Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 127 Giant Magician
Originally, some of my subordinates successfully transformed into demon spirits. As their master, I should have known the truth better. Several undead wizards asked me about it, but unfortunately, there was an agreement when I made the deal with Qiu Shui Changtian and Tian Xing that I would not disclose the secrets of demon spirit transformation to a third party for profit. I had no choice but to refuse them, which gave Qiu Shui Changtian and Tian Xing the opportunity to reap the benefits. My success was actually an advertisement for them in disguise. But this is a piece of fat meat. All the undead wizards who have the ability to subdue the Ghost Royal Family are planning to transform into demon spirits. I am not willing to let all the benefits be taken away by Qiu Shui Changtian and Tian Xing. Although the secret of transforming demon spirits cannot be sold out, if a Ghost Royal Family wants to transform into a demon spirit, the first condition is to devour several other Ghost Royal Family members and become a Ghost Demon King. Only after accumulating enough strength can they enter the "Wind Cave" for tempering and use the secrets traded from Qiu Shui Changtian and others to successfully transform into a demon spirit. The key that I can use here is the several Ghost Royal Family members that are meant to be devoured.
Although the "Yinfeng Valley" is large and there are many ghost royals, they are all proficient in hiding. Even if they have subordinates who are also ghost royals, it is difficult to easily find their specific location. Only higher-level demons have a greater chance of sensing the existence of other ghost royals, which is a great threat to them. This is also the main reason why they are regarded as rebellious and are always forcibly expelled from the "Yinfeng Valley" by those in power. Qiu Shui Changtian and Tianxing only subdued a few more ghost royals. The two demons who signed the "possession contract" with them were not subdued. They just used them to save their lives, return to the "Yinfeng Valley", and obtain the right of residence. They are equal to each other. They will not follow their orders to visit the specific locations of other ghost royals. As the first demon spirit to be conquered in the "Valley of Yinfeng", Xiaobai is a rare treasure. Assigning it to scout for the hiding places of other ghost royals and then selling it to those undead wizards in need will allow the ghost royals under their command to acquire the strength required to transform into demon spirits more quickly, which makes them unable to resist.
In order to promote Xiaobai's alienation, I spent a lot of money at the beginning. The number of ghost royals swallowed by it reached eleven. I invested so much mainly because I didn't know the specific requirements for alienated demon spirits. In addition, Xiaobai's starting point was too low. He had just evolved from a ghost king to a ghost royal. His strength was slightly insufficient, not as good as those ghost royals who were directly conquered, so I wanted to let him accumulate more energy as much as possible, maybe I would have more control. Of course, after knowing the secret of alienated demon spirits, my approach was actually a bit of a blessing in disguise. Continuously swallowing multiple ghost royals in a short period of time can really increase the success rate of alienation, so Xiaobai became a demon spirit so smoothly. Ghost royals are not so easy to deal with. Usually, it is quite amazing to swallow six or seven, not to mention swallowing continuously. Whether it can be alienated and whether it can be successful depends more on chance and luck. Even Qingshui Changtian and Tianxing, who already knew the secret, each have several ghost royals under their command, and have been committed to cultivating a conquered demon spirit. Until now, they have not been able to succeed.
Although the four major forces that participated in the "Dark Wind Valley" campaign had divided their activity areas and were not allowed to cross the boundaries, I only assigned Xiaobai to go to the territories of those undead wizards to detect the existence of other ghost royal families. I was not responsible for helping to attack, and I did not subdue or kill even one more devouring ghost, which was not considered to be an infringement of their interests. This can also avoid putting all the losses of those ghost royal families on Xiaobai's head - they were all scattered actions of other undead wizards. Even if they exhausted the resources and caused too many casualties to the ghost royal family, they would not blame Xiaobai and me, causing the chief judge to execute "heavenly punishment" on me alone.
I have spread the word that as long as other necromancers can provide me with a wide enough scope for exploration, I will help them determine the specific location of the Ghost Royal Family and determine the transaction price based on the number of Ghost Royal Family they want to devour. However, gold coins are not worth wasting my limited number of Ghost Royal Family. Many equipment with good attributes are out of stock and difficult to buy even if I have money. What I need is equipment that can increase the upper limit of mental power or the success rate of "Soul Contract" and has the attribute of "summoning the soul". As for whether it is worth it and whether they are willing to trade, it depends on how much they value "teleportation". It is up to them to judge. I am just fishing like Jiang Taigong, and those who are willing will take the bait.
Since the last time he cooperated with Bai Yunjian to kill the earth-type sacred beast Xuanwu in order to unseal the "Death Scepter", he wanted to cooperate with me to make a profit by killing Xuanwu, but he was delayed by some things and was not able to take action in time. However, he did not forget about this matter and has been making time to contact and plan. Until now, he has finally gathered a group of reliable people and organized a treasure hunting team to cooperate with me and use the special ability of the earth-walking night shadow to challenge the earth-type sacred beast Xuanwu. The treasure hunting operation has nothing to do with the two major mercenary groups, Longteng and Tongxinmeng. It was jointly funded by the two of us. The various expenses required for recruiting personnel and purchasing props are borne by the two of us respectively. Of course, all the profits also belong to the two of us. I am a necromancer and he is a thunder magician. It is impossible for the sacred earth beast Xuanwu to drop the high-level equipment that both of us need. This is mainly an investment to make money. As a professional player who makes a living from virtual games, it is impossible for me not to pursue material benefits. Although I have accumulated some wealth in the early stage, no one will complain about having too much money. As long as the corresponding conditions are met and it is within my ability, I will naturally not refuse the wealth that is at my fingertips.
Originally, such treasure hunting operations as challenging holy beasts carried considerable risks. If the investment was small, it was easy to fail. If the investment was too large, it would be easy to lose money if a high-level holy weapon did not drop. Moreover, the success rate was quite low when challenging the earth-based holy beast Xuanwu, which was generally recognized to be difficult to deal with. Generally, unless you were very lucky, it would be difficult to get a relatively ideal harvest from one or two treasure hunting operations occasionally. Only by challenging many times in a row would there be a greater chance of getting a relatively rich reward, but this required a huge investment of funds. Usually, it was jointly launched by one or more forces, and not just a few players had enough financial support.
Bai Yunjian and I are not wealthy players like Hua Mantian who can make a high investment in the early stage and then strive for lucrative returns. We have limited funds and have earned them one by one through our hard work and efforts. If it weren't for my ability to use the ground-walking night shadow to deal with Xuanwu, it can be said that it is a sure thing. As long as I am careful, make thorough preparations in advance, choose the right members to participate in the battle, and purchase powerful props, there should be no possibility of failure. I dare not embark on such a high-risk road with high investment and high returns. With the help of the ground-walking night shadow, a lot of expenses have been saved. With our current investment, as long as we can ensure that we can successfully kill Xuanwu every time, we will not be worried about losing money.
Baiyun and I can discuss and decide how to deal with the dropped equipment of other professions, but I have made it clear that if a high-level holy weapon or artifact of the knight profession is dropped, I will have priority to deal with it and leave it to Afeng. Let him become stronger so that he has enough strength to fight against Hua Mantian. Defeating or killing Hua Mantian once or twice is nothing, and it will not have much negative impact. Only by making him taste the taste of defeat in every confrontation can we break his defense.
Bai Yunjian is responsible for organizing the action, purchasing props and other specific matters, while I have to subdue a sufficient number of ground-walking night shadows to try to ensure the success of the action - this is different from the last free challenge. There are two major mercenary groups behind us, and if we fail, the compensation will be our money. Moreover, as players advance to the eighth-level profession, they must strive to kill Xuanwu in a shorter time to increase the chance of dropping high-level holy artifacts or even artifacts. It is closely related to personal interests, so we must not be careless. We agreed that as long as the preparations are in place, we will challenge it once when we have time. While the current "Tianxia" still has no relatively cheap and effective way to restrain Xuanwu's "earth escape", we should seize the time to make a fortune.
Soon it was the January "Hell Volcano" challenge period. In order to help Gu Ben pass this month's Nether Dragon challenge and absorb more abundant magma energy as soon as possible so as not to delay for another month, after all, there was a Hoh Xil waiting anxiously behind. I forcibly suppressed Had's instinct to evolve quickly and let it survive the 15th before starting to evolve.
Since the older Kekexili failed the challenge last month and recovered from his injuries, he has been with Guben and several bone dragons to adapt to their "dragon power" to reduce the impact of the "dragon power" of the Hell Dragon on himself in actual combat. It is not that I intentionally favor Guben and let him catch up and pass the Hell Dragon challenge first. After all, compared with the agile flying Fire Ghost King, the Flame Bone Demon who can only walk on land will encounter much greater difficulties in passing the Hell Dragon challenge. Kekexili will challenge again in a month, accumulate more experience in dealing with the bone dragon clan, and even conduct actual combat exercises with them to adapt to the fighting style of the bone dragon, so that he will be more confident at that time.
With Gu Ben's agility and speed, which are far superior to the Hell Dragon, and my support in offsetting some of the influence of the "Dragon's Might" and delaying the Hell Dragon's actions from time to time, he naturally passed the Hell Dragon challenge very smoothly and persisted for thirteen hours. He has the qualification to soak in the middle area for a whole month, which will be of greater help to his evolution into a top-level Flying Fire Ghost King.
After the challenge of the Nether Dragon was over, Hades, who had been impatient for a long time, began to evolve. Hades, who was unwilling to give up, also placed it at the "magma cave mouth" to create more trouble for me and was unwilling to let Hades evolve smoothly. After all, if it succeeds, it will be able to destroy one of my capable subordinates and reduce the threat to it and the Nether Dragon clan in the future. If left alone, these subordinates of mine will definitely complete the evolution. At most, their foundations will be weaker and they will need a longer time to develop. They will still pose a threat to its rule and the rule of the Nether Dragon clan. This should be the only way it can use to legally put these volcanic undead who have surrendered to me to death without incurring the interference of the chief judge.
It was another ten days of hardship. I couldn't take care of anything. I was constantly resurrecting and dying, going online and offline every day, trying my best to absorb the spiritual power of other undead subordinates to ensure the supply to Hades. There are more subordinates who can evolve. Of course, there are benefits, but it also means a lot of trouble. It takes half a month to delay, even if it is Qing Chang's evolution. During this period, I can't take more dangerous actions, which will inevitably affect my own development. Just these subordinates on the "Hell Volcano" are waiting in line to evolve. A rough calculation shows that it will take at least a few months. Every time I have to suffer Hades' special care, I am exhausted and overwhelmed. Thinking about it makes me scared. If it weren't for a better future. I am reluctant to give up and want to accumulate enough strength to challenge the Hell Dragon as soon as possible. I really don't want to suffer this living torture. Even if I subdue the bone dragon in the "Dragon Bone Mountain", it would be much easier than this.
It was also the good fortune of these volcanic undeads that they met a master with outstanding abilities like me, who once again withstood the test of Hades and helped Hades successfully complete his evolution. Its body shape has changed greatly, as if it had been reborn. It is no longer the skinny one before, but has become a big guy about four or five . However, it does not have eight arms like Aristotle that I have seen before, but only two thick arms, and the magic wand in its hand has disappeared. Judging from its appearance, it does not look like a magician at all, but more like a melee undead.
Hader's level is the upper eighth level, and his type is called the Fire Giant Mage. It is estimated that if he evolves once more, he will become a giant mage. His skills retain the "Hellfire Shield" magic used to protect his body, and the basic functions are the same as before. It has stronger protective performance, with the "flame absorption" effect, and has a higher resistance to fire damage. It can also absorb it at a rate of 30% and convert it into its own mental power, but it is still limited to its own use and cannot act on me, the master. There is also the "Fire Curse" magic, which still weakens the opponent's fire resistance by 50% and increases the fire damage received by 309%. The attack magic he has is the "Torch Stone Bomb" that Aristotle once used. The longest range is close to 300 meters, which exceeds the attack radius of almost all magic and can be compared with the archer. However, the long range also means that the stagnation time required for continuous firing will be slightly longer. Hader only has two hands to perform in turn, and the power is limited. Naturally, it is not as fierce as Aristotle's eight hands waving together.
Of course, compared to Hader's own ability, it is not very useful now. Everything has to wait until it evolves to a higher level. At this time, I am more concerned about whether it can provide more information after getting closer to the giant magician to help me find the traces of the giant magician clan in the Lost Continent as soon as possible. It is estimated that their level should be the middle level of level nine or even the upper level. If they can be subdued, this ability to perform ultra-long-range magic attacks is suitable for protecting me to enter the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" to absorb the Yin Qi, so as to unlock the second seal of the "Dead Scepter" as soon as possible.
After my constant enlightenment, although Hader, who had not yet fully evolved into a giant magician, still had only some fragmentary memories and the information he provided was not complete, the good news was that the main information I needed to know was included in it, which played a key role in my challenge to the giant magician clan. Hader also remembered his life experience, which was similar to Khufu's experience. He was originally a member of the giant magician and was also hunted by the enemy. Fortunately, he crossed the Dragon Bone Mountain. After being seriously injured, he was inspired by the power of life and managed to escape to the "Hell Volcano". He successfully transformed his physique and survived, but he was demoted several levels and lost all his memories. He had to start all over again.
The level of newly born giant mages is generally the middle level of level nine, and mature individuals are usually upper level nine. A few particularly strong ones even have strength beyond the upper level of level nine. They are not solitary. Often a dozen giant mages form a small group and rarely act alone. At least more than two-thirds of a group are mature individuals of the upper level of level nine. The overall strength can be said to be quite strong. Giant mages do not have fixed settlements, they are constantly migrating and flowing, and their distribution is extremely wide. It can be said that the entire Lost Continent is their range of activities, which increases the difficulty of dealing with them. Moreover, the population of giant mages is not too large, maintained at around dozens. Unless the original individuals die, new individuals will not be bred. The overall number is limited, and the quick hand will be the slow hand. Only by taking the first step can we gain the greatest benefits.
Fortunately, I learned from Hader that the giant magician race has a holy place called "Karamayi". It is not a big place, and the location is remote and secret. There is nothing special about it. There will be no giant magicians guarding nearby, and it is difficult to attract attention even if you see them. However, every giant magician who is about to enter maturity must go there to worship and go through a specific ceremony before they can truly grow into a mature individual of the ninth level. As long as there is an individual in each giant magician population that is about to enter maturity, the entire population will go to "Karamayi". As long as I wait nearby, there will be giant magicians who will automatically come to my door without having to run around looking for them.
