Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 163 Sacrifice (1)
"I will inform you of the specific challenge time and rules in three months." Hades finally said this, then turned around and dived into the "Hell Lava Pool" without giving me a chance to speak. It seemed that he was determined to make things difficult for me.
I really didn't expect Hades to be so decisive, but after the initial surprise and panic, I regained my composure and did not regret making such a choice. If I had changed to a less ambitious necromancer, I think there is a great possibility that I would agree to Hades' first condition - to keep the vested interests and no longer touch other undead creatures in the "Hell Volcano", but the Hell Dragon is the most powerful race in the "Dead Space", the most suitable to compete with the fourth-level holy angels of the Light God Clan, and they live in clusters and spend most of their time in the "Hell Magma Pool". As long as you have enough ability, it will be much faster to subdue it than a powerful existence of similar strength. I don't want to spend a greater price to "make up" for it in the future for a little benefit in front of me. The reason why Hades wants to target me and suppress me is because I have the ability or potential to threaten it. How can you see the rainbow without going through the wind and rain? As long as you can survive the obstacles it sets, I believe that you will definitely get a rich reward in the end. It's still the old saying - risks and benefits are proportional, and wealth is sought in danger!
The little mummy died, and there was no other replacement for the time being. In addition, a fair challenge would be held in three months, and the qualification for immersion would be re-selected. It would no longer make sense to subdue those weak guys. Anyway, Khufu would begin to evolve in a few days. As long as he could successfully upgrade to Pharaoh, he would have few rivals except the Hades Dragon. Hades could not deal with him openly, so he could formulate corresponding countermeasures according to the specific challenge rules, which would give him more room for maneuver.
In order to avoid giving Hades the chance to attack, I asked Khufu to temporarily leave the "Hell Volcano" and wait at the foot of the mountain. I would not go up the mountain until the immersion began. I repeatedly told him to pay attention to his own safety. He was the one who pinned my hope on whether I could gain a foothold in the "Hell Volcano". I must not let him make any mistakes. I took Taotao and Shaman back to the territory of the corpse wizards. I had been exploring in the "bottomless abyss" for several days and had not paid attention to this side. According to my orders, the corpse wizard army responsible for "recruiting" had "encircled" a large number of idle corpse wizards and gathered them in one place. There were not enough "guards". If I didn't take the time to subdue them, it would cause those vagrants to "riot". In that case, all my previous efforts would be wasted and I would have been busy for nothing.
Of course, we can't relax in the exploration of "extreme yin water" in the "bottomless abyss". The weak are bullied and the strong are rampant. If we want to get rid of the situation of being bullied everywhere and living by others' faces, we must constantly improve our strength, and a divine equipment is naturally the most powerful help. However, I can't get away for the time being, and the "bottomless abyss" is so vast. The exploration speed is too slow with fewer people, so I recruited tens of thousands of corpse wizards to climb down and search, paying attention to a large pool of water - this is also the only information about "extreme yin water" I got from the dead old man. With the intelligence level of corpse wizards, they should be able to do this job. The devouring ghosts, which were originally the most suitable "scouts", were affected by the special environment of the "bottomless abyss". They were also affected by gravity when floating in the air, and were more likely to be sucked into the swamp and turned into nothingness. Therefore, after sending hundreds of pioneers to explore, but they died one after another, their "exploration" qualifications were cancelled and replaced by corpse wizards.
Although the corpse wizards' search speed is relatively slow, they are in an environment like the "Bottomless Abyss" where the ground is covered with swamps and mires. They can't be rushed, and they can be recruited nearby in large numbers. Tens of thousands of corpse wizards crawl into the "Bottomless Abyss" continuously and spread out in all directions to search, which is more efficient than the two of us, Shaman and I.
Every moment, there are corpse wizards being killed, torn to pieces by "stealth" black shadows, swallowed whole by giant insect-shaped black shadows, and blown to pieces by "landmines" that suddenly explode under their feet. Fortunately, the corpse wizards' IQs are not low, and they are relatively careful. Most of them keep my orders in mind, take every step carefully, and only land after testing. Therefore, not many of them are "swallowed" and buried by the mud and swamps. There are also sufficient backups, and they continue to make progress every day, constantly expanding the scope of the search.
On March 1st, Khufu began to enter the "Hell Magma Pool" for the most important immersion. It had to completely release its own power and adjust its state before it could officially begin to evolve. It was estimated that it would take three or four days of preparation. By then, it would have to constantly absorb my spiritual power and would be busy for a while.
After paying the price of tens of thousands of corpse wizards, I finally discovered a place suspected to be "Extreme Yin Water" from a very "lucky" corpse wizard who was alone in the deep before his death. Although I only saw a corner of what looked like a pool of water, he was suddenly attacked and died on the spot, and no more valuable information was passed on. However, I sent many corpse wizards to investigate, but they all died on the way. Since no one could get there, I decided to go there myself and try to solve this mystery before Khufu began to evolve.
Still only with Shaman, I hurried over. Although I was anxious, I was very careful and didn't dare to be careless. This kind of environment is definitely a good place to hone your temper. Players with impatient tempers will definitely suffer. Moreover, "Giant Insect Shadow" and "Mine Puddle" seem to sense the enemy based on the vibration of the ground. Even "Stealth" is not easy to use. I can only explore slowly. I still encountered many attacks along the way. Fortunately, I had an "Avatar" and most of them were safe. I successfully got rid of the enemy's entanglement and finally arrived at the destination I wanted to explore.
It was indeed a huge pond, with no end in sight. It could be called a lake. The surface was calm, but the water was dark, and I couldn't see what was hidden inside. I walked along the shore for a while and came to a stone tablet with three big characters "Black Water Pond" on it. I was immediately disappointed - the old man had clearly said that the water used to remove the seal of the "Dead Spirit Scepter" was "Ultra-Yin Water", and he never mentioned any "Black Water Pond". This was obviously not it. I had been searching for several days, but it turned out to be in vain.
