"What is this?"

Lijie's eyes widened in curiosity, staring at the end of the tunnel. I saw that there were a few strange and strange things hanging upside down, which looked like cocooned chrysalis, these things looked like they were about a meter long, and they were hanging on the wall in an oval shape, and according to the faint light of the fire on both sides of the tunnel, it could be vaguely seen that the area where the cocoons were located should be a cellar, but it was dark inside.

"Is that all these things?"

"Yes, sir."

The mercenary nodded apprehensively, leaning against the wall, poking his head out, cautiously peering at the strange things, and then replied in a low voice.

"I came here to investigate according to your orders, and then I found these strange things, although I also tried to get closer, but as soon as I got close to these strange things, I heard a few very low hisses, my lord, you once said that if you find something abnormal, don't come close, so I didn't dare to go any further."

"What's going on on the other side?"

After listening to the mercenary's report, Rhodes nodded, then he pondered for a moment before asking. Hearing Rod's inquiry, another mercenary answered.

"Report to my lord, the other side has collapsed, it's a dead end, it looks like no one has walked for a long time, and I haven't found anything strange."

"In other words, those barbarians also passed through here?"

Marlene frowned, as a mage, she had learned a lot about monsters and monsters, and the cocoon chrysalis in front of her was so abnormal, which naturally aroused Marlene's suspicions. Originally, Marlene wondered if the cocooned chrysalis were the product of monsters that naturally liked to hide in the depths of the cave, but if the barbarians did pass through here, then the probability was very low. After all, on the Dragon Soul Continent, humans cannot domesticate and use these monsters except for summoning and counter-summoning. And wild monsters don't have any friend or foe identification system, and they also judge what they can eat and what they can't eat. From common sense, since those barbarians can come out casually. Then they should have no problem walking in............

"It's a sword spider."

At this time, Rod very calmly revealed the "correct answer." ”

"Sword spider?"

Hearing this name, everyone was stunned, and Marlene frowned even more. Look ahead with wary eyes.

"That's not a monster living in hell...............

"That's right, the sword spider is a low-level monster living in the first layer of hell, and it belongs to the miscellaneous soldiers under the devil like the parasite, since these sword spiders have appeared, it means that the devil has planned to start the ritual of the plane passage——— there is also a sword spider with the breath of hell, which will make it easier to stabilize and find the location of the plane passage, but. That's a bit of a hassle. ”

"Trouble?"

Hearing this, the mercenaries who were listening intently to Rhodes's version of "Encyclopedia of Exploring and Discovering Animal Planets" were stunned for a moment, in their hearts, this powerful and omniscient young man in front of them was almost omnipotent, and it was the first time they heard the word "trouble" from Rhodes' mouth. Soon, the mercenary who had been in charge of probing the tunnel asked with a pale face.

"My lord, how can you be troublesome. Could it be that these monsters are difficult to deal with? ”

"It's hard to say, it's not difficult to say, it's not difficult, the offensive routine of the sword spider is very simple. They are probably about the same size as a human, and their fur is so hard that a normal sword can't hurt it. And its eight claws are as sharp as a sword, which can easily pierce steel armor, and the rest is that the sword spider will spray cobwebs and venom to attack the enemies in front of it. Of course, their weaknesses are also obvious, and it is not difficult to take them out as long as you grasp the gaps in the dodge and attack the eyes and soft belly of these guys. ”…,

At this, Rod paused.

"Sword spiders are different from parasites, though. They are monsters summoned to this plane by the devil, so they and the summoner have a very keen mental sense, once we start a war to kill those sword spiders, then that devil will naturally know that someone has come to his territory, and at that time, things will be in trouble. ”

Hear here. Everyone couldn't help but froze, and then their faces became solemn, it was obvious that everyone knew very well what the consequences would be if they were discovered, but .........

"Isn't there a way to hide from these sword spiders? As she did just now, let Miss Marlene ......... her voice."

"Sword spiders are sensed by vibrations around them, and sound means nothing to them."

Hearing the inquiry, Rod shook his head slightly. Then he lowered his head and began to think carefully about the structure of the entire fortress, which was located on the second basement level of the fortress, and logically speaking, this level should be the place where the plane passage was opened. And Rod's original plan was to destroy the ritual passage unknowingly, and then get rid of the devil, and then those stragglers would be handed over to others to clean up. But now it seems that the plan may need to be slightly modified, although it is not that he did not expect that there will be a tricky enemy, but the sword spider thing does make Rod feel a little headache. Even in the game, this is the last monster that Rhodes wants to encounter, because once these monsters are killed, they will definitely add more monsters, it is like a mobile alarm, and it can't be turned off and eliminated.

"So, Mr. Rod, since the other party is a monster, how about summoning Miss Celestina? Before, when facing parasites........."

"Nope."

Rod shook his head and dismissed Marlene's proposal.

"The sensitivity of the devils to each other's breath is very high, although there may be a difference in rank and identity, but the devil who belongs to a devil lord will not obey the words of other high-level devils, and even if Celestina can quiet those sword spiders, her breath will also be felt by the other party, and our plan will still fail at that time."

But...............

Saying this, Rod suddenly paused, and then he glanced at the mercenary beside him.

Maybe this is a good opportunity to test?

Thinking of this, Rod closed his mouth, and then as if he thought of something, he had an idea, and then, Rod stretched out his hand, accompanied by his thoughts. Soon, several cards appeared in Rhodes' hand. Soon, Rhodes saw two cards mixed in——— which were completely different from the cards Rhodes had before, they were all bright red. A circle of strange patterns unfolds around the edges of the card, and these two cards are completely different from the other cards, they do not appear to summon elves, but instead unfold on the two cards a raging volcano and a storm of countless celestial maidens blooming in all directions. Rhodes turns the face of the two cards. Soon the message was revealed from behind them.

[Obtained Red Lotus Card 3/10, Slave Card, Spell Card - Seven Hells]

[Obtained Red Lotus Card 4/10, Slave Card, Enchantment Card - River of Brimstone]

[Sevenfold Hell (Subordinate Spell Card Attribute): Range Spell, Non-Fusion, Fire Elemental Attribute, Red Lotus's Law - Inferior Law

Warning: Spell cards dedicated to Red Lotus core cards. No other cards can be attached, and summoners can activate them by paying experience.

Duration: One hundredth of an experience cost per second. 】

[River of Brimstone (Subordinate Enchantment Card Attribute): Scope enchantment, cannot be fused. Fire elemental attributes, the law of the red lotus - the medium law. …,

Warning: The Red Lotus Core Card is a dedicated enchantment card, which cannot be used with other cards, and can be activated by summoning experience by paying experience.

Duration: One hundredth of an experience cost per second. 】

And so it was.

Seeing these two cards, Rod's eyes lit up, in fact, after Seven Love summoned the River of Brimstone, Rhodes had always had doubts in his heart. Because although it is not the soul core used, the cards that appear when the Seven Loves activate the power are very similar to the summoning cards, although Rhodes has also heard that some high-level rare summoning elves will produce a card with their own special abilities for the holder to use after the opinion increases. However, because most of his summoned elves in the game are fighting systems, there have been no similar cards, and now it seems to be similar to what he expected, but the only thing that makes Rhodes a little confused is that two new cards have been generated, but there is no system prompt. Now that I think about it, maybe it's because the system defaults to this being an exclusive card for Seven Loves, so it doesn't mean that Rod was not reminded.

Merely.........

Looking at the requirements for the use of these two cards, Rod still couldn't help but gasp, sure enough, it is a core exclusive card, and it actually consumes one percent of the experience per second, this card is really ruthless enough, and this is probably the punishment for not using it directly through Seven Loves, after all, this is a core special card, and it is natural to pay the price for using it as a holder.

Even so, these two cards were a very good choice for Rod.

Thinking of this, Rod already had a plan in his heart. Soon, he lowered his head and held the ring to his mouth.

"Joey, Marfa, Seven Loves, suspend the action, the situation has changed. From now on, we will attack the fortress, and it is very likely to attract the attention of the other party, Seven Love, after the other party has a commotion, I want you to immediately take Anne and the others to attack the fortress head-on, be sure to attract their attention. Joey, your plan remains the same, first suppress the second layer of the fortress, and then join up with Marfa, Marfa, you take the others to cooperate with them to launch a surprise attack from below after the attack of Qilian and others, report any abnormal situation immediately, and don't take action if you find something unfamiliar, understand? ”

"Yes, Boss."

"Yes, Captain."

"Roger, master."

After receiving the response of the three people, Rod put down his hand, and then glanced at the people around him.

"Follow me."

There was not a single ray of light in the dark cellar, and although everyone had slowed down at Rod's instructions, they still felt a little frightened when they looked at these cocoons that were pale in the glow of magic. But even so, they stubbornly stuck their heads and continued to move forward.

“————！”

As everyone got closer and closer to the exit of the tunnel, the cocoon chrysalis suspended not far away suddenly began to tremble, not only that, but everyone also heard a little low, strange voice came from it, staring at the cocoon chrysalis in front of him, Rod held the hilt of the sword with a solemn face, and the others were also prepared accordingly, and slowly came to the end.

"Whew!!"

At the moment when Rod's feet stepped into the cellar. The cocoon chrysalis, which had been hanging from the ceiling and did not look the slightest abnormal, suddenly shattered, and then several cold lights burst out from it, stabbing towards Rhodes quickly.

And in the face of this sudden attack. Rod did not show the slightest panic, on the contrary, he snorted coldly, the long sword in his hand blocked the slash towards him, easily resisting the sharp blade that slashed towards him, with a piercing friction sound, Rode's expressionless body turned to the right side of Lu. At the same time, he grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands and leaned his shoulders to the left, and with this movement, the claws that missed the blow immediately lost their balance and slid in the direction where Rod was. And at this moment, the long sword in Rhodes' hand suddenly burst out with a bright red light, completely flicking away the sharp claws that slid down the blade. …,

And at this time, a huge body also appeared in front of Rod.

The spider, covered in hard black fluff, lost its balance, its mouth wide open, and three pairs of compound eyes stared at Rod in front of it. There was a creepy shrill scream. But in the face of the disgusting appearance of the sword spider in front of him, Rod's expression did not change in the slightest, on the contrary. The moment he flicked off the sword spider's claws, he grabbed the long sword with both hands, swept it from the side with force, and slashed hard into the soft abdomen of the sword spider.

The brilliant sword aura flashed like a meteor again, and the sword spider that had been hit directly flew away with a scream, slamming into the wall, gray-brown blood spurting out from its wounds and spilling all over the ground with a disgusting rancid smell.

"Be careful not to touch their fluff, which is poisonous."

With a single sword, Rhodes struck away the sword spider that was attacking him. At the same time, he reminded loudly, and at this time, the surrounding cocoon chrysalis also began to tremble sharply, and soon, one after another sword spiders crawled out of it and rushed towards everyone.

Facing these terrifying-looking monsters in front of her, Li Jie's face turned a little pale. But she still made a few gestures quickly, and soon, golden barriers appeared on everyone's bodies, and these mercenaries also raised their weapons and surrounded the sword spiders.

Although in terms of level, the gap between these mercenaries and Rhodes is only three or four levels, but in terms of swordsmanship, the gap is only thirty or forty levels——— of course they can't single-handedly pick up a sword spider like Rhodes, but two or three people join forces to deal with a sword spider There is no problem. On the other side, seeing that the situation was not good, Marlene also quickly chanted a spell, condensing a solid ice wall for herself and the others, reducing the range of attacks that everyone might receive.

These sword spiders are really difficult to deal with.

As an inferior monster living in the first layer of hell, the sword spider has a tyrannical personality and powerful strength, coupled with its sharp claws like a knife, it is indeed not something that ordinary people can compete with. And if you calculate it by the level of humans, these sword spiders are probably at the level of the middle of the elite, which is more difficult to deal with than humans.

"Drink!"

A mercenary raised the sword in his hand high, blocking the sword spider from top to bottom slashing, this blow was extremely powerful, and even made the mercenary's legs weak, almost kneeling to the ground, and at this time, the sword spider suddenly let out a strange hiss, and then its right claw suddenly swept towards the mercenary's abdomen. Seeing that this claw was about to tear the mercenary's abdomen, at this moment, suddenly the golden barrier flashed again.

"Bell!!"

The sharp claws of the sword spider slammed into the golden barrier beside the mercenary, and the force was so great that the golden barrier even flashed, and the original bright light suddenly dimmed a lot.

“Busya！”

And at this moment, with the sound of incantation chanting, an ice pick whistled from behind, and was heavily inserted into the sword spider that was empty because of a miss, and the sword spider that was hit by this heavy blow immediately shook violently, and then retracted its claws in embarrassment and wanted to retreat. Feeling the pressure around him, the mercenary immediately shouted and leaped up, he raised the long sword in his hand and plunged straight towards the sword spider.

"Boom!"

The flickering blade pierced through the spider's head in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, the terrifying monster turned into a corpse.

"Hoo ..............."

Seeing the monster in front of him fall, the mercenary couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at this time, suddenly beside him, another sword spider quietly appeared, staring at the mercenary in front of him, this sword spider opened its mouth, and soon, a white spider silk spurted out of its mouth and flew towards the mercenary. …,

"Oops!"

In the face of this sudden attack, the mercenary was unable to dodge and was entangled, and he struggled hard to break free from this damn layer of spider silk, but to no avail. But the sword spider had already swooped down on the mercenary's side, opened its mouth and bit down on his head.

And at this moment, a ghost-like figure suddenly appeared between the mercenary and the sword spider.

The bright red sword light shone out of the darkness, turning into a straight moon arc and slashing heavily at the sword spider's body, and the sword spider, who originally thought that his delicious taste had already arrived, did not expect this sudden attack at all, and immediately screamed and fell to the ground.

"Marlene!"

Rod, who cut down the sword spider with a sword, quickly shouted Marlene's name, and when she heard Rod's call, Marlene did not hesitate at all, she sang in a low voice, and her hands quickly made complicated gestures, and soon, with Marlene's movements, sharp stone cones emerged from the ceiling, and slammed down, stabbing the sword spider in the blink of an eye.

In just a moment, the sword spider in charge of guarding the tunnel has been completely cleaned up by everyone, but Rhodes did not let go, because at this time, he had already heard the footsteps from all around and the shouts of the barbarians, and it was obvious that, as he expected, the other party had already sensed the attack of himself and others!

Thinking of this, Rhodes gritted his teeth and quickly gave the order.

"Lijie, seal the entrance, buy us a little time, Seven Loves, start attacking!"

"Roger, master."

Hearing Rod's order, the fox-eared girl who was sitting on the stone in boredom suddenly jumped up, she opened her eyes wide, and looked at the fortress not far in front of her with a smile, and soon, clusters of fireballs emerged from the girl's side.

"Alright, everyone, master's orders, it's time for us to appear! Offensive! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )