Black and white light and shadow crossed in the air, bursting into bright sparks.

"Whew!"

Rod quickly retreated, the pure white blade trembled uncontrollably, and a huge impact came from the sword, shocking his upper body with a faint pain.

As in Rod's memory, fifteenth-level gargoyles were indeed difficult to deal with, especially two. The only good thing is that these guys do have some combat intelligence, and while that wouldn't be a good thing on a normal day, the extra artificial intelligence now makes their movements less threatening. Especially the gargoyle who had eaten the shattered blade with a blow before now screamed and retreated as soon as he saw the white light emitted from Rod's sword, while the other one, although he had not been hit, was hesitant to see the movements of his companions, which also gave Rod a chance to breathe.

But this is only temporary.

Holding the star mark in his hand and looking at the two gargoyles suspended in the sky, Rhodes gritted his teeth. Although the two gargoyles did not dare to attack again because they were afraid of their broken blades, Rhodes was sure that they would not let him go so easily. Although the two sides can still stalemate, it will not last long. When he reached level eight, Rhodes had already increased the proficiency D of the Moon Shadow Sword Technique to 4/4, although the amount of soul power consumed by the Shattered Blade had decreased a bit after the level was raised, but it would still be problematic if it was used frequently. What's more, this is not the last battle, and Rhodes must reserve some of his strength to deal with the unexpected situations that are likely to occur next. After all, he is the only one of the three who has combat power, and if all the strength is consumed here, then it will be very troublesome.

And the two gargoyles did not keep staring at Rhodes, on the contrary, they swooped back and forth, stretched out their claws to attack Rhodes, and left as soon as they found that he had the intention of fighting back. This kind of wheel-based combat is quite physically demanding, but it is not an obstacle for two artificial alchemists powered entirely by magic.

But for Rhodes it was a different story.

Beads of sweat slowly emerged from Rod's forehead, and his body had gradually become tired from the defense just now. But Rhodes couldn't back down, he knew that with his current ability, it was basically impossible to single out two gargoyles at a time, so he could only hope for Lijie, after all, there was no special danger in the church, but ............

I think I forgot to remind them to pay attention to the protective circle?

But after thinking about it, Rhodes shrugged his shoulders and refocused his attention on the gargoylee in front of him.

No one will die anyway.

"Oops!!"

With a "terrible" scream, Mace fell to the ground, and the whole person convulsed.

"I'm going to die! Help me! Help me! ”

"It's just an electric shock! You're not dead, Mr. Mace. ”

Rummaging through the dusty and cobweb-covered table for its invisible, time-eroded clutter, Lizzie unleashed a healing spell on Mace without looking back, and then returned to the search.

Although ordinary mages will cast a lot of protective spells in their rooms to protect their secrets, this church has been "in disrepair" after all, and a long time has passed, and the power of the protective circle has also weakened by seven or eight percent, so there will be no special threat.

As a half-angel, Lijie's resistance to magic is not weak, so these protective circles that have been weakened do not have much effect on her, and those traps that would have erupted with flames and lightning when triggered only flickered a few faint magical brilliance under her hands and disappeared. However, the tragic Mr. Mace has regained a lot of confidence in these traps, after all, he has no resistance as an ordinary person, and his performance makes these protective circles more or less threatening.

"This, this place is really annoying........."

Mace slapped the dust off his body and slowly got up, muttering as he secretly looked around.

In the gloomy church, only the divine light cast by Lijie quietly hovered beside her, illuminating the originally dark world. But these scenes made Mace tremble to watch, and in the bright light, he could clearly see the pitch-black, strange magic circles and white bones on the floor. These were enough to make Mace's legs weak, not to mention the blood marks on the walls, and the frightened Mace almost ran away the moment he entered. If it weren't for Lijie's very calm performance, which made him very shameless, and considering that there were two more realistic dangers outside the door, I'm afraid the fat merchant would have fled a long time ago. …,

But now, he had to stay and rummage with Lijie to find the "control center" who didn't know what the company looked like.

This place is so messy, how can you find that strange thing?

Patting the dust on his body, Mace muttered in a low voice, but looking at Lijie's serious expression, he still didn't say anything and continued to bury his head in searching.

And Rhodes at this moment is also not easy.

“———！”

The gargoyle screamed and pounced, and Rhodes spun slightly, passing away from the attack, but this time the gargoyle didn't leave immediately after missing the blow as before. On the contrary, as soon as its body turned, its thick tail was thrown off in an instant!

Worst!

Hearing the wind coming from behind, Rod's heart sank. He hurriedly turned around, and at the same time, the long sword in his hand was immediately blocked in front of him.

Rod's reaction was not unpleasant, but the gargoyle's attack was not slow, he had just turned around, and he felt a huge impact through the sword body, and the powerful force not only made the white sword body in Rod's hand bend, but also knocked him directly out of the air, rolling on the ground several times before stopping.

"Whew!"

Rod got up, he felt his head dizzy, his blood was churning, and even half of his body was numb, and he almost threw away the sword in his hand. He wanted to subconsciously shake his head and regain his senses, but a slight voice from behind made Rod immediately nervous.

"Sizzle........."

With this sound that seemed to be nothing, a cold aura emerged from behind Rod, and Rod's didn't think about it, instinctively rolled on the spot, which was able to dodge the other party's attack, and when he raised his head, he found that the three ghosts were slowly approaching him.

The gargoyle's blow didn't do much damage to Rhodes, but it did send him flying from the front of the church to the edge of the barrier. Although the ghosts were unable to get close to the church due to the influence of the barrier, they did not disperse, but wandered around the invisible barrier, relying on their instincts and waiting for their chance.

And now, the opportunity has finally arrived.

Of course, Rhodes didn't intend to fulfill the opportunity of these ghosts, and in the face of the entangled enemy, he gritted his teeth violently, and had to give up the idea of preserving his strength, and a white light suddenly burst out from the long sword in his hand, flying forward.

A white blade of light burst out from Rod's sword, it spun and scattered, hitting one of the ghosts hard, tearing its protection, and then Rhodes didn't hesitate to immediately pounce, the long sword in his hand cut a perfect arc in the air, piercing into the core of the ghost's body. As the hapless ghost screamed and turned to dust, Rhodes had already passed through its body and returned to the protection of the barrier.

What's next?

Just as Rod was thinking about this question, a line of system prompts appeared in front of him that made him stunned.

[4000/1800 XP, Upgradeable, Unlockable Talent Tree, Level 8]

You've reached level 10 yourself? But before entering the misty ruins, he was only level eight?

Rhodes was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that after that, he did seem to have swept a system prompt with enough experience to upgrade, but at that time, he encountered a gargoyle raid, so he didn't care. And now it seems that the experience of those ghosts killed on his way is enough to take himself to the next level. It's not surprising.,After all, this is a five-person copy.,Almost all of the monster experience is obtained by Rhodes alone.,Plus his level is already low.,There's a bonus to kill monsters at the next level.,So it's normal to be able to reach level ten———.,The only strange thing may be that you live in the real world.,But there's still the existence of experience points.。

But now is not the time to care about these little things, Rod quickly opened his attributes, and then made a choice, knowing that this may be his only chance to gain an advantage.

[4000/1800 XP, Upgradeable, Unlockable Talent Tree, Level 8]

[2200/2000 XP, upgradeable, opens talent tree, gains skill point 1, level 9]

[200/2500 experience points, open the talent tree, gain skill points 2, level 10]

[Do you want to turn on the talent system?] ]

"Turn on!"

Without any hesitation, Rod responded quickly, and in less than a second, three different sets of talent tree diagrams quickly appeared in front of his eyes. …,

In the Dragon Soul Continent, each class has three talent choices after level 10, and they can choose one of them as their main force, or they can choose the attributes and skills attached to other talents to support. This talent attribute is also obtained by relying on skill points. This also makes players more confused at first. Because the character can only get one skill point per level, not to mention the talent tree, including swordsmanship, spells and other skill proficiency improvements also need a lot of skill points. This also makes the player quite limited in the number of skill points they can allocate initially. Luckily, once players enter the mid-tier realm, they will be able to improve their skills by earning extra skill points through a kind of "awakening scroll" and completing some difficult tasks.

And Rod's summoning swordsman also has three different talent routes - "Summoning Master", "Soul Bringer" and "Hell Lord".

Each level of the "Summoning Master" increases the number of spirits summoned by the wielder. The "Soul Emissary" took the route of strengthening the power of the summoned elves. As for the special power held by the "Hell Lord", after killing a non-human creature, the holder has a certain chance to convert it into his own summoned spirit, of course, after the conversion, it is limited to the undead attribute.

It can be said that each of the three talents has its own advantages and disadvantages, the "Summoning Master" relies on quantity to win, and the "Soul Bringer" focuses on quality, but considering the rarity of Warcraft and the expensive price of the Soul Core, the "Hell Lord" is also a very good choice.

If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have hesitated a long time ago, and he would be reluctant to give up each one, but for Rod, this is not a problem, after all, he has been manipulating the profession of summoning swordsmen for seven years, and all the experience and skills he has studied about summoning swordsmen have already been regarded as textbook classics by quite a number of players. Even in the game, almost two-thirds of the players who choose to summon swordsmen use Rhodes' skills as a standard to build their characters. Therefore, this is a difficult question for many rookie players to choose, and the answer has been determined as early as when Rod saw the talent tree.