Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 11: Betrayal (1)
Although Thomas was severely injured, the strength of the Kekexili is still above ours, and we cannot engage in direct confrontation. The strategy of luring the enemy can only be repeated, and the other party is not the kind of idiot without IQ. After suffering a loss once, they should not be fooled again. If they are surrounded by them, it will be dangerous. Therefore, we continue to retreat to the rear, and I continue to urge the "Touch of Death" to harass them. The strength of the Kekexili is too strong, I can't entangle it, and it is easily shaken off, so I don't want to play it anymore, and focus on dealing with the four of Silando and Qitlei. Anyone who is attacked by the "Touch of Death" will be slowly absorbed by me. I am afraid of repeating the same mistakes and being attacked by us together again. I dare not attack me like Thomas. After several attempts, I can only retreat or fly away, relying on distance to get rid of the entanglement of the "Touch of Death". I am quite afraid of it and dare not push too far forward. The lava blood bat Houston, which I was most worried about, finally launched a counterattack, but what it spewed out was not "blood mist" or "blood evil". They were similar in appearance but different in nature. The blood attribute was replaced by fire attribute, so it should be called "fire mist" or "fire evil". Although it has enhanced the damage effect of the fire attribute on the basis of confusing vision, it is very effective for Khufu and others who are also volcanic undead, and me who am protected by the "fire feather cloak". It is even far less effective than the blood mist I spewed. This makes me less worried, and I only need to be careful to guard against its transformation and surprise attack.
Among the five opponents, the only one who can compete with Khufu and launch a surprise attack, the Flame Bone Demon Kekexili, does not seem to be eager to rush forward relying on the overall strength advantage. He leads Xilando and others to play steadily and step by step, constantly changing positions according to our reactions, as if trying to find loopholes in our defense and seize the opportunity to launch another attack. Looking at its appearance, it is very rough, and it is "willing" to surrender to Hades and become its "loyal lackey". It seems to be a character with a dull mind, but it fights in a methodical way. Obviously, it has a high degree of intelligence. I am afraid it is more difficult to deal with than I imagined. The prospect of this last-ditch battle is really not optimistic.
Of course, in addition to the troubles brought to the opponent by my "Touch of Death", Taotao, who used "Unparalleled Flame Dragon", was definitely the third person after Khufu and Kekexili, and was also an important factor in forming a stalemate with the opponent. After Thomas, Qitlei and Houston tried to bypass me and Khufu who were left behind, and wanted to launch a surprise attack on Hader and Guben, the weakest ones, to kill them first, but they all suffered a little loss in front of Taotao and retreated in embarrassment. Even if the two of them joined forces, they could not forcefully break through the defense "built" by Taotao and the fire dragon for a while. It may be that they thought they had an advantage and were unwilling to pay too much. They all seemed to lack the courage to "die with the enemy" and were unwilling to risk their lives like the terrifying fire crab knight Sham, so they all tried it briefly and retreated quickly once the offensive was frustrated, and could not hurt Hader for the time being.
After walking and stopping for more than two hours, Kekexili finally seized the opportunity and began to press forward and launched a comprehensive assault. In order to cover Hader and the others, Khufu had to engage in the first head-on confrontation with it. The bone staff and the bone hammer, one with a fast attack speed and a strong curse effect, and the other with great force and heavy power. The hammer body was burning with raging flames and had extremely strong fire attribute damage. Both sides had their own strengths. Kekexili's resistance to the attack curse effect was naturally not as good as Khufu's ability to withstand . In this regard, it was slightly disadvantaged. However, Khufu was also quite concerned about the seven bone spurs on Kekexili's back. One of the spurs that had been shot out rubbed against the ribs, scraped off some bone debris, and almost pierced its body, making it dare not stay behind Kekexili for too long. It needed to take the initiative to avoid from time to time and had to miss some good attack opportunities. With both sides being wary, it was a match made in heaven, and the fight was indistinguishable. I am very satisfied with this result - although Khufu was "rebuilt" and deliberately accumulated strength for three hundred years, and also experienced the tempering of the "magma cave" during his evolution, his strength is beyond the reach of ordinary undead of the same level, but after all, the evolution time is too short. Compared with the Flame Bone Demon that may have completed its evolution for six hundred years, it may not be its opponent. Therefore, before they officially fought, I was always quite worried. Once we are unable to suppress Kekexili, the opponent will definitely regain its arrogance, and our situation will become even more critical.
After finding out Houston's background, I was less cautious. Facing the full-scale attack launched by the opponent, I took the initiative to meet it, trapped it with blood mist, and let it transform back to human form, or fight back with fire mist, but it was difficult to get rid of my entanglement, and I couldn't cooperate with my companions to attack Had and Guben in time. But even so, the joint attack of Qitlei, Silando and Thomas made it difficult for Taotao and others to deal with it. Silando has good defense ability, and his jumping attack is flexible and changeable. It is difficult to guard against, and needs to be paid special attention. Qitlei can transform into dozens of fire snakes dancing wildly, and it is impossible to distinguish which one is the entity. If it weren't for the fact that the fire dragon seems to be able to restrain this skill and disperse those phantoms, I'm afraid it would have broken through. Fortunately, Thomas was seriously injured and could not fully exert his strength, and he did not dare to withstand Taotao's frontal attack. Guben had varied tactics and used his advantage of being more agile to harass and restrain Kitre. Had relied on the magic of "Hellfire Shield" and "Curse of Fire" and the "Hellfire Bomb" to not be completely powerless to resist. Therefore, in a short period of time, relying on relatively tacit cooperation, they were not in danger of defeat.
If things continued like this, there was absolutely no chance of winning. After a simple analysis of the situation, although I tried my best to find reasons for my side to defeat the opponent, I finally came to such a pessimistic conclusion - unless Khufu could be liberated, failure would be the only outcome waiting for us. Besides Khufu and Taotao, I was the only one who could shoulder the "important responsibility" of restraining the powerful flame bone demon Kekexili. I had a little hope, so I abandoned Houston, turned around and flew over, forcibly suppressing Khufu's desire to fight Kekexili alone, and let him quickly return to support Taotao and the others, while I restrained Kekexili with blood mist to cover Khufu's escape.
Thanks to the "Supreme Witch Crown", which increases the upper limit of mental power by 400%, I don't have to worry about my mental power and can continuously cast the "Blood Mist Technique". The bat form has no attack power, but it is quite effective in entanglement. Although for Kekexili, the effect is extremely limited, and spitting out a large cloud of blood mist can only delay it for a few seconds, but the continuous use of it also interfered with Kekexili's actions. In the end, it still covered Khufu's retreat. As for me, who has transformed into a bat, I have the "external incarnation" as a backup, and I am not too worried about dying under Kekexili's fire bone hammer.
With the support of Hufu, who rushed back at full speed, he wielded the Fire Bone Staff and fought freely. No one could defeat him with the 108 "Mad Staff Techniques". Even Houston, who transformed into a human form and joined the battle, was still turned around by Taotao and the others. Relying on Hufu to stabilize the defense line, Taotao had the spare energy to exert its mobility to launch a counterattack. "Fire Dragon Flame" cooperated with "Dragon Claw Hand", and with the assistance of the fire dragon, it first focused on attacking Thomas who was injured, forcing him to fly away to avoid it. Although Silando was upright by nature, he was not stupid. After the unsuccessful surprise attack on Hader, Hufu's "Thunderbolt Strike" on his head was hit by Hufu's spinning back. It seemed that he was drowsy and unstable, and was grabbed by Taotao's "Dragon Claw Hand" again. He was seriously injured and hurriedly shrank back, not daring to advance too much. The remaining Qitlei and Houston were alone and had no choice but to retreat and fight in a roundabout way, which put them at a disadvantage. However, they are quite powerful and have their own strengths. Khufu and Taotao need to protect Had and Guben and cannot stay away from them to pursue them. It is difficult for them to seize the opportunity to kill or severely injure them.
