Chapter 604: Rhodes' Air Support
This is air support from Rhodes.
It was still the familiar mockery—Rhodes once again scolded his heart.
What is the most humiliating thing for Aatrox?
The answer is that it was placed by the Twilight Star Spirit, and its body changed from a Darkspawn to a weapon.
Rod mentioned this matter directly, just to put your most embarrassing thing on the table.
Aatrox flickered in his hand.
Truth be told, Aatrox was tempted to kill Nunu first and kill Rhodes - but before he could take a moment, Willamp grabbed Nunu and quickly rolled away.
That's right, get out, the one in the literal sense of the word!
A pair of arms underneath Willamp hugged Nunu to his chest, and then naturally curled up in a ball, the other arm protected his head, and then he pushed hard and rolled so fast that even Aatrox couldn't catch up!
Seeing the cooked duck fly, Aatrox could only stop it fiercely, and then turned back to dodge the fire explosion from Rhodes.
A giant orange fireball flew past Aatrox's shoulder, blasting a large crater behind Aatrox's back.
“…… A scumbag that smells of twilight. Although Aatrox was obviously angry, he didn't make the first move, but looked Rhodes up and down, "An old dog with Lakore? ”
Obviously, Rod's aura of Zoe misled Aatrox into thinking that Rhodes was a Rakore—only the Lakores would serve the Star Spirit religiously, and the others might have respect for the Star Spirit Titan, but they would never be close.
And "Lakore old dog" is a very vicious swearing, which basically belongs to the most serious racist language in Valoran, and any Lacor person will be desperate when he hears this insult.
It's a pity that Aatrox guessed wrong......
Rhodes wasn't from Lakore at all, and he didn't even know what "Old Racor Dog" meant.
Thus, Rhodes taunted the enemy, and Aatrox taunted...... MISS.
It seems easy to taunt this thing, but it's not easy to really do, and many times the sentence "Oh, Sun thief!" "It doesn't really solve the problem, and if you want to really anger the enemy, you have to do a lot of homework.
Seeing that Aatrox seemed to be a little angry, the pressure on Rod's side instantly decreased.
Aatrox is strong - the Darkspawn are former ascendants, and although they have been infected by the Void and have been overshadowed by the Twilight Star Spirit, their power is still not to be underestimated. But in fact, what Rhodes is more worried about is that he shamelessly does things to Ash and Tydamir.
Now it seems...... Aatrox was already so angry that his attention was completely focused on himself.
Perfect!
Rhodes hadn't landed yet - with Cana's help, Rhodes was currently in a state of "floating", and in mid-air, he saw Aatrox begin to flap his wings, and Rhodes prepared his own spell.
Just as Aatrox was taking to the air, Rod's second flame burst out of his hand.
This time, Rhodes used his super-magical expertise in energy concealment and blasting magic, and the vast arcane energy was completely obscured, and the entire spell exploded violently upon contact - as long as Aatrox chose to give up dodging and slash with his greatsword in order to speed up his approach, he would take the inflamed explosion damage.
However, the real development of things was far from what Rhodes had predicted...... Faced with the "inconspicuous" Flame Explosion Technique, Aatrox flapped his wings and dodged.
Dodged?
Rhodes was a little strange - he was absolutely sure that he had taunted and angered Aatrox, but why would he choose to dodge in the face of the Flame Burst that he had deliberately hidden his energy fluctuations?
Because of "combat intuition"?
Rod guessed correctly, it was combat intuition.
It's an instinct, and it's what sets the Ascendants apart - like mortals, they have seven emotions and six desires, but once they enter the state of battle, the Ascendants will always subconsciously choose the best solution for the battle.
This "optimal solution" is the most prudent choice that can give full play to one's own advantages.
According to the ancient Shurima, this is the "wisdom of Shurima", but in fact, it is also a kind of inheritance.
Becoming an Ascendant is not just a "breakthrough in ability", for Shurima at that time, every Ascendant was a true hero, they must have a wise mind, excellent quality, extraordinary strength, extraordinary charm, all of the above factors are indispensable, in order to become an Ascendant.
And after becoming the Ascended, they are responsible for the entire order of Shurima, and they are loyal to the Shurima king, teaching the people of Shurima, and destroying Shurima's enemies - the Ascended are never just powerful!
Even the reason why the Darkspawn is embarrassed is that the infection of the Void has caused them to lack wisdom, although their combat power is still strong, but they are far from the Ascended......
And the battle instinct is one of the inheritances of the Ascended - this is the consciousness and instinct of battle left by countless Shurima sages, regardless of thinking, and its nature is similar to muscle memory.
It is with this fighting instinct that the Darkspawns can maintain a strong suppressive power even after being "brain-dead".
Now, Rhodes saw how terrible the fighting instinct could be.
This kind of small reaction and knee-jerk action between the electric light and flint is the essence of the battle, and Rhodes only got these routines for the rest of his life, and in order to grasp the whole rhythm of the battle, he must be highly mentally focused - but even if Aatrox is provoked, he can maintain his battle instincts, which is really a bit scary.
But...... So what?
I, Rod, am not someone who can be defeated by just relying on small routines - after getting his staff, Rhodes has nothing to fear!
Aatrox dodged the Fireburst, which slowed him down a bit, avoiding the result of being blown up by the Fireblast, but also giving Rhodes a chance to continue attacking.
"Multi-Cast Spell Swarm Spell - Super Flame Burst Technique!"
While Aatrox was still close, Rhodes unleashed the Fireblast again, and this time, instead of using energy concealment to deceive Aatrox by sneaking in, he directly used multiple casts and group spells to turn an ordinary Fireburst into a rain of fire.
More than thirty large orange-red fireballs slowly appeared in the air, and then with a wave of Rhodes' arm after casting the spell, they all shot at Aatrox in mid-air.
Larved Arcanist's Staff of Source Power was filled with mana energy that Rhodes had paid attention to beforehand, and it flowed into Rhodes' body through the left hand holding the staff, replenishing Rhodes' mana consumption.
On the other side, in the midst of the scorching heat, Aatrox spread his wings.