"Bell......... Clang......... Bell ............"

This is the bell.

The low sound of the bell echoed in the dark space, but it seemed to hit people's hearts deeply. Rhodes stood up, looking around warily as he clenched the cards in his hand.

"Lijie."

"Ah, yes!"

"Remember what we did in that town?"

"Remember!"

Lijie, who was originally uneasy, jumped up immediately after hearing Rod's order, and did not waste time, and soon, a ball of light shining with gentle light appeared in the girl's hand out of thin air. And after this divine light appeared, as if stimulated by something, a strong yin wind blew, and even the burning fire seemed to begin to sway under this gust of wind.

"Mr. Rhodes, is it the same thing as that town?"

"It's essentially the same."

“…………”

Hearing Rod's indifferent answer, Lijie's heart finally let go of half of it. If it was her before, I'm afraid she would still be restless. But after the battle in Mist Town, Lijie was pleasantly surprised to find that as a spirit master, she also had the ability to fight, and could even have the upper hand against those terrible undead monsters, which gave the girl confidence that she had never had. Before, she could only stand in the back and watch her companions fight in front of her without being able to help herself. But now it's different, under certain circumstances, you can actually go into battle without being protected by others all the time. This made Li Jie full of confidence, and the fear of the murderous house before was much reduced after hearing Rod's answer at this moment.

Because since Rhodes can say it, it means that he must have a way!

Unconsciously, Lijie has begun to trust and rely on this young man who has not known her for long.

The battle began.

Rod raised his alertness, he scanned the surroundings vigilantly, and at the same time flipped his right hand, and soon, the star mark cut through the darkness again and appeared in Rode's hand. And then, Rhodes shook the long sword suddenly, and a blazing red lotus fire flew out from the sword, rolling and condensing on the ground, and then revealing the figure of the pitch-black hound.

Flame Slayer.

The hound, surrounded by flames, immediately showed a high degree of nervousness and sensitivity, leaning down, clutching the ground, hunching its back, vigilantly facing the darkness in front of it, and letting out a low roar in its throat. It was clear that as an elemental spirit with keen senses, it had sensed the danger here.

"Lijie, put a shield on yourself, remember, if you encounter any danger, the first time to use the healing technique...... You know what to do. ”

"Very good, sir."

After receiving a clear answer, Lijie quickly calmed down, and as Rhodes observed, the girl could almost reach the limit of perfection in terms of details, but on the contrary, she immediately became at a loss if she did not have a definite goal. And now, after giving the order to Lijie, Rhodes saw that the frightened girl who had been here for a whole day seemed to be experiencing a haunted house adventure, and finally showed her usual calm.

"Follow me."

With that, Rhodes turned and walked out of the hall.

Outside, in the hallway, there was silence.

The tattered windows shook incessantly under the cold wind, closing and opening, and the sound of colliding with the walls echoed in the silence of the mansion.

At first glance, it doesn't seem to be any different than before.

But something is already changing in the dark.

Rod noticed that in the corner of the wall, a faint shadow was slowly flowing, hidden in the corner, and the black hound was getting more and more excited, it opened its large mouth, revealing its snow-white sharp teeth, and a little spark sprayed out from between the black hound's teeth, with a hint of hideous smell.

When the two of them reached the end of the stairs, there was still nothing strange about it. But Rod's face became more and more solemn, looking at the stairs in front of him, he gestured to Lijie to follow him, and then, he raised his legs and walked up.

"Whew!!"

At this moment, a half-length sculpture that had been placed in the lobby seemed to have been pushed hard by something, rolling and rushing towards Rhodes.

Here it comes! …,

Faced with the oncoming attack, Rhodes immediately swung his long sword and swung it towards the sculpture in front of him.

"Boom!"

The flying sculpture fell apart, and at the same time, Lijie felt a chill behind her.

She turned her head almost subconsciously, and then saw several blue figures slowly emerge from the ground at the bottom of the stairs.

"Evil spirits!"

Unlike ghosts, which are "specific products of specific occasions", evil spirits are a kind of evil monster that the masses like to see on the entire continent, no, it should be said that they are familiar with it. They are the pathetic souls of people who are infected by the power of evil after death and cannot leave this world, and they have nothing but hatred and desperate struggles for the living. They can be found in almost many places, and as a spirit master, Li Jie naturally has no less contact with the knowledge of evil spirits.

If it had been before, then Lijie might not know what to do, but after the battle in Mist Town, she already had her own idea, and she raised her hand without hesitation in the face of the evil spirit that appeared.

At this moment, Rod stretched out a hand and pressed it on Lijie's shoulder.

"Mr. Rhodes?"

Sensing Rod's strange behavior, Lijie turned her head in some surprise and surprise.

"You can try a better way."

In the face of Lijie's questioning gaze, Rod's expression was still so calm and calm, and then, he lowered his head and said something in Lijie's ear. Hearing Rod's suggestion, Lijie's face first showed a hint of surprise, then turned into surprise, curiosity, and finally firmness.

"I'll try, Mr. Rhodes."

"Very well, then I'll leave it to me."

At this moment, more than a dozen evil spirits appeared from the upper and lower sides, they shook their bodies, with strange and agile trajectories suspended in mid-air, stretched out their hands, let out a terrifying scream, and pounced on the living in front of them, they wanted to completely tear apart this living body and make them their companions.

But the demons were not able to achieve their goals.

It wasn't Rhodes who shot first.

With a loud whistle, the black hound, which had long been poised for attack, leaped high and opened its large, vicious, terrifying mouth. And in the next moment, a raging flame erupted from it, blasting towards the evil spirit.

The undead monster is afraid of positive energy and flames, and now that Rod has two cards in his hand, this is why he dares to challenge this special mission. If it were only him, he would not have come here to take advantage of this small advantage——— five hundred gold coins would not be enough to buy his own life.

The demons screamed and retreated under the fierce flames, their ethereal bodies that could not be afraid of ordinary swords, but in the face of magical attacks, they were meaningless. Soon two or three evil spirits were covered in flames, screaming and turning into nothingness. And the surrounding furniture decorations that had already corroded and decayed were also burning at this moment.

The formation of the evil spirits became loose, and at this moment, Rod's shadow flash had been activated again.

Under the tremendous momentum, he jumped over the stairs like a swift swallow, carrying a dull shadow through the barrier of fire, and before the evil spirits could react to what was happening, they only saw the white blade piercing out of the oblique ground, striking straight at him, and soon, an evil spirit blocking the attack path was like butter and was easily split in two by a sharp blade, and disappeared. Seeing that the form was not right, the remaining spirits quickly retreated backwards, then melted into the wall and disappeared.

The stairs began to wobble.

The dusty, rusty armor creaked towards the stand, and it slowly raised the long sword in its hand and slashed it down at Rod who was facing away from him.

But before the sword could be swung, the black hound roared and pounced, crushing the armor under him, opening its bloody jaws and spitting out scorching flames once more.

[XP Gained: 480/2500]

It's not enough.

Rod glanced at the system prompt, and the experience increase was not very fast, compared to when he was in the twilight forest, it was almost heaven and earth. But it's no wonder, after all, this is not a copy, and these evil spirits are not elite monsters, so they can easily do a dozen, and naturally they can't get too many experience points......... But for Rod, there is more to it than experience points. …,

He turned and looked at the girl standing on the stairs.

The screams of the demons grew clearer.

Looking at the cold, deathly figure rushing towards her, Li Jie raised her right hand, and her mind once again recalled what Rod had said before.

"The Light of Healing isn't just for healing wounds, Lijie, remember, condense, overlap, compress, and cast the Healing Light, I'm sure you can do it."

Condense.........

Lijie could feel the divine power gathered under her will, and soon reached its limit. According to the original process, she only had to turn her mind to cast the healing light. But now, Lijie didn't do that.

Overlap.........

The divine power continued to condense, and there were unstable fluctuations, as if a person's hand could only level a bowl of water, but another bowl was added, and there was a feeling of powerlessness.

Compress.........

The two divine forces began to merge with each other, but at this moment, Lijie's spirit had almost reached its limit, and her palms trembled slightly, as if she was about to lose her support.

And just then, the wailing evil spirit had already pounced on her.

The moment Lijie came back to her senses, what she saw was the face of the evil spirit, which made the girl subconsciously take a half step back, and the originally shaky energy in her hand also disappeared with this fright. But before Lijie could react, a glittering sword light flew from behind her, piercing through the demons and causing their attacks to stall again, as Rod's voice rang out.

"One more time."

"Yes."

Li Jie bit her lower lip and raised her hand again, with her previous experience, soon the divine power condensed in her hand again, and then, looking at the evil spirit in the distance, Li Jie clenched her teeth, and then reached forward.

"Huh!"

The pillar of light appeared out of thin air, slamming down like a thick pillar, and the evil spirit below did not have time to react, and completely disappeared under this blow, like a fragile piece of glass, reduced to pieces.

"Huh?"

Li Jie withdrew her hand and looked at everything in front of her with three points of surprise and seven points of surprise. Of course, she knew that the healing light of the Dao had a great damaging effect on the undead, but she didn't expect that it could go so far. Holy Soul Blessing, in terms of power alone, this is completely beyond the scope of healing techniques, even if it is the Templar Bishop's Hammer of Judgment, the power is probably no more than that.

Before the girl could show her joy, Rod's calm voice pulled her back to reality once again.

"Keep up the good work, this is just the beginning."