Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 133: Journey to Heaven
I was busy running back and forth between the "Dragon Bone Mountain" and the "Abyss", busy with taming various bone dragons and ground-walking night shadows, as well as unsealing the "Dead Scepter". After a few days, the challenge date of February 15 was approaching, and I took a trip to the "Hell Volcano". The immersion qualifications of the twelve marginal areas were all within my control, and I had already spread the word that those undead wizards who had recently entered the "Hell Volcano" would not challenge without my consent. And since Houston was killed by me, many free volcano undeads without the support of undead wizards were all subdued, and they dared not openly challenge me without knowing their own strength. The focus right now is the monthly Nether Dragon Challenge. Unless there are the help of natural treasures such as the "Millennium Fire Lotus" and "Ten Thousand Year Fire Crystal", Qitlei, Silando, and Dizang can only pass the Nether Dragon Challenge and obtain the qualification to soak in the middle area of the "Hell Magma Pool" to accumulate enough energy as soon as possible and evolve to a higher level form, so that I don't have to wait too long. Only when these alien undead grow strong can they confront the Hell Nether Dragon clan head-on and have a chance to subdue them one by one.
This time it was the turn of the Flame Bone Demon Kekexili to accept the challenge of the Hell Dragon. After the failure in December last year, it had been living with several white bone dragons for the past two months, enhancing its ability to resist the "dragon's might". At the same time, it was constantly practicing actual combat and getting used to the air-to-ground attack method of the bone dragon clan. Although its level and attributes had not changed, its actual combat ability had been improved to a certain extent with the accumulation of experience. In addition, with my help, it should not be as unbearable as last time against the Hell Dragon. There was hope that it would pass the challenge.
In fact, there is a gap of more than one level between the lower level nine Khufu and Kekexili and the Hell Dragon that surpasses the ninth level. Unlike the flying fire ghost king Guben, they are not extremely agile and can effectively avoid attacks. If they did not have the "sacrifice" magic, the Hell Dragon would be constrained by the challenge rules and would not dare to kill. Under their full-strength attack, it would not be possible to survive for six hours. To seek greater benefits in the "Hell Volcano" is definitely not a simple and easy thing. Various factors are indispensable! I just hope that the number of Hell Dragons will not disappoint me too much. If I can only subdue a dozen in the end, it is a bit unworthy compared to my efforts.
Although the challenge was thrilling, I had the experience from the previous times, and I was familiar with the common tricks of the Hell Dragon. I was more and more skilled in the use of the "sacrifice" magic. After a hard fight, I finally survived for six hours. I successfully passed the Hell Dragon Challenge. After entering the middle area, I can find the "magma hole|mouth" to soak. It will definitely help them more than a little bit.
After helping Kekexili pass the Nether Dragon Challenge, he rushed back to the "Dragon Bone Mountain". Now, with the use of "Blood Transformation", he has been able to subdue the ninth-level intermediate bone dragon that occupies the mountain as the king. Although it still takes a little more time and a few more times, the efficiency of subduing is not too high, but there is no need to laboriously search for those stray bone dragons that are not too many in number, which can make more effective use of time. It will not affect the action of entering the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" to remove the seal of the "Dead Scepter".
Since I showed my ability in the battle against Huadu Station, summoned a group of green, chemical, and white bone dragons and level 8 mid-level ground night shadows, and earned a lot of qualifications and merits, many undead wizards present have further realized the big gap between me and them. In fact, many of them have the ability to subdue level 8 undead creatures, but the horror flying dragon knights are too scattered. It is not very convenient to find them. The area on the "Dragon Bone Mountain" lacks suitable undead races that can be subdued at this stage, so most of them are still using level 7 horror ground dragon knights or blood wizards as the main combat arms to summon more numbers to fight the enemy. Compared with the level 8 silver robe bishops of the same level who can already summon four-winged light angels or even six-winged seraphs, they are really inferior.
During this period, some undead wizards who were unwilling to fall behind contacted me. A few who were capable of subduing intermediate level eight undead wanted to enter the "Bottomless Abyss" through me to subdue the ground-walking night shadows, crawling night shadows and jellyfish. More people wanted to rely on my protection to cross the "Dragon Bone Mountain" and move to the Lost Continent to seek better development. I have revealed... some information. There are mummies, centaurs and other people above level seven, and there are also eight and nine level strongmen. The powerful and numerous undead races are just right for them to subdue them step by step and steadily.
Of course, if we only escort the necromancer and two or three capable men to sneak across the "Dragon Bone Mountain" without asking for other ancillary services, no one would be willing to exchange high-level equipment or props. Moreover, I have now intended to unite Long Xing Tian Xia and Qing Wu Fei Yang to gain the dominance of the Dark Council to facilitate our actions. We need to expand our influence among the necromancers and attract more necromancers to support me. Needless to say, we are already inclined to us. For those necromancers who have remained neutral and have not joined Qiu Shui Chang Tian and Tian Xing, we should not be too difficult to shirk responsibility. Therefore, we usually choose to make other conditions for the exchange, such as some special information, such as the whereabouts of the vampires of various ranks they have discovered, the natural treasures produced on the "Hell Volcano", etc., or promise to inform me of any new discoveries after arriving at the Lost Continent in a timely and truthful manner, so that I can further grasp the more detailed situation. After all, the information obtained by relying on a group of bone dragons to conduct aerial exploration is limited. The giant magician only knows a rough idea about other undead races, which is far less accurate and detailed than the undead wizards who go out in person. Anyway, with their strength, almost none of them are able to subdue undead creatures above level nine, and they are going there alone to seek development. The starting point is low, and it is difficult for them to have a direct conflict of interest with me. Moreover, Qiu Shui Changtian and Tianxing have already subdued some green bone dragons, and they should also be able to cross the "Dragon Bone Mountain". If I hold back and insist on not helping. Maybe it will be a bargain for them, and it will be convenient for them to take the opportunity to buy people's hearts. It is better to show a little favor and give them a little sweet taste. Let them all know that choosing to rely on me can get more benefits.
Soon, a group of giant magicians who went to the holy land "Karamayi" for worship were discovered. There were thirteen in total, three of which were four-armed, intermediate-level nine-level newborns, and the remaining ten were six-armed, upper-level, mature nine-level bodies. There was still no eight-armed giant magician who surpassed the ninth level. While it was a bit regrettable, it was also a relief - unless the "Soul-collecting Finger" was used, there was really no ability to subdue them. It would be easier with more. If there was only one, it would be a pity not to use it. It would be a bit of a waste if it was used.
I arranged a group of bone dragons to guard "Karamayi" for more than half a month, and then waited for the second group of giant magicians. Naturally, I would not let them go, so I immediately dispatched two hundred bone dragons to catch up, waited for the end of the day, launched a siege, and took some time to defeat them successfully. I signed "soul contracts" with them one by one, and the number of giant magicians under my command increased to thirty.
Relying on the protection of three six-armed giant magicians, I absorbed a burst of Yin Qi in the "Bone Dragon Cemetery" holding the "Dead Spirit Scepter", and then escaped the pursuit of a large group of spirit dragons and rushed out safely. This work has been done very skillfully. As long as I have a little more patience, it will not take long to unlock the second seal of the "Dead Spirit Scepter". Arrange for the three giant magicians to kill and absorb the soul energy of the bone dragon to replenish the consumption. The deadline for death has come, and I am leaving the "Dead Spirit Space".
As soon as I resurrected and appeared in the room of the station, I found that the system had just issued a notice to me more than an hour ago. It asked me to rush to the "Castle of the Dead" in the western continent within six hours to accept a professional task. According to the settings of "Tianxia", players of each profession may receive professional tasks issued by the system. The stronger the ability and the more times the professional tasks are completed, the greater the chance of receiving professional tasks, and the more benefits they can get from them. For most neutral professional players who are not involved in the battle between light and darkness, this is also their main way to accumulate professional merits and obtain "pseudo-artifact" rewards. Light and dark professional players are no exception, but most of the professional tasks have strict time limits. If they fail to complete them within the time limit, they will be automatically abandoned. We necromancers must subdue a large number of undead subordinates in the "dead space". Light knights, light priests and magic knights also need to take a lot of time to pray. Many times, they are involuntarily and cannot be delayed or stopped in the middle. Even if they receive professional tasks issued by the system, they have no time to complete them. Most of the merit rewards are earned through some collective actions or killing players in the enemy camp. Just like me, as a necromancer with the strongest strength, I have also received several professional tasks issued by the system, but I was busy at the time, or I found it too late and missed the time, or I really had no time to split myself, so I had to give up and rarely completed them smoothly.
However, I don't want to give up this career mission, not only because there is nothing urgent to do at hand, but also because this is a gold-marked, highest-level career mission, usually only issued to the top powerhouses of this profession, or players with a high completion rate of career missions, which means extremely high difficulty, but also represents a more generous reward - in addition to being able to earn inherent qualifications and merits from it, if it is completed with high quality and high standards, you may also be able to obtain additional rewards, such as some special performance props like "Chaos Ball", and even the opportunity to learn an extra career skill, which has been confirmed by some players. I was lucky enough to receive a gold-level career mission before, but unfortunately, my subordinates were evolving at that time and I had no ability to complete it, so I was forced to give up. For this reason, the system did not issue me any career missions for several consecutive months. I really don't want to miss this opportunity again.
There are still more than four hours left, and with Taotao as a means of transportation, there is enough time to rush to the "Castle of the Dead". Although I have been listed as an extremely bloodthirsty and dangerous wanted criminal by the Church of Light, since the "Thousand Miles Alone" operation, I have repeatedly traveled alone to the Western Continent and started killing. Even the "Mobile Guard" composed of more than a thousand Silver Pegasus Light Fantasy Knights can only expel me from the country and find it difficult to kill me. This has made many Light players feel timid - I will kill if there are fewer people, and I will run away if there are more people who can't beat me, relying on super life-saving escape methods. They don't have enough strength to kill me, either they are busy in vain, doing a lot of useless work, or they have helped me. Being killed by me has turned into seniority and merit. Now there are very few players who dare to take the initiative to provoke me. Even if they find me in the Western Continent, they usually do the most to strengthen their vigilance and report my whereabouts to the Church of Light as soon as possible. Light players with fewer people will even go offline directly to avoid being hunted down. Those ordinary Light players became like frightened birds when they saw me. Since I, a "devil king", didn't actively cause trouble, I guess many Light players were already thanking God for it and were not afraid of being discovered by them at all.
I arrived at the "Castle of the Dead" before the six-hour deadline, and was surprised to find that the dead old man was waiting for me. It was indeed a gold-level, highest-difficulty professional mission. I couldn't help but feel depressed that he, a top boss, had to personally arrange it. I just hoped that the content of the mission would not be too abnormal, so that I could complete it more easily.
"Lord Death, it's been a long time since we last met. Are you okay? I'm here to take on a professional mission."
"Well, Ah Dai, your record in this area is not very good. You have refused to accept orders many times, and so far you have only completed a few general professional tasks. Such performance is too inconsistent with your strength and status. You must pay more attention in the future and put more thought into it. If you complete a professional task successfully, you can get more professional merits than other actions of the same difficulty, and you may also get other rewards. Don't underestimate it."
"Thank you for the reminder, Lord Death. I will pay attention to it. I will try my best to complete more professional tasks when I have the chance in the future. I wonder what professional task I will take on this time?"
The old man nodded in satisfaction. "That's good. Completing more professional or mercenary missions will also be of great help to your development. As for your professional mission this time, it is called 'Journey to Heaven' and will begin soon. The mission time limit is twelve hours. If you exceed the time limit, it will be considered a failure."
"Heaven", I repeated it in my mind several times, and suddenly woke up. Heaven, could it be... "Could it be that this professional mission requires me to go to the 'Heaven' of the Bright God Realm?"
"Of course, there is only one 'paradise' in Tianxia, which is where Michael and his group of birdmen live. After I finish arranging the tasks, I will use the 'Scythe of Death' to break through the space here and send you directly to 'paradise'. At that time, I will use divine power to exert on your body and temporarily seal your breath... As long as you don't summon pets or undead in 'paradise', unless you are extremely unlucky and encounter Gabriel and other four holy angels on patrol, other angels of all levels will not be able to sense your existence and can only observe with the naked eye. 'paradise' has a vast space, so be careful to avoid it and don't approach the palaces where the angels live, and you can move freely in it."
"You're not just asking me to go into 'Heaven' to take a sightseeing tour, take a half-day tour of the Bright God Realm, and scout the enemy, right? It's set as a professional mission with the highest difficulty. What are you asking me to do by sneaking in?"
"There are angels of light in 'Heaven', and in contrast, there are those fallen angels in the dark 'Devil Prison'. They can actually transform into each other. After being demonized, the angels of light fall into hell and become fallen angels. Once the fallen angels are baptized by light, they will completely shed their dark attributes, become angels of light, and return to Heaven. To transform the attributes of angels, special props are needed. The demonized angels of light use the 'Demon Thorn' that condenses the dark power of the fallen king Lucifer, and the baptized fallen angels use the 'Angel Tears' that condenses the light power of the angel Michael. It should be noted that those low-level angels are condensed by Michael and Lucifer with their own power, which is far higher than the power used for demonization or baptism. This not only weakens the opponent, but also strengthens one's own strength. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Therefore, between 'Heaven' and 'Devil Prison', there has been a fierce struggle of mutual demonization and baptism, which has never stopped for a moment."
I was a little confused by what the old man said. "This is a struggle between Heaven and Hell. It has nothing to do with the Dead Space and the Undead Wizards, right?"
"Originally, there was no direct relationship, but we are in the same camp as the 'Devil Prison'. Facing the common enemy of 'Heaven', we should naturally unite against the common enemy and work together without being too clear. Now, as the players' strength increases, demonization and baptism will be assigned to you as a professional task. However, the light knights and light priests of the light profession can invade the 'Devil Prison' to take on the task of baptizing fallen angels, but the 'Devil Prison' only has magic knights to dispatch, which is a bit disadvantageous. Therefore, you undead wizards have to help Lucifer and take on the task of demonizing the angels of light."
"So, the so-called 'Heaven Trip' professional mission is for me to sneak into 'Heaven' alone and demonize those angels?"
"Yes, you are the most powerful necromancer in Tianxia so far, so you are definitely the most suitable candidate for the test."
