Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 107 The Second Battlefield
Occupy the mountain as the king, would rather die than surrender, what a backbone! Not only did it directly increase the difficulty of my subjugation of bone dragons, especially those white bone dragons and black bone dragons of higher ranks, which basically have fixed territories, but it also completely shattered my plan to open up a "continental transportation line" - the mountains scattered throughout the central area of Dragon Bone Mountain are all the territories of bone dragons. I originally planned to find the mountains occupied by green bone dragons and bone dragons, and establish a transportation line through Dragon Bone Mountain by controlling their territories, so that my men and companions of the "Northeast Dead Alliance" can use this channel to safely cross Dragon Bone Mountain to explore the new world on the other side and seek better development opportunities. Unexpectedly, the defeated bone dragon lost its dignity and the glory it enjoyed when it was subjugated by the undead wizard. It was forcibly deprived of the right to own a territory and automatically became an inferior wandering bone dragon, and there was no way to bring me more added value.
Seeing that the bone dragon had recovered some strength, I led it and Khufu to retreat from the mountain. This place was no longer its territory. It had become ownerless and could be discovered and occupied by other bone dragons at any time. We would become invaders. If we didn't want to start another war with the territorial bone dragons, we had better withdraw as soon as possible.
The newly conquered Bone Dragon naturally knows more about Dragon Bone Mountain and the Bone Dragon Clan than Khufu. However, the more details I know, the less optimistic I feel about the future. First of all, when dealing with bone dragons of the same level or lower level, you can only fight one-on-one, and you cannot fight a group of people against one, otherwise the opponent has the right to actively seek support from a third party. And for such acts that destroy traditions, there will be many bone dragons who like to fight for justice and punish rebellion. In addition, it is also confirmed that wandering bone dragons have no territory to protect, and they lack the self-esteem they deserve. Once the enemy is too strong, they will choose to escape. This has restricted my development in Dragon Bone Mountain, and I can no longer achieve rapid expansion like I did when dealing with the Terror Knight. What's more troublesome is that although the Bone Dragon knows the exact location of the "Bone Dragon Cemetery", for the Bone Dragon Clan, the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" is a forbidden area. Once the new bone dragon leaves, it can no longer approach there. My attempt to subdue some high-level bone dragons to provide protection so that I could enter the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" and unlock the second seal of the "Dead Scepter" as soon as possible was shattered.
Without the ability to perform "Blood Transformation", it is impossible to successfully subdue the bone dragon that occupies the mountain as the king. Even the green bone dragon, which is only half a level lower, may not be able to accomplish this task easily. The bone dragons that have their own territories are not like the volcanic undead such as Khufu and Kekexili, who can be lured by the qualification of soaking in the hell magma pool. There is no condition that can impress them, and they are not afraid of death, so they cannot be scared by death. They are not soft or hard, and can only be subdued by force with a higher success rate. If you don't want to waste time climbing those mountains that are far away and you don't know what type of bone dragons live, you can only think of those wandering bone dragons. Although the strength is slightly weaker, there will be one flying in the sky from time to time, so it is easy to find the target, and you can focus on the bone dragons of the lower level of level nine.
After the newly captured bone dragon recovered, we started to take action. Taotao was still the one who lured it and provoked a stray bone dragon to chase it to the ground. Khufu and Kekexili launched a pincer attack. After a fierce fight, the target was defeated and wanted to escape in the air, but the bone dragon rushed out from the side. One was an elite soldier, and the other was a tired soldier with serious injuries. Another air battle started, gradually forcing the target to the ground, and then combined with my "Touch of Death", it completely lost its resistance. The pride and dignity of the bone dragon clan were not very obvious in these street children. In the dying state, they were always facing the threat of death. It only took more than ten minutes to break through its mental defense line and successfully signed a "soul contract" with it.
Next, I used the same tactics to subdue several bone dragons. At the same time, I was too lazy to waste time trying, so I used "blood change" to forcibly subdue two green bone dragons that occupied the mountain. I used green bone dragons to fight against green bone dragons, arranging them to fight with each other at the same level, so as to avoid the high-level bullying the low-level, which would easily attract the intervention of other green bone dragons and cause a large-scale melee, which would be detrimental to my control of the situation. After a few days of development, it has gradually formed a scale. Although the efficiency is not too high, it is not a big problem for me to subdue green bone dragons and bone dragons. As long as I am not too unlucky and my subordinates are not too heavy-handed and kill the target, I can get more than five bone dragons every day.
However, the combat rules of the Bone Dragon Clan do not allow the use of a round-robin battle against the same dark or low-level bone dragons. Therefore, in order to defeat the target as quickly as possible and not delay too long or be escaped by them, Khufu, Kekexili and Taotao cannot retreat. While focusing on their own development, they still have to play the role of luring and consuming the enemy in the early stage. If you don't want to affect them, you can only find a foreign undead with similar abilities to replace them. At the same time, in order to safely enter the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" to absorb the Yin Qi there, I must also find other races with stronger ninth-level undead to provide protection. The undead races that have been discovered by us are all low- and medium-level undead races. There are no suitable targets for me to conquer. The best choice is to look for opportunities in the unknown area on the other side of Dragon Bone Mountain. Moreover, Wu Ma has not had undead of the same level for it to absorb soul energy, and is still devouring those terrifying earth dragon knights of the lower seventh level, which has greatly restricted its growth. What I need is for it to evolve to a higher form as quickly as possible, so as to reach the ultimate form as soon as possible. I cannot let it develop freely in such a safe but ineffective way. In addition, I have to go to the other side to help Khufu challenge the Great Pharaoh in the future. Therefore, in order to continue to maintain my dominant position and further enhance my strength, no matter what, I cannot stick to Dragon Bone Mountain and must cross it to open up a second battlefield.
During this period, I went to the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" to conduct a field investigation. The origin of its name means that no matter where all the bone dragons die, their original energy will spontaneously gather here and be transformed into new bone dragons. The end of one life is the beginning of another new life. The area within a radius of several miles around the cemetery is designated as a forbidden area for bone dragons. Only new bone dragons can fly out, and bone dragons from outside must not enter. The alien undead who invade the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" are also in an extremely dangerous situation. They will be extremely hated by the new bone dragons and will want to kill them as soon as possible. The "Bone Dragon Cemetery" not only breeds green bone dragons and bone dragons, but may also encounter white bone dragons and black bone dragons. With the strength of Khufu and Kekexili, it would be very dangerous to encounter them. If you are unlucky and encounter several bone dragons born at the same time, they will not follow any rules of the rivers and lakes when facing alien invaders. They will definitely attack in groups, and it will be even more impossible to survive. Therefore, for their safety, I did not bring anyone with me and went in to investigate alone.
The "Bone Dragon Cemetery" is dozens of miles in radius, with many protruding earthen mounds, just like graves. Dots of phosphorescent light flickered back and forth between the earthen mounds, and from time to time there were a few strange howls, adding to the gloomy atmosphere. These earthen mounds are where the Yin Qi gathers. When it reaches a certain limit, it will breed various types of bone dragons. I carefully patrolled inside for a few times, but did not see any new bone dragons appear. I was tempted and took out the "Dead Spirit Scepter" to absorb the Yin Qi here to test it and see if it is as scary as the dead old man described.
As required, I held the "Dead Spirit Staff" tightly with both hands, raised it above my head, got into position, stood still and started the absorption process. After a few minutes, I felt a faint cold breath being sucked into the "Dead Spirit Staff". The progress was too slow. According to the dead old man, only after a period of continuous absorption, the speed will gradually increase. In addition, during the absorption period, if you are distracted, you will get half the result with twice the effort, which will seriously affect the effect of absorbing Yin Qi. Therefore, the perception of the outside world will become very dull, and even the subordinates cannot communicate in time. Without the protection of strong subordinates around, it is easy to be attacked by the sudden appearance of the bone dragon. Even if I can transform into a bat and have an "external incarnation", I am afraid that I may not be able to react in time to avoid the attack of the bone dragon. Once I am bitten or grabbed, with my defense, it will definitely not be too good. Moreover, when I started the absorption program, I received a warning that if it was forcibly terminated due to an accident and not ended according to the normal procedure, most of the Yin Qi absorbed previously would dissipate, and the effect would not exceed one third. It would be difficult to absorb enough Yin Qi by speculative means to unlock the second seal of the "Scepter of the Dead".
Being in a dangerous place, I dared not try any more because I could not dodge in time. I verified that what the old man said was basically true, and immediately ended the absorption process. It seems that only by subduing some level 9 undead of other races who are not afraid of sacrifice can I boldly enter the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" to absorb Yin Qi.
Bone dragons can freely travel through Dragon Bone Mountain. With them as my subordinates, it is no longer a difficult task for me to cross Dragon Bone Mountain. Of course, I can't be so ostentatious with a large group of bone dragons. I have arranged two or three bone dragons around me, and pay attention to avoid the more powerful white bone dragons and black bone dragons. With them guarding by my side , with my ability, as long as I am careful, there should be no danger. Khufu, Kekexili and Taotao were released by me. Their roots are still in the "Hell Volcano". Soaking in the Hell Magma Pool is the right way. There is no need to follow me to develop on the other side. Anyway, Khufu has basically told me what he knows. In fact, he is only familiar with the mummy tribe, and does not know much about other races. His current strength is not enough to challenge the Great Pharaoh, so there is no need to go there for the time being.
I walked carefully along the way, being careful not to get close to other bone dragons' territories. Finally, I successfully passed through Dragon Bone Mountain and set foot in an unfamiliar area. Without any subordinates and without controlling an inch of land, I had to start all over again. However, things are different now. I am not alone like when I first entered the "Dead Soul Space". I have a group of bone dragons following me. I don't need to start from scratch. Standing at a higher starting point, I believe it won't take much time to build my own power.
Of course, we should not be too eager for quick success at the beginning, but should take action step by step. This area is a hidden part of the "Dead Space". Only excellent undead wizards have the ability to come here to seek development. The undead races that exist are not even recorded in detail in the "Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures". We only learned from Khufu that most of them are of relatively high level, with many powerful individuals, and they are fierce by nature and very united. When they encounter foreign undead invasions, they often rise up and besiege. If a group of bone dragons are sent to provoke everywhere and expand quickly, it is easy to cause a large-scale melee, and there may even be a danger of triggering a "Undead War". After all, as the most powerful undead race in the "Dead Space", battles involving bone dragons will have additional coefficient bonuses, and are more likely to be identified as "Undead Wars" by the system. If you act too strongly, you may provoke "law enforcers". Therefore, we can only feel the situation first, look for opportunities to subdue some relatively powerful individuals, develop local forces, and use them to establish a sphere of influence to facilitate the development of horseless immigrants here.
The mummies are a relatively large race of undead here. According to the information provided by Khufu, it is easy to find their range of activities. However, only a few pharaohs and twelve great pharaohs who own pyramids have reached level nine. For me, who has already conquered the bone dragon and no longer needs to rely on numbers to win, they are not very attractive. Besides, the pyramids cannot be owned by me, so there is no need to start a large-scale war and waste time on them.
I sent my bone dragons out to conduct reconnaissance and familiarize myself with the situation here as soon as possible. I learned the name of this half of the area from a huge stone tablet - "Lost Continent". I restrained my temper and after two days of exploration and testing, I initially selected a type of target suitable for conquest. Bone giants are humanoid undeads, about four or five meters tall, with a sturdy physique. Their weapon is a thick bone stick more than one meter long. They move relatively slowly, but have high attack and defense power. In terms of strength alone, they are even above the bone dragons, and the general individual level is the lower level of level nine. Although they live in groups, the distribution between individuals is relatively scattered. As long as they can be defeated in a short time, there will not be too much trouble. The number of a bone giant population is about one or two hundred. If they are all conquered, I can establish a territory controlled by me and initially gain a foothold in the Lost Continent.
With the strength of the bone giant, it is not afraid of the green bone dragon and the bone dragon. However, that is limited to one-on-one battles under normal circumstances. The bone dragons that I have subdued will not follow any rules, and there are no restrictions on dealing with these alien races. Several bone dragons attack together and beat a bone giant in a group, and it is naturally very easy to defeat it. As long as you sign a "soul contract" with it before other bone giants hear the news and come to help, you can retire and look for lone bone giants to continue to subdue them. Although the speed of such subjugation is not fast, in order not to cause a big disturbance, it is not convenient to attack several targets at the same time. It often takes 20 to 30 minutes to successfully deal with one. But it is safe and will not cause unnecessary trouble.
At this time, a major event also happened in the human world. After our United Alliance became the first mercenary group to be labeled as "Public Enemy of Light" by the Church of Light, forced to accept the test of "Holy War of Light", and nearly wiped out, the Sahara Mercenary Group in the southern continent was also labeled as "Public Enemy of Light" because of its excessive hostility. Sahara is a medium-sized mercenary group with a scale of 1,000 people. The leader is the magic knight Shahai, who has always been close to the Desert Eagle. In the past few months, he has performed well in several actions launched by the "Resistance Alliance" and was recently elected as a director of the Dark Council . Probably because he had just ascended to a high position, he was afraid that he would be squeezed out again in the evaluation next month. He was eager to show his performance and launched two hostile actions against the Church of Light in succession, earning a lot of merits. He was called the representative of the radicals in the Dark Council. Even I, who don't know much about worldly affairs, often hear of his name, but I didn't expect that the degree of hostility has exceeded the standard and the Church of Light issued the same ultimatum - within three days, if you don't retreat, you will die and face a devastating disaster.
At present, the "Resistance Alliance" is full of heroes and players are competing fiercely. Especially for dark professional players, if they want to be selected as the Demon Knight or the Undead Holy Spirit Magister, which only has twelve places, it is not only important to look at the player's personal strength, whether they have been honored as the director of the Dark Council, and how many terms they have been selected, which is an important reference indicator. For neutral professional players, if they want to represent the "Resistance Alliance" to participate in the ultimate duel of 49 players from the two camps of light and darkness as the ultimate task of "Tianxia", they must also strive to make more merits. The position of the director of the Dark Council is naturally the best affirmation of their achievements, and those ambitious players can't help but strive for it. Therefore, except for me, Long Xing Tianxia, Desert Eagle, and other individual players who are particularly strong or have excellent leadership skills, if other members want to occupy a place in the Dark Council, they must rely on the support of the mercenary group, initiate or participate in some actions to attack the Church of Light, and try to earn merits, so that they can succeed. Almost every month, more than half of the Dark Council's director positions are replaced. This is an effective incentive mechanism that forces those of us in high positions to stay in our positions and do our job, and not waste resources doing nothing. However, there are pros and cons. As competition becomes more and more intense, it is inevitable that it is not easy to grasp the scale. Once you act too radically, it will bring disaster to the mercenary group.
