Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 112: Retirement
Unlike Wu Ma who had just evolved into a primary Scorpio Destruction Knight but was always in a state of malnutrition, the intermediate Bee Destruction Knight Ibola was already a fairly mature individual, having reached the ninth level, and was desperately accumulating strength to evolve into a higher level Bee Advanced Destruction Knight. It was also a dual-attribute Destruction Knight—in addition to the dark attribute, it also had the wind attribute. It should have devoured a large number of wind-attributed undead in its primary form, and stored them through "superpower conversion". After the successful evolution, it had the physique and some abilities of the wind attribute, so it could perform skills similar to teleportation attacks, and was more inclined to develop in the direction of agility and skill. Regardless of whether it was a human rider, its body size was smaller than that of the power-type Wu Ma.
When the seal was successful, my mental power began to decrease rapidly, rushing to the "Spirit Sealing Card" and being absorbed by Ibora to meet its needs for recovery. The same situation caused me a lot of trouble when I first sealed the Green Bone Dragon, and almost delayed the team competition of the "World Heroes Conference". However, it was no longer a big problem for me at this time - whether it was the sealed undead absorbing my mental power, or I activated the "Touch of Death" to absorb the mental power of other undead, the speed depended on my basic mental power and the amount of mental power limit. Even if I really succeeded in sealing the ninth-level upper-level black bone dragon, compared to the time when I sealed the Kekexili, I not only advanced to the eighth-level profession, but my mental power limit was more than doubled. The target did not suffer any serious injuries of limbs and body parts, and it would not take a few hours to meet its needs, so as not to delay the battle of "Death Canyon". And after accidentally sealing the Destruction Knight Ibola, it felt like the absorption speed was far beyond the expected speed. Perhaps it was because it instinctively activated its "devouring" ability, which could further speed up the recovery of its injuries, so there was no need to worry about this.
Originally, I had planned to kill Ibola smoothly and earn some experience points, but I didn't expect that I would seal it by accident, which caused me a lot of trouble and made me not know how to use it for a while.
Kill it to eliminate the trouble? The most worry-free and simple method is to unlock the seal in the central area of Dragon Bone Mountain. I guarantee that there will be hundreds of bone dragons of all levels chasing it frantically, so I don't need to bother to do it. However, it is equivalent to wasting a "Spirit Sealing Card" in vain. It has no effect at all, which is a bit of a waste of resources. If you want to use it to fight, although it has been promoted to the eighth-level profession, with the improvement of the player's strength, the use time limit of the "pseudo-artifact" has also been extended to fifteen minutes. However, unless it is deliberately sent to die, it is probably difficult to ensure that it will lose both to the opponent within fifteen minutes, so that I can kill two birds with one stone and reap the benefits. Once it regains its freedom, even if it forgets the feud with me and will not trouble me for the time being, its existence is always a hidden danger, and I have to be cautious.
Keep it and subdue it after it is unsealed like the Kekexili? It seems that I have gained another capable subordinate with a promising future. However, under normal circumstances, the Destruction Knight, who is the "public enemy of the undead", only has killing and destruction in his eyes. There is no reason to talk about it. It seems impossible to persuade him to surrender by appealing to emotions and reason. The level of the upper level of the ninth level also has a name given by the system. The two factors combined together make it at least two levels higher in theory to subdue it by force. If there are no adventures during this period, it is estimated that I will have to wait until I advance to the ninth level profession before it may be possible. If everything goes well by then, Wu Ma should have successfully evolved into an intermediate Destruction Knight. This "Dead Space" is not opened by my family, and all resources can be taken at will. I don't have the ability to serve them well, let them eat big meals every day, and at the same time support two unparalleled demons who kill without blinking an eye and have amazing energy. And if I allow Ibola to develop freely, without my support and protection, the speed at which it accumulates strength will certainly not meet my requirements. I estimate that it may not be able to start evolving in another three to five years. By that time, the ultimate showdown between the two major camps of light and darkness will probably have been completed, and there will be no point in conquering it.
Even until Ibola stopped absorbing my spiritual power and was about to be resurrected and returned to the human world, I still hadn't figured out a solution. I had to put it aside for the time being and take it one step at a time. Who knows, maybe there will be a way out when the dark clouds turn dark.
After a short break offline, it was time for the scheduled action, and I started to rush to the Western Continent to meet Long Xing Tianxia and the others. However, for the Church of Light, I was a big celebrity, with a red glow, and my target was too obvious. Even if I flew hundreds of meters high on Tao Tao, the Light players on the ground could easily see through my identity as a wanted criminal. It was difficult to completely hide my whereabouts for such a long distance, and it was naturally inconvenient to set off with other companions. I simply took advantage of the situation and hid all the way, pretending to rush to the inland city of the Western Continent to confuse the sight of the Church of Light. When the time for action was approaching, I suddenly turned around and headed straight for the "Death Canyon", leaving them no time to rescue. Anyway, apart from the pets, I didn't dare to cast the "Summon the Undead" to prepare in advance before the official attack, lest the Light NPC sensed our actions and detected them.
I borrowed a few pieces of Undead Wizard equipment that increase the upper limit of spiritual power. The quality is not too good, but at least it ensures that I can summon the lower level nine undead to fight in the normal state without performing "blood transformation", and can exert my strength as much as possible. The problem of lagging equipment has become more and more a weakness of mine. Killing the ninth level dark beast will hardly drop high-level equipment that increases the upper limit of spiritual power. According to the group rules formulated by the Tongxin League, for the sake of fairness, all the benefits will not be taken by the core members or expert players, so that the ordinary members who account for the majority of the number will lose the opportunity to develop. Unless I am willing to spend time to participate in the action of challenging the dark holy beast, I am not eligible to participate in the distribution of spoils. Besides, even if I succeed in killing the dark holy beast, what it drops may not be what I need. Maybe I should consider Qingwu Feiyang's suggestion. I don't have much time to personally fight for the right equipment. I might as well use my absolute advantage in the "Dead Space". Trade with other undead wizards, or organize a transportation team to protect them to safely cross Dragon Bone Mountain and reach the Lost Continent for development, or help them defeat some difficult undead soldiers to facilitate their subjugation, or even transfer the remaining two "blood transformation" opportunities of the blood lich Temur in exchange for the required equipment. Spend the least cost and achieve the greatest value possible.
After entering the Western Continent, even though I was very careful and flew for a while, I was still discovered by some Light players, but there were not many players capable of tracking me. I led away the few who showed up, pretending that they were planning to cross the Abandoned Land and head inland, and I used all means to get rid of them halfway. After a fight with them, I was sure that no one was tracking me, so I put away Taotao. I transformed into a bat, flew close to the ground, turned back, and successfully arrived near the "Death Canyon" on time, and met up with Long Xingtianxia and the others.
A total of 200 players were arranged to participate in this operation. A small number of members encountered unexpected situations along the way, or were discovered and intercepted by the light players, or were tracked and could not get rid of in time, so the actual number of people who arrived was only 169. Fortunately, I, Long Xingtianxia and several other people who have been promoted to level 8 professions, as well as Xue Wuxia, Xiaoyue and other backbones all arrived smoothly, and our strength was not much reduced. While the Church of Light had not yet noticed our intentions, we immediately launched an attack.
According to the insider's intelligence, the military camp stationed in the "Death Canyon" has one team of level 8 NPCs and two teams of level 7 NPCs on each shift. They have all summoned pets and angels and are in combat mode. The rest of the personnel are resting in the barracks, and only summoned pets and are on alert. We don't want to alarm them too early, and we want to launch a surprise attack, create a time difference, and concentrate superior forces to annihilate the three teams of NPC guards first.
There was an open area in front of them, and there was no way to get closer. Seeing that the attackers were already in place, Long Xing Tianxia issued an order and rushed out first, kicking off a war. However, his first place was soon surpassed by Xiaoyue. With Jiuyue's upper-level wind unicorn as a pet, no other NPC could be his opponent unless the two level nine NPCs showed up. She ran all the way without any scruples, and soon she was several dozen meters ahead of the second place, leaving the outermost team of level seven NPC guards no time to dodge. They were blown all over the place, their formation was scattered, and they could not organize an effective resistance. Compared with the huge power of the little white dragon, Xiaoyue's own attack power was really not up to par and could be ignored. In addition to being excited, this was also the only aspect that made her complain - the pet was strong and the master was weak, and the gap in strength was too great. In the battle, there was almost no room for her to play. Most of the time, she just waved her spear in the air, bluffing, and became a decoration.
Taotao, Shaman and Hongxing were summoned by me after arriving at the canyon entrance. Except Hongxing, Taotao and Shaman did not stay beside me, but followed Xiaoyue closely. When those level 7 and 8 NPCs were killed, they rushed up to beat them up. More importantly, they must remember to deliver a fatal blow so that the credit would be attributed to me. It was precisely because she wanted to take care of me that she let Xiaobailong play his best and let herself be an idle person.
While launching the attack, I also hurriedly summoned a bone dragon and joined the battle, then activated the "Touch of Death" to absorb Hong Xing's mental power. Yin Zhuangsuguo and Shui Yunjian and the other water mages who were responsible for supplying me also quickly replenished my mental power and health points. While the two level nine NPCs have not yet gone into battle, I hurriedly summoned a few more subordinates. If it's too late, I'm afraid I won't have this opportunity.
More than a hundred expert players attacked twelve level eight NPCs and twenty-four level seven NPCs. With the addition of a level nine upper unicorn and a level nine lower bone dragon, they naturally had an absolute advantage. They also rushed over and cut off their retreat, trying to kill them all. However, these NPCs, especially the level eight NPC team, were extremely tenacious. They knew they were no match for them, but they formed a formation and fought hard to delay as much as possible. By the time we killed them all, the other NPCs in the barracks had already prepared for the battle and were waiting in a strict battle formation. There was no advantage to be gained.
Now that the battle has begun, we must fight quickly and decisively. The NPC reinforcements from the Church of Light may not arrive too quickly, but the mercenary group's base is much closer to here. Once they get the news, the players of the Church of Light will definitely rush to rescue us. By then, we will be attacked from all sides, and we only have more than a hundred people. It will definitely be a dangerous situation.
The cardinal led his men to set up a battle formation, clearly intending to defend the camp to the death. However, the paladin led six silver Pegasus phantom knights to rush over, bypassing the front formation and launching a counterattack against the magician and archer formation in the rear, intending to contain our attack. Normally, this is the best strategy to deal with us. Even Xiaoyue riding a wind unicorn is unable to contain a level nine paladin riding a light unicorn and possessed by a six-winged seraph. It can be said that no one can fight against it, and we can only concentrate our manpower and defend with all our strength. But this force will affect the attack on the military camp. There is also a cardinal participating in the defense over there, and the descending six-winged seraph is also difficult to deal with. It may attack at any time, and it must not be neglected.
Unable to defeat the enemy, the only way to ensure the success of the operation is to counter-contain. And the only one who can contain the Paladin is me, the famous devil. Killing a wanted criminal like me, who is famous and powerful, is also a great merit for the Paladin, especially for the NPC who is assigned to the "Death Canyon" where there is basically no use. It is a hard job and there is basically no chance of meritorious service and reward. The NPCs in "Tianxia" are basically set according to the human thinking mode. They are not a perfect existence. While completing the tasks assigned by the Church of Light, they will also choose the most beneficial plan for themselves. Especially for high-level NPCs such as level 9 or even level 10, which are still relatively rare now, they have greater autonomy of action than those level 7 and 8 NPCs. Discovering me, a fat sheep, and I can summon the most threatening undead creatures, they will naturally choose to attack me first.
After careful discussion and combining the information about the habits of the NPCs of Light sent back by the insider who had infiltrated the Church of Light, and after soliciting my opinion, Long Xingtianxia and Afeng revised the initial attack plan. They changed their previous practice of always covering me in group battles and summoning as many undead minions as possible, and instead played the role of luring the enemy and risking their lives. Once the Paladin takes the initiative to attack, it is responsible for attracting this big fish. This will be more effective than the usual multi-person siege. It takes advantage of my good life-saving skills. Whichever side can succeed in containment and counter-containment will be able to take the initiative in the battle. It depends on whether I have this ability.
I finally summoned a bone dragon before the Paladin attacked, and cast the "sacrifice" magic to let it share 80% of the damage I suffered. As expected, the Paladin was unwilling to let go of me, a conspicuous red man, and rushed towards me first. According to the plan, Shui Yunjian, Yin Zhuang Suguo and other water magicians quickly evacuated to avoid being affected, leaving me alone to fight.
Since I want to pin down the opponent, I can't use all my strength to escape. The Paladin is not stupid. Once he realizes that there is little hope of killing me and it is just a waste of time, he may attack other targets. I turned into a bat, but I didn't plan to use "Incarnation". In fact, "Sacrifice Magic" shared 80% of the damage, and "Unparalleled Guardian" has weakened 50% of the magic attack damage and 25% of the physical attack damage. Even a strong Paladin can't kill me in a short time. Let him hurt me from time to time, give him a little sweetness, and attract him to continue attacking. The longer the delay, the more beneficial it is for us.
The Paladin wielded his spear, never leaving my side, and even the unicorn under my crotch bullied me, hitting me on the head and kicking me, making me miserable. Fortunately, the bats were small targets, and "Unparalleled Guardian" and "Sacrifice" were a very practical magic combination. Although I seemed to have been attacked many times, I didn't actually suffer much damage each time, so I was able to hold on.
The magic of "Unparalleled Guardian" and "Sacrifice" only worked for five minutes. While I attracted the attention of the Paladin, the three wind magicians quickly set up the "Prison Lock Crazy Dragon" formation. When the magic was about to lose, they led the Paladin in at the right time. Then I hurriedly cast "External Incarnation" to escape. They immediately activated the formation and produced dozens of wind chains that wrapped around the Paladin's body. Although they couldn't completely trap his movements, their speed was greatly reduced, allowing me to temporarily get rid of his pursuit and cast magic in time.
In order to continue to contain the Paladin, I certainly couldn't just get away. After casting "Unparalleled Guardian" and "Sacrifice", I turned back to tease him. His attack speed had slowed down a lot at this time, and it was difficult for him to hurt me. I even flew by him frequently, trying to provoke his anger, so that he would not leave me and destroy Long Xing Tian Xia and A Feng's actions.
After such a struggle, when the Paladin finally gave up chasing me and turned to attack other easier targets, we had already gained the necessary time, broke up the formation of the light NPCs, and took the initiative. Especially Xiaoyue, who was fast in crouching, could fly and run, and dragged the six-winged Seraphim behind her in circles, but only looked for trouble with those level 7 and 8 NPCs. The Shaman could transform into a bat, which was a smaller target and less noticeable. He followed Xiaoyue all the time, and when he saw the opportunity, he turned back into human form and launched a surprise attack. Not only did he kill several level 7 NPCs, but even two level 8 NPCs died under his claws, which won me a lot of merits, which was also a reward for my risky actions to lure the enemy .
I continued to lure him, but the Paladin was not fooled. He ignored my harassment and tried his best to kill other companions. In a short time, three or four magicians were killed. I had no place to use my skills, so I had to retreat to the second line and began to replenish my mental strength and summon the Bone Dragon to join the battle. The next thing I faced was the real test, to see who could get ahead and defeat the opponent first.
After the continuous fighting, the most courageous Little White Dragon had already used up most of his strength after just completing his evolution for a few days. He was no longer as brave as he was at the beginning, so he could move on to the final step of his plan. Long Xing Tianxia, A Feng and Bai Yunjian all consciously moved closer to Xiao Yue, while Xiao Yue stopped bullying those level 7 and 8 NPCs and directly challenged the strongest Paladin.
I seized the opportunity to kill another archer. The Paladin seemed to have gotten rid of the depression of chasing me before, and he was full of fighting spirit. The ninth-level upper-level mount, but the owner of the seventh-level profession, was definitely not a match for the Paladin. Taking the initiative to rush forward was almost like committing suicide. He naturally would not refuse such a challenge, and urged the Unicorn of Light to meet it.
The gap between her and the Paladin was obvious. After three rounds of fighting, Xiaoyue was hit twice, but her opponent's body was not even touched. It was Xiaobailong who found an opportunity to kick the Unicorn of Light, which saved her some face. It can be said that she was at an absolute disadvantage. She didn't dare to fight anymore, and hurriedly fled to the ground, pretending to get rid of the Paladin.
Xiao Bailong's strength was already somewhat exhausted, and Xiaoyue was also seriously injured. The Paladin was naturally unwilling to give up and chased after him. Before falling to the ground, he stabbed Xiaoyue twice. The situation was already precarious. Long Xingtianxia and Afeng, who were nearby, rushed over to support him, and even used two pseudo-artifacts to enhance their respective attack power. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and it seemed that they could not arrive in time.
Shaman spit out three "blood evils" in succession, but it could only slow down the Paladin for a while, and its second "blood evil" was a little off, and it actually covered the little white dragon under Xiaoyue's crotch, and even Xiaoyue was harmed by it, and half of her body was invaded by the "blood evil", which further affected her performance. The Paladin naturally would not miss this opportunity, and attacked twice in a row. When Shaman's third "blood evil" hit her body, Xiaoyue's body also flashed with a dying white light.
By the time the Paladin eliminated the influence of the "Blood Evil", Shaman had already turned around and fled. He urged the unicorn to fly into the air. As soon as he left the ground, he heard a "bang" and a red light burst out, enveloping him completely.
A very familiar scene, I have personally experienced it, the "blood explosion" of mutual destruction. This is the "blood explosion" ability given to Xiaobailong by the wind unicorn king Storm VII in the "Tianhe Secret Land". When he successfully evolved into a wind unicorn, he also retained it, which is an extra reward for completing the hidden evolution task. Although without the "Holy Pearl of Wind", it is impossible to have the terrifying power to destroy the teleportation array, but the "blood explosion" performed by the ninth-level upper-level monster can also cause considerable damage to the Paladin. After the blood and flesh flew all over the sky, the red light dissipated, revealing the true appearance of the Paladin. The possessed Seraph has died, and he should have suffered a lot of damage. He looks quite embarrassed, his steps are a little staggering, and he can't fly into the air for a while.
"Boom!" Long Xingtianxia and Afeng, who were rushing over, had not arrived yet, but Bai Yunjian in the distance launched the eighth-level magic "Five Thunders". He also used a "pseudo-artifact" to increase his magic attack power by 100% and his attack accuracy by 50%. While the Paladin had not yet gotten rid of the influence of the little white dragon's self-explosion, he accurately bombarded him. Five consecutive thunders almost knocked him down. At this time, Long Xingtianxia and Afeng almost killed him at the same time. One was possessed by a six-winged fallen angel, and the other had three heads and six arms, making the already injured Paladin even more overwhelmed. In addition, Bai Yunjian continued to use "Five Thunders" to attack, holding the Paladin tightly, not allowing him to recover and adjust. I also took the opportunity to join in the fun and called a bone-changing dragon over to press on the Paladin to prevent him from finding a flaw and flying into the air to get rid of our attack. We must seize the opportunity to kill him in one fell swoop, lest he choose to escape when the situation is unfavorable, reducing our merits.
The Paladin was too arrogant and went deep into our rear alone. We schemed against him repeatedly, first dampening his spirit and then making him arrogant. We used the Little White Dragon's "Blood Explosion" to inflict heavy damage on him, causing him to be in danger now, but unable to get timely rescue. Under the fierce attack, he finally couldn't escape the fate of defeat, and died under Long Xing Tian Xia's gun, becoming the first Paladin of Light to be killed in Tian Xia so far.
Once the most formidable Paladin died, only one Cardinal was left to handle the situation on his own. The rest of the light NPCs were no longer a threat. I began to summon Earth-walking Night Shadows, casting "Blood Transformation" three at a time, and executing their best action of destroying the barracks.
Even with the protection of the Flying Light Lion and the Seraph, the Cardinal himself is fragile. Once he is besieged by multiple people, it is difficult to guarantee his safety. When the level 7 and level 8 NPCs around him fell one by one and were almost eliminated, the Cardinal had no choice but to face our weapons directly. He was soon unable to resist and finally fell to Afeng. I believe that for him, who is only a director, earning such a large amount of merit, in addition to offsetting his mistakes, he may also be able to gain some additional benefits.
The two main commanders were killed one after another, and the remaining NPCs dared not escape. In the desperate battle, we killed them one by one. More than a hundred NPCs of the Light were wiped out, and no one escaped. In terms of killing, I lured the enemy in advance, and then gave the opportunity to Afeng. I didn't get much advantage, which can be said to be the least among the four of us. However, when it comes to demolishing houses, no one can match me. With this credit, there is no need to worry about not meeting the standard of "making up for one's crime". I completely razed this military camp to the ground, and escaped unscathed before those Light players who heard the news arrived and came to help, and returned to the Eastern Continent.
