Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 6: Hell Challenge: The Strongest Opponent (2)
However, our true strength cannot be hidden from Hades, the "local snake". Since he dares to take the initiative to provoke trouble, he is naturally very confident in dealing with us. Although the evolution of Khufu and Taotao may be somewhat beyond his expectations, the shrewd Hades should have emergency plans to deal with emergencies, and he will not be so easily gain the upper hand from us.
On June 1st, the challenge date announced by Hades, the King of the Underworld, arrived. All the undead creatures on the "Hell Volcano" who were capable of participating in the challenge gathered at the top of the mountain to listen to Hades' "instructions". Naturally, I also brought Khufu and Taotao and the other five to attend the "opening ceremony" as scheduled. Of course, the "athletes" were only the five of them, and I played the role of "team leader" and "coach" - according to the challenge rules issued by Hades, although I, an undead wizard, was not directly "deprived" of the right to participate in the competition, if I participated in the challenge, I would also occupy a place, and the other side would have one more person. With my ability, I can still escape, but my attack power is not enough. I can't provide much help in the team battle, and I might even become a burden to Khufu and the others. It's better to be a bystander.
The many volcano warriors gathered on the top of the mountain also "firmed" my idea, especially the most conspicuous big guy, who was more than three meters tall, with a particularly thick skeleton around his body, looking like a big fat man, with a dark red body, and a layer of blazing flames all over his body, which spewed and retracted, fluctuating, with a coiled giant horn on his head, and a row of seven one or two feet long and thick bone spurs in the middle of his back. He held a two-meter-long, fiery red long-handled bone hammer, which was also covered with a layer of flames. Standing alone and proudly in the middle of the front row, even guys like the Fire Bone Giant Lizard Silando, the Two-Headed Skeleton Fire Ghost King Dizang, and the Fire Skeleton General Gonzalez, who were about the same strength as Khufu before his evolution, fell behind by several steps and did not dare to stay near it. It seemed that no one dared to provoke it.
"Could it be this?" Looking at the extremely arrogant guy, Khufu exclaimed.
"Why, do you know it?"
"Looking at its type and the attitudes of Silando and Dizang towards it, I think it is very likely the Fire Bone Demon Kekexili that was ranked third in the immersion qualification ranking six hundred years ago. It suddenly disappeared when it was evolving and has never appeared again. I originally thought that it must have encountered some accident and failed to evolve successfully. However, looking at its current appearance, it should have evolved into a Flame Bone Demon of the same level as me. It suddenly appeared at this time, which is extremely suspicious. If it is also a subordinate of Lord Hades who is 'hidden', then the difficulty of the immersion qualification challenge should be much greater, and it is definitely not optimistic."
The Flame Bone Demon Kekexili is a volcanic creature at the same level as Pharaoh, which means that at least one of our opponents also has the strength of a level 8 monster. Of course, we have . However, if Hades has another subordinate of this strength, the challenge will not be able to continue. It is better to admit defeat directly to avoid losses in vain. Fortunately, according to Khufu's observation, although there are a few new faces of "newcomers", it is estimated that there should be no third one as powerful as Kekexili, so we will not have no chance of winning.
Amidst the continuous "boom" sounds, the "Hell Magma Pool" rolled and raised huge waves several meters high. Hades, the Underworld Dragon King, slowly flew out from the depths of the magma, raised his head and let out a deafening roar, attracting everyone's attention to him, showing the style of a king.
"Hello, dear residents of the volcano!" Hades said slowly after looking down at the volcano spirits gathered on the top of the mountain with a "majestic" gaze.
Many volcanic ghosts, including the one in Hoh Xil, responded in unison, "Respected Lord Hades, hello!" Even Khufu, Had and the other four couldn't help but echo involuntarily, which shows how powerful Hades is.
"Welcome everyone to take part in the challenge of the Hell Magma Pool's immersion qualification. Based on the principle of fair, just and reasonable allocation of existing resources, and adhering to the consistent purpose of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, as the supervisor of the Hell Volcano, I have decided to reallocate the twelve immersion quotas..."
Hades delivered an "opening speech". After a few high-sounding "official words", he got down to business and began to announce the rules of the challenge. Participants can choose to participate in the challenge as a team or as an individual, but the team cannot have more than twelve members. After reporting, Hades will be responsible for arranging the challenge according to everyone's choice, and the strongest twelve people will be selected according to the results of the competition to obtain the qualification for immersion. When challenging, in principle, it is required to "stop at a certain point" and decide the winner, without "fighting to the death". However, "fists and feet have no eyes", and it is not convenient to hold back after the fierce battle. If there are casualties, the consequences are at your own risk and have nothing to do with Hades, the organizer. It is clear that there are many murderous intentions in the challenge, and accidents may occur at any time. The consequence of failure is likely to be death.
In order to facilitate different types of volcanic undead to play their respective strengths, the challenge does not have a fixed venue. The entire "Hell Volcano" is a "ring", with enough space to display various tactics. The maximum time limit for the game is one day. If there is no winner after the time limit, Hades will "fairly judge" according to the number and status of the survivors on both sides, or the active and passive situations of both sides during the game. There will be a day between each challenge for both sides to recover. During this period, the "Hell Magma Pool" will be open to all contestants, who can soak in it at will to speed up the recovery of injuries and not affect the subsequent games. On the surface, Hades is still relatively fair and there is nothing unreasonable.
Next comes the grouping before the challenge. Khufu, Taotao and the other four will naturally compete as a team. After Hades' "backroom operation" and "calculation" of the results, to ensure that we enter the top twelve, we need to defeat at least four groups of opponents. What awaits Khufu and the others can be said to be a series of extremely difficult challenges.
As for the opponents, Hades will not let us take advantage of them. The list of participants in the group challenge was published. The powerful flame bone demon Kekexili was confirmed to be Hades' hidden "killer". He led a five-member team to compete with us. He is really a guy without "integrity". As an alien, he is willing to hide behind the scenes and be Hades' "running dog".
