Chapter Seventy-Three: The First Test of the Dagger

Only the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard, and a large piece of rattan fell to the ground.

While the red light on the dagger had not yet dissipated, Rhodes swung the dagger again, wanting to continue to damage the rattan. However, since the rattan originally had the momentum of shrinking towards the rear, it immediately retracted after being cut off in front of it.

On the side, the rest of the rattan sticks were also taken back.

Although these rattans have been recovered, the rattan that fell from the ground is undoubtedly here forever.

After the surrounding rattans were withdrawn, Rhodes did not put the dagger in his hand into the spatial ring, but just held it in his hand.

Previously, when he got the tissue on the rattan, Rod noticed that it was very tough, and Rod realized that it seemed difficult to cut the rattan with a sword. That's when Rhodes thought of the magic dagger he had obtained from the blue-robed mage.

Therefore, when Rod found that he really couldn't cut off the rattan, he immediately went to take out the dagger from the spatial ring.

After slashing his own arm, the dagger appeared with that red light, and in keeping with Rod's pre-vision, the dagger easily cut off the rattan.

At this time, Rod had an idea in his heart that as long as he supplied blood to this dagger, all objects in its way would be cut off by it.

Thinking of this, Rhodes suddenly felt that he had established a connection with the dagger, just like the connection between Rhodes and the undead creatures, but this connection was very subtle, and it would be difficult to detect it if it were not carefully perceived by Rhodes.

The dagger in his hand gave Rhodes a strange feeling, as if something was watching his every move through this dagger.

By this time, the wound on Rod's arm had stopped bleeding. Because Rod has 16 physique attributes, in Rode's overall attributes, physique is the highest, due to the recovery ability brought by physique, as long as the wound is not particularly deep, after a period of time, Rod can recover on his own.

Similarly, because the wound that Rod had cut on his hand was not deep, by this time, the red light on the dagger had faded and had become the original plain appearance.

Although the dagger was restored to its original form, Rhodes knew that this was only a façade of it.

The dagger easily severed the tough rattan. Rhodes recalled that from the previous battle with the blue-robed mage to the current cutting of the rattan, there was no object that could resist this dagger, and all of them were instantly cut off by the dagger.

After the dagger is stained with the blood of its master, it is like a magic weapon, so that the owner of the dagger can defeat powerful enemies, and at the same time, it will also make people can't help but have a dependence on this dagger.

A desire to continue wielding the dagger rose in Rod's heart. Rhodes knew that this magic dagger should be his strongest weapon at this stage.

However, as if he realized something, Rhodes looked at the dagger in his hand and was silent.

As he held the dagger, Rhodes realized the desire in his heart, which was to use the dagger to defeat all unknown enemies. The thought flashed through Rod's mind, but Rod keenly captured it.

As time passed, this longing faded from Rod's heart, and the dagger was fully restored to its original form.

The scene of the blue-robed mage dying in battle appeared in front of Rod's eyes, it was precisely because the blue-robed mage believed too much in the dagger in his hand, but at the last moment he lost his will and was completely controlled by the dagger, although his combat ability has improved, but he completely lost himself mentally, and finally died in the hands of Rod.

At this point, the dagger began to lure its new owner, which is why Rhodes developed a strong dependence on the dagger in his heart.

Sensing that this was happening, although Rod's occult level was still not high, Rhodes also had some guesses about the origin of the dagger.

This style of seducing people to use it and seizing the user's mental will at a critical moment is exactly what the hellish race often uses.

Rhodes realized that the dagger he held in his hand had a lot to do with the Hell Clan, but for some reason, it was lost to the surface world and finally obtained by the blue-robed mage.

On the side, after losing the enemy due to the retreat of the rattan, the surrounding undead creatures suddenly did not move, waiting for further instructions from Rhodes.

At this time, Rhodes finally withdrew his gaze from the dagger and looked into the depths of the mansion, that is, the source of the rattan, where the bone vine body was located.

Although with this dagger, he can deal with bone vines very well, but with the experience of the blue-robed mage, Rhodes obviously did not dare to put all his hopes on the dagger.

Therefore, if he wants to deal with the bone vine, Rod still needs to follow the original plan.

Through the manipulation of the spirit imprint, Rhodes made the vampire walk in front again, followed by the three ghosts, towards the interior of the room, while Rhodes followed them with a dagger, ready to slash the rattan at the right time.

Outside the room, the ghost did not move, and remained in place to prevent the passage from clogging. Wait until the undead creatures in front of him are damaged, and then Rhodes will let the ghosts in.

Coming to the interior of the room, there is a long and narrow passage inside. This room was clearly built to allow the rattan to be effective. There was a slight light coming from inside the passage, allowing Rhodes to see his surroundings clearly.

After a while, the passage changed from narrow to wide. Perhaps it was because of the fear of the dagger in Rod's hand, and in the process of moving forward, Rod was not attacked by rattan again.

Just as Rhodes was thinking about whether he needed to let a few ghosts enter the passage, Rhodes stopped moving forward, and the undead creatures around him stopped instantly.

Through the light in front of him, Rhodes keenly observed that at the end of the passage, there were several rows of skeleton warriors.

The skeleton warriors standing side by side blocked the entire passage, while the rattan attacked through the gap between the skeleton warriors.

These skeleton warriors are the skeleton warriors who retreated into the mansion first after the death of the original fake mayor, and they are lined up here at this time to resist Rod's attack.

Rhodes looked behind the skeleton warriors. Although there was only a slight light behind him, Rhodes realized that this place was not far from the root system of the bone vine.

According to Rod's original test of the tissue on the bone vine, as long as it can make it burn, the bone vine can be destroyed, but the mayor of the town obviously will not show such a big flaw, but will hold this place and prevent Rod from approaching.

For a creature like the Bone Vine, if the Mayor tries to control its rattan, under the Mayor's command, its attacks will be limited, and it will be more threatening than allowing it to attack freely.

Therefore, the mayor of the town only needs to control the skeleton warriors to resist here with all his might, and let the rattans attack on their own, and then destroy the enemy.

Just as Rhodes realized this situation, the mayor directly cast a spell on the undead creatures under his hand, and immediately, the group of skeleton warriors in front of him, holding shields, rushed towards Rhodes and his party.

The Skeleton Warrior moved much faster than Rhodes had seen before, and since the room was not spacious, the Skeleton Warrior charged with his shield and sent a burst of impact, striking the Shade and vampire beside Rod.

The Vampire and the Shade were knocked back a few steps by the Skeleton Warrior's charge, before steadied themselves and began to fight the Skeleton Champion.

Since the speed of the undead creatures was greatly increased by the mayor's use of spells, for a while, the skeleton warriors, with the cooperation of the shield in their hands, suppressed the ghosts and vampires in place.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a rattan rod shot straight out of the gap between the skeleton warriors towards one of the shadows on the very edge.

Since the Yin Soul was fighting the Skeleton Warrior with all its might, the rattan struck directly on the Yin Soul, making the Yin Soul unstable and retreating a lot by the Skeleton Warrior.

At this time, multiple rattans were shot again, far more than the rattans that had attacked outside the door before. Seeing this, Rod stepped forward directly to resist.

Due to the increase in the number of rattans, in order to be able to resist them, Rhodes did not care about the threat brought by the dagger, and directly used the dagger to cut the arm of his other hand.

After sucking the blood from Rod's arm, a red glow began to appear on the dagger, deeper than the previous one.

Rhodes came to the side of the ghost, and in the face of the rattan that rushed straight forward, Rod directly brandished his dagger to meet it.

The rattan slammed directly into the dagger, which was split in two by the dagger. Rhodes, wielding the dagger, didn't even feel any hindrance.

Rod swung the dagger to the side, and half of the rattan fell to the ground, and at the same time, the rattan jerked back, but Rod continued to swing the dagger, and slashed it down as it retracted backwards.

At this time, the red light on Rod's dagger partially faded, and it was not as shiny as before, but it was still able to maintain the sharpness of the dagger.

Ahead, a skeleton warrior held a shield and tried to ram Rhodes with his shield to force Rhodes back.

Looking at the skeletal warrior, Rhodes swung his dagger. A red light flashed through the air, and it was the trajectory of Rhodes' dagger.

Following the trajectory of the red light, the upper part of the shield in the skeleton warrior's hand fell directly to the ground.

Another flash of red light streaked through, and the skull-warrior's head fell to the ground.

At this time, the red light of the dagger in Rod's hand faded, and if he wanted to use it again, he had to continue to apply blood.

Perhaps it was because of the many times he used the dagger that the desire in Rhodes' heart was even stronger.

In his mind, a word was telling Rhodes that as long as he used the dagger, all the enemies in front of him would be easily killed by him, whether it was these skeleton warriors or the bone vines in the rear. As long as you continue to slash yourself with the dagger, you can defeat these enemies.

But Rod didn't choose to do this, but forcibly suppressed the thoughts in his heart.

Rhodes knew that once he put all his hopes of fighting on this dagger, his fate would be the same as that of the blue-robed mage.

The skeleton warrior on the side attacked Rhodes, who switched the dagger to his other hand and held it, took out the original iron sword from the spatial ring, and began to fight the skeleton warrior.

Since they had already fought a battle before, both Rhodes and the mayor had some understanding of the fighting style of the other person, and it was impossible to distinguish the winner in a short period of time by relying on simple battles.

Just as Rhodes and his undead creatures cooperated with each other to suppress the skeleton warriors a lot, suddenly, there was a wave of magic fluctuations, and then Rhodes felt that his movements became slow, and he wanted to wave the weapon in his hand, but the speed decreased a lot.

Rhodes realized that he had been subjected to the Dafa of Slowness, and the undead creatures controlled by Rhodes were also affected by the Dafa of Slowness.

The Skeleton Warrior on the Mayor's side was spelled to increase the speed attribute. In this way, the skull warrior fended off the undead creatures beside Rhodes very well.

At this moment, a rattan shot straight out, but it was not attacking Rhodes, but a Yin Spirit farthest away from Rhodes.

Due to the speed, the two rattans quickly wrapped around the Yin Spirit, pulling the Yin Soul towards the rear, and the skeleton warrior in the rear took the opportunity to slash at the Yin Spirit.

The Skeleton Warrior's attack couldn't do much damage to the Shadow, but at this moment, another rattan shot straight at the Shade. The mayor was apparently aware that while Rhodes had the dagger in his hand, the rattan would appear near Rhodes and would only be cut off in an instant.

Although I don't know the origin of the dagger in Rhodes's hand, the mayor has a general understanding of the effect of the dagger after these attacks.

Therefore, the mayor of the town made his own command, that is, to ignore Rhodes at all, and prioritize attacking the undead creatures next to Rhodes, and the reason why the Yin Spirits were prioritized was also because the vampires could use bats to dodge and had stronger vitality.

At this time, several skeleton warriors quickly caught up and blocked Rhodes, who had gone to support the Shadows.

Facing the skeleton warriors in front of him, due to the reduced speed and the skeleton warriors' determination to resist, Rhodes could only be blocked behind the shield for a while, unable to cross these skeleton warriors and come to the side of the ghost.

On the side, the rest of the Yin Spirits also tried to help the Yin Soul entangled in the rattan to resist the attack of the rattan in front of them, but due to the tight defense of the surrounding Skeleton Warriors, and the rattan had pulled the Yin Soul into the Skeleton Warrior formation, the rest of the undead creatures could not help the Yin Spirit.

Because the Yin Spirit was entangled in the rattan, in the case of being unable to dodge, in the face of the rattan impact, the Yin Spirit's own recovery ability did not play a role.

By the time Rhodes used swordsmanship to deal with the skeleton warrior in front of him and came to the Shade, the Shade had already been killed by the rattan.

The Skeleton Warrior filled in the empty slots and continued to suppress the ghosts beside Rod. Seeing the rattan shoot in his direction again, Rod knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

If you wait like this, the undead creatures around you will be killed by the mayor one by one, and maybe Rhodes and vampires can escape from here, but the remaining two ghosts, even if they want to flee to the rear, will be entangled in rattans. As for those ghosts in the rear, they may not make much of a difference.

At this time, two more rattans attacked, entangled a yin spirit on the side, trying to kill it. The skeleton warriors around the Yin Soul immediately surrounded it.

Seeing this, Rod held the dagger in his left hand and slashed the arm of his right hand holding the sword.