Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 173: Wolf's Depression
Perhaps it was because he saw that I had been attacked repeatedly and was hurt every time, but he still behaved very calmly. Not only was he not killed, but he continued to stick to the previous tactics and did not summon more powerful undead subordinates, or even use pseudo-artifacts, in order to defeat him as soon as possible and end the battle to avoid being in danger again. Just as I didn't know how many times the Yamato spirit could perform "Divine Sword Shakes the Sky", he probably couldn't see through my true and false - how much health was left, and how many more attacks could he withstand? Therefore, it may have shaken the Yamato spirit's determination to fight hard. In the remaining ten minutes of the game, he seemed to have made a decision to retain his strength and did not use the third pseudo-artifact to make a final effort. After failing to attack me with "Divine Sword Shakes the Sky", he turned to resisting with all his strength, desperately resisting the crazy attacks of several white bone dragons, and chose not to be killed on the spot and let the referee decide the outcome, in order to strive to maintain his dignity to the greatest extent.
Without using the fake artifact in the game, the situation is very favorable to me . I have the absolute initiative. If things continue like this, I will definitely be the winner in the end. I will not be too aggressive and give up the plan to completely defeat Yamato Spirit, lest he develop a trapped beast mentality under too much pressure and decide to fight to the death, which will create other variables and lose the hope of being among the "Top Ten" and getting extra rewards. This is already an extremely heavy blow to him with the artifact in his hand. Just meet his small request and give him a decent defeat. After all, my goal is to win the title of "The World's No. 1 Master". In the next four rounds of competition, I will have to face the challenges of other top masters who are no less powerful or even stronger, including the Supreme Honor and Fearless Warriors. In addition, there will be three events to play in the future, namely the professional competition, the team competition, and the preview competition. I must try my best to win. There is no need to invest too much in this game that is only to advance to the top 16, so as to affect my performance later.
The once fierce competition ended in a dull ending, which left different regrets for me, the Yamato spirit, and the audience. However, facing the Yamato spirit who launched the "Heaven-shaking Sword" skill attached to the "Heaven-shaking Sword" and used two pseudo-artifacts to attack with all his strength, I still insisted on fighting with conventional means in the competition and won the final victory, which fully demonstrated my strong strength. I did not completely defeat the Yamato spirit in order to preserve my strength to cope with the more intense competitions in the next few rounds, which did not damage my reputation as one of the three super powers.
The top 16 of the individual competition have been decided. There are no dark horses. Those who can advance are all well-known top masters. There are no upsets. I, Supreme Honor, and Fearless Warrior, three super strong men, all won and successfully advanced to the next round. The interesting thing is that none of us three were able to completely defeat the opponent in the game. The victory was determined by the referee. We all relied on our own strength to fight, did not use any pseudo-artifacts, and chose to preserve our strength as much as possible. As for the other opponents, their strengths are similar. It is normal for who wins and who loses.
Among the thirteen artifact holders, four have been eliminated, namely Bing Xin Yu Po, Lost World, Yamato Spirit, and one is Olympia. His opponent in the sixth round is Sheng Tian Tang, which played out a scene of internal fighting in his own camp. As a result, Sheng Tian Tang relied on the super protective ability of the "Angel Robe" and the level of the six-winged Seraphim he summoned normally, which might be one level higher than Olympia's. In the end, the referee declared him the winner with a slight advantage, eliminating his strongest competitor in the professional competition and blocking him from the "Top Ten". Such a result further illustrates the importance of artifacts. Fake artifacts can only succeed temporarily and cannot represent real strength. A powerful artifact is the most powerful guarantee to be superior to others. Only artifact holders can pose a greater threat to each other.
The top 16 players are me, Supreme Honor, Fearless Warrior, Dragon Walks the World, Goryeo Assassin, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Afeng, Holy Heaven and Moon Wolf, and seven players, Romantic Sakura, Drinking and Singing, Boundless Sky, Real Madrid, Desert Eagle, Vast World and ArcheAge. The top eight will directly get the title of "Top Ten", while the losing eight will have to play in the play-offs to compete for the last two seats of "Top Ten". It took many rounds of hard fighting to get here. One step further is the paradise of honor, and one step back is likely to get nothing. No one will give up and must give it a try, and may even use their best skills. The competition is bound to become more and more fierce.
The upcoming matchup situation in the seventh round of the quarterfinals concerned every participant. Although players who aim to win the championship, such as me, must have the confidence to defeat any opponent, if they are unlucky and encounter challenges from several top players of similar strength, and if they have suffered too much loss in the previous matches, they may not be able to hold on to the end. In the anxious waiting, the organizing committee finally announced the situation of the seventh round of individual competition. The result was relatively lucky for me. Not only did I avoid the two super strong players, Supreme Honor and Fearless Warrior, who were considered to be equally matched with me, but I also did not encounter Afeng, Long Xing Tianxia and other people of my own. My opponent was a wolf in sheep's clothing, the earth element great magician who held the artifact "Heart of Earth Element".
Although he is also a holder of a divine weapon, and the "Heart of Earth Element" also has quite powerful functions, it is said that it can increase the power of earth magic by about twice, speed up the release speed and success rate of earth magic, and enhance the control ability of earth magic. However, the wolf in sheep's clothing happens to be an earth magician, but I am not afraid of him. It can even be said to be quite advantageous for me, and I have a great chance of winning easily.
Earth magic is more defensive and has the strongest protective effect among the eight magics. Several attack magics are also powerful, but the release speed is relatively slow. In the game, it is often a test of patience with the opponent, and it is not possible to quickly defeat the opponent and win. As one of the "Top Ten" in the last individual competition, I even made it to the semi-finals. Although there is a relatively large element of luck in it, I did not encounter the challenge of players of the same strength in the previous competitions. But it also shows that the wolf in sheep's clothing has strong strength. In addition, I have obtained the artifact "Heart of Earth Element", which has further enhanced my strength. I am just an eighth-level profession. I have mastered a ninth-level earth magic "Flying Stone from the Sky" like me. It is also slow to release, but the attack distance is far, and the power is still higher than "Torch Stone Bomb". It is the strongest single-unit earth attack magic and is considered to be one of the most powerful competitors of the "Top Ten" this year. It should not be underestimated. Even if a fearless warrior with the highest honor were to fight against a wolf in sheep's clothing, he would certainly be cautious and might not be completely sure of winning. However, as a necromancer, I have an advantage that they cannot achieve. I can summon undead minions with earth attributes to help in the battle and effectively resist attacks from earth magic.
In the battle with Yamato, considering that the Heaven-shaking Sword is likely to attack from the air, and the Bone Dragon can effectively resist the attack from the air, and compared with the movement of the Wrath Swordsman, the attack speed of one or two four-armed giant mages is still a little slower. Although the range is far, it may not pose too much threat to him. On the contrary, it is easy for him to get close to him and cannot play a good protective effect, so he chose to summon the Bone Dragon to fight. Now facing the earth magician with a slower movement speed, it is the time for the giant magician with the same earth attribute to show his skills.
The earth magician has the strongest protective magic "Earth Cloth" and "Earth Shield" double protection, which can be called the most difficult to kill type of magician , plus the powerful ninth-level earth attack magic "Flying Stones from the Sky" and the ability amplification effect of "Heart of Earth Element". If I summon the white bone dragon to fight, I am afraid it will be difficult to effectively protect my safety. In the case of not willing to use blood transformation and summon the more powerful Ibola and Khufu, the ninth-level intermediate four-armed giant magician becomes the best choice. Earth against earth, the attacks of both sides cannot cause too much damage to each other, I can use the giant magician's cover to contain the actions of the wolf in sheep's clothing and smoothly implement my plan.
At the beginning of the game, the wolf in sheep's clothing first summoned its pet marmot monster and let it hide underground, then cast "Earth Cloth" and "Earth Shield" on itself as protection, and quickly rushed towards me. This has become the best tactic for other professional players to fight against the necromancer. No one dared to give us time to summon calmly. Naturally, I cast "Undead Summoning" to summon two four-armed giant magicians, and cast "Sacrifice" and "Unparalleled Guardian" magic respectively, effectively resisting the attack of the wolf in sheep's clothing.
The giant magician was slow, and it would take a little longer for him to adapt and join the battle. Before they could recover, the wolf in sheep's clothing had already launched an attack and entered a distance of about 200 meters. With a "boom", a gray-brown round stone with a diameter of more than one meter whistled down from the sky and smashed down on my head. It should be the ninth-level earth magic "Flying Stone from the Sky". Such a magic attack was not a big threat to me who had the abilities of "Blood Bat Transformation" and "External Incarnation". As long as I took action in time, I could easily dodge it, and I would not even be injured by the flying stones after falling to the ground. Even if he continued to attack like this, the biggest trouble was that I had to dodge continuously and could not find a chance to activate "Touch of Death" to replenish my mental strength.
After dodging a "Flying Stone", the two giant magicians finally regained their mobility and began to fight back. Their four arms took turns to perform "Torch Stone Bomb" and threw it at the wolf in sheep's clothing. With such continuous attacks, it was impossible for the earth magician to dodge all of them with his agility. He was hit several times in succession, but the "Torch Stone Bomb" of the same attribute and strong resistance the outer "Earth Shield", and even the inner "Earth Cloth" did not need to play a role. Of course, this was probably also due to the "Heart of Earth Element" enhancing the power of earth magic, which seemed to be very easy. However, although he did not suffer direct damage from being hit by the "Torch Stone Bomb", it inevitably affected his movements. His movements paused for a while, and he was able to continue after the attack.
The giant mage's "Torch Stone Bomb" did not have much effect. The wolf in sheep's clothing could not hit me, so he immediately used "Flying Stones" to counterattack. With the giant mage's slow movements, he was naturally unable to dodge. He was hit directly, but it did not cause much damage. It was just some scratches on the surface. He staggered and his body shook for a while, and the action he was doing stopped for a moment. With such a degree of damage, unless the wolf in sheep's clothing is willing to concentrate on hitting the giant mage with dozens of "Flying Stones", it is estimated that it is difficult to endanger the giant mage's life.
After these rounds of attacks, probably because he realized that the giant magician was of earth attribute and that they were not a big threat to each other, the wolf in sheep's clothing no longer paid attention to the two of them and wanted to focus on attacking me. However, he didn't want to pay attention to the giant magician, but I couldn't let him act freely. The two giant magicians took turns throwing "Torch Stone Bomb" to contain his actions and cover me to successfully summon Shaman and Taotao. I rode Taotao and ran around to save energy, and at the same time assigned Shaman to rush over and launch a close attack. However, the "slow movement" of earth magic made it impossible for Shaman to play the advantage of speed. In a head-on battle, it was difficult for him to break through the double protection of "Earth Clothes" and "Earth Shield" under the timely counterattack of the wolf in sheep's clothing and achieve greater results.
With the "Heart of Earth Element", the magic release speed of the wolf in sheep's clothing has indeed increased a lot, and it feels like it is almost as fast as the release speed of lightning magic. It has become a type with high defense, high attack, and fast casting speed, making it more difficult for the opponent to deal with. It's a pity that facing the giant magician who also has strong defensive capabilities, it's a two-on-one, and neither can do anything to the other, so he can't show his power. I rode Tao Tao around to dodge possible attacks, and I didn't activate the "Touch of Death" for the time being. I wanted to wait and see the situation and see if he would use the pseudo-artifact to win. When Shaman didn't get the upper hand, I even withdrew it to the side, leaving only two four-armed giant magicians in front, throwing stones at each other with the wolf in sheep's clothing.
"Slow Movement", "Howling Earth"... The wolf in sheep's clothing used various auxiliary magics, but could only reduce the attack frequency and hit rate of some giant magicians. For a while, it was still helpless against the two of them. It was constantly disturbed by the "Torch Stone Bombardment", and even destroyed the "Flying Stones from the Sky". There was no way to effectively threaten me. As for the seventh-level magic pet groundhog monster that could burrow underground, it wanted to sneak attack me from underground, but was sniped by the fire dragon released by Taotao. If the distance was closer, it would kick over with one leg. The strength was still too low, and it was difficult to get close to me to find a suitable attack opportunity. After Shaman withdrew, he relied on his quick reaction to promptly notice the groundhog monster that broke out of the ground. The sneak attack failed, but it suffered several heavy blows, and it never dared to act rashly again. On the surface, both sides were having a great time and neither of us was losing, and we did not attract negative comments from the referee due to inappropriate behavior such as passive play. However, our performance was in vain. Our repeated attacks did not have much substantive effect, and our advantages were completely suppressed. We had no place to use our strength. I guess the wolf in sheep's clothing must be very depressed.
The battle was in a stalemate, and no one could gain the upper hand. The wolf in sheep's clothing was reluctant to use the pseudo-artifact, and only attacked with conventional means, but I didn't know what he was thinking. This was all caused by the new rules of the game. Unless they had no choice, they would not take the lead in using the pseudo-artifact. They must patiently find the right opportunity. Facing me as the favorite to win the championship, the wolf in sheep's clothing seemed to be more cautious, unwilling to take the initiative to attack, and easily became passive. However, he had his plans, and I had my plans. Through this period of adaptation, I arranged for one troll magician to mainly contain the movement of the wolf in sheep's clothing, and the other to mainly interfere with his use of "Flying Stones from the Sky", trying to create more trouble for him. I jumped off Taotao, urged the "Touch of Death" to entangle Shaman, absorb its mental power, and at the same time let it pay attention to guard against the sneak attack of the marmot monster, while Taotao flew in the sky to guard, and when necessary, used his body to bear the attack of "Flying Stones from the Sky" for me, buying me time to absorb enough mental power.
After being blocked by the "Torch Stone Bomb", the wolf in sheep's clothing finally rushed into the attack range and used the "Flying Stones" on me, but Taotao dived over my head and blocked it with his body. The "Flying Stones" enhanced by the "Heart of the Earth Element" were indeed very powerful. With Taotao's strength, he was knocked to the ground from the air and suffered serious injuries. He struggled to stand up shakily, but couldn't fly up quickly. I couldn't help but secretly surprised and believed that the rumors were true. I guess even the White Bone Dragon would not be in a good condition after being hit like this.
Fortunately, due to the interference of the troll magician, the actions of the wolf in sheep's clothing were constantly hindered, and it was unable to cast "Flying Stones" continuously at the fastest speed, which bought Taotao time to recover from the blow. Finally, before the second "Flying Stones" hit, it blocked my head again, so that the action of absorbing mental power was not interrupted.
