Chapter Fourteen: The Two-Person Strategy

  "Me?"

  Lilith's eyes widened in surprise at Rude's words, and even Meis on the side opened his mouth in astonishment.

  It is well known that Spirit Masters on the Dragon Soul continent are similar to pharmacists, doctors and nurses. They are basically auxiliary professions within a team, responsible for bandaging wounds, healing injuries, releasing shields and expelling toxins. As for going to the front line to fight? Such things have probably never been heard of!

  "That's right."

  Rod nodded and at that moment when he stepped in here, he seemed to have turned back into the commander who led his team to clear dungeons.

  "For a moment, you'll follow my command. It doesn't require particularly complex skills, but it does demand a bit of reaction and awareness from you. However, once you get used to it, I think it won't be too difficult... ...What's your current grasp on energy? How many times can you use Sacred Radiance?"

  Although Rod roughly guessed her level through Lychee's healing magic earlier, it was better to confirm just in case.

  "I am a full-time spirit master, belonging to the outer ring of the seventh layer. As for the Holy Light... I can only use it once a day, and it can last for a whole day... if my spiritual power consumption is not too great."

  The profession of the practitioner is divided into levels, unlike combat professions, they have a hierarchical division of soul power, which are outer ring, middle ring and inner ring. The outer ring has ten layers, the middle ring has seven layers, and the inner ring has three layers. This is because practitioners believe that their power comes from the depths of their own souls, and in general, the soul is seen as a fusion of three ring-shaped existences by practitioners. The deeper a practitioner explores his own soul, the stronger his power will be. And Lijie's strength has already reached the seventh layer of the outer ring, which means that she is very likely to break through the limit of the outer ring practitioner and enter the ranks of the middle ring.

  For a sixth-level spiritual master, this is indeed rare. But in that case, Luo De has even more confidence.

  "Alright, remember from now on you don't need to cast healing light on me, even if I'm injured. Just pay more attention to Mr. Meis, and shield him if there's danger... got it?"

  "I see... I understand, Mr. Lord."

  Although Rode occasionally jumped out of some words that made Lijie feel inexplicable, she still understood the other's meaning by guessing and feeling, so she nodded slightly to show her understanding.

  "Mr. Mais, how many more days will our supplies last?"

  "It will last for three or four more days."

  Holding the travel bag in his hand, the fat businessman thought for a moment before answering, but there was a hint of sadness on his face.

  "If we eat frugally..."

  "It's a good opportunity to lose weight now."

  If Rod said this with a smile, then Maisie could still take it as a joke. Unfortunately, Rod's expression was very calm and there was no hint of a smile, which made the fat merchant even more entangled. He hugged his travel bag and wanted to say something else when Rod had already turned around and gave orders to Lijie.

  "Unleash the holy radiance."

  "Alright."

  Facing Rode's command, Lijie nodded slightly, then she stretched out her hands and closed her eyes.

  Soon, a soft glow slowly emerged from the girl's palm, and the gentle white light spread out in all directions. The fat merchant found that the thick fog around him, which was originally close to his body, began to retreat quickly after being illuminated by this light. After rubbing his eyes, he discovered that the surroundings, which were originally shrouded in thick fog, had become much clearer. Some ruins could only be seen as a vague outline before, but now they could be clearly seen with broken walls and houses. This made everyone involuntarily breathe a sigh of relief, after all, having a clear view was always safer.

  "I'll go first, Lizzie will follow, Mr. Mease you bring up the rear, don't get too far away from us, whatever happens, don't act alone."

  A silence in the ruins.

  The radiant energy dispelled the thick fog, but did not dispel the hidden dangers within. The crowd moved forward slowly under Rode's leadership, stopping from time to time to observe their surroundings before continuing on - however, soon after, Rode waved his hand again, signaling for the two to stop in their tracks.

  If his memory was correct, he should be close to the spawn point of the first wave of small monsters.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, not long after Luo De stopped in his tracks, several faint glows appeared in the fog ahead, flashing on and off like eyes.

  "What's that?"

  Mays immediately tensed up in an instant.

  "It's a ghost."

  Roth stretched out his right hand, and soon, Star Scar appeared in his hand.

  "Be careful, they don't dare get too close."

  As soon as Rode's voice fell, everyone saw the thick fog in front of them suddenly shrink and swell, and then three strange creatures were spat out.

  They appeared to have a humanoid form, but their entire body was shrouded in dense fog. The three creatures stood together, vaguely and somewhat indistinctly, making it hard to discern their boundaries. Only the three pairs of bright small eyes could confirm that this was not just simple fog.

  Maybe even less simple.

  "Lilith, cast the first healing light."

  Healing Light?

  Upon hearing the command, a hint of doubt flashed through the girl's mind - that was a healing spell, why would she use it on such a monster? However, this doubt only flickered in Lisha's mind for an instant, and soon she raised her right hand, casting a healing light upon the creature before her.

  As a spirit master, Lijie's skills were still quite good. Healing Light was a mid-range healing spell that wasn't difficult to cast as long as the target's location could be determined. For Lijie, it was even more effortless, but perhaps because her opponent was not a companion, but a monster, the girl's movements were slightly hesitant, however she still quickly completed the spell.

  A pure white light suddenly appeared in the air, then wrapped itself around the ghost. According to its original effect, the life it enveloped would immediately recover from some of its injuries, and could even lift one's spirits, belonging to the most basic of spells used by spirit masters.

  However, the ghost's reaction was completely beyond the girl's expectations. At the same time as being enveloped in the white light, the ghost let out a shrill cry that even she could hear clearly, and then its originally upright body bent down at the waist like it had been punched, trembling constantly. The mist surrounding its body even dispersed in an instant, like ice melting under sunlight. This made Lijie extremely shocked, and she unconsciously lowered her head to look at her own hands, unable to comprehend how she had released a spell with such destructive power.

  After seeing the ghost's performance, Rode was extremely calm. To know that the healing light produced positive energy is originally the nemesis of a class of negative energy entities like ghosts, let alone Lijie's bloodline has half of the orthodox angel bloodline. The positive energy condensed by angels and ordinary humans are naturally different in quality. If the former's positive energy is scalding hot water to ghosts, then the latter's condensed positive energy is no less than high-concentration sulfuric acid. Fortunately, Lijie was only a mixed-blood, if she were a pure angel, this ghost would have been annihilated long ago.

  Lijie didn't understand why a healing spell would have such an effect, but in fact, most players on Longshen Continent were very clear about it. In their view, the so-called "Healing Light" was just a euphemism, and the essence of this spell was actually to release a positive energy. It's just that when this positive energy encounters living beings, it will bring healing effects, and it's only called that for convenience. It doesn't mean it can only heal injuries. In the early days of Longshen Continent's opening, there was even a joke circulating among players: The most tragic thing for an undead wizard is to encounter a group of undead - because the spells of an undead wizard are basically all derived from negative energy, and using them to attack undead creatures composed of negative energy will only have a healing effect, not a destructive one. This also forced many undead wizard players who had fantasized about manipulating an army of death to dominate the world to learn some elemental spells to ensure their advantage over undead monsters - oh, and sometimes they even had to moonlight as nannies.

  From an essential perspective, there is not much difference between Lich and Spiritmaster. They mostly live in a group environment where their abilities cannot cause harm to each other, only taking effect when encountering opposing attributes. However, for Lich, the probability of encountering living beings is relatively higher. As for Spiritmasters, it wasn't until the mid-term of the Dark Invasion War, when the undead ran amok, that they shed off their logistical personnel hat and became a vanguard general on the front lines. Before that, the probability of Spiritmasters encountering Lich was very low, plus NPCs don't know as much information as players do, so it's not strange for them to follow established conventions.

  But now is not the time for sticking to conventions.

  "Attack from both sides!"

  Rode's figure flashed and charged forward towards the specter, while giving orders to Lisha at the same time.

  "Yes!"

  Perhaps inspired by the scene before her, Lijie's response was also very spirited and powerful. Soon, two more beams of pure energy descended from the sky, each landing on another ghost. The soft glow enveloped them, halting their attempted advance. Seizing this opportunity, Luo De, who had activated Shadow Flash, arrived in front of the first ghost.

  “———！”

  The vengeful spirits, infused with righteous energy, let out a shrill wail as Rod became the target of their ire. In an instant, the ghost in front of him suddenly stretched out its semi-transparent claws and swiped at Rod with a "whoosh".

  Although Liche's power weakened their defensive capabilities, their attack power was greatly enhanced as a result. If not handled carefully, there is a high possibility of capsizing in the gutter.

  But for Rode, of course, this kind of thing would never be allowed to happen.

  He dodged slightly, barely avoiding the ghost's outstretched long claws, and then the white sword blade in his hand turned sharply, stabbing straight forward.

  Fatal strike!

  The star mark accurately hit the only semi-physical soul condensate in the illusory body of the ghost, making the ghost that was already suffering under the radiant energy let out a mournful cry. In despair, it raised its claws and its body, which was already on the verge of collapse, completely lost its shape and dissipated into dust.

  Just then, two more ghosts attacked as well.