Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 103: Liberation of Hoh Xil
As I escaped from the fire rain in time, the horn on the top of the Hell Dragon, which had been flashing red, immediately dimmed and returned to its original color. The red clouds above it faded, and the pouring fire rain stopped. When the dozens of clones that flew out gathered together and merged into the main body, before I could take further action, the horn of the Hell Dragon began to glow red again, and red clouds appeared above its head, with sparks flashing more and more densely, which was a precursor to another fire storm targeting me.
Having endured it once, I knew the horror of the rain of fire, so I dared not delay. According to the red cloud covering the attack range of the rain of fire, I quickly used my "outside incarnation" and used the acceleration gained when the clones were scattered to choose the nearest path to escape. I finally reacted in time and did not suffer much damage. However, as soon as I escaped the attack of the rain of fire, the magic stopped immediately. It was not like the group magic cast by ordinary players with a fixed time limit. It was like being freely controlled by the Hell Dragon. I could decide the time to cast the spell by myself and choose to converge and release the magic in time according to the situation. Not only did it save my mental energy to avoid unnecessary waste, but it also reduced the stagnation time of magic casting, strengthened the continuity of the attack, and further increased the difficulty of my dodge. The following few fire rain attacks were all like this, forcing me not to stay in one place for too long and to always be on guard against the red clouds that might appear overhead at any time. Fortunately, there was such an obvious target that allowed me to accurately determine the range of the attack, allowing me to dodge in time, making this fire rain storm with a relatively high attack frequency not so abnormal.
I was exhausted by the frequent rain of fire and storms, and Khufu's situation was not much better. Although the Hell Dragon on the ground was not as flexible as flying in the air, and had to distract itself from launching magic attacks on me, in addition to the usual stomping and spitting dragon flames, the down-to-earth Hell Dragon had two more close-range attack methods - leaning down to slap and grab and the dragon's tail swing. The former was to lean down and use the relatively short two front legs to slap and grab Khufu. The power was not as strong as the stomping of the hind legs, but it was more flexible and could attack continuously. It often took several rounds to get rid of it; the latter was to swing its more than one-meter-long bone tail to sweep out unexpectedly and quickly, and sometimes combined with the action of turning and twisting the waist, it increased the speed and power of the tail swing. If Khufu was swept, the damage to him would obviously be much greater. It seems that as the battle continued, in order to prevent Khufu from winning the challenge, the Hell Dragon also used more attack methods and dared not hide its strength anymore.
Using close combat to deal with Khufu, and using long-range magic to attack me, the Hell Dragon was doing two things at once, attacking two targets at the same time. It seemed unwise, but it effectively interrupted the normal attack and defense rhythm between Khufu and me, and brought us more trouble. After all, the power of the rain of fire is not as strong as the dragon flame, and it is much more threatening to attack me whose resistance to fire is far less than Khufu. It seems that the Hell Dragon must be relatively intelligent. After three hours of fighting, it came up with this attack method to contain the cooperation between me and Khufu.
Being able to attack from a distance and being more suitable for close combat, such an opponent is the most troublesome. For a while, Khufu and I were forced to be too busy to take care of ourselves and could no longer form an effective cooperation. Although we can still hold on now, once the "sacrifice" magic loses its effectiveness, Khufu's situation will be dangerous. Not daring to delay any longer, I immediately changed my tactics and continued to spit out large groups of blood mist, covering the nearby area. Flying only in the blood mist, even with the ability of the Hell Dragon, I can only vaguely see a rough outline, and it is impossible to accurately distinguish my exact position in an instant. The attack of the fire rain storm was naturally affected, and the threat to me was much smaller. Finally, I pulled myself out again, and continued to cover it with blood mist, covering Khufu to withdraw a distance, so that the entire area behind Khufu became a blood mist area. Fortunately, I have always paid attention to replenishing my mental power with "Touch of Death" in time, and did not use "mental attack", so I have enough mental power to support such tactics.
The Hell Dragon's movement on the ground was not as fast as in the air, and its speed in getting out of the fog area on foot was not as fast as before. It had no choice but to fly into the air again, but it no longer wasted time fighting with me. It accelerated straight to catch up with Khufu. It should have given up the attempt to hurt me and instead focused on dealing with Khufu to prevent it from passing this challenge.
Apart from dragon flames and rain of fire, the Hell Dragon does not seem to have any other attack skills, but as a top-level undead of the bone dragon class, it already has extremely high attack and defense capabilities. This has been clearly demonstrated in the battle of several hours - Khufu has been fighting with it for so long, relying on the "sacrifice" magic and my cover to gain a breathing opportunity, without major injuries, but minor injuries continue. Every round of confrontation has made it extremely embarrassed and at an absolute disadvantage. The Hell Dragon is still so energetic, and its state does not seem to be affected. Obviously, Khufu's counterattack does not have much power for it. Beyond the normal ninth-level tyrannical existence, its strength has definitely increased by more than just a little bit of level.
Facing my large-scale "blood mist" interception, the Hell Dragon shifted its focus to Khufu and tried every means, either relying on its speed advantage to seize the opportunity to force its way through, or flying high into the sky to bypass my interception and pursue it in a roundabout way, trying its best to get rid of my entanglement. I could only concentrate, counter the Hell Dragon's moves, and fight wits and courage with it, covering the entire area where it was in the blood mist. If it flew high into the sky, I would lay a layer of blood mist in the air to block its sight, trying my best to cover Khufu's actions and buy the necessary time to cast the "sacrifice" magic in time.
Perhaps it has realized that Khufu and I are not easy to deal with, the Hell Dragon is getting more and more serious, almost using all its skills, and the attack is getting more and more fierce. If it had shown such strength at the beginning, the cooperation between Khufu and I, who lack actual combat training, would certainly not be as tacit as it is now, and it might really seize the opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop. It's a pity that I don't know whether my strategy of showing weakness to the enemy has worked, or the Hell Dragon intends to hide its true strength as much as possible and prevent me from finding out its details. I underestimated the enemy at the beginning. The delay until now has bought Khufu and I enough time, and we have the ability to deal with various emergencies, and it is impossible for us to be easily hurt by it again.
Of course, we encountered many dangerous situations in the middle. If the attack failed for a period of time, the Hell Dragon would change a new tactical style. Sometimes Khufu was caught off guard and failed to dodge in time, or it affected my cooperation, and it would often seize the opportunity to counterattack, and he was attacked by heavy hands or hit continuously, causing relatively heavy damage to Khufu. After less than five minutes, the alien undead responsible for sharing 80% of the damage could no longer hold on and had to withdraw from the effective range in advance, and might even die because of the sudden heavy attack and failure to retreat in time. For the rest of the time, Khufu could only rely on himself to bear the damage, which can be said to be quite dangerous. There was a period of time when the undead who shared the damage were forced to be eliminated early by the Hell Dragon three times in a row, and suffered several heavy blows, forcing me to let Qitlei take the lead and act as the "sacrifice" object, and then I successfully survived the five-minute time limit, gradually stabilized the situation, and won a chance to breathe.
After struggling for six hours, I was exhausted. The time I could get to recover my strength was getting shorter and shorter. Khufu was already covered in wounds and suffered heavy injuries. We were no longer able to continue. If we chose to persevere, but could not last for an hour, even if it was more than fifty minutes, according to the rules, we would have failed. We would not be able to obtain the qualification to soak in the middle area for three more days. Instead, the Hell Dragon might take advantage of our worsening condition and take the opportunity to attack Khufu, causing him to suffer heavy damage and affecting his normal development. That would be a loss. Therefore, facing the increasingly fierce attack of the Hell Dragon, we dared not persist any longer. Khufu immediately announced that he had given up the opportunity to continue the play-offs and was temporarily satisfied with the ten-day soaking qualification in the middle area. Anyway, as long as our strength is improved, we will have the opportunity to apply to Hades for an additional challenge of the Hell Dragon every month, so that we can strive for a longer soaking time.
Khufu passed the challenge of the Dark Dragon, and the vacant immersion quota was filled by the best or highest ranked alien undead who lost the battle. Silando and the others must have won the qualification battle, and the losers naturally could not escape the fate of being forcibly subdued by me. In this way, except for Houston and another alien undead who had not yet had a chance to take a turn, ten of the twelve immersion qualifications have been occupied by me. As long as Guben successfully evolves into a flying fire ghost king, he can be completely under my control and have more capital to deal with Hades.
When I resurrected and arrived at the base, I opened the room and unexpectedly saw Xiaoyue wandering around, with a bit of anxiety and hesitation on her face, and Longkong, who usually stayed by my side, seemed to be nowhere to be seen this time. Perhaps Xiaoyue heard the noise, so she stopped and turned to look over. When she saw me, she smiled and rushed forward two steps, but suddenly stopped and turned into a slightly nervous expression, "Brother Dai, have you been busy these two days? Are you doing anything important?" There was hope and expectation in her tone, but more of it seemed like worry.
Are you busy? Of course I am busy. Not to mention that I need to go to the Central Continent to complete the promotion task of the sixth-level thief, in the "Dead Space" alone, there are many things to do, such as marching into Dragon Bone Mountain, unlocking the second seal of the "Dead Scepter"... and even planning to cross Dragon Bone Mountain to explore the other half of the area to conquer more powerful troops. Each one can be said to be very important and urgent, and they are interrelated and involved. I can't be lazy, so how can I have free time? It's really not easy to be a professional player who relies on virtual games for a living. When "playing" becomes a job, it loses its original meaning. It is difficult to enjoy the pure fun of virtual games. It becomes more of an unshirkable responsibility and is given heavier content.
Just as I was about to tell the truth, I suddenly realized that Xiaoyue was not the kind of boring person. At present, the Tongxin League was being rebuilt, and almost all members had to take care of the construction of the base in addition to leveling up. They were all very busy, and she couldn't have the spare time to chat with me. And she seemed to be waiting for me on purpose. Combined with her tone and expression, it seemed that she had something to bother me. I immediately changed my words, "Oh, I don't have anything particularly important and urgent to complete now. What's the matter, do you need my help with something?"
Xiaoyue's expression relaxed immediately, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Her face immediately became filled with an even brighter smile, revealing a joy from the bottom of her heart. Even her voice became a little sweeter. "Brother Dai, Xiaobailong can now enter the 'Tianhe Secret Land' to complete the evolution trial mission."
I was slightly stunned at first, but then I understood immediately. It turned out that her pet White Dragon Horse had finally met the conditions for evolving into a ninth-level upper-level unicorn, and wanted to find me to enter the "Tianhe Secret Land" to complete the trial mission. This was originally what Afeng and I had agreed to do, so it was my duty. I contacted Afeng and agreed on a time for action. I would make some necessary preparations today and rest up enough, and then start the action tomorrow.
During this period, I returned to the "Dead Soul Space" again, and released the Flame Bone Demon Kekexili sealed in the "Spirit Sealing Card" surrounded by more than 10,000 blood witches. After experiencing the true strength of the Hell Dragon, I am confident that I can successfully let it pass the Hell Dragon Challenge, and there is not much to worry about. And considering that we are about to march into Dragon Bone Mountain to subdue the Green Bone Dragon that exceeds the eighth level and the Bone Dragon of the lower ninth level, the number of participants should not be too large, so as not to cause too much noise and cause unnecessary trouble. With it and Khufu's cooperation, the possibility of success should be much greater. We should not let it hide in the "Spirit Sealing Card" and sleep, and we must seize the time to strive for the evolution to a higher level of Flame Demon. At the same time, we will enter the "Tianhe Secret Land" tomorrow. The people living in it should be upper-level unicorns of the ninth level. I don't know what dangers I will encounter. I can already summon the lower-level undead subordinates of the ninth level to fight. One more of it is equivalent to a little more chance.
Although I released Kekexili, I couldn't sign a "soul contract" within the time limit of the "Spirit Sealing Card". I had to wait for fifteen minutes until it regained its freedom before I could subdue it. Once the time limit was over, Kekexili got rid of my control and regained its nature. It immediately became fierce and waved its fire bone hammer to commit crimes. Just after rushing forward two steps, it was hit by a "mental attack" that I condensed 30% of its mental power, which made it stagger and wake up a little. Then the blood witch fired hundreds of "blood shadow dark killing bombs", giving it another heavy lesson, making it recognize the situation and dare not act rashly. Then, after a lot of persuasion, facts, reasoning, and telling its lost memory, although Kekexili forgot the agreement with me, its nature of intending to resist Hades was not annihilated, and its heart of abandoning darkness and joining the light still existed. After my threats and inducements, soft and hard tactics, it finally agreed to cooperate with me and signed the "soul contract".
Like Khufu, Kekexili does not have too many fancy moves, and the three skills he has are quite practical - the skill "Fire Hammer" randomly increases the attack power and attack speed by 50% to 100% every time he swings the hammer, and burns a more intense flame with a stronger fire damage effect. The skill "Bone Spur Shooting" quickly shoots out the row of seven bone spurs of different lengths on the back , and can only shoot one at a time. Depending on the length, the farthest it can reach is 150 meters away, which has a strong killing effect; but it cannot be replenished quickly, and can only grow again by absorbing the soul energy of other undead or soaking in the "Hell Magma Pool". The skill "Death Struggle" is as its name suggests. It is used to escape in critical moments. It can only be used when the mental strength is less than 25% and the physical strength exceeds 30%. Swinging the fire bone hammer will protect the body tightly and increase the movement speed by more than two times. The duration is fifteen minutes to get rid of the enemy's pursuit. After the end, the mental strength and physical strength will be only 5%. If you still can't get away, you can only wait for death.
Accompanied by me and Afeng, the strongest members of the Tongxin League, Xiaoyue seemed quite happy all the way, as if Xiaobailong would definitely pass the test and be qualified to evolve into a unicorn . In addition, Longkong, who was excluded and could not go with us before the trip, said a few words that made me feel guilty. I secretly prayed that I would not encounter a test that was too difficult, otherwise if Xiaoyue was disappointed, it would be a joke for Longkong.
After entering the northern continent, I activated the "transmission scroll" at the designated teleportation location and entered the "Tianhe Secret Land" through the portal. This is a large space. Looking around, it is almost entirely forests and grasslands, as if it is an independent continent. However, I did not find the existence of unicorns or even other magical beasts. The surroundings were silent, and it felt a little less dynamic.
I am not good at making decisions, so I asked Afeng and Xiaoyue to discuss the specific plan. I immediately summoned two ground-walking night shadows and some devouring ghosts. I guess no matter what the test is, it will eventually come down to the use of force. I bear the heaviest responsibility in this regard, so I have to make preparations early. I arranged for the ground-walking night shadows to protect nearby, and the devouring ghosts to scout in all directions, trying to grasp as much as possible about the "Tianhe Secret Land" and find the traces of unicorns, especially the unicorn king who is in charge of evolution. Then I summoned the red star and urged the "Touch of Death" to entangle it. It is no longer able to participate in the battle, and can only play a small role in absorbing my mental power.
Note: Regarding the skills of the Flame Bone Demon Kekexili, in order to be more suitable for the development of the plot, the three skills briefly described in the previous article have been invalidated and the skills announced today shall prevail.
