As early as when the armored zombies in the tomb were bitten by bats, Rhodes entered the hall at the back first and began to control the zombies stationed here to ignite the second barrier.
This hall was where Rhodes first woke up. Due to the vast scope of the hall, it was impossible to ignite the entire ground. Rhodes' focus was still on the rear, near the tomb passage.
At this time, the entire rear was a sea of fire, and the passage was blocked by a ignited barrier. There was still an armored zombie standing in front of the barrier, holding up a shield to face the vampires rushing through the sea of fire...
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"Cough, cough..."
Wake up from the tomb, kill the undead creatures all the way out of the tomb, then lure the wolves, and return to the tomb to fight. Rhodes can be said to be very familiar with all the passages in the tomb.
Therefore, Rhodes selected several locations that were most suitable for creating flame barriers. One is at the entrance to the tomb where the coffin is located. One is at the junction of the hall where corpses are displayed and the tomb passage. One is in a narrow part of the tomb passage. One is at the exit of the tomb.
According to Rhodes' original idea, he would be in front of the vampire. Whenever the vampire passed a barrier, he would let the zombies at the next barrier ignite the flames.
However, the burning of the wood filled the entire tomb with thick smoke. The thick smoke made it difficult for Rhodes to observe the surrounding things, and also made Rhodes cough violently, making his body extremely uncomfortable.
Unlike undead creatures, the smoke produced by burning wood may have no effect on undead creatures, but for Rhodes in a human body, this smoke is fatal.
Rhodes could only change his approach and quickly retreat out of the tomb while the vampire was blocked by the second barrier. As he retreated, he let the zombies set the barrier on fire.
After exiting the entire tomb passage, Rhodes stood on the ground, with a pack of corpse wolves waiting around. Looking at the thick smoke rising upwards from the exit, Rhodes recalled what he first saw in the tomb.
In itself, Rhodes was not surprised that the barrier was breached. Rhodes knew that there was no way to trap the vampire in the tomb with one barrier, but instead deployed multiple barriers. What surprised Rhodes was the speed at which the vampire broke through the barrier.
When these barriers were first laid out, Rhodes was not sure of the type of undead creature in the coffin. He had several guesses as to which undead creature was sleeping.
The first thing Rhodes thought of was the third-level ghost. In Diya, most of the tombs are filled with ghosts. The necromancer can use the power of the ghost to transform undead creatures, and at the same time accelerate the advancement of the ghost, which is a mutually beneficial relationship.
Apart from ghosts, the other possibilities are much smaller, there are only corpse witches and vampires. Among these undead creatures, as long as their rank exceeds the third level, they cannot be directly controlled by the spiritual imprint.
No matter which undead creature is in the coffin, Rhodes believes that with the barrier he has set up and the zombies trying to hold it back with their lives, they can hold on for a while and the flames will burn them.
However, since the person sleeping in the tomb is a vampire, vampires focus on survivability, and their bat transformation skills directly make the barrier much less effective. With this skill, the vampire only needs to deal with the armored zombies in front and can quickly cross the barrier.
If it were not a vampire, but a creature like a ghost, it would never pass through the barrier so easily.
The barrier set up by Rhodes obviously did not cause any harm to the vampire. The flames did not have the effect Rhodes imagined, but only allowed the vampire to use bat transformation a few more times.
However, even if the vampire is allowed to use bat transformation a few more times, Rhodes' purpose of making these arrangements has been achieved. The more vampires use bat transformation, the more certain Rhodes can defeat the vampires.
From the beginning, Rhodes had no intention of using these arrangements to kill the undead creature sleeping in the tomb. He just wanted to weaken its strength as much as possible. Level three undead creatures are not so easy to kill.
Even ghosts, although they don't have the strong survivability of vampires, can still break out by relying on their physical fitness and immortality. For Rhodes, the real battle is still on the ground.
Rhodes made these arrangements just to give himself a big enough advantage in the next battle. Opening the coffin to fight directly is undoubtedly the stupidest approach.
Everyone knows to give themselves an advantage before a fight, whether it's by setting traps, poisoning weapons, sneak attacks, or other methods. Any action you take, even if you can only gain a slight advantage, can tilt the balance of victory in your favor, which is better than fighting directly.
"How many more times can you... turn into a bat?"
Feeling the zombie mark dissipating in front of the third barrier, Rhodes whispered.
For vampires, Rhodes is relatively familiar with them due to his experience in fighting in his previous life. The third-level vampire skill Bat Transformation not only consumes life when used, but also has a limit on the number of times it can be used. Only after reaching the fourth level, the restrictions of bat transformation will disappear.
In the game, level three and level four are a watershed. The fourth level will bring about a fundamental change for both professionals and other creatures. Entering the fourth level, your combat ability will immediately increase several times. Only after reaching the fourth level can a spell caster remove the word "apprentice" in front of it and become an official mage.
Similarly, for creatures like vampires, after reaching level four, in addition to a significant improvement in basic physical fitness, all skills will also be improved accordingly. Bat transformation no longer has a limit on the number of times it can be used, and other skills will also be awakened.
Rhodes has always been afraid of the advancement of undead creatures deep in the tomb, precisely for this reason. According to Rhodes' observation, the current vampires are only at the third level and have not successfully advanced.
Originally, vampires could advance with peace of mind and upgrade from a third-level creature to a fourth-level creature by sleeping in a tomb to accumulate energy.
Therefore, vampires will appear so angry when their advancement is interrupted. If you use this method of long sleep to advance, once it is interrupted, it can be said that all your previous efforts have been wasted.
Because of this, after the vampire's advancement is interrupted, he will not hesitate to cross the passage full of flames to hunt down Rhodes.
Knowing this, Rhodes set up what he thought was the best barrier at the exit. The amount of energy spent even exceeded the original layout of the main tomb.
Rhodes set fire to the barrier at the entrance of the passage, and the surrounding zombies gathered around him. As long as the vampire comes here, Rhodes can severely damage him.
After the third barrier was breached by the vampire, Rhodes focused all his attention and stared at the exit of the passage, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.
Thick smoke continued to drift outward from the tomb.
After waiting for a while, Rhodes began to wonder. According to the speed of the vampire, he should have arrived here by now. The zombies stationed in the passage did not send any strange hints to Rhodes. Rhodes couldn't help but become more vigilant.
Suddenly, a strong sensory warning came from directly in front of Rhodes. Without thinking, Rhodes turned his body and rolled to the side.
A black shadow emerged from the ground far away from the tomb exit, rushed towards Rhodes at an extremely fast speed, and grabbed it with a claw.
Even though Rhodes dodged immediately, his arm was still injured, and the sharp claws picked off a piece of flesh on Rhodes' arm. This dark shadow is a vampire.
For some reason, the vampire unexpectedly anticipated Rhode's preparations, and instead took advantage of the opportunity Rhode was waiting for to launch a surprise attack on Rhode!
(End of chapter)