High in the sky, a bone dragon was flying rapidly, and beside the bone dragon, multiple bolts of lightning appeared from time to time, hitting the bone dragon.
In this state, Rhodes could not even know the location where the court mage attacked him. In addition, he was still in the territory of Eli. Rhodes just wanted to return to Diya quickly in this way.
As for counterattacking the court mage who was chasing him, Rhodes had no such idea for the time being. Since it is located in enemy territory and the number of enemies is uncertain, it is obviously extremely disadvantageous for Rhodes to rush back to counterattack when the situation is still unclear.
At this time, the flying bone dragon suddenly decelerated violently as if it felt something, and finally hovered in the sky.
During the sudden stop of the bone dragon, Lal was unstable again. Fortunately, Rhodes caught Lal in time and prevented Lal from falling from the sky.
Seeing this happening, Rhodes set his sights on the location where the bone dragon was about to pass.
Rhodes discovered that there was already a large amount of lightning lurking in the sky not far ahead. Dense lightning formed a large electrical grid, covering almost all locations in the sky.
In this state, even Rhodes can feel a powerful threat from the power grid in front. If the Bone Dragon hadn't dodged beforehand, it would undoubtedly have crashed into the power grid at this moment.
After realizing this, Rhodes immediately understood that this was exactly how the Palace Mage wanted to force himself from the sky into the ground.
During the previous attack, Rhodes was still confused. According to the spellcasting ability of the Palace Mage, it was impossible to harass him with thunderbolts and lightning. However, Rhodes did not think much about it at that time. It was not until he saw these power grids in front of him that Rhodes understood that the Palace Mage plan.
At first, Rhodes only regarded this as a restriction on the palace mage's remote casting. If this restriction did not exist, then the palace mage's approach would obviously be meaningless. Even the paralysis effect of thunderbolt and lightning is only mildly painful to the bone dragon.
It wasn't until Rhodes discovered the power grid surrounding him that he realized what the court mage was thinking. The palace mage's move of using thunderbolt and lightning was precisely to cover up the fluctuations in the power of the power grid he had laid.
The court mage also knew that if he relied solely on low-level spells, he could only cause very low damage to the bone dragon and would not be able to stop the bone dragon from flying. In the current situation, using low-level spells is undoubtedly a waste of mana.
The moment he saw the power grid appear, Rhodes recalled that this power grid should be a third-level magic [Lightning Trap], specifically targeting creatures in the sky.
Due to the characteristics of this magic, it requires a lot of time to prepare. At this point, it is obviously slightly inferior to other trap spells.
However, [Lightning Trap] also has its own advantages, that is, in the same space, this magic can be superimposed on each other, and even cover the entire area, and when the power grid in one place is triggered, , the surrounding power grids will be triggered in a chain manner.
Since the range in the sky is extremely wide, if this spell is simply cast once, flying creatures only need to change the height of their flight to avoid the range covered by the [Lightning Trap] spell.
However, under the superposition of [Lightning Trap], the entire area in the sky will be covered with this spell. Under this situation, it can effectively reach the level of air ban.
At this time, the Bone Dragon has stopped flying forward. Facing this large power grid, even the Bone Dragon feels a little threatened.
Unlike spells that directly cause damage, trap-type magic is easily seen through by enemies, so its effectiveness is extremely low. In this case, trap-type spells are extremely damaging, and in addition, this spell is cast by a palace mage. Even the bone dragon is unwilling to go directly through this power grid.
If Rhodes uses his spiritual imprint to control the bone dragon, he will naturally be able to force it through the power grid, but other creatures on the bone dragon will also suffer considerable damage.
Once Rhodes is hit by this spell, he will completely lose the ability to fight back against the Palace Mage during the rest of his journey.
What Rhodes didn't expect was that at this level, the court mage could still respond quickly.
Rhodes naturally would not let the bone dragon pass directly through the power grid in front of him. At Rhodes's signal, the bone dragon quickly pulled up to a position above the sky, no longer paying attention to the location of the surrounding power grids.
Rhodes knew that no matter how powerful the palace mage was, he could not block the entire sky. Under this situation, as long as the bone dragon flew upward quickly, it could find a location that was not covered by the power grid.
In Rhode's memory, even in wars between legions, very few mages could lay out lightning traps covering the entire area. To this extent, it was basically considered a restricted airspace.
Therefore, Rhodes' idea was to find a suitable way out in the sky and quickly cross the power grid.
As Rhodes continued to check, he also keenly discovered the anomaly.
No matter how the bone dragon flies upward, this power grid still exists, and there is no path as Rhodes expected.
Rhodes realized that the palace mage must have used some treasure, which greatly enhanced the effect of the spell. Under the current situation, Rhodes had no good way to deal with it for a while.
Rhodes knew that trap spells could last for a long time. If he wanted to wait for the power grid to disappear slowly in the air, the palace mage behind him would definitely catch up.
After realizing this, at Rhodes's signal, the Bone Dragon quickly flew downwards, trying to find the end of the power grid.
The height of the bone dragon was getting lower and lower, but the end of the power grid never appeared. Just when Rhodes thought that the height was still not enough and wanted to continue flying downward, his eyes noticed a figure on the ground.
What appeared in Rhode's eyes was the court mage he was pursuing.
The court mage had no intention of hiding his figure, but looked directly in Rhode's direction.
In this state, since Rhodes' overall attributes have been improved, the palace mage's gaze on him was naturally felt immediately.
After paying another treasure as a price, the court mage came here in a short time.
At this time, looking at the bone dragon leaning down from the sky toward him, the court mage said nothing and just raised his hand.
The next moment, a strong sense of crisis emerged in Rhodes' heart.
(End of chapter)