Chapter Eighty-One: Into the Highlands

After a short rest, everyone finally regained their spirits and walked into the depths of the dense forest under the leadership of Rod.

There was not the slightest sound in the silent forest.

Even the sound of stepping on fallen leaves and dead wood while walking quickly fades into darkness. Even the band of light in the sky is looming at this moment, this is the junction of the dragon soul of light and the dragon soul of darkness guarding the area, and it is also one of the darkest places for people of light. Here, darkness and light are no longer as distinct as they used to be, they merge together, indistinguishable from each other.

"Well, there's someone there!"

Suddenly, a spirit master jumped up, stretched out his hand with a pale face to point to the side, and saw a pale face floating there in the forest not far away, watching them quietly.

"Leave these guys alone and move on."

Rod didn't even glance at it and continued to walk forward, and the spirit master was obviously still a little hesitant.

"But those evil spirits ......... them"

"If you don't care about them, they won't take care of you."

Rhodes now feels like he is leading a team of newcomers who have just entered the game, and he screams and frightens when he sees something. Especially those female players, he has seen all kinds of behaviors when they first came to this place, some are indifferent, some are forced to be calm, some are screaming, and some are terrified. Rod was kind to say a few words at the beginning, but then he brought more newcomers, and he was too lazy to waste time on this, anyway, he scared himself, so he was not calm here, and when you really entered the high ground, wouldn't you just faint?

"But, but ........."

Seeing Rhodes' indifferent look, the spirit master was obviously very dissatisfied, in her opinion, evil spirits are the enemies of the living, and they are such a big living person walking here, won't they come to attack? What's more, the evil spirits hidden in the woods are not one or two, the more you go inside, the more evil spirits on both sides, they flash silently in the forest, and the desire for life revealed in the eyes that have long been dead is terrifying.

With the increasing number of evil spirits, even Marlene, Lijie and Old Walker couldn't help but get nervous, they looked around vigilantly, for fear that these undead evil spirits would suddenly rush out and surround them and eat them, and the four spirit masters were so frightened that they could hardly walk, if it weren't for the fact that Rhodes was walking too fast, if they didn't dare to delay, I am afraid they would have been scared and unable to walk.

Among these people, only Rhodes and Serek still remained calm, the former knew that they would not be attacked by these evil spirits, don't look at them now seem to be a huge number, in fact, this is just an illusion, to put it bluntly, the outside is strong and the middle is dry. If you ignore them, they won't dare to attack you. But if you can't support the pressure and it collapses, then they really become threatening.

This is also the reason why Rhodes let Serek be pressed at the bottom of the line, in case any of these spirit masters can't stand this fear and wants to escape, at least this swordsman can stop her urge to kill herself.

However, it seems that these spirit masters are a little better than Rod imagined, although they are pale with fright, and their legs and feet are weak, but until they get out of this area, no one is left behind, which makes Rod have a lot of evaluation of these spirit masters in his heart, in all fairness, even if these real spirit masters are fragile, they are indeed much stronger than players, after all, they have really seen dead people, and their psychological quality is strong enough. And what about in the game? Don't look at the vast amount of information that players get all day long, thinking that they are not afraid of anything if they have seen everything, and what is the result? When the real dead appear to them, they are no better than those whom they once mocked. …,

At least this kind of problem will not arise here.

Rhodes swung the hilt of his sword and swept away the branches that stood in his way, and a dreamlike sight appeared in front of him.

The forest was like a curtain that obscured the background behind the stage, and now that the curtain has been lifted, the scenery inside is finally revealed.

The rolling heights stretched forward, and the flat meadows were littered with dilapidated and mutilated weapons, equipment, and wagons.

Once upon a time, there was a terrible war here, and the people of Light and Darkness fought for two hundred years for this high ground. Over the course of two hundred years, countless people have died here, their bodies and blood beneath the soil of the highlands, but they have not returned to nothingness.

What is the mystery of the dividing line between life and death, light and darkness, no one knows the way. Even the heirs of the Dragon Soul of Light and Darkness may not be able to answer this question. But the effects are still there. Above this tangible dividing line, the souls of the dead are called out again, and they wander the land as if they are constantly fighting, as if to continue this war until the other side of eternity.

And what is showing in front of Rod at this moment is such a scene.

On the surface, there is no human population on this high ground, only the traces of light move between the darkness, and when you suddenly look at it, the whole high ground is like a dance hall, full of black and white halos. But it is only when you look closely that you will notice that on the silent high ground where no one seems to be there, whenever the halo shines by, there will be several figures fighting each other, armed with weapons in hand, shouting loudly, bravely attacking without fear of death.

Right before Rod's eyes, a warrior covered in arrows crawled up, his face full of bones and bones, but his open mouth and roar revealed his anger. Seeing Rhodes, the warrior raised his long sword and pounced on him, but he had just run in front of the other party, and after the aura disappeared, there was no longer a single figure in the darkness-shrouded high ground.

It's as if it was just a fantasy play.

This is the trickiest part of the Silent Heights, and it's also a headache for many players——— the undead monsters here appear very randomly, and only when the light shines on them, these undead monsters will show their form and attack. But when there is no light, and everything returns to darkness, there is nothing.

Some players have also tried to move forward by hiding in the darkness by dodging the trail of the light, but the actions of these lights are completely random and unpredictable. And when those undead sense you, they will pounce and attack. Then you have to block it, in case at this time, suddenly a light shines in the middle of your ranks.........

Obediently prepare to run the corpse.

The mage's black curtain doesn't do anything here, the darkness here is not ordinary darkness, it's even different from the darkness of the Night Country, the dark shadow here is a foreign substance created by merging with the light, and there are no words to describe its weirdness.

So what to do? This is not a difficult choice for many players.

The best way to avoid being reactive is to be proactive.

"Lijie, Divine Radiance."

Rod made a gesture.

A ball of light filled with divine power immediately appeared from the girl's hand, and then lit up all around.

The warrior who had just raised his sword to attack Rhodes appeared in front of him again with the light, it roared and raised its long sword, but before it could swing it, Rhodes threw out his sword, and the fierce sword wind instantly rolled it up, and then fell heavily to the ground, shattering. Then, the already mutilated and scarred corpse turned to dust and gradually disappeared in the breeze. …,

"I think you've seen for yourself how dangerous this place is."

Rhodes turned around and said to the people with different expressions behind him, Li Jie and the other mercenaries naturally had serious faces, they are not fools, Rhodes deliberately demonstrated it in front of them, now these people have already known that this ghost place in the Silent Heights is really not in vain——— even if it is a heavily armed mercenary group, I am afraid they will not dare to come to this ghost place!

"But you don't have to worry about these lights and when the enemy will appear, I can tell you with certainty that from now on, the enemy will appear in all directions of us!"

Without looking back, Rod flicked his long sword again, and the silver-white blade of the moonlight roared past, and immediately a group of undead creatures attracted by the light were split in two and fell to the ground.

"So, I ask you to concentrate at all times, Walker, you pay more attention to the back, Marlene, Lijie, I ask you to pay attention to the left and right, Annie, your first priority is to protect them, remember, you can't stop, the undead here God knows how many people will be in the Dao, as long as we can pass this high ground is victory. So you have to be on the same page with us all the time, you know? ”

"Yes, Captain."

At this moment, Anne still looked unusually relaxed, she replied to Rod's order with a smile, and even waved her hand, which made others look at it for a while——— does this young lady really understand the current situation?

Especially those spirit masters, you must know that they originally hoped that this shield warrior would be able to protect them. But looking at her now, I don't know what the Dao is for, those spirit masters don't have any confidence in this girl at all——— although they don't have much in the first place.

If it weren't for Serek by his side, I'm afraid they would have retreated by now.

"Follow me."

With that, Rod took the first step.

And the next scene made many people unforgettable.

They saw the white and flawless light dispel the darkness of the highlands, and then, hundreds of undead creatures who were fighting together appeared from it, and at the same time they sensed the light, they stopped fighting as if they had discussed it in advance, and then they roared loudly and threw themselves at Rhodes and the others!

That's it.

Watching the scene in front of him from behind, Serek's eyes changed, and this was what he remembered most during the highland trials, those undead creatures appeared from under the dark curtain, as if endlessly. While the real army can seem a little desperate, you can at least use your own eyes to determine how many people are around. But here, you can never see how many enemies there are, and this feeling of exhaustion is a great enemy, and because of this, many people here have not been able to hold on, and they have completely collapsed.

There is nothing more terrible than not seeing hope.

So what is Rhodes going to do?

Thinking of this, Serek suddenly looked a little expectant, and he focused his attention on the rear while looking at the battlefield in front of him out of the corner of his eye, wanting to see what this young man could do to achieve what he said "not too stressed".

And what made Serek feel strange was that in the face of these undead creatures, Rhodes was not nervous, he just snapped his fingers.

"Lijie, straight ahead, the group heals."

"Good boy, Mr. Rhodes!"

While maintaining the divine light in her hand, Lijie stretched out her left hand, and soon after, a white and immaculate waterfall of light descended from the sky, enveloping the undead.

"It's the same with you, in the same position! Cover it all! ”…,

Hearing Rod's order, although those spirit masters were a little surprised, they still listened to Rod's words, raised their hands, and performed a group healing technique in front of them.

I saw a pure white aura unfolding among the undead, and their originally agile and flexible movements became much sluggish at the moment, and after all the spirit masters released a round of group healing, the undead creatures who were originally fierce and fierce now behaved like toothless old women, unable to even walk.........

"Marlene, lightning chain."

Leaping light shot out from the girl's fingertips, and in an instant it fell into the undead.

At first, it was just a faint flash of light, and then a dazzling flash of lightning suddenly spread and leaped over the undead's bodies, forming a large net that enveloped them. After a series of dull explosions, hundreds of undead creatures crashed to the ground, and then there was no sound.

"This ............"

Marlene stared at everything in front of her in amazement, and even looked at her finger in disbelief. It is important to know that the Lightning Chain is the lowest level of group spells, it is not very powerful in itself, and it will become weaker when dispersed. Originally, Marlene thought that Rhodes would let himself cast powerful spells such as lightning balls to solve these enemies, but look at it now......... She genuinely wondered if it was a bunch of undead creatures or a bunch of shoddy scarecrows?

Is there such a method?

And Serek in the rear was also secretly shocked at this moment, of course he knew that those high-level spirit masters and soul knights could use the holy light to destroy the undead, but now, these spirit masters could actually achieve the same effect? No, this may not be true, after all, the Hammer of Judgment of the High Spirit Master and the Light of Sanction of the Spirit Knight can wipe out any undead creature in an instant, but the only thing these ordinary Spirit Masters can do is reduce their abilities and speed——— but this is not bad.

Thinking of this, Serek couldn't help but glance at Rhodes.

How did this young man know about this method?

Not only Serek, but in fact the spirit masters were just as surprised at the moment, they were just as surprised as Lijie had been at the beginning, and they were extremely surprised that they were able to have such a significant impact on those undead creatures. Some people even looked at their hands with doubt, wondering if they were dreaming.

It's a pity that now Rhodes doesn't even give them a slap in the face to let them know that he is in the real world.

"Now that you all know what to do, let's move on."

Looking at another group of undead creatures that appeared under the light curtain, Rhodes raised the long sword in his hand.