Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 165 Changes
In fact, even if we do not use the "Touch of Death" to continuously provide mental power to the evolving undead subordinates, and only rely on the intermittent supply of mental power by the necromancer's own mental power recovery speed, they can generally complete the evolution normally and it will not take much longer. It's just that because of insufficient nutrition during the gestation period, it often leads to poor innate qualifications and slow improvement in strength. It may take a longer growth period after the evolution is completed, just like those wild undead creatures, which often require hundreds or even thousands of years of energy accumulation to evolve once. If we, the necromancers, did not change the nature of their survival, artificially provide them with more and faster opportunities to enhance their strength, and contribute mental power as a "catalyst" for evolution, and occasionally help them solve disasters and problems, how could they complete individual growth within a year or even a few months, and successfully evolve into a more advanced form in just an evolutionary period of about half a month?
As the "World Heroes Conference" on August 1 this year, which will be the anniversary celebration of "Tianxia", is approaching, the specific contents of the conference have been announced one after another, so that many players and mercenary groups who are willing to participate and compete with the heroes of the world can make more adequate preparations in advance. Compared with the previous "World Heroes Conferences", in order to add some novel highlights, arouse the interest of more players, attract them to pay close attention or even come to watch the competition in person, this conference has added new competitive content on the basis of retaining the traditional individual and team competitions. Especially for those top players who are determined to win honors, they will face more difficult tests and may have to face the choice of whether to have both fish and bear's paw, and how to have both. The results of various competitions may have more variables and suspense.
According to the specific schedule of this "World Heroes Conference" announced by "Tian Media", the first one to be held is still the individual competition. The rules and procedures of the competition are basically the same as the previous one. After several rounds of group qualifiers and the main competition, the "Top Ten Masters of the World" will be selected, and each will receive a certain "World Card" level and gold coin rewards. In addition, in the previous individual competitions, many participating players often complained that the reason for the defeat was bad luck. They encountered opponents of similar strength in advance, such as magicians encountering shooters or assassins, warriors encountering magicians, etc., and thus missed the qualification to advance to the next round of competitions. It is not that their strength is not as good as those players who are ranked high or even won the "Top Ten". Considering that whether the professions of the two participating parties are mutually exclusive is indeed an important factor affecting the outcome of the game, and the characteristics of some professions are not conducive to playing in individual competitions. Therefore, in order to give those participating players who have strength but lack some luck an opportunity to prove themselves, or to give some "weak" professions a chance to fully demonstrate themselves, a new event "Professional First Master" was added to this conference. After the individual competition is over, the top 16 or 8 players of each profession will be selected to compete for the title of "the best player of this profession" based on the results of the individual competition and the number of players in each of the 19 professions in "Tianxia". Without the influence of professional conflicts, the true strength of the players can be demonstrated, and the results obtained in this way should be more fair and convincing . The reward for "the best player of this profession" is also the level of "Tianxia Card" and gold coins. If you are one of the "Top Ten" in the individual competition and have won the honor of "the best player of this profession", you have proved that you deserve it and will also get an additional reward opportunity. By completing specific tasks, there is a certain probability of obtaining a prop equipment of special properties, or learning a new skill of this profession.
Linking the results of individual competitions and the resulting "Top Ten" with the "Professional No. 1 Master" will further stimulate those capable top players in each profession to participate in the competition. After all, in order to win the "Top Ten", the price paid will certainly not be small. If too many pseudo-artifacts and other powerful props are consumed and there is no replenish or restore them, the strength will inevitably be affected. Facing other players of similar strength, they may not be able to win the championship again in the competition for the "Professional No. 1 Master", which gives the top masters of each profession more opportunities to become famous or curb their competitors.
The next event is the team competition. The rules and schedule of the competition remain the same. The rewards for the "Top Ten Mercenaries in the World" are corresponding gold coins and reputation points, and the top three mercenaries will be eligible to complete a task together. The final winner can get a special item "Prince Order" that can upgrade a large mercenary group to a super mercenary group. Of course, the rights and interests enjoyed by the champion, runner-up and third place are different according to the ranking. Different numbers of mercenary group members will be allowed to participate in the competition for this task, and the difficulty of completing it will definitely be different.
Unlike in the past, the team competition is not the end of this "World Heroes Conference". After it ends, in order to respond to the demands of the majority of players, a new important event will be staged, where the battles will be more intense and exciting - "Battle Preview of the Ultimate Showdown of Light and Darkness". It will be a great gift for the closing of the conference, dedicated to all the players who came to watch the game and pay attention to the battle between light and darkness. The so-called "Battle Rehearsal of the Ultimate Showdown between Light and Darkness", as the name suggests, is a simulation of the well-known battle mode of the ultimate showdown that must be launched between the two major camps of light and darkness when the first phase of operation of "Tianxia" is about to end. The Church of Light and the Alliance of Resistance Forces will each nominate 25 qualified players - representing the Church of Light are twelve silver-robed bishops and twelve phantom knights of light, and the twenty-fifth person who is the strongest of the two light professions, while representing the Alliance of Resistance Forces are eight undead wizards, eight magic knights and eight neutral professional players, as well as the seventeenth person who is the strongest of the two dark professions. This will launch an ultimate showdown that has been rehearsed in advance, so that many curious players can understand which side of the Church of Light and the Alliance of Resistance Forces has the advantage at the current stage, and what kind of changes will happen in the future.
Unlike the previous events, this is a competition without a prize for the winner. The participating members have fought for nothing, but compared with the "Top Ten Masters" and "Top Ten Mercenary Groups", it is more directly related to the reputation of the Church of Light and the Alliance of Resistance Forces. The outcome of the victory or defeat may directly affect the inclination and attitude of other neutral forces towards our two camps. We must not take it lightly or slack off. Moreover, it is a rare opportunity to conduct a simulated battle in the mode of the ultimate duel under fair conditions. It is convenient to further accurately understand the opponent's strength and our own advantages and disadvantages, formulate and adopt more reasonable tactics, increase practical experience, and make more adequate preparations for the real ultimate duel in the future. It can be said to be of great significance. Therefore, the Dark Council passed a resolution to apply for additional rewards from the system for this "Light and Dark Ultimate Duel War Rehearsal" competition. If the Church of Light can be defeated and win, every participating member can get a very generous reward. At the same time, if the resistance alliance achieves more honors and accumulates enough merits in this "World Heroes Conference", it may also gain an opportunity to wash away the shame it has suffered before.
For the top players of the Resistance Alliance and the Church of Light, this "World Heroes Conference" is equivalent to adding two events, which means we will face more severe tests. We may be able to win in one event. But if we encounter a series of strong enemies and pay too much for it, we may not be able to win other honors. How to grasp the balance according to one's own strength and decide on the choices and tactics to be adopted in various events will be the biggest problem faced by every ambitious top player and mercenary group, as well as the two major organizations.
During Ibola's evolution, I had to give up the challenge of the Hell Dragon on July 15th, and sent a Level 7 upper-level Undead who was qualified to soak to offer it. It was fighting alone under the ruthless attack of the Hell Dragon, and suffered extremely heavy damage. Its body was destroyed and its vitality was seriously damaged. Although it did not die, it had already shown signs of degradation. Fortunately, I used the "Soul of the Undead" in time to help it, and finally helped it through the crisis. It only needs to rest for a period of time to recover.
The bone dragons that stayed nearby to watch over the situation reported that they had discovered a group of giant magicians who were going to the holy land of "Karamayi" to worship. There were a total of fifteen of them. After completing the worship ceremony, there were twelve level nine upper-level six-arm giant magicians and three level nine middle-level four-arm giant magicians, but still no level ten eight-arm giant magicians appeared. I immediately dispatched the bone dragon army to attack, and naturally defeated them easily. I successfully signed "soul contracts" with them one by one, increasing the number of giant magicians under my command to forty-five six-arm and fourteen four-arm. In almost half a year, I only subdued a total of fifty-nine giant magicians. Although there was no lack of reasons why I did not devote all my efforts to the search and blindly relied on waiting in the holy land of "Karamayi", it also showed that the number of giant magicians was indeed small and it was not easy to subdue them. They could not be as fearless of casualties as the bone dragons and could not replenish the losses caused by the battle in a timely manner.
I have experienced the evolution of the undead subordinates many times, and I have also experienced the evolution of Wu Ma, who is also a knight of destruction. I know the relevant matters that need to be paid attention to. In addition, hundreds of bone dragons have been arranged to guard nearby, so there are no mistakes in the evolution process of Ibola itself. It has successfully survived these ten days and waited for the moment when it is about to break out of the cocoon. However, what I will face next is the real test of life and death. Only if I can withstand the continuous bombardment of the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation" and survive for the last breath, can I successfully complete the evolution and become a high-level knight of destruction. Otherwise, I will be crushed into dust in the bursts of lightning and thunder, and my soul will be scattered and no longer exist.
I mobilized a group of bone dragons to rush to the vicinity, ready to help Ibola at any time according to the development of the situation, so that it can successfully survive this "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". The situation of Ibola and Wuma is different. Not only because Wuma is an alienation of the Dark Knight, the starting point is too low, and compared with other Destruction Knights of the same level, his ability should be lacking, but also one is wild and the other is domesticated. The two different ways of survival also destined them to have a gap in ability. Being able to grow up to this day on the Lost Continent where the strong are rampant, Ibora's strength is beyond doubt. There is no need for me to be cruel and ignore it in order to test and train it, and let it fend for itself in the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". I am more worried that it will fail to survive the tribulation. After all, only one or two out of ten can survive the tribulation and successfully evolve from an intermediate Destruction Knight to a high-level Destruction Knight. Going to destruction in the tribulation is the inevitable fate of most Destruction Knights. It belongs to the law of nature, not the sin of war. It is not entirely related to one's own ability. It depends on the time and even the location. It is not that you can survive the tribulation just by having a strong strength and exceeding a certain standard. Even if you successfully possess the ability of immortality after the evolution is completed, it only increases a little hope. There is no guarantee that Ibora will survive the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". Therefore, I mobilized more than 300 bone dragons to guard near the tribulation area. If the sky wants to kill Ibora, I will fight against the sky to see if I can defeat the sky with human power and snatch back Ibora's life.
However, this time, I am facing a more powerful "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation", which is far beyond the "Three-fold Thunder Tribulation" that Wu Ma had encountered in the past. The power of nature is probably not something that these ninth-level middle-level and lower-level bone dragons can resist. I am also a mortal, and I can't withstand the continuous lightning and thunder. Even if I have this thought, I don't know if I can help when the time comes. Fortunately, Ibola signed a "possession contract" with Xiaobai, and it has an additional ability of "instant teleportation", which should help it avoid the heavenly tribulation, which makes me feel a little relieved. I hope it can successfully survive the upcoming "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation".
While anxiously waiting, Ibola finally completed his evolution and broke out of the cocoon. There was no obvious change in his appearance. The mount under his crotch was still the previous swift bee, which was about two meters long and a little bigger. As a knight, Ibola also grew a little taller, now about two meters and a half tall. He held a three-meter-long, blood-red bone snake-tip spear in both hands. His body did not seem to have a fixed color. Sometimes it was black, sometimes blood-red, and sometimes it was bluish-white, constantly changing over and over again. His image was very strange, and his body was still relatively thin, continuing to follow the agile development path.
Once the destruction comes, the calamity will come. The originally calm sky suddenly became cloudy and agitated. Countless black and purple calamity clouds of different sizes appeared out of thin air. With the place where Yibo La stood as the center, they began to condense and form rapidly, turning into a huge cylindrical cloud vortex that could not see the bottom. It slowly pressed down to the ground. It seemed to be divided into layers. The closer to the ground, the thinner it was. It became thicker layer by layer. After about five or six layers, I could no longer clearly distinguish the specific layers. I remember that the "three-fold thunder calamity" that Wu Ma experienced last time covered an area of only thousands of square meters, while the "nine-fold thunder calamity" caused by Yibo La this time covered an area of at least more than 100,000 square meters. To endure nine arrays of lightning and thunder explosions in succession, it was definitely a more dangerous test.
The "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation" had just taken shape and had not yet begun to exert its power, but it had already shown a strong deterrent effect. Without waiting for my order, the bone dragons of all levels that were too close and affected by the robbery cloud had already started to move and automatically retreated to a place far away from the robbery area. They felt their instinctive fear of the impending heavenly tribulation, and were trembling with fear, not daring to get close, fearing that they would be affected and encounter a catastrophic disaster. Under my forced command, they mustered up the courage to slowly fly towards the area covered by the robbery cloud. The closer the distance, the slower the speed. Along the way, they were constantly engaged in fierce ideological struggles to suppress their instinctive desire to escape. In this state, it might not be possible to achieve the desired effect if they were to rescue Ibola. In fact, not only these bone dragons, but even I felt palpitations and irritability, and could not help but want to get away from this extremely dangerous area as soon as possible.
The one who seemed calmest was Yibo La, who was about to be bombarded by the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". Like Wu Ma, I could not restore my spiritual connection with him before he successfully survived the heavenly tribulation. I had no way of knowing his attribute status after evolving into a high-level Destruction Knight, his mood at the moment, and whether he had enough ability and confidence to face the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation". However, his performance made me feel a little relieved. He first used the "Possession Contract" to summon Xiao Bai to possess him, and he had a faster movement speed and the ability to "teleport". It seemed that there was no need for me to point out anything. The combat instinct of the Destruction Knight had made him make the best choice to try his best to enhance his ability. Then, under the cover of the robbery cloud, he did not stand still in the air more than 100 meters above the ground like Wu Ma did when he endured the "Triple Thunder Tribulation" last time. Instead, he stayed close to the ground and kept moving fast and slow. As his position changed, the robbery cloud covering the sky was also adjusting rapidly, always keeping its position as the center. No matter how fast it changed, the robbery cloud could always keep up with its rhythm. And Ibola kept looking up at the sky, staring at the air, as if observing the corresponding changes in the calamity clouds.
