The sharp, icy sword of ice came to Marlene's body in an instant, and the girl could even feel the biting chill in her face, she instinctively held her breath, and her whole body stiffened to meet the blow.

And at this moment, a red light appeared leisurely in front of Marlene, and the bright red blade quickly staggered through the air, and instantly weaved a sword net to keep the ice sword out.

"Bell, bell!!"

With the continuous sound of breaking, the ice sword that pierced Marlene immediately fell apart and turned into several sections, and it was only at this time that Marlene, who heard the sound, opened her eyes in surprise and looked at the figure standing in front of her——— this figure was not strange to Marlene at all.

"I knew there was going to be something to make trouble."

Rhodes gripped the sword in his backhand and stared at the strange black shadow in front of him.

"Marlene, continue to disarm the plane passage! I'll deal with this guy! ”

Saying this, Rod's left hand flicked quickly, and then his whole body was pitch black, and the centaur knight wearing heavy armor immediately raised the spear in his hand and roared out of the void, rushing towards the direction where the black-robed monsters were, making up for the remaining void because of Rod's departure. Although in terms of offense, the Centaur Knight can't be compared to Rhodes, but as a heavily armored knight, his defensive ability is still quite good.

"Good, Mr. Rhodes."

Finally picked up a life from before the ghost gate closed, Marlene pressed her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, then she didn't say anything, hurriedly got up with her hands and feet, and restarted the analysis of the plane circle. Seeing this, the black figure shouted angrily, and then reached out and tried to attack Marlene again. And at this moment, a red light suddenly flashed in front of its eyes, and then the black figure once again saw Rod leisurely blocking in front of him.

"I'm sorry. Mr. Shadow of Darkness, this path is not open, please turn back. ”

"You know me?"

Hearing Rod's words, the black figure was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a deep voice. In the face of its inquiry, Rhodes nodded expressionlessly, he raised his long sword, and pointed at the other party from afar. Narrowing his eyes slightly, he carefully examined the monster in front of him whose half body was fused into the shadows.

Shadows of Darkness, the middle devils who grow in the first layer of Hell, they live in the shadows, and use the power of ice to sneak attack and damage their targets, which is considered an assassination force in Hell. These devils themselves are not weak. Coupled with the fact that they are able to merge with shadows, they are even more difficult to deal with. But fortunately, this is the surface world, and under the suppression of order, the power of the dark shadow has been weakened by at least one-third, otherwise, Rod would not choose to single out this guy. But seeing this dark shadow, Rhodes's vigilance in his heart was a little higher, and he could indicate the devil of the dark shadow. The level itself is definitely not low, and there are also advantages and disadvantages among the devil generals and the ordinary elite, according to this point of view, the devil who tries to open up the plane passage may be difficult to deal with.

I hope that Seven Love can wear off each other's strength.

Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but restrain his thoughts, unless it was extremely urgent and necessary, otherwise he really didn't want to use the last "seal lifting" to let the Seven Lovers regain the power of the Elemental Lord, after all, in Rod's plan, this is a more important role in the long-term future.

"Humph!"

Staring at the human in front of him. The Shadow of Darkness snorted contemptuously. It can be seen that this young man is not very powerful. It's not a difficult thing to deal with him on your own. Although the Shadow of Darkness had intended to torture the young man and let him die a painful death in despair. But looking at the girl who was busy behind the black-haired young man, the Shadow of Darkness quickly changed her mind——— no matter what, protecting the plane passage is the first place, although frontal assault is not his forte and hobby, but it is more than enough to deal with these fragile humans. …,

Thinking of this, the shadow of darkness no longer hesitated, his upper body suddenly twisted like a snake, swayed back and forth, and then the whole person rushed towards Rhodes like an arrow off the string. Not only that, but Shadow of Darkness even stretched out his right hand, and in just a few moments, the three fingers on his right hand suddenly stretched out, stabbing straight into Rod's eyes and forehead.

This is one of the Shadow of Darkness's best attack modes, with the help of a snake-like twist, the enemy can misjudge the direction of his attack, and the right hand attack can distract the opponent, in fact, as a semi-illusory creature, the Shadow of Darkness can basically be said to have no entity to speak of, and the reason why it maintains an entity form is to paralyze the enemy and give them an illusion.

It's a tried-and-true tactic of the Shadows, and this time, it won't miss either.

"Huh?"

And just as the shadow of darkness swooped down in front of Rod, the cunning monster suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

The young man did not either panic or concentrate on his attack like the other humans he had seen, on the contrary, he was only half-horizontal with his long sword in front of him, a lazy gesture, and his eyes were not on his body at all, but wandered, not knowing where Lu Dao was looking.

An arrogant, stupid human being.

Thinking of this, the shadow of darkness did not hesitate, he whistled and stretched out his right hand, stabbing Rhodes in the face.

At this time, Rhodes finally moved.

There was no dazzling movement, and there was no unbelievable reaction, all Rod did was swing the long sword in his hand to the left, and then, the bright red blade slammed into the arm of the Dark Shadow, and a huge force immediately exploded, knocking the Dark Shadow's arm away.

That's a lot of strength!

Attacked by this, the shadow of darkness couldn't help but be surprised, originally when he saw Rod's not strong, even a little thin body, he still had a little contempt for this young man, but now it seems that this is not the case, damn it, this young man's strength is even better than the last outbreak of the barbarian, where did this human get so much strength?

Surprise is surprise, but if you stop attacking because you are surprised, then the reputation of the Shadow of the Shadow race will be lost, so although his first blow was swept away by Rod, the Shadow of Darkness did not stop attacking. Instead, it suddenly leaned forward, and then, a pitch-black arm suddenly flew out of the Dark Shadow's chest, opened its sharp claws, and dug straight into Rod's heart!

This is the true attack of the Shadow of Darkness!

Looking at the young man in front of him, the shadow of darkness couldn't help but show a sneer, it had even begun to look forward to piercing this human. The excitement and satisfaction of digging out his heart was gone——— but at this moment, the expression of the dark shadow suddenly froze.

Because at this time, Rod moved again.

Still without the slightest complexity and gorgeousness, after striking the right hand of the Shadow of Darkness with a strong sword, Rod's wrist suddenly flipped over, and then the long sword in his hand also followed Rod's movements in a circle. Then he stabbed at the stab!

The action doesn't seem complicated at all, it's mundane, it doesn't seem to make any sense——— it's supposed to be like this.

But with the sudden attack of the Shadow of Darkness, Rod's action that was originally meaningless immediately became a big threat, and at this moment, it seemed that his sword had long expected the Shadow of Darkness to attack his heart, and in this way, the attack of the Shadow of the Shadow did not look like a sneak attack at all, but it was more like taking the initiative to stretch out his hand and give it to the other party to pierce as ridiculous. …,

Worst!!

As a combat experienced devil. Naturally, the shadow of darkness also sensed that something was wrong, and it immediately stopped and tried to withdraw its hand, but at this moment, the bright red blade in Rhodes' hand had easily pierced its palm.

"Ahhhh..................h

The intense pain forced the Shadow of Darkness to scream involuntarily, indeed, it has no "fixed entity", but after all, there are "entities", not to mention that the Blood Cry in Rod's hand is a magic weapon, although the semi-virtual creature is immune to ordinary inorganic matter. But when it comes to magically blessed weapons, they are not so powerful.

At this time, the Shadow of Darkness finally realized that the other party was not the opponent he imagined to be as easy to deal with. As a treacherous and cunning devil who is best at stabbing a knife in the back, it certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to get too close to an enemy who knows so much about how it attacks. As a result, the Shadow of Darkness screamed and quickly changed form and retreated, and the arm that had been pierced by Rod's blade turned into a wisp of shadow, fluttering backwards like a torn rag.

But with a single hit, how could this guy be allowed to escape so easily? Looking at the dark shadow trying to stay away from him, Rhodes also snorted coldly, and then he clenched his long sword and slammed it from the bottom up!

With this action, an arc-shaped sword qi immediately erupted from Rod's sword body, shooting straight towards the dark shadow in front of him. And seeing this sword qi, the face of the shadow of darkness changed even more, the advantage of semi-virtual creatures is that they are immune to tangible entity attacks, but conversely, since they are not complete entities, they have no immunity to those attacks that are also non-entities! Whether it was magic or the condensed sword light of soul power, once it hit the bodies of these void creatures, it would bring them serious damage.

At this moment, although the shadow of darkness retreated quickly, but Rod's sword light followed closely behind like a shadow, and seeing that things were not good, the shadow of darkness finally couldn't hold back, and suddenly pulled up on the spot, and the whole figure flew out of the shadow completely, which was able to dodge Rod's blow.

And at this moment, the dark shadow suddenly caught a glimpse of the black-haired young man stretching out his left hand, and a pitch-black thing that looked like a card flashed by his hand.

What is that?

A question flashed through the Shadow of Darkness's mind, instinctively sensing that something was in danger——— but it was too late.

Because at this moment, from the shadows in all directions of the dark shadow, countless tentacles suddenly burst out and tied it up.

This is............ Nether tentacles? How did it end up here?

The Shadow of Darkness was shocked when he saw these things that suddenly jumped out of the shadows, as a creature of hell, how could it not have seen the Nether Tentacles, this is one of the most difficult species in hell, and even many devil lords use it to guard their homes, and its role is even much stronger than those devil guards. And for the Shadow of the Shadows, who are proficient in assassination, guards like the Nether Tentacles are naturally the last thing they want to encounter. Because it's the same with them. Nether tentacles also belong to the existence of semi-virtual creatures, not only that, but they also have special abilities that other virtual creatures are extremely afraid of, once they are bound by this tentacle, then it is difficult to break free, let alone fight back!

And the truth is also true, although the shadow of darkness desperately wants to leave, but the tentacles that appear from the shadows in all directions are dead bound to its body. Let it not be able to move at all............ Damn, what the hell is this young human? How can the devil be summoned? …,

Without waiting for the shadow of darkness to think about it, at this moment, Rhodes's figure had already flashed and came to its face, and then, Rhodes raised the long sword in his hand high.

And see this blade in Rod's hand. The Shadow Shadow's eyes flickered suddenly.

The next moment, Rod's blade stabbed out with all its might, plunging deep into the dark shadow's body.

“————！！”

A terrible scream sounded, but at this moment, Rod's face was not relieved of victory, on the contrary, his face changed slightly, and he suddenly reached out to let go of the long sword, and retreated backwards.

"Boom!!"

And just as Rhodes pulled back, several arms suddenly fell from the side. Grabbing on Rod's afterimage, he looked around, only to see that at this moment, there were suddenly several similar human figures on the side of the dark shadow, but compared with the dark shadow, these monsters condensed by shadows moved more slowly, and their bodies were smaller. At this moment, they had turned into a wall of shadows, enveloping Rhodes entirely, and even covering it quickly. Trying to devour Rod completely.

For these monsters. Rhodes was no stranger to it, when he faced that devil believer in the village of High Cliffs. He'd met these guys before——— Shadow Fiend. As a low-level devil, the Shadow Demon can be said to be a product created by the Shadow of Darkness, but the Shadow Demons who appeared in front of Rod at this moment are only young beings that have just been created, not the complete body that Rod encountered in the High Cliff Village, so in terms of strength alone, there is still a gap between the two sides.

It's still a step too late.

Looking at the shadow demon who had completely surrounded himself beside him, Rod couldn't help gritting his teeth, he originally wanted to kill this dark shadow as quickly as possible, but he didn't expect the other party's reaction to be as fast as him, when he realized that his life was short, this dark shadow actually broke out with a powerful force, and began to desperately create shadow demons, and just in the blink of an eye, these newborn shadow demons had completely surrounded Rhodes, plus Rod had given up the long sword in his hand in order to dodge the attack, and now, With his bare hands, he had no way to fight these monsters.

He's dead!

Looking at Rhodes, who was completely surrounded by shadows, a trace of excitement flashed in the eyes of the dark shadow, in fact, it only took five or six seconds from Rhodes' attack to its counterattack, because the speed was so fast, even the Nether Tentacles didn't react for a while, and this was the best time to completely kill this human! As long as he is dead, then there is no threat at all!

The shadows surrounded Rhodes without the slightest hindrance or stagnation, and then, in just a moment, this human being would be completely dead!

Of course, the shadow of darkness is not without doubts about his identity——— but now between damn life and death, who cares so much! I'm not an idiot like a parasitic monster, the most important thing is to save my life first!

"Huh?"

At this moment, suddenly, the dark shadow noticed that in front of him, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared.

At first, it seemed like a faint starlight in the dark night sky, but soon it turned into a hot, sun-like divine light.

“————！！”

The white and flawless light tore through the shadow demon's encirclement, and in the next moment, that dazzling light pierced through the body of the dark shadow.

What is it?

The Shadow of Darkness's eyes widened in surprise, staring at the pure white sword inserted into its body, it could feel the incomparable holy power above, at this moment, this power burst out in its body like a rushing volcano, and the Shadow of Darkness's body, which was originally a little illusory, now stopped its movements like a frozen body, and with the burst of light, a series of bright, shining cracks filled its body. …,

"No ..................!!!"

The Shadow of Darkness raised its head and cried out in reluctance, and then its body shattered, split, and vanished in the sacred flames.

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

Watching the dark soul disappear completely, Rod regained his original sword-throwing posture, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and then he stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pick up the bright red cry that fell to the ground, and at the same time made a gesture towards the air, and soon, the silver-white long sword and the dark tentacles hanging around quickly disappeared, replaced by two cards floating in the air, back to Rod's hand.

Fighting these devils is trouble.

Rod couldn't help but press his temple, in the game he has the most headache to fight with the devil, these bastards are cunning and scheming, they are a little easier to deal with than demons——— but their attacks are quite traceable, unlike demons that really rely on intuition and combat experience to fight.

And at this moment, suddenly, Marlene's scream came from behind Rod.

"Mr. Rhodes, it's not good, the ritual circle has an abnormal reaction!!"

"What's the situation?"

Hearing Marlene's scream, Rhodes hurriedly turned his head, only to see that at this moment, in front of Marlene, the complex, strange plane circle was emitting an abnormal magical brilliance at this moment, and Rhodes could even feel that a force was rapidly condensing. Turning his head to look, he saw that the black-robed monsters who were still attacking frantically before seemed to be facing some natural disaster at this moment, and left backwards in a panic, while Li Jie and the others also turned their heads at this time, looking at everything in front of them in surprise.

"Has the shield been lifted?"

"Yes, lifted!"

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Marlene seemed to understand what Lot wanted to do, she hurriedly pulled back, and while quickly answering Rod's question, she stretched out her hand and quickly gestured in the void. Soon, a series of muffled incantations came out of Marlene's mouth, and between the girl's hands, a magical ball of light began to grow in size. At the same time, Rod also quickly stretched out his left hand and summoned the Hellhound, and then he whistled, and when he heard Rod's order, the Hellhound immediately did not hesitate at all, roaring and rushing towards the plane circle. At the same time, Rhodes also turned his head and quickly gave an order to the surrounding people.

"Everyone prepare to defend, Lijie, go to the guard!"

“——！！！”

At this moment, Marlene also finished chanting the last incantation, and then she pushed her hands forward and pushed hard.

With a deafening bang, a brilliant beam of magic burst out from between Marlene's hands and shot towards the circle in a sweeping manner.

"Boom !!"

Explosions.

The brilliance of the magic merged with the flames of the explosion, and the powerful force roared upwards into the sky.