Dagger One

An Ice Arrow condensed and shot towards the Vampire, who was devouring flesh and blood not far away.

The blue-robed Mage understood in his heart that the Vampire was easiest to kill at this moment. Since the Vampire was heavily injured, the blue-robed Mage had previously intended to kill it with an Ice Arrow, but it was blocked by a shield.

At this moment, the blue-robed Mage cast a Spell on the Vampire again, but due to the distance, the Ice Arrow was dodged by the alerted Vampire.

Realizing that the blue-robed Mage would not let the Vampire recover peacefully, Rhode drew his sword and charged forward.

The blue-robed Mage raised his hand and cast the Great Slowing Spell, and Rhode's speed immediately slowed down. Then, the blue-robed Mage tore open a scroll, and a horizontal Fire Wall instantly rose from the ground, blocking the path between Rhode and the blue-robed Mage.

Due to the distance, and fearing that the enemy would dodge, as well as to conserve Mana, the blue-robed Mage did not cast any damaging Spells.

The Fire Wall obstructed Rhode's vision, and Rhode naturally did not choose to charge directly through it. Instead, he planned to go around the Fire Wall to the side.

Just as Rhode was about to rush out of the Fire Wall, he suddenly thought of something, stopped his forward momentum, and instead ran towards the other side of the Fire Wall. At the spot where Rhode was about to charge through, an Ice Arrow had just passed.

If Rhode had tried to go around the Fire Wall directly, he would have been hit by this Ice Arrow.

At this moment, there was still some distance between Rhode and the blue-robed Mage. Furthermore, Rhode saw that the blue-robed Mage had already focused his attention on him, so he was not in a hurry to charge at the blue-robed Mage. Instead, he hid behind the Fire Wall, using the Fire Wall to block their line of sight, giving the Vampire time to recover.

Through the Mental Mark, Rhode knew that the current Vampire could not even withstand a single Ice Arrow from the blue-robed Mage. After dodging the blue-robed Mage's Ice Arrow, the Vampire, following Rhode's instructions, returned to the side of the dead horse and continued to devour flesh and blood.

The blue-robed Mage was helpless. Due to the considerable distance from the Vampire, among the Spells he knew, only Ice Arrow and Magic Arrow could travel such a long distance. The rest of his Spells would not have much effect. And because of the distance, any Spell cast would be dodged by the Vampire.

The blue-robed Mage had no choice but to shift his target to Rhode. He took out another scroll from his pocket and tore it open.

At this moment, Rhode, behind the Fire Wall, felt the solid ground beneath his feet soften. He seemed to have stepped on something. Rhode looked down, and by the light of the burning Fire Wall, he saw that the dirt on the ground had now turned into a patch of yellow sand.

Rhode instantly understood that this was the effect of the second-tier Spell, Quicksand Trap. This Spell could turn ordinary ground into quicksand, and once trapped, the quicksand would completely engulf a person.

Taking advantage of the sand just appearing at his feet, Rhode twisted his body and rolled a few times on the ground, escaping the range of the quicksand. Although his black robe was covered in yellow sand, Rhode clearly couldn't be bothered with that.

Seeing that the blue-robed Mage was preparing to tear open another Spell scroll, Rhode gave an order to the Vampire not far away, and the Vampire immediately charged towards the blue-robed Mage.

Seeing the Vampire charging at him from the side, the blue-robed Mage thought it was best to deal with the heavily injured Vampire first, so he could only ignore Rhode for the time being.

At this moment, the duration of the Fire Wall ended. Since the original ground had turned into quicksand, the flames extinguished themselves after the dry branches burned out, leaving only a faint glow.

Rhode realized that the scrolls the blue-robed Mage was using were prepared by the merchant group. Since purchasing Spell scrolls also cost a considerable amount of gold, these scrolls were more focused on group combat.

The various Magics contained within the scrolls, such as Fire Wall and Quicksand Trap, could be more effective in a chaotic battle than when facing a single enemy.

This was why, at the beginning of the fight, since the merchant group was only facing the Vampire as a single enemy, the blue-robed Mage did not take out these scrolls to use. If there was only one enemy, using these scrolls would instead affect the members of the merchant group.

At this moment, the blue-robed Mage had little Mana left, so he couldn't afford to care about the value of these scrolls and had to use them.

Seeing the Vampire charging at him again, the blue-robed Mage raised his hand, about to cast a Spell, when he saw the Vampire rapidly stop its advance, preparing to dodge to the sides.

Without the distraction of a melee Practitioner, it would be difficult for the blue-robed Mage to hit an enemy who was intent on dodging with Spells alone.

The blue-robed Mage was helpless. At this distance, if the Vampire was determined to dodge his Spells, casting Spells would only be a waste of Mana.

Realizing that the enemy intended to wear him down this way, the blue-robed Mage understood that if his Spells continued to be ineffective, and this went on, he would be the one to die when his Mana was depleted.

With this thought, the blue-robed Mage made a decision. He gave up casting Spells and instead took out a Dagger from his pocket, intending to use it to deal with the Vampire's close-quarters attacks before finding an opportunity to cast Spells.

The blue-robed Mage held the Dagger in his right hand and directly gripped it with his left. The immense force caused the Dagger to embed deeply into the blue-robed Mage's hand, and blood overflowed, only to be instantly absorbed by the Dagger.

After absorbing the blood, the Dagger began to emit a strong red light. On the blue-robed Mage's face, whether due to pain or some other reason, a ferocious expression appeared under the red light.

Seeing that the blue-robed Mage had stopped casting Spells, the Vampire seized the opportunity and charged forward, extending its sharp claws towards the blue-robed Mage.

The blue-robed Mage directly pulled the Dagger from his left hand, which he had been gripping. After absorbing blood, the Dagger had become exceptionally sharp. Coupled with the force with which the blue-robed Mage had gripped it earlier, during the process of pulling it out, it directly severed four of the blue-robed Mage's fingers. At this moment, the red light of the Dagger intensified.

The Vampire's sharp claws collided with the Dagger and were instantly severed. While swinging the Dagger, the blue-robed Mage raised his left hand, with only his thumb remaining, and an Ice Arrow condensed in his palm, shooting towards the Vampire in front of him.

The Vampire deeply understood the damage Spells could inflict in close combat. Seeing the Ice Arrow shot out, the Vampire dared not take it head-on and chose to transform into Bat Form. Seeing this, the blue-robed Mage directly raised his hand, preparing to cast the Ice Magic Ring.

Suddenly, the Dagger in the blue-robed Mage's hand exerted force, twisting his body and directly severing a sword that was stabbing at him. It was Rhode's sneak attack from the side, seizing an opportunity.

The moment the sword was severed, Rhode saw the blue-robed Mage's current state. The pain and anger that had previously appeared on the blue-robed Mage's face were gone, replaced by a look of fanatical laughter.