wwwChapter 140 Dancing with the Devil (2-in-1 Chapter)

The sound of the system prompt is crisp and pleasant.

Standing at the end of the tunnel, Rhodes enjoyed the sound of the system prompt while checking the experience reminder in front of him. I have to say that these demonized mercenaries do bring a lot of experience, fifteen mercenaries have earned nearly 8,000 experience points for themselves, and Rod believes that after completing this task, there should be no problem with his level being raised again.

After being promoted through the system and making sure that nothing had slipped through the net, Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, there's only one trouble left."

Whispering to himself, Rhodes turned and looked to the other side.

There, a vague figure was slowly walking towards him.

Frank frowned.

A high-pitched, heart-wrenching scream rushed into his head, the only emotions that a person can have in the face of despair and death, and they flowed in a steady stream, pouring down like a flood that had burst its banks, spreading in all directions——— the last of life's struggles.

He stopped and rubbed his nose.

Frank didn't know what he meant by doing this pointless gesture now, but he felt a lot calmer after noticing that his idiot subordinates had suddenly disappeared. The things that once bothered him, hatred, power, goals, even pain and pleasure, were now as if they were completely gone.

He looked up at the end of the tunnel, where a man he was not familiar with, but who was by no means a stranger, stood in his way.

"You're you again? Mr. Rhodes? ”

Frank asked easily, calmly even to himself, he had expected to be completely controlled by anger at the sight of this man, and he would lash out and then let out a series of evil curses and vicious insults. But now, at this time, when he actually saw this man, Frank suddenly realized that he didn't care about anything. It's like a child who used to be so eager to play with other children and even cry and make noise about it, but when they really gave him this chance, he rolled on his feet and turned away. Play? What to play? What's the fun?

Frank didn't know whether this peace of mind at the moment was a manifestation of despair or a portrayal of despair, anyway, he felt that he had never experienced this kind of peace again in the first ten years of his life, either anger, fear, anxiety, or pain. Compared to those, it's actually good now——— there is no despair if there is no hope, there is no need to work hard without a goal, and there is no regret if there is no effort.

Thinking of this, Frank felt that something in the depths of his soul suddenly collapsed, but this was not even the strength for him to stop.

"It's been a long time, or do I want to say this is the second time we've met?"

Frank shrugged his shoulders and sighed, his tone as relaxed as if he were chatting with a friend.

"But you surprise me every time, don't you?"

Rod frowned.

Frank's reaction was a bit unexpected, and he was a little surprised that the man who had hated him so much in Rhodes' eyes was now standing there with a slick in his eyes, standing and not standing like a sitting statue, like a scoundrel who molested women. Rod doesn't like accidents very much, but he doesn't care too much about Frank's attitude, and it's not uncommon for players to bluff and deliberately make some confusing actions to obstruct judgment in the game world, so Rod has long developed a very good habit——— as long as he does what he thinks, what others do has nothing to do with him. ..., so he didn't answer Frank's words, but drew his long sword and stared at him carefully——— even if he didn't need to rely on the reminder of the Seven Loves, he could feel the powerful hellish power in Frank's body, and the evil power even slowly emanated from his sweat pores, forming a cloud-like aura, which made people sick.

"I've always been curious."

Frank reached out and grasped the hilt of his sword, pulled it out, withdrew it again, and pulled it out again, as calmly as if he were in a daze under boredom.

"Why are you always in front of me every time, every time...... Well, actually, I don't care so much now, you've succeeded again. I failed again, and this time I didn't have a good way out. ”

"If you have any last words, I think I can bring them for you."

Rhodes raised his sword, the bright red blade shining brightly.

"No, I don't have anything to say to anyone."

Frank waved his hand, looking like he really had "seen through the red dust".

For a moment, the entire tunnel fell silent.

Then the next moment, a sharp and whistling sword wind rose from the ground.

Rhodes turned into a shadow and stabbed forward, the bright red blade in his hand flipped over, and a series of shattered blades of light burst out from the sword, detached, and shot towards the target in front of him. In the face of Rod's attack, Frank silently drew his long sword and threw it forward, as if the darkness of substance stretched out from his sword, like a long whip thrown straight forward, silently but easily swallowing the whistling flying blade of light.

"Squeak———!

Rhodes held his sword in his backhand, and he was able to block the long whip condensed from the dark shadows. And what looked as soft as an aquatic animal made a cacophony of sour teeth when it collided with the sharp blade, echoing throughout the tunnel, spreading far away.

And in the next moment, Rod suddenly threw out his left hand.

“———！！！“

Turquoise birds flew out of his hands, swooping forward with a flurry of winds. Frank's brows furrowed slightly, the weapon in his hand was retracted like a stream, and with his movements, the long whip with condensed shadows suddenly turned into a large net and shrouded towards the blue bird.

Frank didn't notice the summoning circle that flashed on the back of Rod's hand.

At the moment when the web of shadows was about to envelop the prey, the original green bird suddenly disappeared, and the green meteor turned into a white flash point in an instant, and the long sword that shimmered with divine brilliance easily passed through the gap in the large net, and stabbed straight into Frank's heart under the drive of the impact.

"Huh?"

This sudden change did not make Frank panic, on the contrary, he just snorted coldly, and then stepped back, the double swords in his hands staggered in front of him, this kind of little trick is nothing to him, as long as he exerts a little force, he can completely knock this sword away, but the young man's fighting style is strange and strange, not to be underestimated, God knows what else he can do.........

Frank didn't knock the sword away as he thought, and although his swords did easily reach the other party——— then he quickly felt a strong pressure.

A huge black shadow appeared out of thin air, Celia stretched her wings, held the long sword in her hand and pressed forward hard, she shouted angrily, and the divine silver-white light enveloped her body, dazzling that it was impossible to look at directly.

Wrong judgment is the beginning of failure.

Frank didn't expect the angel to appear in front of him so suddenly, and when he felt the tremendous pressure from the sword, it was too late to make another adjustment. It's like when a person instinctively wants to stop a plastic plate from falling, but when they come into contact with it, they find that it is a piece of marble, and it is too late to rush to exert force. Selia easily knocked Frank's twin swords flying, and the flame-burning weapon could penetrate the existence that made her disgusted and angry almost in a single step. And at this moment, Rod had already rushed to his side while the fire was robbing to ensure that he could successfully take down this damn trouble when he was mending the knife.

But in the end, it was only one step away.

Facing the straight blade of light and the long sword stabbed by Rod, a strange red light suddenly flashed in Frank's eyes, and then, his whole person suddenly turned into a black mist, tumbling backwards, and only after a moment did he recombine in the corner, once again turning into the form of a human being.

"What a powerful helper."

He raised his head, his face was not surprised or happy, and he looked at the two of them with an indifferent look.

"Frankly, you're really surprising to me, I've never heard of anyone who would take an angel as a servant, even in the council, and the old immortals who want nothing but face would dare to do that. But the fact that you are able to master such a beautiful angel lady is really envious of me. But it made me feel that I didn't lose unjustly. ”

"Master, I don't think this guy is quite right, don't listen to his nonsense, kill him as soon as possible, and avoid trouble with his second transformation!"

Although the tone of Qilian was as lazy as ever, it was a little more warning and anxious.

Rod frowned and didn't say anything more. He actually wanted to do it too, but the narrow tunnels were just as idle for him, and the place was so fragile, there was no way for Rhodes to completely kill him with all his strength at once like he did at the entrance of the Mercenary Guild. And this guy's current behavior is indeed very strange, according to what Rhodes knows about him, this mercenary leader doesn't seem to be the kind of existence that can see through the red dust and become a monk and chant Buddha.

However, the warning of Seven Love also makes sense, and he is not interested in watching the CG animation of the boss's forced transformation.

Thinking of this, Rhodes raised his long sword again and attacked.

"Ding!!"

The narrow tunnels only allow up to three people to go to parallel, but the situation is not as simple as two against one. Although there was no mysterious summoning like Rod, Frank also showed his housekeeping skills, and the filthy darkness began to flow forward with his movements, and then condensed into four or five short, ugly-looking monsters,

"Demon Refining!"

At the sight of these little monsters, Celia's face changed slightly, and she waved her wings violently, and the white light curtain stretched along the path of the wings into a hexagonal barrier, which could block the fireballs thrown at them by the monsters as ugly as goblins and squeaking like monkeys.

The small fireball quickly dissipated above the sacred barrier, not even a single wave, but the angel was clearly furious at the moment.

"How did you get such a powerful power of hell? As a mortal? Why do you want to take refuge in the darkness? ”

"Don't talk so much nonsense, it's right to kill him, we can wait for him to die and then squat next to the corpse and reason slowly!"

As if in response to the complaint of the Seven Loves, Rod struck again.

The bright red blade carried a ripple in the air, but it set off a storm.

The roar of the blade instantly split the shadow monsters in two, and then the bursts of starlight easily pierced through their bodies, allowing these monsters that did not belong to this world to return to their homeland. Frank chuckled and rushed forward, slashing and slashing his swords past each other, slicing his way between the two with a dazzling array of phantoms. And in the face of such a surprise attack, the angel had to choose to hide from its edge for the time being. ..., but Rhodes clearly had a different consideration, and once again he raised his left hand——— the pitch-black card appeared in his hand, like a small shield against the tip of Frank's sword.

Tall black shadows roared out with a storming storm.

The centaur knight's spear knocked Frank's sword flying, and the heavy shield slammed into his body again, and the man, who had no time to react, was knocked out of the way and slammed into the wall. But before he could fall to the ground in the light of gravity. Rhodes and Celia's swords had penetrated his body completely, pinning him to the wall.

"Boom!!"

The stout knight's spear smashed the man's head, and bright red blood mixed with shards of the skull flew everywhere.

Whatever the circumstances, Frank is dead and cannot die again.

But Rod and Celia's expressions did not become relaxed because of this.

"Be careful, master, this guy is going to transform into a second stage!"

With the warning of the Seven Loves, Frank's body suddenly turned to dust, and they quickly retreated under the whirlwind, and then condensed into a human form again.

"Do you think I'm going to be knocked down twice by the same sneak attack? It's so stupid........."

Frank's tone was very calm, but his appearance was not calm at all, the muscles up and down his body began to squirm as if he had self-awareness, and the skin began to crack, falling off piece by piece like a worn linen, but what was revealed inside was not the blood-colored muscles that humans should have, but pitch-black scales, and blood vessels protruded from under the skin, transporting blood and force with a strong force, and Frank's originally pleasing head was now bulging like a big inflated ball. And his voice became louder and deeper.

"But it's kind of funny, I think that's it, if you want to kill me, then try it with your strongest strength."

The deformation is complete.

The original human form was now completely gone, and what appeared in front of Rhodes was a large fly large enough to clog the entire passage, and it opened its mouth and hissed. The two compound eyes glowed green, and the long thick black hair seeped through the cracks in the hard scales, making people sick. Sharp nails can be seen on the four front paws, and several fleshy tentacles burrow out of the back anus, trembling incessantly.

The fishy smell spreads through the tunnels, enough to suffocate one.

"Devil's ........."

Celia flapped her wings, and it was only out of strong enough reason that she was not affected by the evil of filth and rushed forward angrily——— which was definitely not a good idea.

"Oops, it looks like we're playing big, master."

It's obviously a very dangerous content, but the tone of Seven Love doesn't sound good at all.

"He's been completely corrupted by the demonic nature of hell, and unlike the idiots who still have their instincts before, this guy is now truly the puppet of the devil lord, and he has lost all his feelings...... Haah, master, I think he must hate you deep enough to open his heart so defenselessly and let the devil corrupt him——— this boss is not easy to deal with? ”

"Of course I know."

Rhodes raised his sword and looked at the terrifying monster in front of him, which had lost its human form, and was silent and silent.

"But it's just a puppet——— in that case, we should have a better way."

With that, Rod took a step back, and then he held his sword in both hands, across his chest.

Then, Rod's figure suddenly retreated, running towards the end of the tunnel pit with a series of afterimages, and he did not forget to put away the centaur knight to avoid becoming a target. ..., "Let's go!" ”

“———！！！”

Frank was stunned by Rod's sudden retreat, but he quickly came to his senses, and with a piercing scream that was no better than scratching the blackboard with his fingernails, a dark mist burst out of Frank's strange body and spread in all directions.

"It's hell, master, if you swallow it, it's going to be a problem, that guy can change positions in it at will. Don't fight him, or we'll be finished! ”

Without being reminded by Seven Loves, Rhodes also sensed the strangeness of this black fog. Of course, he knew what Frank had become now, and if he could, he didn't really want to face such a monster alone, but it seemed like there was no other way now.

Without looking back, Rod sped into the depths of the tunnel, and not far behind him, a thick black mist rolled in, silently swallowing the rocks and the already dim light. The angel flapped its wings behind him, and the white and immaculate shield of light didn't do much of a thing. While it is true that the water can extinguish the flames, it will not do anything when you pour a bucket of water into the erupting volcano.

"We must find the ritual altar as soon as possible and destroy the connection between Hell and this worldly realm!"

Listening to the warning of Seven Loves, Rod turned around silently and jumped into the fork next to him, and the dark torrent did not have time to stop at all, sliding forward with inertia. But soon the branches expanded again, sweeping towards Rhodes. The condensed darkness spread along the sides of the tunnel, and with a squeaky scream, it changed again into little devils, who screamed like rats and chased after Rhodes, and from time to time they burned fireballs and smashed forward. But these attacks are better than nothing before the angel's barrier.

"Huh!"

The sword flashed.

Sharp silver light flashed, and once again easily destroyed the obstacle in front of him. Frank's body loomed in the black fog, and it strode wildly, running towards Rhodes under the dark fog.

"Come on, kill me. Kill me as you killed them. Quick, isn't that what you're here for? ”。

Frank's voice was still low, but there was a bit of chaos and madness that he didn't have. And in the face of such an enemy, Rod had no intention of arguing with him at all. He just used the shadow flash again and again to escape the black fog, and at the same time used the complex and strange terrain of the underground tunnel to distance himself from the other party.

It's not an easy thing to do.

The dark cloud can spread to any corner along the gap, and the only way Rhodes wants to avoid it is to run faster than it, and once he gets close to this thing, he will not only be affected by the power of hell, but also be directly attacked by Frank. The only fortunate thing is that without the help of this thing, Frank's mutated body would not have been able to catch up with Rod's speed.

But this doesn't mean that Rod and the others are getting better, at the beginning, Rod and Celia also tried to slow down him by attacking, but at this moment Frank is like being invincible, no matter how serious the injury is, there is no way to hinder his steps, Rod even once risked his life to summon the black hound, hoping that it can cause some trouble for Frank, but in the end it was also in vain.

"It's not scientific!"

When Rod once again flashed Frank's attack in the black mist, Seven Love, who had been silent, finally complained dissatisfied.

"There's no way we can kill him when connected to the breath of hell, this guy is just hanging up! You have to cut off the connection! Master! "How far are we from the altar?" ”

"Coming soon!"

Rhodes glanced at the pit ahead and jumped to his feet again, and beneath him, an undercurrent of rolling shadows washed through like a flood, and dozens of black tentacles extended from it and flew towards the luke, trying to completely grasp his prey and drag him into this evil quagmire.

Silver-white flames erupted, completely burning the tentacles in an instant.

"Master, please be careful!"

Celia flew through the air, grabbed Rhodes with both hands and rushed forward, the two of them tumbling to the ground, and then quickly jumped up and continued to run forward. Behind them, a muffled crash sounded from time to time, and gravel and sand scattered from the top of the tunnel, and even the ground began to tremble slightly.

Frank reappeared on the edge of the black fog as it opened its mouth and growled and stretched out its forelimbs.

And at this moment, Rod finally saw the strangely shaped fountain in the center of the mine.

That's exactly what he's aiming for!

Now is the time!

"Celia!!"

Hearing Rod's shout, Celia immediately turned and flew away, her sword raised in the air, and she swooped down on the strangely shaped fountain. And when the divine and glorious light of the angel shone on this evil and filthy place, the surrounding fog and shadows began to writhe uneasily, and they let out a silent scream, and quickly withdrew to the corner to avoid their natural predators.

"Nope! Stop me!! ”

Seeing this scene in front of him, Frank, who had been acting very "calm", finally couldn't help but rush out of the black fog, and he roared and rushed forward, trying to stop Celia's steps.

And at this moment, Rhodes stood in front of him, gritted his teeth, and raised the long sword in his hand high.

The shining light flowed up the blade of the sword, condensed at the top, and converged.

Then, he slashed hard.

At the same time, with a coquettish shout, Celia's sword completely pierced through the sculpture on the fountain.

Divine flames surged out and devoured everything.

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