Just as Rhodes had expected, after the Titan Arrow appeared, Eric's attention was undoubtedly drawn to the spell, so he couldn't fully care about himself casting the spell.

Eric's moment of distraction was undoubtedly the best time for Rhodes to use the time and space gate to escape, not to mention that Eric's own perception would also be disturbed by the mana fluctuations that oscillated after the appearance of the Titan Arrow.

In Rod's view, Eric's biggest mistake was not to attack him directly when he first appeared. If Eric had ignored it and even relied on sneak attacks to attack, perhaps the situation would have changed immediately.

In the end, relying on the magic scroll of the space-time gate in his hand, Rhodes successfully returned to the Death Wasteland, and other problems followed.

The Death Wasteland is not a safe place, the environment around it is infinitely close to the cursed earth, the large number of undead creatures lurking in the darkness, and most importantly, the presence of the lich Stephen, all make it clear to Rhodes that he is still not out of danger.

On the contrary, with the cloak of the Ghost King, he can be regarded as the best prey for Stephen the Lich. Rhodes escaped from the hands of the legendary mage Eric, but what he still has to face next is not so simple to deal with.

I don't know what affected it, but when Rhodes appeared after that, the death energy that existed around him began to quickly gather around Rhodes, as if he was attracted by something, and quickly replenished the mana consumed by Rhodes.

At the same time, in Rod's perception, he seems to have established a special connection with the death energy around him, and if Rhodes is willing, he can mobilize all the death energy in this area at this moment, and even cast a spell composed of death energy like a real lich.

Rhodes knew that it was the artifact behind him, the Ghost King's Cloak, that brought about these changes to him.

Just as Rhodes sensed everything that was happening to him, something new began to appear in the field.

I don't know when, in the area in front of Rod, the miserable white ghost fire floating suddenly extinguished, and darkness began to emerge in this area, and it was rapidly spreading in front of Rod.

Looking at the darkness that was approaching him, Rhodes knew that the true owner of this place had arrived.

In the dim light, a female figure stepped on broken bones all over the ground, emerging from the darkness.

Rod noticed that the figure was wearing an intricate arachnid crown, several spider-leg-like ornaments hanging from the top of her head, which were made of her hair tied together by large black veils, leaving only the position of the face unobscured.

The figure was not dressed in a robe that was common among teachers, but a one-piece black dress, with a wide skirt that dragged on the ground, and was not affected by the broken bones on the ground in the slightest while walking.

Who would this figure appear at this time, if it wasn't the lich Stephen?

With the appearance of the lich Stephen, a large number of undead creatures that were originally lurking in the darkness were also revealed.

In the sky, the dense shadows have already blocked the sky above this area, but under the cover of the dark sky, it looks inconspicuous, only when the light shines, the shadows drift up and down, forming a scene of thousands of heads.

And on the broken bones on the ground, there are also traces of the existence of a large number of undead creatures.

The undead creatures that appeared were mixed in rank, and they did not have a specific position with each other, but were just crowded together.

The higher-ranking of these undead creatures are the vampires that Rhodes had seen, as well as a large number of corpse witches.

Obviously, even a long-awaited lich like Stephen needs to use the Corpse Witch as a primary means of long-range confrontation in battle.

What made Rhodes care was that among these corpse witches, there were many red-eyed corpse witches whose soul fire was completely condensed, and their momentum far exceeded that of ordinary corpse witches.

Through the various characteristics of these corpse witches, Rhodes recognized that these red-eyed corpse witches with special forms were high-level undead creatures, the Corpse Witch King.

In addition to these undead creatures that appeared on the surface, Rhodes could also feel a special aura lurking among the undead creatures around him.

Recalling what he had seen in the City of the Dead, Rhodes knew that Stephen still had an extremely powerful undead creature in his hand, and it did not show his body with other undead creatures, that is, the existence of the Terror Knight.

The undead creatures that appeared with Stephen were naturally able to represent the lich's attitude to a certain extent.

Looking at the lich Stephen who appeared not far away, Rod also had some thoughts in his heart.

When he first came to the Death Wasteland, Rhodes didn't think about leaving this place easily.

Just as precious spatial markers would be placed at random next to abandoned teleportation tablets in the Dead Wasteland, Rhodes believes that the entire scene in the Death Wasteland is under the watchful eye of the lich Stephen.

With this in mind, Rhodes believed that his arrival would be noticed by Stephen as soon as possible, and that he would not have to go deep into the Death Wasteland as he had last time to meet the mighty lich, and perhaps it would not be long before she would find him first.

And Rod himself, too, needs to see this lich in order to achieve his own goals.

Looking at Stephen, who was shrouded in the arachnid crown and could still maintain his normal appearance even though he had already gone through the endless night ritual and transformed himself into a lich, Rhodes knew that the secret method he wanted to obtain was in this lich.

During this mission to the City of the Dead, Rhodes met many creatures that should have been corrupted by the energy of death, but were still able to maintain their human faces.

For example, Tamik, the lord of the City of the Dead, and Vidnina, one of Sandru's men, can still maintain their original faces under the erosion of death energy.

It's just that their means of achieving this are not universal, Tamic relies on the talent of evolved vampires, while Vidnina relies on her own talent, which cannot be copied exactly on other regular creatures, only the Lich Stephen in front of him has such an ability.

Troll, who had come here with Rhodes before, was undoubtedly the best example of what Rod could confirm this with.

After completing the original task, or even ignoring the task requirements and directly completing it beyond the quota, Rhodes at this time will ask the lich for this secret method in the Death Wasteland.