Chapter Seventy-Four: Mutation
At this time, Rod's gaze did not look at the Yin Soul entwined by rattans at all, but directly looked at the deepest part of this room, that is, the source of the rattan, the location of the bone vine.
A crazy thought came to Rhodes' mind, whether it was because of the dagger or if it was Rhodes' own thoughts. At this time, Rhodes' whole body was full of qi and blood, and he only felt that his heart began to beat rapidly.
Realizing that he might have been affected by the dagger, Rhodes suppressed the idea in time.
The dagger once again emitted a dazzling red light. Holding the dagger, Rhodes slashed at the skeleton warrior in front of him, and the skeleton warrior raised his shield to resist, and the dagger slashed through the skeleton warrior's shield, slashing it in two.
The shield in front of the Skeleton Warrior broke, and with the impact of swinging the dagger, Rhodes slashed across with a sword, killing the Skeleton Warrior directly.
The rest of the skeleton warriors on the side, under the control of the mayor, took a few steps back to the rear, avoiding Rhodes' attack.
Facing the power of the dagger in Rod's hand at this time, even these skeleton warriors controlled by the mayor of the town needed to temporarily avoid the edge, and could not rely on the shield in his hand to resist.
The skeleton warrior retreated to the rear, and the yin spirit pulled by the rattan suddenly appeared, and the last remaining yin spirit on the side immediately stepped forward to resist the attacking rattan.
As the mayor of the town made the skeleton warrior take a few steps back, undoubtedly exposing the outstretched rattan to Rod's time limit, Rhodes rushed forward directly, waved the dagger in his hand, and slashed at the rattan.
At this time, not long after the skeleton warrior retreated, rattan also realized the need to retreat, but it was obviously out of touch with the skeleton warrior's movements, and because he did not let go of the ghost retreat at the first time, rattan was cut off by Rhodes The first half of the first half.
Just as Rhodes cut off the rattan, several ghosts appeared in the passage behind Rhodes.
It turned out that when the first ghost died, Rhodes used a spiritual imprint to let many ghosts enter it. The surrounding ghosts rushed towards the mayor's skeleton warriors, fighting with them.
At this time, the red light of the dagger faded, and an unnatural red flashed in Rod's eyes.
Since Rhodes didn't cut deep on his arm every time he controlled it, the dagger didn't last long.
Rod grabbed the dagger's hand and unconsciously wanted to slash at his arm again, but Rod realized it in time.
However, even though Rhodes was aware of this, he did not stop it, but let the dagger slash his arm apart.
Rod saw that the rattans behind the skeleton warrior kept shooting out as the undead creatures around him resumed fighting.
Due to the ability of rattan to inflict great damage, in this very short period of time, many of the ghosts that arrived earlier have died.
Rhodes realized that without his dagger in front of him, all the undead creatures around him would die under the attack of the skeleton warriors and rattans.
Therefore, although there were still quite a few ghosts in Rhodes' rear, Rhodes did not let them join the fight.
And the remaining two Yin Spirits alone, plus the vampires, obviously can't deal with the bone vines. If it goes on like this, Rhodes doesn't know what will happen.
Not to mention...... Looking at the dagger in his hand, Rod realized that as the number of daggers used increased for the first time, the connection between Rhodes and the dagger also deepened, making it impossible for Rod to fight as before.
If it was delayed like this, as long as he used this dagger a few more times, Rod didn't know what kind of situation would happen, whether it was like a blue-robed mage, unconsciously slashing himself with a dagger, or being directly controlled by the dagger, Rod didn't know.
Therefore, Rhodes needs to settle the mayor with the bone vine before the connection with the dagger deepens to a certain point.
After slashing his arm apart again, Rhodes did not rush forward, but put the blade of the sword held in his right hand into the spatial ring, and then took out two healing magic scrolls from the spatial ring.
Holding the two scrolls in his hand at the same time, Rhodes used the dagger to cut the two scrolls at the same time, and immediately, the healing magic recorded on the scrolls was applied to Rod, and the wounds on Rod's arms caused by the dagger gradually recovered.
Due to the multiple cuts on the same arm, Rod is getting slower and slower to heal his wounds, and because Rode's physique has not reached an extremely high level, his ability to recover is limited.
For this reason, Rod had to use the scroll to heal the wounds on his body, but fortunately, Rod had a lot of healing magic scrolls, and after using two, Rod still had many on his body.
While using the scroll to restore his injuries, Rhodes also opened his own stats panel.
"Consumes 800 XP and has 705 XP remaining. Class level increased to Tier 2 Swordsman Rank 9......"
"Get 1 free attribute point, get 1 skill point......"
After the battle with the necromancer, Rhodes gained a lot of experience points, but he never allocated them.
Until this point, since he might need to use attribute points to restore health, Rhodes chose to level up first, and when needed, he could increase attribute points on his constitution with an idea to make up for the lack of time to use the scroll.
At this point, all the preparations have been made. Seeing that the rattan was wrapped around the Yin Soul again, Rod didn't wait any longer, seeing that the red light on the dagger in his hand was about to disappear, Rod touched his arm with the dagger.
Just touching it, there was a burst of pain on Rod's arm, but the pain quickly weakened, and it disappeared completely in an instant, and Rod knew that this should be the effect of the dagger.
The red light appeared on the surface of the dagger, more dazzling than before. Just as this red light appeared, the skeleton warrior was commanded and took a few steps back directly, while the rattan also let go of the yin spirit in front of him and retracted towards the rear.
The rich combat experience made the mayor understand the characteristics of the dagger in Rhodes's hand, so the moment he saw the red light on the dagger, he made the undead creatures under his command retreat directly, and the bone vine also retracted directly due to the damage suffered in the previous time.
The mayor of the town can make accurate choices in both observing the battle situation and dealing with the strategy, and after realizing the characteristics of the dagger, the mayor intends to consume the time of the dagger's red light in this way.
At this time, Rod also made a decision.
Blood dripped from the air on his arm, but Rhodes didn't stop for a moment, and rushed straight in the direction of the skeleton warrior.
Ahead, the Shadow Spirit, who was fighting with the Skeleton Warriors, received a signal from Rhodes and directly grabbed the shield of one of the Skeleton Warriors, ignoring the attacks of the rest of the Skeleton Warriors around him.
Rhodes rushed to the side of the Shade, a position that was at the edge of the entire passage.
The Shade has pulled the Skeleton Warrior's shield apart, revealing a flaw. The dagger slashed, and Rhodes killed him directly.
After killing a Skeleton Warrior, Rhodes kept moving, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to break through the Skeleton Warrior's block.
Since Rhodes leaned against the wall in the passage on the side, he only needed to deal with attacks from one direction, and the Yin Spirit helped Rhodes resist on Rhodes' side, and Rhodes only needed the enemy in front of him.
At this point, no skeleton warrior could stop Rhodes' dagger.
Rhodes kills the two Skeleton Warriors who were in his way, and crosses them to the back of them. But at the cost of another wound on Rod's arm.
Due to the need to move quickly, Rod had difficulty controlling his strength when he slashed his arm, and at this time, Rode's arm was dripping with blood and dripping to the ground.
At this point, Rhodes realized that the dagger had completely affected his perception of pain, preventing him from feeling the pain in his arm that he should have, and instead transmitted a feeling of fulfillment of power to Rhodes's mind.
For those who are not strong-willed, once they believe in the feeling of fulfillment that the dagger provides, and regard the dagger as their only reliance, they will be controlled by the dagger.
The red glow on the dagger faded a little, and after killing the skeleton warrior's resistance, Rhodes quickly ran towards the depths of the room, and at the same time placed the dagger on his original wound, trying to catch a little of the blood that flowed.
Blood dripped onto the dagger, but it didn't have any effect, and it slid straight to the side, the red light on the dagger still dim.
Seeing this, Rhodes seemed to realize something, so he had to slash his arm with the dagger again, which made the red light on the dagger shine again.
As Rhodes crosses the Skeleton Warrior, the vampire casts a battification. Since Rhodes was behind the skeleton warrior at this time, the vines in front of him could not continue to attack the bats in the air for a while.
The bats flew over the head of the Skull Warrior and gathered behind Rod. The vampire followed Rhodes to the deepest part of the room.
The skeleton warriors in the rear are fighting a group of ghosts that appear inside the passage.
At this time, in front of Rod, a bright fire appeared, and Rod continued to move forward, and finally came to the deepest part of the room.
Rod quickly scanned the room. The walls of the interior are covered with candlesticks, from which some of the original light comes from, and the body of the bone vine is located at the end of the room.
Through the flames generated by the surrounding candlesticks, Rhodes also saw the appearance of the bone vine itself, and the mayor next to it.
The main body of the bone vine is attached to the wall at the end of the room, and the whole body is composed of a gray-white bone structure, and in the center of the wall, there is a large bone cocoon, and from the side of it is the rattan that attacked Rhodes before, and the mayor is standing next to the bone vine.
A large number of vines extended from the bone vines, and these vines were of different lengths, and several of them were the longest, and they could even directly attack Rhodes outside the passage. With the exception of a few of the longest rattans, most of the rattans were not long, only large enough to swing on the edge of the bone vine itself.
The source of death energy inside the mansion was the bone vine in front of Rod's eyes. Inside the room, just around the bone vine, there was a strong smell of blood.
At this time, several long rattan strips shot towards Rhodes, and the mayor not far away also raised his hand and cast spells on Rhodes, trying to make the rattans attack Rhodes. In an instant, Rod's speed attribute decreased a lot.
In the face of the direct rays of rattan, Rod did not dodge, but rushed forward, and when the rattan rushed in front of him, he turned sideways to dodge the impact of the rattan.
The rattan missed the blow and wound directly towards Rod, who swung the dagger and cut off the rattan in an instant.
At this time, the rest of the rattans next to him also came to Rod's side.
Due to the large number of rattans, although Rhodes can cut them off, it will definitely be detrimental to himself if it continues to be consumed like this.
On the side, the vampire directly met it and blocked the rattan that was attacking Rod. Except for the rattan that was about to hit Rod, Rod didn't care about the rest of the rattans, but rushed directly towards the position of the bone vine body.
As if aware of Rod's behavior, the rattans around the bone vine body moved one after another, flicking towards Rod.
A rattan swept over, and Rod, who was rushing forward, raised the dagger, and the sweep of the rattan hit the dagger, and the front section broke directly and flew towards Rod's rear.
At the same time, multiple rattans attacked Rod, and Rod couldn't dodge, and just cut off one rattan, he was hit by the rest of the rattans and knocked back.
Due to the short dagger and the speed at which Rhodes swung it down by spells, for a while, Rhodes could not face too many rattans at the same time.
The closer you get to the bone vine, the more rattans can attack Rod, and the more powerful the bone vine can exert, but in the same way, Rod can also take the opportunity to deal more damage to the bone vine.
Spells such as walls of fire can work wonders in this place. Other spells can also cause a lot of damage to the bone vine. The reason Mayor Mare wanted to keep Rhodes in the passage instead of fighting here is also to prevent Rhodes' spells from damaging the bone vines.
But at this time, Rhodes could not use spells and could only rely on the dagger in his hand to fight.
The strength of the bone vine exceeded Rod's expectations, and Rod could not understand where the mayor of the town had collected the flesh and blood needed for the growth of the bone vine.
Since Rhodes was sent back, the vampire was fending off the attack of the bone vine in front of him, and had no choice but to use batatization again.
Seeing the red light of the dagger in his hand dim, Rod slashed his arm again, the same as the previous times, and in the process, Rod did not feel any pain.
Rod knew that this dagger had undergone some changes, but in order to deal with the bone vine, Rod had to use the power of this dagger.
At this point, Rod stepped forward again.
Several rattans slashed towards Rod, who swung his dagger and slashed at the rattans in front of him.
Although Rod cut off the two rattans in front of him, he didn't have time to deal with the other rattans beside him, and just when Rod thought he was going to be hit by the rattans, a mutation occurred.
The dagger in Rod's hand quickly met the rattan on his side, making Rhodes unstable.
Before Rod could react, the dagger slashed the rattan on the side, while continuing to turn around and slash at the rattan in other positions.