Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 118 Successful Evolution
Is it accidental or inevitable? Is it really such a coincidence that the Supreme Honor launched the "Holy War of Light" just when I was dragged down by Gu Ben and could not participate in the war? Before, neither the United Alliance nor the Alliance of Resistance Forces received any news showing that the Church of Light had any signs of launching the "Holy War of Light" in the near future. And according to the intelligence from the insider that Long Xing Tianxia immediately passed on, the Supreme Honor had been committed to rebuilding the destroyed churches, and suddenly convened a meeting of the Senate to discuss and decide to immediately provoke a second holy war against the United Alliance, and decided not to let the NPC of Light implement it, but let the players of Light share this merit. The decision-making and execution are all the responsibility of the players. For the Senate of Light under the leadership of the Supreme Honor, it is undoubtedly a greater risk. Once an ideal result is not achieved, the responsibility will not be shirked and can only be borne by them. The reason why they dared to make such a big move when they first took power must be that the Supreme Honor and those senators of Light felt that they were more confident that they might not necessarily win a great victory, but at least they would not suffer any loss.
I played an indispensable role in the several battles experienced by the Tongxin League. Without my participation, the Tongxin League might have died long ago, and it would not have been possible to achieve today's scale and achievements. Especially with more time for preparation and the help of my companions, I can fully exert my strength and be able to fight one against a thousand, which is definitely not an exaggeration. The absence of me in such an important battle of life and death will not only bring about a loss in overall strength, but also a certain degree of impact on the morale of the Tongxin League if it is not handled properly. For the Church of Light, this is definitely a rare opportunity, which will definitely increase the chances of victory.
Considering the undead wizards coming and going near the "Hell Volcano", the tens of thousands of Terror Knights gathering together, and my actions and status in the past few days, I can't hide them from the attention of those who are interested. Maybe one of them leaked the news, which prompted the Supreme Honor to suddenly make up their minds and launch the "Holy War of Light" against the United Alliance again. The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. As long as there are people, trouble is inevitable!
I squeezed out some time and stayed in the meeting hall to discuss countermeasures with Xue Wuxia, Afeng and others. Of course, my hands were still busy. I summoned several pets such as Shaman and Taotao, and activated the "Touch of Death" to absorb their spiritual power. At the same time, several water magicians such as Shui Yunjian and Yin Zhuang Suguo also provided me with supplies to maintain the spiritual power supply to Gu Ben.
With my current state and Gu Ben's condition, it is impossible to take care of both ends - to protect Gu Ben and participate in the "Holy War of Light". The safest way is to give up Gu Ben and withdraw to help the Tongxin League deal with the "Holy War of Light". Now is a critical moment. It is estimated that it only needs to interrupt the supply of spiritual power to Gu Ben for at most three or four hours, and it will definitely not escape the fate of being exploded and killed by the magma energy rushing in. There are still three days before the official start of the war, enough time for me to recover and prepare for the battle. However, Gu Ben plays an important role in my volcano strategy. If it is damaged, Houston will not be successfully eliminated in the short term. Moreover, the Flying Fire Ghost King is an extremely agile type of air combat undead. If Gu Ben can successfully evolve and participate in the challenge of the Hell Dragon, I believe that the support time will definitely not be just the minimum of six hours. It has great development potential and may be a main force in conquering the Hell Dragon in the future. Once it is lost, it will inevitably affect my development in the "Hell Volcano". I have spent so much time and effort to prepare for it, but it all ended in failure. I am really unwilling to accept this!
Another suggestion is to "besiege Wei to save Zhao" - there are 40,000 light players participating in the "Holy War of Light". It is estimated that several major mercenary groups such as Glory and Galaxy, which are mostly light players, will definitely send a lot of people. As players advance to the eighth level of profession, the group battle system between forces on different continents has been opened. We can take the opportunity to let Longteng, Jiaoyang, Zhongtian and others launch group battles against those light mercenary groups with more players participating in the war, drag them down, and perhaps contain a group of light players to resolve this crisis. However, this proposal was immediately rejected. Not to mention that a huge deposit is required for group battles based on the number of players participating in the attack. If the number is small, it will not threaten the opponent. At the same time, the opponent can also hire a third main force to help. There are too many variables and there is no guarantee of victory. If you lose a group battle, the price you pay will definitely not be much less than the loss of our Tongxin League.
There was a lot of discussion, but no conclusion was reached. Many core members still advocated that it would be best for me to participate in the battle. After all, the number ratio was four to one, and the players of the Light would definitely be elites, with a much higher overall strength than us. Even if they occupied the advantageous position, they might not be able to defend the Tongxin League. Although I was unwilling, I would never allow the Tongxin League to meet the fate of destruction. I gritted my teeth and was about to stand up to express my decision to give up Guben and participate in this battle, but I saw Xue Wuxia stood up first.
"After listening to everyone's opinions, many people still hope that Ah Dai will participate in the 'Holy War of Light'. I also think that this will be more prudent. Although he is now in a critical period, this will inevitably seriously affect his development. However, I believe that Ah Dai is very clear about the importance of the collective and the individual. With his usual performance, he will definitely not procrastinate or shirk responsibility. But before making a decision, I would like everyone to consider a few issues carefully."
"The United Alliance has 10,000 official members, and all the participants can be said to be relatively outstanding players. If Ah Dai is missing, will our overall strength really be reduced to a level and unable to face those more difficult challenges? Is such a United Alliance really for Ah Dai alone, or for all of us? If it gets out, even if we save the United Alliance, will we have glory on our faces? Moreover, with the strong support of the resistance alliance, our base has been rebuilt and is larger than before. The defense force has also been greatly enhanced. Everyone has seen it. Isn't it just to deal with today's "Holy War of Light"? After the baptism of the last "Holy War of Light", we have accumulated some experience. Even if Ah Dai is missing, with the unity of the people, we can't defend this city. A unique council hall in the world? Anyway, even if all the other buildings in the base are destroyed, the resistance alliance will be responsible for compensating for the losses and rebuilding a new one for us. After two actual combat tests, the defense capability of the new base will definitely be enhanced, making it more difficult for the Church of Light to attack in the future. Fortune and misfortune are interdependent, and no one will know who is the real winner until the end . Compared with our giving and help, Ah Dai has paid enough for the Tongxin League. At such a critical moment, we should muster up the courage to stand up and take responsibility for him once. The stronger he is, the more beneficial it will be for the future development of our Tongxin League. Don't just focus on the current success, there is a long way to go in the future. "
Xue Wuxia's words sparked a heated discussion, and Yun Wuying and Afeng expressed their support. Then more and more core members agreed, and finally decided to rely on their own strength to fight against this "Holy War of Light", without me giving up Gu Ben. I was accused of not trusting the strength of other members after a few "humble" remarks, and was rebuked. I dared not say anything more, and they drove me back to the "Dead Soul Space" on the grounds that I didn't want to cause trouble, so I could concentrate on taking care of Gu Ben.
I returned to the "Dead Soul Space" and gritted my teeth to help Gu Ben survive the last few days. Although there are many advantages to having more subordinates who can evolve, there are also corresponding disadvantages. In the past ten days, most of my mental energy has been absorbed by the evolving subordinates. I can only do a limited amount of things and can't increase my qualifications at all. Sometimes it really wastes time. If I encounter special types of subordinates like the Destruction Knight and the Volcano Undead, it will be even more exhausting. Behind every bit of gain, there is hard work!
With the support of the resistance alliance, the Tongxin League was also ready to resist with all its might. When I was not around, the undead wizards took on the responsibility of Moonlight Box and Country Breaking Mountains and Rivers. It was also an opportunity to fully demonstrate their strength. With the continuous supply of many water magicians, a large number of corpse wizards and many blood wizards were summoned continuously. The undead army guarding the station was not much inferior to the last time. However, the biggest shortcoming was the lack of high-level undead to defend the Council Hall. They could only concentrate the most elite players in it, and prepared a lot of powerful formations performed by multiple players. At all costs, they vowed to defend the Council Hall to the death.
Three days later, the "Holy War of Light" was launched as scheduled. As I expected, Guben still hadn't completed his evolution, so I was unable to catch up with this war. Originally, the Supreme Honor could choose to attack one side like a normal group battle, opening a gap and destroying the central council hall as the first priority, which would be easier. But this time they still implemented the scorched earth tactics, advancing step by step, and clearly showed that they had to raze the Concentric Alliance to the ground first, and then attack the central council hall. This is probably the requirement of the "Holy War of Light" rules. While increasing the deterrent effect, it also bought us a little more time for the defenders, which made it more difficult for the Church of Light to win a complete victory, so as to avoid being complained about being too bullying.
I didn't experience the specific process myself, so I don't know much about it. Most of it was described by Afeng. The fight was extremely brutal. Although the base, which had just been rebuilt more than a month ago, was destroyed again, with ruins everywhere and no complete building left, the Council Hall in the center of the base still stood firm and was not conquered by the Supreme Honor. In fact, it was probably because the matter was hasty. The 40,000 Light players lacked practice. It was the first time they participated in the time-consuming and labor-intensive scorched earth tactics. The cooperation between them was not very skillful and tacit. Moreover, the Light players who participated in the battle belonged to different factions and groups. They didn't want to make unnecessary sacrifices. They were far less selfless and desperate than the Light NPCs. They wasted too much time in the early battles. After destroying all the buildings in the base, although there were still more than 10,000 players, they didn't have much time to attack the Council Hall. The Supreme Honor made a little test and chose to stay put. It didn't continue to attack the Council Hall, giving us more opportunities to earn more qualifications and merits. At the end of the war, we achieved the same result as the first "Holy War of Light". The Light Council under the leadership of the Supreme Honor should be evaluated as having neither merit nor fault. However, our United Alliance is in a worse situation. Almost all of its members will face homelessness again. It will take at least two months of reconstruction to restore the old state. It is really not easy to be the first to stand out!
Neither side was able to show their full strength, so the result was not too bad. I could relax and concentrate on supporting Guben's evolution. At the same time, as the challenge application period on December 10th came, Kekexili immediately applied for the Nether Dragon Challenge and gave the choice to Hades. After all, if I want Kekexili to pass the Nether Dragon Challenge like Khufu and Taotao, I must fight together. In this way, even if Guben finally successfully completes the evolution and challenges Houston, it will be easy to defeat him without my help, but it will be difficult to seize the opportunity to kill him quickly. He has many ways to give up and admit defeat without endangering his life. In order to continue to play Houston's role in restraining me, Hades should not let him pass the Nether Dragon Challenge easily. As long as he is not killed, the lost immersion qualification can still be regained. When the situation is still unclear, I threw out Kekexili as a bait, letting Hades worry about whether to agree to Kekexili's application or leave the qualification for this month's Nether Dragon Challenge to its loyal lackey Houston.
Hades was obviously a little hesitant, but he finally agreed to Kekexili's challenge, perhaps because he thought that even if I helped Guben kill Houston, he could still instruct the Hell Dragon to severely damage Kekexili, which would also hinder my development. However, for the sake of long-term development, I must take this risk, otherwise I would not be able to get the opportunity to kill Houston and achieve the goal of completely controlling the undead of the Hua clan volcano.
Relying on the relatively high basic mental power and mental power limit, I finally gritted my teeth and survived the madness of the last stage of magma energy, and helped Gu Ben evolve into a flying fire ghost king without any danger. He looked red all over, less than two meters tall, and not strong. The two bone wings on his back were not wide, and somewhat like the wings of a bee, not waving back and forth, but constantly vibrating at a very high frequency, allowing him to move faster in the air. In his right hand, he held a fiery red spear as thick as a thumb, a one-handed weapon with a faster attack speed. However, the length was not fixed and could be freely extended, sometimes one or two meters, sometimes five or six meters, and even up to ten meters, and his attack method was more flexible.
Although I know that Gu Ben was a little exaggerated when he introduced it to the Flying Fire Ghost King, but probably due to the catalysis of magma energy, the new Gu Ben has reached the lower level of level nine. And its combat power is not as agile as its weak appearance shows. Although its attack power is relatively low, it has several powerful skills and can compete with Khufu and Kekexili in terms of attack power.
The skill "Rain of Fire" can fire dozens of shots in a very short time, covering a space of four or five square meters, mixed with blazing flames, with both physical and fire damage effects, and can be used to attack opponents with agile movements but relatively low defense. The skill "Explosive Stab" can quickly inject a stream of fire energy into the opponent's body when a shot is fired, and the gun will explode as soon as it leaves the body, causing additional damage, which is equivalent to having a double attack effect. The skill "Same Body Clone" consumes 20% of the physical and mental strength to create a clone with the same abilities, physical and mental strength as the original body, but only half of it, to attack in coordination. The original body and the clone can only attack one target at the same time, and cannot attack the enemy separately, but as long as there is enough physical and mental strength, it can continue to be used after the clone dies, and use the clone to fight the enemy.
With his agility, Gu Ben's combat power is actually higher than Khufu and Kekexili, who are both at the lower level of level nine. Even the bone dragon that occupies the mountain was defeated in actual combat and did not even have the ability to escape. The flying fire ghost is indeed a type of undead with great development potential. It is worth it that I have invested so much effort and worked hard for more than ten days to help it evolve, and even gave up the opportunity to help the Tongxin League fight against the "Holy War of Light".
After the evolution was completed, Gu Ben immediately submitted an application to Hades to challenge Houston, and it was naturally approved. After two days of rest and recuperation, I recovered from my overly tired body, and soon it was the challenge date of December 15th. In order to prevent Houston from escaping, I had to join forces with Gu Ben to fight, but without my containment and the support of the "sacrifice" magic, it would be difficult for Kekexili to withstand the crazy attack of the Hell Dragon alone, and the end of severe injuries to the limbs was almost foreseeable. Once too much vitality is consumed, it will take several months to recover at the least , and there may be a risk of reducing strength at the worst. Although I am determined to kill Houston, I don't want to lose this general Kekexili. The only chance is to hope that Kekexili will defend with all his strength. I can also impose a "sacrifice" on it before the challenge officially begins, and the object of sharing the damage is Khufu, so that it can hold on as long as possible. Gu Ben and I teamed up to fight quickly and decisively, trying to kill Houston in the shortest time possible, and then rush to rescue Kekexili in time. Even if there is no hope of passing this Nether Dragon Challenge, at least we must avoid suffering irreparable injuries.
