An ice arrow condensed and shot towards the vampire who was devouring flesh and blood not far away.
The blue-robed mage knew in his heart that the easiest person to kill at this time was the vampire. Because the vampire was seriously injured, the blue-robed mage had previously tried to kill him with an ice arrow, but was blocked by his shield.
At this time, the blue-robed mage once again unleashed a spell on the vampire, but due to the long distance, the ice arrow was dodged by the alert vampire.
Realizing that the blue-robed mage would not let the vampire recover safely, Rhodes rushed forward with his sword.
The blue-robed mage raised his hand and used the Slowing Technique, and Rhodes' speed immediately slowed down. Then, the blue-robed mage tore open a scroll, and a horizontal wall of fire suddenly rose from the ground, blocking Rhodes and the blue-robed mage.
Due to the long distance, fear of being evaded by the enemy, and in order to save mana, the blue-robed mage did not release any damaging spells.
The wall of fire affected Rhodes' vision. Of course, Rhodes would not choose to rush directly through the wall of fire, but planned to bypass the wall of fire to the side.
Rhodes was about to rush out of the fire wall, but suddenly thought of something, stopped his forward movement, and ran towards the other side of the fire wall. Just where Rhodes was about to rush, an ice arrow passed by.
If Rhodes wanted to bypass the fire wall directly, he would definitely be hit by this ice arrow.
At this time, there was still some distance between Rhodes and the blue-robed mage. In addition, Rhodes saw that the blue-robed mage had set his sights on him, so he was not in a hurry to charge towards the blue-robed mage, but hid behind him. After the wall of fire, take advantage of the wall of fire to block the sight of both parties, allowing the vampire to recover quickly.
Through the feeling of the spiritual imprint, Rhodes knew that the current vampires could not even withstand an ice arrow from the blue-robed mage. After dodging the blue-robed mage's ice arrows, the vampire followed Rhode's instructions and returned to the dead horse corpse, continuing to devour the flesh.
The blue-robed mage was helpless. Due to the long distance from the vampire, among the spells he mastered, except for ice arrows and magic arrows that could travel such a long distance, the rest of the spells could not have much effect. And due to the long distance, the spells released will be avoided by the vampire.
The blue-robed mage had no choice but to target Rhodes, took out another scroll from his pocket, and tore it open.
At this time, Rhodes, who was behind the wall of fire, felt that the originally solid ground beneath his feet softened, as if he had stepped on something. Rhodes lowered his head, and through the firelight brought by the burning wall of fire, he discovered that the original soil on the ground had turned into yellow sand all over the ground.
Rhodes instantly understood that this was the effect of the second-level spell Quicksand Trap. This spell can turn the land under normal circumstances into quicksand. Once you fall into it, the quicksand will completely submerge you.
Taking advantage of the sand just appearing on the soles of his feet, Rhodes twisted around and used the power of his body to roll several times on the ground and get out of the range of the quicksand. Although the black robe on his body was covered with yellow sand, Rhodes obviously didn't care about it.
Seeing that the blue-robed mage was about to continue tearing open the spell scroll, Rhodes gave an order to the vampire not far away, and the vampire immediately rushed towards the blue-robed mage.
Seeing the vampire rushing towards him, the blue-robed mage wanted to deal with the seriously injured vampire first, so he could only ignore Rhodes for the time being.
At this point, the firewall duration ends. Because the original land turned into quicksand at this time, the flames extinguished themselves after burning the dead branches, leaving only a little firelight.
Rhodes realized that the scrolls used by the blue-robed mage were prepared by the business group. Since purchasing spell scrolls also requires a lot of gold coins, these scrolls are more focused on group combat.
The various magics attached to the scroll, such as fire walls and quicksand traps, can play a greater role in melee than facing individual enemies.
This is why, at the beginning of the battle, the blue-robed mage did not take out these scrolls because the business group only faced one enemy, the vampire. If there is only one enemy, using these scrolls will affect the members of the business group.
At this time, the blue-robed mage did not have much mana left and could not care about the value of these scrolls, so he had to use them.
Seeing the vampire rushing towards him again, the blue-robed mage raised his hand and was about to release the spell, but saw the vampire stop quickly and prepare to dodge to both sides.
Without the restraint of a melee professional, it would obviously be difficult for a blue-robed mage to rely solely on spells to hit an enemy not far away who wants to dodge.
The blue-robed mage was helpless. At this distance, if the vampire wanted to avoid the spell he released, casting the spell himself would only be a waste of mana.
Realizing that the enemy was going to consume his mana in this way, the blue-robed mage understood that if his spells still failed to achieve results, and if he continued like this, he would be the one who died when all his mana was used up.
Thinking of this, the blue-robed mage made a decision in his mind and gave up casting spells. Instead, he took out a dagger from his pocket. He wanted to use this dagger to deal with the vampire's close attack, and then find an opportunity to cast spells.
The blue-robed mage held the dagger in his right hand and held it directly with his left hand. The huge force caused the dagger to be deeply embedded in the blue-robed mage's hand. Blood overflowed, but it was absorbed by the dagger in an instant.
After absorbing the blood, the dagger began to emit an intense red light. The face of the blue-robed mage, whether due to pain or other reasons, showed a ferocious look under the red light.
Seeing that the blue-robed mage stopped releasing spells, the vampire took advantage of this opportunity and rushed forward, stretching out his sharp claws at the blue-robed mage.
The blue-robed mage directly pulled out the dagger from his left hand. The dagger became extremely sharp after absorbing the blood. In addition, the blue-robed mage held it tightly before. In the process of pulling out, the dagger directly cut the four sides of the blue-robed mage's left hand. The root of the finger is cut off. At this time, the dagger's red light became even brighter.
The vampire's sharp claws collided with the dagger and were cut off instantly by the dagger. While waving the dagger, the blue-robed mage raised his left hand with only the thumb remaining. An ice arrow condensed in his palm and shot towards the vampire in front.
Vampires have a deep understanding of the damage that spells can cause when they are close. Watching the ice arrows shoot out, the vampires do not dare to take them hard and choose to directly transform into bats. Upon seeing this, the blue-robed mage directly raised his hand, preparing to release the ice magic ring.
Suddenly, the dagger in the blue-robed mage's hand twisted his body and cut off the sword that was stabbing him. It was Rhodes who was looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
The moment the sword was cut off, Rhodes saw what the blue-robed mage looked like at this moment. The pain and anger that originally appeared on the blue-robed mage's face were no longer there, but instead turned into a fanatical smile.
(End of chapter)