Luo De, saying, "If you go to her, you'd better watch out—you might get swindled out of everything you own."

That's a real‑world problem.

It's also something Luo De must consider.

Acquisition is difficult.

For Dolly, it amounts to "need to pay more."

Luo De, who had been frowning in thought, suddenly heard Dixiya ask, "Have you heard of the Heir of the Blazing Sun?"

Heir of the Blazing Sun?

Luo De shook his head blankly; the name rang a bell, but he really didn't know the details.

"After the Red King's kingdom fell."

"His priests' descendants called themselves the Heir of the Blazing Sun, and even though the Red King is gone, they still continue studying the old rites of his kingdom."

"These people, we in the Gilded Travel Group call them Hermits."

"They not only master ancient texts that the Academy cannot decipher, but are also versed in staff, spear, archery, and many other martial arts."

"However, with the Red King's passing,"

"some Hermits pledged allegiance to the Great Merciful Tree King of the rainforest, while others dwell in the many relics left by the Red King, continuing to pass on ancient knowledge and secretly guarding today's civilization."

Dixiya recounted the story of the Heir of the Blazing Sun as if it were common knowledge, then added pointedly, "I asked Kantisi—Saino is one of the Heir of the Blazing Sun."

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Luo De understood why Dixiya was telling him this.

Heir of the Blazing Sun.

Descendants of the Red King's priests.

According to their creed,

these people are, to date, the most loyal followers of the Red King in all of Sumeru.

Originally these people hid in the desert, making them hard to find.

But Luo De happened to know an acquaintance who could help make the connection.

Saino, the descendant of the Scarlet King's priest.

With his help to make connections, plus Luo De's identity as the Scarlet King's divine envoy, wanting to obtain a good weapon inherited from the Scarlet King era from the successor of the Blazing Sun, it would surely be a very easy matter.

Then the problem arises.

This identity as the Scarlet King's divine envoy is actually fake!

Luo De blushed rarely, feeling guilty, saying: "Well, maybe we should just forget it."

Going before the Scarlet King's most devout believers and telling them one is the Scarlet King's divine envoy, out of respect for Saino's face, those recluses probably wouldn't beat one to death, but a sound thrashing is surely unavoidable.

But if we don't use this identity as the Scarlet King's divine envoy.

How could an outsider like him possibly obtain those weapons passed down through generations among the Scarlet King's believers?

One must know that Luo De has done so much for A Ru Village, even obtaining a title as village guardian equal in fame to the guardians.

Kantisi likewise never gave him the guardians' inherited weapon or any other gift, merely giving him a Scarlet King descendant's emblem as an amulet.

"Wait."

"That emblem!"

Thinking of this, Luo De's eyes suddenly brightened; after searching for a while, he finally found that emblem he had long forgotten at the back of his mind.

With this.

Seems like it would work too.

Watching him muttering there, sometimes frowning, sometimes overjoyed, until Luo De took out that emblem and fell into thought, Dixiya then spoke with a strange expression: "What are you muttering over there?"

"Nothing."

Luo De waved his hand and said: "I'm thinking you really gave me a good idea, uh, a great plan; I'll contact Saino right away."

Having said that.

He then began to contact Saino.

The Void Terminal is a very useful tool; not only can it search knowledge at any time, it can also receive various information released by the Academy and has the function of mutual communication.

It's just that the distance limitation is quite large.

Normally, only in big cities like Xu Mi Cheng and Aomos Port does signal transmission work well; elsewhere, smooth mutual communication is quite difficult, and in the desert there is no signal at all—let alone communication, even the Void Terminal cannot connect.

But that's only the usual case for others.

With Nadixa's help, Luo De can even send information to Dixiya from deep in the desert; now, in the rainforest area with smooth signals, he naturally contacts Saino easily.

"All right."

"He agreed."

After receiving Saino's reply and agreeing on the time and place, Luo De smiled at Dixiya.

The successor of the Blazing Sun.

It really is something to look forward to.

(End of chapter)