Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 47 “People’s War” (2)
"I think you should not just focus on those volcanic spirits with strong strength and promising prospects. You can broaden your thinking. While continuing to consolidate the 'high-level' and expand the 'elites', you might as well take some time to build a relatively broad 'lower-level foundation' and try to subdue as many volcanic spirits of average strength as possible. On the surface, they cannot go to the battlefield and do not seem to be of any direct help in the struggle for power, but they can play a huge role in gathering intelligence and searching for the enemy, which is very beneficial for you to control the situation in the 'Hell Volcano'. Take Houston for example. Although it is a small target in the form of a bat, it moves quickly and is not easy to be discovered. But if you subdue a large number of volcanic spirits and spread your eyes all over the 'Hell Volcano' to form a tight 'intelligence network', I believe it will not be difficult to find it. And you can also use them to search for the 'Millennium Fire Lotus' for you, and you may find something, which is also helpful for your 'elite subordinates'. With your current strength, you have Khufu, Tao Tao and Di Zang can easily defeat those level 6 and 7 volcano spirits one-on-one. If you concentrate on conquering them, it won't take too long. Weighing the pros and cons, in the long run, the gains will definitely outweigh the losses, and it won't affect your development plan. As for the problem that you have been worried about "a tall tree attracts the wind" and fearing that Hades will harm those underpowered subordinates, there is no need to be so pessimistic. As long as you make it clear that you will stick to it and never give up no matter how much you sacrifice, Hades can kill thirty or fifty people. , or even three to five hundred, but if it is three to five thousand, I think even if it is the unique Nether Dragon King, the ruler of the "Hell Volcano" who holds real power, it will not dare to slaughter too many alien undead and cause them a survival crisis. After all, there are three "chief judges" watching above, and the "heavenly punishment" is not just for us undead wizards. If you kill one, Hades will kill one, and no one is willing to give up. If you keep fighting like this until the end, I think it will definitely suffer. It shouldn't let you get away with it so easily."
After much thought, since I have made up my mind to take root in the "Hell Volcano", replace the Nether Dragon Clan and Hades, and establish my dominance in order to obtain the greatest benefits, perhaps this is really the best and most practical way. After all, my overall strength is still at a disadvantage at this stage. If I want to turn the situation around as soon as possible, I must not only have an elite force that is good at fighting, but also have accurate intelligence and information. Then I can only take the route of "people's war" and give full play to the power of the "grassroots masses" to expand my influence, make up for my own weaknesses and deficiencies, and make all hostile elements including Houston have nowhere to hide, and it is difficult for them to hide behind the scenes and pose a threat to me, so as to better fight against the powerful Hades.
In addition to the things in the "Dead Soul Space" that need to be busy, the "World Heroes Conference" is about to be held . As the deputy leader of Xingyue, one of the "Top Ten Mercenary Groups" in the previous session, Qingwu Feiyang also has a lot of things to take care of in the human world. Now Houston has escaped without a trace, and there is no way to find her for a while. She only has dozens of low-level subordinates, and it is not very useful to stay here. Moreover, she has already pointed out the direction of my future development. It is inconvenient for me to delay her time any longer. I sent her out of the "Hell Volcano", waved goodbye, and went to continue our respective work.
There are still a few days before the "World Heroes Conference", but I don't want to challenge other level 8 strong men in the "Dead Soul Space". Although I have always been interested in the unique undead in the second forbidden area "Abyss", with my current success rate of "Soul Contract", I may have the ability to forcibly subdue them, but the complex and special natural environment restricts the strength of us "outsiders". Not only do we have to take certain risks, but more importantly, it must be quite mentally exhausting. On the eve of the competition, there will be a series of fierce battles to deal with. It is the time to relax and recuperate. It is really not suitable to launch any major actions, which will be laborious and make myself too tired. Therefore, I stayed in the "Hell Volcano" and began to seize the time to subdue those alien undead that I usually look down on. Most of them are unknown people at the level of level 6. Occasionally, there are one or two lower-level level 7, which can only be used for simple tasks such as exploration and search. Expecting them to go to the battlefield is all for death.
The newly "joined" two-headed skeleton fire ghost king Dizang and fire skeleton general Gonzales are both of the lower eighth level strength. Like Khufu, they are also "old predecessors" above the "Hell Volcano". Their qualifications are higher than that of Silando, who ranks first in immersion qualifications. However, they are low-key and unwilling to stand out to compete for the false title of "first", so that Silando can take advantage of them. The two of them have always had a good relationship and can be said to support each other. After going through several hardships, they have worked hard together to reach their current status. Unfortunately, they still cannot escape Hades' calculations and are forced to be my enemy. In the end, they are not as skilled as Hades and "lose their integrity in their later years", so they have to become my subordinates.
Dizang is over three meters tall. Like most volcano undeads, his body is made of a dark red skeleton. He has a well-proportioned physique and is not particularly sturdy, which shows that his attack and defense are not particularly outstanding, but he is relatively flexible. He has two heads and four arms, a wide field of vision, and is easy to grasp the situation. He holds two swords and two shields. From the weapons, it can be judged that he should not be the type that focuses on attacking. The skills he possesses further confirm this point. It is called "Airtight". He attacks with a sword and defends with a shield. At most, he only has three points of attack, and seven points are defensive. He belongs to the defensive counterattack style. He also has a desperate skill "Sword and Shield Flying Together", which is either one sword and one shield, or two swords and two shields, thrown out together, and can shoot up to fifty meters away. If it misses, it will automatically fly back to the hand. Once it hits the target, it will explode immediately, causing more than three times the damage. However, each sword and shield needs to be concentrated and rested for six hours before it can reappear.
Gonzalez is about five meters tall, with a dark red body. His skeleton is thicker than Jizo's, especially his two arms, which look strong and powerful. He holds a bone machete with a long handle, which is obviously a type with strong attack power. The skill "Every Strike Makes People Old" is as fast as a slash, and it can be slashed continuously. Unless it is forced to stop by a heavy blow, it can slash up to 36 times in a row. The skill "One Strike Cuts in Two" uses 10% of the mental power to quickly slash a sharp knife, which is difficult to dodge. Once it hits, it doubles the damage effect, but it takes a long time to charge and cannot be used continuously.
With these two, together with Khufu, Taotao, Qitlei, and Silando, they each searched for suitable volcanic undead to attack. With their far superior strength, once they were targeted by them, they would only end up in a quick and miserable defeat, and it would be impossible to escape. Guben and Hader were less efficient. They would have to fight for a while to defeat the level 6 undead, and lose the power to escape, waiting for me to subdue them. Of course, those volcanic undead would not wait for us to challenge them. Once they sensed danger, they would immediately flee in various ways. It would take a chase to subdue them. Moreover, the "Hell Volcano" was so large that the distribution of volcanic undead was not very dense. Especially for these weaker guys, most of them did not have a fixed habitat and moved around at will, which increased the difficulty of my subduing them. I had to had to "rush" everywhere, wasting a lot of time on the road.
Hades naturally noticed my "abnormal movement" and quickly counterattacked. For a time, the "Hell Volcano" became more lively, and the "lava storm" erupted frequently, obstructing Khufu and his men from hunting down the volcano undead, indirectly helping those alien undead to escape the pursuit, and even causing several "violent periods" in the areas where the undead men I conquered were densely populated. Although Khufu, Taotao and I had never relaxed our vigilance and noticed the abnormal changes in the environment in time, we took action in advance, avoided the center of the "lava storm" and escaped smoothly, but those low-level volcano undead did not have such strength, and their perception ability was low. They could not effectively dodge the frequent bombardment of lava, and many of them were killed and injured, which made my hard work of nearly two days come to naught. It was too insidious and hateful. After several lessons, I no longer dared to concentrate my men in one area. Once they were conquered, I tried to evacuate them and arrange them to move in different places to reduce the chance of "being killed".
Since I have decided to be the enemy of Hades, I will encounter similar difficulties sooner or later. I can't avoid them, and I can only do it head-on. No matter what troubles I encounter or how much loss I suffer, I still persevere in subduing those volcanic spirits above level 6. If it is convenient, I will also take care of the level 5 guys and try to subdue more volcanic spirits. I want to see if Hades dares to kill all the men I have subdued.
In this way, I persisted in fighting in the "Hell Volcano" until the end of July. Until the last two days, I stayed in the human world and practiced tactics with Xue Wuxia, Afeng and others to cope with the upcoming group battle in the "World Heroes Conference".
