Of course, Rhodes had no intention of throwing the fat merchant behind, on the contrary, the reason for his departure was only to check his loot.

In the previous battles, Rhodes had gained a lot of experience, but he didn't get much loot. Although for the player, the previous crashed floating ship is full of treasures, and there are so many dead people, there must be a lot of wealth on it. But in the end, Rod still dismissed this idea, no matter what, the other party can be regarded as a lifesaver for himself, and now when people die, he will search for their things, which is a little too much.

Experience is precious, but for Rod, what makes him feel like he's earned is something else. It was the black rough stone he was holding in his hand at the moment. According to the Dragon Soul Continent, this is the core of the soul condensed by creatures with powerful magical power at the time of death. It is rich in properties, that is, it can be used as a gem to be used in weapons, it can also be melted into soul weapons, and it is also a very good material for spellcasters. In addition, the drop rate of soul cores is very low, so their price has always been high in the world of the Dragon Soul Continent, and for summoning swordsmen, they have an irreplaceable role.

Because this is exactly the treasure that is necessary to awaken the summoning spirit.

At this moment, Rhodes was standing in the depths of the dense woods, he raised his right hand, and he could see that the nucleus-sized soul core, exuding a rich dark aura, was lying quietly in the palm of his hand at this moment, surrounded by a quiet, gentle jungle, and the midnight moonlight shone through the leaves and scattered into specks of light in the form of dots of light shining on the earth and bushes. Then, the summoning circle on the back of Rod's hand shone out again, and the streamlined magical light quickly extended. Then, a system prompt appeared in front of Rod.

[Found the tainted soul core, is it purified?] ]

"Purification."

Soon, the summoning array on the back of Rhodes' right hand once again appeared with a white and flawless brilliance, and they flowed down his fingers like flowing water, enveloping the soul core in the center of his palm. And with the invasion of divine power, the black mist that was originally wrapped around the soul core quickly melted like snow under the sun, and disappeared, and with the disappearance of the black mist, the originally surrounded spirit core finally showed its original appearance - transparent, exuding a blue brilliance, trembling slightly like an egg-shaped gem, it seemed to sense something, and was struggling to break out of the shell.

[The core of the spirit has been purified, has it awakened?] ]

"Wake up."

With Rod's words, the trembling of the blue egg-shaped gem became more and more intense, and then, with a soft sound of "pop", the entire egg-shaped gem was instantly shattered, and then, the blue, like flowing water, burst out, they rotated rapidly, winded, and then turned into the form of a card, and finally lay quietly in Rod's hand.

A cool, comfortable feeling came from Rod's body, making him shiver comfortably, and at this moment, Rod had already learned what kind of existence he had signed a contract with. He picked up the card, and on the front was a turquoise spirit bird flying in the sky, with a cyan blue semicircle (representing the attributes of the card itself) in the upper right corner, and a V written in the upper left corner. As for the left and right lower corners, there are two small numbers - 2. Rhodes flipped through the cards, and soon, words glowing with magic appeared on the back.

[Soaring Soul Bird (Wind Elemental Attribute): The flight system can be fused with elves, and there is a 10% chance to trigger the paralysis effect when attacking, and the piercing effect, which is ineffective against magic protection - Skill: Spiritual Wind Phantom (Wind Citizen soaring in the sky, range skill)]

[Acquired 1/10 of Sky Deck, Soaring Soul Bird]

Good luck.

Rod couldn't help laughing, the summoning elves of the flying system are one of the essential elves for summoning swordsmen in the early stage, and the wind element attribute can make it smoothly pass through items without magic attributes, that is to say, in front of it, ordinary protection is meaningless, plus an effective range of 30 meters and special effects, at least now Rod can guarantee that he will not encounter too much danger, even if he accidentally encounters those mutant bosses, he is confident to fight with them. …,

However, what makes Rod the most depressed is his attributes, until now, his strength, physique, dexterity, will and other attributes are still hidden, which makes Rod a little uneasy. Although it was his own body, the state of this body was completely beyond the normal level that Rhodes himself should have. He had already determined that his attributes were definitely above human, but this feeling of not being able to grasp his physical condition in detail was really bad. You think you're going to die, but you don't. It's a beautiful misunderstanding. But if you think you're not going to die, and you do, that's a damn nightmare. And since he can't see it, then at the moment Rod can only rely on his own experience to guess.

And through the previous battle with the Wind Snake Lord, Rhodes also had some clues. After all, the information of the Wind Snake Lord as a boss has also been studied in detail. Judging from the previous battle situation, his strength should be almost the same as that of a standard genuine swordsman, and his physique is quite strong, at least after coming to this world, although he has experienced several crises, but Rod's body seems to have withstood the test, which means that the lowest level of physical condition is only vigilance, and it has never reached the level of emergency. In terms of speed, it is not much different from normal ordinary humans. But in terms of will, Rhodes couldn't test it - he couldn't find a mage to throw a spirit spell at him, and then see how many levels he could resist.

At this moment, there was a slight sound in the bushes, Rhodes raised his eyebrows, put down his right hand, and the brilliance of the summoning circle on the back of his hand dimmed in an instant, and the card he was holding also turned into a little magic light dust and disappeared immediately. After being sealed as a card and the relationship with the owner is confirmed, the seal cards will no longer appear in physical form, and they will sleep quietly in the ring called the "Ten Essentia" in the summoning circle on the back of the summoning swordsman's hand, waiting for the wielder to awaken them to use. At this moment, only the two cards in the ring of the "kingdom" at the bottom of the outer six rings are sealed - the "Star Trace" with no attribute and the "Spirit Bird" with the wind elemental attribute are sealed.

Rhodes doesn't intend to expose his abilities too much in front of others, although it has been introduced in the game for a long time, summoning swordsmen is the player's exclusive class, it once existed in the distant antiquity of the continent, and the player is the only inheritance of this profession, they embarked on a journey to find and recreate the glory of this former hero class——— of course, this is all nonsense in the game introduction, if you use a more practical statement, then through the expressions of Lijie and Mace, Rhodes could be sure that these people were at least completely unaware of the existence of such a profession, so it was not convenient for him to say anything more. What's more, maintaining a certain sense of mystery is not without its own benefits.

And just as Rod turned around, he saw that Lijie had already walked out of the forest.

"Lijie? Do you have anything to do with me? ”

"Ah...... No, nothing, Mr. Rhodes. ”

Lijie shook her head, but her face was a little uneasy.

"That......... I just wanted to ask, how is your injury and is there anything I can do about it......"

After saying the most, the girl's voice became smaller and smaller, her hands tightly grasped the hem of her robe, and at this time, she gave people an extremely vulnerable feeling.

In fact, Rhodes also noticed Lijie's unusual behavior. Mace can see her characteristics because he, as a businessman, travels from south to north all year round, and has long been sold without any eyesight. And Rhodes was able to see through her character because of his experience as the number one guild leader in the Dragon Soul Continent game, you must know that Lu Dao is different from reality, players are hidden behind the characters on the Internet, and because of this, their performance will be more hidden than in reality. In this kind of online world, you have to be very sensitive if you want to condense the power of the collective, after all, most players come to experience happiness in games, not to see it as a job. You want them to go online on time, type on time, and set new records and get achievements. These things are difficult to do without a good balance and grasp. Therefore, how to observe the emotions and inner thoughts of the companions around him is quite important to a guild leader like Rhodes.

And now, Lijie's performance is very unmistakably clear, she lacks support, which makes the girl very, very uneasy. Rhodes can also see that the loss of her companion is a very big blow to her, not only because the people she knows have left her, but also because of a kind of anxiety and fear for the future. In the previous battle, Rhodes also took the time to observe this girl, everything she did at that time was very good, she was able to cast healing spells on her companions in the shortest possible time, and she could quickly dispel the toxins in them, and the guardian shield she applied to Rhodes at the end was accurate to the second to calculate, this strength can be regarded as quite good for a support class. And at that time, she was full of self-confidence, clear goals, and although she faced danger, she would not hesitate and be timid.

But now this trembling girl has completely lost her previous confidence.

There is only one reason.