Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 74 "Challenge of the Dark Dragon" (2)
I returned to the "Dead Soul Space" and entered the "Hell Volcano". During the days I was away, Hades did not stop harassing my men. Other alien undead came forward to challenge me, or the "lava storm" suddenly erupted. The lava seemed to have eyes. Most of the other volcanic undead with similar strength were able to escape successfully. Only my men suffered heavy casualties and their power was further weakened. The efforts of the previous few days turned into nothing, and it was almost like starting over again. Hades really values me!
Of course, since I chose to face Hades' challenge directly, these difficulties were expected and I had already been fully prepared mentally. I was not discouraged by this and continued to subdue those low-level alien undead, resolutely implementing the "people's war" line, fully mobilizing the "grassroots masses", and spreading spies all over the volcano. In particular, I wanted to try to detect Houston's whereabouts before the immersion qualification challenge resumed in September. No matter whether I subdue it or kill it, I must not let it threaten Hader and Guben.
With Khufu and Taotao helping me, it wasn't very hard to defeat those low-level volcanic spirits, but they seemed to have become more cunning. Once they saw my powerful men, they would try their best to escape. If they were caught up, they would also try their best to resist. It often took a long time to make them lose the ability to resist and wait for me to conquer them. Not only did the efficiency not improve, but it seemed to be getting lower and lower. Hades still didn't give up persecuting me. The lava that fell from the sky seemed to have an "automatic navigation system" installed, specifically looking for the volcanic spirits that I conquered to attack. It was difficult for them to escape the continuous bombardment of lava with their weak strength. Even though I ordered them to disperse their activities as much as possible, and even spent time and energy to arrange activities and hiding areas for them one by one to try to reduce damage, the "lava storm" did erupt too frequently. With Hades' "all-round efficient radar" providing real-time monitoring, it was difficult to escape its eyes and ears. It was hard to prevent it, and casualties were impossible to avoid. While continuously recruiting more "little brothers", we were also constantly suffering losses. After being busy for several days, we still couldn't make much progress.
Being bombarded by lava every day, no matter how I hide, I can't keep safe. I was so angry that I couldn't help but explode. Since Hades was determined to kill them, and I had no good way to prevent it, I might as well burn my boats and let him kill them to his heart's content. I no longer let the newly conquered volcanic undead move around in a scattered manner, but gathered them all in one place to make it easier for Hades to "catch them all in one fell swoop". I conquered them, and he attacked and killed them. We fought to the end to see how much authority he had and how many volcanic undead he could kill. It was nothing more than spending a little more time. If he killed too much and affected the continuation of the volcanic undead race , it might be a dangerous result. I believe that the cunning Hades would definitely not let me get away with it.
In the next three days, my army was almost wiped out. Under Hades's conspiracy, I was unable to achieve any results. However, I was not shaken by this. I still sent all my subordinates who did not need to be soaked, such as Dizang, Gonzalez, and Silando, to run around to subdue those alien undeads, making it clear that I wanted to fight Hades to the end. However, starting from the fourth day, the frequent eruptions of the "lava storm" suddenly subsided, and everything seemed to have returned to normal. I gathered dozens of newly subdued volcanic undeads in one place and waited for a day, but no lava fell on my head. It seems that after killing for so long, Hades has finally reached the limit that he can bear. The bloody "volcano cleansing" operation should come to an end.
The next few days further confirmed my judgment - I dispersed the subdued volcano spirits to various areas, and conducted exploration and search everywhere. Hades also let it go, without any sign of interfering. The white terror caused by the tyranny of the powerful could not hinder my actions, and I finally won this struggle.
The volcano's taming operation was rather dull. After Hades retreated, it was carried out calmly. The main task was to find out the whereabouts of Houston. On the other hand, the "Valley of the Wind" attracted many undead wizards who were related to our four great wizard kings, and it became the most lively place in the "Dead Space". Most of them only had the ability to tame the Ghost King, but the Ghost Royal Family with unique functions, especially the "Demon Spirit" that could grant the ability of "teleportation", was a great temptation for any undead wizard - no matter whether it could succeed in the end, as long as there was hope of success, no one would give up the opportunity to have "teleportation".
Xiaobai has also absorbed some of the energy of the ghost royals that he devoured, and his strength has been further improved. With enough ability, he began to enter the holy land "Wind Cave" to accept the tempering of the Yin wind and work hard to transform into a "demon spirit". Although the "blood bat transformation" I have has a good dodge effect, in some occasions, "instant teleportation" may be a better choice, but I am not sure whether it will succeed in the end - the detailed information about the "demon spirit" may only be known by Qiu Shui Changtian and Tianxing, and naturally they will not easily tell me. Without any reference, Xiaobai himself is also a "newcomer" and many things are not clear, so I can only explore step by step.
During this period, the Tongxin League organized another action to challenge the earth-based sacred beast Xuanwu. Although they had made sufficient preparations and purchased and used many traps and props, they still lacked some . This damn "earth escape" ability, if there is no effective way to restrain it, it is estimated that it will be difficult to successfully kill Xuanwu.
While I was still busy conquering the volcano undead, I suddenly received a "summons" from Hades, saying that there was an important announcement. The attendees were twelve alien undead who had obtained the qualifications for immersion. Since I was the master of several of the alien undead, I had the right to directly participate in the challenge. Because of my special status, Hades would not forget to ask me to participate in every important meeting.
"I called you here this time because there is an important resolution that needs to be notified." After saying this, Hades paused intentionally, glanced at all the participants, and even stayed on me for a while, staring at me and making me feel creepy. I was worried that it would lie dormant, but I didn't know what "evil plan" it had come up with to persecute me after it suffered a setback in preventing me from developing the grassroots power of "Hell Volcano".
"More than two months ago, after the great challenge of re-competing for the qualification to immerse, all of you who were selected are the elites among the alien undead on the 'Hell Volcano '. However, due to the limited number of places, the competition among the participants was too fierce, resulting in many unnecessary casualties and the loss of many strong people who were even as strong as those of you who attended the meeting. To a certain extent, the overall strength of the volcanic undead has been weakened. It is urgent to speed up the training of reserve talents to avoid a situation where there is a lack of successors and a large gap in strength. At the same time, the alien undead who ranked first in the qualification to immerse actually have relatively strong strength. If you continue to immerse in the edge area of the 'Hell Magma Pool', you may not be able to absorb enough magma energy. You should be given a chance to enter the more core area to absorb more magma energy, and you can also make room. , so that more alien undead can obtain the qualification for immersion. Therefore, I decided to launch an operation called "Underworld Dragon Challenge". As long as you can pass the test of the Underworld Dragon assigned by me, you can enter the middle area of the "Hell Magma Pool" to immerse. Of course, with your current strength, it is naturally impossible to defeat the tyrannical Underworld Dragon. For this reason, I set a time limit of six hours. Whether it is a head-on confrontation or a guerrilla fight, as long as you can face the Underworld Dragon for six hours, you will pass the test and have the qualification for immersion for ten days. If you can persist for a longer time, you can also get an additional reward-for every hour beyond one hour, you will be given three more days of immersion time. In order to further improve your strength, cultivate more top alien undead, and reproduce the former glory of the "Hell Volcano". "
