Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 164: Uncontrollable Evolution
This is a really bad result. It's fine that the "Forbidden Magic Bow" was obtained by Wangyue Canglang. After all, he is a member of the Joint Conference of the Neutral Alliance. It's not good for us not to help each other, and the Church of Light won't get any advantage. But how could the Yamato Spirit, who is inclined to the Church of Light, bid for the "Heaven-shaking Sword"? Wouldn't this increase the difficulty for us to deal with the Sun Never Sets in the future. Even if the swordsmen and angry swordsmen of the resistance alliance don't have enough financial resources to get it, the top players of the neutral alliance, who are the landlords, are willing to give up and watch the artifact fall into the hands of an outsider like Yamato Spirit? Just like the swordsman who already holds the "Holy Cloak" in the Lost World, doesn't he want to be another holder of two artifacts?
The answer given by Afeng to my question was very simple. The most important thing was two words - "interest". According to more accurate information, the two artifacts "Forbidden Magic Bow" and "Shaking Heaven Sword" did not belong to the Neutral Alliance. They were dropped by two professional treasure hunting teams for the purpose of making money and profit by killing holy beasts. They did not belong to any party. It just happened that they had a good relationship with the organizers of the establishment of the Neutral Alliance, such as the Fearless Warriors, and were the first to learn about the birth of the artifact. After urgent consultations, they did not take it out for auction as soon as possible, and temporarily kept it hidden for the unprecedented auction held in Qingshan City. The larger the auction, the more players with financial resources will participate in the auction, and the easier it is to sell high-level equipment at a good price. This is also the main reason why the two treasure hunting teams are willing to wait for a while before selling the artifact. Therefore, the Neutral Alliance did not obtain any priority purchase rights or internal transaction prices. In such an open auction, everything can only adhere to the principle of fair trade. The highest bidder wins, and the buyer's financial resources are the key.
At the auction, the two artifacts were naturally the most eye-catching auction items, attracting many players who were suitable for the profession to participate in the auction. The Neutral Alliance, the Resistance Alliance, and the Church of Light all launched top players to compete for them, but the artifacts were generally only held by a certain player, and it was impossible for several people to use them in turn. In addition, the funds required were huge, and the organization would not usually allocate public funds to pay for them, using the collective interests to seek personal benefits. At most, the mercenary group could support them, but it was impossible to pay in full. Otherwise, the head of an organization could spend public funds at will, ignoring the interests of other members for one or two people. There was extreme unfairness, and I am afraid that not many players, especially master players, would choose to join them. The ownership of each artifact was fiercely fought over by many players for a long time, and the price rose step by step. The scene was extremely hot, but the representatives launched by the Resistance Alliance were still slightly inferior in financial resources. They were defeated in two auctions and finally got nothing, so the two artifacts fell into the hands of Wangyue Canglang and Yamato Spirit.
There are so many wealthy players in Tianxia, there is only richer, not the richest, everyone wants artifacts, but you can't get them just because you want them, and we can't control it. Fortunately, Xue Wuxia and Afeng did not return empty-handed at this auction, and successfully bought several props and equipment, including a high-level holy weapon that was promised to increase the upper limit of my mental power.
I was surprised to see the gift that Xue Wuxia gave me on behalf of all the members of the Tongxin League. I thought it was good enough to get a pair of "Blood Shadow Magic Boots" that increased my mental power by 40%, but I didn't expect that they spent more gold coins to buy me a "Darkness Holy Robe" that increased my mental power by 100%. I have been wearing a "Darkness Magic Robe " that I won in a lottery, but it is only a low-level holy weapon that only increases my mental power by 50%. Compared with the "Blood Shadow Magic Boots", the "Darkness Holy Robe" increased my mental power by 10%. The "Darkness Magic Robe" that was replaced was won by me in the lottery and cannot be sold. It can be used as a public equipment of the Tongxin League and delivered to other undead wizards in need in the form of loan.
This was not the only surprise that I received. Afeng also spent his own money to buy me a "Netherworld Magic Ring" as a thank you for my unconditional support and help. This is a prop that contains fixed undead magic. It is a normal equipment with unique functions and properties. It occupies the index of a ring and can quickly release the undead magic sealed in the ring in battle. It is usually a powerful offensive magic, or a very practical auxiliary magic. It is said that it may even come with "Undead Summoning".
The biggest feature of the "Netherworld Ring" is that it can slowly absorb the user's mental power as a reserve. When the mental power needed to cast magic is accumulated, it can be released in battle without consuming the user's mental power. Of course, there is a limit on the number of uses. Depending on the type of magic sealed, it can be used one to three times in a row, and then the mental power can be replenished again. But the disadvantage is that there is no way to know in advance what kind of undead magic is sealed in the "Netherworld Ring". It must wait until the user starts a fixed ceremony and uses his own mental power to brand the ring with a unique mark before it will appear. It is equivalent to random determination and may not necessarily suit the user's wishes. Moreover, once the mark is engraved, the "Netherworld Ring" cannot be transferred and can only be used by this player. Therefore, it is quite risky. If the sealed "Undead Summoning" is naturally the most practical, but if it is other types of magic, although it can also enhance the user's own strength, it may not be worth spending too much value for the undead wizard who relies on the undead as the main force of the battle.
The "Netherworld Ring" can only be dropped by the Dark Sacred Beasts of the Central Continent. So far, there have been only a few of them in Tianxia. There are many players who are interested in it. Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Tian Xing, Qing Wu Fei Yang, Zhen Ming Tian Zi, Ye You and other top-ranked necromancers have participated in the auction, but A Feng showed a determination to win. Others had other bidding targets and were reluctant to invest too much money in this "Netherworld Ring". Finally, he defeated all the competitors and successfully grabbed the "Netherworld Ring". But I don't know what kind of necromancy magic is sealed inside. The most ideal one is naturally "Summoning the Dead". Even if I am not so lucky, I hope it can be a more practical necromancy magic for me, which can help further enhance my strength and future development.
Praying silently for good luck in my heart, I started the master recognition ceremony of the "Undead Ring". A black light flashed, and the undead magic sealed inside finally appeared - it was not the expected "Undead Summoning", but "Death Ray of Black Dragon Possession". What a weird name, I have never heard of such undead magic, and it only gave the name of a sealed magic, without other detailed explanations. It seems that I can only wait for this "Undead Ring" to have enough mental power and really use it once, before I can clearly know the power of this "Death Ray of Black Dragon Possession".
I replaced the long-equipped low-level holy artifact "Dark Demon Robe" with the high-level holy artifact "Dark Holy Robe", and increased the mental power limit by 50%. What I wanted to do most was to test the effect of "Summoning the Undead". Although the basic mental power and mental power limit when performing "Summoning the Undead" were already in a relatively balanced state, and the one-sided increase in the mental power limit could not achieve the maximum summoning effect, the absolute number was there. I could summon two bone dragons without using "Blood Transformation". When I used "Blood Transformation", I could summon the ninth-level upper-level giant magician and even the fire-attributed Great Pharaoh Khufu, who was half a level higher than the ninth-level upper-level, to the human world. My strength was further enhanced, which made me full of confidence in winning the upcoming "World Heroes Conference".
The process of the "Netherworld Ring" automatically replenishing mental power can be said to be very dull. Perhaps because the absorption speed is too slow, I can hardly feel the impact of mental power loss. However, it can only be done in the human world. It can be used in the "Netherworld Space", but it cannot replenish mental power. After staying in the human world for about eight hours, I have enough mental power to release the "Black Dragon Possessed Death Ray" magic, which shows that it is ready to be used at any time. At the same time, related introductions also emerged. Combined with the actual experience of casting magic in person, I finally figured out the specific effect of this unfamiliar undead magic.
In fact, it is not completely unfamiliar. I have seen similar magic before. The so-called black dragon possession is to transform a black dragon image of the same size as the real black dragon into a black dragon above my head, which can continuously release "death ray" magic to attack the enemy remotely, with the farthest attack distance being 100 meters. The mental power consumed by the entire "black dragon possession death ray" magic is equivalent to the user's mental power limit. The magic attack power of the "death ray" is the same as the user's. The mental power consumed by each "death ray" is not much. Although it can only be cast once on the surface, the casting method is flexible. It can be released or collected according to the needs of the battle. The black dragon possession is repeatedly released many times, and the "death ray" is continuously sent out to attack. However, when the mental power previously stored once is exhausted, it needs to be replenished in the human world for eight hours before it can be cast again. Moreover, when the enemy attacks near you, you can also choose to activate the image of the black bone dragon, causing it to suddenly explode. Countless "death rays" shoot out, covering an area within a radius of 15 meters, which is somewhat similar to the powerful attack of the wandering black bone dragon that I lured out of Dragon Bone Mountain and died at the hands of Ibola before dying. This is probably the origin of the name of the magic "Death Ray of Black Dragon Possession". However, this is a one-time consumption magic. Once you choose to explode the black bone dragon, no matter how much mental power you have left, it will be used in this attack of burning everything together, and it will be turned into nothingness. You must start to replenish your mental power again before you can cast this magic again.
Of course, as a kind of magic, "Death Ray of Black Dragon Possession" can only be used when I stand on the ground and maintain my original form. I cannot use it when I ride Taotao into the sky or transform into a bat. However, for me who holds the "Dead Scepter", my own magic attack power should be much higher than that of other undead wizards, and I can save the mental energy consumption of releasing the "Death Ray", so I can better exert the power of the magic of "Death Ray of Black Dragon Possession" and enhance my own combat ability.
The promotion challenge initiated against the Great Pharaoh Geruda is still going on in the form of a round-robin battle. With the help of the time delayed by the pharaohs attached to them participating in the competition and the effect of the "pyramid", the disabled left arm and injured left leg can always be recovered in time before the next challenge, which prevents me from making substantial progress as I wish and finding an opportunity to kill him in one fell swoop. Fortunately, now there is this "Undead Ring", without wasting mental energy, I can release the "Death Field" to fight and cast the "Black Dragon Possessed Death Ray" magic to attack, which should be able to further increase the damage to Geruda, delay the speed of injury recovery, and strive to defeat it earlier and replace it as the Great Pharaoh.
And Ibola's mission also achieved a breakthrough. With Wuji's dedicated exploration, two ninth-level upper-order immortal ghost phoenixes that were hidden very secretly were discovered one after another. The two of them joined forces and won the victory easily without my help. They were killed three times in a row and their immortal bodies were broken. Ibola devoured their soul energy and stored up enough immortal power. As long as he could successfully evolve into a high-level knight of destruction, he would have this ability himself.
At this point, Ibora is ready, and all the conditions have been met. It should be able to start evolving. Its instinctive desire to evolve and achieve a stronger form is getting stronger and stronger. Even with the help of the power of the "Soul Contract", it has a tendency to be suppressed. It feels like it may evolve forcibly at any time. Originally, I didn't want Ibora to start evolving so early. Now that I have obtained the "Dark Holy Robe", I can summon it to the human world at the ninth level to fight. The "World Heroes Conference" will be held next month. Relying on its stronger strength than ordinary ninth-level undead creatures, combined with the ability of "instant movement" brought by Xiaobai's possession, it should be able to play a greater role in the competition. However, when I conquered it, I knew that I could only suppress the desire for evolution for one or two months at most. Now the time is almost up. If I continue to suppress it blindly, either in late July or early August, Ibora may not be able to hold back and have to start evolving. As the saying goes, man proposes, God disposes. It may not necessarily be able to survive the early August period as I wish. If it suddenly starts to evolve near or during a competition, it will automatically absorb my spiritual power, which will inevitably affect my state in the competition, and it will be difficult to defeat those strong opponents. The risk is too great. If something unexpected happens, it will not be worth the loss. It is better to arrange it to evolve as soon as possible, just in time for the end of July, so that it can be completed and will not affect my participation in the "World Heroes Conference". Anyway, there are Pharaoh Khufu and more than 30 six-armed giant magicians, who are also very powerful and will not let my opponents have an easy time, so there is no need to worry too much.
Once successfully evolved into a high-level Destruction Knight, it would have to face the test of the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". Naturally, Ibora could not be arranged to hide in the territory of the Bone Giant to evolve, lest it be affected by the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation" and destroy the territory of the Bone Giant. In addition, an extremely remote place was found, hundreds of bone dragons were arranged to guard nearby, and Ibora began to evolve.
The evolution process was still boring. My mental power was maintained at a low level, and the excess was absorbed by Ebola, so I couldn't take any dangerous actions. The challenge to Geruda could only be temporarily handed over to Pharaoh alone - I could help it defeat the competing Pharaohs as soon as possible, but I was not able to enter the "pyramid" to jointly challenge the Great Pharaoh when I didn't have much mental power left. I couldn't do much damage to Geruda without my participation, which would inevitably give it more time to recover. I was going to launch a real challenge after consuming it one or two more times to achieve an ideal damage effect, and then using the auxiliary attack of the "Black Dragon Possession Death Ray" magic, but Geruda's endurance and recovery ability exceeded my expectations, and Ebola successfully stored enough immortality, so I had to start evolving in advance, which disrupted my plan and had to delay it for a longer time.
This is also because I have too many undead subordinates who can evolve. Taotao, Shaman, the two knights of destruction, and the alien undeads such as Khufu, Kekexili, Guben, etc. on the "Hell Volcano" are all crying for food. They may start to evolve at any time. I have no choice but to pay. But other undead wizards don't have this trouble. The undead of ordinary races generally do not have the property of evolution. The very few individuals with potential and can evolve to a higher form or level are not easy to be conquered. Even if there are, there will not be too many. There is no need for me to affect my normal actions from time to time due to the evolution of my subordinates. In fact, it is precisely because I have the "Touch of Death" that I have the opportunity to continue to develop in the "Hell Volcano". Otherwise, Khufu and others would never be able to evolve successfully. I would have long been unable to bear the destruction and torture of Hades and chose to give up and withdraw.
